Article Archive for July 2008
Qantas jet forced to land in Manila.
Debris flew past passengers as air was sucked out of an ageing Melbourne-bound Qantas jumbo jet after a mid-air explosion ripped a gaping hole in its fuselage and plunged …
Responding to warnings in a government audit, congressional Democrats are calling on the Homeland Security Department to suspend a new threat alert system until the program is retooled to meet state and local needs.
Department spokesman …
Al Qaeda continues to plot terror attacks that would include biological agents, and the terror group has focused specifically on the use of anthrax as a weapon, the chief medical officer at the Department of …
Shanghai police have halted a group of terrorists who planned to attack a football venue in the Olympic co-host city.
“We obtained information that international terrorist organizations were likely to launch an attack against an Olympics …
Officials say three people were shot Thursday afternoon at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.
The Phoenix Police Department said the shooting took place in the computing commons of the Technology Center building located at the …
Three Air Force officers fell asleep while in control of an electronic component that contained old launch codes for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, a violation of procedure, Air Force officials said Thursday.
The Air Force said …
Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a “critical” flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.
An elite squad of computer industry engineers that labored in secret to solve …
It is feared that hundreds of foreigners are being allowed to work in high security parts of Britain’s airports without passing proper criminal record checks.
Despite warnings that terrorists have tried to place sleepers in jobs …
Scotland Yard has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in the last financial year.
During the 12 month period, there was an average of a suspected terrorist incident in London every other day.
There were 181 incidents, …
Intelligence bodies warn threat from global Jihad ’substantial’
Representatives from IDF Intelligence, Shin Bet, Mossad warn government global terror groups like al-Qaeda, which use civilian information technology to enlist, mobilizing operatives.
Substantial threats to Israel, its citizens, …
