Iran Warns Any Attack Would Start World War

Iran Warns Any Attack Would Start World War

A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war, the state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.

“Any aggression against Iran will start a world war,” deputy chief of staff for defence publicity, Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, said in a statement carried by the agency. Read more

Chertoff Heads To New Orleans

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is on his way to Louisiana to observe preparations in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav. He will first travel to Houma, where he will observe final special needs evacuations and then meet with local officials at the emergency operations center. Secretary Chertoff will then travel to New Orleans, where he will observe evacuation activities and meet with Mayor Nagin and other local officials. Secretary Chertoff is then expected to travel to Baton Rouge, where he will meet with Governor Jindal and stay through the storm.

Additional details on times and locations for media availabilities are forthcoming.

We continue to remind Gulf Coast residents about the importance of taking precautionary measures to prepare for an emergency situation or evacuation as Gustav approaches our shores. The department’s Ready Campaign encourages citizens to get an emergency supply kit, make an emergency plan, and stay informed of instructions from local authorities. Please visit www.ready.gov for resources and information on personal and business emergency preparedness.

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Suspicious Package Closes Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was closed for several hours early Sunday morning after police found a suspicious package inside a bus. It apparently turned out to be a hoax.

According to Detroit police, the driver of an empty Greyhound bus noticed a suspicious suitcase on board.

A scan of the suitcase revealed two pipes with wires sticking out of them, which prompted Detroit police to call in the bomb squad.

Further investigation of the package found it to be harmless.

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Suspected Terrorist Captured

The wild ride of Abdelkader Belliraj ended at the Hotel Fashion.

The Moroccan-born Belgian had quite a resume: accused terrorist kingpin, assassin, gangster, double agent and hotelier. He visited from Belgium now and then to oversee the hotel, a three-star inn with a sidewalk cafe where men sip tea and watch a parade of whining scooters, dusty taxis, sunburned tourists and veiled Berber women.

Moroccan police allege that the salmon-colored Hotel Fashion, on a downtown corner near a Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop and the train station, was a den of outlaws. In February, they arrested the burly, moon-faced Belliraj, 50, and three dozen suspected members of a network he is accused of arming for a terrorist campaign.

Belliraj’s intrigues over the last quarter of a century chart a singular history of Muslim radicalism, from a meeting with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1981 to a meal with Osama bin Laden just 10 days before the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Nigerian Kidnappers Demand $12 Million Ransom for Israeli

Nigerian gunmen are demanding $12 million for the release of an Israeli businessman kidnapped in the Niger River Delta city of Port Harcourt.

Four gunman abducted Ehud Avni at his home late Tuesday.

The main militant group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region says it has located Avni. Earlier this week, it rescinded its offer to help rescue him after an Israel news service described the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) terrorist group.

MEND has said it was not involved in the Israeli man’s kidnapping.

More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped in the oil-producing region since 2006. Most have been released unharmed after payment of a ransom.

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Molotov Cocktail Thrown In Local WalMart – Corpus Christi

Police have continued searching for a man that threw a molotov cocktail inside a Super WalMart in the Westside Saturday afternoon.

The bomb squad was called in to investigate a device with explosive liquids at the Super WalMart off of South Padre Island Drive and Greenwood Drive. Read more

Australia Warns Of High Risk of Terror Attacks On US flights

Australia on Sunday warned of a “high risk” of terror attacks on domestic and international flights in and to the United States, urging citizens to be vigilant while in the country.

“We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in the United States because of the risk of terrorism,” the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a travel advisory. Read more

RNC Welcoming Committee Anarchists Busted – Buckets of Urine, Slingshots, Anti-bus Weapons Seized

Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies found weapons and devices to disable buses among other items in searches in the Twin Cities last night and today. Authorities said the items came from “key members of the RNC Welcoming Committee,” a self-described anarchist group.

Five people have been arrested and four properties have been searched, according to the sheriff’s office. Read more

Hospitals Locked Down, 2 Dead In East St. Louis Hazmat Incident – Chemical Exposure

Eight to ten people are hospitalized around the St. Louis area after being exposed to some type of hazardous chemical or material. At least two people are very critical condition.

St. Anthony’s Hospital in South County and DePaul Hospital in West County both shut down their emergency rooms when victims showed up with blue skin. Read more

Hurricane Gustav Category 5 Storm

Hurricane Gustav is rapidly growing into a monster Category 5 storm.

‘FEMA’ Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. Read more

Hurricane Gustav – New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations

Hurricane Gustav – New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations

Rescue workers were considering evacuating New Orleans as it faced a hurricane threat three years to the day that Katrina devastated the city.

Tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, hit Jamaica on Thursday after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola, the island divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The US states of Texas and Louisiana put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.

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Additional Hurricane Gustav Links

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• Twitter search for “Hurricane Gustav”
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• HurricanePreparedness.org
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Hurricane Gustav Blog Posts

• Wired on Gustav storm surge probabilities
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Hurricane Gustav Resources

• Wikipedia Hurricane Gustav page
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Threat of Bio-Terror Attacks Heightened

A combination of advances in biotechnology and easy access to inputs has heightened the threat of bio-attacks, David Heyman, an international expert on bioterrorism, said here on Thursday. Read more

Tracking Terror and Terrorists Online

For years, al-Qaida and other terror groups have set up shop in the Internet. Those who track them have covertly followed. The companies SITE and IntelCenter have penetrated even deeper into the terror Web than most intelligence agencies.

When al-Qaida was founded, Josh Devon was nine years old. Ben Venzke was 15. The year was 1988, and Devon and Venzke were as uninterested in the terrorist network as its leader, Osama bin Laden, was in the two young Americans. Read more

Pizza Bomber Collar Bomb Case – Defendant To Plead Guilty

After he gave multiple statements to investigators, Kenneth E. Barnes talked his way into an indictment in the slaying of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells.

A year after he was charged, Barnes has reached a deal that will allow him to try to talk himself out of a sentence that could keep him incarcerated for the rest of his life.

In the biggest development in the prosecution in what has become known nationally as “the pizza bomber case,” Barnes, 54, is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court in Erie on Wednesday for his role in the bombing death of Wells on Aug. 28, 2003, according to the defense and a notice docketed Friday.

As part of the proposed plea, Barnes will continue to cooperate with federal investigators as they prepare for the prosecution of the only other defendant in the Wells case — Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, 59, Barnes’ one-time fishing buddy, who was indicted with him in July 2007.

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