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Article Archive for August 2008

Hostage Drill To Be Held At University of Bridgeport
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 21:40 | No Comment

How does a campus prepare for a disaster or an ultimate nightmare?
It’s something that you’re always working on, getting your emergency teams, faculty and staff, and students beefed up and drilled so should a crisis …

4 Arrested in Torture and Throat Slashing Deaths of 5 Men In Birmingham Alabama
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 1:29 | No Comment
4 Arrested in Torture and Throat Slashing Deaths of 5 Men In Birmingham Alabama

There are new developments in the investigation into the death of five men in Birmingham, Alabama earlier this week who were apparently found with their throats slashed after being tortured, electrocuted, stabbed and suffocated.

Yemen Arrests 30 al-Qaeda Suspects Planned Attacks On Saudi Arabia
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 0:18 | One Comment

Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network believed to have been plotting attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, official sources said Thursday.
The 30 men, all Yemenis, were captured in the south-eastern …

Police Detonate Suspicious Package - Denver
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 0:14 | No Comment
Police Detonate Suspicious Package - Denver

A loud bang was heard along the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver this evening after police found and detonated a suspicious package near Union Station.
A spokesman for the Joint Information Center said there were …

Terror Threat Season Heats Up
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 0:01 | One Comment
Terror Threat Season Heats Up

Summer brings with it rumors of attacks on the U.S. homeland. Currently, we are hearing unconfirmed word of plans in place for jihadists to be dispatched from Pakistan to conduct coordinated suicide attacks against soft …

Putin Warns Of Direct Confrontation With U.S.
Wednesday, 27 Aug, 2008 – 20:23 | No Comment
Putin Warns Of Direct Confrontation With U.S.

A new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about “direct confrontation” between American and Russian warships in the Black Sea.
Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for …

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Siren System In Service
Wednesday, 27 Aug, 2008 – 20:20 | No Comment

A long-delayed emergency siren system has been put into service for New York residents within 10 miles of the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
A spokesman for the plant’s owner, Entergy Nuclear, says the new 172-siren …

Hezbollah In Venezuela Worries Anti-terrorism Officials
Wednesday, 27 Aug, 2008 – 0:01 | One Comment
Hezbollah In Venezuela Worries Anti-terrorism Officials

Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim militia that Washington has labeled a terrorist group, is using Venezuela as a base for operations.
Linked to deadly attacks on Jewish targets in …

Plane Evacuated At Rotterdam After Hijack Threat
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 18:13 | No Comment
Plane Evacuated At Rotterdam After Hijack Threat

A plane due to leave Rotterdam for Bodrum in Turkey was evacuated late on Tuesday after emergency services received a telephone threat saying it would be hijacked, Dutch authorities said.
Passengers on the plane, operated by …

Suspicious Passenger And Device Delays Plane At San Antonio Airport
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 18:04 | No Comment
Suspicious Passenger And Device Delays Plane At San Antonio Airport

According to an airport spokesperson, a man set to board the plane was stopped at a security checkpoint Tuesday morning because he was carrying an MP3 player that was wrapped in tape and batteries and …