Leader of al Qaeda in Iraq al Masri Still On The Loose… U.S. Denies Report of Arrest
May 8, 2008
The U.S. military denied Friday that the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq — Abu Ayyub al-Masri — had been captured, saying instead that a man with a similar name was arrested in the northern city of Mosul.
Iraqi authorities on Thursday said Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul. Read more
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911 Dispatcher Arrested for Accessing Websites With Terrorist Information
May 7, 2008
A 911 dispatcher, Nadire Zelenaj, has been arrested for using computers at work to access secure government websites containing information about suspected terrorists.
Now the FBI wants to know what she did with that sensitive information.
The employee was hired in 2002 after the September 11 terrorist attack. 911 computers allow employees to access a secured police data site with criminal information. Read more
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Terror Charges Filed Against Arms Dealer
May 7, 2008
The unsealing of the indictment against Viktor Bout could pave the way for his extradition to the United States from Thailand. Thai authorities arrested Bout March 6 in a joint operation with Drug Enforcement Administration agents under a U.S. complaint for conspiracy to provide weapons to the FARC, a Colombian rebel group has been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. Read more
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Hospital Emergency Rooms Are Unprepared for Terror Attack
May 6, 2008
The nations emergency rooms and hospitals are still, nearly seven years after Sept. 11, not prepared to deal with the “surge” of patients that could be caused by a terror attack, according to a House oversight committee. Read more
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Federal Courthouse Hit By Pipe Bomb in San Diego
May 4, 2008
UPDATE: The explosion early this morning at the Federal Courthouse in San Diego may be the work of a serial bomber who in April set off bombs at a Federal Express facility in the city, law enforcement officials said.
According to authorities, it appears the explosive device was inside a backpack. The bomber placed the device at the doors to the Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse, lit the fuse and fled. Read more
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Satellite Pictures Reveal Massive Chinese Nuclear Submarine Base, says Pentagon
May 4, 2008
The pictures, obtained by respected military magazine Jane’s Intelligence Review, have raised concerns that the Chinese have carved out a secret base straight out of the plot of a James Bond thriller.
They show vast tunnel entrances that are thought to lead to huge caverns capable of hiding up to 20 nuclear submarines from spy satellites. Read more
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FBI Arrests Special Interest Illegal Aliens In New Mexico
May 2, 2008
FBI agents on Wednesday busted 10 people they termed “special interest illegal aliens” for allegedly trying to use fraudulent documents to get New Mexico drivers licenses.
A Motor Vehicle Division employee alerted police several weeks ago about what the employee believed to be a fraudulent attempt to get a license, according to an FBI news release. Read more
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Narco-Terrorism Spreading to North America
April 30, 2008
A top official from the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs says that narco-terrorism is spreading into North America.
David Johnson, assistant secretary for the INL, says that the illicit drug trade is directly linked to known terrorist groups in the Western Hemisphere and that these groups are employing terrorist tactics to traffic drugs into North America. Read more
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Continued Aggression By Iran Sparks New Look At Options By U.S. Military
April 29, 2008
A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the planning is being driven by what one officer called the “increasingly hostile role” Iran is playing in Iraq - smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. Read more
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Homeland Security Unveils Plans To Thwart Small Boat Terror Attacks
April 28, 2008
As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist the country’s 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb along the country’s 95,000 miles of coastline and inland waterways. Read more
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