Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Drug Gang
February 8, 2010 by national
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Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said.
The capture of Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental apparently wipes out the existing leadership of the cartel headed by Teodoro Garcia Simental, who was captured last month. Teodoro and Manuel Garcia are brothers.
Lopez, known as “El Muletas,” and Garcia, known as “El Chiquilin,” were arrested Monday in La Paz, a city in the southern end of the Baja California peninsula, said Amy Roderick, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. She had no further details on the operation that led to their capture.
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Security Scare Closes Detroit Airport Concourse
February 8, 2010 by national
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Part of a Detroit airport terminal was shut down Monday after an Arabic man ignored instructions from security guards, police said.Part of Concourse A of McNamara Terminal at Metro Airport was closed for just under an hour while the security dogs checked the area, the Detroit Free Press reported.
The man allegedly refused to stop for questions during a security screening process, airport spokesman Michael Conway said.Security guards at first thought the man didn’t understand English and therefore didn’t understand their questions, but when he was taken into custody, he began to speak in English, Conway said.Police, who reported nothing unusual was found when the man’s body was searched, were conducting a background check and planned to search his luggage and car, impounded by airport police.
via Security scare closes airport concourse – UPI.com.
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Serial Firebombing Suspect Captured by Police
February 7, 2010 by national
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A 26-year-old man accused of throwing fire bombs at two police stations, a school, a house and one that destroyed a truck was arrested early Sunday after a high-speed freeway pursuit that started in Del Mar Heights and ended in Temecula. Edward Batties of San Diego was taken into custody on Interstate 15 about 5:30 a.m. after his SUV ran over spike strips just past the U.S. Border checkpoint, said San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesman Maurice Luque.
Batties is accused of throwing five Molotov cocktails in a series of incidents that began Friday night, Luque said.The first bomb was tossed at the Mid City police station on Landis Street in City Heights about 11 p.m. The device was thrown into the yard and rolled under a car but caused no damage, Luque said.
The second incident was reported a few minutes later at Monroe Clark Middle School on Thorn Street. That bomb landed in the school yard and caused insignificant damage.On Saturday just after 4 p.m. firefighters were called to West Mission Bay Drive near Mission Boulevard in Mission Beach where a Chevy Silverado was fully involved in flames, Luque said. Investigators determined the truck was set on fire deliberately and witnesses told police they saw a white Ford SUV driving away
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Anthrax Contaminated Heroin Continues To Spread
February 6, 2010 by national
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British authorities today warned drug users that heroin in London was highly likely to be contaminated with anthrax, after a first confirmed case there and following nine deaths in Scotland.
“While public health investigations are ongoing, it must be assumed that all heroin in London carries the risk of anthrax contamination,” said Dr. Brian McCloskey, who is director of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in London.
“Heroin users are advised to cease taking heroin by any route, if at all possible, and to seek help from their local drug treatment services.”
McCloskey added that the risk to the general population was “negligible.”
Anthrax has been found in 19 heroin users in Scotland since
via Anthrax contaminated heroin spreads | News.com.au.
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Liquefied Natural Gas Tankers From Yemen Allowed In Boston Harbor
February 3, 2010 by national
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Interesting story out of Boston. The Boston Herald reports that the U.S. Coast Guard will allow tankers from Yemen carrying liquefied natural gas to begin rolling into Boston Harbor later this month despite elected officials’ fears about the highly flammable cargo originating from a suspected al-Qaeda stronghold.
As the Coast Guard announced the completion of a security plan to allow shipments to safely approach the densely populated local area around the LNG offloading terminal in Everett, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo vowed to enlist members of Congress to explore “other options” to stop the shipments and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino blasted the Coast Guard’s decision.
“I am disappointed by the decision to allow the shipment of LNG from Yemen and believe that this is the wrong decision,” Menino said in a statement. ‘’It is unreasonable and unsafe to continually put the interests of large corporations ahead of the security of Boston area residents, and it is time to solve this problem once and for all.”
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From 7 News
Gov. Deval Patrick stated he felt satisfied with the security measures in place for when tankers from Yemen carrying liquefied natural gas begin arriving in Boston Harbor later this month.
The Coast Guard’s decision to allow LNG tankers from Yemen into Boston Harbor comes despite concerns about the country supporting terrorists.
“I’ve spoken with the senior-most people at homeland security, and they have taken it all the way up the chain to the White House national security advisors. I think that everything that can be done has been done. They have taken a whole host of new and more intrusive security measures, and that is what all of us are looking for,” said Gov. Patrick.
Yet Boston Mayor Thomas Menino blasted the Coast Guard’s decision.
He issued a statement that read in part: “I am disappointed by the decision of the United States Coast Guard to allow the shipment of LNG from Yemen and believe that this is the wrong decision for the people of Boston and the metropolitan area. It is unreasonable and unsafe to continually put the interests of large corporations ahead of the security of Boston area residents and it is time to solve this problem once and for all.”
Imam Arrested Trying To Smuggle Razors and Scissors Into Jail
February 3, 2010 by national
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An imam with the city Department of Correction was busted trying to smuggle razors and a pair of scissors into the Tombs on Wednesday morning, sources said.
Zul-Qarnain Shahid, 58, had his briefcase scanned at about 9 a.m. after reporting to work at the Manhattan Detention Complex, sources said.
“He put his briefcase through the X-ray machine,” said a correction source. “The officer was on point. He saw three razor blades and a pair of scissors.”
Shahid, who has been with the Department of Correction for about three years, was arrested by the Department of Investigation. Charges are pending.
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Canada – 2 Tons Of Ammonium Nitrate Possibly Still Missing?
February 3, 2010 by national
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This story came out two weeks ago and we didn’t post it. At the time it appeared the two tons of missing ammonium nitrate was most likely just a clerical error. Apparently that may not be end of the story according to an article in CTV News. We’ve been unable to locate any additional information confirming if the ammonium nitrate has been found or is still missing. We will attempt to get more details and update the story if and when they become available. The RCMP does not intend to adjust its terror threat level prior to the Olympic Games as a result of the incident according to these reports, and states there is no indication that criminal activity is involved.
From CTV News Authorities RCMP officials have intensified their investigation into two tons of an explosive chemical compound that went missing, CTV News has learned.
Last month, pipeline and energy storage company Kinder Morgan contacted the RCMP to say that it couldn’t account for two one-ton bags of ammonium nitrate that had been part of a 6,000-bag shipment.
About a week later, the company said that the discrepancy was simply due to a clerical error, and RCMP officials said they were “satisfied that no product is missing.”
However, this past weekend, RCMP officials said they couldn’t confirm if a clerical error had, in fact, occurred and were still investigating.
Here’s what CTV News has learned:
* The 6,000 tons of ammonium nitrate was manufactured in Alberta by Agrium Inc.
* It was shipped to Dyno Nobel, an explosives company, which prepared it and bagged it.
* Dyno Nobel hired one or more trucking companies to carry the explosive material across the Rockies to Kinder Morgan’s North Vancouver yard.
* From there, it was shipped to a storage facility in Surrey. That’s when the two bags were discovered missing.
On Friday, police asked for records from Calgary-based Agrium and Dyno Nobel, whose headquarters are in Utah.
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Kinder Morgan responds to RCMP explosives probe
Pipeline and energy storage company Kinder Morgan says it is only one link in a chain of companies responsible for the transportation and storage of the explosive chemicals that were reported missing last month.
Police said they were contacted by Kinder Morgan on Dec. 31 about two one-tonne bags of ammonium nitrate that may have gone missing from a 6,000-bag shipment in the fall.
But on Jan. 6, police said the company told authorities the inventory discrepancy was the result of a clerical error, and that all material had been accounted for — a conclusion RCMP have not yet been able to confirm.
Lexa Hobenshield, a spokeswoman for the Texas-based company, said Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves terminal is co-operating with the RCMP and other authorities conducting the probe, and that there are a number of other companies that handled the chemicals.
From The Calgary Herald on January 17th
With less than a month until the world’s eyes are on B.C. for the Olympic Winter Games, Mounties are still trying to account for missing ammonium nitrate.Two tonnes of the chemical compound, which has been used in several terrorist bombings, was originally reported missing to the RCMP on Jan. 6.
Kinder Morgan, a pipeline and energy-storing company, had been transporting 6,000 bags of material from Alberta to North Vancouver when two bags could not be accounted for days before Christmas.
The discrepancy was discovered when the shipment was moved by a third-party trucking company to a facility.
On Jan. 7, the company determined the discrepancy was the result of a “clerical error.”
Mounties have been investigating the company’s assessment since then, but have been unable to confirm the accounting discrepancy.
“To date, investigators have not been able to confirm Kinder Morgan’s conclusions,” RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Annie Linteau said in a news release late Friday.
“The RCMP will continue to work diligently to determine whether any product is in fact missing, and if so, what happened to it.”
Linteau said there is no evidence to suggest theft or criminal wrongdoing.
Edmonton Sun – January 24th Potentially explosive fertilizer mystery remains unsolved
The energy giant at the centre of an RCMP investigation to determine whether two tonnes of a potentially explosive chemical fertilizer went missing says it’s co-operating fully with investigators…. [...]
U.S. Marshal Imposter Allegedly Deports Hemet Woman
February 2, 2010 by national
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A Hemet man was arrested after a strange chain of events, in which he allegedly took a woman from her home, handcuffed her and put her on a plane to the Philippines while posing as a U.S. Marshal, authorities said.
On January 15, Hemet Police said Gregory R. Denny, 37, allegedly went to a home on the 1200 block of Stepstone Court and took a woman into custody.
Denny was reported to be wearing clothes with a federal logo on it and a badge around his neck and apparent handgun at the time of the incident.
Denny allegedly told the woman and the other occupants in the home he was deporting her according to Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart.
The suspect then proceeded to handcuff the woman of the home, took her to the U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, where he was told the woman had no warrant in the system and declined to take his “prisoner,” authorities said.
via U.S. Marshal Imposter Allegedly Deports Hemet Woman – cbs2.com.
Additional Details… Suzanne Trevino, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said in a telephone interview that an investigation has revealed that someone who presented “falsified law enforcement documents” was able to get past security and eventually make it to a gate with a prisoner. The individual presented himself as a law enforcement officer and followed the proper procedures, including logging in, she said.
The woman apparently has remained in the Philippines believing she had been deported. The victim’s family, believing the woman was being deported by federal officials, apparently paid for the airline ticket.
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Al Qaeda Man Captured Wearing Bomb Belt
January 30, 2010 by national
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Yemeni forces on Saturday captured an al Qaeda militant wearing an explosive belt who was planning a suicide attack on “economic facilities,” a government official said.
The man was detained while driving a motorbike in the Khalf area in the Hadramaut region, the Ministry of Interior official said in a statement sent to Reuters. He was named as Saleh Abdul-Habib Saleh Shawash.
“The primary interrogation of this terrorist (revealed) he was planning a suicide attack against economic facilities in Hadramaut … the interrogation is ongoing to reveal more information about this and to see who else might be involved in the plan,” the source said.
Yemen has gained a reputation as a haven and a training and recruiting center for al Qaeda militants since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
Authorities stepped up operations against the group after its Yemeni wing said it was behind an attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on December 25.
Yemen is also fighting a war with Shi’ite rebels in northern regions bordering Saudi Arabia and facing simmering separatist sentiment in the south.
The Shi’ite rebels, known as Houthis, made a truce offer last week and said they had withdrawn from all Saudi territory.
Passenger on Flight Might be on No-Fly List, Flight Diverted
January 29, 2010 by national
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UPDATE: Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N) flight bound from New Jersey to Colombia was diverted to Florida on Friday because of security concerns about a passenger, but the person was cleared by the FBI and the flight resumed, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said.
Government officials say a flight was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla., because a passenger on board was an apparent match to a name on the terrorist watch list. Law enforcement officials are looking into whether the passenger is actually a suspected terrorist listed on the government’s no-fly list.—————
An airline is not supposed to issue a boarding pass to a person on the no-fly list. It was not immediately clear which airline was involved.According to an internal government report, the flight originated in Newark and was bound for Bogota, Colombia. It was diverted to Jacksonville International Airport.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the incident.
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Man Arrested on Amtrak Train After Alleged Threat
January 29, 2010 by national
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An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado.
Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man from Elizabeth, N.J., mention al-Qaida and make threats in a cell phone conversation.
Police said in an affidavit that passengers overheard Lutalo saying he hadn’t killed anyone yet and talking about going to jail.
Passengers say the man said, “We have to work in small groups. They can hold you for 18 months. Do they have security on these trains? Are you with me or not?”
One passenger said he heard Lutalo mention al-Qaida, saying, “17th century tactics won't work, we have 21st century tactics.”
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Airline Passenger Says Concerns Ignored on Flight
January 28, 2010 by national
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South Jersey woman got the scare of her life when she tried to report suspicious activity on board a plane Philadelphia International Airport.The woman shared details of her terrifying ordeal only with Fox 29 News on Wednesday.Now, she’s wondering if it was some kind of sick joke or a test run for a terrorist.
Fox 29’s Dave Schratwieser reported that 12 days after her red-eye flight from Los Angeles, the US Airways passenger is still upset over an incident on her flight, the reaction to it by the flight crew, and the lack of reaction from authorities.”I was trembling, and I was just completely frightened,” said the mother of three.
via Only On Fox: Airline Passenger Says Concerns Ignored.
Terror Suspects Possibly Linked To Underwear Bomber In Custody
January 27, 2010 by national
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KUALA LUMPUR – Police last week acted quickly to forestall a serious threat to national security when they nabbed 10 terror suspects with links to international terrorist organizations. The nine foreigners and a Malaysian were also believed to be linked to a Nigerian student who attempted to blow up a US-bound flight on Christmas Day. Among the foreigners nabbed here were several Nigerians but the authorities are tight-lipped over the details.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the nine foreigners had only just arrived here when they were nabbed. “They would not have had time to do much and establish themselves here,” Hishammuddin said. “They posed a serious security threat to the country and have been detained under the ISA (Internal Security Act).”
He, however, refused to reveal the nationalities of the foreign suspects and organisation they were affiliated to. He said police were tipped off by international anti-terrorism agencies and swung into action.
Man Points Finger Like A Gun At Jurors In Aafia Siddiqui Trial
January 26, 2010 by national
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Two jurors were excused from the media-termed terror mom trial yesterday after they saw a spectator point his fingers like a gun and silently curse the jury. “They were visibly upset,” a court official said.
The spectator who pointed his thumb and index finger like a gun at the jury while mouthing an expletive was taken into custody and later released.
Defendant Aafia Siddiqui, was also hauled out of Manhattan federal court twice after repeatedly interrupting the dramatic testimony from the officer who shot her after she allegedly grabbed his assault rifle off the floor and opened fire inside an Afghan police building in 2008.
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