2nd Chicago Man Tied To Terror Plot

The Chicago Tribune reports that the FBI has arrested a second Chicago man allegedly involved in an international terrorist plot with Western European targets.

The man was taken into custody Oct. 3 before he boarded a flight at O’Hare International Airport to Philadelphia, the first stop on a trip to Pakistan, where he planned to meet people with known ties to terrorist organizations that have carried out fatal attacks that resulted in the deaths of U.S. citizens, a source said. He has not been charged.

After that arrest, dozens of FBI agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 18 raided a Grundy County meat-processing plant that specializes in Islamic foods.

The owner of the plant, Tahawar Hussain Rana, also of Chicago, was arrested at his North Side home the same day as the raid on First World Management Services in Kinsman, northwest of Dwight. Agents seized records from the plant, as well as a related North Side business also raided the same day, said the source, who is familiar with the investigation.

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Several Fall Ill On United Airlines Jet – Emergency Landing At O’Hare

A plane heading to Los Angeles from Boston stopped at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday night after reports of one or more passengers falling ill.

United Airlines flight 167 landed at O’Hare about 8:30 p.m. after reports of one or more passengers sick on the plane, city Dept. of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride said.

According to unconfirmed reports, 12 to 16 people were sick on the plane, causing it to make an emergency landing.

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Mobile X-ray Inspections of Cargo Trucks Used Surprise Test At O’Hare

A mobile X-ray machine capable of screening the contents of large cargo containers was used for the first time Tuesday to check trucks entering O’Hare International Airport, authorities said.

The exercise, part of a drill involving federal and city agencies, will become a common security practice as a 2010 deadline requiring screening of all cargo that is loaded aboard passenger planes approaches, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Read more