AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Five Dutch postal workers became ill after handling a piece of mail containing yellow powder Sunday evening, police said.
Police spokeswoman Claudia Metz in the city of Alkmaar said the workers weren't seriously sickened, and that the powder was not anthrax. However, she said those who came in contact with it had difficulty breathing and one mailman was briefly hospitalized before being released.
"It was nasty stuff," Metz said of the yellow powder, which is being tested.
[AP] NEVADA - Bomb squad removes devices from Las Vegas trailer park
"Las Vegas Fire Department bomb squad has defused and removed six pipe bombs from a trailer park near Nellis Air Force Base"
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2044558
[Palm Beach Post] FLORIDA - Riviera Beach City Hall evacuated after bomb threat
"someone threatened to detonate a bomb in a mayor's office at 9:11 a.m."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/auto/epaper/editions/friday/local_news_047fb4cfa306c0201072.html
[Framingham Metro West Daily News] MASS - Police keep quiet about bomb
"device was a glass bottle filled with gasoline with two quarter sticks of dynamite connected to it"
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=73298
[WKYT] KENTUCKY - Popular Kentucky Attraction Evacuated Following Bomb Threat [False alarm, near airport]
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2050368
[KMSB] ARIZONA - Suspect's pipe bomb forces police evacuation
http://www.fox11az.com/news/state/stories/KMSB-20040716-fambp-pipebomb.305953492.html
[MSNBC] USA - Interviews of Muslims to broaden
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5454797/
[CattleNetwork.com] KANSAS - Cattle Health - Be on the Alert for Vesicular Stomatitis
"Vesicular stomatitis (VS), a foot-and-mouth disease look-alike, has been found in nine locations in Texas, four in New Mexico, and one in Colorado "
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=2446
[WNNE-TV] VERMONT - Glitch In Emergency Test Causes Scare In Nashua
"many people who saw it thought it was the real thing"
http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/wnne/3538813/detail.html
[ZDNet.co.uk] USA - CYBERTERROR - BitDefender sees Al-Qaeda link in new Atak worm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39160707,00.htm
[eWeek] USA - CYBERTERROR - Security Researchers Debunk Atak Worm-Al Qaeda Link
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1624515,00.asp
[AP] USA - Web site removes documents on knockout gas at military's heeding
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0260_BC_WebSite-Military&&news&newsflash-financial
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[NBC5.com] ILLINOIS - Brookfield Man Accused Of Falsifying Pilot's Application [ Man originally from Jordan, expired visa]
http://www.nbc5.com/news/3537978/detail.html
[Rocky Hill Post] USA - Be Very Afraid [ Editorial about fear in the news ]
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12356114&BRD=1649&PAG=461&dept_id=11971&rfi=6
[WorldNetDaily.com] USA / SAUDI ARABIA - 9-11 attackers tied to Saudi security forces?
"Up to 10 possibly served or received support from Prince Abdullah's forces "
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39490
[ARAB NEWS] USA - Is the US Becoming a ‘Nation of Snitches?’ [ Published in Arab News, Saudi Arabia]
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=48514&d=18&m=7&y=2004
[NBC 17.com] NORTH CAROLINA - Fort Bragg To Increase Security
"Move Is In Response To Increased Threats"
http://www.nbc17.com/news/3541520/detail.html
[News 8 Austin] USA - Homeland Security increasing safety outside convention cities
"{Terrorists} may plan to target locations outside the convention cities"
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=113365&SecID=2
[New York Times] USA - CIA Sends Terror Experts to Tell Small Towns of Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/politics/18cia.html
[AP] PENNSYLVANIA - Suspicious Packages Found In Northeast Philly
"one of them went off, damaging an sport utility vehicle nearby"
http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_200093052.html
[San Francisco Chronicle] USA - Dirty bombs threaten disruption, panic but not mass destruction As to the dirty bomb, panic is the main fear
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/18/ING427JIH21.DTL
[Louisville Courier Journal] KENTUCKY - Sticker: 'Kerry is bin Laden's Man'
""If I was in bin Laden's shoes, I sure as heck would want Kerry," Richardson said. "
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/07/17ky/B7-bumper0717-3881.html
Should we send letters of gratitude some muslims are finally speaking out?
Muslim groups take out newspaper ads to condemn terrorism
July 17, 2004, 12:23 PM EDT
WEST PATERSON, N.J. -- Five Muslim organizations and seven mosques have taken out advertisements in three New Jersey newspapers to condemn acts of terrorism.
The ads, which featured a banner "Not in the Name of Islam," said the killing of Americans does not represent Islam, just as the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal does not represent America or Christianity.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--muslimanti-terror0717jul17,0,7273640.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
CNN Reports you decide:
Hezbollah member dies in bombing
07/19/04 04:02 AM, EDT
A member of Hezbollah died early Monday when his car exploded in a southern Beirut suburb, a representative in the group's office said.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/19/hezbollah/index.html
Heathrow 'plot' found in road
07/18/04 10:47 PM, EDT
British police have said they had launched an inquiry into how a secret police dossier went missing that according to a newspaper report contained counter-terrorist plans for London's Heathrow airport.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/18/britain.security.reut/index.html