TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 01/12/2005 # 1
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[Reuters] GERMANY - German police arrest 22 suspected Islamists
Talk about weird and January 17th...read this:
Attack Warning on Syrian and Iranian Missions Issued
By Sedat Gunec
Published: Wednesday 12, 2005
zaman.com
The US has warned Turkey about a possible attack on Syrian and Iranian representative offices abroad.
A "Top Secret" encrypted message was sent by the US Central Forces Command to the Turkish Foreign Ministry a week ago which said a provocative bombing attack would be initiated on Iranian and Syrian missions in Turkey by January 17th, 2005. The message also said that although supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) would initiate the attack, the US would be accused. After receiving the message, the Turkish Foreign Ministry took action and issued a message to the Internal Ministry. The Security Directorate was also alerted. The Anti- Terrorism and Operation Directorate warned provincial security directorates in Iran and Syria via a "secret" document. Authorities say in the document: "According to information obtained by US soldiers in Iraq, an attack is planned on Syrian and Iranian missions in our country. It is important to tighten security measures at the missions, institutions and public housing facilities of the two countries and focus on intelligence research on the possible attacks." After the warning, Iranian and Syrian embassies in Ankara and consulates and institutions in Istanbul, Trabzon, Erzurum and Hatay were put under extraordinary protection.
US intelligence says relations with Iran and Syria have become tense recently. Just a week before, a visit to Ankara by US Central Forces commander General John Abizaid drew some attention. The Security Directorate and the National Intelligence Service (MIT) started multidimensional operations based on the message from the US Central Forces Command. It is expected that supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are behind the planned attacks. Security measures at the Habur Border Gate were also tightened
TORONTO (CP) -- Ontario will improve emergency response in hospitals across the province by providing decontamination tents and more equipment and supplies, Health Minister George Smitherman said Thursday. "Ontarians must have complete confidence that their health care system can respond in times of emergencies," Smitherman said in a release.
The government expects to spend $13.5 million on the plan.
The province says it wants every hospital in the province to have the same ability to respond to another SARS-type infectious disease, an industrial accident, a train derailment or even acts of terrorism.
Funding will be distributed to hospitals based on their size, capacity and expertise, and will be used to buy one self-contained decontamination tent for every emergency room.
Hospital staff will also be trained "for all types of emergencies, including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear," Smitherman said. The portable tents ensure that any patients suspected of such exposure can be decontaminated outside the hospital, reducing the risk to other patients and staff.
The province will also buy stockpiles of radiation decontamination equipment, including personal protective equipment for hospital employees, nuclear monitoring systems and air samplers.
The emergency room initiatives are part of a three-year plan, launched last June in response to two reports on the deadly outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003, which killed 44 people in the Toronto area.
The plan is consistent with the recommendations of the report, Dr. David Walker, head of the expert panel on SARS and infectious disease control, said in the release. "Today's announcement is an important investment in the emergency capacity of Ontario's health care system," Hilary Short, president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, said in the release.
http://www.canoe.ca/OntQueTicker/CANOE-wire.Ont-Hospitals-Tents.html
Too many disturbing stories in that list!