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US-CERT.GOV
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http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1212787226112.shtm
“DHS To Upgrade Homeland Security Information Network”
Release Date: June 6, 2008
...and more good news.
BLOG:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/israeli-style-airport-security-coming-to-us/
“Israeli-Style Airport Security Coming to U.S.?”
SNIPPET: “America is finally showing interest in adopting Israel’s approach to airline safety which looks for bombers, not bombs — and won’t confiscate your tiny bottles of shampoo.”
June 7, 2008 - by Annie Jacobsen
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “At a recent news conference in Jerusalem, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Michael Chertoff announced that the U.S. had signed a landmark agreement with Israel to share information about airport security.
Israel is considered to have the most effective airport security measures anywhere in the world.”
Note: Video included.
BLOG:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/06/hot-air-tv-new-jihad-watch/
“Hot Air TV: New Jihad Watch
POSTED AT 12:02 PM ON JUNE 6, 2008 BY MICHELLE”
DESCRIPTION: “Thanks to our generous volunteer editor, we’ve got a new Jihad Watch. Robert Spencer counters the slick deflection strategy of the “Islamophobia” complainers trying to distract from the public policy debate over Minnesota’s publicly-funded sharia school:”
Video Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A-_INDuInc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027707/posts
“Confirmed 1/2 Mile Wide Tornado entering South Chicago Suburbs”
National Weather Service ^ | June 7, 2008
Posted on June 7, 2008 4:21:20 PM PDT by Strategerist
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20167&Itemid=21
Press Release A080607a-205
June 7, 2008
Coalition forces strike foreign terrorist network
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces killed four terrorists and destroyed two foreign terrorist safe-houses in northwest Iraq Saturday, also capturing two wanted men in Mosul.
Near Bi’aj, about 130 kilometers southwest of Mosul, Coalition forces targeted several foreign terrorist safe-houses. At the first location, the force immediately came under attack by small arms fire. Coalition forces responded in self-defense, returning fire and calling for supporting aircraft to engage the enemy. Four terrorists were killed in the ensuing engagement.
Coalition forces discovered a vehicle with a foreign license plate adjacent to one of the target buildings. Inside the building they found weapons, ammunition, military equipment and graffiti indicating it served as a foreign terrorist safe-house. Coalition forces safely destroyed the weapons, vehicle and two buildings to prevent their future use in terrorist activities.
In Mosul, Coalition forces captured two men believed to conspire with senior AQI leaders in the city and detained three additional suspects.
“Today’s operations in northern Iraq targeting foreign terrorist networks are helping to degrade their ability to carry out attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces,” said Maj. John Hall, MNF-I spokesman.
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20179&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080607-04
June 7, 2008
Iraqi Army Soldiers seize more weapons in Sadr City
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers seized multiple weapons caches in Sadr City June 6.
The IA soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division discovered 15 AK-47s, 200 AK-47 rounds, two Berno rifles, a damaged rocket launcher, 14 fake identification cards, three license plates and an 8 mm video tape at approximately 6 a.m.
At approximately 8:15 a.m., the soldiers seized a sniper rifle, an AK-47, 100 PKC rounds, five rocket-propelled grenade propellants and a Baghdad protection badge.
Iraqi soldiers from the 68th Brigade, 11th IA Division seized 25 82 mm mortar rounds, 19 artillery rounds, six 60 mm mortar rounds, five mortar tops, three improvised-explosive devices, three detonating devices, an anti-tank mine, 12 rocket launchers, 11 RPGs, a body armor set, three AK-47 magazine pouches, 200 grams of homemade explosives, two RPG fuses, three radio chargers and one spool of electrical wire at approximately 10 a.m.
At approximately the same time, IA soldiers from 1st Bn., 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., seized 2,000 PKC rounds, three anti-personnel RPGs, three PKC magazines, 40 house phones, four rolls of electrical wire and a propane tank.
“Iraqi Army soldiers continue to make significant seizures of weapons and munitions as they diligently strive to safeguard the people of Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “The Iraqi Security Forces continue to demonstrate their professional ism as they rid the streets of Baghdad of these dangerous weapons.”
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Note:The following text is a quote:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20185&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080607-05
June 7, 2008
ISOF capture Special Groups criminal
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a suspected Special Groups criminal in al-Amarah, a city northeast of Basra, June 5.
The ISOF conducted the operation to capture the suspected criminal who reportedly had weapons caches in and around his home containing Katyushka rockets, AK-47 assault rifles and suppressors for various pistols.
“This operation should illustrate to the citizens in the area that ISOF is willing and able to go after criminals wherever they hide in order to bring peace and security to the Maysan Province,” said Lt. Col. Neil Harper, Multi-National Corps – Iraq spokesman.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20179&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080607-04
June 7, 2008
“Iraqi Army Soldiers seize more weapons in Sadr City”
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD
Interesting thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2027731/posts
“Chavez wants to work with next US leader”
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/7/08 | AP
Posted on June 7, 2008 5:49:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CARACAS, Venezuela
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.memri.org/antisemitism.html
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BLOG:
“Toronto Terror Suspects: ‘Every Single Jew is Your Enemy’”
Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:34:26 pm PST
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=806eac30-5d99-4355-b3d6-3acf433eec22
“Court hears accused terrorists’ ideology
Men talk of imperative to retaliate, in wiretaps played at the trial of a 20-year-old man”
Melissa Leong, Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, June 06, 2008
BRAMPTON, Ont. —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The court heard that he had spent “every last penny” — or about $4,000 — on a shipment of 13 firearms from Mexico.
The total cost of $10,000 was due at the end of March or the supplier would have to sell them on the street, he said in a wire-tap. To raise money, he met a man who was running an elaborate bank scam. The fraudster, identified as Talib, was using “white,” “blond,” women, possibly “crack heads,” to take out bank loans with fraudulent information. They would cash the cheques at a payday lending store.
Berlin - A coup plot against Syrian President Bashar al- Assad was quietly crushed without the world noticing, the German newspaper Die Welt was set to report Saturday, quoting German and "foreign" intelligence sources. It said Syria's military intelligence chief, Assef Shaukat, had plotted to seize power while Assad was hosting an Arab League meeting in Damascus in February. Shaukat, who is an in-law to the president, and 100 intelligence officers had been arrested.
Die Welt said Assad had been tipped off by Imad Mughniyah, a senior member of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization in Lebanon. Mughniyah was killed a few days later in a bomb blast on February 12 in Damascus. The sources said it was possible that associates of Shaukat had assassinated him in revenge. Releasing the story Friday in advance of going to print, Die Welt said some of the plotters were allegedly linked to violent Islamist groups.
Die Welt said the Syrian embassy in Berlin had rejected the coup story as utterly untrue. Without naming a source, the newspaper said German diplomats were aware of the coup story but had not been able to confirm it as fact.
US targets al Qaeda operatives with links to Iran, Pakistan
June 6, 2008
The US Treasury Department has added three al Qaeda operatives from the Gulf States to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorist Individuals. The three operatives have provided logistical, financial, and material support to al Qaeda and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group throughout the Middle East. Two of these operatives have provided direct support for al Qaeda leaders based in Iran and two have operated in the tribal regions in Pakistan.
The US has designated Khalifa Muhammad Turki al Subaiy, a Qatari national; and Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al Khaliq and Abd al Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali, Bahraini nationals, as Specially Designated Global Terrorist Individuals under Executive Order 13224. The designation allows the US to freeze their assets, prevent them from using financial institutions, and prosecute them for terrorist activities.
Excerpted
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/us_targets_al_qaeda.php
BIG DITTO.
MOSCOW - A recent gas leak in northeast China near the Russian border that killed three people contained phosgene, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday citing environmental experts. "An expert evaluation confirmed that the leak contained phosgene gas," Andrei Nesterenko said, adding that eight people had been poisoned as a result of the leak.
Phosgene is a chemical warfare agent with a lethal concentration of 0.01-0.03 milligrams per liter. There is no known antidote. Earlier Friday, a Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman quoted Chinese authorities as saying the chemical leak in the town of Qiqihar in the Heilongjiang province was no threat to the environment.
Irina Andrianova quoted the Chinese general consulate in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk as saying that on June 5 a cylinder containing unidentified gas "disintegrated" causing a gas leak. "Local authorities and environmental experts disposed of the cylinder and dealt with the consequences of the accident," she added.
Excerpted
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080606/109426611.html
1,000 kilos of explosives seized near Pakistan capital
Jun 6, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police seized two vehicles carrying about 1,000 kilograms of explosives, foiling a possible terror plot near Pakistan's capital. Senior police officer Rao Mohammed Iqbal said several suspects were arrested in the operation late Thursday in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Two security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media, said Friday at least three men were arrested, suspected of wanting to target "sensitive installations."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659675544&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
A chiropractor was jailed after a bomb scare led authorities to find explosives materials inside of his Park City office, police said. A bomb scare occurred at the chiropractor’s office earlier this week, when someone reported seeing bomb-making equipment in the hallway.
As investigators searched and secured the office building, they reportedly found more equipment inside the office of chiropractor Matthew Zarit. Officials believe that the equipment in the hallway also belonged to Zarit. Zarit, 36, was eventually arrested and booked into the Summit County Jail. Authorities believe he intended to blow up the office building with the bomb-making materials which included gasoline, sodium hydroxide, road flares and a fuse. Zarit faces two felony charges of attempted arson and possession of an incendiary device.
http://www.kutv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=18247e8b-18c8-48d6-8340-63af0a5a2f6c
Egypt deploys hundreds of policemen on Gaza border
Fri Jun 6, 2008
Egypt deployed hundreds of riot police along the border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, fearing hundreds of Palestinian protestors may try to storm the Rafah crossing, security officials said. One official said 500 policemen as well as scores of border guards were deployed at Rafah border crossing and along a concrete wall separating Sinai and the coastal strip.
"Hundreds of Palestinians are starting to gather in front of the main gate of the crossing on the Palestinian side demanding it to be opened," the official told Reuters on a customary condition of anonymity. Another security official put the number of policemen at around 1,000, along with 500 border guards.
Excerpted
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL064443220080606
THE HAGUE: Dutch police arrested a 26-year-old Pakistani man on Friday wanted in Spain on terrorism charges, according to the Netherlands’ prosecution service.
“Aqueelur Rehman Abbasi was arrested on Friday in his prison cell in Vught where he was being held by the immigration and naturalisation services, at the request of Spanish authorities,” prosecution spokesman Frank Wattimena told AFP.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/06/07/story_7-6-2008_pg7_20
Thanks Cindy. That 10 year olds have been attempted "recruits" for terrorism via their use of the internet, it's something US parents should be aware and watchful of when their younger and older impressionable chidren are online. Other evil and resourceful predators are out there in cyberspace.
Chemical plant accident creates laughing gas cloud
An accident in a chemical plant Friday created a frightening-looking cloud of "laughing gas," government and emergency officials said. Nobody was reported to be injured — or to be giggling uncontrollably.
The Northern Ireland Department of the Environment said workers at Albion Chemicals Ltd. poured nitric acid into a disposal container that was contaminated, causing a reaction that produced plumes of nitrous oxide. The gas, inhaled as an analgesic, has been known since the late 18th century as "laughing gas." It has a range of medical and industrial uses and is not toxic.
Suspected terrorists talked about making homemade chemical weapons
Snippets: Police wiretaps suggest the alleged ringleaders of an suspected terror plot to attack Canadian targets talked about making homemade chemical weapons.
One of the alleged ringleaders says the Arabic books, translated into English, help you make "everything you can ever think of." The suspects talk about the "Mujahid cookbook" while going through a Tim Hortons drive-thru in a car wiretapped by police.
Take cues from 9/11 suspect says
"You harm one Muslim, the whole Muslim nation has to defend that person," said a man who has been framed as the group's top suspect, in an intercepted conversation played yesterday at the trial of one of the 11, a young offender who cannot be named.
"They're probably expecting what happened in London or something. ... some bombing in a subway killed 20 people," the alleged ringleader said. "Our thing is ... it's much, much greater on a scale ... make sure they can never recover again."
Pakistan police foil terror plot near Islamabad
Pakistani police have foiled a major terror plot, seizing three explosives-packed vehicles and arresting six people including three would-be suicide bombers near Islamabad, officials said Friday.
June 6, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/seattle060608.html
Leaders of Canadian Drug Ring Arrested
Kingpin with Hells Angels Ties Arrested in Drug Sting
JUN 6 — (Seattle, WA) – DEA Special Agent in Charge Arnold R. Moorin and United States Attorney for Western District of Washington Jeffrey Sullivan announced that two Canadian citizens Robert L. Shannon, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia and Devron D. Quast, of Abbotsford, British Columbia were arrested June 5, 2008 in Ferndale, Washington for marijuana and cocaine charges. The three year investigation resulted in the seizure of 1,300 pounds of cocaine, 7,000 pounds of British Columbia marijuana and approximately 3.5 million dollars. To date, 38 subjects have been charged, twelve of which are Canadian Nationals.
According to the indictment, Shannon was responsible for the distribution and smuggling of the drugs on behalf of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Club and others. The drugs were concealed inside hollowed out logs on trucks, within the false walls of cargo containers and vehicles, within loads of commercial lumber and beauty bark, inside large PVC pipes, and within the interior of a propane tanker. Additionally, drugs were transported by smugglers on foot between the Canada and the United States. QUAST oversaw daily operations of the drug transportation, which included providing assurance to the Canadian suppliers that the drugs would be successfully smuggled into the United States.
On June 5, 2008, Shannon, Quast and two others were arrested after they attempted to smuggle British Columbia into the United States. Additionally, law enforcement seized $50,000 in United States Currency and hundreds of pounds of British Columbia marijuana.
This investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration Customs Enforcement and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
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