INSIGHT On The News online: "NO PROGRESS IN BATTLE ON BIOTERROR - WHY?" by Nicholas Stix (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "With the help of anonymous FBI profilers and activist academics such as Dr. Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, the American media have been wed to the notion that a disgruntled, white male loner from within the U.S. biowarfare-defense program at USAMRIID (United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases) in Maryland stole the anthrax bacteria, secretly did the lab work all by himself and carried out the attacks, perhaps to warn the public of the dangers of bioterrorism. Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Shane has dubbed this the "bioevangelist" theory.") (102102)
***FBI.gov - Press Release: "FBI ISSUES THREAT COMMUNICATION ON AL-QAEDA TARGETING THE U.S. RAILWAY SECTOR" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPETS: "On October 23, the FBI distributed through the NLETS communications system, an intelligence update warning state and local law enforcement of recent reporting that al-Qa'ida is targeting the U.S. railway sector. Information from debriefings of al-Qa'ida detainees as of mid-October indicates that the group has considered directly targeting U.S. passenger trains, possibly using operatives who have a Western appearance"..."In addition, the U.S. Intelligence Community continues to receive general threat reporting on such sectors as, the airline and maritime industries, financial sector and government facilities and installations...") (102402)
FOX NEWS.com: "TWO PEOPLE IN CUSTODY IN MARYLAND AFTER AUTHORITIES ISSUE ARREST WARRANT IN SNIPER CASE" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspects are identified as John Allen Muhammad (aka John Allen Williams), age 42 and John Lee Malvo, age 17.) (102402)
YAHOO! News (AP): "SNIPER SUSPECT'S NEW JERSEY LINKS PROBED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After buying the car Sept. 10 for $250 at a Trenton car dealer named Sure Shot Sales, he got the car's title and registration on the one-year anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., said Edmond Bonnette, the agent in charge of the Camden DMV office. Muhammad does not have a New Jersey driver's license, but it is legal in New Jersey to own a car without being a licensed driver. Osbourne has a valid New Jersey driver's license, Rasmussen said.") (102502)
WSFA.com: "ABC LIQUOR STORE SHOOTING VICTIM, KELLIE ADAMS, SPEAKS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Kellie Adams and Claudine Parker may have been the first victims of the rampage that has gripped the Washington, D.C. area. The 24-year-old woman was the only survivor of what police thought was a bungled robbery.") (102402)
ABC NEWS.go.com: "PREPARING FOR JIHAD...IN ALABAMA Islamic Militant Training Camp Allegedly Operating in Alabama" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A training camp linked to Islamic militants has been operating in Alabama, and European law enforcement officials believe Muslim extremists were using it to prepare for a holy war.") (July 25, 2002)
NBC 13.com: "MUSLIM DETAINEE MAY BE LINKED TO WEB SITE WITH ALABAMA TIE Suspect Used Alabama Firearms School to Promote Jihad Training" (ARTICLE NOTE: The American muslim is identified as James Ujaama.) (July 26, 2002)
SEATTLE PI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "RANCH'S EFFORTS AT TERROR TRAINING DETAILED Muslim Who Lived at Oregon Site Tells How Scheme Fell Apart" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Now, three years later, the aborted scheme to help advance the cause of Islamic radicals -- while also making a buck -- is a key element in an FBI investigation aimed at proving that London cleric Abu Hamza al Masri recruited al-Qaida members and supported international terrorism. The Egyptian-born Abu Hamza is wanted in Yemen on terrorism charges and the U.S. Treasury Department has frozen his assets in this country. Hamza's London mosque had been visited by Zacarias Moussaoui, who was charged in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks, and by others with terrorist connections. The investigation, rooted in Western Washington, became public last month. At its center is Ujaama, a Seattle businessman, Web site designer and self-styled entrepreneur now in custody in Virginia...") (August 9, 2002)
NewsMax.com: "PRO-TERRORIST SNIPER SUSPECT WORKED FOR FARRAKHAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad sympathized with the Sept. 11 terrorists, is "a strong believer in the Muslims" and attended - and worked for - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's so-called Million Man March, reports revealed today. Here are excerpts from an interview Paula Zahn conducted today on CNN with Felix Strozier, who opened a martial arts school with Muhammad...") (102402)
NY POST.com - Post Opinion - OpEd Column: "MILITANT ISLAM'S NEW STRONGHOLDS" by Daniel Pipes and Jonathan Schanzer (COLUMN SNIPPET: "This can be seen especially in the cases of Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria, three countries with a combined population of about 494 million inhabitants. Their Muslim population of some 378 million constitutes about a third of the global Muslim community.") (102202)
ALBAWABA.com: "WORLD'S FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ISLAMIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL TO LAUNCH IN RAMADAN" (ARTICLE NOTE: The Islamic satellite TV channel is identified as Al-Majd2. ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""There are approximately 100 million satellite TV households across the Islamic world," Ghazzawi said in a statement, adding that transmission will begin from studios in Dubai, Riyadh and Cairo.") (102102)
WORLD TRIBUNE.com: "U.S.: AL QAIDA FUNDED BY ONLY 12 INDIVIDUALS, MOSTLY SAUDIS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Officials said U.S. intelligence has determined that Al Qaida is supported by 12 financiers, most of them Saudis. They said the Bush administration is sharing the findings with Washington's allies in NATO and the European Union. On Sunday, Treasury Undersecretary Jimmy Gurule begins a six-day visit to European countries to coordinate efforts to freeze assets of those deemed as terrorist financiers. The countries include Denmark, which holds the EU presidency, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, Sweden and Switzerland, Middle East Newsline reported.") (102002)
THE HAWAII CHANNEL.com (KITV 4 NEWS): "FBI INVESTIGATES THREAT ON HAWAII NAVY BASES Letter Threatens December Attack" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HONOLULU -- The Navy is warning Hawaii commanders about a potential terrorist threat.") (101802)
HINDUSTAN TIMES.com (REUTERS, Washington): "HUNDREDS OF US NAVY COMPUTERS MISSING: REPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nearly 600 computers are missing from the US Pacific Fleet's warships and submarines as of late July, including at least 14 known to have handled classified data, an internal Navy report said. The fleet, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sought to prevent release of the Naval Audit Service report, even though it was not classified.") (101902)
Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP Photo on YAHOO! NEWS. The caption underneath the photo states, "South Koreans in a subway car read newspapers reporting North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear test, in Seoul, South Korea (news - web sites), Friday, Oct. 18, 2002. The headline reads: 'North Korea did nuclear test between July and August in this year.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" (101702)
CNN.com: "PHILIPPINE SUSPECTS CAUGHT BUILDING BOMB" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Five men have been arrested as suspects in a series of deadly bombings in the southern Philippines, apparently while building a bomb for a new attack, officials say. The men, named by police as members of the Islamic guerrilla group Abu Sayyaf, were arrested Tuesday afternoon as they were allegedly constructing a device intended for a fourth attack in the predominantly Christian city of Zamboanga.") (102302)
BBC News: "BOGOTA BOMB FUELS URBAN WAR FEARS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Colombian police have raided shanty towns in the capital, Bogota, after a car bomb attack outside police headquarters killed two people and injured almost 40. Police said the bomb, which exploded in a car park, was the work of the country's leftist rebels, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).) (102302)
ANANOVA.com: "TEENAGER ARRESTED WITH EXPLOSIVES NEAR U.S. TROOPS" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "Kuwaiti police have arrested a teenager alleged to have had explosives in his car near a residential block housing US soldiers"..."He is understood to have told police that he had received orders from Pakistan via the internet to place the explosives in the towers.") (101702)
KANSAS.com - THE WICHITA EAGLE: "JONATHAN and REGINALD CARR ON TRIAL" (CLICK HERE to Follow The Trial.) (NOTE: A second link you may wish to check is COURTTV.com and follow the updates on the Carr Trial.)