http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terrorattack/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:58:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415325/posts Here is a video report from NBC News saying Scotland Yard is carrying out "raids in central London" this morning in connection with the attempted terrorist attack aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253. The attacker reportedly went to school there, and British authorities are looking for evidence. The report also discusses the attempted attack, and the way passengers acted to subdue the Nigerian attacker. . . .(VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415325/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415314/posts Here is video of a passenger on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 telling about the heroic effort of another passenger to stop a terrorist on board to keep him from completing his attempt to blow up the airplane. A young man climbed over passengers to get to the Nigerian terrorist to stop him. Reports indicate the terrorist was burned badly on his legs, where he had strapped the explosive device. The heroic passenger was also burned in subduing the attacker: An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415314/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:37:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415209/posts Here is a video report on what the White House has confirmed as an attempted "terrorist attack" aboard a Northwest Airlines flight that was about to land in Detroit. A Nigerian national sought to ignite an explosive device aboard the plane, and was burned in the attempt: A male passenger on an international flight bound for Detroit Friday tried to blow up the plane with an explosive device in an incident that the White House is labeling an attempted act of terrorism. Several people were hurt on the plane, which had Delta markings, but was listed as Northwest Flight 253.... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415209/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:46:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391110/posts Sgt. Asan Akbar, a Muslim American soldier with the 326th Engineer Battalion, had an "attitude problem." According to his superiors and acquaintances, Akbar's attitude was bitterly anti-American and staunchly pro-Muslim. So how did this devout follower of the so-called Religion of Peace work out his attitudinal problems last weekend? By lobbing hand grenades and aiming his M-4 automatic rifle into three tents filled with sleeping commanding officers at the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade operations center in Kuwait. Naturally, apologists for Islam-gone-awry are hard at work dismissing this traitorous act of murder as an "isolated, individual act and not an... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391110/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382326/posts FORT HOOD, Texas – A U.S. Army hospital spokesman said the man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood is conscious and able to talk. Dewey Mitchell, a spokesman at Brooke Army Medical Center, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan remains in stable condition. Mr. Mitchell said Maj. Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Maj. Hasan is at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood. Authorities say the 39-year-old Maj. Hasan opened fire at a processing center Thursday at Fort Hood, the country's... Wall Street Joural http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382326/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:37:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381139/posts No surprise here, as the Muslims of NY based RevolutionMuslim.com, brag about the Islamic terrorist attack at Fort Hood. They do us one favor though, they explain how Islam justifies the Fort Hood attack. Islam is at war with us, it time that we wake up! To view the video.... Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381139/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:32:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355583/posts Homeland Security: Provisions of the law that spared New York another 9/11 are set to expire Dec. 31. So why do Democrats want to gut this law and remove the immunity telecom companies have for helping protect America? To borrow a British expression from World War II, it was a very near thing. The capture, arrest and indictment of 24-year-old Afghan immigrant Najubullah Zazi before he could set off bombs made from store-bought chemicals prevented a tragedy of potentially devastating proportions. It wouldn't have happened if the critics of Patriot Act had their way. The capture of Zazi was made... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355583/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:03:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348250/posts DENVER – An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a massive New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs on commuter trains to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a U.S. prosecutor said Friday. U.S. prosecutor Tim Neff told a federal judge in Denver that Najibullah Zazi "was intent on being in New York on 9/11" for a possible terror attack. "The defendant was in the throes of making a bomb and attempting to perfect his formulation," Neff said. He called the evidence a "chilling, disturbing sequence of events." Neff ordered Zazi, a... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348250/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199834/posts A quick-thinking taxi driver and two police officers stopped a bulldozer terrorist from carrying out what he hoped would be a murderous rampage on Jerusalem's Menachem Begin Highway Thursday afternoon. A photo essay follows: Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199834/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:27:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147279/posts U.S. cities are racing to fix security vulnerabilities revealed by the devastating terror attacks in Mumbai, and many hotels remain “sitting ducks,” experts tell Newsmax. Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147279/posts#comment Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121434/posts Nuclear and biological terrorism is the emerging threat the next US President should focus on, the US security chief has told Sky News. In an exclusive interview, homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff said sources of radioactive and biological materials must be properly secured "at all costs". He warned terrorists are actively seeking to acquire such materials. Mr Chertoff said he did not think a weapon of mass destruction, like a biological or nuclear bomb, was a danger that could be just months away. But he warned: "It may be years away and we can't afford to waste this time waiting... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121434/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039728/posts Today's terror attack in Jerusalem--a personal perspective. Jerusalem Diaries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039728/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:27:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020171/posts The latest audio message from al-Qaeda, reportedly from Osama bin Laden himself, is only the most recent confirmation that the jihadist threat to the West remains real and deadly serious. But the fact that it could take the form of nuclear terrorism should be most worrying to citizens and policy makers alike. Where a nuclear attack once may have been beyond the capacities of stateless terrorists, that is no longer the case. One need only consider Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), mastermind of 9/11 and chief operating officer of al-Qaeda, who revealed under intensive interrogation -- including the much-maligned tactic of... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020171/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 12:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771793/posts www.drudgereport.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771793/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769937/posts Security Stepped Up After Terrorist Threat Excerpt In Moscow, which was last hit by terrorist attacks in 2004, officials took the unusual step of ordering cell phone service shut off in the subway system. The measure appeared to be an effort to avert the possibility of explosives being detonated by the phones. Full article: http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=20075 St.Petersburg Times/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769937/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:08:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750860/posts Terror threat shuts down Asian summit: Philippine sources CEBU, Philippines (AFP) - The Philippines abruptly called off a high-profile summit of Asian leaders, blaming a looming tropical storm even as foreign ministry sources said terror threats were the reason. The cancellation came a day after six nations including the United States issued a warning for Cebu, the resort island hosting the summit, due to threats of a terrorist strike. Australia said attack plans were in the "final stages." Foreign ministers from across Asia and other top diplomats were racing late Friday to sign a series of planned agreements before leaving... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750860/posts#comment Sat, 9 Dec 2006 11:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738206/posts Al-QAEDA is determined to acquire the technology to carry out a nuclear attack on the West, a senior Foreign Office official warned yesterday.She said that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network was trawling the world for the materials and know-how to mount an attack using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. The latest warning echoes the remarks last week of the MI5 director-general, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, that future terror attacks in Britain could involve weapons of mass destruction. Asked if she had any doubt that al-Qaeda wanted to obtain the materials to carry out a nuclear attack on the West, the Foreign... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738206/posts#comment Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:51:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737474/posts INDIA renewed a high security alert at its airports following a warning that the al-Qaeda terror network could try and hijack US-bound passenger flights. ?We sounded an alert after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) forwarded an email that spoke of the possibility of an al-Qaeda attempt to hijack US-bound flights from India,? a home ministry official said. The official, who did not wanted to be named, said the email written by an ?unknown entity? appeared to have originated from India and was received by the FBI Saturday at its headquarters in the US. ?While the 'target' was US-bound flights,... Asutralia News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737474/posts#comment Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732252/posts A group of alleged terrorists arrested in London in August planned to blow up airliners over U.S. cities to maximize casualties, rather than over the Atlantic Ocean as many intelligence officials originally thought, according to recent remarks by a senior FBI official. The comments by Mark Mershon, head of the FBI's New York field office, indicate that U.S. and British intelligence officials now think that the airliner plot was aimed at maximizing the potential loss of life and economic impact. "The plan was bring them down over U.S. cities, not over the ocean," Mershon said Oct. 24 at the Infosecurity... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732252/posts#comment Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720643/posts WASHINGTON – Another Pakistani journalist is reporting receiving another threat – this one from a senior Taliban leader – warning all Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terrorist attack before the end of Ramadan. The head of the Islamabad-based al-Quds Center reported receiving an audio message from Mullah Masoom Afghani urging U.S. Muslims to get out of the country "because Allah's punishment would fall on America in the month of Ramadan." Muslims are observing Ramadan this year Sept. 24 to Oct. 23. Jamal Ismail is the journalist who received the message. He formerly worked for al-Jazeera.... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720643/posts#comment Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716099/posts Hundreds of Iraqi policemen fell sick from poisoning tonight at their base in the southern part of the country after the evening meal breaking their daily Ramadan fast, raising fears of a new type of terrorist attack – perhaps even involving chemical, biological or nerve agents. Some of the policemen reportedly began bleeding from the ears and nose immediately after the meal... The suddenness and severity of the mass poisoning immediately raised fears of a new kind of terrorist attack for the nation of Iraq where weapons of mass destruction have not been used since Saddam Hussein was in power.... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716099/posts#comment Mon, 9 Oct 2006 05:15:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716003/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of Iraqi policemen fell sick from poisoning Sunday at a base in southern Iraq after the evening meal breaking their daily Ramadan fast, and officials said they were investigating whether the poisoning was intentional. An official with the Environment Ministry said 11 policemen had died. However, the governor of Wasit province — where the poisoning took place — denied any deaths, though he said some of the victims were in critical condition. There was no immediate explanation for the contradictory reports. Some of the policemen began bleeding from the ears and nose after the meal, said... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716003/posts#comment Sun, 8 Oct 2006 23:40:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1715924/posts AL-QAEDA plotted to murder the entire Australian cricket team in their change rooms during last year's Ashes tour of Britain using sarin nerve gas sprayed by the men who bombed the London Underground. A friend of one of the four bombers who killed 52 people when they bombed trains and buses in the British capital on July 7 last year told The Sunday Times newspaper that the al-Qaeda cell was initially ordered to kill the England and Australian cricket teams during the Edgbaston Test in Birmingham. The claim was made by a family friend of bus bomber Hasib Hussain, who... Australia News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1715924/posts#comment Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:50:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701853/posts Senior Syrian government official have accused the US of being behind Tuesday's assault on its own embassy in downtown Damascus. A Baath party official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told WorldNetDaily, "We in the government are 100 percent sure America was behind this attack, which is not the same as other attacks by Islamic groups." He explained, "Only the Americans can succeed in carrying out an attack just 200 meters from President [Bashar] Assad's residence in the most heavily guarded section of Syria." The official charged that Washington had orchestrated the attack to "prove Syria is filled with terrorists... AHN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701853/posts#comment Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695517/posts The first hint of calamity came in deceptively routine form: a small fire in a rented Carson warehouse, apparently sparked by welders working on a lunch truck. But an investigation of that blaze turned up alarming details: respirators, a suspicious hookup on the truck, large sacks of rice flour. Within weeks, those puzzling discoveries would plunge Los Angeles into a whirlwind as a routine fire probe rapidly spun into an international investigation, uncovering a terrorist weapons lab in Mexico and a plan to douse the nation's second-largest city with anthrax and ricin. By the 40th day of the crisis, panic-stricken... LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695517/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:21:56 GMT