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U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said. One senior lawmaker said the CIA had, so far, refused to brief the intelligence committees on what, if any, knowledge they had about Hasan's efforts. CIA director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis...

U.S. Islamic street preachers declare slaughtered soldiers got just desertsA radical Muslim group was videotaped condoning the massacre at Fort Hood by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan because it was a military target. "America's chickens have come home to roost," shouted a representative of the group. A website run by Revolution Muslim is also honoring Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, as an "Officer and a Gentleman," saying his actions should not be denounced...

An Islamocreep named Khadeeja Nuur out of Washington D.C. has created a Facebook page in support of the Fort Hood terrorist Malik Hasan. Hasan is a traitor to our country and so is Nuur. The enemy is amongst us...

After two days of investigation into the mass shooting at Fort Hood, investigators have tentatively concluded that the attack was not part of a terrorist plot. Rather, they have come to believe that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the shootings, acted out under a welter of emotional, ideological and religious pressures, according to interviews with federal officials who have been briefed on the inquiry. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that Major Hasan believed he was carrying out an extremist’s suicide mission. But the investigators, working with behavioral experts, suggested that he may have long...

Dan Riehl checks the President's schedule and learns that Obama's not going to Fort Hood, but rather to Camp David for the weekend. In an update, Dan notes that his predecessor is more sensitive to the situation. Fox Reports GWB and Laura spent a few hours at Fort Hood, no photo ops. Now that's a CIC. Are you kidding me? Camp frickin' David? What, does he have a tee time close by? For heaven's sakes, he's the CIC. And he's taking the weekend off? This guy simply doesn't care. Unbelievable via Fox. 11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses the House Democratic Caucus -...

...will President Obama be willing to utilize enhanced interrogation techniques to save innocent American lives? The president and his radical AG are going after the very people who may have stopped another 9-11. What would a truck full of explosive do to a NFL football crowd? It would be a nightmare of course. - end update The good news out this weekend is that our vigilant and unsung defenders in the NSA, CIA, FBI and FIS Court have been able to detect and stop a serious attack on America. The men and women who work tirelessly to legally detect and...

9/11 should be a time for every American to ponder the events of that fateful and horrific day in 2001. We had just suffered more casualties from a foreign enemy in an act of war than had ever been sustained by America on its own soil in its entire history - including the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Most Americans were angry and demanded action. Fully 90% supported George Bush as he laid out his plans to respond to the attack. And that support was still above 70% when President Bush ordered the...

The recent bombshell that Rep. Kanjorski dropped gets bigger and bigger. Atlas reader Suzanne picked up on a mindblowing "detail" in my blog post: "RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT HUSSEIN: "A $550 Billion Electronic Run on the Banks". Paul Kanjorski describes the closed door session of Congress where it was revealed that there was a $550 billion electronic run on the banks and that was what caused the economic crisis. In the video, Kanjorski says this occurred on Thursday, September 15, 2008. September 15th was a MONDAY. THURSDAY was .......SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 This was a Financial Terrorist Attack on...

In conjuntion with www.freerepublic.com, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Patriot Guard (AR), and Alerts Secure Arkansas is planning a huge rally to support our military. It will be held on Thursday, June 4th, at 4 p.m., in front of the Army-Navy Recruiting Station at Ashley Square, corner of Reservoir Road and Rodney Parham in Little Rock (. This is an emergency rally to show respect for our troops and let them know we mourn the loss of soldier William Long and the wounding of soldier Quinton Ezeagwula. Please bring your Flags, yellow ribbons, and signs. For more...

Freepers: After sleeping on it, I have decided to call you to action! A great injustice is being perpetrated by our main stream media (MSM) and our Commander In Chief (CINC), President Barrack Hussein Obama. The time now is 10:04 CST, 02 JUNE 09, exactly 24 hours after Privates William Long, 23 of Conway, AR, and Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, AR became the first victims of terrorism on American soil since 11 SEP 01 and we have heard no statement from their Commander in Chief, President Barrack Hussein Obama. Almost as egregious as Obama’s silence, we...

Mumbai: At least 15 people have been injured in gunfights between two groups in at least three places in Mumbai on Thursday night. Details are sketchy but it is believed that two gangs fired at each other at outside CST Railway Terminus, Hotel Oberoi and the popular Café Leopold restaurant in Mumbai. The first shooting took place near the CST police station

SPECIAL REPORT: "Commandments Before The Strike" ALERT: Instructions for actions Muslims are to take before, during & after an attack in the U.S. posted: Message suggests activation of worldwide jihad following U.S. attack; Message indicates large-scale attack within the U.S., perhaps early October; Text, posting under analysis by U.S. Intelligence officials 24 September 2008: A posting uncovered in an Arabic language Internet forum is currently raising a few eyebrows in the intelligence community. The single posting, which is presently being scrutinized by intelligence officials, appears to provide detailed instructions for Muslims living within the United States, giving them specific actions...

Fox News reported this morning shortly after 5am that there has been a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. A Bulldozer slammed into a bus, other vehicles and pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday, causing dozens of injuries in an apparent deliberate attack, police said. at least one person was killed and 30 or more were wounded.

Could it be possible? You can look at any state highway department of transportation website and see what current construction is going on. What if terrorist used that and set bombs off during the busy hour on a interstate, etc..? It could be covered up because people would think it's construction. Could it be possible? Thanks.

NEW YORK (AFP) - The deadly collapse of a road bridge in Minnesota has raised questions about America's aging infrastructure, with experts warning that billions need to be spent to bring standards up to scratch.

This was no slow collapse. It is horrifying.

MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 2) - An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet into the water and killing at least four people. The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, was in the midst of being repaired and two lanes in each direction were closed when the bridge buckled. About 20 families gathered at an information center, looking for information on loved ones they couldn't locate. "There were two lanes of traffic, bumper to bumper, at the point of the collapse. Those cars...

OROVILLE, Calif. - A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck and seriously injuring a construction worker who clung to a steel beam as it tumbled 50 feet to the ground. Firefighters swarmed the FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) delivery truck to cut its driver from underneath a large steel beam that crushed the hood but missed the cab. A second beam landed on the back of the truck. The cause of the collapse was being investigated. The driver, Robert Sylvester, 45, of Chico, was pulled free about 2 1/2 hours...

Just turned on the news. 35W bridge collapsed in the Mississippi River. Cars, trucks, semis..... Fires burning, tanker trucks, at least one school bus, more than ten cars...... Just now breaking.......

Firefighters were rescuing trapped office workers from a three-alarm blaze at a high-rise medical office building in east Houston, fire officials said. The fire was reported about 5:15 p.m. at an office building on the East Loop near Gellhorn. As thick clouds of black smoke poured from the building, the Houston Fire Department rescue team was called to the scene to help evacuate people. Tommy Dowdy, a Houston Fire Department spokesman, said up to two people had already been sent to a hospital for treatment. He was unsure how many others might be inside the building.

Tests are being conducted this morning to determine what is the white substance that was dumped by a plane last night over a neighborhood in Bolles Harbor, Michigan, just south of Monroe. The plane flew over the area about 8:30 last night, dumping a white substance on homes and vehicles in such a way that it looked like it was snowing.

Multiple explosions at a chemical plant shook the Kansas City’s East Bottoms area this afternoon. The fire from the explosions near Nicholson and Garland sent a huge plume of black smoke drifting over the area north and east of downtown near the Missouri River. It was not immediately clear what chemicals were involved in the blast. As flames boiled over the site, firefighters evacuated the area nearby. Northbound Interstate 35 and Front Street were closed, according to police reports. Jackson County Legislator Henry Rizzo and his son, J.J., were driving along Riverfront Road a few blocks from the plant when...

I just hung up with a client located on the E40's in Manhattan. Tons of sirens to the point where he felt compelled to check on what was up. He came back to the phone and said there had just been a massive explosion near their building, and that they were evacuating. Any NYC Freepers have any information on this? Happened at 6 PM EDT or there abouts.

(New York - WABC, June 18, 2007) - A large steam explosion struck Midtown Manhattan on the east side Wednesday evening. Subway service through Grand Central is affected. There have been 12 confirmed injuries. It happened near 41st Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenue. The entire area from 41st Street to 47 Street in and around Third Avenue and Park Avenue has been evacuated and closed. The NYPD says a steam pipe exploded at 6:10 p.m. People were seen running from the scene, screaming and shouting amid an enormous roaring sound and a plume of steam and flying rubble. It...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A series of explosions has rocked the east bottoms area of Kansas City. The explosion happened just after 2 p.m. in the area of Nicholson Avenue and Gardner. Firefighters are on scene at the Chem Central with hazardous materials crews. Watch live coverage from NBC Action News. Emergency crews have evacuated the area. Some residents and business in the area have experienced short power disruptions.

I am watching a huge fire and explosions near Reunion Arena hear in Dallas.

An al-Qaida operative conducting surveillance on U.S. soil in 2000 favored using a limousine packed with explosives or a hijacked oil tanker truck to attack financial institutions in Manhattan and New Jersey, police officials said. "The most obvious technique to utilize, that comes to mind ... would be a limousine in the VIP underground car park," the operative, Dhiren Barot, wrote in a memo about the Prudential Building in Newark, N.J. Police say Barot was fixated on the black sedans regularly used by corporate executives in New York because they were given easy access to parking around corporate areas. The...

A gunman opened fire on tourists at the Roman Amphitheater in Jordan's capital on Monday, killing a British man and wounding six other people, including a police officer, officials said. Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez said a British man was killed, while two British women, a Dutch man, an Australian woman, a New Zealand woman and a police officer were injured. The man, clean-shaven and appearing to be his mid-30s, shouted "God is great!" before firing several shots at them, said an Iraqi witness, Mohammad Jawad Ali. The worst attack, a triple suicide bombing at hotels in Amman in November, killed...

Reason magazine science correspondent and TCS Daily contributor Ron Bailey argues that our fear of terrorist attacks is irrational, because you're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder. He concludes that, "with risks this low there is no reason for us not to continue to live our lives as though terrorism doesn't matter -- because it doesn't really matter. We ultimately vanquish terrorism when we refuse to be terrorized." He's right, of course. Then again, most of us already do that. Who among us isn't living our lives more-or-less normally, scarcely giving the possibility of...

Killing Us Softly Font Size: By James H. Joyner Jr. : BIO| 11 Aug 2006 Discuss This Story! (14) Email | Print | Bookmark | Save The news that Scotland Yard managed to foil a terrorist attack that would have conceivably dwarfed the 9/11 attacks is not quite as good it might first appear. Certainly, the prevention of "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" is something for which we can be tremendously thankful. Still, our reaction to it has already furthered the terrorists' aims. The 9/11 attacks directly killed over 3000 people and destroyed billions of dollars worth of property....

The New York Times reports today that before his death, top al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi trained about 300 foreign fighters in Iraq and sent them back to their home countries, where they awaited orders to carry out strikes. But the paper makes no mention of Zarqawi's most ambitious foreign attack plot, which nearly succeeded two years ago: a weapons of mass destruction strike that intelligence officials estimated would have killed 20,000. The death toll planned by Zarqawi would have far exceeded the destruction wrought by Osama bin Laden on Sept. 11. The April 2004 attack, which was...

The American Academy of Actuaries disclosed that a future large terrorist attack in New York City could result in $778 billion in insured losses. Speaking at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners public hearing on "Terrorism Insurance Matters," Michael McCarter, chairperson of the Academy Terrorism Risk Insurance Subgroup, provided potential property and casualty, and group life insurance losses as a result of various types of terrorist attacks. His group estimated potential insured losses from a conventional truck bomb terrorist attack, as well as medium and large chemical, nuclear, biological or radiological (CNBR) events caused by terrorism. "The largest CNBR event...

<p>Residents of two towns were ordered to stop using water from their taps after someone broke into the area's supply facility and left behind a 5-gallon container that had an odor.</p> <p>Officials stressed that there was no evidence the water supply had been contaminated, but they ordered the halt to water use as a precaution while the container and water were being tested.</p>

This week's Voldemort Award goes to the New York Times for its account of a curious case of road rage in North Carolina: "The man charged with nine counts of attempted murder for driving a Jeep through a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Friday told the police that he deliberately rented a four-wheel-drive vehicle so he could 'run over things and keep going.' " The driver in question was Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar. Whoa, don't jump to conclusions, the Times certainly didn't. As the report continued: "According to statements taken by the police, Mr. Taheri-azar,...

Protests are planned for Monday in the same area of campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where, authorities said, a former student plowed a sport utility vehicle into nine people Friday afternoon. The College Republicans, Americans for an Informed Democracy and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies are sponsoring the event, scheduled for 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday in "The Pit," a central area of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Police said Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, admits he acted to "avenge...

WASHINGTON – There is a high likelihood of a major terrorist attack next Sunday, say international terror analysts and intelligence sources. The warning is made on the basis of several factors, according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin: * There is increased "chatter" in the terrorist world about a major new attack in the West – a sign often leading to an impending strike; * The date Feb. 5 has been specifically referenced in some of this chatter; * The date is significant to Osama bin Laden; * Much of the western world will be watching television that day; * The...

Small Plane Crashes Off Miami Beach LIVE Webcast: WFOR-TV Coverage Save It Email this Article Email It Print this Article Print It (AP) MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Firefighters say a plane with 17 on board has crashed off Miami Beach.

Second Street in downtown Vincennes remains blocked to traffic today as an investigation into a fire that destroyed the Bergman Building continues. A cause has not been determined in the fire and officials still aren’t saying where it may have originated. Officials from the Indiana Fire Marshal’s office and the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) are conducting the investigation. Scott Dillman from the fire marshal’s office said Tuesday that it was too early to determine the cause or origin of the fire that destroyed the entire building and slightly damaged an adjacent home. "The amount of damage is going...

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A fire tore through a warehouse on Mare Island on Wednesday, threatening millions of dollars worth of vintage wines and other goods. The fire at the 240,000-square-foot facility started at about 3:40 p.m. at Wine Central Services, which stores wine for Bay Area wineries. About 80 firefighters were battling the blaze into the night and hoped to have the fire contained by Thursday morning. Three employees were safely evacuated from the building and there were no reports of injuries. "This is a classic type of fire where firefighters could really get hurt," Vallejo Fire Chief Don...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - A 35-foot Christmas tree caught fire early Wednesday in the lobby of the Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel, forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 guests, officials said. No one was injured except for a guest who complained of a strained back and another with symptoms of stress, officials said. The sprinkler system kept the 3 a.m. blaze in the artificial tree in check, and firefighters were able to quickly put it out, said Maria Sabol, a spokeswoman for the Anaheim Fire Department. She called the fire "electrical in nature," saying it started after employees changed some lightbulbs...

Witnesses tell CBS 11 News they heard a huge explosion and saw a mushroom-shaped cloud in the sky up to 100 feet above the accident. *** According to reports, a gasoline tanker overturned, which ignited the gasoline and subsequent smaller grass fires, and forced the shut down of both east and westbound traffic on the turnpike.

BERGENFIELD, N.J. — An explosion rocked an apartment building Tuesday morning and at least part of it collapsed, the fire department said. Rescuers were searching for one person who lived in the building and could not be located, authorities said. An undetermined number of people were injured, the fire department said. More Soon.

Three or four injured in Perdue explosion SALISBURY, Md. Firefighters in Salisbury, Maryland say three or four people were taken to the hospital following a chemical explosion this morning at the Perdue Farms plant. Fire department spokesman Steve Dickerson tells The Associated Press the explosion happened about 5:30 a-m while a truck was unloading sodium chloride at the plant. The exact cause of the explosion isn't clear. Dickerson says the injuries are NOT serious. Workers reported a partial building collapse. Some cinder blocks appeared to be missing from one of the buildings at the plant. Hazardous materials teams from two...

An apartment building in a residential area of New Jersey has collapsed, sparking fears of multiple injuries. A cloud of smoke visible from neighbouring Manhattan is billowing from the building in Bergenfield. A number of neighbouring buildings appear to be on fire as well. Emergency services have rushed to the scene. No details were available, but initial reports suggested that a gas explosion may have ripped through the building at around 0930 (1430 GMT).

<p>There has been a large explosion followed by two smaller blasts in the St Albans area, around 25 miles north of London.</p> <p>Sky Correspondent Sky Meade has said he can see flames about 200ft in the sky and there appears to be burning fuel.</p>

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says Australia is prepared for the possibility of a terrorist attack on home soil. International terrorism expert Dr Rohan Gunaratna has told a Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism forum in Sydney that the most dangerous threat to Australia is posed by home-grown terrorist networks. He says an attack in Australia is likely within the next few years. Commissioner Keelty says his organisation is ready for the worst. "We've obviously said that there's nothing that we've done in this country to make us immune and I think the important thing for us is...

From SkyNews: Petronas Towers Evacuated Updated: 16:48, Friday November 04, 2005 The second tallest buildings in the world are being evacuated following a fire alert. Fire is reported to have broken out in the multiplex cinemas of Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers. More follows . .

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baggage screeners found bomb components in a carry-on piece of luggage at San Diego International Airport on Tuesday and cleared the area to investigate, Department of Homeland Security spokesmen said. A department spokesman said the screeners found "all components of an IED" (improvised explosive device) in a piece of luggage at around 7:45 a.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT) They then evacuated the commuter terminal of the airport and bomb specialists began to investigate, the spokesman said.