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WASHINGTON – By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned.

Photo: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/f0567f0041bffb1896b69e8c2f96136c/patterson-608.jpg?MOD=AJPERES Photo Caption: "Ambassador Anne W. Patterson (C) in a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the US mission in Pakistan had been receiving information about terror threats from various sources, including its own intelligence. – Photo by APP." FROM THE PAPER > FRONT PAGE "US personnel facing threat, ambassador tells FM" By Mohammad Asghar Monday, 15 Mar, 2010 SNIPPET: "ISLAMABAD: The US ambassador has expressed concern over ‘security threats’ to American personnel in Pakistan and said that any attack on American diplomats in Lahore might have ‘alarming’ effects on bilateral relations. According to sources,...

VANCOUVER – Thousands of police will keep watch over the Vancouver Winter Olympics but the first line of defence against potential threats at the events themselves will be private security screeners, many with no previous experience. Spectators heading into venues will go through airport-style screening – walking through the familiar metal detectors, perhaps followed by a once-over with a scanning wand while their bags go through an X-ray machine. On the other end of those security devices – in what is likely the biggest security operation in Canadian history outside of wartime – will be 5,000 employees of Contemporary Security...

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – "Maybe the terrorists should come down and have a drink with us," suggested Bob Kalman, as he enjoyed a beer in one of the huge tents at Germany's world-famous Oktoberfest in Munich this week. "It might solve a few of the world's problems if people got talking," the 30-year-old marketing manager originally from the Scottish city of Glasgow, now looking very German in his lederhosen, told AFP. A string of threats against Germany by Islamic militants in the run-up to last Sunday's general election has prompted security to be stepped up around the country, including at...

Every normal civilized person is still shuddering at the horror in Mumbaiat the end of November past. The senseless murders of innocents, the savagery, the barbarism, the hatred exhibited by IslamoFascist terrorists was appalling as the world was glued to the news reports about the events and especially what was taking place at the Chabad Center in Mumbai. The Chabad Lubavitch movement posted this information on their website.Threats Made Against 770Tuesday, there was a huge police presence following threats that were made against the community on a Muslim blog • This morning, NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly made a phone call...

Homeland Security: Beware instability in Middle East, Africa The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks are considered the most dangerous threats that could be carried out against the U.S. But those threats are also the most unlikely because it is so difficult for al-Qaida and similar groups to acquire the materials needed to carry out such plots, according to...

Political strategist raises specter of attacks in U.S. if military pulls back abroad ALLIANCE - Presidential confidant Karl Rove painted a bleak picture Wednesday of what would happen if the United States walked away from the global war on terror.``We are foolish if we think we can turn away from this threat and draw inward, and they will not come,'' President Bush's chief political strategist told an audience of about 400 at the Mount Union Theater.``If we lose, they will follow,'' he said.Rove's appearance brought out about 25 protesters, who walked in front of the theater prior to the speech...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Germany said on Friday it was boosting security at its facilities in response to what it described as an increased threat of terrorism there. Neither U.S. nor German officials would provide specific details, but one diplomat said the steps were taken to guard against a particular threat and a newspaper reported that Iraqi-linked militants were scouting U.S. facilities in Germany. "U.S. diplomatic and consular facilities in Germany are increasing their security posture," the embassy said in a statement sent by email. "We are taking these steps in response to a heightened threat situation....

WASHINGTON -- The health of terrorist cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheik, is deteriorating _ renewing fears that his death in prison could trigger an attack on the United States, officials said Thursday. There is no credible indication that an attack on the U.S. is imminent, said several law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation. In a two-page bulletin, dated Dec. 8, the FBI reported to federal intelligence officials that Rahman was rushed from prison to a Missouri hospital two days earlier for a blood transfusion. There, doctors discovered...

On January 19, 2006, Al-Jazeera TV broadcast excerpts from a new audiocassette by Osama bin Laden, in which the Al-Qaeda leader threatens further attacks on the U.S., "immediately with the completion of the preparations.” At the same time, bin Laden makes a plea to accept and uphold a long term truce under fair conditions [if America offers it to him], which will provide security and stability to both sides and will make it possible to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. "We are a nation forbidden by Allah to betray and lie," promises bin Laden. Contrary to mistranslations in the media, from...

The Government was not given advance notice of the announcement about a possible terrorist threat to Australia, a spokesman for Prime Minister Helen Clark said last night. "We heard through news reports that John Howard had made the statement," the spokesman told NZPA. "At that point New Zealand officials contacted their Australian counterparts." Mr Howard said in his announcement in Canberra that Australia had received "specific information" which raised serious concerns about a potential terrorist threat. "I don't want to over-alarm people. I have said for a long time the possibility of an attack is there," he said. Miss Clark...

Prior to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, few in government or the media took seriously the numerous warning signs. Now, we are regularly warned of new terror threats, and both government and the media are paying attention. The question is whether government is doing enough -- or can do enough -- to stop another attack. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence got an earful last week from top officials commissioned to watch external and internal threats. CIA Director Porter Goss said, "It may be only a matter of time before al...

WASHINGTON — Top government officials worry about the possibility of radioactive "dirty bombs" being detonated in large cities. Airlines, scared of losing business, protest that new security measures will bankrupt them. Civil liberties groups fear a focus upon Arab-Americans and Arab travelers will erode basic freedoms. Sounds familiar? It should. It is the present, and also the past — more than three decades ago, according to declassified documents obtained by The Associated Press.

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/415877|top|07-19-2004::15:07|reuters.html Man Sought for Photographing Texas City Refineries Email this story Jul 19, 2:57 PM (ET) HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas. Texas City, located on the Texas Gulf coast about 30 miles south of Houston, has three refineries including the largest U.S. plant operated by BP Plc., which is the third-largest U.S. refinery, processing 470,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The man, described as white with dark hair, was seen taking pictures outside the refineries, all located on the...

CAIRO — A statement threatening terrorist attacks on Japan and accusing it of being a U.S. ally was posted Wednesday on an Islamic website that had earlier carried a statement by the murderers of a Japanese hostage in Iraq. The latest statement, which was not signed, was addressed to "the leaders of Japan" and accused Japan of allying with the United States, "which destroyed and caused bloodshed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki." "Even the wide oceans cannot protect you all. Your people will for sure be shaken," the statement said. (Kyodo News)

Anti-Terror Coalition Urges Nuclear PreparednessSites "Internet Chatter" As Rationale for Recommendation by John S. PappasWashington - 07/13/04Sighting "chilling" Internet chatter within the past few days, cyber-terror watchdog group Anti-Terrorism Coalition (http://atci.showsit.info/) is recommending that Americans familiarize themselves with information on dealing with a nuclear attack.The ATC is sighting recent Internet chatter as cause for their recommendation that people study the procedures for dealing with a nuclear or radiological attack. One threat in particular, posted on a message group believed to be operated by al Qaeda sympathizers contained a specific threat of nuclear/radiological attack against America. The message announced July 14th...

Picture credit: TheCabal Picture Credit:CalperniaI will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat" LINK TO THREAD SEVENBREAKING NEWS Iraqi governing council leader among those killed by Baghdad car bomb, Iraqi officials say. Details soon. Breaking News Alert BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. military colonel says four Iraqis killed, two U.S. soldiers injured, in car bomb at entrance to coalition headquarters in Baghdad.

<p>"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"</p> <p>Two Chinese diplomats, away from their Los Angeles consulate improperly, recently sped their vehicle past a Los Alamos National Laboratory guard post near classified facilities in what U.S. officials think was an intelligence mission, The Washington Times has learned.</p>

Official at PMO: We`re taking special precautions against multitude of threats from those bent on our destruction (Haaretz)

Breaking News Alert MADRID, Spain (AP) Police find bomb on high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, interior minister says. Europe - AP Bomb Found on Rail Line in Spain - 20 minutes ago MADRID, Spain - Police found a bomb Friday under the track of Spain's bullet train line between Madrid and Seville, the Spanish interior minister said. Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24 pounds of explosive that might be dynamite about 40 miles south of Madrid, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said. The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 450-foot cable, the minister...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Homeland security officials Friday told CNN they are trying to determine the credibility of information regarding threats to target the United States, particularly New York City, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.</p> <p>But the New York Police Department issued a statement saying it "has no credible intelligence pointing to a specific or inevitable terror threat to New York City."</p>

The first words to be spoken by an active Mossad spy agency chief at a Knesset meeting in over 18 years were: "Look, I am really not happy to be here and to have to tell you this." Members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee heard at their sitting Monday morning from Mossad chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Meir Dagan, who warned the that there are currently forty terror attack warnings against Jewish and Israeli targets worldwide, and that Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest existential threat to Israel since the Jewish state's creation in 1948. Dagan told the committee...

Nov. 17— LONDON (Reuters) - A leading journalist from television channel al-Jazeera said he received a document from al Qaeda starkly spelling out its strategy, including attacks on American civilians, but a top U.S. official on Sunday dismissed it as "nothing new." Yosri Fouda said he was sent the paper last week and was convinced of its authenticity, according to a telephone interview he gave to CNN.The CNN interviewer said the manifesto threatened new attacks on New York and Washington and asked Fouda if it mentioned killing U.S. civilians. "They do mention civilians," he said.In the United States, the director...

Nov. 17— WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge on Sunday dismissed as "nothing new" the latest threat from al Qaeda that warned of more attacks against America, and said an operative of Osama bin Laden's network recently taken into custody was cooperating with authorities. Referring to a new six-page document given to the Arabic-language television channel al-Jazeera that stated new attacks would be aimed at civilians in New York and Washington, Ridge told the "Fox News Sunday" program that U.S. officials were "familiar with that piece of information.""There are no new threats, there are the same old...

 Sick of "terror threats:" If there's a serious risk, *do* something. How about leaving the little old ladies and toddlers alone at the airports? Get down and p-r-o-f-i-l-e some Middle-Eastern men. I'm sure El-Al would be glad to provide a consultation. How about immediately suspending all student visas from suspect countries? A visa is a *temporary* permission to stay in a country. It is a privilege, not a right. Send those who are already here home, and don't issue any more to those from the list of "usual suspect" countries. How about suspending travel visas from suspect countries? Yes, I...