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London, Apr. 21 – At least 62 people have been killed and over 1,000 arrested in the week-long clashes between people and security forces in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, according to the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran. Fierce fighting has brought the province to a complete stand-still since Friday, when State Security Forces (SSF) opened fire on a 3,000-strong anti-government demonstration in the city of Ahwaz. The residents who were mainly ethnic Arabs were complaining of government plans to redefine the ethnic make-up of the province. Ahwaz was placed under a de facto martial law...

Va. trooper shot during water contamination investigation By the Associated Press Published February 4, 2003 ACCOMACK, Va. -- A Virginia state trooper was shot Tuesday night in Accomack County while investigating a possible plot to contaminate water supplies. Col. Gerald Massengill, state police superintendent, said the trooper had been taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Massengill said the trooper was executing a search warrant on Virginia's Eastern Shore between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in connection with an investigation into a possible plot to contaminate water supplies. The investigation was being conducted by the state police, the FBI...

December 28, 2004 17:02 PM Water Supply Services In Penang Not Affected By Tsunami PENANG, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- Penang's water supply infrastructure, services and quality have not been affected by the tsunami triggered by the underwater earthquake near Sumatra, Indonesia, last Sunday. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) general manager Datuk Liew Chook San said Tuesday the company's personnel were monitoring water supply 24 hours a day. "We continue supplying water to Tanjung Bungah, Batu Ferringhi, Teluk Bahang, Balik Pulau and other areas with no compromises on quality and pressure," he said in a press statement here....

Those who go to sleep at night with the threat of terrorism on their minds might be surprised to learn that Muslim CEOs are running companies that watch over our safety. • Fuad El-Hibri is CEO of BioPort, the only U.S. maker of anthrax vaccine. • Houssam Salloum is CEO of Axiolog, a Detroit firm developing a high-tech system for tracking international cargo into vulnerable U.S. ports. • Nafa Khalaf is CEO of Detroit Contracting, which after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 secured the five major treatment plants that supply water to 4.5 million residents of the Detroit area....

ALERT. At approximately 9:00 a.m., the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency received a phone call that the water system in Columbus had been poisoned. Local city and county officials have convened a meeting to coordinate a plan of action to inform the public concerning the situation. The public may use bottled water until further notice. We are cooperating with the Mississippi State Department of Health. At present, we don't know if it is a credible threat, but we will be remiss is we didn't notify the public. We will keep you updated as we receive the information.

  Al-Bazoni BY MICHAEL VIGH and STEPHEN HUNT(c) 2002, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE     Forty-eight hours before tonight's ceremony opening the 2002 Winter Olympics, federal agents arrested a former Iraqi soldier who last July was cited for trespassing at Mountain Dell Reservoir, an important source of drinking water for Salt Lake City residents.     U.S. Magistrate Judge Samuel Alba will hear testimony today from prosecutors contending that Hani Salem al-Bazoni made threats against the United States when he was arrested, that he poses a possible terrorist threat and that he should remain jailed until trial on a new charge ...

GOETTINGEN – The investigation into threats to poison the local water supply by a man found to be in possession of 50 kilogrammes of cyanide will include the company that supplied the poison, a prosecutor's office spokesman said Thursday. The 32-year-old suspect behind the threats made to administrators in the town of Einbeck, 40 kilometres north of Goettingen, will be examined to determine mental stability. "We are examining whether the company violated the legal regulations in selling the chemical," said prosecutor's office spokesman Hans Hugo Heimgaertner. In letters last April, the suspect had warned that he would poison the water...

A check of local Wal-Marts has turned up an interesting phenomenon; stacks and stacks of Canadian drinking water replacing domestic product(Sam's Choice)on the shelves. Given Ottawa's lax public health and food/water sanitation record, as well as the Ottawa government's hatred of all things and people American(except, it seems, the $20 bill)why does Wal-Mart foist this crap on us now?

<p>A spokesman for al Qaeda has told an Arabic-language newsmagazine that the terror group will try to use poisons to attack the United States, specifically threatening to contaminate the nation's water supply.</p> <p>Abu Mohammed al-Ablaj told the London-based al-Majallah magazine that "al Qaeda [does not rule out] using sarin gas and poisoning drinking water in U.S. and Western cities."</p>

JORDAN said yesterday it had uncovered an Iraqi plot to contaminate the water supply of United States troops near the Iraqi border. Jordanian officials said a number of Iraqis had been arrested in connection with a plot to poison a tank that supplied water to hundreds of US troops from at a base at Khao, close to Jordan’s industrial town of Zarqa. In recent days, authorities have questioned scores of Jordanians with links to Saddam Hussein’s administration, including activists from the local Baath Party, officials said. Jordanian authorities have also stepped up security around key installations such as power stations...

<p>Naugatuck police and state troopers investigated reports of low-flying helicopters over a drinking water reservoir Monday night.</p> <p>Naugatuck police received two calls shortly before 8 p.m. about two or three helicopters flying low over the Old Naugatuck Reservoir on the Naugatuck-Prospect line.</p>

DETROIT-- Detroit police reportedly arrested and then released four men near the Detroit Water and Sewerage Plant Tuesday morning. The men were arrested around 3 a.m. near a plant intake facility near Dearborn and West Jefferson Avenue along the Detroit River in southwest Detroit, Local 4 reported. Several manhole covers in the area were reportedly removed and the men were found with a laptop computer and binoculars. Federal authorities and Detroit police questioned the men. The suspects were released, but authorities kept their computer to investigate, according to the station's reports. City of Detroit security and officers from the Detroit...

MONTARA, Calif. (AP) - The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling their water supply. A recently completed $8.6 billion takeover of American Water Works by German-based industrial giant RWE has led to a backlash from a handful of cities across America. The deal covers more than 800 water systems serving 15 million people in 27 states and three Canadian provinces. "As soon as people find out their water service is being bought by a German...

It is supposed that volume of water shifted from the Ob River to Central Asia will make up 6-7% of its total volume; this will be approximately 27.2 cubic meters of water per year. The project submitted by the Moscow mayor for consideration of the government says that in the 21st century, volumes of fresh water sold on the world market will be equal to the volumes of oil sales. Yury Luzhkov thinks: “As is seen from experience, the price of fresh water will steadily increase, and spending on the construction of the infrastructure for fresh water trade will be...

<p>WASHINGTON — Federal officials have arrested two Al Qaeda terror suspects in the U.S. with documents in their possession about how to poison the country's water supplies, Fox News has learned.</p> <p>The first case involves James Ujaama, who surrendered to the FBI last week in Denver. Sources say they found documents about water poisoning among several other terrorism-related documents in his Denver residence.</p>

The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) said it has uncovered evidence that terrorists may have planned attacks on water supply systems in the United States and abroad. According to a bulletin issued by the NIPC Tuesday and labelled as of &quot;high&quot; importance, a computer, owned by an individual with indirect links to Osama bin Laden, was found to contain several software programs used for structural engineering of &quot;dams and other water-retaining structures.&quot; The presence of the programs demonstrates &quot;terrorist interest&quot; in water supply systems, the bulletin said. The bulletin did not identify the individual who owned the computer nor ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-third of the contiguous states face severe to extreme drought, the government said Wednesday. Warmer than usual temperature and dry conditions spread drought to 36 percent of the 48 contiguous states by the end of June, the National Climatic Data Center reported. The center said the average temperature for the country in June was 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 2.3 degrees higher than the average in records going back to 1895. That made it the fifth warmest June on record. The climate center, a part of the National...

DOCUMENTS FOUND IN AFGHANISTAN INDICATE AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING WAYS TO DISRUPT U.S. WATER SUPPLY Sun Jul 14 2002 11:18:44 ET New York -- The nation's water utilities are preparing to defend themselves against possible terrorist attacks on pumping stations and pipes that serve its cities and suburbs. The effort comes after the discovery of documents in Afghanistan that indicate al-Qaeda terrorists have been investigating ways to disrupt the U.S. water supply on a massive scale, water officials tell TIME. The FBI's warning was confirmed last week by Tom Curtis, an executive of the American Water Works Association, whose...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. HARLINGEN, Texas -- Parched farmland, a summer drought and frustrated farmers have raised the stakes in the international struggle over water flowing through the Rio Grande. About 200 Texas farmers planned to bring tractors and pickup trucks to an international bridge Thursday in an attention-getting protest over what they complain is an overdue promise by Mexico to allow more Rio Grande water flow into Texas. "We're going to park our tractors where we can block all the produce trucks," Mission farmer Tommy Garcia said. "Then we'll go ahead and drive to...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A generic threat was made about the water supply of the Orlando area - home to major theme parks and tens of thousands of tourists each day, law enforcement officials said Sunday. FBI agents told local law enforcement officials that a nonspecific threat was made about the safety of the water supply in central Florida, said Joyce Sankey Dawley, regional director of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The FBI gave no details on who made the threat, where it was made or when it was made, but federal agents have launched an investigation, she said....