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USNORTHCOM has admitted that they are preparing military operations within the United States. This is the first time in history this has been done and they will be working with DHS, state and local law enforcement on U.S. soil.

A top al Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S., and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court. An official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to disclose the decision, told The Associated Press the administration has decided to bring Ghailani to trial in New York. He was indicted there for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa - attacks that killed 224 people, including 12...

Recently, FBI Director Robert Mueller, in an interview with NewsMax, confirmed Williams' main claim. Mueller said al-Qaida's paramount goal is clear: to detonate a nuclear device that would kill hundreds of thousands of Americans. Mueller told NewsMax that at times, the threat feels so real he lies awake at night thinking about the prospect. Williams maintains that al-Qaida is not content on blowing up one nuclear device or even simply a "dirty" nuke — but wants to explode real nuclear devices in seven U.S. cities simultaneously.

Warplanes pound Baghdad's defenders as Iraq warns of taking war to U.S. soil 2 hours, 3 minutes ago By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press WritersIN SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ - U.S. warplanes attacked Baghdad's defenders with bombs and strafing fire Sunday in a thunderous prelude to a ground assault. Iraqis inflicted a new danger on the allies — a deadly suicide attack — and threatened to kill Americans on U.S. soil. Latest news: · U.S. Warplanes Pound Republican Guard AP - 19 minutes ago · U.S. Warplanes Raid Targets Near Karbala AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago · Bush:...

No sign of al Qaida raiders along LA coast By Hil Anderson From the National Desk Published 6/18/2002 8:47 PM View printer-friendly version LOS ANGELES, June 18 (UPI) -- There has been no sign of a boatload of al Qaida terrorists that intelligence reports indicated were sailing toward the Southern California coast aboard a merchant ship with the intent of coming ashore in the Los Angeles area, the FBI said Tuesday. "Obviously, we have investigated and are continuing to investigate, but we have no information to substantiate the report," Cheryl Mamura, an FBI spokesman in Los Angeles, told United Press...

More details have emerged about an apparent infiltration of Islamic terrorists through US ports during the past two months.Some of the men slipped through secuirty disguised as stevedores, according to Bob Graham Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.He said he had seen reports indicating that some extremists might have been wearing safety jackets and protective helmets to give the appearance of dockworkers.U.S. Coast Guard Officials have refused to divulge any information about the reports but Graham stressed: 'The American people have a right to know.'He said 25 extremists 'entered in a foriegn country, hid out in a container...