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Parts of a printer which was contained in a package intercepted by Dubai security officials. The US-bound parcel contained a bomb hidden in a printer and bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida, Dubai police said
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Yemen often initially blames the deranged loner. For example, the recent murder of a French engineer was said to be a personal matter, however the murderer was later found to be a member of the Yemeni security forces as well as an associate of Anwar al Awlaki.
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Senior Al-Qaida figure and Awlaki’s son among 24 killed in drone strike in Yemen From Will at The Other News: (AlArabiya).The head of the media department of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and six other militants were killed in...
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from Fox: Bomb Materials From Yemen Found on Way to Jewish Places of Worship in Chicago Published October 29, 2010 DEVELOPING: Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared...
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No links here, updating as I can as I hear it on the news. Needless to say this is all very fluid right now. 1:35 est -- DHS increases security measures on ALL flights, passenger and cargo. Expect longer wait times at airports. Getting to be a really...
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Here’s the latest news from Yemen: U.S. Navy ships are helping patrol the international waters off Yemen to try to recapture al Qaeda prison escapees if they try to flee by sea, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. You’ll recall that...
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UK: 'Cargo Plane Bombs Designed to Explode Mid-Air'
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Sophisticated bombs contained in packages sent from Yemen were designed to explode in the air and bring down the cargo planes carrying them, UK security officials have confirmed.
Intelligence experts believe the use of the devices, contained in printer cartridges despatched on two Chicago-bound cargo planes, represents a shift in terrorist tactics to commercial targets.
One of the devices was linked to a mobile phone, while the other was attached to a timer. The Observer understands that the East Midlands device was so sophisticated an initial examination by forensics experts initially suggested it did not contain explosives.
"Even when it was examined, the sniffer dogs couldn't detect it," a security source said. "It was only when they [forensics experts] had a second look at it they realised what it was."[Emphasis mine..ed]From Jawa:
Yemen Arrests Two Women in Air Cargo Bomb Plot, Seizes 26 Packages
Yemen often initially blames the deranged loner. For example, the recent murder of a French engineer was said to be a personal matter, however the murderer was later found to be a member of the Yemeni security forces as well as an associate of Anwar al Awlaki.
Yemen Post: According to a senior governmental official who spoke to Yemen Post on anonymity, Yemeni security forces arrested two Yemeni women under suspicion of sending the packages to the United States.
The Yemeni official claims that the two women sent the packages in order to damage the reputation of Yemen and not on links of Al-Qaeda. He denied that Al-Qaeda had links to the packages that were sent.
The source confirmed to Yemen Post that the two ladies are believed to have tried to send the packages to Jewish schools in the United States.At the same time, Yemen predictably began a duplicitous media campaign for internal consumption denying the bombs shipped from Yemen.
- Al Qaeda 'plot To Blow Up Passenger Jet' In Run Up To Olympics Uncovered By Security Forces
From the Daily Mail: A terrorist plot to blow up a U.S. passenger jet timed to coincide with the Olympics has been uncovered by security agencies, according to intelligence sources.Al Qaeda intended to use a radicalised Norwegian Islamic convert to...
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Senior Al-Qaida figure and Awlaki’s son among 24 killed in drone strike in Yemen From Will at The Other News: (AlArabiya).The head of the media department of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and six other militants were killed in...
- The Latest
from Fox: Bomb Materials From Yemen Found on Way to Jewish Places of Worship in Chicago Published October 29, 2010 DEVELOPING: Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared...
- Quick Summary Live Updating
No links here, updating as I can as I hear it on the news. Needless to say this is all very fluid right now. 1:35 est -- DHS increases security measures on ALL flights, passenger and cargo. Expect longer wait times at airports. Getting to be a really...
- With Friends Like These…
Here’s the latest news from Yemen: U.S. Navy ships are helping patrol the international waters off Yemen to try to recapture al Qaeda prison escapees if they try to flee by sea, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. You’ll recall that...