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Summary & Index of Selected Terror Events of the Early 21st Century

webposted February, 2008

Summary & Index of Selected Terror Events of the Early 21st Century

Initial reports, references, links, and background data

Can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2008/terr_summary08.htm

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Emerging Youth Violence; Who's Too Blame? (Audio)

15 Feb 2008

Podcast: Emerging Youth Violence; Who's Too Blame?

Source: C. L. Staten

An EmergencyNet News dissertation about who may be to blame for the current rash of school shootings (circa 1998). The comments appear to be just as pertinent today as they did during the time it was recorded. This is an editorial/opinion/commentary recording.

Emerging Youth Violence; Who's Too Blame?
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Simplified Web Map - Emergency.com

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Need help finding the wealth of resources that are available?

Simplified Web Map - Emergency.com

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Happy New Year - 2008

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Happy Holidays

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Thank you for visiting us and please accept our best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season

Please visit: http://www.emergency.com/2007/x-mas_2007.htm

Russia's Putin Named Time 'Person of the Year'

19 Dec 2007 - 12:00 CST

Putin is named Time 'Person of the Year'

NEW YORK - According to the Associated Press, Time magazine on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 "Person of the Year."

The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin's "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability," said Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor.

Putin, 55, is enormously popular in Russia, presiding over a resurgent economy flush with revenue from oil and natural gas. But critics say he has moved the country away from Russia's democratic reforms of the 1990s by tightening control of the media, courts and parliament.

"He's the new czar of Russia and he's dangerous in the sense that he doesn't care about civil liberties, he doesn't care about free speech," Stengel said.

Get the whole story at: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/
article/1,28804,1690753_1690757_1690766,00.html

[Emergency.Blog editorial/opinion/comment: If Time magazine were Komsomolskaya Pravda, Putin is 'person of the year'. Otherwise, Gen. David Petraeus and his efforts for freedom of the Iraqi people wins "Person of the Year" honors...in the opinion of Emergency.Blog staff.]

Chicago Train Crash: Video Reports

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Drudge Gives Rare TV Interview to Sky News

21 Nov 2007 -

Drudge Gives Rare TV Interview to Sky News

The man behind one of the world's most influential news websites says there's everything to play for in the battle to win the trust of TV viewers, newspaper readers and web users - and, he says, it won't all go the way of the big corporations.

-- Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1293633,00.html?f=rss

Watch the video interview: http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1293628,00.html

Visit the Matt Drudge webpage: Click here

Emergency.com Reference

02/01/98--The Presidential Controversy and A Paradigm Shift; Should You Get Your News From the Internet??

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Interactive Fire Map - Progressing Envelopment

This is an excerpted image from the LA Times Interactive Fire Map, which demonstrates the progression of growth of the San Diego County Fires. Click on the map or visit the flash component at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-102307-sandiegofire-fl,0,7627625.flash?coll=la-home-center

California Wildfires Map - As of 0600 - 10/22/2007

Visual References: California Wildfires Map - As of 0600 - 10/22/2007

Includes descriptions of fires and firefighting resources committed to each fire.

http://www.esri.com/disaster_response/firemaps/
pdfs/statewide_fires_102207_am.pdf

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wildlandfire_support2007.html

[NOTE: Emergency.Blog will post the most recent and representative fire maps as they are released by official sources. Watch this page for more data]

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ERRI/EmergencyNet News Special Report on the Attacks of 9/11

9/11 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
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ERRI/EmergencyNet News Special Report on the Attacks of 9/11

"One Year After; 9/11 First Anniversary Special Report," compiled by ERRI and EmergencyNet News... (Review requires Adobe .pdf reader or plug-in -- large file, 556kb, users with slow internet connections may require extended download times. On the internet at: http://www.emergency.com/2002/ERRI_9-1.pdf

Click here for our original coverage of the 9/11 attacks: http://www.emergency.com/2001/11sep01-terror.htm

NIE: Terrorist Threats to the US Homeland

18 July 2007

National Intelligence Estimate
Terrorist Threats to the US Homeland

FROM: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

The Estimate, Terrorist Threats to the US Homeland, followed the standard process for producing National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs), including a thorough review of sourcing, in-depth Community coordination, the use of alternative analysis, and review by outside experts. Starting in October 2006, the NIC organized a series of roundtables with IC experts to scope out terms of reference (TOR) for the Estimate. Drafters from throughout the Community contributed to the draft. In May, a draft was submitted to IC officers in advance of a series of coordination meetings that spanned several days. The National Clandestine Service, FBI, and other IC collection officers reviewed the text for the reliability and proper use of the sourcing. As part of the normal coordination process, analysts had the opportunity--and were encouraged--to register ?dissents? and provide alternative analysis. Reactions by the two outside experts who read the final product were highlighted in the text. The National Intelligence Board, composed of the heads of the 16 IC agencies and chaired by the ODNI, reviewed and approved the Estimate on 21 June. As with other NIEs, it is being distributed to senior Administration officials and Members of Congress. The report in .PDF format can be found at: http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20070717_release.pdf

Major Heatwave Moving East

08 July 2007

Heat Advisory

CHICAGO, IL: As hot and humid air moves from the Western United States into the Mid-West and East, ERRI emergency analysts have chosen this weekend to issue a heat advisory for multiple locations in the continental U.S.

Go here to download an official Heat Index Chart from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC): http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/conversion/heatindexchart.html

-- A (printable) temperature/humidity index from the same source in .PDF format can be downloaded/viewed from the ERRI servers at: http://www.emergency.com/2007/NCDC_Heat_Index_Charts.pdf

-- A brief review of the 1995 Chicago Heatwave, the ERRI warning, and general precautions concerning heat injuries can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/heatwave.htm

Victory at All Costs - 06 June 2007

Quote of the Day - 06 June 2007

"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."

-- Source: Winston Churchill, 1944

DoS 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism

U.S. State Department

"Country Reports on Terrorism"

This annual (2006) report is entitled "Country Reports on Terrorism." Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published "Patterns of Global Terrorism."

Summary - Incidents of Terrorism Worldwide

2005 -- 11,153

2006 -- 14,338

-- Source: National Counterterrorism Center: Annex of Statistical Information

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82739.htm#2

Complete Country Reports on Terrorism - 2006 (html format)

Can be found at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/

Link to KSM Confessional Transcript

15 Mar 2007

Transcript of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confession (pdf file)

The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks has admitted his role in them, and 30 other plots in a hearing at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon says. "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z," said Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a partial transcript from a closed-door hearing.

"I was the operational director for Sheikh Osama Bin Laden for the organising, planning, follow-up and execution of the 9/11 operation," Mr Mohammed told the hearing, in a statement read by a representative.

Mohammed also said he beheaded U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, according to the transcript. ERRI counter-terrorism analysts said that is not presently clear how much of Mr. Mohammed's statement is "jihadist bluster and misdirection," and how much is fact.

Can be found at: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/03/14/transcript_ISN10024.pdf

Additional reference:

United States Department of Defense

Combatant Status Review Tribunals/Administrative Review Boards

On the web: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Combatant_Tribunals.html

The Battle of Thermopylae - The Movie

08 Mar 2007

Review/announcement of Historic Movie - "300"

In the 5th century (in 480 BC), the Persian empire fought the city-states of Greece in one of the most profoundly symbolic struggles in history. This most famous battle in that war took place at Thermopylae. The battle was a badly mis-matched struggle between Xerxes and (at least) hundreds of thousands of Persians versus 300 Spartans and a small number of their Thespian, Tegean, and Mycenean allies.

Sometime before the battle, the Spartan Dieneces was told that when the Persian archers let loose a volley, their arrows would hide the sun. To Dieneces that was just as well. "For if the Persians hide the sun," he said, "we shall fight in the shade" (See picture - right). Dieneces' comments were highly illustrative of the warrior culture of Sparta. Leonidas and the Spartans had been trained to do their duty, and, having received an oracle that Sparta must either lose a king or see the city destroyed, Leonidas was convinced that his final duty was to fall in battle. The spirit, tenacity, and heroism of the Spartans has become a standard for warriors up to and including the present day.

A new, highly stylized, and fictionalized vision of the Battle of Thermopylae is being released tomorrow (09 March 2007) by Warner Bros. The movie entitled "300," is the story of the Spartan warriors who knowingly fought against tremendous odds until they were all killed. The movie is rated "R" and is not fare for children, as it contains battlefield violence and some nudity and sexual content. More information, movie trailers, graphics and other associated materials can be found at the movie website: http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/home.html?dl=undefined

[The posting of this information does not constitute an endorsement of this movie. EmergencyNet News, Emergency.com, and the Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI) did NOT recieve any compensation or consideration, of any kind, in regard to posting this material. It is presented to provide information to our readers with an interest in history and military issues.]

Additional Reference:

Persian Wars Battle at Thermopylae - 480 B.C. -- http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/weaponswar/p/blpwtherm.htm

Battle of Thermopylae -- http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580384/Thermopylae_Battle_of.html (may require registration or fee)

Name Confusion; Emergency.com NOT Associated with "NewsEmergency.com"

16 Feb 2007

ERRI/EMERGENCYNET NEWS HOUSEKEEPING

Name Confusion; Emergency.com NOT Associated with "NewsEmergency.com"

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