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Terror Threat Reported Against Airliner Traveling From India

Excerpt: ERRI DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT, EmergencyNet News Service, Sunday, Nov 12, 2006, Vol. 12, No. 315

Terror Threat Reported Against Airliner Traveling From India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian authorities renewed a high security alert (previously reported here) at its airports following a warning that the al-Qaeda terror network could try and hijack US-bound passenger flights.

“We sounded an alert after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) forwarded an email that spoke of the possibility of an al-Qaeda attempt to hijack US-bound flights from India,” a home ministry official said.

The official, who did not wanted to be named, said the email written by an “unknown entity” appeared to have originated from India and was received by the FBI Saturday at its headquarters in the US. The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security is reportedly calling the threat "uncorroborated"

“While the 'target' was US-bound flights, the nature of threat mentioned in the email was 'hijacking”', he said. "All airlines have been asked to request passengers to cooperate with the enhanced security and to reach airports a little ahead of time,” the Press Trust of India quoted an unnamed official as saying.

The heightened measures included last-minute special checks before embarkation, increased security around airports and extra baggage screening.

India tightened security on Thursday at airports in the southern cities of Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai, Bangalore and Thiruvanthapuram.

Website Warns Of Attacks At NFL Games This Weekend; DHS Officials Doubtful

Website Warns Of Attacks At NFL Games This Weekend
Government Skeptical Of Threat Against NFL Stadiums...

WASHINGTON, DC: A Web site is claiming that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend, but the government on Wednesday expressed doubts about the threat.

The threat, posted Oct. 12, was part of an ongoing Internet conversation titled "New Attack on America Be Afraid." It mentioned NFL stadiums in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and Cleveland, where games are scheduled to be held this weekend.

The Homeland Security Department alerted authorities and stadium owners in those cities, as well as the NFL, of the Web message but said the threat was being viewed "with strong skepticism." Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said there was no intelligence that indicated such an attack was imminent, and that the alert was "out of an abundance of caution."

"The department strongly encourages the public to continue to go about their plans, including attending events that involve large public gatherings such as football games," Knocke said. The FBI also expressed doubt about the threat.

-- Source: (CBS 13 / AP), can be found at: http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_291155105.html

Wanted For Treason - ADAM YAHIYE GADAHN

TREASON - 18 U.S.C. § 2381; PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL QAEDA - 18 U.S.C. § 2339B; AIDING AND ABBETTING - 18 U.S.C. § 2

ADAM YAHIYE GADAHN

Aliases: Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhail Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah, Azzam the American, Azzam Al-Amriki

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used: September 1, 1978
Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: United States
Eyes: Hazel e
Height: 5'11"
Sex: Male
Weight: 210 pounds
Complexion: Light
Build: Medium
Citizenship: United States
Languages: Arabic, English
Scars and Marks: Gadahn has scars on his chest and right forearm.

Remarks: None

CAUTION

Adam Yahiye Gadahn was indicted in the Central District of California for treason and material support to Al Qaeda. The charges are related to Gadahn's alleged involvement in a number of terrorist activities, including providing aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and services for Al Qaeda.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of Adam Yahiye Gadahn.

-- Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/gadahn_a.htm

*FLASH* - Aircraft Hits Residential Building in New York City

EmergencyNet News *FLASH* Report

15:15EDT - 11 Oct 2006

Aircraft Hits Residential Building in New York City

NEW YORK, NY (Manhattan/Upper E. Side): According to as yet very fragmentary reports, a small aircraft of some kind has hit a building at 524 E. 72nd Street. The Fire Dept of New York has declared a third alarm and dozens of firefighters and EMS personnel are responding to the scene. There are believed to be injuries at the scene of the incident.

Few official details, including the type of aircraft and cause of the crash, are currently known. It is clear, however that multiple apartments or condos are burning in the vicinity of the 20th floor in a high-rise, and that a major rescue effort is underway at this time.

EmergencyNet News will bring you additional details as more official data becomes available

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Bin Laden in Pre-9/11 Video Tape

Bin Laden in Pre-9/11 Video Tape APTN (APTN), World Thu 7 Sep 2006 09:51 PM EDT The Arabic Al-Jazeera network has broadcast a video which it says shows Usama Bin Laden meeting with some of the participants in the 9/11/2001 attacks. (Sept. 7)

Lt. Col. "Buzz" Patterson (audio) interview on Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism, GWOT, Iraq and the role of bloggers

Lt. Col. "Buzz" Patterson (audio) interview on Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism, GWOT, Iraq and the role of bloggers

Lt. Col. "Buzz" Patterson, author of 3 books and top military advisor to President Clinton, recently made himself available for an extended interview with Regime of Terror. Patterson called upon his military/intelligence contacts and background as he talked about al-Qaeda's strength during 90's and today, the war in Iraq and wider Global War on Terror, bloggers and Saddam Hussein's support of terrorism.
Patterson predicts that the intelligence paper of the former Iraq regime, currently held in the HARMONY database and elsewhere, will "connect a lot of the dots" on Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism.
Lt. Col. Patterson also discusses al-Qaeda #2 Ayman al-Zawahiri's trip to Baghdad in 1998 (in which he received $300,000, possibly from Saddam Hussein himself), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's medical trip to Baghdad in 2002 and the terrorist training that took place in the Salman Pak camp.
His new book, "War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror ", is available for pre-order through amazon.com and is set for a January 16, 2007 release.
Interview is also available for download here.

URL: http://regimeofterror.com/archives/2006/08/interview_with_lt_col_buzz_pat/

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Editor's note: Also in this interview (link above), LtCol. Patterson discusses the Operation Bojinka Plot in the Philippines that involved Ramzi Yousef and a plan to bomb airplanes in mid-air, over the Pacific ocean. Various modifications of this plan have also been attributed to other more recent plots, including a recent London scheme to bomb U.S. airplanes leaving the U.K. and traveling across the Atlantic to the USA.

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ERRI's Clark Staten first compared the London plot to Operation Bojinka within hours of the announcement of police raids in London, on Thursday, August 10, 2006, at 03:33:31 AM CDT. That news release read:

VERY Preliminary Analysis of U.K. Terror Plot
By Paul Anderson, Correspondent

CHICAGO, IL: ERRI CEO and Senior Analyst Clark Staten said today that as preliminary details begin to filter in, the situation involved in the terrorist plot in the United Kingdom increasingly sounds just like a 1995 Al-Qaeda terror operation called "Bojinka."
Operation Bojinka was a plot to destroy 11 airliners on January 21 and 22, 1995. It was was developed by Al-Qaida operatives Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed while they were in Manila, Philippines in 1994 and early 1995.
Six years before the Sept. 11 attacks, Philippine police took down an al Qaeda cell in Manila that, among other things, had been plotting to fly liquid explosives-laden planes into the Pentagon -- and possibly some skyscrapers. The CIA knew about the plot, known as Operation Bojinka. So did the FBI. "We told the Americans about the plans to turn planes into flying bombs as far back as 1995," a Philippine inspector says.

The bombs - January 1995

The "Mark II" "microbombs" had Casio digital watches as the timers, stabilizers that looked like cotton wool balls, and an undetectable nitroglycerin as the explosive.
Other ingredients included 5 milliliters of glycerin, xx ml of nitrate, xx ml of sulfuric acid, and minute concentrations of nitrobenzene, silver azide (silver nitride), and liquid acetone. Two 9-Volt batteries in each bomb were used as a power source.
The batteries would be connected to light bulb filaments that would detonate the bomb. The batteries were taken from children's toys. The watch was a database watch that had no arms. Murad and Yousef wired a SCR as the switch to trigger the filiments to detonate the bomb. There was an external socket hidden when the wires were pushed under the watch base as the bomber would wear it. The alteration was so small that the watch could still be worn in a normal manner.
Yousef got batteries past airport security during his December 11 test bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434 by hiding them in hollowed-out heels of his shoes. Yousef smuggled the nitroglycerin on board by putting it inside a contact lens solution bottle.
Staten said that the exact type of devices to be used in this most recent plot in England have not been confirmed, but sources close to the investigation are telling EmergencyNet News that the explosives to be used were "liquid chemicals" * that were to be carried on-board the planes in carry-on baggage.
EmergencyNet News continues to monitor events in England very closely and we will bring you updates as circumstances warrant..."

* Postscript: It was later found that the liquid bombs probably contained a TAPT-type substance...please see reference w/ graphics elsewhere on our blog, click here.

Additional references:

Series of EmergencyNet News "Real-Time" Reports Concerning An Attempted Bombing of American Airlines Flt. 63; 22 Dec 2001 to 08 Jan 2002, can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2001/AA-63_bomb.htm

Peripheral Link: Thursday 12th April 2002, Emerging Asian Threat: Riduan Isamuddin (Hambali) -- The Next Terrorist Mastermind??, can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2002/hambali.htm

11 Atlantic Bomb Plot Suspects Charged (Video)

Atlantic Bomb Plot Suspects Charged APTN (APTN), World Mon 21 Aug 2006 05:05 PM EDT British police say their probe into the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines has uncovered some bomb-making materials -- and has resulted in charges against eleven suspects. (Aug. 21)

Flight Diverted Into Logan Airport in Boston (Video)

Flight Diverted to Logan Airport APTN (APTN), World Thu 17 Aug 2006 08:01 PM EDT A woman on a trans-atlantic flight was diverted to Boston for security concerns on Wednesday, the woman allegedly passed several notes to crewmembers, and made comments that the crew believed were references to Al-Qaeda and Sept. 11, 2001 (Clip will open in new window after you click play)

Analysis of Improvised Liquid Bombs in London Terrorist Plot

10 Aug 2006

Analysis of Improvised Liquid Bombs in London Terrorist Plot

According to feasible, but so far officially unconfirmed reports, the explosives to be used in the latest aviation terrorism plot in the U.K. were "peroxide-based." ERRI counter-terrorism analysts said that they may have been similar to those used in a transit system attack on 7/7/2005.

ERRI analysts continue to monitor developments in the investigation of the London case and we will bring you additional relevant data as it becomes available.

-- Source: Powerpoint Briefing; "Improvised Explosive Devices; World-Wide Review of Tactics and Strategies - August, 2005," By: C. L. Staten, CEO and Sr. Analyst, Emergency Response & Research Institute

Change to the nation’s threat level for the aviation sector

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Press Release
August 10, 2006
Contact: DHS Press Office, 202-282-8010

Statement by HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF announcing a change to the nation’s threat level for the aviation sector

The United States Government has raised the nation’s threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights originating in the United Kingdom bound for the United States.
This adjustment reflects the Critical, or highest, alert level that has been implemented in the United Kingdom.
To defend further against any remaining threat from this plot, we will also raise the threat level to High, or Orange, for all commercial aviation operating in or destined for the United States.
Consistent with these higher threat levels, the Transportation Security Administration is coordinating with federal partners, airport authorities and commercial airlines on expanding the intensity of existing security requirements.
Due to the nature of the threat revealed by this investigation, we are prohibiting any liquids, including beverages, hair gels, and lotions from being carried on the airplane. This determination will be constantly evaluated and updated when circumstances warrant. These changes will take effect at 4:00 AM local time across the country. Travelers should also anticipate additional security measures within the airport and at screening checkpoints.

Terrorist Warning Level in U.K. Raised to "Critical" (Plot Thwarted)

EmergencyNet News *FLASH* Report

8/10/2006 01:00CDT

Terrorist Plot Thwarted in England;
Terrorist Warning Level in U.K. Raised to "Critical"

From: The ERRI/EmergencyNet News Global Watchdesk

By C. L. Staten

LONDON, ENGLAND: According to law enforcement and other sources in the United Kingdom, a major terrorist plot has reportedly been interrupted before the terrorists had an opportunity to undertake it.

The plot is described as an attempt to smuggle aboard and detonate explosives in as many as ten planes over the United States and/or Great Britain. Few official details on the specific threat are currently available.

Consequently, the Home Office's level of security - indicating risk to the general public - has been raised from "severe" to "critical." According to MI5's website, a critical threat level means "an attack is expected imminently and indicates an extremely high level of threat to the U.K.".

Preliminary and unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as 20 men of "Asian origin" (commonly used in the U.K. to indicate Pakistani) have been arrested in raids by the Metropolitan Police and special counter-terrorist units.

It is believed that Great Britain is currently briefing U.S. law enforcement and Homeland Security in regard to the plot. ERRI analysts said that the early details that are available would seem to indicate that this was a "serious threat" that may still be underway.

EmergencyNet News is monitoring this series of events very closely and we will provide additional information as more details can be ascertained and verified.

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ERRI Analysis Of Situation in Mid-East

29 Jul 2006

ERRI Analysis Of Situation in Mid-East

By C. L. Staten, Sr. Analyst

CHICAGO, IL: Iran and Ahmadinejad, just like any other "small-time bully," continue to believe that they are "winning" in the current multi-dimensional conflict in the Middle-East. We believe that Iran will continue its aggression in the region until it suffers a devastating defeat that awakens isolated and arrogant Iranian leaders to their very real vulnerability. Our most current analysis would suggest that they are currently winning, at least some extent. In this case, Tehran -- through its surrogate Hezbollah -- can win simply by "not losing."

Each day that Hezbollah continues their attacks on Israel, they gain credibility and political capitol in Tehran and Syria and visibility in the rest of the world. And...more importantly...they demonstrate that a committed and well armed "insurgent group," using unconventional weapons and tactics, can undertake attacks on a nation-state, without being immediately destroyed. This situation does not bode well for the future as a recognized terror organization show that they can engage in military acts that were previously limited only to countries.

How and why is this happening? Many experts, including those at ERRI, say that the rocket and terror attacks being carried out by Hezbollah is an example of 4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare), or asymmetric warfare. Furthermore, and maybe more important in the overall equation, are the political and moral restraints being placed on Israel by other countries...many of whom either have a vested interest in selling weapons to the Iran/Syria/Hezbollah...or have political or religious conflicts with Tel Aviv.

While the number of different facets involved in this situation is staggering, the reality is that the Palestinians have essentially lost their battle in Intifada I and II. They were unable to defeat Israel or cause a change in their policies. Many of the former Palestinian leaders are either dead or in jail. Those left have fled to Damascus, Syria or are hiding in Syria, Lebanon, or Iran. The first tier of Palestinian "resistance to occupation" has now become almost irrelevant in the "larger game," though Islamo-facists continue to trumpet the "liberation of Palestinian lands," as their stated objective.

So, a second tier of combatants emerges...this time it is Hezbollah. Hezbollah, an organization that believes it successfully forced Israel out of Lebanon, rises as it is trained and armed for six years by a sponsors of a "holy war" to regain Islamic control of the Middle-East and ultimately to establish a world-wide Islamic caliphate.

The main causes of the conflict in the Middle-East have not yet been addressed:

▫ In our considered opinion, one of the major goals of this struggle is an attempt to establish the hegemony of Iran in the region. Please also remember that it is a publicly stated objective of Iran and Ahmadinejad to assure the complete destruction of Israel.

▫ Secondarily, there are also strong under-current of conflict between Shi'ite and Sunni branches of Islam as Tehran tries to assume control of the region and religion. This divergence is presently most evident in Iraq, where the Shi'ites and Sunnis have engaged in "tit-for-tat" attacks against each other since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

▫ Third, this is a geo-political battle that involves the overall distribution of land in the Middle-East. Jihadists believe that the entire region should be a bastion of Islam, without the taint of any other religion. Israelis and others believe that the Middle-East should be made up of "liberal democracies' that are tolerant of many religions. To the Islamists, politics are religion and religion is politics. The theocracy in Tehran should adequately demonstrate the Islamic model of an ideal "political-religious state." It is a model they want to export to other countries in the region.

▫ Finally, our assessment implies that the bewildering situation in the Middle-East is far more complex and difficult to explain than the limited space for this article allows. We will continue to monitor events in the Mid-East closely and bring you additional reports as the circumstances warrant...

BREAKING: Series of Blasts Reported on Indian Commuter Trains

7/11 Blasts

EmergencyNet News *FLASH* Report
10:15CDT - 11 Jul 06

Series of Blasts Reported on Indian Commuter Trains

From the ERRI/EmergencyNet News Global Watchdesk
By C. L. Staten, Senior National Security Analyst

BOMBAY(MUMBAI), INDIA: In an incident that appears to be a repeat of the Madrid train bombings, seven explosions rocked Bombay's (Mumbai's) commuter rail network during Tuesday evening rush hour, ripping apart multiple trains. The first blast went off at about 18:30 local time (13:00GMT), during the peak of the evening rush hour in the suburbs on the busy Western Railway.

Officials also said the government is calling it a "terrorist incident." A senior Bombay police official, P.S. Pasricha, said the explosions were part of a "well-coordinated attack." The country's home minister told Indian television that authorities had information that an attack was coming but did not know the time or place.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but the blasts came in quick succession a common tactic employed by Al-Qaeda and other "jihadist" militants that have repeatedly targeted Indian and other cities.

Witnesses reported seeing body parts strewn about stations, and Indian television news channels broadcast footage of bystanders carrying victims to waiting ambulances. The exact number of the stricken is not presently known.

Bombay's police chief said as many as 100 people are feared dead. Sadly, some rescue authorities said that the toll of dead and injured may yet rise as rescue operations continue. "We are busy in the rescue operation. Our first priority is to rescue the injured people," Bombay Police Chief A.N. Roy said.

EmergencyNet News is monitoring the rescue operations and investigation in Mumbai and we will bring you additional official details as they become available. Wire service, military, and emergency service agencies contributed to this report.

Additional reference, Mumbai Explosions

* 03/1/93-0600CST -- INDIAN BOMBINGS CAUSED BY "FOREIGN EXTREMISTS", ACCORDING TO POLICE, can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/bombay.htm

* Crisis in Kashmir: 2001-2002, Series of EmergencyNet News "Real-Time" Reports Concerning Escalating Tensions Between Pakistan and India -- 13 Dec 2001 to 19 Jan 2002, can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2001/crisis_in_kashmir2001.htm

Series of "Real-Time" Reports Concerning Multiple Train Bombings Madrid, Spain, 11 March 2004, can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2004/Madrid_bmb031104.htm

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Confirmed: Abu Musab al-Zaqawi Killed in U.S. Task Force Raid

BREAKING NEWS - 08 Jun 2006 - 07:00CDT

EmergencyNet News Instant Update

Confirmed: Abu Musab al-Zaqawi Killed in U.S. Task Force Raid

WASHINGTON: U.S. officials have confirmed that the top al-Qaeda terrorist in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zaqawi was killed in a U.S. Task force bombing raid on Wednesday.

The raid was conducted in Baghdad after U.S. Intelligence received credible information that al-Zarqawi was meeting there with his spiritual advisor. al-Zarqawi was a Salafi Muslim militant who in September 2005 declared an all-out war on Shia Muslims in Iraq.

Zarqawi was a long time ally of Osama bin Laden and high-ranking member of the al-Qaeda terrorist network. His own organization, Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, was widely referred to as “al-Qaeda in Iraq”. Watch EmergencyNet News for additional information...

Official British Reports Concerning July, 2005 Terror Attacks in London, England

13 May 2006

Investigation/Follow-On Reports Concerning July, 2005 Terror Attacks in London, England

The following official reports have been released in regard to the 7/7 multiple bomb attacks of subways and buses in London, England:

Home Office Report (pdf) - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/7-july-report.pdf?view=Binary

Intelligence Panel's Report (pdf) - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publications/reports/intelligence/isc_7july_ report.pdf

Government's Response (pdf) - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publications/reports/intelligence/govres_7july.pdf

Al-Qaida in league with Mexican radicals in plot to penetrate U.S.??

Osama's exploits south of border;
Al-Qaeda in league with Mexican radicals in plot to penetrate U.S.??

WND Posted: May 10, 2006 - 13:00 a.m. EDT

Excerpts:

LONDON – According to WorldNetDaily.com, Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, has established the first proof al-Qaeda is playing a major role in the new Cold War between North and South America – with Osama bin Laden's terror network seeing itself in league with Mexican subversives in infiltrating the U.S. border.

In the words of a MI6 memo, the situation "is a new and dangerous threat to stability that is also being exploited by al-Qaeda."

Details of al-Qaeda's penetration into Latin America emerged from documents discovered during recent anti-terrorist operations in Pakistan to try and locate Osama bin Laden.

The documents included evidence that al-Qaeda has established links with the Colombian terror group, FARC, and the Shining Path, SL, in Peru. They also reveal al-Qaeda's links with thousands of Muslim students in the Dominican Republic.

Want to learn more about it? Visit the source: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50130

ERRI analysts and EmergencyNet News Correspondents are presently examining additional indicators and reports about possible infiltration and collusion between Jihadist and S. American terror organizations