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  • U.S. Seeks Help Over New Al Qaeda Video

    Seeking to forestall possible future attacks, U.S. officials asked the public on Thursday to help locate “suicide terrorists&#039&#039 shown in five video tapes recovered from an al Qaeda house in Afghanistan. Full Story

  • Scientist”s death is called accidental

    Renowned Harvard biochemist Don C. Wiley died accidentally in a fall from a Memphis bridge, medical authorities concluded yesterday in an autopsy report. Full Story

  • Freedom Fighters of the Digital World

    We&#039re bombing Afghanistan, anthrax is in the mail, and all across America it looks like Stars and Stripes forever. It is the evening of Oct. 11, one month into the war on terrorism, and Congress is cooking up something that will be called the USA Patriot Act. This sweeping law includes a dramatic expansion of…

  • Special Forces Join Effort in Philippines

    U.S. Special Forces have begun arriving in the Philippines to assist Philippine troops in their fight against Muslim guerrillas linked to Osama bin Laden, part of a significant expansion of the U.S. war on terrorism outside Afghanistan. Full Story

  • Statement by CIA Spokesman Bill Harlow on ABC News Report

    ABC News reported on the evening of January 14 that the CIA believes that Usama bin Laden has “escaped from Afghanistan and has gone beyond Pakistan,” most likely by sea. This is incorrect. We have reached no such conclusion. ABC did not contact the Agency about this allegation before airing it. Full Story

  • U.S. Says Walker Knew of Suicide Missions

    Three months before the Sept. 11 attacks on America, John Walker Lindh learned that Osama bin Laden had sent people to the United States to carry out suicide missions, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Walker, the 20-year-old Californian who joined Taliban fighters in Afghanistan last year, met bin Laden several times while at a…

  • Feds in Bidding War for Airport Security Chiefs

    The federal government&#039s bid to upgrade security at airports nationwide hinges on persuading experienced professionals to work for government wages when they could fetch as much as $550,000 a year in the private sector. Full Story

  • Agencies scale back all-out security

    Four months after terrorists chose Logan Airport as their launchpad, area public safety agencies are quietly replacing their safety-at-any-price strategies with more targeted and less expensive security measures. Full Story

  • Gunmen Open Fire at Pakistani Airport; 3 Wounded

    Two unidentified men exchanged gunfire with security officials at the Lahore airport early Wednesday, wounding at least three of them before escaping, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Full Story

  • Colombia Rebels Stage Attacks

    Just hours after President Andres Pastrana accepted an eleventh-hour accord to salvage Colombia&#039s three-year-old peace process, leftist rebels came out fighting Tuesday. Full Story

  • Arms Cache Found Near US Base

    US forces trying to root out the remnants of the Taleban regime and Osama Bin Laden&#039s al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan have uncovered an enemy hideout stashed with weapons just outside their base in the southern city of Kandahar. Full Story

  • U.S. Taliban Charged with Supporting Terror Group

    The United States on Tuesday charged American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh with conspiring to kill U.S. nationals in the Afghanistan (news – web sites) war and with providing support to Osama bin Laden&#039s al Qaeda network, charges that spare him from facing the death penalty. Full Story

  • US Jets Hunt Al Qaeda; Afghans Seek Rebuilding Aid

    U.S. jets prowled the skies above Afghanistan, hunting new targets after demolishing al Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in the east as the war against elusive Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden ran into a 102nd day. Full Story

  • China Gangs “Behind Manila Kidnap Wave”

    In an alarming twist to the current kidnap wave in the country, the authorities recently found that Chinese kidnappers from the mainland have extended their activities to the Philippines. Police say most of these Chinese criminals come from Fujian province in southern China, the ancestral home of many Chinese-Filipinos, and prey mainly on the affluent…

  • School Security Stepped Up After Loyalist Threats

    A major security operation was mounted outside schools across north Belfast today to protect teachers and pupils. The move follows a threat from the loyalist Red Hand Defenders that staff at Catholic schools would be considered as “legitimate targets”. Tension is high after the murder of Catholic postal worker Daniel McColgan (20) on Saturday morning.…

  • Al Qaeda Feared To Be Lurking In Indonesia

    In August last year, U.S. intelligence agents learned that Osama bin Laden&#039s al Qaeda terrorist network had obtained a highly detailed, hand-drawn map of the U.S. diplomatic compound here. Full Story

  • Gov”t Rejects Published List of Alleged Terrorists

    The government on Sunday flatly dismissed the same-day front-page publication of a purported Greek intelligence report apparently listing various terrorists, including a handful of ruling PASOK party cadres. Full Story

  • Colombian Rebels Set to Exit Haven

    Declaring an end to peace talks with the government, Colombia&#039s largest rebel group prepared on Sunday to abandon a vast sanctuary in the center of the country where the guerrillas have acted freely for the last three years. Full Story

  • U.S. Advisers to Expand War on Terror to Philippines

    U.S. special forces will join the Philippine military in operations against Muslim guerrillas Tuesday, but will limit themselves to advice and will not take part in combat, senior Philippine officials said. Full Story

  • Homeland security chief: U.S. safer, but work remains

    Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Sunday that the United States is safer and more vigilant than it was more than four months ago when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Full Story

  • Sources: Afghan detainees planned attacks on U.S.

    Military sources in Kandahar, Afghanistan, said Sunday that U.S. forces are holding detainees who had “plans to one day travel to the United States and kill Americans.” Full Story

  • Focus of U.S. Anthrax Probe Is Domestic – Ridge

    The recent spate of potentially deadly anthrax mailings is being investigated chiefly as suspected U.S. domestic terrorism, not a foreign plot, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said on Sunday. < a href=http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020113/pl/attack_anthrax_dc_1.html>Full Story

  • Top Credentials Sought for Airport Security Jobs

    The Department of Transportation, which last month agreed with Congress in deciding not to require high school diplomas for airport screeners, has taken a different approach in hiring the security directors at the largest airports. Full Story

  • U.S. Selling Papers Showing How to Make Germ Weapons

    Months into an expanded war on bioterrorism, the government is still making available to the public hundreds of formerly secret documents that tell how to turn dangerous germs into deadly weapons. Full Story

  • An overview of U.S. counterterrorism initiatives

    The events of September 11 and the subsequent anthrax incidents underscored the seriousness of the terrorism threat to the United States. They also drew attention to a host of vulnerabilities and the need for additional training for state and local “first responders,” those on the front line against possible terrorism — firefighters, police officers, emergency…

  • FEMA continues debate on emergency preparedness

    Although the Pentagon last year approved funding for more than $7 million in safety gear to be used in the case of a chemical weapons accident, federal officials say there is still much uncertainty surrounding the items. Full Story

  • Terrorist havens disappearing fast

    Around the world, terror groups are finding many former havens no longer particularly safe nor welcoming. The reason: National leaders can all see what happened in Afghanistan, and none wants anything like that to happen to them. Full Story

  • New Look for the Olympics: Under Warplanes and Patrols

    When the Olympic torch reaches Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah in a month, commercial air traffic at Salt Lake City International Airport will be at a standstill. Surveillance planes will be flying miles overhead as F-16 fighter jets remain on constant alert nearby. Thousands of military troops will patrol the streets. Full Story

  • Israeli Politicians Debate Gaza

    Israel waged an internal debate Sunday over the army&#039s demolition of Palestinian homes in the southern Gaza Strip, with critics of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon saying the operation was inappropriate and poorly handled. Full Story

  • Colombian FARC Rebels Prepare for Army Strike

    Colombia&#039s Marxist FARC rebels declared a three-year-old peace process dead on Sunday, saying they would vacate major towns in their demilitarized enclave as thousands of troops, tanks and jets readied to storm the zone on Monday night. Full Story

  • Video Shows Al Qaeda Rehearsing Assassinations-TV

    The Australian Broadcasting Corp has obtained a video it said showed al Qaeda militants rehearsing an attack on world leaders at a golf tournament and on a motorcade in what appears to be Washington. Full Story

  • Irradiated Mail Causes Illness

    A package irradiated as part of the government&#039s anti-anthrax screening gave off a noxious gas Thursday when it was opened at the Commerce Department, sickening at least 11 workers, a fire official said. Full Story

  • FBI Sees Drug Bust, Terror Links

    An international drug-smuggling ring broken up by federal agents may have links to terrorist organizations, an FBI spokesman said. Full Story

  • More Post-Attack Job Loss Predicted

    A study released Friday predicts the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will reverberate through the U.S. economy for years, wiping out more than 1.6 million jobs in 2002 alone. Full Story

  • Other nations find “terrorist” label useful

    America&#039s zero-tolerance policy against terrorism is being adopted by other countries confronting protracted internal or regional conflicts – sometimes with negative consequences. Full Story

  • Yard leads plans for Europe force to track al-Qaida

    Scotland Yard is spearheading plans to create a pan-European anti-terrorist task force to help track down and prosecute members of Osama bin Laden&#039s al-Qaida network, it was revealed yesterday. Full Story

  • Mahathir says about 50 Malaysians linked to al Qaeda

    Some 50 Malaysians are involved with the worldwide al Qaeda network accused of carrying out the September 11 air attacks on the United States, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday. Full Story

  • U.S. Alters Estimate Of Threats

    The United States is more likely to suffer a nuclear, chemical or biological attack from terrorists using ships, trucks or airplanes than one by a foreign country using long-range missiles, according to a new U.S. intelligence estimate. Full Story

  • Judge Mulls TV Ban in Terror Trial

    A federal judge said Wednesday she was concerned that television could have a chilling effect on witnesses at the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorism trial, but she did not decide immediately whether to permit cameras. Full Story

  • Americans “Targeted” in Singapore

    Suspected Islamic militants arrested in Singapore were plotting attacks on US servicemen, the Singapore Government said on Friday. One plan was to blow up a shuttle bus carrying US personnel between a naval base and a local subway station, a government statement said. Full Story

  • Israeli Army Bulldozes Gaza Airport Runway

    Israeli tanks and bulldozers tore up the runway of the Palestinian-controlled international airport in the Gaza Strip on Friday in retaliation for a Palestinian raid that killed four Israeli soldiers. Full Story

  • 3 Militants, Linkman Killed in Assam

    Three militants, including a dreaded National Democratic Front Bodoland commander and a linkman of the banned ULFA, were killed in separate encounters with police and the Army in Assam, police said on Friday. Full Story

  • Colombia”s Pastrana Sets 48-Hour Peace Deadline

    Colombian President Andres Pastrana on Thursday gave international mediators 48 hours to meet FARC rebels in a last-ditch effort to save three-year-old peace talks and avoid all-out war. Full Story

  • Fla. Officials Probe Possible Plot Against Jeb Bush

    Florida law enforcement officials said late on Thursday that an investigation was under way into a potential threat to blow up Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, younger brother of President Bush. Full Story

  • First Al Qaeda, Taliban Prisoners Leave Afghanistan

    With warlords and bandits setting up fiefdoms across Afghanistan, U.S. troops began disarming local militia on Friday as the first prisoners of the war were in the air en route to a detention camp on Cuba. Full Story

  • Advanced Counterterrorism Operations Course- Space Still Available

    The TRC is offering a training session on January 28-30, 2002 in Atlanta, GA. The course is entitled “Advanced Counterterrorism Operations: Preventing, Mitigating and Defeating Terrorist Attacks”. Additional details and on-line registration are available here.

  • Al-Qaida Cyber Capability

    Osama bin Laden established Al-Qaida in the late 1980s to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. It helped finance, recruit, transport and train Sunni Islamic extremists for the Afghan resistance. Its current goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to…

  • Anti-terrorism costs exceed $60 billion

    Congress has provided more than $60 billion since the September 11 suicide hijacking attacks to combat terrorism at home and abroad and to rebuild from those attacks. That&#039s roughly five times what the country spent to fight terrorism in the previous year. Full Story

  • Muslims Encouraged To Launch Attacks In Britain

    A British Muslim who claims to have helped recruit more than 200 British volunteers to fight for the Taliban has warned they may launch terrorist attacks here. Full Story

  • US Prepares to Hit al-Qaeda in Somalia

    A surgical strike against terrorist elements in Somalia could be just days away, Pentagon and US State Department officials have signalled. The comments follow a steady stream of intelligence and surveillance information that has led the United States to believe that crack al-Qaeda terrorist troops are successfully regrouping at bases around the capital, Mogadishu. Full…

  • Singapore “Terror Network” Broken

    Security at Singapore&#039s American Club has been beefed up The arrests in Singapore over the weekend followed a similar swoop in neighboring Malaysia on Friday, raising concerns that the region&#039s close ties to Washington could make it a target for terrorism. Full Story

  • Major Blow to the Real IRA as Seven Held

    GARDA anti-terrorist officers were satisfied last night they have delivered a major setback to the Real IRA after arresting seven suspects in the Full Story

  • Anti-Terrorism Is Top Rule for India-Pakistan Dialogue, Says Blair

    British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that the clearest rule governing any India-Pakistan dialogue must be the complete absence of support for any terrorist activity. Full Story

  • Colombian Rebels Call Off Truce

    Colombia&#039s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has announced it is ending a ceasefire declared before Christmas, accusing government forces of violating it. Full Story

  • U.S. Bombs Afghan Targets, Seeks Al Qaeda Fighters

    U.S. jets pounded suspected Osama bin Laden training camps in eastern Afghanistan Monday and on the ground special forces pursued scattered fighters of the al Qaeda network set up by the world&#039s most wanted man. Full Story

  • Report: U.S. Wraps Up Probe of Sept. 11 Financing

    Investigators following the money trail in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States have traced more than $325,000 via credit card receipts, ATM withdrawals and other transactions connected to the 19 suspected hijackers, The Washington Post reported on Monday. Full Story

  • Teen Pilot in Tampa Crash Had “Sympathy” for Osama

    Police on Sunday gave details of a suicide note that appeared to show the lone 15-year-old who flew a light plane into a high-rise office block in Tampa was inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Full Story

  • Register Now – Advanced Counterterrorism Operations

    The TRC is offering a training session on January 28-30, 2002 in Atlanta, GA. The course is entitled “Advanced Counterterrorism Operations: Preventing, Mitigating and Defeating Terrorist Attacks”. Additional details and on-line registration are available by Here. Today is the last day to register at the early-bird price of $350

  • Israel, Hamas write off Arafat speech

    Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat faced mounting pressure from both Palestinian militant groups and Israel after his pleas for a cessation of violence were largely ignored. Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians on Monday, including a Hamas member and a 12-year-old boy, after Israel dismissed Arafat as “irrelevant.” Palestinian gunmen later wounded four Jewish settlers in…

  • Bin Laden’s whereabouts unknown

    With days having passed since the voice believed to belong to Osama bin Laden was last heard in radio transmissions, there was still no sign of the Saudi exile on Tuesday. A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that “it’s anybody’s guess” whether he’s trapped in the Tora Bora region with the remnants of his fleeing al-Qaida…