Entries Tagged as ‘terrorism’

February 12, 2008

Two CBS Journalists Kidnapped in Iraq

Two CBS journalists have been kidnapped in Iraq. A British journalist and his Iraqi translator was kidnapped in the port city of Basra on Sunday lead away by gunpoint from the Palace Sultan Hotel.

About 10 gunmen were involved in taking the British photo-journalist and his interpreter. The pair had flown to Basra from Baghdad on [...]

February 12, 2008

Six Detainees to be Charged For Involvement in 9/11

The Pentagon is planning to charge six detainees at Gitmo for the 9/11 attacks. The Pentagon also wants capital punishment to be the end result. It’s been more than six years since the attack that took more than 3,000 lives.

Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said the charges could come as early as Monday.
The men that [...]

February 3, 2008

Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi Claims He Has AIDS

Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi has made claims that he was infected with the HIV virus in 2004. That statement wouldn’t be shocking if not for the location of where this man was in 2004. You see Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi is a detainee at Gitmo. He arrived in 2002.

In 2004 Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi was given a blood [...]

February 1, 2008

A New Low As Two Mentally Disabled Women Used In Suicide Attack

At least 53 people died today as two mentally disabled women were sent into two different busy market places and blown up using remote control devices in Baghdad. At the first market people had commented on the “crazy woman”.

There are reports of more than 175 people being injured in the attacks in addition to those [...]

January 25, 2008

Teen Arrested For Planning Hijacking

A teenager planning to hijack a plane from Las Angeles to Nashville was arrested in Nashville Tuesday night. The 16 year old was removed from Southwest Airlines flight 284 with suspicious items in his luggage.

George Bolds, FBI spokesman said that the teen’s luggage contained handcuffs, rope and duct tape. He is believed to have [...]

January 20, 2008

14 Arrested During Raids In Barcelona, Suspected Of Terrorism

Spain is on high alert as police arrested 14 suspected terrorists on Saturday. The suspects of Pakistani and Indian origin were believed to be plotting an attack in Barcelona.
All of the arrests took place in Barcelona and there are more arrests expected to take place. The police had help with unidentified foreign intelligence agencies. They [...]

January 15, 2008

Dogs Will Be Protecting The Super Bowl Crowd This Year

Trained dogs will be part of the security team to keep Super Bowl fans safe on Feb. 3 this year. The dogs are trained to sniff out explosives like the ones used by Islamic extremists.

The ATF plans on having an undisclosed number of trained Labrador Retrievers at the game. The dogs have been trained to [...]

January 15, 2008

Six Dead In Hotel Attack In Kabul

Guests at the 177-room Serena, a luxury Kabul hotel were attacked by militants sporting suicide vests, grenades and AK-47 rifles earlier today. Six people in the hotel were killed during the attack.

The target of the attack appears to have been the Norwegian foreign minister. He was not harmed during the incident. An American was among [...]

January 10, 2008

FBI Has Wiretapping Phone Shut Off Because They Forgot To Pay The Bill

When customers don’t pay their phone bills they lose the right to that service. The phone company doesn’t care who you are, even if you’re the FBI and working on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
It seems that the FBI in some cases is not on top of paying their bills.
“Late payments have resulted in telecommunications [...]

January 10, 2008

Op-Ed: Mother of Detained 5-Year-Old Not Allowed to Comfort Child

Homeland Security is at it again detaining a 5-year-old child at Sea-Tac Airport. The child was taken into custody and thoroughly searched in another case of having the same name as someone else of the No-Fly list.

When the child’s mother tried to comfort him during the proceedings she was told not to touch her own [...]