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President Bush Warns Of Continued Terror Threat Posted: 12 Jan 2009 08:14 PM PST Eight days before ending his two terms in office as President George W. Bush said “There is still an enemy out there who wants to attack America and Americans.” The homeland is still threatened. That is the most urgent threat facing Barack Obama. He was answering media questions for the last time. President Bush issued a stern warning about what he called the continuing terrorist threat confronting the nation, using the haunting words of Islamic extremists to support his assertion that they remain determined to attack the United States. Abandoning his practice of only rarely mentioning al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Bush repeatedly quoted him and purported terrorist letters, recordings and documents to make his case that terrorists have broad totalitarian ambitions and believe the war in Iraq is a key theater in a wider struggle. “Iraq is not a distraction in their war against America” but the “central battlefield where this war will be decided,” Bush said in an address before the Military Officers Association of America. Citing the internal communications of terrorists was a dramatic new tactic to advance familiar arguments from Bush in defense of his strategy. The remarks came less than a week before the nation observes the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and two months before midterm elections in which the administration’s national strategy and competence promise to be pivotal questions. That debate was underscored by sharp criticism of Bush yesterday by Democratic congressional leaders. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

UC Davis Researchers Face Bomb Threats Posted: 12 Jan 2009 08:04 PM PST An animal rights group has claimed that it has sent letter bombs to two University of California, Davis researchers, the school said. The UC Davis Police Department, Davis Police Department and other agencies are investigating the claim, and no suspicious packages have yet been detected. The claim was made late on Saturday in a posting on an activist Web site, but the group was not named by authorities. Police notified the two researchers named in the posting — both who are affiliated with the California National Primate Research Center — early on Sunday morning. “Such threats against our researchers are unacceptable, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms,” said Stan Nosek, vice chancellor for administration at UC Davis, who is responsible for oversight of animal research and care on campus. The university advised all researchers, faculty and staff to be vigilant in handling and opening mail, and to look out for suspicious packages, such as parcels that are unusually shaped, wrapped with a lot of tape or have excess postage. via NorCal University Faces Bomb Threat - NBCBAYAREA- msnbc.com. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

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