Jury Problems Surface During Florida Terror Trial Posted: 02 May 2009 02:13 AM PDT
A few hours after an ill juror was replaced, a note signed by the jury foreman in the “Liberty City Six” case said a female juror “refuses to engage in discussions based on the evidence or the law” and that this could be “unfair to the defendants,” according to U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard. The note said the juror was disruptive and had made comments offensive to others.
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1,000 Pounds High-grade Nitrate Fertilizer Stolen - Alabama Posted: 02 May 2009 01:23 AM PDT
Burglars targeted a Tuscumbia business early Thursday morning. property is potential dangerous material. Approximately 1,000 pounds of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was handles fertilization and weed control for residential and commercial lawns. The owner, John Wagner, says he’s been in business for twelve years and nothing like this has ever happened. "It’s very unusual,” says Wagner. “It was a very big shock to walk in at 7:00 a.m. and see all this gone.” Sometime early Thursday morning, burglars broke in the business. First, they tried to bust through this glass window in the front of the building. When that didn’t work, police say the crooks pried open the side door.
“It appears that 25 to 30 bags of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken off the premises,” explains Wagner. The thieves stacked the bags of fertilizer onto one of the company trucks, attached a trailer to the back, and loaded a lawn mower on it. The crooks also rummaged through the office - grabbing two computers, an iPod, and a cordless phone. The stolen property is valued at several thousand dollars. For Wagner, that’s not the most unsettling part. "The cost of the fertilizer is not the issue, it’s the quantity and the potential for bad guys,” explains Wagner. ” Wagner worries that having the large amount of fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to something very dangerous.
"It could potentially be made into a bomb,” says Wagner. Tuscumbia police say as the burglars were driving off, the trailer, lawn mower, and some fertilizer fell off somewhere on King Street. Shortly after that, investigators say the burglars abandoned the truck on Sterling Boulevard. The truck and trailer were returned to Greens Keepers. Police are still on the hunt for the fertilizer and the people responsible for taking it.
Right now, the Tuscumbia Police Department does not have any have any information about the crime or know where the fertilizer may be, call the Shoals Area CrimeStoppers at (256) 386 - 8685
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Deputies OK After Cyanide Scare In Ponte Vedra, Florida Posted: 02 May 2009 01:14 AM PDT
Two St. Johns County deputies and a woman have been released
Sergeant Chuck Mulligan says deputies confronted a group in a he had an open container with cyanide and was planning to use it. Mulligan says the area was decontaminated and the container was results indicate the substance was the chemical sodium cyanide.
The man remains in the hospital for further observation.
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Glossy Internet Magazine Targets Americans for Jihad Training Posted: 02 May 2009 12:47 AM PDT
It’s been likened to Al Qaeda’s “Vanity Fair,” a new English-language Internet magazine called “Jihad Recollections” that focuses on the terrorist group, its founder, Usama Bin Laden, and how to “This is designed for Americans,” says noted terrorism expert Steven Emerson, founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism in Washington, D.C., and author of the book “American Jihad: “It’s not for Brits, not for Germans, not for jihadists in the Middle East. It’s designed for Americans and it’s designed to get them to convert to Islam or to carry out jihad acts of terror,” he said. “What started off as some angry kids in their basement has transformed over the past several years into a robust Al Qaeda propaganda outlet right here in our backyard,” says Jarret Brachman, an Al Qaeda specialist and author of the new book, “Global Jihadism.” Brachman says “it raises the bar for pro-Al Qaeda propaganda in propaganda that we’ve seen to date.” He also says “the publication shows how deeply embedded in the global Al Qaeda movement its editors are.” It is not clear what connection, if any, the magazine has to Al Qaeda or its followers. It is published by the “Al Fursan Media Foundation,” but FOX News could not find such an organization or a Fox could contact Rusty at Jawa for more detailed info on the Al Fursan Media Foundation. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National for homeland security news and information. Share this post |
Al-Qaeda Used Hotmail and Simple Codes to Plan Terror Attacks Posted: 02 May 2009 12:28 AM PDT
In the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, alleged al-Qaida operations mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed intended to use his The document shows how al-Qaida, at least in 2001, embraced Al-Marri also surfed the Internet to research cyanide gas, As a result of his guilty plea, al-Marri could be sentenced up In a stipulation of facts filed as part of the plea agreement, After arriving in the U.S. on Sept. 10, 2001 — a day before He used a “10-code” to protect the numbers — subtracting the In a 10-code, eight becomes a two, for example. Other al-Qaida This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Share this post |
Mexico Drug Smugglers Relocate to Town in New Mexico Posted: 02 May 2009 12:15 AM PDT
The dusty little border town of Columbus, New Mexico, with almost no visible means of support, has been seeing something of a boom in the past year: Brand-new sport utility vehicles with flashy wheel rims are parked just off the bleak main drag. Homes are selling quickly, sometimes for cash. The source of this sudden wealth? An influx of Mexican drug smugglers, investigators say. The smugglers are fleeing the Mexican army’s occupation of the settling in Columbus, where there has been a law enforcement vacuum. The four-man police force in Columbus has turned over seven times in three years because of scandal or apathy. “We know the names of the people,” said Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos, who is based in Deming, 35 miles away. “I know that if I were a person involved in criminal activity, whether it’s drug-related, human smuggling related, I certainly would welcome the absence of police.” So far, Columbus has been spared any violence, even though the may be involved in illegal activity. “I would say greater,” said resident Robert Odom. “If a person but they can make a lot of money if they are willing to risk going to jail.”
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Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K. Posted: 02 May 2009 12:08 AM PDT
An Empirical Examination of the Radicalization Process The Center for Terrorism Research has released its newest study, Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K.: An Empirical Study of the Radicalization Process, by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Laura Grossman. The study is a product of over a year and half of who have chosen to take up arms against the society in which they were born or raised. Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K. examines six different steps are particularly significant as homegrown terrorists radicalize: the adoption of a legalistic interpretation of Islam, coming to trust only a select and ideologically rigid group of religious authorities, viewing the West and Islam as irreconcilably opposed, manifesting a low tolerance for perceived religious deviance, attempting to impose religious beliefs on others, and the expression of radical political views. These steps have recurred frequently among homegrown terrorists, and they help to provide insight into these individuals’ state of mind as they hurtle toward the embrace of violence again innocents. To download a pdf version of the study, please click link. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National for homeland security news and information. Share this post |
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