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• Pair Questioned Over Ricin Find - UK
  
  
• Army Report: Drug Cartels, Terrorists Infiltrate
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• Germany Warned of Pre-election Terror Attack
  
  
  
• Student In Jail After Bringing Bombs To
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• Search Crews Find Bodies From Air France Flight
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Pair Questioned Over Ricin Find - UK Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:54 AM PDT A father and son are being questioned by anti-terrorism officers following the discovery of the poison ricin at a house in County Durham. The find is connected to a police inquiry into alleged extreme right-wing activity. Ian Davison, 41, and his son, Nicky, 18, were arrested on Tuesday in raids at their homes in County Durham. The ricin, said to be 6,000 times more toxic than cyanide, will be analysed at the Porton Down government laboratory. Police have halted their search of Mr Davison’s home in Myrtle Grove, Burnopfield, until tests on the substance, found in a sealed jam jar, have been completed. We do not believe that there is any risk to public health Asst Ch Con Michael Barton The former pub DJ’s son was detained at his home in Annfield Plain on suspicion of inciting racial hatred but is now also being held under the Terrorism Act. It is understood his father is being questioned by Durham officers and the North East Counter Terrorism Unit at a police station in West Yorkshire. 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.

Army Report: Drug Cartels, Terrorists Infiltrate U.S. Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:49 AM PDT A secret intelligence mission recently conducted along the southern border of the United States found that drug cartels are teaming with terrorists to exploit the numerous vulnerabilities along the sparsely defended 2,000-mile Mexican border. The mission, dubbed Operation Red Zone was conducted in February and March by the Army’s Asymmetrical Warfare Group (AWG). The clandestine intelligence gathering organization is a 350-member special mission unit that works to identify critical threats and enemy and friendly vulnerabilities through global first-hand observations, the Army says. The group is based at Ft. Meade, Maryland, also home to the National Security Agency. Red Zone investigators discovered numerous alien smuggling and drug trafficking operations along the border. Perpetrators are using maritime surface craft, semi-submersible watercraft, ultra-light aircraft and possess the capability [to] utilize other potential aerial infiltration techniques to circumvent ground border protection capabilities,according to Asymmetric Observations Along the U.S.- Mexican Border released May 14 by the Army to federal and state law enforcement agencies. The AWG served as observers to advise the Border Patrol, Coast Guard and local law enforcement. During the operation AWG personnel were not authorized to enter Mexican territory and none were armed,Donald Cicotte, spokesman for the AWG at Ft. Meade tells Newsmax. After the mission was completed, AWG personnel prepared a classified report for the Department of Defense. A cleansed version, like the one viewed by Newsmax, was sent to civilian law enforcement agencies 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.

Germany Warned of Pre-election Terror Attack Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:41 AM PDT Al Qaeda is planning a major attack on Germans before September’s election to wreak revenge for the deployment of troops in Afghanistan, a German magazine cited security officials as saying on Saturday. Der Spiegel said German intelligence officials and the Federal Crime Office believed German firms based in Algeria and German citizens in northern Africa were in particular danger. The officials also warned of attacks in Germany. The new assessment is largely due to a warning from the U.S. government, believed to be based on information from al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, said the weekly. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry declined to comment on the report of a fresh threat. In recent months, however, officials have repeatedly warned that Germany is a likely target for Islamist militants. 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.

Student In Jail After Bringing Bombs To School Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:24 AM PDT An honor student and football star at San Ysidro High School was arrested Friday on three felony charges after allegedly bringing homemade bombs to school as a senior prank. Elphbert Laforteza, 18, is in San Diego County jail for allegedly bringing a dozen acid-based devices to the school and placing them in trash cans. Six of the devices exploded, forcing school officials to order a lockdown and call police. No one was injured, but the explosions were heard throughout the school. Laforteza is being held in lieu of $860,000 bail. Laforteza has been selected to attend the Air Force Academy. 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.

Search Crews Find Bodies From Air France Flight 447 Posted: 06 Jun 2009 09:46 AM PDT Update: The Brazilian Air Force has recovered the first two bodies from the Air France crash, the BBC reports. They also found a suitcase and a backback with a laptop inside. “We confirm the recovery from the water debris and bodies from the Air France plane,” an air force spokesman said. “We can’t give more information without confirming what we have.” The remains were recovered this morning, and experts are on their way to investigate. The remains were taken from the water at 0814 Brazilian time (1114 GMT), said spokesman Jorge Amaral. Experts on human remains are on their way to examine the find. All 228 passengers and crew on board AF 447 are believed to have been killed when the plane disappeared during its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Developing… Source - BBC 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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