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• Militants Behead Afghan University Student
  
  
  
• Russian Military Plane Violates Indian Airspace –
  Escorted To Mumbai
  
  
• U.S.S. John McCain Prepares To Intercept North
  Korean Ship

Militants Behead Afghan University Student Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:42 PM PDT Several armed militants entered the compound of Kandahar University in south Afghanistan Friday and after beheading a student took away another. “The gruesome incident occurred at 11:00 a.m. local time when several unknown armed militants entered the compound while students were enjoying weekly holiday Friday in the garden of university and horribly beheaded Mushtaq Ahmad and took away another,” Ahmad Shah a student of the university told Xinhua. The terrified Shah added that Mushtaq was a student of grade fourth of medical faculty of Kandahar university. This is the first time that militants attack higher educational institutions in the country. Police officials at the site did not put finger at any particular groups, saying the enemies of peace a term used against Taliban militants are behind such barbaric acts. Taliban fighters who have vowed to intensify activities this year in Afghanistan have not made comment so far. 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.

Russian Military Plane Violates Indian Airspace – Escorted To Mumbai Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:45 PM PDT A Russian military cargo aircraft AN-24 rpt AN-24 with six passengers and two crew members tonight intruded into Indian airspace from Pakistan and landed at the international airport. As the plane entered into Indian airspace without the right code, it was escorted to Mumbai airport by Indian Air Force planes, a spokesman of Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI here. The MIAL spokesman said the plane with Russian markings came from Pakistani airspace carrying six passengers and two crew and was escorted over the Mumbai airport by IAF planes. The cargo aircraft landed at the airport at around 2240 hours after being allowed by the Air Traffic Control. Security forces have surrounded the aircraft. PTI. 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.

U.S.S. John McCain Prepares To Intercept North Korean Ship Posted: 19 Jun 2009 10:01 AM PDT The U.S. military is planning to intercept a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed last Friday, FOX News has learned. The USS John McCain, a navy destroyer, will intercept the ship Kang Nam as soon as it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official. The order to inderdict has not been given yet, but the ship is getting into position. The ship left a port in North Korea Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore, according to a senior U.S. military source. The vessel, which the military has been tracking since its departure, could be carrying weaponry, missile parts or nuclear materials, a violation of U.N. Resolution 1874, which put sanctions in place against Pyongyang. The USS McCain was involved in an incident with a Chinese sub last Friday – near Subic Bay off the Philippines. The Chinese sub was shadowing the destroyer when it hit the underwater sonar array that the USS McCain was towing behind it. That same navy destroyer that was being shadowed by the Chinese is now positioning itself for a possible interdiction of the North Korean vessel. This is the first suspected “proliferator” that the U.S. and its allies have tracked from North Korea since the United Nations authorized the world’s navies to enforce compliance with a variety of U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing North Korea for its recent nuclear test. 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.

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