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• At Least 41 Dead In Multiple Car Bombings – Iraq
  
• Surviving Disaster Series Premieres On Spike TV Sept. 1st
  
  
• Taliban Waiting For US Reply Before Deciding Soldiers
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• U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban
  
• Noordin Top Asian Terror Leader – Dead or Alive?
  
• FBI Raids Travel Agency to Investigate Missing Somalis
  

At Least 41 Dead In Multiple Car Bombings – Iraq Posted: 09 Aug 2009 11:36 PM PDT Car bombing attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 41 people on Monday, police sources said. According to Reuters, two truck bombs killed 25 people and injured 75 near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The bombs destroyed about 30 homes in the village of Khazna, 20 km north of Mosul. In the capital, two car bombs killed 16 people and injured 81 in the southwest of the city, police said. The first bomb went off at Hay al-Amel, in the west of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 46. The second blast took place in Shurta Arbaa in the north of the city killing seven people and injuring 35 others. 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. At Least 41 Dead In Multiple Car Bombings – Iraq

Surviving Disaster Series Premieres On Spike TV Sept. 1st Posted: 09 Aug 2009 11:20 PM PDT Surviving Disaster Spike TV For the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of consulting in research for an upcoming episode of an incredible new show, Surviving Disaster, scheduled to premiere on Spike TV, Tuesday, September 1 (10:00-11:00pm ET/PT). Mark this date on your calendar, it’s a show you won’t want to miss! Surviving Disaster – Picking up a few last minute items at the mall when violent gunmen storm the store…what to do? What if, on the daily subway commute, a bio weapon is released? Or a fire is blazing in the 12th floor office and the only way out is blocked? Disasters can strike at the most unexpected times, but Spike TV’s new original series “Surviving Disaster,” led by Cade Courtley, vividly takes viewers through catastrophic scenarios and arms them with the knowledge needed to survive the unthinkable. Navy SEAL Courtley is the ideal host for this timely series, having faced imminent danger for a living, conducting clandestine missions from the sea, air and land that include counter-terrorism operations, special reconnaissance and unconventional warfare. The series premieres Tuesday, September 1 (10:00-11:00pm ET/PT) with an episode dedicated to a plane hijacking. Each week, Navy SEAL Courtley tackles worst-case scenarios and equips viewers with the practical information needed to save their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. Whether the threat is natural or man-made or on a national or personal level, Courtley speaks directly to the viewers and guides them through a comprehensive, step-by-step process to not only survive the big picture disaster, but endure the many dangerous obstacles that may occur within each catastrophic event. While leading viewers out of danger, Courtley not only provides helpful tips and hands-on instruction, but swiftly points out common misconceptions and fatal mistakes. Unlike any other series, “Surviving Disaster” may actually save lives by providing actions that anyone can perform. Featured Surviving Disaster Content Cade Courtley Survivng Disaster “Surviving Disaster” featured content on Spike.com will present an introduction to host Cade Courtley, including videos, a biography and an exclusive multi-week breakdown of the “Top 10 Most Impressive Survival Stories of All Time,” presented by Courtley. The promotion will be timed to lead up to the premiere of the show. The show page will also feature exclusive downloadable survival guides based on each upcoming episode, sneak peeks, video clips and a forum for viewer commentary. Other disaster-themed episodes this season include: Nuclear Attack, Home Invasion, Fire, Avalanche, Lost at Sea, Hurricane, Bio-Chemical Attack, Mall Shooting and Earthquake. A standout from the beginning of his military career as a Naval Officer, Courtley was the Class Leader in his BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training and was chosen to attend the elite SEAL Sniper school, a privilege given only to a select few. While on active duty, he served tours in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Southeast Asia, where he led highly classified, high-risk operations. He continued this high-risk profession with several tours to Iraq in the private sector. His strong background in military Special Operations has given him the unmatched skills to survive and adapt in the direst of circumstances. “Surviving Disaster” is produced for Spike TV by Shed Media US (“Man On Wire,” “Supernanny,” “The Real Housewives of New York City”). The series is executive produced by Alex Graham and Nathaniel Grouille. Sharon Levy, Tim Duffy and Joe Weinstock are Spike TV’s executives in charge of production. Visit Surviving Disaster - Spike TV Site 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. Surviving Disaster Series Premieres On Spike TV Sept. 1st

Taliban Waiting For US Reply Before Deciding Soldiers Fate Posted: 09 Aug 2009 10:15 PM PDT A militant commander who is holding a U.S. soldier abducted in Afghanistan said Sunday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s council is waiting for a response to its demands before deciding the American’s fate. It was the first news of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, made public since a Taliban video was released July 18. 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. Taliban Waiting For US Reply Before Deciding Soldiers Fate

U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:57 PM PDT Fifty Afghans believed to be drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban have been placed on a Pentagon target list to be captured or killed, reflecting a major shift in American counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan, according to a Congressional study to be released this week. United States military commanders have told Congress that they are convinced that the policy is legal under the military’s rules of engagement and international law. They also said the move is an essential part of their new plan to disrupt the flow of drug money that is helping finance the Taliban insurgency. In interviews with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is releasing the report, two American generals serving in Afghanistan said that major traffickers with proven links to the insurgency have been put on the “joint integrated prioritized target list.” That means they have been given the same target status as insurgent leaders, and can be captured or killed at any time. Read Full Article 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. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban

Noordin Top Asian Terror Leader – Dead or Alive? Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:48 AM PDT Indonesian authorities are “very confident” that the man killed during a dramatic 17-hour standoff Saturday morning is wanted terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top. “We had this person under surveillance for a week and followed him wherever he went,” a source inside the investigation told the daily Kompas. “We created a detailed profile on him. We knew where he went and what he ate. We even knew that he always slept in cemeteries.” The source said Noordin shied away from cell phones but left an electronic trail on the Internet, which led them to his trusted courier: the nephew of the man whose home was at the center of the standoff, Indra Arif Hermawan , who is also known as Arif and Indra. “The courier that became Noordin’s communications lifeline was Arif. He was picked up before police descended on the house in Temanggung.” Arif and his brother Aris Susanto, also known as Hendra, worked at a motorcycle repair shop in Temanggung and were already known to authorities. Their cousin, Tataq Lusiyanto, was detained in 2006 for involvement in the 2003 JW Marriott bombing. Tataq’s father, Mudjahri , owned the farm house and is also under suspicion of supporting the hardline Jemaah Islamiyah network. Source However… Police were so close to catching fugitive Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top that they even managed to photograph him outside a Jakarta safe house last Thursday. But after a tension-filled weekend, including live-television coverage of a country farmhouse being blown up by police bomb squad and snipers, the discovery of hundreds of kilograms of explosives stashed in Jakarta and a truck bomb ready to go off in an apparent plot to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, three alleged terrorists killed and several more arrested, there is just one thing missing. That, it seems, is Top himself. Only DNA testing will prove whether a man with half his head blown off after a 17-hour siege in remote Central Java ended with elite police storming his hideout is Top. However, indications are firming that it was someone else. If that is so, it will be just the latest narrow escape for the region’s most wanted, and most elusive, terrorist. It was the arrest last Wednesday of one of Top’s trusted lieutenants that gave police their first big break in the investigation into the July 17 Jakarta hotel bombings, which Top is believed to have planned. Read Article 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. Noordin Top Asian Terror Leader – Dead or Alive?

FBI Raids Travel Agency to Investigate Missing Somalis Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:18 AM PDT The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the office of a Minnesota travel agency this week for clues to the disappearance of 20 Somali-American men believed to be fighting in Somalia’s civil war. Omar Jamal, spokesman for the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, says the owner of Amana Travel was approached several months ago by two young men who wanted to travel to Somalia. Jamal says the owner, Ali Mohamud, refused to book the tickets when he learned the young men’s parents were unaware of their plans. But about 20 Somali-American men from the Minnesota area, including those two young men, have disappeared in the last two years. They are believed to be in Somalia fighting with the Islamist militant group al-Shabab against the Somali government and its allies. The U.S. considers al-Shabab a terrorist group. Read Article 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. FBI Raids Travel Agency to Investigate Missing Somalis

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