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• Hitmen Massacre 18 In Border Drug Rehab – Juarez
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• Taliban Surprising U.S. Forces With Improved
  Tactics
  
  
• American Preparedness : Findings From the 2009
  FEMA Citizen Corps National Survey
  
  
• Napolitano Expecting Big Influx of New H1N1
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• Rays Employee Planted Fake Bomb Before Red Sox
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• World Wildlife Fund – WWF Condemns ‘Offensive’ Ad
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Hitmen Massacre 18 In Border Drug Rehab – Juarez Mexico Posted: 02 Sep 2009 11:49 PM PDT About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday, lining up patients before killing 17 of them. Drug gangs have targeted rehab clinics in the manufacturing city of Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, accusing them of protecting dealers from rival gangs. The attack was one of the deadliest in President Felipe Calderon’s three-year war against drug cartels, despite the presence of 10,000 troops and federal police in Ciudad Juarez who constantly patrol the city’s streets. The suspected hitmen stormed their way into the drug and alcohol rehab clinic in Ciudad Juarez and forced patients into a line in a corridor before shooting them, the army and the El Diario newspaper said. “Armed men shot at about 20 people, killing 17 of them and injuring three,” said army spokesman Enrique Torres. In a separate attack on Wednesday, gunmen killed the deputy police chief in Calderon’s home state of Michoacan in western Mexico. Jose Manuel Revueltas, appointed just two weeks ago, was intercepted by heavily armed men in two vehicles as he drove down a busy avenue in the state capital, Morelia, a few blocks from police headquarters, police said. Revueltas, 38, and his two bodyguards died in the intense gunfire that also killed a man traveling on a bus. via Hitmen kill 17 in Mexico clinic on U.S. border Reuters. 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. Hitmen Massacre 18 In Border Drug Rehab – Juarez Mexico

Taliban Surprising U.S. Forces With Improved Tactics Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:19 PM PDT The Taliban has become a much more potent adversary in Afghanistan by improving its own tactics and finding gaps in the U.S. military playbook, according to senior American military officials who acknowledged that the enemy’s resurgence this year has taken them by surprise. U.S. rules of engagement restricting the use of air power and aggressive action against civilians have also opened new space for the insurgents, officials said. Western development projects, such as new roads, schools and police stations, have provided fresh targets for Taliban roadside bombs and suicide attacks. The inability of rising numbers of American troops to protect Afghan citizens has increased resentment of the Western presence and the corrupt Afghan government that cooperates with it, the officials said. As President Obama faces crucial decisions on his war strategy and declining public support at home, administration and defense officials are studying the reasons why the Taliban appears, for the moment at least, to be winning. 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. Taliban Surprising U.S. Forces With Improved Tactics

American Preparedness : Findings From the 2009 FEMA Citizen Corps National Survey Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:09 PM PDT FEMA’s Citizen Corps Surveys offer comprehensive data on the public’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors related to preparedness and community safety for multiple types of hazards. Findings from these surveys provide valuable insights for increasing personal preparedness, civic engagement, and community resilience. These findings are particularly relevant as we prepare for a possible pandemic flu outbreak, hurricane season, and other hazards. Results from this study have important implications for the development of more effective communication and outreach strategies to achieve greater levels of preparedness and participation. Source Personal Preparedness In America: Findings From the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey– Full Report (PDF, 700K) Personal Preparedness In America: Findings From the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey– Summary Sheet (PDF, 95K) Personal Preparedness In America: Findings From the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey– Power Point Presentation FEMA Research Provides New Insights On Personal Preparedness– News Release, Aug 24 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. American Preparedness : Findings From the 2009 FEMA Citizen Corps National Survey

Napolitano Expecting Big Influx of New H1N1 Cases Posted: 02 Sep 2009 05:57 PM PDT Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that people should expect “a big influx” of swine flu cases this fall and prepare as best they can. “The best thing we all can do are the very simple things, the washing of the hands, the coughing into the sleeve,” Napolitano said in a nationally broadcast interview. ” … We’re in all likelihood going to have them (new infections) before the vaccine is available.” Napolitano was among a host of Cabinet officers who briefed President Barack Obama Tuesday on the federal government’s preparations and planning for the fall. Another of those Cabinet members, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, said in a separate interview that it’s critically important to keep schools open and education uninterrupted. “We got a little bit lucky” in the last school year, he said, because the H1N1 didn’t surface until very near the end of the academic year. “We’re not going to be so lucky this year,” Duncan added, “so the more we’re prepared, the more we’re talking … the better we’re going to be able to handle this as a country, the more we’re going to be able to keep our schools open.” There have been over 550 deaths in the United States from H1N1 and a scientific advisory panel recently sent the White House a report saying it was possible that anywhere from 30 percent to half the population could catch what doctors call “2009 H1N1″ and that it was also possible there could be between 30,000 and 90,000 deaths. “Everything we’ve seen in the U.S. and everything we’ve seen around the world suggests we won’t see that kind of number if the virus doesn’t change,” Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a C-SPAN interview last week. In her interview Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show, Napolitano was asked why the government isn’t requiring all Americans to get the swine flu vaccine, once it’s available. “Because health programs generally aren’t mandatory, and you get pushback to that,” she replied. 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. Napolitano Expecting Big Influx of New H1N1 Cases

Rays Employee Planted Fake Bomb Before Red Sox Game Posted: 02 Sep 2009 05:48 PM PDT A Tampa Bay Rays employee was arrested before Wednesday’s Boston Red Sox game and accused of planting what appeared to be a fake bomb at Tropicana Field, according to police. William L. Jordan, 38, was arrested on a charge of planting a hoax device. He is a mechanic with the team, and built and hid the device as part of a “practical joke,” according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. “His actions were in very poor taste and do not reflect the values of the organization,” Rays vice president Rick Vaughn wrote in an e-mail. The device was found in a cabinet near Gate 2 by lawn maintenance workers around 2:10 p.m., police said. That area is closed to the public, police said. The device was a box that was taped to a shelf, had wires sticking out and emitted a “beeping” sound. It was built to look like an explosive device, police said. Officers were summoned, according to police, and Jordan quickly came forward to explain that the device was a hoax. via Police: Rays employee planted fake bomb before Red Sox game – St. Petersburg Times. 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. Rays Employee Planted Fake Bomb Before Red Sox Game

World Wildlife Fund – WWF Condemns ‘Offensive’ Ad With It’s Logo Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:00 AM PDT The World Wildlife Fund is speaking out after bloggers and twitterers condemned the environmental group over a tasteless and unapproved ad exploiting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. The online ad shows a swarm of airplanes about to attack New York with a caption reading: “The tsunami killed 100 times more people than 9/11. The planet is brutally powerful. Respect it. Preserve it.” The ad bears the WWF’s trademark panda logo. It began drawing attention Tuesday when it won a best of 2009 award from The One Club, a non-profit group that promotes excellence in advertising, says the New York Daily News. But the WWF says the image was created on specifications by a Brazilian ad agency and was rejected. “WWF strongly condemns this offensive and tasteless ad, and did not authorize its production or publication,” the group said in a news release issued late Tuesday. “It is an unauthorized use of our logo and we are aggressively pursuing action to have it removed from websites where it is being currently featured.” Officials with The One Club did not return the paper’s phone calls. Source Fox News From the LA Times there is more. 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. World Wildlife Fund – WWF Condemns ‘Offensive’ Ad With It’s Logo

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