Thursday, March 18, 2010

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U.S. Believes al Qaeda Still Deadly but On the Run



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:37 PM PDT


CNN reports an intercepted message indicates some members of al Qaeda are looking to the group’s founder for more visible leadership, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN Wednesday after CIA director Leon Panetta talked about the message in a newspaper interview.
Osama bin Laden is “rarely seen, rarely heard,” the official said, and that is “troubling” [...]

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Consulate Staff Killings in Mexico May Be Mistaken Identity



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:07 PM PDT


The murders of three people with ties to a US consulate in Mexico was probably a tragic case of mistaken identity rather than a deliberate attempt to launch an offensive against American officials, the FBI believes.
Initial investigations into the attack, which saw hitmen in balaclavas attack two cars leaving the birthday party of a consular [...]

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New Password-stealing Virus Targets Facebook Users



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PDT


Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.
The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus [...]

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Virginia Tech Police, FBI Look Into YouTube Threats



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:12 PM PDT


The Collegiate Times reports that the Virginia Tech Police Department and the FBI continue to investigate threatening postings made over YouTube and via e-mail this week, as rumors of more specific threats circulate.
University president Charles Steger sent an e-mail to the Tech community yesterday afternoon. The message was regarding an individual who has been creating [...]

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What America Needs to Know About EMPs



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:09 PM PDT


In her article “The Boogeyman Bomb,” Sharon Weinberger makes several allegations about the threat of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons, and a congressional commission set up to investigate it, that require correction.
By way of background, a nuclear weapon detonated at high altitude will produce an electromagnetic pulse that can damage and destroy electronic systems over vast [...]

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Yemen-American Imam Calls for US Muslim Revolt



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PDT


A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to extremists operating in the U.S. called on American Muslims in a new audio message to turn against their government because of its actions against Muslims around the world.
Anwar al-Awlaki’s latest message, excerpts of which were aired on CNN Wednesday, described his own radicalization after U.S. operations [...]

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Pakistani Court Charges 5 Americans With Terrorism



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:47 AM PDT


Five Americans face life in a Pakistani jail after officials there charged them with plotting terror attacks.
A Pakistani court charged the five men from Virginia on Wednesday with attempting to join al Qaeda-linked groups to carry out attacks in Pakistan.
Officials said they believe the group was also planning to go to Afghanistan to fight against [...]

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Soaring Debt Increases Risk of Social Unrest Worldwide



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:38 AM PDT


The world’s five biggest AAA-rated states are all at risk of soaring debt costs and will have to implement austerity plans that threaten “social cohesion”, according to a report on sovereign debt by Moody’s.
The US rating agency said the US, the UK, Germany, France, and Spain are walking a tightrope as they try to [...]

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Could Airborne, Parachuting Bears Catch Bin Laden



Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:51 AM PDT


Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out Osama bin Laden?
That’s one suggestion the Pentagon has received from someone who noted, quite correctly, that a bear’s sense of smell is much more powerful than a bloodhound’s.
“Overnight, Parachute some bears into areas [bin Laden] might be,” the innovator wrote. “Attempt to train bears to take off parachutes after landing, [...]

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