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• Terror expert: NYC an attractive target for Iran
• Houston porn raid draws attention of anti-terror investigators
• Using social media to improve airport security
• Magnet bomb poses new worry for security agencies
• Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks
• US ‘very closely’ watching Syrian chemical weapons
• Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say

Terror expert: NYC an attractive target for Iran Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST There are new concerns that Iran may be plotting a terrorist attack on U.S. soil and that New York City could be the number one target, according to an NYPD terrorism expert. The latest alert comes from NYPD’s director of intelligence analysis Mitchell Silber in an editorial appearing in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. It also [...] 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. Terror expert: NYC an attractive target for Iran

Houston porn raid draws attention of anti-terror investigators Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:35 PM PST A child pornography raid in a northwest Harris County home took an alarming twist Wednesday when officers found a very large cache of weapons and ammo. Police searched the home and found 65 weapons and 50,000 rounds of ammunition.They also found literature that drew the attention of anti-terrorism investigators. FBI sources say they checked it [...] 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. Houston porn raid draws attention of anti-terror investigators

Using social media to improve airport security Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST Have you ever wondered what you can and cannot carry on an airplane? How about knitting needles, a wedding dress, ski poles or fried rice? Lynn Dean has the answers. In her communications role at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Dean has deployed social media tools to help better inform and prepare passengers to navigate [...] 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. Using social media to improve airport security

Magnet bomb poses new worry for security agencies Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:26 AM PST The magnet bomb attack on a senior Israeli diplomat’s wife in the Capital on Monday marks a new challenge for the security establishment already struggling to cope with the formidable task of countering terrorism. This was the first instance where a magnet bomb, called limpet bombs because of the way they can be stuck to [...] 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. Magnet bomb poses new worry for security agencies

Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:23 AM PST Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week’s bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, a senior security official said Wednesday, two of three attacks Israel has blamed on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing Iran of targeting diplomats, said if the world did not stop Iran’s “aggression” the attacks would [...] 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. Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks

US ‘very closely’ watching Syrian chemical weapons Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST The U.S. and its allies are closely monitoring Syria’s stockpiles of chemical arms and portable anti-aircraft missiles, a State Department official says, amid concerns that the country’s unconventional weapons could fall into the hands of terrorist or militant groups while the 11-month-old uprising continues. “Syria is a country of significant proliferation concern, so we monitor [...] 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. US ‘very closely’ watching Syrian chemical weapons

Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST Iran and al Qaeda’s core leadership under Ayman al Zawahiri have established an operational relationship amid fears the terror group is planning an attack against the West. There are concerns such an attack, possibly targeting the London Olympics later this year, would be in revenge for the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US [...] 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. Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say