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• Suspected plotter of attack on Milan synagogue is arrested
• TSA relaxes rules on airport screening for travelers 75 and older
• Precheck – TSA Trials Expedited Screening Process
• Al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to revolt
• Fox News, Al Qaeda’s least favorite television news network
• American fears fellow jihadists will kill him
• Two ‘terrorist Explosions’ Hit Damascus
• AA Passenger Causes Disturbance After Leaving DFW Airport

Suspected plotter of attack on Milan synagogue is arrested Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:05 AM PDT Police in northern Italy have arrested a Morocco-born man suspected of planning terrorist attacks on the Milan synagogue and other targets. Mohamed Jarmoune, 20, who has lived in Italy since childhood, was arrested early Thursday in the province of Brescia, according to Italian news reports. Investigators reportedly found a document on his computer analyzing the [...] 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. Suspected plotter of attack on Milan synagogue is arrested

TSA relaxes rules on airport screening for travelers 75 and older Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Travelers 75 years old and older will be allowed to leave their shoes and a lightweight jacket on when they pass through airport screenings at four U.S. airports starting Monday, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday. It’s part of a pilot program that also allows older passengers to pass through metal detectors or body scanners [...] 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. TSA relaxes rules on airport screening for travelers 75 and older

Precheck – TSA Trials Expedited Screening Process Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:01 AM PDT Want to avoid TSA pat downs, long lines and waltz through security with shoes and jackets on, laptops stored and all the soft drinks you can carry? The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out expedited screening at big airports called “Precheck.” It has special lanes for background-checked travelers, who can keep their shoes, belt and [...] 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. Precheck – TSA Trials Expedited Screening Process

Al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to revolt Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:51 AM PDT Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Pakistanis to revolt against their government and military in a video posted on the Internet on Friday, U.S. monitors said. In a 10-minute speech uploaded to jihadist forums, Zawahiri argued that the Pakistani authorities only represented U.S. interests, according to a statement from SITE Intelligence Group. Zawahiri, shown [...] 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. Al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to revolt

Fox News, Al Qaeda’s least favorite television news network Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:49 AM PDT Documents taken from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan and disclosed in an exclusive Washington Post report had Al Qaeda leaders ripping Fox News while discussing media strategy. The terror network’s “media adviser,” Adam Gadahn, the American traitor known as “Adam the American,” was discussing with bin Laden plans to mark the 10-year anniversary of [...] 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. Fox News, Al Qaeda’s least favorite television news network

American fears fellow jihadists will kill him Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT According to this CNN post, it seems that all is not well within Al-Shabaab, the Somali extremist group allied to al Qaeda. A short video was posted online Friday in which its best known propagandist, an American citizen from Alabama, said he believes that others in the group might attempt to assassinate him. In the [...] 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 fears fellow jihadists will kill him

Two ‘terrorist Explosions’ Hit Damascus Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:31 AM PDT Twin bombings struck intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital on Saturday, killing at least 27 people and wounding nearly 100, according to state media. State TV, citing the health minister, said the death toll could rise. The state news agency, SANA, posted gruesome photographs online of the scene Saturday, with mangled and charred [...] 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. Two ‘terrorist Explosions’ Hit Damascus

AA Passenger Causes Disturbance After Leaving DFW Airport Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:30 AM PDT Flight 2401 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport bound for Los Angeles. Passenger Lori Barber said about 15 minutes into the flight a man charged past her, demanding to see the pilot. Barber told NewsRadio 1080 KRLD the man was hard to miss.“Well he was wearing two pairs of glasses, one with a red beam coming [...] 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. AA Passenger Causes Disturbance After Leaving DFW Airport