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• Some bird flu strains only three mutations away from a pandemic researchers find
• Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack
• Jordanian TV reporter abducted in the Philippines
• Trial opens in Bush-related terror plot
• Sweden on alert, explosives found near nuke plant
• Important al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan
• Couple planned to bomb Jews in al Qaeda inspired plot – UK

Some bird flu strains only three mutations away from a pandemic researchers find Posted: 21 Jun 2012 06:36 PM PDT A new study raises concerns that it may be possible for airborne transmissible, human-to-human avian H5N1 flu viruses to evolve in nature. The study looked at five mutations identified previously in the controversial bird flu studies published in the journals Nature and Science—led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin and Ron Fouchier 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. Some bird flu strains only three mutations away from a pandemic researchers find

Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack Posted: 21 Jun 2012 06:07 PM PDT Afghan Taliban gunmen who attacked a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the Afghan capital are holding several hostages, thought to include women and children, and some people have been killed, Kabul police said on Friday. An unknown number of gunmen, some armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, attacked the hotel in [...] 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. Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack

Jordanian TV reporter abducted in the Philippines Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:02 AM PDT Jordan says a veteran TV reporter who had interviewed Osama bin Laden months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has been kidnapped earlier this month in the Philippines. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sabah Rafei said on Thursday that Jordanian authorities have information through “contacts” that Baker Atyani was abducted. She declined to elaborate. It was 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. Jordanian TV reporter abducted in the Philippines

Trial opens in Bush-related terror plot Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:58 AM PDT Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in the trial of a Saudi man accused of gathering bomb components with the intention of targeting sites across the U.S. including former President George W. Bush’s Dallas home. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 22, a former Texas Tech University chemical engineering student, has pleaded not guilty to a charge [...] 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. Trial opens in Bush-related terror plot

Sweden on alert, explosives found near nuke plant Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:56 AM PDT Security was ramped up at Sweden’s three nuclear power plants Thursday after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern Ringhals atomic power station. Police said they were investigating possible sabotage. Bomb sniffer dogs detected the explosives during a routine check Wednesday afternoon by security staff while the truck was in the power plant’s [...] 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. Sweden on alert, explosives found near nuke plant

Important al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:53 AM PDT Pakistani officials said the captured al Qaeda leader was Naamen Meziche, a French national of Algerian origin, who is believed to have links with militant groups based in Europe. Media reports say he may have played a role in the 9/11 attacks. Meziche worked closely with another al Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, who was responsible [...] 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. Important al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan

Couple planned to bomb Jews in al Qaeda inspired plot – UK Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:49 AM PDT A Muslim couple were assembling components of a home-made bomb to attack Jewish neighbourhoods after becoming radicalised by al Qaeda propaganda on the internet, a court heard. Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, and his wife Shasta, 38, bought substances and equipment from supermarkets to assemble an improvised explosive device to carry out a terrorist attack after [...] 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. Couple planned to bomb Jews in al Qaeda inspired plot – UK