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• Officials: Iranian Quds Force poses threat to U.S. homeland
• LSU police make arrest in bomb threat
• U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was terrorist attack
• Report: 4 injured after explosion at kosher store

Officials: Iranian Quds Force poses threat to U.S. homeland Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:22 PM PDT Iran’s extremist militias and their proxies were behind a recent string of terror attacks against Israeli diplomatic targets around the globe and might seek to strike the United States, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday. “We have seen an uptick in operational activity by the Quds Force over the last year or so,” National Counter-Terrorism Center [...] 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. Officials: Iranian Quds Force poses threat to U.S. homeland

LSU police make arrest in bomb threat Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don’t believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted [...] 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. LSU police make arrest in bomb threat

U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was terrorist attack Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which four Americans died was a “terrorist attack” that may have had an al Qaeda connection, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told Congress on Wednesday. Rocket-propelled grenades and mortars struck the consulate on September 11, the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United [...] 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. U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was terrorist attack

Report: 4 injured after explosion at kosher store Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:59 AM PDT French news agency is reporting that four people were injured when a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb.The Sipa news agency says that the small explosion was set off by two hooded people dressed in black who entered the store around midday and put a package inside, citing [...] 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. Report: 4 injured after explosion at kosher store