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Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:58 PM PDT
Islamist militants are increasingly funding themselves through
kidnapping, with al-Qaida’s north African wing likely to have brought in tens
of millions of dollars in ransoms in the past few years, a US treasury
official has said. The US estimated that militant groups including al-Qaida
in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) received $120m (£75m) in ransoms over [...]
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Rise of kidnapping by terror groups is urgent threat, says US |
Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:56 PM PDT
In recent months, Iranian regime spokesmen have conducted a
campaign of statements regarding Iran’s intent to enrich uranium for use in
nuclear-fueled ships and submarines – the latter a patently military use of
nuclear power. Regime officials, regime dailies, and websites close to the
regime issued no fewer than 12 such statements, in which they [...]
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Tehran Declares Intent To Enrich Uranium To 90% For Military Purposes – Nuclear Submarines |
Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:54 PM PDT
In testimony delivered on September 12, Brandon Wales, director
of the Department of Homeland Security’s DHS Infrastructure Threat and Risk
Analysis Center, admitted that DHS remains unprepared for the possibility of
an electromagnetic pulse EMP event or attack.Wales testified that the
nation’s power grid is more vulnerable now than it was a few years ago. [...]
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DHS Admits It Is Unprepared for EMP Threat |
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