Monday, November 19, 2012

The Latest from National Terror Alert Response Center


The Latest from National Terror Alert Response Center

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Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:40 PM PST
In ancient times the expression was “All roads lead to Rome.” An impressive network of roads had been built to maintain the Roman Empire, but it eventually broke apart and failed. These days all roads lead to Tehran, the capital of Iran, the terror capitol of the world, and to its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali [...]
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Tehran, the Terror Capitol of the World

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:37 PM PST
Canada’s diplomats in Moscow will have to work another three years in an embassy compound that’s vulnerable to terrorist attack and the prying eyes of foreign spies, The Canadian Press has learned. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was warned in an internal memo from a senior bureaucrat that Canada’s embassy in the Russian capital offers [...]
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Moscow embassy vulnerable to terror attack, espionage

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:35 PM PST
These terrifying pictures show children as young as five being trained to kill with pistols and deadly AK-47 assault rifles. They were taken from footage of an al Qaeda terror camp in north Waziristan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Many of the children are orphans of the terrorist organisations martyrs following the same deadly route as [...]
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Youngsters trained to kill with pistols and assault rifles in shocking pictures from al-Qaedas heartland

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 07:17 AM PST
A terrorist attack on the U.S. power grid could be more destructive than superstorm Sandy, possibly costing hundreds of billions of dollars and leading to thousands of deaths, the National Academy of Sciences says. While such an event probably wouldn’t kill people immediately, it could cause widespread blackouts for weeks or months, according to a [...]
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U.S. power grid at risk for terror attack

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 07:15 AM PST
A 60-year-old doctor with ties to the Occupy Wall Street move­ment has been charged with possessing a large amount of chemicals commonly used for making bombs and explosive devices, authorities said on Saturday. The man was arrested following a multiagency investiga­tion, that included the FBI and Bergen County Bomb Squad. Authorities found several chemicals, assault [...]
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Bomb materials, weapons found in Ridgewood home

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 06:53 AM PST
Hurricane Sandy was far worse than most people expected, but that should have been no surprise. One of the key lessons we’ve learned from natural disasters, as well as terrorist attacks, is that you should “expect the unexpected.” Anticipate the unusual. Black swans are rare, but they exist. That’s one message of a fine new [...]
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‘Local Planning for Terror and Disaster’: One of the most important books of the year


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