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Behind the Iron Dome: Key engineer tells how Israeli defense system saved lives Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:55 PM PST If there was one clear winner in the latest round of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, it was the Iron Dome — the Jewish state’s complex defense system that plucks rockets out of the sky before they can threaten civilian targets. As daily rocket attacks from Gaza leapt from a handful to hundreds earlier this [...] 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. Behind the Iron Dome: Key engineer tells how Israeli defense system saved lives

French Mother Faces Charges After Sending Son Named ‘Jihad’ to School Wearing ‘I Am a Bomb’ T-Shirt Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST French woman is slated to face charges of “apologie de crime,” which can be translated as advocating violence, after sending her 3-year-old son, Jihad, to kindergarten dressed in a T-shirt bearing the inscriptions “I am a bomb” on the front and “Jihad. Born September 11″ on the back. The incident took place on September 25 in the town [...] 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. French Mother Faces Charges After Sending Son Named ‘Jihad’ to School Wearing ‘I Am a Bomb’ T-Shirt