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More Basque ViolencePredictions that the last indigenous terrorist group in Western Europe was fading will have to be revised.
New York Times Tuesday, August 04, 2009Chemical Plants Could Be More SafeThe White House needs to speak out on chemical plant safety, and
democratic leaders in Congress
should work to make sure a strong bill is enacted without further delay.
New York Times Tuesday, August 04, 2009Developer Rejects Paterson's Proposals for Ground Zero TowersA spokesman for Larry A. Silverstein, the developer, said the governor's ideas for resolving an impasse at the World Trade Center site would put development on the wrong path.
New York Times Tuesday, August 04, 2009Australia 'foils suicide attack on army base'Police said members of a Melbourne-based group had 'been undertaking planning to carry out a terrorist attack in
Australia' Photo: EPA About 400 officers from state and national security services took part in at least 19 predawn raids on properties in the southern city of Melbourne, Victoria state police said in a statement.
Topix.net Tuesday, August 04, 2009Feds Name 8th Suspect In Alleged N.C. Terror CellA 20-year-old U.S. citizen who traveled to Pakistan in
2008 "to engage in violent jihad" has been named as the eighth suspect in a North Carolina terrorism case, according to court documents
released Monday.
Topix.net Tuesday, August 04, 2009Pneumonic Plague Kills Third Human In Chinese TownAuthorities in China confirmed that a third man has died of pneumonic plague in Ziketan, Qinghai Province, China. The town has been sealed off. The 64-year-old man lived near the other two men who died, officials said. Checkpoints have been set up
around Ziketan, a town of 10,000 people, while medics disinfect the area. Teams of workers have been sent in to exterminate rats and insects.
Medical News Today Tuesday, August 04, 2009Notorious Palestinian terrorists among hundreds of delegates admitted for Fatah ConferenceTo meet a US demand,
israel has permitted the entire Fatah leaderships of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan - some 500 functionaries - to enter the country for the first Fatah general
conference in 25 years which opens Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Bethlehem. Among them are notorious terrorists responsible for multiple-murder attacks on Israelis. Some want to stay.
DEBKAfile Tuesday, August 04, 2009DEBKA-Net-Weekly : Obama switches from dialogue to squeeze on IranDisillusioned by Tehran's rebuffs, US president Barack Obama is switching tactics for arresting Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb. The coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly outlines these tactics, starting with harsh sanctions backed by preparations for near-term military action, in which Ahmadinejad's Revolutionary Guards may be first in the US line of fire.Don't miss this exclusive - and much more - in the next DEBKA-Net-Weekly out Friday. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .
DEBKAfile Tuesday, August 04, 2009Pentagon to speed giant ''bunker buster'' production amid Iranian, North Korean nuclear concernsThe Obama administration has indicated for the first time that diplomatic engagement is not its only option for grappling with Iran's nuclear weapons drive, DEBKAfile's military sources report. If Congress shifts enough funds to the program, the radar-evading B-2 bomber would be capable of carrying the non-nuclear, 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP which is designed to destroy deeply buried bunkers, by July 2010.
DEBKAfile Tuesday, August 04, 2009Police swoop in Melbourne anti-terror raidsA suspected suicide terrorist cell reportedly plotting to attack Sydney's Holsworthy Army Barracks and other Australian defence bases, has been foiled in widespread counter-terrorism raids across Melbourne. A joint operation involving...
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