Man Tosses Firebombs “Molotov Cocktails” From New York City Rooftop
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 02:28 AM CDT
A man with a machete slashed someone who was coming out of a subway station before climbing to a building’s rooftop and hurling firebombs at cars, setting one ablaze, police said.
The 21-year-old attacker set upon a 45-year-old man Tuesday night at a Queens subway station exit, police said. (more…)
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Coordinated Cluster Attack With Lasers On Six Aircraft In Australia
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 02:56 AM CDT
Six aircraft flying into Sydney Airport have been hit in a co-ordinated attack by blinding green lights in what safety officials say is the city’s worst laser attack.
Air traffic controllers closed the approach flight path and diverted incoming aircraft to a different runway on Friday night, forcing some flights to land up to half an hour late. (more…)
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US Embassy Warns Americans of Kidnapping Threat In Philippines
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 02:42 AM CDT
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson said she was unaware of specific details of the threat.
A Philippine security official said authorities received intelligence last month that the Abu Sayyaf — a small but violent al-Qaida-linked group — planned to kidnap wealthy Filipino Chinese traders, not Americans, in the south to raise money for operations.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Zamboanga Mayor Celso Lobregat said police told him there was no kidnapping plot specifically directed at Americans in Zamboanga, about 530 miles south of Manila.
“This is really very disappointing,” Lobregat told The Associated Press by telephone. “Zamboanga is a very peaceful city.”
U.S. counterterrorism troops have been based in recent years in Zamboanga and on nearby Jolo island, where they provide training to Filipino troops battling the Abu Sayyaf and Indonesian militants.
Abu Sayyaf guerrillas have been blamed for bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, but their attacks have considerably eased in recent years.
U.S.-backed offensives against the militants, arrests and surrenders have reduced the Abu Sayyaf’s strength to about 300 armed fighters from more than 1,000 in 2000, according to the military.
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Radioactive Material Goes Missing
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 02:38 AM CDT
A box containing radioactive material stolen from a truck more than a week ago is still missing, an official from a Houston-based company said Monday.
A lead box containing a radioactive chemical was stored inside an F-250 truck stolen from the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn in Pharr on March 20.
The truck was recovered in Falfurrias on Sunday, Pharr police said. But the box containing the radioactive material was not recovered.
Gary Flaharty, a spokesman for Baker Hughes, a Houston-based oil and natural gas company that owned the chemical, said he did not know the exact quantity or type of chemical stolen. He characterized it as “low-level radioactive source.”
He said the material is in a locked, lead box and is not dangerous unless the box is tampered with. A total of $2 million worth of tools was stolen with the truck, he added.
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Police Officer’s Truck, Uniforms and Several Weapons Stolen - Arizona
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 06:12 PM CDT
A police officer’s pickup truck, loaded with the officer’s personal weapons, was stolen Sunday night from the parking lot of a Peoria bar.
Peoria police said the El Mirage officer was at McDuffy’s near the Peoria Sports Complex for about 45 minutes. When he came outside around 7:30 p.m., his truck was missing.
Inside the truck, police said, were two .40-caliber Glock pistols with 100 rounds of ammunition, an AR-15 assault rifle with five fully loaded magazines, a ballistic vest, police uniforms and IDs, flat badges and wallet badges.
Police said those are not the sort of weapons they want on the street.
“You anticipate most of the bad guys you come in contact with are going to have some form of weapon, but now we’re giving them an assault rifle, which is a long distance weapon, and several pieces of ammunition to go along with it. Not to mention a ballistic vest, and it kind of gives them an advantage when we have to deal with them,” said Peoria police Sgt. Jon Meck.
The vehicle is described as a white 2003 Ford F-350 with a slight lift and a chrome toolbox in the bed, with Arizona license plate CC-21638.
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Orlando Airport - Man Had Explosive-making Materials In Luggage
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 06:01 PM CDT
Authorities say they have detained a passenger who tried to check a bag with suspicous items at Orlando International Airport.
According to television station WFTV, sources say the man had components to make explosives in a bag that he tried to check onto an Air Jamaica flight. (more…)
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London Terror Plot Foiled - Targeted London Eye and MI6 Headquarters
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 10:42 AM CDT
Police have foiled a plot to bomb the London Eye and MI6 headquarters, The Sun can reveal.
Terrorists tested security by leaving two bags outside the intelligence service building on the Thames at Vauxhall and another at the giant ferris wheel on the South Bank. (more…)
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