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Bhutto Aides Accuse Pakistani Government of Cover-Up, Doubt Al Qaeda Involvement in Assassination

Dec. 29, 2007 - Aides of Benazir Bhutto say they doubt that Islamic militants were behind the assassination of their leader. Instead, they claim that the Musharraf government is behind the tragedy and is covering up the facts.

Source: Fox

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Bhutto's Funeral; Violence Breaks Out in Cities

Dec. 28, 2007 - Pakistan is experiencing deep mourning and angry riots because of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. President Pervez Musharraf's government accuses Al Qaeda and the Taliban for the assassination, but supporters of the slain opposition leader blame Musharraf for failing to provide protection for her.

Source: Fox

Main suspects are warlords and security forces - Times of London

Where Bhutto's Death Leaves the U.S. - TIME

U.S. Scrambles to Deal With Bhutto's Death, Repercussions on Efforts in Pakistan - Fox

Pakistan Nuclear Weapons - Global Security

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility - Times of London

The vacuum left by Bhutto's death - BBC

Full Coverage - Times of London

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated at Rally in Pakistan

Dec. 27, 2007 - At the end of a rally in Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, was killed by a suicide bomber.

Bhutto was apparently shot in the neck and chest as she was entering her vehicle, and then the bomber blew himself up, FOX News has confirmed.

There is confusion in Pakistan about who is responsible for the attack. She was a champion of democracy and an enemy of terrorism. But many of the people in Pakistan seem to blame their President, Pervez Musharraf.

Source: Fox

Benazir Bhutto 'killed in blast' - BBC

Bhutto's Turbulent History - CNN

Situation Updates - MSNBC - BBC -

Pakistan faces horror of civil war after Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in suicide attack - Telegraph U.K.

Olmert: Bhutto could've been Israel's bridge to Muslim world - Jerusalem Post

Pakistan Troops Launch Major Assault on Militants

Nov. 17, 2007 - In an effort to prove that their government can hold back the advances of Islamic radicals in Pakistan, 15,000 of their security forces are being sent to the Swat Valley to round up terrorists.

Source:Fox

Americans see 9/11 as most important event of their lives

Sept. 11, 2007 - According to a Zogby International telephone poll, eighty-one percent of Americans consider the September 11 attacks as the most significant historical event of their lives. Sixty-one percent said they think of the events at least once a week.

A full 91 percent said they believe the United States will be attacked again on US soil.

Source: Breitbart.com

Warning says Iranian SCUD could do $771 billion damage

Sept. 11, 2007 - A new report from Sage Policy Group of Baltimore warns that a SCUD-type missile could be launched from a small ship 200 miles from the coast of the United States. If this missile detonated a small nuclear warhead 10 or more miles above the U.S. it could unleash a nuclear-generated electromagnetic pulse (EMP) over Washington, D.C. Such an explosion could cause $771 billion in damage, destroying all electronics within its range, and leaving the country with technology comparable to that available in the 1800s. Iran is racing toward development of a nuclear weapon, and at least four other rogue regimes and terrorists are also trying to acquire this weapon.

Source: WorldNetDaily

Report: Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11

Sept. 7, 2007 - According to an announcement from an Internet site, Osama Bin Laden will deliver a tape recorded message to Americans on 9/11. It is unknown whether the announcement or the planned video is authentic, or perhaps an earlier recording.

Source:Fox

Officials: Norwegian, British Fighters Scramble to Monitor Russian Bombers

Sept. 6, 2007

Source: Fox

German Police Arrest 3 in Plot to Attack Americans

Sept. 5, 2007 -

Source: Fox

Nuclear terrorist deterrence

Aug. 20, 2007 - How can we deter terrorists from using nuclear weapons smuggled into the U.S.? Some think that the only way would be to identify sacred and/or vital locations that would automatically be targeted for nuclear vaporization by the U.S. in such a crisis.

Source: WorldNetDaily

Bush Says U.S. and Pakistan Can Work Together To Take Out Al Qaeda

Aug. 6, 2007 - During a televised meeting at Camp David with with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Bush was asked if he would consult with Pakistan before attacking Al Qaeda leaders in that country. He declined to answer the exact question, but said, "With real actionable intelligence, we will get the job done."

Source: Fox

Homeland General: Attack 'Could Happen Any Day'

July 25, 2007 - Air Force Gen. Victor "Gene" Renuart says he believes there are al Qaida cells in the U.S. He told Associated Press that expects some kind of attack from them in the near future.

"To assume that there are not those cells is naive and so we have to take that threat seriously."

Source:NewsMax

Airports Warned of 'Dry Run' Attacks - NewsMax

Report: Al-Qaida eyes Iraq ties for U.S. attack

July 17, 2007 - According to a new National Intelligence Estimate, the Al Qaida network in Iraq will most likely use its connections there to mount an attack on U.S. soil.

National Intelligence Estimates are the most authoritative written judgments of the 16 spy agencies across the breadth of the U.S. government. These agencies reflect the consensus long-term thinking of top intelligence analysts. Portions of the documents are occasionally declassified for public release.

Source: MSNBC
AP: Government Report Concludes Al Qaeda Now as Strong as in Summer of 2001

July 12, 2007 - In a report entitled, "Al Qaeda better positioned to strike the West," U.S. counterterrorism analysts warn that Al Qaeda has regained its strength, and is now as strong as it was before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Source: Fox

Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff Warns of Increased Summertime Al Qaeda Threat

July 11, 2007 - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he just had a "gut feeling" that this summer could be a time of renewed attacks by Al Qaeda terrorists. He cited their preference for the summer. Another concern is that Al Qaeda and other terrorists have been able to train more freely in the tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border in recent months.

Source: Fox

Report: Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman Al-Zawahri Releases New Video Calling for Muslim Unity

July 5, 2007 - Al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's next-in-command, released a video tape yesterday. It called on Muslims to topple "corrupt" Arab regimes and join Al Qaeda's "jihad," or holy war, in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.

Source: Fox

British terror probe focuses on doctors

July 3, 2007 - Investigating a string of failed car-bomb attacks in London and in Glasgow, Scotland, British police have arrested at least eight suspects.

At least four of the eight suspects were identified as doctors from Iraq, Jordan and India. One of the doctors from India, 27-year-old Muhammad Haneef, was arrested late Monday at the international airport in the Australian city of Brisbane...

Source: Yahoo (Story no longer online)

'We are safe,' Homeland Security chief says

July 2, 2007 - Responding to new terrorist attacks in the UK and Scotland, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the people of the United States that there is no need to raise the terror alert status at this time.

"We are safe, but we are safe because we continue to pay attention and we continue to add security measures," Chertoff said as the Fourth of July holiday approaches.

Source:MSNBC

Police avert car bomb 'carnage'

July 29, 2007 - London police discovered a smoking car near in Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus. The car had a large quantity of explosives, and could have caused a serious explosion. They used a controlled explosion to neutralize the threat.

A police source said the bomb was a "big device" and had posed a real and substantial threat to the hundreds of revellers leaving the area's bars and nightclubs.

Source: BBC

This Man Leads Nuclear ‘9/11' Plan

June 1, 2007 - The name Adnan el-Shukrijumah is practically unknown to Americans, but he is the most wanted man in America! He was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, and is now known to be the key to al-Qaida's plans to detonate nuclear weapons simultaneously in several U.S. cities.

Paul L. Williams, author of his just released book "The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the Western World" says,

"No one on planet earth is more of a threat to the lives and well-being of every man, woman, and child within the United States than ferret-faced Adnan."

Source:NewsMax

Al Qaeda Chief Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Confesses to Planning Sept. 11

Mar. 15, 2007 - At Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to the planning of the attacks on September 11, 2001, and 30 other terrorist attacks.

"I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed said in a statement read Saturday during a Combatant Status Review Tribunal at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Source:Fox

Report: CIA ups pressure in bin Laden hunt

Mar. 6, 2007 - Unnamed U.S. officials told ABC News that new intelligence about Osama Bin Laden has led to intensified efforts to find him.

Once source said new CIA operatives with paramilitary training were being sent to Pakistan's remote Waziristan province and beyond the border into Afghanistan as part of the search for bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Source: Washington Times (Story no longer online)

World War III has already begun, says Israeli spy chief

Jan. 28, 2007 - In a newspaper interview former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy says that a third World War is already underway between Islamic militancy and the West but most people do not realize it. He thinks it will take at least 25 years before battle against fundamentalist terrorism is won, and that nuclear strike by Muslim terrorists 'very likely.'

Source:YNet News

U.S. Gunship Strikes Two Suspected Terror Targets in Somalia

Jan. 9, 2007 - U.S. forces conducted the first overt military action in Somalia since the intervention in 1990 that included the "Black Hawk Down" battle. Fire from U.S. gunships struck targets where Islamic militants were believed to be sheltering suspects in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies. Many people were reported killed.

Source:Fox

'Al-Qaeda' call for Somalia jihad - BBC