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Wednesday
Jul062011

Terrorists Seeking Ways to Surgically Implant Explosives into Fliers on International Flights

According to an NBC newswire federal authorities have notified airlines overseas that have flights coming into the United States that terrorists are seeking to create “human bombs” by surgically implanting them inside of a potential suicide bomber.

There is no current indication of an actual threat at this time, but groups are seeking to find ways of carrying out this type of attack. It is important to note here that if they can employ such a device the airlines will not be the only targets and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell if someone is carrying a device in a crowd.

People will have to increasingly rely on things that look out of place and the level of anxiety among other things to locate potential attackers.

Sunday
May012011

BREAKING NEWS: Al-Qaeda Founder and Leader Osama Bin Laden is Dead

BREAKING: In case you have not heard - The US is in possession of Bin Laden's body, the reports say. President Barack Obama is due to make a statement shortly. Al-Qaeda also announced their spring offensive will launch today.

He was allegedly killed about a week ago, it was a ground operation and he was killed by a bomb or missile in a mansion inside of Islamabad, Pakistan.

The United States is in possession of the body, and DNA tests CONFIRM it is him.

Governments around the world are announcing a heightened security posture sue to his announced death and it is know that Al-Qaeda has announced in the past that they are in possession of a nuclear bomb hidden inside of Europe and that if Bin-Laden is ever killed or captured they will detonate it. 

 

Monday
Feb142011

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD’s) Found in United States, Specifically in San Diego – Must See Interview

Recently, 10News - KGTV of San Diego conducted an interview with Al Hallor the Assistant Port Director with U.S. Customs and Border Protection with the Port of San Diego. The interview, which you can see below is quite interesting, and suggests that WMD's of either chemical or Biological in nature have been discovered somewhere in San Diego in the last year. During the interview they are called Weapons of Mass Effect.

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Saturday
Aug072010

Terrorists Attacked Japanese Oil Tanker In Strait of Hormuz

Traces of explosives were found on the hull of the tanker M. Star, ending a series of conflicting reports on what happened to the tanker. The report comes several days after al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack occurred in the Strait of Hormuz, which is the first attack in the Strait and leading to speculation of more to come.

The tanker was apparently struck with an explosive laden dinghy which ran into the side of the M. Star, which injured a crew member and causing a large dent in the side of the tanker. The blast also shattered windows, ripped off deck railings and blew a lifeboat off the ship.

No oil appeared to be leaking but the Strait of Hormuz is a transit point for about 40% of oil shipped by tankers worldwide. No shipments have been disrupted due to the incident, but the attack will likely lead to more attempts and could easily disrupt future oil shipments. Currently about 17 million barrels per day pass through the Striat of Hormuz.

Monday
Jul192010

Mexican Drug Cartel Uses VBIED To Take Out First Responders

As most of you know by now, a Mexican drug cartel has for the first time, used a car bomb detonated by remote cell phone as a weapon. The weapons used in the Mexico have been growing exponentially in their destructive caliber over the last year. From small arms, to automatic weapons, to grenade's and RPG's and now Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's).

Not only did they create and use an IED, detonated with a cellular phone, but they targeted and lured first responders by dressing an injured civilian in police clothing and calling it in as an injured police officer.

It is reported that some of the Mexican drug cartels have been working with former Colombian drug lords who have also used such tactics. 

The violence in Mexico has had a marked increased again lately, and though many reports are comparing the attack as reminiscent of past attacks in Colombia, the Chicago Times made some interesting references to terrorist organizations (the Chicago Times article is below in the references).

Reports have been made that Mexican drug cartels are working with international terror organizations before, and I wrote about it once last year here: Connection Between Mexican Drug Cartels and Terrorists Clear in which General Craig McKinley, the head of the United States National Guard said the link between terrorism and drug cartels along the United States border with Mexico is increasingly clear.

Other interesting tactics are being used as well, such as heads being cut off, bodies hung from bridges, and the comparison is made in the Chicago Times article to certain area becoming like "Iraq."

As I write this the White House has officially announced that ICE is increasing the number of National Guard Troops on the U.S. Mexican border.