British police say dawn raids averted bombings

Police arrest 12 men in counter-terrorism raids
London | Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:54am EST London (Reuters) - British police said on Monday 12 men suspected of preparing a Terrorist Attack had been arrested in a series of dawn Raids across England and Wales. West Midlands regional police said they had detained five men from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London. "They've all been held on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of an act of Terrorism in the UK," a police spokesman said. The suspects, aged betwe...

12 arrested in British anti-terror raids
Published: Dec. 20, 2010 at 7:56 AM London, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Police raided four locations in England Monday, arresting a dozen men in what in what officials described as a national counter-terrorism operation. The men, ages 17-28, were being held in jails in Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Stoke-on-Trent on charges of suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of Terrorism in Britain, The Guardian reported. The four Raids were conducted "to take action in order to ensure p...

Al-Qaeda group 'considered' poisoning US food
The same Al-Qaeda-linked group that attempted to send bombs on cargo planes earlier this year considered putting poison in food served at US hotels and restaurants, US media reported. US intelligence officials told CNN on Tuesday that the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were considering poisoning food supplies with the deadly chemicals ricin and cyanide. The Department of Homeland Security however also emphasized the threat was akin to the plots discussed in numerous onlin...

Al-Qaeda group 'considered' poisoning US food
The same Al-Qaeda-linked group that attempted to send bombs on cargo planes earlier this year considered putting poison in food served at US hotels and restaurants, US media reported. US intelligence officials told CNN on Tuesday that the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were considering poisoning food supplies with the deadly chemicals ricin and cyanide. The Department of Homeland Security however also emphasized the threat was akin to the plots discussed in numerous online ...

British police nab terror suspects in early-morning raids
London (CNN) -- British counter-terror police arrested 12 men early Monday in a "large-scale, preplanned, intelligence-led" operation, they said. The suspects, ages 17 to 28, were arrested in London, Cardiff in Wales, and Stoke and Birmingham in central England. They were due to be questioned Monday, West Midlands police said. A security source, who did not want to be identified, told CNN initially that the suspects were believed to be of Pakistani descent. The source later said that s...

Propaganda Alert! Latest "Terror Threat" in US Aimed to Poison Food
Exclusive: The Dept. of Homeland Security Uncovered a Plot to Attack Hotels and Restaurants Over a Single Weekend In this exclusive story, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports the latest terror attack to America involves the possible use of poisons - simultaneous attacks targeting hotels and restaurants at many locations over a single weekend. A key Intelligence source has confirmed the threat as "credible." Department of Homeland Security officials, along with me...

U.S. Attorney General Worries About Home-Grown Terror
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 By Staff, Associated Press Washington (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder says he's worried about Terrorist Attacks on the U.S. by Americans. And high on his list of concerns is the threat posed by anti-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen believed to be hiding in Yemen. Holder says al-Awlaki has a familiarity with the U.S. that Terrorists usually lack. He says he puts him on the list of people who worry him the most, along with al-Qaida head Osama bin ...

Holder Warns of Homegrown Terror Threats
With the Christmas season in full swing, wary U.S. Homeland Security Department officials have been particularly alert to terror attacks from outside the country. However, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said much of the terror threat within the U.S. is coming from its citizens. The increased threat may find airline passengers more accepting of invasive searches at U.S. airports than they were just a month ago. Just one month since the Controversial pat-downs and Body Scanners went into effe...

Al-Qaida in Iraq Threatens Attacks on Christians
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 By Staff, Associated Press People gather at the scene of a Bomb Attack targeting the homes of Christians in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Baghdad (AP) - Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq is threatening more attacks against the country's Christians unless two women it claims Egypt's Coptic Church is holding captive are released. The Islamic State of Iraq issued the warning in a message posted late Tuesday on a website frequen...

The blast in Iran
Image via Wikipedia Michael Ledeen: ... Last week there was a big Suicide bombing in Chabahar, on the occasion of the Ashurah religious celebration, when Shi’ite men publicly lash themselves with chains and knives to recall the slaughter of Mohammed’s grandson, Hossein, at the hands of his political enemies. Contrary to the claims of the regime—routinely repeated and accepted by Western News Media and political leaders including President Obama (who decried the Murder of R...

Yemen nuclear material went unsecured for a week
Stumble This! A facility housing Yemen's radioactive material went unguarded for up to a week after its guard was removed and its Surveillance camera was broken, a secret U.S. State Department cable outed by Wikileaks revealed Monday. At one point there was practically nothing protecting the material at Yemen's National Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), according to the diplomatic dispatch dated January 9 this year. The lone Security Guard at the facility had been removed and the only closed cir...

DHS Uncovers Islamic Plot to Poison Food in U.S. Hotels and Restaurants
Daily Jihad and the political and media elites can't stop apologizing to these savages. They had to see this coming. This time last year, five Muslim Soldiers at Fort Jackson in South Carolina were arrested just before Christmas suspected of trying to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson. Food Jihad is prescribed in the al qaeda handbook. DHS Uncovers Plot to Poison Food in U.S. Hotels and Restaurants by IPT News The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has discovered a plot to poison ...

Anti-terror police arrest 12 people in nationwide raids
An Al-Qaeda plot to target Christmas shoppers with a wave of Suicide Bomb Attacks in London was foiled by a series of Raids across the country yesterday....

US suits against Pakistani spy chief face hurdles
NEW YORK (AP) - The plaintiffs in two U.S. Lawsuits accusing Pakistan's spy chief of nurturing Terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai Attacks are hoping for a historic outcome recalling the Lockerbie settlement, but they would have to overcome serious legal obstacles first, lawyers and experts say. The civil complaints naming Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha and his Inter-Services Intelligence agency as defendants are like past Lawsuits filed in federal courts against overseas figures with alleged links ...

US suits against Pakistani spy chief face hurdles
The plaintiffs in two U.S. Lawsuits accusing Pakistan's spy chief of nurturing Terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai Attacks are hoping for a historic outcome recalling the Lockerbie settlement, but they would have to overcome serious legal obstacles first, lawyers and experts say. The civil complaints naming Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha and his Inter-Services Intelligence agency as defendants are like past Lawsuits filed in federal courts against overseas figures with alleged links to terrorist atta...

Baghdad Christians Cancel Christmas
(NewsCore) - Only one Baghdad Christian church will have full Christmas celebrations this year amid fears of Terrorist Attacks from radical Muslims, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. More than 1,000 Christian families fled Baghdad after five Islamist Extremists burst into Our Lady of Salvation Church in October, murdering two priests, holding churchgoers hostage then eventually killing more than 50 people. Amnesty International warned of an increase in violence in the lead-up to C...

UK Islamic Terror: Dozen Arrested in Major Jihad Bust
But not to worry, Daisy the Khan admonishes us that "the era of Extremism is over." This is daily, now. They keep hitting us and telling us to like it, and those who don't like it and fight back are the Extremists. Got that? Twelve Held In Major Anti-Terrorism Swoop Sky News A teenage boy is among 12 people arrested as part of a major anti-terrorism operation in the UK. The suspects - five from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London - were detained by unarmed o...

Anti-terror squad arrest 12 men 'planning UK terror attack': Christmas plot at advanced stage, say police
From the Daily Mail: Police Chief: We acted to ensure Public Safety Plot believed to involve 'multiple' locations Twelve men were arrested early this morning in a major national counter-terrorism operation, police said today. The men - five from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London - were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of Terrorism in the UK. The suspects, aged between 17 and 28, were detained by unarmed officers at approximatel...

12 Arrested in UK Anti-Terror Raid
The Guardian reports: Counter-terrorism detectives today arrested 12 people amid fears of a Christmas bombing attack in the UK. The men, aged between 17 and 28, were held in Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of Terrorism in the UK, police said. Searches at several properties began after the arrests, with detectives and forensic experts looking for any scientific evidence of materials that could be used to make ex...

12 arrested in major anti-terror op
Twelve men were arrested early today in a major national counter-terrorism operation, West Midlands Police said. The men - five from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London - were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of Terrorism in the UK. The suspects, aged between 17 and 28, were detained by unarmed officers at approximately 5am. West Midlands Police said in a statement: "All were arrested at or near their home addresses, with the excep...

Anti-terror police search homes
Anti-terror police are searching homes in four cities as officers question 12 men arrested over fears of an attack. Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates said the searches in London, Cardiff, Stoke and Birmingham were "absolutely necessary". The suspects, aged between 17 and 28, were held by unarmed officers in early-morning Raids on Monday. They were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of Terrorism in the UK. At least five of the men...

Two Iraqi Towns Cancel Christmas Festivities
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 By Staff, Associated Press Baghdad (AP) - Church officials in Iraq say they have canceled some Christmas festivities in two northern cities over fears of insurgent attacks. The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, says church officials will not put up Christmas decorations outside the church and urged worshippers to refrain from decorating homes. He says the traditional Santa Claus appearance outside one of the city's churches has also been called...

Australia pays out in terrorist case
Published: Dec. 22, 2010 at 6:30 AM BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An Indian doctor wrongly accused of Terrorism involvement has received an estimated $1 million in compensation from the Australian government. Indian Dr. Mohamed Haneef, who was working in Australia in 2007, was arrested July 2 but the director of public prosecution withdrew the charges and he was released July 27. His passport was returned but his work Visa was canceled and he voluntarily left the country July 29 to retur...

Pakistani IT firm tops Blackberry apps
Islamabad (AFP) – Photo editing software developed by Pakistani technology firm Five Rivers became the best selling paid-for application for the BlackBerry, the firm said Wednesday. Lahore-based Five Rivers said its Photo Editor Suite had hit the top spot across all sectors on Blackberry's AppWorld store. "This is extremely good news for us and especially for the Pakistani IT industry," Mahe Zehra Husain, the head of operations and product management at Five Rivers Technolo...

Pakistan, Iran jockey for influence after bombings
By Zeeshan Haider Islamabad | Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:22am EST Islamabad (Reuters) - As tension grows between Pakistan and Iran after a Mosque bombing in Iran, Pakistan could find itself increasingly isolated as its western neighbor looks to increase its influence in the region, analysts say. Jundollah, a Sunni Muslim Militant group Iran says is based in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, claimed responsibility for a December 15 double Suicide bombing in the Iranian town of Chabahar ...