U.S. 'vigilant' for holiday terror threats, adviser says

Feds issue holiday terror bulletin
Published: Dec. 18, 2010 at 1:12 AM WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Department of Homeland Security bulletin warns of possible Terrorist Attacks in the United States during the holidays. The bulletin is unusually specific, ABC News reported Friday. While officials cite no specific threats, they list worries about an attack like the one two years ago in Mumbai, Car Bombs and trucks being used as battering rams against large crowds. "During the last year, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) an...

Terrorists Target Americans Abroad As Concerns Mount Over Domestic Attacks
Yemeni authorities in Sana'a prevented a Bomb Attack on a car carrying four U.S. Embassy personnel, the U.S. State Department reported Thursday. On Wednesday, police caught a Jordanian citizen as he attempted to plant explosives next to the car, which was stopped near a pizza restaurant frequented by Westerners. No one was injured. The attacker was carrying fake papers and had weapons in his car. Yemeni police are trying to determine whether the man has any links to al-Qaida. In Pakistan, anoth...

Holiday watch
Counterterrorism officials in the West are looking out for Terrorist threats in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season. In the United States, the FBI and Homeland Security Department have advised state and local Law Enforcement agencies to be alert for suspicious behavior and move to disrupt any Terrorist plans, the Associated Press reported. After a Suicide Bomber blew himself up in Stockholm, Sweden, last Saturday, Iraqi officials said that the event was part of violence b...

Holiday Terror Threats Keep U.S. on Edge
Like this Story? Share it: (CBS/AP) Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al Qaeda and affiliated groups during this Holiday Season. The FBI and Homeland Security Department are alerting state and local Law Enforcement to be wary of suspicious behavior and to regularly change security measures to interfere with any Terrorist plans. The warning, sent in a bulletin obtained by The Associated Press, does not include information about specific plots. A spate of atte...

U.S. official: Al Qaeda in Yemen bigger threat than in Pakistan
Source: CNN International By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer December 18, 2010 -- Updated 0240 GMT (1040 HKT) The administration's top Counterterrorism adviser said Friday that the al Qaeda group based in Yemen poses a greater threat to Americans than Osama bin Laden's group based in Pakistan. John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism, said the Yemen-based group, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is "increasingly active" in reaching out to find...

U.S. official: Al Qaeda in Yemen bigger threat than in Pakistan
Washington (CNN) -- The administration's top Counterterrorism adviser said Friday that the al Qaeda group based in Yemen poses a greater threat to Americans than Osama bin Laden's group based in Pakistan. John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism, said the Yemen-based group, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is "increasingly active" in reaching out to find Terrorist recruits, even in the United States. "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula i...

Cuban-Americans haul goods home on holiday visits
In this Dec. 16, 2010 photo, Sergio Montes de Oca of West Palm Beach, Fla.... Havana (AP) - In Cuba, Santa's sleigh is a Boeing 737. Thousands of Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana this Holiday Season carrying everything from electronics and medicine to clothing and toiletries to help relatives back home supplement monthly salaries averaging about $20. Not only are Cuban-Americans visiting the island in far greater numbers since President Barack Obama lifted travel restrictions last year, t...

US boxer to face battery charge
US boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr has been briefly arrested on suspicion of assaulting a Security Guard outside his home. Mr Mayweather, 33, was detained at a casino in the Las Vegas area and held at the Clark County jail, police said. He was later released without bail. He is due to appear in court on Monday charged with battery, officials say. The charge alleges he poked a Security Guard in the face during a row over Parking Tickets on 15 November. He faces six months in Prison and a $1,000 (£645...

Mayweather arrested on battery charges
Published: Dec. 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM Las Vegas police say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested on a battery charge resulting from an altercation over a parking citation at a Strip casino. UPI/Roger Williams LAS VEGAS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested on a battery charge resulting from an altercation over a parking citation at a Strip casino. The Thursday arrest and charge stem from allegations he repeatedly poked a Southern Highlands casino security...

Vegas judge orders Floyd Mayweather's arrest
A Las Vegas judge has issued an outstanding Arrest Warrant for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on a Misdemeanor battery complaint alleging he poked a Security Guard in the face several times. Las Vegas police Officer Bill Cassel said Thursday that the warrant issued Dec. 8 requires Mayweather to turn himself in or face arrest at any time. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Tony Abbatangelo signed the Arrest Warrant for Mayweather after a Dec. 7 hearing, then immediately recalled it. It was reinstated aft...

Cuban-Americans haul goods home on holiday visits
In this Dec. 16, 2010 photo, Wilfredo Martinez Jr. of Miami writes the word "Fragile" on a television set he is taking on his flight to Cuba at Miami International Airport in Miami. Thousands of Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana this Holiday Season carrying everything from electronics and medicine to clothing and toiletries to help relatives back home supplement monthly salaries averaging about $20. In Cuba, Santa's sleigh is a Boeing 737. Thousands of Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana ...

Border Patrol: This Is The First Mexican Drone Crash We've Had
A spokesman for U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, the agency which found a small Mexican drone after it crashed in an El Paso neighborhood, told CNN today that it's the first time a Mexican drone has crashed on U.S. soil. Officials confirm the drone, which crashed in residential yard Tuesday, was an unmanned, radio-controlled craft called an Orbiter Mini UAV owned by the Mexican government. Border Patrol was the first to respond to the crash, and has since turned the investigation over the the Nat...

Mayweather jailed, freed in Las Vegas battery case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent a night in a Las Vegas jail before his release Friday on a Misdemeanor battery warrant stemming from an allegation that the boxer poked a Security Guard in the face last month outside his home. “This is a misdemeanor,” attorney Richard Wright told The Associated Press. He noted that police usually write a ticket for a misdemeanor, or issue a court summons at the jail....

Al Qaeda plans holiday attacks, officials say
(12-16) 04:00 PST Baghdad - -- Iraqi authorities have obtained confessions from captured Insurgents who claim al Qaeda is planning Suicide Attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season, two senior officials said Wednesday. A senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed the threat as credible. Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said the botched bombing in central Stockholm last weekend was among the alleged plots the Insurgents revealed. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar...

Britains Exploding Exports
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. If you wanted an example of a well-integrated European Muslim, you couldn’t have done better than the pre-2001 version of Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. In Sweden in those years the Iraqi-born Abdaly played sports, went clubbing, worked as a DJ, and even had an Israeli girlfriend. But that was then; on December 11, the 28-year-old launched a Suicide Bomb Attack in the center of Stockholm, Sweden, killing himself and injuring two...

Has al-Qaida targeted Christmas?
WASHINGTON – Not even Christmas is immune to the war on Terrorism. Iraqi officials are saying that suspected Insurgents have confessed al-Qaida wants to launch attacks in the United States and Europe during Christmas. Meanwhile, recent bombings in Sweden targeted Christmas shoppers, and a man was arrested in Oregon for trying to blow up a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Last year, a man tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a passenger plane on Christmas Day. Jus...

US concerned about terror attacks during holidays
WASHINGTON—Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during this Holiday Season. The FBI and Homeland Security Department are alerting state and local Law Enforcement to be wary of suspicious behavior and to regularly change security measures to interfere with any Terrorist plans. The warning, sent in a bulletin obtained by The Associated Press, does not include information about specific plots. A spate of attempted attacks agains...

US concerned about terror attacks during holidays
(12-16) 07:57 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during this Holiday Season. The FBI and Homeland Security Department are alerting state and local Law Enforcement to be wary of suspicious behavior and to regularly change security measures to interfere with any Terrorist plans. The warning, sent in a bulletin obtained by The Associated Press, does not include information about specific plots. A spate of att...

British officials: no specific holiday terror plot
No new, specific terror plots against Europe have emerged for the Holiday Season, British and German officials said Friday, contradicting earlier reports from U.S. security experts. A Suicide Bomber blew himself up last weekend in Sweden, and Iraqi officials said that captured Insurgents have claimed the Stockholm bombing was part of attacks being planned by al-Qaida against the U.S. and Europe during the Christmas season. A writer on an al-Qaida affiliated website, however, said the bomber was ...

UK, German officials: No new holiday terror plot
LONDON — No new, specific terror plots against Europe have emerged for the Holiday Season, British and German officials said Friday, contradicting earlier reports from U.S. security experts. A Suicide Bomber blew himself up last weekend in Sweden, and Iraqi officials said that captured Insurgents have claimed the Stockholm bombing was part of attacks being planned by al-Qaida against the U.S. and Europe during the Christmas season. A writer on an al-Qaida affiliated website, however, said ...

US tracking terror threats during holidays
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Counterterrorism officials are tracking threats to the U.S. and Europe from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during the Holiday Season, authorities said. They have not yet seen evidence of specific plots aimed at the U.S. The FBI and Homeland Security Department have alerted state and local law enforcement to be wary of suspicious behavior and to regularly change security measures to interfere with any Terrorist plans. The warning was sent in a bulletin W...

U.S. tracking terror threats during holidays
WASHINGTON — Counterterrorism officials are tracking threats to the U.S. and Europe from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during the Holiday Season, authorities said. They have not yet seen evidence of specific plots aimed at the U.S. The FBI and Homeland Security Department have alerted state and local Law Enforcement to be wary of suspicious behavior and to regularly change security measures to interfere with any Terrorist plans. The warning was sent in a bulletin Wednesday, obtained...

Christmas Gifts 2010: 9 Ways To Give Of Yourself This Holiday Season
Give the people in your life something special without setting foot in the mall. These gift alternatives show loved ones you care -- at the holidays and all year 'round. ...

A third of American voters say a fruit cake would be their gift of choice to President Obama this Christmas
conservativehome. greatfruitcake Fruitcake Recycling I'll be talking smack about fruitcake until the Holiday Season is over. Like always, only more festive. Or less. Hard to tell. ...

Anonymous Donor Gives $40K To Local Food Bank
New Hope, Minnesota - Christmas came early for a Twin Cities food bank struggling to keep up with the growing number of hungry families this Holiday Season. The Emergency Foodshelf Network in New Hope stocks and serves more than 230 food pantries in Minnesota. "We are running leaner than we have probably run in years," said Executive Director Lori Kratchmer, who says this year donations are down at least 20 percent. "Across all suburbs around the metro area so, it's really broad, the need, a...