“New simulations carried out by European Union experts come to an alarming conclusion: Iran could have enough highly enriched uranium to build an atomic bomb by the end of this year. ” (Spiegel Online)
“China and Pakistan have announced bird flu outbreaks among poultry, a day after two women, one in China and one in neighbouring Vietnam, died of the virus.” (Sydney Morning Herald)
“A terrorist instructor who called himself “Osama bin London” has been convicted, along with three of his followers, of organising al-Qaida style training camps across Britain. Their five-month trial, at Woolwich crown court, was the first to deal with a new offence – introduced under the Terrorism Act 2006 – of attending a place used [...]
“The walls in the Sudanese capital as well as another major city have been smothered with Graffiti supporting the Al-Qaeda terrorist Islamic militant group, multiple sources told Sudan Tribune. Residents of Khartoum and Omdurman woke up to paintings showing Islamic symbols such as the crescent with the words “Al-Qaeda Organization in Sudan” on them.” (Sudan [...]
“Fifteen years after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a Palestinian sentenced to more than 100 years in prison in the attack claims that a vengeful U.S. government has blocked him from appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.” (Newsday)
“President Bush called on the House of Representatives today to renew a surveillance law that expired this month and to protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits, saying it was “not fair” to allow the firms to be sued for cooperating with the federal government’s efforts to monitor terrorist suspects. Addressing an annual gathering of the nation’s [...]
“Over the past five years Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the intelligence community have developed a laser-like focus on the clandestine uses of cyberspace employed by terror networks, including the gathering of intelligence and details about potential targets — such as transportation facilities, nuclear power plants, public buildings, ports, and airports. Islamist hackers have [...]
“Several recent events, from an eagle-eyed spotting of an image on Google Earth to an overt military delivery from Russia, suggest that China is continuing its rapid expansion of a submarine fleet that would be particularly useful in a conflict with the United States over Taiwan, analysts and military officials said. American and other Western [...]
“The major Presidential candidates talked up its innovative approach to securing the U.S.-Mexico border. Aerospace and defense giant Boeing, along with dozens of subcontractors, anticipated that it would give them a lucrative foothold in future government work worth billions of dollars. And fervent advocates of stronger obstacles to illegal immigration hoped the U.S. had finally [...]
“The Bush administration said Friday it planned to raise fines significantly for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, part of a broader effort that includes improved border security after Congress failed to pass immigration-related legislation in 2007.” (Houston Chronicle)