Archive » Terrorist attacks

There was a shootout at the Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston, N.Y., this afternoon. At least two and possibly three gunmen reportedly opened fire. Reuters reports that three to ten people were wounded. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y. reports that a U.S. Army recruiter was shot, and may have been targeted. (Hat tip: Ed [...]

You know that VW/terrorist spoof ad that went viral last week? VW has decided to sue the satirists, whoever they are: Company spokesman Hartwig von Sass said VW lodged a criminal complaint with prosecutors in Brunswick, Germany, but did not specify a perpetrator. “This is an attack on Volkswagen’s good name,” he said of the [...]

The deadly Glendale train derailment is one of today’s top stories. Randy Townley asks: Are we now seeing the new face of terrorism? Not in this specific case, but it’s certainly a concern in the wake of Madrid’s 3/11. Josh Lefkowitz and Lorenzo Vidino had an important article in The National Interest on train terror [...]

KGTV San Diego reports on an arrest in the alleged Boston “dirty bomb” plot. The brief article notes: Mexican police arrested Jose Beltran Quinones in Mexicali, Mexico, Monday. Beltrans claimed that he helped a group of Chinese nationals illegally cross into the United States from Mexico. According to his tip, they were intent on detonating [...]

FOX News reporting that one of the Chinese suspects in the Boston case has been caught. No story links anywhere yet, but we’ll keep an eye out. (Update: Here it is.) Meanwhile, San Diego authorities are investigating a possible tunnel in the Imperial Valley may have been used to smuggle the illegal aliens. And the [...]

Apropos of the Time report on possible limousine bomb terror at the inaugural, there’s a good backgrounder from Global Security.org on Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDS). Wonder how that’s pronounced? VEE-bides? Vee-buy-eds? Vuh-BEADS? Anyway, here’s a handy BATF explosive standards chart on VBIEDS: The Time article says an al Qaeda document on VBIEDS attacks [...]

John Little at Blogs of War observes that the AP is already rehearsing its teary-eyed eulogy for Yasser Arafat. Not even a mention of Black September, John notes. Here’s some of the other biographical info they won’t be printing… Blood-spattered “peace” activism Arafat’s culture of death Arafat: Terrorism, Corruption, & Crime Arafat group sells bombers [...]

Better late than never, I guess.

Orin Kerr, engaging in “amateurish speculation,” raises the scary prospect of Al Qaeda attacks on voting locations on Nov. 2: I think the more likely Al Qaeda move would be to try to destabilize the U.S. political system. A weakened United States government might mean a government less likely to pressure Iran, more likely to [...]

MoscowHelp.org provides the following details of the medical conditions of the schoolchildren who survived the Islamofascist attack in Beslan: (Hat tip: Logic And Sanity.) Godzhiev, Kazbek Age: 10 Brain contusion, temporal and pariental bone fracture. Mechanical ventilation. Condition on 9/7/04: coma changed to deep semicoma, fragmented consciosness appeared. Hypodynemics: steady. 9/8/04: started to react to [...]

Bob Felton at Civil Commotion takes USA Today to task for a mealy-mouthed headline: USA Today notes a growing problem: Disturbing trend shows that terrorists see no limits on their violence As it happens, that headline appears in only the print edition, on page A-2; it is not in the online version of the story. [...]

News item from Arutz Sheva: Confirmed: Arafat Paid Father of Dolphinarium Terrorist 18:18 Sep 14, ’04 / 28 Elul 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Recently released documents captured during Operation Defensive Shield confirm that the family of the suicide bomber who attacked the beach front Dolphinarium dance club in Tel Aviv was awarded $2000 by Yasser Arafat. Arafat [...]

Headline: UN Condemns Terrorist Attacks and Executions Excerpt: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Israel and Russia and the gruesome murder of 12 Nepalese civilians in Iraq. The UN Security Council condemned the Israeli suicide bombings and “all other acts of terrorism.” In separate statements, the UN’s leader and most powerful [...]

Unlike the Philippines, Italy is apparently standing firm against terrorists who have kidnapped an Italian journalist: The Italian government said Tuesday it would maintain its 3,000 troops in Iraq despite an ultimatum from a radical Muslim group holding an Italian journalist and demanding that Rome withdraw its forces within 48 hours. A statement from Prime [...]

The FBI is warning that terrorists are targeting military recruiters, according to the Associated Press. The AP article was published on the same day that American Patrol reported this rumor: “According to a reliable source, three terrorists crossed the border into the United States from Mexico yesterday. Two were apprehended. The FBI learned that the [...]

ABC News has a disturbing report on al Qaeda’s possible use of ambulances in the U.S. for terror attacks: On Aug. 1, U.S. officials warned that al Qaeda terrorists could be planning attacks on financial institutions in New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. ABC News has learned that in the wake of that [...]

There’s a new movement, modeled on the South Africa divestment campaign, to put pressure on public companies that do business with terrorist-sponsoring states: Throughout our history, Americans have risen to the challenge of defending our beloved country and our liberty. Following the 9/11 attacks, however, most Americans felt powerless. Powerless to respond to the tragic [...]

Jeff Quinton is on top of the latest anti-terrorism raid around London. 13 arrests so far of individuals “on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.” Update: Citizen Smash has the latest and also offers these cogent thoughts and a challenge: COUNTER-TERRORISM is a very serious business. We [...]

So, the big Drudge headline of the night reveals that the New York Times is running with this story: QAIDA DOCUMENTS YEARS OLD, BUT OFFICIALS SEE A REAL THREAT Much of the information that led authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the NY and D.C. areas was 3 or [...]

The latest from Baghdad: A SUICIDE bomber in a fuel truck blew it up early today at a police station in southwest Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding around 60 as the inferno engulfed civilians and officers waiting for their daily assignments, officials and witnesses said. Later, the Defense Ministry said militants killed Essam al-Dijaili, [...]

Get out your hankies. The civil liberties alarmists are bawling and the sky is falling because… …they can’t take photos of sensitive areas without scary men in uniforms asking them for ID! …they can’t sell their crappy records to pro-American Americans! …they can’t break immigration laws in California without someone trying to enforce the law [...]

I’m adding the fearless Shannen Rossmiller to my list of Moms Who Rock–but with some reservations, which I’ll get to in a sec. The Houston Chronicle profiles Rossmiller today, going into great detail about how she works by day as a judge, at by night as a terrorist hunter: By day, she’s the municipal judge [...]

According to this report, the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service will be providing special security for American athletes competing in the Summer Olympics in Greece next month. Let’s hope the State Department can keep bozos such as the one I reported on last May from penetrating its security forces.

Check out these disturbing stories from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal today on the continuing menace of Moammar Gadhafi. It appears Gadhafi was personally involved in organizing an alleged terrorist plot against the Saudi crown prince. This is a mighty mess, what with shady American Muslim (and Saudi-subsidized!) activist Abdurahman Alamoudi in [...]