Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Master Terrorist Imad Mughniyeh is Dead
Imad Mughniyeh has been killed in an explosion in Damascus, Syria. Often referred to as Osama Bin Laden's role model, Hezbollah's top military commander started out as a body guard for Yassar Arafat. He was the first terrorist to stage simultaneous bombings — at the U.S Marine barracks and the French army barracks, in Beirut […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Pakistan’s Nuclear Technicians Kidnapped
Not very promising. Unless you're on Al Qaeda's team. From Yahoo:
Two employees of Pakistan's atomic energy agency have been abducted in the country's restive north-western region abutting the Afghan border.
Police say the technicians went missing on the same day as Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, was reportedly abducted in the same region. Mr […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Burlingame: The Clintons’ Terror Pardons
An incredibly important piece by Debra Burlingame in today's Wall Street Journal: The Clintons' Terror Pardons.
In Burlingame's piece you first learn about the violent, decades-long bombing campaign in and around New York City by the Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN (the Spanish acronym) — "a clandestine terrorist group devoted to bringing about independence for […]
No Comments » - Posted in Behind the Scenes by Annie Jacobsen
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Female Passenger Stabs Two Pilots, Takes Aircraft Controls in New Zealand
A Somali woman stormed the cockpit of an Air New Zealand propeller plane in New Zealand earlier today, stabbed both pilots and threatened to blow up the nineteen-seat aircraft. Reuters reports that she was at the controls of the plane before she was subdued. The flight landed safely and the woman is in custody. From […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S. Homeland Security, Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Loose Prisoners, Loose Nukes?
I have a piece running at Pajamas Media: Let's Hope Pakistan's Nukes Are More Secure Than its Prisoners.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf clearly doesn’t like being asked about terrorists who “escape” his police force’s custody. This does not inspire Annie Jacobsen’s confidence…
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Update: Make That Five Cable Cuts
Five, undersea telecommunication cables have been confirmed as cut. From Khaleej Times:
A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar […]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Herd of White Elephants: 4th Undersea Cable is Cut
In the ancient world, owning a white elephant made a King look good. In truth, the white elephant was a major liability for the palace. The food and upkeep for the white elephant vastly outweighed its usefulness to the King, so really it was a liability. But the King was stuck; he'd already sold the […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Unwilling Martyrs: Down Syndrome Jihad
It's about the most morally depraved concept possible: using mentally retarded people as unwitting suicide bombers. It happened on Friday in two Baghdad pet bazaars. Ninety-nine people were killed.
I've written about how the Department of Homeland Security trains air marshals to be on the lookout for female suicide bombers trying to board airplanes in […]