Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Cnspiracy Trial Reveals Terror Camp Plans in Oregon
Two years before 9/11, Islamic radicals in America were making plans to operate a terrorist training camp in the rural city of Bly, Oregon — population 486. The Seattle Times has the story.
Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday about his efforts in 1999 to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Taliban v. Pakistan
The Taliban have gained control of an area only 60 miles from Pakistan's capitol city of Islamabad. Pakistan has sent paramilitary groups to the area.
Recommended (re)reading on this subject — how the Taliban takes villages then cities — is Ahmed Rashid's Taliban (Yale University Press, 2000). The chapter of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat, Pakistan & Afghanistan by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Armed Man Hijacks Canadian Aircraft in Jamaica
A man armed with a gun was able to sneak on board a Canadian aircraft headed to Cuba during its stopover in Jamaica — at which point the man hijacked the aircraft.
Regarding the incident, Jamaica Information Minister Daryl Vaz made this absurd statement to the press:
"The hijacking is that from a mentally challenged youngster […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Afghanistan Changes Law to Allow Rape Under Sharia
First Swat. Now Afghanistan. Across the region, women are again becoming chattel under Islamic sharia law.
President Hamid Karzai told CNN that his signing the measure which allows Shia Muslims to rape their wives into law was an oversight.
"Now I have instructed, in consultation with clergy of the country, that the law be revised […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat, Pakistan & Afghanistan by Annie Jacobsen
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Three Oxcarts and a Blackbird: More on Area 51
More than a week after its initial publication, The Road to Area 51 remains the #1 Most Emailed story at the Los Angeles Times. I'll be on MSNBC tomorrow, Monday, at 4:30 EST/1:30 PST to discuss.
Through the grapevine, word from CIA headquarters is that they are "loving [the] articles."
Word from the UFO grapevine […]
No Comments » - Posted in Behind the Scenes by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Area 51 Story in Los Angeles Times Magazine
I will be on vacation with my boys until April 11th.
On Sunday, April 5th, please don't miss my article in the Los Angeles Times Magazine entitled "The Road to Area 51." This story was a year in the making, the first part of which appeared in last month's issue of the magazine.
To reveal the military's […]
No Comments » - Posted in Area 51/Groom Lake by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Fascinating Iranian Satellite Detail Buried in London Times
Here's a fascinating detail that was buried in a London Times story from yesterday: World Agenda: Nuclear-armed Iran is fear as Netanyahu visits Obama.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, said last month that unidentified drones – widely assumed to be Israeli—disrupted the launch of a rocket carrying Iran’s first satellite into space. Hovering at great height, […]