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 Air Cargo News Minimize
CHINA has pulled out of the controversial ‘aerotropolis’ at St Louis (US) less than six months after launching scheduled services to the US city.
(Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

ASK most freighter operators whether their all-cargo aircraft are making any money at the moment and, if they are honest, most will say “no way”.
(Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

TROUBLED Malaysian Airlines (MAS) is making significant changes to its network, increasing operations to Asian and US destinations while slashing European and Middle Eastern ones.
(Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

SOUTH African Airways (SAA) looks to the mining industry as it braces itself for a difficult 2012.
(Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

STARTING 1 February Emirates SkyCargo will lift its African capacity to 6,000 metric tonnes a week.
(Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

HELLMANN Worldwide Logistics is looking to expand its airfreight footprint this year.
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

PANALPINA has signed a multi-year, multimodal forwarding supply chain contract with British Petroleum (BP).
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

AN expanding Asian network and collaboration with Nordic Global Airlines (NGA) has helped to boost Finnair’s cargo volumes by almost a quarter.
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

KNOWN as the world’s traditional automotive centre, Detroit (US) is the latest destination to be served by Lufthansa Cargo.
(Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

FRANKFURT watch out – neighbour Frankfurt-Hahn Airport saw cargo volumes escalate by 25 per cent in 2011, as the former struggles with its night-flight ban.
(Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

AIR Charter Service (ACS) starts the year with Spain in its sights – the company is expanding its Spanish cargo department and moving to new offices in Madrid.
(Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CATHAY Pacific is planning to build on its cargo revenue from India with the addition of two more airports in its network.
(Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

DEMAND in the cargo sector at Munich Airport (Germany) showed a strong increase in 2011, with a total freight turnover record of 286,000 metric tonnes. Combined with airmail, the volume of flown airfreight topped 300,000 tonnes for the first time, a six per cent gain over 2010.
(Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL) in Nigeria is looking to set up a US$500 million cargo airline.
(Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

THANKS to organic growth ground services provider Swissport International has recorded a seven per cent jump in 2011 operating revenue.
(Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

RESTRUCTURING behind the doors of the US Postal Service (PS) will likely cost FedEx Express almost half a billion dollars a year in lost business.
(Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

NIGERIA’s Allied Air Cargo has extended its lease contract on two MD-11Fs from ACMI provider World Airways in order to keep up with African perishables demand from Europe.
(Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

AIR Partner has opened a specialist cargo department at its Milan office (Italy).
(Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

WEAK demand out of China has dampened Cathay Pacific hopes of a cargo recovery.
(Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

THE president of Taiwan-based China Airlines Cargo (CAC) has stressed the need for more international air service agreements in order to keep business afloat.
(Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

NEW Asian company Eaglexpress Air Charter is looking to acquire freighters this year.
(Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

ROYAL Jordanian (RJ) is lifting frequency to Vienna (Austria) following the beginning of services there at the tail end of last year.
(Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

EMIRATES SkyCargo’s portfolio now includes new South American destinations following the launch of a daily passenger service from Dubai (UAE) to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
(Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

US player Southwest Airlines will increase its belly-freight capacity by around 125 metric tonnes this year.
(Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

LAST year Etihad Crystal Cargo carried a record 310,000 metric tonnes, 18 per cent more than in 2010.
(Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

IT has five of them in the world’s top 25 air hubs by cargo volume and now China is looking to build more.
(Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

LONDON Heathrow Airport (UK) saw a 14.2 per cent surge in freight traffic during December 2011, a record for the month and the first increase since February 2011.
(Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS) is pulling back from European traffic routes and localising in the Asia-Pacific region, as it looks to trim costs.
(Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

ONE of Africa’s leading perishables exporters, Kenya, could see cargo flows damaged by a new policy put in place this month.
(Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

TURKISH Airlines’ cargo division recorded an increase of 23.7 per cent in freight carried from 313,517 metric tonnes in 2010 to 387,703 tonnes during 2011.
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

SIXTEEN airlines charged with price-fixing in South Korea have lost their appeal.
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

WEISS-Röhlig Japan, an international joint venture of Gebrüder Weiss and Röhlig Logistics, has taken over Japanese airfreight and seafreight shipping company JHB Express.
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

IT is a case of victory for the young over the old. Recent merger IAG (British Airways-Iberia) ended 2011 with a traffic gain of 11.5 per cent in December 2011 against the year-ago period.
(Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

THANKS to an 8.9 per cent lift in capacity Lufthansa Cargo carried a record 1.9 million metric tonnes of freight and mail in 2011, an increase of five per cent on the previous year.
(Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

SWISS WorldCargo reported a 1.7 per cent increase in estimated annual cargo tonne-kilometre sales in 2011.
(Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CARGO throughput at Hong Kong Airport’s (China) Asia Airfreight Terminal in December 2011 fell nine per cent year-on-year.
(Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CARGO capacity on Emirates’ Glasgow (Scotland) to Dubai (UAE) route will expand by 59 per cent following the introduction of a second daily passenger flight.
(Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

IN a last desperate attempt the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has urged the EU to reconsider its EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) scheduled to take effect this month.
(Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CARRIERS are noticing alarming cracks developing on the wings of the A380.
(Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

A PROTEST against the removal of a fuel subsidy by Nigeria’s federal government has led to a nationwide labour strike, which has affected cargo flow at the country’s airports.
(Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

JOHN Barrett, former managing director (MD) of UK-based JAS Forwarding, has died following a form of pneumonia at 67 years old.
(Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CASH-strapped Air India is selling six 737 freighters, as it tries to claw back tumbling revenues.
(Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

THE Kalitta Air 747-200F, which crashed after departing from El Dorado International Airport (Colombia) on 7 July 2008, lost power after take-off, a new report has concluded.
(Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

DALIAN Airlines, a joint venture between Air China and Dalian Baoshui Zhengtong (DBZ), commenced operations on 31 December.
(Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CARGOLUX Italia has appointed Pierandrea Galli as chief executive and accountable manager.
(Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CHINESE airlines will refuse to pay taxes under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a senior Chinese aviation association member declared.
(Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

FEDEX has agreed to pay a US$370,000 penalty for breaching anti-terrorism laws.
(Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

A FIRE broke out in a cargo terminal at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) on 5 January, destroying the offices of several airlines.
(Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

VOLGA-Dnepr Airlines has added a fourth modernised Il-76TD-90VD cargo aircraft to its fleet.
(Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

FOR its Austria and Eastern Europe network Royal Jordanian Airlines has awarded a cargo general sales and service agent (GSSA) contract to Globe Air Cargo, part of the ECS Group.
(Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

TURKISH Cargo will launch scheduled freighter flights to the Libyan airport of Mitiga, 8km next to Tripoli.
(Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

EL Al Israel Airlines will pay US$15.8 million to settle a US class-action suit filed against it in February 2007.
(Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

SRILANKAN Airlines has begun a new ‘door-delivery’ cargo service in collaboration with Air & Cargo Services in the UK.
(Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

UDO Preissner, director of marketing and sales at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (Germany), has died following a suspected aneurysm at just 37 years old.
(Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

JADE Cargo, the joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa Cargo, has grounded all six of its 747-400ER freighters.
(Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

CARGOITALIA, the Italian cargo carrier, was declared bankrupt last month.
(Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

UNITED Cargo is to install specialist environmental monitoring technology on all of its fleet.
(Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

AIR Zimbabwe has suspended flights to South Africa fearing its aircraft could be seized for outstanding debts.
(Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

EVERGREEN International Airlines will introduce a 747-400BCF to its fleet in 2012.
(Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

RISKING an international trade war, Europe Union’s (EU) highest court has approved plans to tax airlines’ carbon emissions.
(Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

CATHAY Pacific saw cargo traffic fall 13.8 per cent in November instead of seeing the traditional pre-Christmas peak.
(Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

BRAZIL-based Varig Logistics has taken receipt of a converted freighter.
(Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

CARGO traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dropped 6.6 per cent to 343,000 metric tonnes in November.
(Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

ALONGSIDE cuts to African and Brazilian routes Malaysia Airline System (MAS) has announced a reduction in Middle East destinations.
(Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

BUDGET carrier flydubai will launch a cargo division on 1 January 2012.
(Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

BOEING has confirmed FedEx’s order of 27 767 freighters.
(Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

ATLAS Air has taken delivery of the company's second and third 747-8 freighters.
(Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

WEAK demand and a cash-strapped joint venture are pushing Lufthansa Cargo to assess its operations in China.
(Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

FOUR companies have been awarded licenses to operate at six airports in Tanzania, ending Swissport’s role as sole ground handler.
(Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

THE world’s largest air cargo carrier Cathay Pacific has recorded a 13.8 per cent freight volume plunge in November.
(Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

ICELANDAIR Cargo has resumed freighter flights to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (Canada) after a three-year absence.
(Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

NIGERIAN all-cargo airline Allied Air, in partnership with ANA Aviation Services, has leased an MD-11F to accommodate peak Christmas freight.
(Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

CELEBI has acquired Fraport Ground Services Austria, one of the two ground-handling companies at Vienna International Airport (Austria).
(Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

BELLY cargo has been steadily increasing on the Nairobi-Dubai (Kenya-UAE) route and now generates 12 per cent of Kenya Airways' revenue.
(Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

LESS than a month since announcing its Sinoair joint venture in China, Aramex has acquired South African logistics and transportation company Berco Express.
(Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

DURING November, LAN Airlines cargo traffic rose 11 per cent as capacity increased 10.9 per cent.
(Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

THE European Civil Aviation Commission (ECAG) has warned Nigeria that cargo originating from the country will be banned in Europe and the US if it does not meet the deadline to switch from single to the dual view screening.
(Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

RODRIGO Hidalgo, a former Florida West International Airways and LAN Cargo executive, seems to have escaped one antitrust indictment in a US court but still faces one more.
(Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

TURKISH Cargo is extending its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region after opening new headquarters and appointing a new general sales agent (GSA).
(Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

GROWTH in cargo volumes at Frankfurt and Leipzig/Halle Airport is at the opposite ends of the scale.
(Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

A NEW report investigating the cause of the UPS freighter crash in Dubai (UAE) last year has suggested the pilot may not have been able to steer due to a fire that caused the control cables to loosen.
(Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

EMIRATES has become the fifteenth airline to settle in an air cargo antitrust case in the US.
(Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

GERMAN freight forwarder DB Schenker has demanded to see court papers, as it moves to challenge its New Zealand cargo price-fixing fine of more than NZ$1 million (US$766,000).
(Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

MIDDLE Eastern major Etihad Airways has ordered two 777 freighters as part of a 12-aircraft deal with manufacturer Boeing.
(Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

FREIGHT forwarder the Panalpina Group has appointed three regional chief executive officers (RCEOs) to ensure tighter management of growing markets.
(Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

STARTING next year Emirates will launch a daily Dublin (Ireland) to Dubai (UAE) service carrying 15 tonnes of belly-hold cargo.
(Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

LIÈGE Airport (Belgium) recorded 59,091 metric tonnes of freight in November, a 1.12 per cent increase over November 2010.
(Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

ULRICH Ogiermann, former chief executive officer and now special advisor to Cargolux, and Robert Van de Weg, senior vice-president sales and marketing, have pleaded guilty to cargo price fixing.
(Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

PHARMACEUTICAL logistics growth will average 7.6 per cent in the coming years, creating more opportunities for freighter operators.
(Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

SECURITY forces were on high alert yesterday after it was reported that a package containing explosives was discovered and destroyed at Bahrain’s airport.
(Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

FEDEX is planning to purchase 30 Boeing wide-body freighters to replace older, less fuel-efficient aircraft, sources have revealed.
(Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

THE Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has urged the air cargo industry and national regulatory authorities to continue working together on pilots to test the feasibility and processes for advance electronic data for air cargo shipments.
(Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS) could sell its cargo business as it looks to recuperate major losses.
(Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

BY the end of December Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will operate 13 flights through Chicago-Rockford Airport (US), following the start of services in November.
(Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

THE US’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Randy Babbitt has resigned from his position following an arrest for driving while intoxicated.
(Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

SYDNEY Airport (Australia) plans to move Qantas, Jetstar and the group's international alliance partners, including British Airways, under one roof at the current domestic terminals T2 and T3.
(Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

A SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo freighter skidded off the runway at Changi Airport (Singapore) on 3 December, forcing other aircraft to divert to nearby airports.
(Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

THE US and Canada will require 414 new freighters in the next 20 years, the Airbus Global Market Forecast has found.
(Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

OCTOBER 2011 volumes at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are worse than those during October 2008 when the recession hit.
(Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)

GEORGE Gonzalez, former chief commercial officer of Peru’s Cielos Airlines, pleaded guilty this week to cargo price fixing following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
(Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT)


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 Homeland Security News Minimize

Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:45:17 +0000Google announced a new layer of data being added to Google Maps for public alerts. If there are emergency alerts in your area, Google will show them to you on the map, with more details on the alert.You can access it over at google.org/publicalerts. The map will load with a layer of data on top [...]

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Emergency In Your Area? Public Alerts On Google Maps Shows Warnings




DHS: Secretary Napolitano Unveils National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:03:23 +0000Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Obama administrations National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Department of Homeland Security is committed to facilitating legitimate trade and travel, while preventing terrorists from exploiting supply chains, protecting transportation systems from attacks and disruptions, and increasing [...]

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DHS: Secretary Napolitano Unveils National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security




London 2012 – London prepares for severe Olympic terror threat
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:57:23 +0000British security officials are reportedly planning for the terror threat at this summer’s London 2012 Olympics to be severe – meaning an attack is considered ‘highly likely’. According to this article, Home secretary Theresa May is taking the responsibility of delivering a ‘safe and secure Games’, with the security budget already in excess of £1 [...]

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London 2012 – London prepares for severe Olympic terror threat




FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:48:14 +0000A North Carolina man sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial. An affidavit unsealed in federal court Monday accuses Hysen Sherifi of plotting against the witnesses from his jail cell. Authorities say [...]

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FBI: Jailed Terror Plotter Wanted Witnesses Slain




Man detained near home of former president released
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:49 +0000The Secret Service took a man into custody Tuesday afternoon who had a gun in his vehicle next to the home of former President George W. Bush. He said he was attempting to deliver a “spiritual message” to the former president. A Dallas police sources told News 8 that police were called to the 10000 [...]

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Man detained near home of former president released




Man Arrested In Firebombings Of 2 NJ Synagogues
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:33:39 +0000An unemployed teenager charged Tuesday with firebombing two synagogues is an anti-Semite whose hatred of Jews guided his actions, authorities said. Anthony Graziano, of Lodi, was charged with the Jan. 11 attack on a Rutherford synagogue and the Jan. 3 firebombing of a synagogue in Paramus. He was being held on $5 million bail. Read [...]

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Man Arrested In Firebombings Of 2 NJ Synagogues




US Military Raid Frees American – Dane Held Hostage In Somalia
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:36 +0000U.S. military forces sent helicopters into Somalia in a nighttime raid Tuesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine kidnappers, U.S. officials confirm. The Danish Refugee Council also confirmed the two aid workers, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagan Thisted, were freed “during an operation in Somalia.” Read More [...]

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US Military Raid Frees American – Dane Held Hostage In Somalia




Al Qaida planned to take German hostages
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:23:53 +0000Documents seized in May linked to al Qaida leaders indicate that the terrorist organisation was aiming to take hostages in Germany and other Western countries as part of a “war of attrition,” according to a newspaper report. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is [...]

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Rand Paul in TSA showdown after refusing pat down
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:21:36 +0000Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Monday found himself in a showdown with the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tennessee after refusing to undergo a full-body pat down. Paul was later re-screened and booked on a subsequent flight. The senator went through the scanner at the airport but was told there was some sort [...]

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Rand Paul in TSA showdown after refusing pat down




FBI arrests suburban Denver man indicted on charges of supporting terrorist organization
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:59:41 +0000The FBI arrested a refugee from Uzbekistan at Chicago’s O’Hare airport on charges that he planned to travel overseas to fight for a terrorist group and give up his life if necessary, an official said Monday. However, there was no evidence that suspect Jamshid Muhtorov was plotting attacks inside the United States, authorities said. Read [...]

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FBI arrests suburban Denver man indicted on charges of supporting terrorist organization




4th Man Recruited in NYC Bomb Plot
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:03:25 +0000ABC News is reporting that Federal prosecutors have quietly added a new wrinkle to their case against a New York City man charged in one of the most serious terror plots since the Sept. 11 attacks. In a revised indictment filed last week in Brooklyn, Adis Medunjanin was hit with a new allegation that he [...]

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4th Man Recruited in NYC Bomb Plot




Does Social Media Help or Hurt Terrorism?
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:57:34 +0000The recent headlines were enough to concern even the most cynical reader. “Terrorist groups recruiting through social media,” blared the headline at the CBC’s website. “Social Media Gave Terrorist Groups Second Wind,” read the report at pixelsandpolicy.com. “Terrorists making ‘friends’ on Facebook,” topped the Digital Journal story, underscored by an image of a masked person [...]

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Does Social Media Help or Hurt Terrorism?




Terror Suspect Says Ammonia in “Cool Packs” Not For Bombs
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:55:53 +0000An imprisoned Lebanese-Swedish terror suspect said he stockpiled medical “cool packs” which “contained ammonia” for commercial export, and is not a Hezbollah member, after being arrested for possessing 10 gallons (38 liters) of ammonium nitrate which can be used to build bombs. “I am 100 percent not guilty in the terror crimes I am accused [...]

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Terror Suspect Says Ammonia in “Cool Packs” Not For Bombs




Attorney: Woman With Gun At DFW Passed Through During Shift Change
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:48:27 +0000The attorneys representing Judith Kenney of Little Elm stand by their defense that the 65-year-old mistakenly carried a handgun onto an American Airlines plane Wednesday at DFW airport. “It was really and truly an honest mistake on her part,” said Kenney’s attorney, Gary Redman. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National [...]

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Al-Shabaab tweets photographs of supposed kidnapped Kenyan officials
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:49:45 +0000Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, has taunted Kenya — and the West — with tweets describing its activity around northern Kenya. Now, it’s tweeting out what it claims to be photographic proof of its attacks. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted [...]

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Al Qaeda Inspire Magazine Found in Guantanamo Bay Cell
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:47:12 +0000An issue of a terrorist magazine produced by an al Qaeda affiliate somehow made its way into a cell in Guantanamo Bay, supposedly one of the most secure detention centers in the world, a U.S. military prosecutor revealed today. The disclosure was made during a pre-trial hearing for Adb al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind behind [...]

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Al Qaeda Inspire Magazine Found in Guantanamo Bay Cell




Homeland Security detains two suspects
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:44:57 +0000Two suspects were detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, after officials served a search warrant on a Duson home. The names of the suspects have not been released, but, as of Wednesday night, Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies said the two were being held in a local DHS office for [...]

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Homeland Security detains two suspects




Police chiefs meet at WH on homegrown terror fight
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:43:30 +0000State and local law enforcement officials convened at the White House on Wednesday for a daylong discussion about how police can maintain the trust of their communities while identifying and preventing violent extremism and homegrown terrorism — an effort the administration considers critical to national security. It’s a delicate balance, as the violent extremism that [...]

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Police chiefs meet at WH on homegrown terror fight




TSA Screener Turns In $5,000 He Found On Floor At Newark Airport
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:13:52 +0000In his nine years as a Transportation Security Administration screener John Deschamp has found a lot of personal items, including engagement rings and laptops. What he found on Dec. 27 on the floor of Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport was extraordinary — $5,000 in cash. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland [...]

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