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In Oakland, Private Force May Be Hired for Security
“In the wake of the city’s laying off 80 police officers last month, Chinatown is leading a new trend in the crime-ridden city: an increase in privately financed public safety. Mr. Chan has asked every business owner to install a street-facing camera. A new Chinatown security force, perhaps staffed by armed guards, could be on the streets as
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Narcotics cash flow into Mexico crucial target, U.S. ambassador says
“The U.S. and Mexican governments’ inability to significantly disrupt bulk shipments of drug-cartel cash into Mexico means that the violence there will be protracted, U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual acknowledged Thursday. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News and in remarks at a border
Al Qaeda Message: Ayman Zawahiri Threatens US Attacks
“‘Oh American people…We offered you a peace plan, and mutual benefit; but your governments were proud and haughty, and so the attacks against you followed one after another, everywhere – from Indonesia to Times Square, by way of Madrid and London. And the attacks are ongoing, and more
India, U.S. sign counter terrorism initiative
“India and the U.S. on Friday signed a counter terrorism initiative that includes steps to check financing of terror activities, joint probe in cases of bomb blasts besides cooperation in cyber and border security. ‘Today, with the formal signing of the initiative, we take several significant
Audio purportedly from al Qaeda No. 2 says victory coming
“A man identified as Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s No. 2 man, promises his followers victory in Afghanistan and Iraq, vowing that these wars will eventually lead to a battle to liberate Jerusalem, in an audio message posted Monday on jihadist websites. The audio was released by As-Sahab Media,
Scientist charged with economic espionage
“A scientific researcher from Westboro is one of a handful of people to be charged in federal court with foreign economic espionage after he allegedly stole information about an organic insecticide developed by Dow Chemical Co. and gave it to a university in China. Kexue Huang, 45, was arrested
Feds Grapple With Locals’ Intelligence Ops
“Despite a growing threat from the Somalia-based group that launched the recent attacks in Uganda, some officials within the U.S. government have failed to embrace efforts by local police departments to gain their own intelligence on the group, according to federal law enforcement officials and
US: Terror camps still running in Pakistan
“A fresh charge sheet filed by the US Department of Justice in a terror case shows that Al- Qaida is still running terrorist training camps in Pakistan. The Justice Department pointed to this while stating that the plot to bomb New York’s subway system, uncovered in September 2009, was directed
Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot
“Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England. The three men, whose names were not released, had been under surveillance for more than a year. Officials believe they
NYC subway bomb plot linked to British cell
“Federal prosecutors say the failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway last year was part of a larger al-Qaida conspiracy that also targeted England. In a terrorism indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, including Adnan Shukrijumah, an FBI