Tag Archives: terrorism

Several buildings in lower Manhattan were evacuated this morning after a jumbo airliner tailed by fighter jets flew frighteningly close to the skyline. Turns out, it was a photo op for Air Force One. Via the Staten Island Advance: A plane, that appears to be a commercial jet tailed by fighter jets, is a “pre-planned” military flight taking photos of …

A tea party protester in Oklahoma has been arrested for making terrorist threats via Twitter. An Oklahoma City man who announced on Twitter that he would turn an April 15 tax protest into a bloodbath was hit with a federal charge of making interstate threats last week, in what appears to be first criminal prosecution to stem from posts on …

Turn it up and sing along. (Unless you’re at work; there be dirty words here.)

British tabloid The People claims to have “infiltrated” a radical Islamist website and learned of threats to have Madonna beheaded for her devotion to Kabbalah. According to the publication, Madonna has responded to the threat by increasing her security. Madonna has urgently beefed up her family’s security after being targeted by Muslim fanatics seeking revenge for Israel’s attacks on Gaza. …

The NYPD is asking for federal permission to disrupt cell phone service in NYC in the event of another terrorist attack, citing the use of mobile devices to coordinate last year’s bombings in Mumbai. A draft copy of [NYPD Chief] Kelly’s statement to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security says the NYPD believes the Mumbai attacks could be a model …

Seattle gay bars were jumping this weekend as a nightlife fans organized a pub crawl to support the businesses who received last week’s terrorist threat of ricin poisoning. Dan Savage is convinced the threat was sent by a self-loathing gay person because the letters didn’t contain the usual language our opponents use. (Via – Towleroad)

Via Dan Savage: Eleven gay bars in Seattle received letters today addressed to the “Owner/Manager” from someone claiming to be in the possession of ricin, a deadly poison. “Your establishment has been targeted,” the letter begins. “I have in my possession approximately 67 grams of ricin with which I will indiscriminately target at least five of your clients.” “I felt …

In July 2007, I told you about Raed Jaffar, who was thrown off a JetBlue flight at JKF because his t-shirt said “We Will Not Be Silent” in both Arabic and English, which made the passengers and crew uneasy. One TSA official likened Jaffar’s wearing the shirt to a bank robber who walked into a bank wearing a “I Am …

A coordinated series of terror attacks aimed at Western tourists took place across Mumbai, India today with scores of people killed. At least 78 people were killed and 200 injured today when gunmen opened fire on a crowded Mumbai railway station, luxury hotels and a restaurant popular with tourists. Johnny Joseph, chief secretary for Maharashtra state in India, of which …

Another Obama assassination plot has been foiled. Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people – 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed …

The Army thinks that terrorists could use Twitter to coordinate an attack. Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks. For years, American analysts have been concerned that militants would take advantage of commercial …

No, seriously. Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency. The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, “impetuous” Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain …

Last Friday one of the worst traffic jams in NYC history was created after the Lincoln Tunnel was closed due to suspicious bottles found glued to the traffic median. It was the third such incident in a month. During last Friday evening’s rush hour, the discovery of two suspicious bottles filled with an unknown liquid and glued to the median …

Scientists at Purdue University are lobbying Congress to require that radiation detectors be installed in cell phones, allowing the government to instantly triangulate the location of a potential dirty bomb. “We have to fight this American knee-jerk toward the highest tech,” says Andrew Longman, a project leader. The Purdue team is designing a detection system that’s so small it could …

Gotham is on super-extra-deluxe security lockdown today for the 63rd annual United Nations General Assembly. All of your favorite whackjobs are in town: Mugabe, Imadinnerjacket, Chavez, and Dubya. Mubage speaks today, tomorrow our ignoble leader makes his final (!!!) speech to the Assembly. Right now the streets of the East Side are crawling with cops, feds, Secret Service, and the …

At the Voters Values Summit, evangelical nutjob Gary Bauer tried to stoke the fear of nuclear terrorism, saying the experts predict that “it is not a question of if it will happen, it is only a question of when it is going to happen. And the ‘it’ in this case, is when our enemy will detonate a dirty nuclear bomb …

Fuck. Terrifying news from Denver. A gang of four white supremacists have been arrested with high-powered rifles and have admitted planning to assassinate Barack Obama. Police are investigating whether they have foiled an assassination plot against Barack Obama after four people were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver in the possession of high powered rifles. One of the suspects …