ShareThisRQA-170's design confirms US ill intent 02 Jan 2012 Iran's former Defense Minister says sensors used in a US RQ-170 spy drone, which was recently captured in eastern Iran, clearly prove that it had been designed to violate the country's airspace. Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said if the drone was meant to carry out spy missions along the Afghan border, it must have only carried photographic sensors because it would not need a monitoring system as well as thermal and spectrometer sensors which have been found in RQ-170. "Meanwhile, such advanced planes are only available to the CIA and even America's Defense Ministry, the Pentagon, does not have such drones," he added.
ShareThisL.A. arson suspect Harry Burkhart arrested 03 Jan 2012 They erupted almost simultaneously, a sudden barrage of fires about 1:30 a.m. Monday that signaled the fourth night of the city's arson rampage... Hours before the fires began, U.S. State Department officials had alerted authorities to a man connected to arson fires in Germany, according to law enforcement sources. The man had recently made a scene at a Los Angeles Immigration Court hearing and looked much like a "person of interest" caught earlier on a surveillance tape in a Hollywood parking structure. Law enforcement sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect, 24-year-old German citizen Harry Burkhart, has lived in Southern California for the last several years.
ShareThisObama signs police state legislation By Patrick Martin 03 Jan 2012 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on New Year's Eve... The NDAA effectively revokes the oldest democratic right, habeas corpus, which bars arbitrary imprisonment by requiring that the government present evidence to a judge or court to justify taking a person into custody... Under the new law, the president of the United States can designate any individual, whether an American citizen, resident alien, or citizen of any other country, to be arrested and detained for life by the US military. Even more ominously, Obama has already asserted an even more drastic power--the "right" to assassinate any American citizen designated by the president as an "enemy combatant," without trial or charge.
ShareThisFirst US-led soldier killed in 2012 03 Jan 2012 A US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, marking the first NATO casualty in the war-torn country in 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced.
ShareThisJewish groups get most money from federal security grants 02 Jan 2012 In 2010, 94 percent of DHS's nonprofit security funding went to Jewish groups that are, in the words of the Department of Homeland Security, "at high risk of terrorist attack." Last month, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program awarded three St. Louis Jewish organizations $195,000 in grants to guard against such an attack, according to the Missouri Department of Public Safety. They were the only nonprofits in St. Louis to receive funding from the program, which awarded more than 80 percent of its $20 million budget in 2011 to Jewish nonprofits around the country.
ShareThisIowa officials brace for Occupy protests 02 Jan 2012 Republicans across Iowa are bracing for trouble on Tuesday, concerned that caucus sites will be the next stop for the Occupy protesters who've staged demonstrations and disruptions at election events across the state. Occupy leaders say they're not planning to interfere with the voting, though they expect actions leading up the vote at candidates' headquarters and afterward at victory parties. Iowa state Rep. Clel Baudler (R) predicted that potential protesters at his caucus site in Adair County should expect a response that "will be swift and it will be sure. Since I'm not a state trooper anymore, they probably won't be handcuffed - but I have friends," Baudler said. "If an officer asks for help, I will help, believe me..." Baudler said. "A little thump therapy never hurt anybody." [Occupiers: Time to *thump back.*]
ShareThisNew York State Police dox By Anon4G 01 Jan 2012 OpPigRoast - New York Edition @Anon4G We are #Anonymous We are #Legion We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.
ShareThisChina calls for calm after man dies from bird flu --Shenzhen Disease Control Centre still trying to find out where man acquired virus 01 Jan 2012 Health authorities in southern China are urging residents not to panic after a man who contracted the bird flu virus died at the weekend, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday. The man, surnamed Chen, died on Saturday in Shenzhen -- a boomtown that borders Hong Kong where thousands of chickens have already been culled after three birds tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus in mid-December.
ShareThisIran successfully tests diverse missiles 02 Jan 2012 Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Islamic Republic has successfully test-fired various domestically-built missiles during ongoing naval drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Navy successfully test-fired its first home-built medium-range anti-radar missile, Mehrab, on Sunday during the "power phase" of the massive 10-day Velayat 90 war games near the entry point to the Persian Gulf. In addition to the new surface-to-air Mehrab projectile, diverse types of surface-to-surface rockets were also launched at pre-determined targets and were able to successfully strike them with precision, Sayyari said on Sunday.
ShareThis68 Occupy protesters arrested in NYC 01 Jan 2012 Police efforts to break up an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York led to 68 arrests and an angry Twitter tirade by actress Ellen Barkin Sunday. Barkin tweeted that she was upset by the aggressiveness of the police officers rounding up the demonstrators, the New York Daily News reported. The arrests came as police shut down an Occupy Wall Street march near Union Square.
ShareThisFighter jets scrambled in Calif. to intercept plane that lost contact with traffic controllers 01 Jan 2012 Federal authorities say fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a small plane that had lost contact with traffic controllers over California. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says the Cessna 172 was flying from Santa Monica to Oakland on Sunday morning when it lost radio contact with air traffic controllers somewhere near Ventura. Fergus wasn't sure if the jets, which had been scrambled from a base near Fresno had actually intercepted the Cessna, or if they had turned back once radio contact was established.
ShareThisLargest US base in Afghanistan hit 02 Jan 2012 The Taliban have attacked the largest American military base in Afghanistan on the first day of the New Year despite US efforts to negotiate with the militant group, Press TV reports. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Sunday that fatalities had been caused after the militants hit the US Bagram Air Base in the north of the Afghan capital Kabul with nine missiles. He added that they launched the attack when the US forces were celebrating the start of the new year. Afghan officials also announced that the heavily-fortified airbase had been hit by a barrage of rockets, but claimed that the attack had not caused any casualties.
ShareThisIran to test-fire long range missiles Monday: navy official 02 Jan 2012 Iran will test-fire two long range missiles on Monday during the last day of its naval exercises in the Gulf, a navy commander said. "Today we will test fire Qader and Nour long range missiles during the drill," deputy navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi told state TV.
ShareThisFour Attacks in Queens With Homemade Firebombs 02 Jan 2011 A wave of arson attacks spread across eastern Queens on Sunday night, and the police said the firebombings were being investigated as bias crimes - with Muslims as the targets. No one was hurt in the four attacks, in which homemade firebombs were apparently used. In three of the four [terrorist] attacks, the police said, Molotov cocktails were made with Starbucks bottles.
ShareThisReport of fire attack against N.Y. Islamic center 02 Jan 2012 Authorities say they are investigating a report that a Molotov cocktail was thrown at an Islamic center in New York City. The Fire Department of New York says a blaze outside the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation building in Queens was brought under control quickly after a call came in at about 9 p.m. Sunday. Police say they are also investigating whether there are possible links to fires at a deli about four miles away and two nearby homes. [Notice that when the victims of *domestic terrorism* are Muslims, the US media doesn't call it that? --LRP]
ShareThisNATO forces to attend Home Front Command drill in Israel 02 Jan 2012 NATO forces are scheduled to participate, for the first time, in a home front drill that will be held in Israel next October. The drill, dubbed "Turning Point 6," will simulate a massive earthquake leading to wide-scale destruction and large amounts of casualties. NATO Search and rescue units, as well as supporting units will arrive in Israel to take part in the drill, which will also include Israel's emergency services, the Police, Magen David Adom, fire services, as well as local authorities, governmental ministries, and representatives from the political echelon.
ShareThisThousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row 01 Jan 2012 Ancient Mayan legend says that 2012 will bring the end of the world. A small Arkansas town might have shown the first example of that as approximately 5,000 blackbirds dropped dead from the sky last night in the early hours of the new year. As if the incident was not strange enough, it is the second time in two years that the birds have fallen as the calendar year changes.
ShareThisI will bomb Iran nuclear sites: Santorum 01 Jan 2012 US Republican presidential candidate [Grade 'A' sociopath] Rick Santorum has said he would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities upon his election as president if Tehran does not open up its sites for international arms inspectors. [They already have, dirt-bag.] Talking to NBC television's "Meet the Press," Santorum said he would tell the Iranian leaders to either open up those facilities, begin to dismantle them and make them available to the inspectors - or the US would attack them. The remarks come as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities, but has never found any evidence indicating that Tehran's nuclear program has been diverted towards weapons production.
ShareThisMissile attacks on Bagram Airfield on New Year's Eve 01 Jan 2012 The U.S. Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan came under 2 missile attacks on Saturday, as the American soldiers were celebrating the New Year's Eve. Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they have fired 9 long-range missiles on the strategic base, killing dozens of soldiers. Afghan officials have confirmed the attacks, but ruled out any fatalities.
ShareThisMagnitude 7.0 quake hits eastern Japan, felt at Fukushima 01 Jan 2012 An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale on Sunday rocked eastern part of Japan and its vicinity in Honshu Island of Japan, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 14:28 local time (0528 GMT), was off Torishima Island, south of Tokyo, at a depth of 370 kilometers. Strong tremors were felt in Tokyo where Xinhua's office building swayed for a while. The jolt was also felt in northeastern prefectures including Miyagi and Fukushima. [HAARP is a busy little bee!]
ShareThisRash of arson fires continues, spreads across wider area --Los Angeles police and fire departments lead multi-agency campaign across county 01 Jan 2012 A rash of arson fires in the dark of night set Los Angeles on edge over New Year's Eve, and authorities deployed hundreds of extra firefighters, patrol cars, undercover officers and helicopters to stop the attacks. On Saturday night, firefighters rushed to multiple fires, quickly extinguishing a vehicle fire in a Hollywood carport and responding to another in the massive parking structure at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
ShareThisProtesters Surge Back Into Zuccotti Park --At least one police officer fired an arch of pepper spray into the crowd behind the barricades. 01 Jan 2012 More than 500 people associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in Zuccotti Park on Saturday and, in a return to scenes from earlier in the year, the evening began with the sound of drumming and calls of the familiar slogan, "We are the 99 percent" - and it ended with torn-down barricades and a scuffle with police officers. Just after 10:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, officers carried a person out of the park, prompting protesters to follow behind them, shouting "Shame!" About 20 minutes later, a group of protesters grabbed some of the metal barricades that surround the park and began piling them inside. As they gripped the barricades, police officers took hold as well, and a shoving match began, the silver bars trapped in between.
ShareThisMan found with explosives at Midland International Airport --Explosives were in military-grade wrapping 31 Dec 2011 One man was being held in FBI custody Saturday afternoon after security at Midland International Airport found explosives in his carry-on bag and the terminal was shut down for an hour. The suspect is active military and the explosives were found in his carry-on bag by Transportation Security Administration officers while going through the X-ray machine, Midland police said. The incident happened at 9:26 a.m. Saturday.
ShareThisBritish soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan 31 Dec 2011 A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. The serviceman, from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in a blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province yesterday.
ShareThisNY ramps up security for Times Square bash 31 Dec 2011 New York New York City police are gearing up for a massive security operation as the Big Apple prepares to usher in the New Year with a party expected to attract over one million revellers to Times Square. Thousands of police officers, including 1,550 newly minted graduates of the police academy, will take part in an operation New York police commissioner Ray Kelly said is the "biggest" of the year for the force. "Our helicopters will be up in the air and checking the 200-block area around Times Square," Kelly told the CNN television network on Friday. "Everyone that enters the area will have to go through a magnetometry check." Horse-mounted police officers, bomb-sniffing dogs and police patrol boats are also part of the security deployment. "We have heavy weapons response teams that are in, you know, appropriate locations," Kelly said
ShareThisRussia denies radiation leak in nuclear sub blaze 01 Jan 2012 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation after a nuclear submarine caught fire during repairs in the Arctic, injuring at least nine people. The blaze, believed to have been started by a welding lamp igniting rubbish and wooden scaffolding next to the craft, raged for nine hours at a shipyard in the Murmansk region. Russian officials were quick to announce there had been no radiation leak from the nuclear sub, named Yekaterinburg, after the flames were extinguished.
ShareThisLos Angeles rocked by three dozen arson car fires --Authorities: Spate of apparently related arson fires triggered broad local and federal response 31 Dec 2011 A rash of arson fires in Los Angeles that has seen more than 30 cars torched in recent days had authorities on the lookout for at least one suspect on Saturday, amid fears more blazes could result in serious injury. Los Angeles police stepped up patrols, and the city fire department planned to maintain a command post for the New Year's weekend in an area where many of the blazes have occurred.
ShareThisIt's the Obusha holiday weekend bad news dump: Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill 31 Dec 2011 President Barack Obama on Saturday reluctantly signed a defense authorization bill, saying he was concerned about some in Congress who want to restrict options used by counterterrorism officials. The House approved the bill on December 14, and a 86-13 vote in the Senate the next day completed the necessary congressional action. At issue was the president's authority in deciding whether people detained in terrorism investigations would be held in military or civilian custody.
ShareThis4.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Ohio --Area has experienced at least 10 minor quakes in 2011 31 Dec 2011 The latest in a series of minor earthquakes in northeast Ohio hit on Saturday. The 4.0 magnitude quake struck Saturday afternoon in McDonald, outside of Youngstown, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Many of the quakes have struck near an injection well used to dispose of brine water that's a byproduct of oil and gas drilling. Thousands of gallons of brine are injected into the well daily, and much of it is shipped in from out of state. Its owner, Northstar Disposal Services LLC, has agreed to stop injecting brine into the earth as a precaution while authorities assess any potential links to the quakes.
ShareThis'Iran to expand presence in int'l waters' 31 Dec 2011 Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the country's naval forces plan to develop their presence in international waters, Press TV reports. "Under the international law and as maintained by our leader (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei) we have no intention to march into any country, but we are determined to make our presence felt in international waters," said Sayyari. He also spoke of the Iranian Jamaran destroyer, which has recently finished its 70-day mission to the Mediterranean Sea, saying the military ship will have future missions to the Atlantic Ocean as well.
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