UK: 'Terror gang' may have been 'plotting to blow up shopping centre and nightclub'
Posted by admin / Under HomebaseDramatic daylight terror raids on a university may have been linked to a plot to blow up a shopping centre or nightclub, police fear. Students at Liverpool John Moores University watched in shock yesterday as two men were hauled outside and forced to the ground by armed police. Witnesses said the duo - students at the university's Business School - were wearing combat trousers and hiking jackets, and claimed there were rumours of 'a bomb' on the premises. (edit) The raid was one of a series carried out simultaneously across the North-West in which 12 suspects believed to be...
Al-Jazeera Coming to America - (please tell me this isn't true!)
Posted by admin / Under HomebaseThe pro-terrorist Al-Jazeera International will debut early next year as a 24-hour English-language news network headquartered in the Middle East. And efforts to bring the network to the U.S. have been "very interesting and extremely encouraging," according to Commercial Director Lindsey Oliver. At launch the network will have a staff of "hundreds," said Oliver, a former director of CNBC Europe. The advertising-supported network will operate out of four broadcast centers Washington, London, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia - and Doha, Qatar, its headquarters. The international version of Al-Jazeera, which has been accused by Washington of having an anti-American, pro-terrorist bias,...
Kerry Says (President) Bush's 'Home Base' Is Terror Issue
Posted by admin / Under HomebaseNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic White House challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) accused President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday of manipulating fears about security and terror for political gain and said he would launch a new ad blitz to introduce himself to voters. At a morning fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee (news - web sites), Kerry said "on a fair playing field in this race we're going to win" and Republicans were in trouble if he raised enough money to counter ads defining him as a waffling, tax-and-spend liberal. Kerry, who is running even with...




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