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  • August 2008

    • Drug Smugglers' Subs Could Open US to Terrorists

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 17, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Drug Smugglers' Subs Could Open US to Terrorists

      (Newser) - Semi-submersible boats used to smuggle drugs into the US could provide a path into the country for terrorists or their weapons, the Boston Globe reports. “If drug cartels can ship up to 10 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible, they can clearly ship or rent space to a terrorist organization,” wrote a Navy official in a military journal. More »

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      terrorist  • drug trafficking  • smuggling  • submarine  • weapons of mass destruction  • drug trade  • boat  • submersibles

    • Bush Forged Evidence for War: Book

      CBS  |  Aug 5, 08 8:44 AM CDT

      Bush Forged Evidence for War: Book

      (Newser) - The Bush administration forged a letter linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks, author Ron Suskind alleges in his new book. In December 2003, a letter surfaced from Saddam’s intelligence chief, describing a meeting between Saddam and one 9/11 hijacker. The letter was actually drafted by the White House, Suskind’s sources say. The intelligence chief, then in CIA custody, was then paid $5 million to handwrite and backdate it, he claims. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • weapons of mass destruction  • forgery

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for Nuke Attack in Online Video

      Reuters  |  May 28, 08 8:52 AM CDT

      Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for Nuke Attack in Online Video

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda supporters will use an Internet video to call for the use of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in a new attack on civilians in the West, reports ABC News. FBI officials have alerted US law enforcement of the tape, said a spokesman, but emphasized that there is no evidence of a specific plot. More »

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      Israel  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • FBI  • War on Terror  • Osama bin Laden  • nuclear weapons  • Department of Homeland Security  • WMD  • weapons of mass destruction  • Ayman al-Zawahiri

  • January 2008

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