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Friday
Sep052008

Hezbollah Operating Subs Smuggling Weapons And Drugs Into United States

Photo by Lalla Ali




Hezbollah has been operating an increasingly large number of mini-subs in the Caribbean and have been spotted heading near Souther and Western areas of the United States.

The Navy has stepped up patrols of the areas suspecting they are smuggling weapons into the United States, and the U.S. Cost Gard has encountered 27 such vessels.

The Navy is reporting that the number of these subs being operated by Hezbollah is up from about three in 2006 to a reported 30 in 2007.

This is a very real threat, especially since Hezbollah receives funding and orders directly from Iran. It could be a cause for extreme concern if Israel or the United States does take some type of military action against the regime or its nuclear facilities as some are suggesting is a possibility.

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Friday
Aug222008

Alleged Terrorist Confirms Liquid Bomb Theory

The confession of alleged terrorist Raziuddin Naser has confirmed that jehadis are planning to launch large-scale chemical strikes across the country.

Naser was nabbed in Goa early this year when he was trying to hijack a tanker containing 20,000 litres of hydrogen peroxide.

Documents available with MiD DAY indicate that Naser had undergone 45 days of extensive training in the use of destructive chemicals at Dera Ismail Khan in Karachi, Pakistan in November last year.

Forty other trainees also underwent similar training in Pakistan. Naser told officials in Mumbai that he was also taught how to use hydrogen peroxide - one of the most commonly available chemicals - to carry out blasts in the country.

A senior Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officer said terrorists are changing from explosives like RDX to locally available chemicals so that they are not linked to militant organizations across the border. "It is intended to give a more local look to the sinister plans," he added.

The police have launched a massive manhunt for the 40 jehadis. The police suspect that Abdus Shuban Qureshi alias Dr Taufique Billal could be the man behind the planned chemical strikes. "Taufique is a master in the use of chemical and computer software," informed a senior ATS officer.

Incidentally, Toufique has been named the key mastermind in the Ahmedabad blasts.

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