Tag: Counter-Terrorism: Page 6

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Panel Tells TREXPO Audience that What Happens on the Border Affects Entire Country

Speaking to a POLICE-TREXPO East audience at Chantilly's Dulles Convention Center, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzales of Zapata County, Texas, said the influence of Mexican drug cartels and human trafficking gangs is now nationwide.

October 27, 2010

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Global Terror, Local Targets

The following is a quick look at where and how some of the leading experts on terrorism believe our enemies may strike. It's in no particular order because each scenario is a nightmare, and how do you rate a nightmare?

September 29, 2010

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Death by Political Correctness

A lot has changed since 9/11. But one thing remains the same: There are a lot of bad people out there who want to make us bleed. The United States is still a very soft and juicy target.

September 12, 2010

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Steven Emerson to Give Keynote Address at POLICE-TREXPO East

Steven Emerson, executive director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, will give a keynote presentation on "The Islamic Terrorist Threat: Violent and Stealth Jihad" Thursday Aug. 19, 0800-1000 hours at POLICE-TREXPO East in Chantilly, Va.

July 14, 2010

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POLICE-TREXPO East Takes on Terrorism and Border Unrest

POLICE-TREXPO East first response training conference and expo will take place Aug. 17-20 in Chantilly, Va. The event will feature a keynote address on the Islamic terrorist threat, a panel on U.S. border threats, classes taught by experts in close-quarter combat and law enforcement tactics and techniques, and a world-class exposition.

July 7, 2010

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Officer Who Made Case Against Suspected N.J. Terrorists Part of NYPD's Secret Unit

The young police officer credited with making the case against two New Jersey men nabbed on their way to Somalia to wage violent jihad is the latest example of the department's use of a special cadre of undercover officers to observe - and infiltrate - extremist groups in the Muslim community.

June 7, 2010

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California First Responders Test Port Terrorism Response

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger led the exercise—known as Golden Guardian—that simulated a terrorist takeover of a passenger ferry near the Port of Long Beach and an active shooter in Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach.

May 18, 2010

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Women Blow Themselves Up Too

Female suicide bombers possess an ability to insinuate themselves further into densely populated target areas than their male counterparts and kill more people, Det. Ashabi told an audience at POLICE-TREXPO West.

April 1, 2010

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L.A. Airport Police Union Urges Full-Body Scans at Checkpoints

The Los Angeles airport police union urged the federal government Monday to begin requiring full-body scans for every passenger at airport security checkpoints, saying metal detectors are no longer enough.

January 4, 2010

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Mass. Man Charged With Alleged Terror Plot to Attack U.S. Shopping Malls

A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others to support and plan violent jihad in and outside the United States, including terror plots to attack U.S. shopping malls and U.S. military in Iraq.

October 20, 2009

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Threatening Notes, Drawings Found at Minnesota Library Lead to Terrorism Charges

An Eden Prairie man has been charged with allegedly leaving threatening notes with drawings of airplanes and references to 9/11 on three days in a Hennepin County library. When interviewed by police, Abdulahi Hassan Farah told officers that the United States was attacked by terrorists before and will be attacked again, according to the criminal complaint.

September 21, 2009

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Cops, Feds Ransack Queens Storage Sites for Qaeda Bomb-Making Materials

Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York, sources said.

September 21, 2009