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National: [San Francisco Chronicle] CALIFORNIA - Bomb found underneath Santa Cruz police car “unidentified officer found the explosive device about 8 a.m. underneath the black-and-white Santa Cruz patrol car parked in the officer’s driveway” http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/31/BAGTTOVK1I25.DTL [AP] OKLAHOMA - FBI Offers Reward In Bomb Scare “FBI on Friday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who placed an explosive device outside a Jewish temple last week in Muskogee” http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=123922 [News-Gazette] ILLINOIS - Russians arrested at Tilton DMV “the incident remains under investigation by the secretary of state police and the FBI” http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/03/30/russians_arrested_at_tilton_dmv [City news] CANADA - OPP investigate man portraying himself as police officer [At several hospitals] “He’s been to seven ERs within 24 hours and the real cops have no idea what his motive may be or where he got his hands on what looks to be a real uniform” http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_9298.aspx See also http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070330/fake_officer_070330/20070330?hub=TorontoHome http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070330_171048_5068 [Ynet] IRAN - IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike “Head of military intelligence says Iran, Syria and Hizbullah preparing for possible confrontation with US this summer” http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3383787,00.html [UPI] USA - Military intelligence pulled from NCTC ops center “Three representatives of the Defense Intelligence Agency were withdrawn from the operations center last November” http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20070329-060337-4271r [AJC] GEORGIA - Suspicious chemicals found in Cobb http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/copbriefs/entries/2007.04.01.149227.html [Evening Sun] PENNSYLVANIA - Pipe bomb found at area reservoir http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_5575844 [Grand Rapids Press] MICHIGAN - Fire station evacuated after bomb scare http://www.mlive.com/newslogs/grpress/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mlive_grandrapids/archives/2007_04.html#246856 [KVUE] TEXAS - Suspicious letter found at Austin IRS building “after several IRS employees began experiencing respiratory problems after opening an envelope” http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/040207kvueIRSbuilding-cb.25b4a5f2.html [St. Louis Post Dispatch] MISSOURI - Pipe bomb disarmed in Franklin County [Under bridge] “Authorities in Franklin County today disarmed a pipe bomb found under a bridge on Highway O in Catawissa” http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/6CE7E7D4D6FFA4A8862572B1006D1788?OpenDocument [Fayetteville Observer] NORTH CAROLINA - Report of suspicious man leads to store evacuation “someone reported seeing a man run away from a van parked outside the store” “caller said the man who ran from the van appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent” http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=258835 [AP] VIRGINIA - Students complain of irritant, hospitalized as precaution “Some folks experienced some type of signs or symptoms associated with a possible irritant in the air” http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va-brf—sickstudents0403apr03,0,4315309.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia [KOB TV] NEW MEXICO - Emergency preparedness trailer stolen in Albuquerque “The trailer contained training materials, including decontamination showers, personal protective equipment, training mannequins and a secure box of quarter-sized samples of plutonium, cesium and strontium” http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=31440&cat=NMTOPSTORIES [Michelle Malkin] USA - Whitewashing Jihad In The Schools http://www.vdare.com/malkin/070403_jihad.htm [CBC News ] CANADA - Crude bomb targets Montreal Jewish community centre “Montreal police are investigating a small bomb that exploded in front of the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre on Tuesday night” http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/04/04/qc-benweider20070404.html [WGAL] PENNSYLVANIA - School Evacuated; 21 People Hospitalized [Cause unknown] “Officials said 21 people were hospitalized as a precaution. Of those, 19 were students. Those affected were treated for minor throat irritation, hyperventilating and anxiety” http://www.wgal.com/news/11520194/detail.html [WBZ] MASS - 2 Boys Hurt Making Bomb From YouTube Video http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_094105254.html [Reuters] VENEZUELA - British, German embassies evacuated in Venezuela “The British and German embassies in Venezuela were evacuated Monday from the building housing them both in Caracas after a bomb threat to the British embassy” http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN02432957.html [Daily Star] BANGLADESH - Countrywide security alert “Security measures were stepped up and members of the law enforcement agencies have been asked to remain alert on suspicion of reprisal attacks from militant outfits” “An official of Parbatipur Railway Junction said law enforcers have been frisking passengers and checking their luggage at the station as well as in the carriages to pre-empt any subversive acts” http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/31/d7033101085.htm [Kashmir Observer] INDIA - Grenade Attack on PDP Workers in Kishtwar “At least four persons, including two police personnel, were injured when suspected militants lobbed a hand grenade near Police Station Kishtwar” http://www.kashmirobserver.com/index.php?id=2163 [Los Angeles Times] IRAQ - Car bomb in Iraq kills five hospital visitors “As people flocked Saturday to a hospital in a Shiite Muslim district of the capital to visit loved ones injured in recent attacks, a car bomb tore through the crowd of well-wishers, killing five people and wounding two dozen others” http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4678362.html [Reuters ] IRAQ - Tal Afar bomb killed 152, deadliest of war http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=141232&version=1&template_id=42&parent_id=18 [Reuters] IRAN - Explosives rock British Embassy in Tehran “Iranian protestors shout “Death to Britain”, hurl stones and home-made explosive devices at embassy; no one hurt “ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3383823,00.html [Zee News] PAKISTAN - Militants pound Pak security forces with rockets “Earlier on Wednesday, the police recovered a rocket after an intelligence tip-off that was set to be fired at the Turbat Airport in the province” “The rocket was about to fire at the runway of the airport,” police said, adding that experts of the bomb disposal squad defused the rocket.” http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=363339&archisec=SAS&archisubsec= [Sri Lanka Army] SRI LANKA - LTTE Suspect With Micro Pistol, Hand Grenade & Cyanide Arrested http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=4891 [AP] AFGHANISTAN - Suicide car bomb kills 5 civilians in eastern Afghanistan “A suicide car bomber blew himself up Sunday near an Afghan army convoy in eastern Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding six people, including five soldiers” http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/01/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Suicide-Blast.php [RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - Two persons injured in roadside bomb explosion in North Caucasus “Two persons have been injured after a self-made roadside bomb went off in Ingushetia in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region” http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070401/62906816.html [The Peninsula] PAKISTAN / UZBEKISTAN - Pak tribesmen battle Uzbek Qaeda fighters “Al Qaeda-linked militants and Pakistani tribesmen fired rockets, mortar shells and automatic weapons yesterday in a region where officials say up to 177 people have been killed since last week” “Two children were killed overnight when a mortar bomb hit their home in Ghawakhawa, a village a few kilometres (miles) west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan” http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World%5FNews&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=April2007&file=World_News20070401114156.xml [Cyprus Mail] CYPRUS - Explosives find “A 45-Year-Old from Syria was arrested yesterday after he was found in possession of a bag full of explosives” “The explosives, described by police as “powerful enough to blow up a whole block”, were found well hidden in the house of the 45-year old’s wife. Half the explosive material found was TNT. A number of fire crackers and other illegal material were found” http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=31631&cat_id=1 [Reuters] SOMALIA - Mogadishu under barrage of attacks “Mortar bombs crashed into central Mogadishu yesterday and Uganda said it had lost its first peacekeeper there as battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against Islamist insurgents raged for a fourth day” http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Somalia/10115327.html [Xinhua] SPAIN - Spain police arrest two more Basque militants http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/02/content_5922769.htm [Rediff] INDIA - Militants kill Congress leader “Late on Saturday night, militants shot and killed a senior ruling Congress party leader in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district” http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/01jk.htm [AFP] THAILAND - Four Buddhists shot dead in southern Thailand “Suspected Islamic rebels shot dead four Buddhists while three others were injured in separate attacks in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south” http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/267688/1/.html [AFP] AMSTERDAM - Explosion vor Gerichtsgebäude in Amsterdam kurz vor Prozessbeginn [Several explosions near Amsterdam courts] http://de.news.yahoo.com/02042007/286/kurzberichte-explosion-gerichtsgeb-ude-amsterdam-kurz-prozessbeginn.html [Asiantribune.com] FRANCE - LTTE establishments in Paris raided: 17 LTTE members including Parithy - Head of LTTE in France, arrested http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5176 [Focus] SOMALIA - Car Bomb explodes in front of hotel in Mogadishu “There are casualties, but their exact number was not announced. Official government representatives were accommodated in the hotel” http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n109245 [Washington Post] IRAN - Former FBI Agent on Private Business in Iran Missing http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200653.html?nav=rss_world [Reuters] IRAQ - Truck bomb in Iraq’s Kirkuk kills 12 “A suicide truck bomb killed 12 people and wounded around 150 others in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday in the latest attack by insurgents using explosives-laden trucks” http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-02T152548Z_01_PAR340730_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-COL.XML&archived=False [Daily Star] BANGLADESH - 9 more JMB militants held http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/03/d70403013120.htm [Xinhua] THAILAND - Bomb attack maims policewoman in Thai South “A timing bomb planted under a policewoman’s car by Thai southern insurgents exploded before a police school in Thai southern province of Yala on Tuesday morning” http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/03/content_5929088.htm [AP] SERBIA - Trouble brewing as radicals rise up in Serbia’s Muslim-populated south “The discovery of a mountain cave packed with plastic explosives, masks and machine guns – and the recent arrests of men devoted to radical Islam – have fueled fears that extremists are trying to carve out a stronghold in this remote corner of Europe” http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070403-1020-serbia-riseoftheradicals.html [Dawn] PAKISTAN - Another music shop blown up in Kohat http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/03/nat22.htm [AP] AFGHANISTAN - 13 Taliban militants, 1 police killed in violence in southern Afghanistan “and U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 10 militants and captured two others during a search Tuesday of a suspected Taliban compound in volatile southern Afghanistan” http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php [AP] THAILAND - 5 killed by suspected Muslim militants in southern Thailand “Three policemen died in a gunbattle with suspected Muslim militants in southern Thailand on Tuesday “ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php [Radio Australia] INDONESIA - Suspected JI militants arrested in Indonesia “A group of suspected Muslim militants linked to Jemaah Islamiah have been arrested in a joint operation between Australian and Indonesian Police. One of the eight suspects arrested is believed to have been involved with the bombing of the Australian Embassy. The Australian Federal Police say the group had access to improvised bombs, explosives and high-powered weapons” http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1888998.htm [KUNA] PAKISTAN - Pakistani tribesmen kill six foreign militants near Afghan border http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1721301&Language=en [AP] PHILIPPINES - Rebels Attack Philippine Mining Company “In an early morning raid on Filminera Resources Corp. in Masbate province’s Aroroy town, 220 miles southeast of Manila, about 60 New People’s Army rebels disarmed guards and razed five buildings and heavy equipment. They left improvised land mines and grenades as they retreated” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17931449/for/cnbc/ [Channel4.com] UNITED KINGDOM / IRAN - Blair: next 48 hours ‘critical’ “Tony Blair says the next 48 hours are fairly critical as the Foreign Secretary warns there wouldn’t be a swift resolution to securing the release of 15 British sailors seized by Iran” http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/blair+next+48+hours+critical/390247 [AP] INDIA - Suspected rebels explode grenade in India’s remote northeast, wounding 12 “A suspected rebel exploded a grenade in a crowded market in India’s troubled northeast on Tuesday, wounding 12 people http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/asia/AS-GEN-India-Rebel-Bombing.php [KUNA] IRAQ - Iraqi civilian, policeman killed, Qaeda leaders captured “At least one Iraqi policeman and a civilian were killed in two separate incidents in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, whereas police arrested two Qaeda leaders in Tal Afar western Al-Mosul and arrested four others” http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1721219&Language=en [Vcrisis.com] VENEZUELA - 31 US citizens arrested in Venezuela ‘31 American citizens are kept incommunicado awaiting presidential orders, reported the source. It is believed that charges of spying or to be part of the CIA will be levied against them” http://vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200704031210 [Xinhua] COLOMBIA - Two police officers killed in Colombia bomb attack http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/04/content_5931971.htm [New York Times] ISRAEL - Israel Kills Palestinian Who Was Planting a Bomb “Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man today who was attempting to plant explosives in the northern Gaza Strip” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/world/middleeast/04cnd-gaza.html?_r=1&oref=slogin [Kyodo News] THAILAND - Bomb attack on mosque in Thailand injures 14 “At least 14 people were injured after unidentified assailants threw a small bomb into a mosque in Thailand’s southern province of Yala on Thursday morning” http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/402915
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