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Wednesday 15 December 2010

Counter-terrorism review at nuclear plants - Crime, UK - The Independent

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Counter-terrorism review at nuclear plants - Crime, UK - The Independent: "secret counter-terrorism review of Britain's nuclear power plants is under way after fears arose over safety at the giant Sellafield reprocessing site.
Officials at HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, which is responsible for assessing the work of police forces across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have begun an urgent assessment.
It is understood their work will cover the protection of pipelines, oil refineries and other key parts of national infrastructure but will focus on Sellafield.
The Cumbria site includes a £120 million bunker that will eventually store 100 tonnes of raw plutonium as well as redundant facilities built as part of early nuclear defence work.
Concerns about protecting the plant may have come to light during an exercise in which special forces posed as terrorists to test security, according to The Times newspaper.
Officers at Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, which operates the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, have been kept up to date on the progress of the review.
The ongoing review will be discussed during a meeting between officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and members of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary Authority today.
They include retired police chief and former Association of Chief Police Officers chairman Sir Chris Fox, who now leads the authority, and Tony Regan, its executive director."

Al-Qaida planned to bomb Manchester, court hears | UK news | guardian.co.uk

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Al-Qaida planned to bomb Manchester, court hears UK news guardian.co.uk: "UK-based al-Qaida operative planned a bomb attack on Manchester city centre as part of a terrorist plot targeting the UK, Norway and the US, a court heard today.
Abid Naseer's cell probably intended to attack St Ann's Square or the Arndale shopping centre, City of Westminster magistrates court, in central London, was told.
The 24-year-old faces extradition to the US to stand trial on allegations of providing material support to al-Qaida, conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaida and conspiracy to use a destructive device.
David Perry QC, for the US authorities, said: 'The allegation is that the defendant was an al-Qaida operative who participated in a conspiracy to attack western interests by the use of explosive devices.
'A wide international conspiracy was conceived by the al-Qaida external operations leader in Pakistan and the conspiracy extended to planning attacks in the UK, Norway and the United States of America.
'The conduct alleged against this particular defendant arises from his alleged involvement between September 2008 and April 2009 in an al-Qaida cell operating in the UK in which the participants conspired to conduct a terrorist attack between 15 April and 20 April 2009 in Manchester city centre, most likely in the vicinity of St Ann's Square or the Arndale shopping centre.'"

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Suspended three-month sentence for US Iraq veteran

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Suspended three-month sentence for US Iraq veteran: "American military contractor held in prison for two-and-a-half months for carrying weapons parts on a plane was yesterday given a suspended three-month jail term and a Dh15,000 fine.
The contractor, Nicholas Moody, was arrested at Abu Dhabi International Airport on September 29 after customs officers found the parts in his hand baggage.
Security officials found four pieces related to a rifle, including a gun-cleaning brush and a front grip. The parts were not considered dangerous.
The former US soldier, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, had been travelling from Iraq. He stopped in Abu Dhabi for a day before a scheduled trip to the United States.
Through a translator, Chief Justice Shehab al Hammadi, of the State Security Court, told Mr Moody that he was free to go, but if he were arrested again, he would have to serve his sentence.
The parts 'could not make a weapon', Mr Moody said after the hearing. 'That is why I didn't think twice.'
Of prison he said: 'It has been ... tough. I was treated nicely, but it is not a good place to be.' He said he was going back to the United States 'as soon as possible'.
State Security Court verdicts are final and cannot be appealed."

Why are British Universities Producing Islamic Terrorists?

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Why are British Universities Producing Islamic Terrorists?: "Iraqi-born Taimour Abdulwahab Al-Abdaly became the latest Islamic terrorist to have passed through the British university system on December 11th, 2010, when the former University of Bedfordshire student blew himself up in a Stockholm street. Last year's failed plane bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (University College London), was said to have become radicalised while studying just a little further south in the capital. British universities are under suspicion of allowing themselves to become breeding grounds for Islamic radicalism. Is it coincidental, or is there something about the university system that provides a fertile environment for brainwashing fundamentalists."

Sweden suicide bomber: terrorist who dreamed of Judgment Day on Facebook - Telegraph

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Sweden suicide bomber: terrorist who dreamed of Judgment Day on Facebook - Telegraph: "Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly was also a regular user of the social networking site Facebook.
He was searching online for a second bride when he killed himself.
The Iraqi-born father of two described himself as a Sunni Muslim who hoped any potential wife would be a “strong believer” striving for “jannah” – paradise."

Soldier to be repatriated today (From Swindon Advertiser)

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Soldier to be repatriated today (From Swindon Advertiser): "body of a British Army paratrooper killed in an apparent friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan will be repatriated through Wootton Bassett today.
New Zealander Private John 'Jack' Howard died while on patrol in Helmand Province on December 5.
Pte Howard, 23, from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade's Reconnaissance Force on his second tour in Afghanistan.
He was on a patrol six miles south-west of the provincial capital of Helmand Province, Laskar Gah, when he was fatally wounded.
Initial reports suggested he could have been hit by cannon fire from a low-flying US plane, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The MoD has launched a full investigation into the incident, which military experts suggested could have been a case of 'misidentification'."

Canada ponders releasing soldiers wounded in Afghanistan from military

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Canada ponders releasing soldiers wounded in Afghanistan from military: "Canadian Forces will review the files of up to 50 soldiers wounded during the Afghan war to determine whether they should be allowed to continue to serve or be released from the military.
The administrative review is expected to start in the spring but sources say as many as 18 of the soldiers, some severely wounded, could be asked to leave.
Rear-Admiral Andy Smith, chief of military personnel, confirmed the reviews will take place but he said it is too early to determine the outcome.
'Those who are wounded in action represent a special set of people who have gone out there and done the business and merit the full compassion of the institution and the country,' he said.
But Smith said that the Canadian Forces still adhere to the principle of universality of service, which dictates that all members must be fit and capable of deploying on operations."
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