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Officials Investigate Threat on Fort Benning

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:57:21 +0000

It’s being reported that on Thursday a solider at Fort Benning discovered a suspicious package and a note threatening a massacre similar to the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood. The anonymous note and package – reported by The Army Times as a box of 20 hollow-point bullets — were found Thursday morning outside a motor [...]

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Officials Investigate Threat on Fort Benning

NC Reports Tamiflu Resistant Cases of Swine Flu

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:12:47 +0000

Not a good sign in the fight against Swine Flu. Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that’s resistant to the drug Tamiflu. It’s the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S. Health officials said Friday the four cases were reported at Duke [...]

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NC Reports Tamiflu Resistant Cases of Swine Flu

New York Tests Xbox-Based Emergency Alert System

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:01 +0000

An interesting concept is currently being tested in New York. Gamers used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities, in virtual form may get a dose of reality in the middle of their game. Gamers in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite video console. My son’s [...]

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New York Tests Xbox-Based Emergency Alert System

Americans Expect Islamic Terror Strike Within 6 Months

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:53:40 +0000

According to a new poll, two-thirds of Americans expect an Islamic suicide bomb attack on American soil within six months. Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies said one of the most shocking findings of his recent polling on the subject was that 65 percent are expecting an attack within six months. “Some of the communication between Fort Hood [...]

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Americans Expect Islamic Terror Strike Within 6 Months

Las Vegas Urges Officials To Cancel Mock Nuclear Blast

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:47:55 +0000

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is asking the Department of Homeland Security to cancel it’s plans for a simulated nuclear explosion scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next May. In a letter Wednesday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Rossi Ralenkotter said the premise of an upcoming [...]

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Las Vegas Urges Officials To Cancel Mock Nuclear Blast

U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From Skies

Homeland Security NTARC News — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:06 +0000

I’m not sure how one can ever place a price tag on preventing another 9/11…or worse. The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style terrorism attack, an assessment aimed at determining whether the commitment of jet fighters, other aircraft and [...]

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U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From Skies

Swine Flu Mutation Concerns Norwegian Scientists

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:59 +0000

As with the story yesterday from the Ukraine, this is something to keep an eye on. The primary concern over Swine Flu is it’s potential to mutate into a much more serious disease. Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two [...]

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Swine Flu Mutation Concerns Norwegian Scientists

Charge Dropped Against Woman Arrested Near ANG Base

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:57:12 +0000

27 East News reports that the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has dropped a trespassing charge filed against an East Quogue woman who was arrested in July for taking pictures at the Air National Guard base in Westhampton with two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in her car. The misdemeanor charge was dropped [...]

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Charge Dropped Against Woman Arrested Near ANG Base

Syria Suspected Of Concealing Nuclear Activity

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:17:17 +0000

It appears Iran may not be the only nuclear concern in the middle east. WTOP reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency ‘IAEA’ and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair [...]

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Syria Suspected Of Concealing Nuclear Activity

Bin-Laden’s Son Would Like UN Job

Homeland Security NTARC News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:10:51 +0000

The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and work for the United Nations. “I do not believe that I would be a good politician – I have a habit of speaking the truth, even when it does not serve me well. But [...]

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Bin-Laden’s Son Would Like UN Job

Black Lung Virus Mystery In Ukraine

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:56:28 +0000

According to this news report, televised on Russia Today, scientists now suspect that swine flu virus may have mutated in Ukraine. Some doctors say that flu in the country has shown unprecedented symptoms, creating the effect of “burnt” or black lungs. Sources in the report say that while scientists are running tests of the virus samples [...]

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Black Lung Virus Mystery In Ukraine

X-Flex Bomb-proof Wallpaper Could Save Your Life

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:45:30 +0000

X-flex bomb-proof wallpaper is one of the most incredible inventions I’ve seen. Imagine a kevlar-type wallpaper that makes rooms and buildings, nearly indestructible. X-Flex is a new kind of wallpaper: one that’s quite possibly stronger than the wall it’s on. Invented by Berry Plastics in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this lifesaving [...]

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X-Flex Bomb-proof Wallpaper Could Save Your Life

Taliban Threatens To Poison Waziristan Water Supply

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:22:06 +0000

Pakistani Taliban have threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous materials to pressure the army to stop. The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala received the threat from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A letter, faxed to the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, said the Taliban had procured 200 litres [...]

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Taliban Threatens To Poison Waziristan Water Supply

FEMA Conducting Preparedness Drill At Nuclear Plant

Homeland Security NTARC News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:09:39 +0000

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency will evaluate a Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County. The week-long exercise, which began on November 16, will test the ability of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond to an emergency at the nuclear facility. Held every other year, [...]

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FEMA Conducting Preparedness Drill At Nuclear Plant

Masked Gunmen Escape Hostage Taking Incident

Homeland Security NTARC News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:50 +0000

The two armed men who tied up hostages and attempted to rob a Venice T.J. Maxx store on Tuesday night appear to have fled before police arrived. .. And that’s where the story takes a strange twist. Police refused Wednesday morning to release any description of the two men who went into the store at closing [...]

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Masked Gunmen Escape Hostage Taking Incident