Worse than Global Warming 8/14/2007
Germans 'On Fire' Over Terror Plots Print E-mail
Written by AP   
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Germany officials are said to be so worried a terror attack will come — potentially against U.S. targets on their soil — their "hair is on fire.”
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Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned Print E-mail
Written by Jeremy Grant in Washington   
Monday, 13 August 2007
The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.
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Former CIA Director: Terrorist Strike Within U.S. Real Threat Print E-mail
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman, NewsMax   
Monday, 06 August 2007
Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey tells NewsMax in an exclusive interview that terrorists could strike the American homeland — possibly with a weapon of mass destruction — this summer or early fall.
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Lawyers' New Quarry Print E-mail
Written by Investors Businesss Daily   
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Litigation: We wondered what trial lawyers would gun for next after smoking the tobacco industry. Fast-food chains? Soft-drink bottlers? Gun makers? How about companies that contribute to . . . global warming?
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Chlorine attacks in Iraq spur warnings in US, Water-plant vigilance urged Print E-mail
Written by Charlie Savage, Globe Staff   
Monday, 23 July 2007
WASHINGTON -- A spate of deadly chlorine bomb attacks in Iraq is prompting the Bush administration to urge nearly 3,000 municipal water treatment plants in the United States to make sure their chlorine gas is well protected -- spotlighting what Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has singled out as a "gap in our system of regulation."
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Power failure leaves a large part of Barcelona without power this morning Print E-mail
Written by Diario Metro   
Sunday, 22 July 2007
[SPPI Note: Climate alarmist, James Hansen, wants to “bulldoze” down all coal-fired power plants. How irresponsible is that?]
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Hezbollah: Rockets Can Reach All Israel Print E-mail
Written by AP   
Sunday, 22 July 2007
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Monday his group possesses an arsenal of rockets that can reach all of Israel, including Tel Aviv.
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Mob wars hit new heights in Israel Print E-mail
Written by Aron Heller, AP Writer   
Saturday, 21 July 2007
JERUSALEM - When an explosion goes off on a busy Israeli street these days, it seems as likely to be a mob hit as a Palestinian attack. Rival underworld gangs are waging bloody battles for control of gambling and protection rackets, targeting each other with bullets, bombs and anti-tank missiles.
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Townsend - U.S. in 'Heightened Threat' Environment Print E-mail
Written by NewsMax.com Wires   
Monday, 16 July 2007
WASHINGTON -- The United States faces an increased threat of attack from al Qaeda, which will likely try to use battle-hardened associates in Iraq to strike inside the United States, an intelligence report warned on Tuesday.
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Terror Commander - U.S. Attack Will Dwarf London Bombings Print E-mail
Written by Brian Ross & Maddy Sauer Report   
Thursday, 12 July 2007
As senior intelligence and law enforcement officials met again today in the White House Situation Room to deal with the "summer terror threat," a top terror commander said an attack was coming that would dwarf the failed bombings in London and Glasgow.
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Al-Qaida Works to Plant U.S. Operatives Print E-mail
Written by Katherine Shrader, AP Writer   
Thursday, 12 July 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) - Al-Qaida is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment, The Associated Press has learned.
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$80 a barrel prediction as oil soars again Print E-mail
Written by Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian   
Thursday, 12 July 2007
The price of oil jumped to an 11-month high yesterday, moving even closer to record levels hit last summer as fears mounted over shortages in supply.
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Time running out for Iran strike Print E-mail
Written by Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST   
Monday, 09 July 2007
Predicting that sanctions will ultimately fail to stop Teheran's nuclear program, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of Military Intelligence's Research Division, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that time to launch an effective military strike against Iran's nuclear installations was running out.
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Al Qaeda No. 2 Makes More Threats Against the U.K. Print E-mail
Written by Hoda Osman & Maddy Sauer Report   
Monday, 09 July 2007
In his second statement this week, al Qaeda top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri is threatening more attacks in the United Kingdom.
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