----Original Message----- From: Pepijn Helgers [mailto:phelgers@community-research.com] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:37 AM To: List Server Subject: Terrorism Update - November 19, 2001 The information in this update is found on the Internet. Points of view or opinions expressed in this update do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) or the U.S. Department of Justice. Monday, November 19, 2001 Americas 11/19 (Washington Times) Three-fifths of Americans say they would want a smallpox vaccination if it were widely available, according to an Associated Press poll that suggests continued nervousness about bioterrorism. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20011119-22315258.htm 11/19 (CNN) President Bush is to head to Reagan National Airport in suburban Washington Monday morning to sign the long-awaited aviation security bill into law. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/11/18/rec.aviation.bush/index.html 11/19 (Washington Post) Spurred by fears of bioterrorism, state legislators across the country are pushing new laws that would permit large-scale quarantine, forcible seizure of hospitals and other businesses, mandatory vaccination or treatment, and destruction of contaminated property without the owners' consent. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50435-2001Nov18.html 11/18 (KGTV) A conference in San Diego this week is focusing on the question of how to protect large crowds of people from acts of terrorism. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/kgtv/20011118/lo/979339_1.html 11/19 (New York Times) The United States has concluded that North Korea, Iraq and at least three other countries are developing germ weapons, and has decided to accuse them of violating a treaty they ratified banning such weapons, administration officials said this weekend. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/19GERM.html Europe 11/18 (CNN) A powerful explosion has ripped through the northwestern Macedonian city of Tetovo. Responsibility for the Sunday's blast was claimed by a an ethnic Albanian militant group. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/18/macedonia.blast/index.html 11/18 (CNN) Eight suspected Islamic terrorists arrested last week have been jailed by a judge who accused them of belonging to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, authorities told CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/18/inv.spain.suspects/index.html Middle East 11/19 (CNN) Jordan played a key role in thwarting terrorist attacks on two hotels in the Jordanian resort of Petra that allegedly were timed to amplify the September assaults on the United States, CNN has learned. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/11/18/inv.jordan.intelligence/index.html 11/19 (MSNBC) The Israeli army said it arrested a senior member of the militant Palestinian group Hamas on Monday in a raid on his home in the Gaza Strip. http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters11-19-050031.asp?reg=MIDEAST 11/18 (Reuters) A U.S. congressional delegation urged Lebanon Sunday to end a standoff with Washington over its Hizbollah guerrillas by reining the group in and ensuring it stays out of the U.S.-led war on terrorism. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011118/pl/attack_hizbollah_usa_dc_2.html Asia 11/19 (New York Post) U.S. and British special forces have narrowed their hunt for terror chieftain Osama bin Laden to a small area southeast of Kandahar, intelligence sources said yesterday. http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/34669.htm 11/19 (Times of India) The Pakistan-based guerrilla group Lashkar-e-Taiba vowed on Monday to continue targeting Indian forces in Kashmir as the death toll from last nights attack on an army camp rose to 19. http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=16766 This newsletter is prepared by Mr. Pepijn Helgers. To unsubscribe from the listserv, send an email to listproc@private, in the message portion type unsubscribe odp "your name"
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