CRIME FW: Terrorism Update - November 19, 2001

From: Goerling, Richard J. LT (TAD to CGIC Portland) (RIGoerling@private)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 07:53:15 PST

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    From: Pepijn Helgers [mailto:phelgers@community-research.com]
    Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:37 AM
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    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
    
    
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