-----Original Message----- From: Pepijn Helgers [mailto:phelgers@community-research.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:14 AM To: List Server Subject: Terrorism Update - November 21, 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. Wednesday, November 21, 2001 Americas 11/21 (CNN) A 94-year-old woman who lives alone in a small Connecticut town is in critical condition with inhalation anthrax, according to Gov. John Rowland and a spokeswoman at the hospital where the woman is being treated. http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/11/21/anthrax.connecticut/index.ht ml 11/21 (MSNBC) A Chilean judge has charged a former government agent with sending a letter bomb to the U.S. Embassy in Santiago after the Sept. 11 attacks and another former agent with obstructing justice in the case. http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=16811 Europe 11/21 (New York Times) An explosion ripped through a Macedonian town late Tuesday, just hours after the U.N. war crimes tribunal announced plans to investigate both government soldiers and ethnic Albanian rebels. http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=16820 11/21 (CNN) The leader of eight suspected Islamic terrorists arrested this month by Spanish authorities met with key figures involved in the September 11 hijackings, including some alleged terrorists still on the run, according to a court document. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/20/inv.spain.terrorism/index.html 11/21 (CNN) A booby-trapped banner with a slogan urging Basque separatists to kill police exploded as officers tried to remove it from a park in Bilbao. http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=16822 Middle East 11/21 (New York Times) To support their terrorism, they skimmed money from a charity for Muslim orphans in Albania and robbed an Italian diplomat's home in Jordan. They acquired or forged seals from universities, border guards and the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry. http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=16815 11/20 (AP) Jordanian authorities are holding two men accused of planning to blow up resort hotels near the ancient town of Petra in a plot that sources close to the investigation say is linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011120/10/int-jordan-attacks Asia 11/21 (Reuters) Japan, worried about the potential for a biological attack using the smallpox virus, is considering a joint project with the United States to develop vaccines for the disease and is preparing legal steps that would help prevent its spread, government sources said on Wednesday. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011121/wl/attack_japan_smallpox_dc_1.html 11/21 (MSNBC) The U.S. ambassador to India said Wednesday that Washington and New Delhi were on the brink of a major relationship and pledged the anti-terrorism campaign would not be ended until terrorism had ended against both countries. http://www.msnbc.com/news/649816.asp Africa 11/20 (MSNBC) A bomb ripped through a bus station in the Algerian capital during morning rush hour on Tuesday, injuring 30 people, five of them seriously, the nation's official news agency said. http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap11-20-014449.asp?reg=MIDEAST To unsubscribe from the listserv, send an email to listproc@private, in the message portion type unsubscribe odp "your name"
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