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* We are all short of time these days, yet we need to keep updated on the terrorism news. The newsletter below is one of the best. Its a must read daily newsletter as far as I am concerned. Details below. Hope you find it as useful as I do. * Regards, Joe Mezz http://theMezz.com/lists http://theMezz.com/news ---- The Domestic Preparedness Support Listserv is an electronic dissemination tool designed to provide State and local agencies with information on domestic preparedness, weapons of mass destruction, and counter terrorism issues. The listserv will include a daily update on terrorism activities around the world. It will also include a semi-monthly update on domestic preparedness issues such as events, new ODP programs, Fact Sheets, and announcements. Subscribe Here: http://puborder.ncjrs.org/Listservs/Subscribe_ODP.asp Sample Issue Below (todays issue) --------------------------------------------- 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. Tuesday, April 2, 2002 America 4/2 (Washington Times) President Bush, who has long equated terrorists with those who harbor them, yesterday carved out an exception for Yasser Arafat because the Palestinian leader "has agreed to a peace process." <http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020402-99688646.htm> 4/2 (Washington Post) Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Iran, Iraq and Syria are "inspiring and financing a culture of political murder and suicide bombing," linking all three Middle Eastern nations to terrorist attacks against Israel. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48848-2002Apr1.html> 4/2 (Washington Times) The Clinton administration shut down a 1995 investigation of Islamic charities, concerned that a public probe would expose Saudi Arabia's suspected ties to a global money-laundering operation that raised millions for anti-Israel terrorists, federal officials told The Washington Times. <http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020402-86569840.htm> 4/1 (AP) Federal prosecutors said Monday that a man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to testify about a cigarette smuggling ring that allegedly funneled money, weapons and supplies to the Hezbollah terrorist group. <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020401/ap_on_re_us/hezb ollah_charlotte_3> Europe 4/1 (CNN) The Kurdish rebel group the PKK is to abandon its violent struggle against Turkey and pursue a more legitimate political route, its leader has said. <http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/03/30/turkey.pkk/index.html> Middle East 4/2 (Jerusalem Post) A major disaster was averted in downtown Jerusalem last night when a Palestinian suicide bomber heading toward the city center blew himself up in his car after being stopped by a policeman. The policeman was killed in the blast. <http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/04/02/News/News.46213.html> 4/2 (MSNBC) With its military sweep of Palestinian cities and camps, Israel has set out to hunt down hundreds of suspected militants and terrorists, among them some of Yasser Arafat�s political and security lieutenants, a senior Israeli security official said today. <http://www.msnbc.com/news/732767.asp?cp1=1> 4/2 (Washington Times) Israeli officials said yesterday they had discovered counterfeiting equipment and stacks of bogus bank notes in the basement of the Ramallah building where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been confined in his headquarters since last week. A widespread search of Ramallah also turned up a workshop in a booby-trapped apartment, where belts for suicide bombings were being made, officials said. <http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020402-7421987.htm> 4/1 (MSNBC) There is, it seems, a seemingly endless supply of suicide bombers with unlimited support from Iran and Palestinians around the world. And recently, millions of dollars from Saddam Hussein. <http://www.msnbc.com/news/732637.asp?cp1=1> Asia 4/2 (Washington Post) A man captured in Pakistan last week has been positively identified as Abu Zubaida, the chief of al Qaeda operations outside Afghanistan and the highest-ranking lieutenant of Osama bin Laden taken alive since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48951-2002Apr1.html> 4/2 (Philippine Star) The so-called Indigenous People?s Federal State Army (IPFSA), which has admitted responsibility for the recent bomb scare that gripped Metro Manila and parts of Mindanao, said yesterday at least 10 more such "explosives" remain hidden and that more would be planted in various parts of Metro Manila. <http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=19496> 4/2 (BBC) Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that security agencies have arrested five Sudanese nationals who were taking training in flying aircraft. <http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=19493> 4/2 (Straits Times) Abu Sayyaf bandits in the southern Philippines are sending ransom money to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, Manila's Justice Minister said yesterday. <http://www.ds-osac.org/globalnews/story.cfm?KEY=19484> 4/2 (CNN) Frequently calling each other "brother," Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai have promised to wipe out terrorism and terrorist sanctuaries in their nations. <http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/04/02/musharraf.kabul/index.h tml> 4/2 (Washington Post) Islamic nations failed to come up with a common definition of terrorism on Tuesday, saying the United Nations was best-placed to rule on the concept. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49983-2002Apr2.html> 4/2 (BBC) The Indian Government has outlawed two militant organisations under the provisions of the recently introduced Prevention of Terrorism Act. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1906000/1906042.st m> ============================================================ Become a Fool! 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