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• Spanish PM Suspends Dialogue with ETA VOA 30 Dec 2006 -- Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has ordered a suspension of dialogue with the armed Basque separatist group, ETA, after a car bombing at Madrid's international airport.
• National Guard Responds to Second Colorado Storm AFPS 29 Dec 2006 -- About 165 members of the Colorado National Guard have been activated since yesterday in the wake of the state's second blizzard in 10 days, the state adjutant general said today.
• UK orders 12,000 'dirty bomb' protection suits for police IRNA 29 Dec 2006 -- The Home Office is buying 12,000 new personal protection suits for police to wear in a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear terror attack, the government confirmed Friday.
• Three People Dead in Egypt, Raising Human Avian Flu Toll to 157 Washington File 29 Dec 2006 -- Three members of an extended family have died in Egypt after being infected with H5N1 avian influenza, bringing the human toll in that nation to 18 cases and 10 deaths since February, and the total worldwide since 2003 to 261 cases and 157 deaths.
• Backgrounder: New York Spurs Counterterrorism Efforts cfr.org 28 Dec 2006
• UN issues guidelines for first responders in case of nuclear accidents, terrorist attack UN News Centre 22 Dec 2006 -- The first people on the scene of a nuclear or radiological emergency, whether from a terrorist attack, an accident or theft, the so-called 'First Responders' who are usually local medical, police and fire brigades, now have a detailed list of "do's and don'ts" under key United Nations guidelines issued today.
• National Guard Responds to Second Colorado Storm AFPS 21 Dec 2006 -- About 50 Colorado Army National Guard troops worked through the night, rescuing stranded motorists, clearing roadways for emergency vehicles and delivering American Red Cross supplies in the midst of a blizzard that's already blanketed the state with more than two feet of snow.
• States must do more to combat terrorism, says Security Council UN News Centre 20 Dec 2006 -- Reaffirming its strong stance against terrorism, the United Nations Security Council today called for States to combat the scourge and welcomed measures to boost and monitor their efforts.
• Experts Urge Nations To Report Flu Cases Immediately, Share Data Washington File 20 Dec 2006 -- Delegates from more than 72 countries are calling on all nations to report influenza cases immediately and share epidemiological data and samples.
• Al-Qaida Deputy Says US Talking to Wrong People in Iraq VOA 20 Dec 2006 -- Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has vowed continued terrorist attacks and says the United States is negotiating with the wrong people in its quest to end the violence in Iraq
• Zawahiri: Palestinian Elections Futile, Only Jihad Will End Occupation VOA 20 Dec 2006 -- The deputy leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has spoken out against early elections in the Palestinian territories as a way to end a political stalemate between Fatah and Hamas factions.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 19 Dec 2006
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 18 Dec 2006
• Detainee Transfer Announced 16 Dec 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred seven detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, five detainees to Yemen, three detainees to Kazakhstan, one detainee to Libya, and one detainee to Bangladesh.
• Top UN legal official calls for ratification of treaty against nuclear terrorism UN News Centre 16 Dec 2006 -- The United Nations top legal official today appealed to Member States to become parties to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.
• U.S. Does Not Plan To Send Troops Against al-Qaida in Somalia Washington File 15 Dec 2006 -- The United States has no intention of sending military forces to Somalia to remove al-Qaida-backed militants from power, a senior U.S. diplomat told reporters December 14.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 15 Dec 2006
• US Says el-Qaida Elements Running Somali Islamic Movement VOA 14 Dec 2006 -- The U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Africa says el-Qaida figures are now running the Islamic Courts movement which controls most of Somalia
• Federal Court Rules Against Guantanamo Detainee AFPS 14 Dec 2006 -- Upholding the legality of October's Military Commissions Act, a federal court ruled here yesterday that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, do not have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts.
• Detainee Transfer Announced 14 Dec 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred 16 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 14 Dec 2006
• Manila Again Denies Terror Plot Led to Postponement of Asian Summits VOA 13 Dec 2006 -- The Philippine government is still denying it postponed two major regional summit meetings due to fear of a terrorist attack, even as reports emerge that a car bomb plot had been uncovered days before the summits were to open
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 13 Dec 2006
• Air Force plays in pandemic flu exercise AFPN 12 Dec 2006 -- The Air Force is participating in a pandemic flu exercise Dec. 11-13 in Boerne, Texas, linking a variety of major south Texas crisis response agencies and Air Force medical personnel.
• UN issues guidelines to thwart terrorists from blowing up planes with carry-on liquids UN News Centre 12 Dec 2006 -- Seeking to thwart terrorist plots to blow up airliners, the United Nations aviation agency has issued new interim security control guidelines for screening potentially dangerous items in hand luggage, including liquid, gels and aerosols that may be used in improvised explosive devices on board an aircraft.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 12 Dec 2006
• Annan Criticizes US In Farewell Speech VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used his farewell address to caution the United States against sacrificing its ideals in the battle against terrorism.
• Analysis: Chemical Plant Imbalance cfr.org 11 Dec 2006 -- The 9/11 attacks thrust chemical facilities into the spotlight as another potential high-impact target for terrorists.
• Backgrounder: Targets for Terrorists: Chemical Facilities cfr.org 11 Dec 2006
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 11 Dec 2006
• United States Helping To Build Flu-Fighting Capacity Overseas Washington File 08 Dec 2006 -- The most urgent action the United States can take to fight avian influenza and a potential human pandemic is to strengthen capacity in individual countries and in international and regional organizations, a U.S. official said December 7.
• Donors Pledge Nearly $500 Million to Avian Flu Fight Washington File 08 Dec 2006 -- On the last day of an international avian influenza conference - the first such meeting to be held in Africa - donors from 10 countries, the European Commission-European Union, the World Bank and the African Development Bank pledged nearly $500 million in grants to fight avian influenza and prepare for a human pandemic, with a particular focus on Africa.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 08 Dec 2006
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 07 Dec 2006
• Global Conference in Mali Targets Avian and Pandemic Influenza Washington File 06 Dec 2006 -- More than 350 representatives from countries around the globe gathered in this West African nation December 6 for three days of meetings to assess programs that seek to counter the threat of avian and pandemic influenza and to boost financial support for preparedness and response efforts worldwide.
• Warfighters sharpen homeland defense skills during Vigilant Shield AFPN 06 Dec 2006 -- Warfighters assigned to Air Forces Northern and Continental U.S. NORAD Region are honing the skills needed to respond to such threats during Vigilant Shield 07 which began Dec. 4 and runs through Dec. 14 here.
• UN reveals role of US base in Germany to take suspects to Guantanamo IRNA 06 Dec 2006 -- The Germany-based US European military headquarter (EUCOM) was the staging ground for CIA's worldwide kidnappings of terror suspects to the Guantanamo prisoner camp, the weekly Die Zeit newspaper quoted the UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak in a report to be published on Thursday.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 06 Dec 2006
• Scientists to Review Fight Against Bird Flu at Mali Conference VOA 05 Dec 2006 -- Representatives from more than 100 countries are preparing to attend the fourth international conference on avian influenza, Wednesday in Bamako, Mali
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 05 Dec 2006
• National Guard Responds to Midwest Winter Storms AFPS 04 Dec 2006 -- Hundreds of National Guardsmen responded over the weekend and today to devastating winter storms in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, National Guard officials reported.
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 04 Dec 2006
• Outdated Images of Detention Center, Mission Frustrate Guantanamo Troopers AFPS 01 Dec 2006 -- A 28-year-old block guard here whose mission is to ensure the safe care and custody of enemy combatants said he wishes the world had an accurate picture of the place where he serves.
• Chertoff Says Greater Security Protects Privacy VOA 01 Dec 2006 -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addressed lawyers Thursday at a conference on national security in Washington
• DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 01 Dec 2006