Posts Tagged ‘terror’
DHS Warns of Terror Threat to Metro
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
NBC4 reports that the DHS warned WMATA on Sunday of a potential terror threat to the Metro system. According to a DHS memo, an individual obtained a Turkish visa to come to the States and perpetrate a bombing on a Metro station. The memo stated that this information has “low credibility” and [...]
Discussions: Pakistan, the USA and Terror
‘Candlelights at Leopold’s’ courtesy of ‘Unlisted Sightings’
With the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, the ever-tense relationship between Pakistan and its eastern neighbor was once again headline news. Pakistani government officials condemned the attack, but the incident raised questions again about links between the Pakistani Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Islamic terror networks. How [...]
Metro to Conduct Random Bag Searches
Washington Post tells us that teams of Metro Transit Police with dogs will be conducting random bag searches on trains and buses at times when “heightened vigilance” is required. Passengers will be taken aside at random intervals before boarding buses or entering rail stations to be screened; those who do not comply will not be [...]
More »Two “Suspicious Package” Alerts
Two news alerts today of “suspicious packages” at Gallaudet University and Judiciary Square Metro Station this morning.
Ballard North Hall at Gallaudet was evacuated while a bomb squad was called in, and Judiciary Square Station was closed, with trains continuing to travel through it but no stops.
Update: Judiciary Square Station is back open again after the [...]
