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2 killed in Afghanistan bombin…

2 killed in Afghanistan bombing were Xe/Blackwater security contractors. -CNN

December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Fusion Alerts | Read More »

DEA Warns Mexico of Possible Cartel Attacks

“The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration warned the Mexican government that this country’s powerful drug cartels may launch attacks around the New Year’s holiday, capital daily El Universal said Wednesday. Citing what it said was a confidential DEA report, the newspaper said Mexican officials were told the cartels could strike both ‘civilian targets’ and the security [...]

December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

India – Security Issues Travel Alert from Travel Alerts

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to continuing security concerns in India. The U.S. Government continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India. Terrorists and their sympathizers have demonstrated their willingness and capability to attack targets where Americans or Westerners are known to congregate or visit. In addition, there [...]

December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

8 U.S. deaths at military base in Afghanistan

“Eight Americans were killed in a suicide bombing Wednesday at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, according to a U.S. military official and a U.S. Embassy official. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest attacked Forward Operating Base Chapman near the district of Khost in Khost province, said a third official, who asked not to [...]

December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

Detroit terror attack: ‘There are many more like me,’ bomber warns

“Abdulmutallab has given a defiant warning to US investigators, telling them: ‘There are more just like me who will strike soon.’ Dozens of Islamic militants from Britain are thought to have travelled to Yemen in recent months, where the security services fear they are being trained by al-Qaeda bomb-makers to launch further attacks against Western [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »