Global warning: terror’s changing face
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- Global warning: terror’s changing face
- Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Karen Owen column: Home-canned…
- When security begins at home
- Trio in the groove
- Van Gisbergen’s learning curve to shift up
Global warning: terror’s changing face
The Age - Aug 25, 2007
Videos from two of the bombers claimingresponsibility were later released, and it appeared they may havealso spent some time in Pakistan. Authorities recognised the threatof angry young men in Western countries, exposed to radical viewson the internet and in underground prayer groups, and deciding toturn violent. “Home-grown” terrorism meant a need for even greaterco-operation between police and intelligence agencies to counterthis growing danger. But other analysts maintain that the threat from internationalterrorism remains. Osama bin Laden is still on the run, despite anewly increased US$50 million bounty on his head. And the ongoingwar in Iraq, though it began as a hunt for weapons of massdestruction, is seen as a major fillip for al-Qaeda’s cause,drawing in a new set of recruits and taking pressure off terroristleaders in Afghanistan. Bruce Hoffman, a Georgetown University terrorism expert whovisited Australia this year to lecture police and intelligenceofficers, shares this harder view… The usually secretivehead of MI5 publicly warned last year about the danger of some 200groupings or networks, involving more than 1600 people. Thediscovery in June of two bomb-laden cars in the London nightclubdistrict, followed by the clumsy attack on Glasgow airport,reinforced the scale of Britain’s problems. But home-grown terrorist plots have cropped up across Westerncountries. In the middle of last year, Canadian police uncovered analleged plan to explode truck bombs in Toronto. The arrestsincluded five juveniles. Another group was recently arrested in theUS and accused of plotting an attack on a New York airport. Australian police claim to have disrupted a local conspiracytoo, arresting 22 men on terrorist charges since November 2005 inMelbourne and Sydney.
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Karen Owen column: Home-canned…
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I couldn’t have been prouder if I had given birth to them. Never mind it took me nearly four hours to can them. Never mind that when you figure in all the costs involved, those home-grown, home-canned tomatoes really cost us about $30 a pint. That wasn’t the point. They were mine, and I made them. This was my first attempt at canning anything, unless you count the pickles I made in 1997. I threw out several uneaten jars of those this week.
When security begins at home
The Age - Aug 25, 2007
For a leader who has staked out credentials onnational security, he baulked at the suggestion that Australia’sinvolvement in Iraq could have made Australians less safe. Beyond the platforms of political leaders, counter-terrorismpolice readily acknowledge that global conflicts can impactlocally. A recent New York City Police Department report listed a”trigger” in the radicalisation of home-grown terrorists as concernabout conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Comparing the traits of terrorism suspects in Australia, Canadaand Europe, it also listed social alienation or personal tragedy asfactors that can transform “unremarkable” individuals intoattackers. While law enforcers are still coming to grips withradicalisation, monitoring Iraq and Afghanistan has become anessential part of Victoria Police’s intelligence gatheringwork. “Given Victoria is extraordinarily multicultural, a lot ofimpacts we see (are) from overseas,” says Chief CommissionerChristine Nixon. She says this is nothing new.
Trio in the groove
NEWS.com.au - Aug 25, 2007
Experiencing recent success with his debut album Memories and Dust the audience sang along with his emotionally charged and lyrics. Another great night of Aussie music not easily surpassed. Share this article.
Van Gisbergen’s learning curve to shift up
Stuff.co.nz - Aug 25, 2007
Van Gisbergen, 18, made his V8 debut in the Australian Supercar championship round at Oran Park in Sydney last weekend, producing a performance that delighted Team Kiwi Racing (TKR). He will have his second drive in the all black Team Kiwi Ford when the series moves to Melbourne for the Sandown 500 next month. The team yesterday named New Zealand V8 Touring Car champion John McIntyre as their second driver for the race on September. He and Van Gisbergen will also team up for the Bathurst 1000 in October. “I’ve done a one-hour race but this is going to be completely different with the driver changes and everything,” Van Gisbergen said of the Sandown 500. “It’s going to be pretty interesting, but we’ll practice strategy beforehand and hopefully be in good shape for the race. ” The Aucklander wasn’t putting too much of a burden on himself in terms of results, either in the next round or the rest of the year, which he saw as a stepping stone to next season.