http://projectdisaster.com Disasters, Terrorism, Preparedness, Emerging Infections, Response, Mitigation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en grope (grp) v. groped, grop·ing, gropes v.intr. 1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone. 2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer. v.tr. 1. To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly. 2. Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure. n. The act or an instance of groping. Source:  The ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23710 CNN, 3/10/10:    "A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.......Colleen LaRose, known as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima LaRose," has also been charged with making false statements to a government official and attempted identity ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23707 CNN, 3/10/10:  "Militants attacked the office of a humanitarian organization in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killing five people, police said." Link:    http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/pakistan.attack/index.html http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23704 Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8557570.stm BBC, 3/10/10 Blizzards have hit the French Mediterranean coast amid warnings of up to 20 inches of snow in Northern Spain on Tuesday. Nimes and Perpignan were among the cities hit by the bad weather near the coast in France. http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23701 Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3157478.stm BBC, 3/10/10 Indonesia says a man who died in a raid in Jakarta on 9 March 2009 was Dulmatin, the last remaining suspect wanted in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings. The BBC News website looks at the role Dulmatin and others played in the devastating attack that killed 202 people. The ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23698 Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2385323.stm The BBC profiles the key men executed, jailed or accused of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombing, in which 202 people died. BBC, 3/10/10 Amrozi Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, dubbed the "smiling bomber" by the media for his demeanour during court appearances, was the first of the Bali bomb suspects to go on ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23696 Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4318666.stm BBC, 3/10/10 Dulmatin, also known as Joko Pitono and nicknamed Genius, is widely believed to have been a senior member of the shadowy Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI). Accused of helping plan and execute the bomb attacks in Bali in 2002, he had long been on Indonesia's most wanted list. A ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23693 Intro:  The "Genius of Jemaah Islamiah (JI)" has been on Indonesia's most wanted list for years, and is thought to be one of the few members of the militant group able to assemble and explode sophisticated bombs.  Security analysts say that while the killing is a significant coup for Indonesian authorities, ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23689 Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8559054.stm BBC, 3/10/10 "Indonesia has confirmed that police have killed Dulmatin, the last main suspect of the 2002 Bali bombings. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement came a day after police said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids in Jakarta. Officials had not immediately been able to confirm that Dulmatin, a ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23687 Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/us/politics/09terror.html?th&emc=th NYT March 8, 2010 Experts Urge Keeping Two Options for Terror Trials By CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANE WASHINGTON — Leading Congressional Republicans are arguing that getting tough on terrorism means trying all foreign terrorism suspects before military commissions. But national security officials who served in the Bush administration say that taking away ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=23673