More al-Qaida Arrests
Three men were arrested in Norway in connection with a planned terrorist attack. The three men were suspected members of al-Qaida and therefore had been under surveillance for almost a year. Officials claim that the unnamed men were planning an attack with powerful portable bombs. Similar bombs were used in the failed suicide attack last year on the New York Subway system.
The man who planned that attack is also said to be behind the Norway plan as well. Salah al-Somali was al-Qaida’s chief of external operations, a title which meant that he was in charge of planning attacks worldwide. Al-Somali perished last year, thanks to an airstrike by a CIA drone. So far police have not been able identify the intended targets of the Norwegian bombers. They only know that the three men were engaged in making Peroxide bombs. The same bombs were also used in the New York attack.
Al-Qaida’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has put Norway on the list of counties to be attacked. But so far no clear reason has emerged for Norway to be a target for al-Qaida. A terrorism expert from the Swedish Defense Research Agency, Magnus Norell, stated that the presence of Norwegian troops in Afghanistan could be one of the reasons. He also said that the controversy caused by a Danish newspaper in 2006 could be another reason. In that incident 12 cartoons were published depicting the Prophet Muhammed in ways that were offensive to the Islamic world. The cartoons were also reproduced in Norwegian newspapers.
Police seek mischief maker dressed as leprechaun (AP)
AP – Police responding to reports of a man leaping between cars in a Colorado supermarket parking lot didn’t need a detailed description of the suspect.
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Man arrested for entering house, taking shower (AP)
AP – Authorities have arrested a man accused of breaking into a home near Roswell High School at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and taking a shower. Roswell police spokesman Lt. James McGee said neighbors tell police they saw a man entering the home.
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EU wins bureaucratic name spat in Airbus subsidy row (Reuters)
Reuters – A bureaucratic spat over just one letter in Europe’s identity has been solved despite failure to reach agreement in a major trade row over aircraft subsidies.
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Men face assault charges after dog doo dispute (AP)
AP – Three men face assault charges after they allegedly attacked an off-duty Harrisburg police officer in a dispute over dog waste. Police said brothers Matthew Stauffer, 33, and Daniel Stauffer, 31, attacked police Officer John Doll earlier this month.
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Men face assault charges after dog doo dispute (AP)
AP – Three men face assault charges after they allegedly attacked an off-duty Harrisburg police officer in a dispute over dog waste. Police said brothers Matthew Stauffer, 33, and Daniel Stauffer, 31, attacked police Officer John Doll earlier this month.
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Pa. man fined $600 for trash he says is garden aid (AP)
AP – A western Pennsylvania man said he’ll appeal a $600 fine for keeping hundreds of full trash bags on his property that he claims are used to insulate his organic vegetable garden. Officials in Scottdale, said the bags littering Thomas Zeller’s property, along with used tires, are trash and a district judge agreed Tuesday.
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La. deputies say man planned to eat park duck (AP)
AP – A St. Bernard Parish man was arrested Monday after sheriff’s deputies said he stole a duck from a public park and planned to eat it. The Sheriff’s Office said the man, 38, was booked with theft of an animal after someone saw him take a muscovie duck from Sidney Torres Park. A deputy found the man at his home with a duck inside a bucket in his van, authorities said.
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Mother charged for phony letter about son’s job (AP)
AP – A western Kentucky woman’s attempt to get her son out of jail on bond came undone over a misspelling. The Paducah Sun reported court officials became suspicious when the 44-year-old mother presented a letter allegedly from Wagner Moving and Storage. The woman knew bond for her son would be lowered if he had written proof of a job.
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Police say pair stole nearly $2K from Pa. jail (AP)
AP – A couple were charged with stealing nearly $2,000 from a central Pennsylvania jail by using a routing number from a check the woman got from the jail after her release last year. Police said a 61-year-old man and his 51-year-old wife used the routing number to use Blair County jail account to pay their utility bills and transfer $179 to the man’s bank account.
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