http://seattletimes.nwsource.com…
Eleven gay bars in Seattle were sent letters Tuesday threatening ricin attacks — in what some are describing as a hate crime. The Seattle Police Department said it takes the threat seriously. The department has seized the letters and is processing them, and is coordinating efforts with the FBI and other federal agencies.

Benny Morris
The New York Times
Israel’s sense of the walls closing in on it has this past week led to one violent reaction. Given the new realities, it would not be surprising if more powerful explosions were to follow.
MANY Israelis feel that the walls - and history - are closing in on their 60-year-old state, much [...]

from legitgov:
What would happen if terrorists attacked the United States at the start of Barack Obama’s presidency? The Bush dictatorship doesn’t want to wait to find out. It’s planning to test the incoming government’s readiness next month in a series of tabletop exercises involving top Bush and Obama officials. [The 9/11 terror attacks took place [...]

http://www.infowars.net…
FBI insiders concocted and encouraged farcical pizza delivery terror conspiracy
Steve [...]

http://www.sott.net…
Russia & CIS General Newswire
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:38 UTC
Dawood Ibrahim, a prominent drug dealer, is behind the recent attack on hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai, which makes it a good example of how illegal drug schemes are used to finance terrorism, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov said.
“Certain information indicates [...]

http://www.chris-floyd.com…
The idea that a democratic government would deliberately create fake “extremist groups” then send them out to foment violence and terrorism — in order to discredit legitimate opposition to elite rule and to “justify” authoritarian powers — has long been derided in “serious” circles as that worst of modern heresies: “conspiracy theory.” Anyone advancing such [...]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com…
By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI tracked about 108,000 potential terrorism threats or suspicious incidents from mid-2004 to November 2007, but most were found groundless, a Justice Department review found on Friday.
The department’s office of inspector general gave the figure in an audit of the FBI’s terrorism case-tracking system, called Guardian, launched in 2002 [...]

Pravada - Sergei Balmasov
h/t: blacklistednews.com
The conflict in Iraq is no longer restricted with its borders. The USA committed an act of aggression against Syria. Spokespeople for the US administration justify their actions with the notorious struggle against terrorism. Washington thus continues to unite Islamic countries against the United States. Following the US-led incursion, Syria decided [...]

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com…
Firedoglake by egregious
Bush intends to take the first steps towards diplomatic relations with Iran, as reported by Warren Strobel at McClatchy.
Meanwhile, folks in Iceland can’t conduct normal business because of having the entire country on the UK terror list.
So Iceland = Terrorists and Iran = Not Terrorists.
Now I’m confused.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com…
By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven Chase bank branches in Phoenix and the New York Times headquarters in New York received envelopes containing a suspicious white powder on Wednesday as a wave of threatening U.S. mailings spread.