Osama bin Ladin targeted trains within US...



Osama bin Laden raid documents: U.S. train attack considered for 9/11 anniversary...

WASHINGTON -- Some of the first information gleaned from Osama bin Laden's compound indicates al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but counterterrorism officials say they believe the plot was only aspirational and have no recent intelligence about any active plan for such an attack.



As of February 2010, the terror organization was considering tampering with an unspecified U.S. rail track so that a train would fall off the track at a valley or a bridge, according to a Homeland Security intelligence warning sent to law enforcement officials around the country Thursday.



The warning was obtained by The Associated Press and marked for "official use only." This information appears to be the first widely circulated intelligence pulled from the raid this week on bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan.



After killing the terror leader and four of his associates, Navy SEALs confiscated a treasure trove of computers, DVDs and documents from the home where he had been hiding for six years.



Intelligence analysts have been reviewing and translating the material, looking for information about pending plots and other terror connections.



"We want to stress that this alleged al-Qaida plotting is based on initial reporting, which is often misleading or inaccurate and subject to change," Homeland spokesman Matt Chandler said. The government has no plans to issue an official terror alert, he saiid.




"While it is clear there was some level of planning, we have no recent information to indicate an active ongoing plot to target transportation and no information on possible locations or specific targets," the May 5 warning said.



U.S. officials have disrupted other terror plans that targeted rails, including the 2009 plot to blow up the New York City subway system.



On Monday the FBI and Homeland Security warned law enforcement around the country that bin Laden's death could inspire retaliatory attacks in the U.S. They said the transportation sector -- including U.S. rails -- remain attractive targets.


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The real reason why the US assasinated Osama bin Ladin...



 Osama bin Ladin had plans to blow up trains within the US on the anniversary of 9/11 this year. That explains just why the US took action against him last week and assasinated him by the use of Navy Seals special forces troops inside Pakistan.

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WHILE NEW ZEALAND POLICE ARM THEIR OFFICERS WITH TASER GUNS - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS THEIR SAFETY...

After a year long trial period New Zealand police have begun arming their officers with the Taser electric gun weapon. Members of the armed offenders squad in Auckland and Wellington have been issued the weapon with training for general duties beginning in Feb 2008.

Tasers have been used in several countries, including some Australian states, Britain, Canada and France, as a less dangerous alternative to guns. NZ police have decided to issue them after the year long trial and independent revue here.

But Amnesty International is urging police to limit their use of the 50,000 volt weapon. In its report LESS THAN LETHAL it has found that 334 people have been killed in the US after being stunned by the weapons between 2001 and August 2008. Medical examiners have concluded the weapons were responsible for at least 50% of the deaths. These were people with no underlying disease or drugs in their systems that would have contributed to their deaths.

Reports of many deaths from Canadian police use has put some doubt of the Taser weapons used there as well. Read the article below. Mounting evidence was showing that industry claims of Tasers as safe and non-lethal weapons were not standing up to evidence. Reports from Australia were similar. These weapons can kill and should be used as a last resort before the use of guns.

New Zealand police have said while the rules for the use of Tasers in this country were allegedly vastly different in comparison to the US situation, the Amnesty report would be considered here.

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