Loaded Guns, Inert Grenades, Throw Star Among Top Confiscated Items at Airports in 2017
Festively wrapped narcotics, loaded guns, inert grenades and “Satan’s” pizza cutter are among the top 10 items confiscated at U.S. airport in 2017.
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American Muslim Arrested in Detroit Had Apparent Ties to Anwar al-Awlaki
An American Muslim arrested in Detroit has apparent connections to an al-Qaida leader who radicalized the so-called underwear bomber.
Detroit Man Arrested After Stockpiling Grenades, Assault Rifle, Other Weapons
The FBI had been tracking a 29-year-old Detroit man for 16 months a he collected an unusual array of weapons.
Fearing Government Takeover, Trio Accused of Stockpiling Explosives, Tactical Gear
Three North Carolina men were stockpiling weapons and tactical gear because they feared a government takeover and martial law.
Throwing Stars, Skull Fragments, Grenades: You Won’t Believe the Items Confiscated by TSA in 2013?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The better question might be – what wasn’t confiscated from U.S. airports in 2013? The TSA discovered guns, grenades, throwing stars and human skull fragments on travelers at checkpoints, WSBT.com reports, citing a TSA blogger. Security found a stun gun in a cane and pepper spray disguised as lipstick. “Our officers regularly find…
Justice Delayed? Four U.S. Security Contractors Charged in 2007 Baghdad Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four years after a judge dismissed the case, four former Blackwater security contractors were charged Thursday in the 2007 attack on Iraqi civilians in which 17 people were killed, Time reports. The men, who were hired to guard U.S. diplomats, are accused of using machine guns and grenades at a Baghdad Square…
2 Men Charged With Plotting to Attack Military Processing Center in Seattle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men who converted to Islam were arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to kill recruits and employees at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle, the U.S. Attorney’s announced Thursday. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, aka Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Domingue, Jr., 32, of Los…
ATF Concerned About Drug Cartels Using Hand Grenades in U.S.
The drug war in Mexico is deadly enough, and hand grenades have made it even deadlier. Will we start seeing drug traffickers use handgrenades in the U.S.? By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Writer PHOENIX — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico’s bloody drug war tossed into…