The National Counterterrorism Center in the US has published an unusual terrorism themed calendar. The calendar part contains anniversaries of important dates in the terrorist world, but more interesting is the reference materials - profiles of wanted terrorists and groups, blast zone distances, group logos, and nerve agent symptoms among them.
You can download it here. [~15MB]
[Via The Spy Who Billed Me]
This video shows the aftermath of a Blackwater helicopter that went down while protecting a convoy in Iraq. It is unknown if the helicopter was downed by enemy fire or not. Some reports suggest some of the crew were executed after crashing. The clip ends with footage of the contractors bodies.
This video contains graphic content.
Here’s some footage of the failed 21 July 2005 train bombings.
Description from liveleak.com:
Closed circuit television pictures released on Tuesday showed panic erupting on a London underground train when prosecutors say a bomber tried to blow it up two weeks after 2005 attacks killed 52 commuters. British police released the images of passengers fleeing and defendant Ramzi Mohammed throwing down a backpack and racing through an Underground station, after the footage was played at the long-awaited trial of Mohammed and five others in London.
The six men deny conspiracy to murder and cause explosions, in what prosecutors say was a plot to repeat the worst peacetime bombings in London’s history, two weeks after the July 7, 2005 attacks on three trains and a bus. The silent footage shows passengers fleeing to another carriage after an apparent bang, while Mohammed, in a distinctive dark New York sweatshirt, stands up at one end of the underground train car with a large pack on his back.
One passenger, firefighter Angus Campbell, remains at the opposite end of the train car, gesturing furiously at Mohammed, who appears to be shouting and gesturing back. As the train pulls into the station, Mohammed flings down the pack and flees with Campbell in pursuit. Footage shows him sprinting through the station, his New York shirt clearly visible.
A tsunami warning has just been issued for Japan following an 7.9 earthquake in the region. No further details at this stage.
Update:
Data and maps of the earthquake
Here’s a Hezbollah propaganda video. Pretty standard stuff but with english subtitles.
This is a brief video of the bombing of Barajas Airport in Madrid, believed to be an action by Basque separatists ETA. It shows some passengers on a walkway having a near miss from the blast.
There’s an interesting post at a forum called ‘Professional Pilots Rumor Network‘ where a commercial pilot expresses concerns about Adam Air’s concern for safety. The post is from August 2006 and cites contact with pilots flying for Adam Air at the time.
The plane that has recently disappeared has been confirmed as PK-KKW, which the pilot says had a abnormally functioning engine placed in it from another aircraft, only to fail at a later stage.
On the 19th, PK-KKC went in for a C-Check, despite having an abnormally high-EGT problem resulting in the crew flying under reduced N1, the engine didn’t go in for repairs at this opportunity. Instead, it was moved into PK-KKW, and continued to fly under N1 reduction until yesterday or two days ago when the engine gave up completely. The engine was repaired quickly at a cost of US$300,000. The humourous thing was, the aircraft today was put intensively to cater for Adam Air’s 14 extra flights to Bali today, and one of the owners was quoted complaining today that “all those extra flights still can’t cover that engine repair costs!”
And a depressingly accurate finish to the post.
…until one of Adam Air’s jets become a smoking hole in the ground, there will be no change.
This is the passenger manifest of Adam Air flight KI 574 that was lost flying between the islands of Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia. Registration may be PK-KKW but this is unconfirmed at this stage.
1. ABDULAH/ MR
2. AGUS/ MR
3. ALI/ MR
4. ALLOWISIUS/ MR
5. ANNIE/AA MRS
6. ARIF/BUDIANTO MR
7. ARISTON/SETYOWIDODOM
8. BAMBANG/MARDIANTO MR
9. BAMBANG/SUPRIYANTO MR
10. BAMBANG/UTOYO MR
11. BENNY/LENDO MR
12. BENNY/ MR
13. BOBI/ MR
14. BOY/ MR
15. BRAM/TANGAHU MR
16.CHRISTINA/AGATHA MS
17. CICI/TURANGAN MRS
18. CINDY/W MS
19. DANIEL/H MR
20. DARIANTO/FA MR
21. DASILVA/ MRS
22. DAVID/ MR
23. DELON/ MSTR.IN
24. DESSY/KATARINAPAULUS - Dari Jakarta
25. ELLEN/ MRS
26. ELNNY/W MS
27. EOB SUSETIJA BUDI/ MR
28. ESTER/MARAMIS MRS
29. FAJAR/JONAH MR
30. FATHURROHMAN/ MR
31. FERI/TRIHANDAYANI MRS
32. FERRY/KUINGO MR
33. FITTORIO/ MR
34. FLONIA/ASSA MS
35. GABRIEL/ MR
36. GARY/ MR
37. GLENN/ MR
38. HALID/ MR
39. HALIM/DEDIANTO MR
40. HANS/RUMENGAN MR
41. HERRY/SUDARYONO MR
42. IBRAHIM/ MR
43. IGNATIA/GATUWATI MS
44. INGGRID/ MRS
45. JENNY/PANDA MS
46. JOLLY/WILLEMMOMONGAN
47. JOPPY/W MR
48. JUFRI/M MR
49. JUNEKE/ MRS
50. KOMANG/PRADINA MS
51. KRISTINA/ MS
52. LALE/DANIEL MR
53. LEONARDO/PRAMATYAA MS
54. LIMANA/SARIDEWI MRS
55. LINDSEY/ MS
56. LISA/KAIRUPAN MS
57. MADE/DWI MS
58. MARIA/JTOLIN MRS
59. MARICE/S MRS
60. MARRY/K MRS
61. MATHEW/ MSTR.IN
62. MAYA/ISMAWATI MRS
63. MEILAN/MS - Dari Jakarta
64. MELVA/W MS
65. MILKA/ MISS.IN
66. MIRECHELE/ MSTR.IN
67. NICO/R MR
68. NOVI/HENDRAYANTO MR
69. NOVI/KAWENGIAN MRS
70. PASARIBU/LETDA MR
71. PETRASELSRUMPIA/ MR - Dari Jakarta
72. PILIH/ MR
73. POLITTON/FNICODR MR
74. PUNGKY/ MR
75. RENDY/H MR
76. RIANE/ MRS
77. RIRIN/MRS
78. ROISATUL/MUSLIMAH MS - Dari Jakarta
79. RONALD/ MR
80. SAMSURI/ MR
81. SCOTT/JAKSON MR
82. SINTJE/KALALO MRS
83. SRI/HARTINI MRS
84. STEPHANIE/ MRS
85. STEPHANUS/GATUWATI MR
86. SYAMSUL/ARIFIN MR
87. TEOFILUS/RIKESAA MSTR
88. TUMBELAKA/NONTJE MS
89. TUMINEM/ MRS
90. VIRA/KMS.CH
91. WARTI/ MS
92. WIESYE/ MRS
93. YAHYA/KUSTEDJO MR
94. YONO/ MR
95. YOSBE/KAWENGIAN MR
96. YOULA/IROTH MRS
It’s unclear which particular tsunami this is footage of (almost certainly the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami), but it’s probably a good example of what not to do when faced with an oncoming wall of water.