Interpol Official Warns of Bioterror Threat

The Interpol secretary-general told a reporter that training materials recovered from Al Qaida investigations and information from captured operatives suggest that terrorist groups have had plans to launch bioterrorist attacks. Al Qaida has already launched several chemical attacks in Iraq involving chlorine. Britain's MI5 security service had warned British government officials recently that Al Qaida had apparently tried to recruit university students to gain access to labs that handled deadly biological agents.

School Bus Terror Plot?

The FBI has sent an advisory to local law enforcement this Friday which notes "recent suspicious activity" by foreigners who either drive school buses or are licensed to drive them. Apparently, some of these foreigners under recent investigation have "ties to extremist groups" and have been able to "purchase buses and acquire licenses." School children have been targeted by Islamist extremists in the past, such as in the Beslan Massacre in 2004, so we should not be surprised if they try to use similar tactics in the U.S.