For the justifiably distracted and those that don’t tend to fixate (as I do) on the comings and goings of International Jihadists and the inherent threats they represent:  Following is one days reporting culled from just two daily update news letters, The Terrorism Research Center and The Investigative Project on Terrorism.

Ø      The GAO issues a report addressing the vulnerability of Oil and LNG tankers.

Ø      Two Texas sisters were, allegedly murdered by their father, Yaser Said, a Muslim: who, according to family members ranted about the corruption of his two honor student daughters by Western Culture.

Ø      A British man, employed at Heathrow Airport is jailed for four years for complicity  in a plot to commit terrorism oversees.  Evidence against him began with an intercepted e-mail discussing the status of security efforts at Heathrow Airport.

Ø      A bomb attack in The Philippines is averted by an alert shopkeeper who noticed an unattended package.  Officials describe the bomb, fashioned out of a 60MM mortar shell, as powerful.

Ø      Also in the Philippines, a move to amend the constitution for the purpose of creating an autonomous Muslim region in the south of the country.  This region has seen decades of violence over the issue of separatism for Muslims. 

Ø      A Sunni insurgent group in Iraq threatens Norway with economic sanctions and possible “other” actions over the possible expulsion of Mullah Krekar.  The status of Mullah Krekar is a long-standing issue in Norway.  In 2003 after years of court battles, the Norwegian Supreme Court declared Mullah Krekar a threat to national security.

Ø      A suicide attack on Pakistani police results in 22 dead and counting, 50 injured.

Ø      Qassam rockets located in Lebanon hit a home in Sderot.  (Reports of rocket strikes into Northern Israel is, literally, a daily occurrence)

Ø      A terrorist cell in Gaza opens fire on Israeli workers along the Gaza security fence.

Ø      Two soldiers injured in a bomb attack on a school in Thailand.

Ø      A Boy Scout in the Maldives saves the President of the Country from a knife wielding assailant shouting “God is Great” as he commenced his attack.

Ø      Japan moves forward on the creation of Anti-Terror legislation and an extension of economic support to the NATO effort in Afghanistan.

Ø      An RPG attack hits an American school in Gaza.

Ø      20 dead and counting in a suicide attack near the Supreme Court building in Lahore Pakistan.

Ø      UN Peacekeepers wounded by roadside IED in Lebanon.

Just one day, and a slow day at that!