This news is disconcerting, slightly humorous and hits very close to home all at the same time. Terrorists actually called the Fort Bend County dispatch on the phone (and I'm not talking about telemarketers):

In light of recent terror warnings, Houston and surrounding counties say they've taken all necessary precautions. But in Fort Bend County, a terrorist actually called them.

During the three hour phone call, the man threatened to blow up a number of sites across the country, and also threatened to kill the president.

The call came in to the Fort Bend County dispatch center on March 18. The man asked for a plane to crash into buildings. He also threatened to blast explosives at unspecified targets.

Authorities say he also spent about 18 minutes talking about how he would get past Secret Service to cut and kill President George Bush.

Fort Bend County officials say negotiators were brought in to keep the caller on the line while local phone companies and the FBI traced the call. They soon found it actually originated in Afghanistan.

"It's very unusual," admitted Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright. "I'd be interested to find out how they came up with our number to end up with our dispatch. That's kind of weird. So, we don't know. We don't know what the connection is right now."

Authorities won't say if the caller was arrested or if he has an affiliation with any terrorist group.

Three hours for an international phone call means some serious bucks (and I'm assuming they are not within each other's "friends and family" network). That he asked for a plane to crash into buildings seems a little wierd. Ok, more than a little wierd.

I found this news especially interesting because my royal estate lies within the borders of Fort Bend County.