-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Spy vs. Spy MI5 Arrests British Army "Neo-Nazis" Combat 18 SOLDIERS with the elite Parachute and King's regiments, together with several civilians, were under arrest last night after a year-long MI5, Special Branch and military police inquiry into organised neo-Nazi infiltration into the Army and civilian life. Fourteen addresses were raided on Friday as MI5 officers examined possible links between the arrested men, members of the violent Combat 18 fascist group, and Loyalist terrorists in Ulster. Racist literature, computer disks, knives and, in one case, ammunition were seized. Some of those detained, who include two serving members of the Army and at least one ex-soldier, are suspected of using their military expertise to offer weapons training to neo-fascist organisations and Loyalist terrorists. Security sources refused to confirm or deny whether any of the arrested men were also suspected of involvement in arms trafficking to Ulster paramilitaries. Another senior defence official said that in addition to the soldiers involved in Friday's raids, a further dozen men in Regular and TA units were under investigation for neo-Nazi activity. Some were under surveillance and some will be questioned shortly. He said: "There are pockets of neo-fascist activity in some regiments. There has been an attempt [by neo-fascist groups] to spread the word in the Army and that is the basis on which we are acting. But 99 per cent of the Army would rebuff this sort of activity very strongly." Combat 18, which takes its name from Adolf Hitler's initials, the first and eighth letters of the alphabet, has long been connected with illegal activity. It orchestrated hooligans to disrupt a football match between Ireland and England in 1995 and sent letter bombs to mixed-race couples such as Sharron Davies and Derek Redmond. High-ranking members of Combat 18 have been photographed with the leadership of the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force. A World In Action programme last year claimed that Charlie Sargent, the former leader of Combat 18, spied on Ulster Loyalists for the Special Branch. It also showed that Combat 18 members acquired guns and detonators for the UDA. A Scotland Yard spokesman said raids took place in London, Lancashire, Merseyside, Kent, Thames Valley, Humberside, West Yorkshire, and South Wales. Ten forces were involved. He said: "We can confirm that a number of warrants were executed to seek material including compact disks and publications suspected of contravening Part Three of the Public Order Act 1986 which concerns acts intended or likely to stir up racial hatred." Those being questioned are a private with the Parachute Regiment, whose background is in logistics and whose Para service includes deployments to Northern Ireland and Bosnia. He has been seen at a number of Blood and Honour events, which are run by members of Combat 18. The second soldier being questioned is a private from 1 Bn the Kings Regiment, based in the North West. The Army knew of Combat 18 activity within its ranks as early as last July. MoD documents obtained by Searchlight, the anti-fascist magazine, and seen by The Telegraph, show that the Army commissioned a detailed report into neo-Nazi activity last year. It identified at least 12 soldiers as supporters of Combat 18 - but there were no arrests. One security source said: "We had to get evidence against these people or there was a risk of things going off at half-cock. We conducted an extremely painstaking long-term joint investigation including surveillance." Nick Lowles, co-editor of Searchlight, said: "The Army is seen by neo-Nazis as a potential breeding ground. The investigation is positive, but could have been launched months ago." An Army spokesman said disciplinary action would be taken against any soldier shown to be involved in racist activities. He said: "There is absolutely no place in the Armed Forces for racism or harassment." The London Telegraph, March 7, 1999 Spy vs. Spy Russia Puts Scientologists Under Scrutiny Who is spying on whom? MOSCOW, Mar. 05, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) The Russian secret service has recently stepped up its surveillance of the Church of Scientology amid suspicions that it is violating basic rights of members, using violence if need be, and engaging in illicit financial business. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksiy II this week welcomed recent police raids on four premises owned by the Scientologists in Moscow. He said they might "shed light on what these sects inspire in people; charity and peace or confusion and evil." The Moscow public prosecutor has initiated proceedings against the Scientologists, citing legislation covering commercial activities and religious and social organizations. Persons found guilty of breaking these laws face from two to three imprisonment and fines. Media reports say Russian Scientologists might even face the far more serious charge of spying for a foreign country. However the press bureau of the FSB -- the successor to the Soviet KGB -- questioned by AFP, declined to comment on the last charge. "This is just a rumor to discredit us," said Aleksei Danchenkov, spokesman for the "Ron Hubbard humanitarian center" in Moscow. He remarked that "Scientologists have even taken part in activities against the CIA in the United States." "We pay our taxes and our staff have committed no crime," Danchenkov said. The FSB which searched the Scientologists' offices in collaboration with tax officials last week, found some 15,000 files of members, some of which were confiscated. "The majority of these dossiers contain only the address, telephone and details of the courses which our members have attended," said Danchenkov. "Some files contain confidential information" provided by members about their lives, he said. A former Church of Scientology member who spoke to AFP on condition he not be identified, said that on the orders of the movement's leaders, he had for several months collected "information on those who criticize Scientology, journalists and priests particularly". He said "the Church of Scientology is not a religious movement and is organized on a military model". Activities of members are limited strictly to learning as much as possible about the doctrine propagated by Ron Hubbard, the movement's founder. "Denunciations of members by other members are routine practice," he said. The Church of Scientology is also under close scrutiny in Germany where the authorities say it uses "quasi totalitarian methods". It has also run foul of magistrates in France. An investigation into the Scientology movement was opened in Russia last April. "This corresponds to a desire to establish a single ideology in this country, that of the Orthodox religion," said Danchenkov, saying the works of Ron Hubbard were banned by the KGB during the Soviet era. "Certain Orthodox leaders have very close ties with the present regime," he said. "The Orthodox Church has nothing to do with these police raids," said Aleksander Dvorkin, the director of a center for information about sects, which is close to the Orthodox Church. "Every day, I get phone calls from people accusing the Scientologists of destroying their families," he said. The Church of Scientology officially set up shop in Russia in 1993 and claims 30,000 followers in the country. Last Thursday, Moscow police the head offices of Russia's Scientologist movement as part of an investigation into the group's financial activities in Russia. Footage shown by Russian television showed armed police storming into the Scientologists' building and checking documents of its US directors. The police also dispersed a school class attended by several dozen children. The US head of the Scientologist movement, Reverend Heber Jentzsch protested to the Russian ambassador in Washington saying the raids were "unconstitutional harassment of members of a peaceful religion". Los Angeles-based Jentzsch said that aside from a "fabricated claim from a 'former member'," the reason for the raid and investigation "remains a mystery." He hinted however that Germany may have influenced Russia to take such measures against the church. "There is strong cause for suspicion that today's raids came about due to German influence," Jentzsch told the Russian ambassador in a letter. Scientology, founded by the science-fiction writer Ron Hubbard and based in Los Angeles, is recognized as a religion in the United States. The Russian government last February gave all foreign religious organizations six months to register in accordance with a 1997 law that banned sects with less than 15 years' existence in Russia from actively seeking converts. Scientology is considered a sect in some Western countries, including Germany and Greece, where authorities contend that its leaders seek economic gain. Russia Today, March 6, 1999 Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland Security Chaos as Nato Expands Russia-trained military officers and Russian spies THE biggest expansion in Nato's 50-year history takes place this week against a background of chaos and confusion within the three new east European member states. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join the Western military alliance on Friday when their foreign ministers hand accession documents to Madeleine Albright, the United States Secretary of State, in Independence, Missouri. Apostles of enlargement will celebrate the movement of Nato's borders up to 400 miles eastwards. At a stroke, the alliance will bloodlessly acquire large swathes of former Warsaw Pact territory, take on more than 300,000 additional servicemen and so broaden Europe's "zone of stability". But in the rush to complete the enlargement on schedule, complaints are mounting that the armies of the new recruits and their associated intelligence organisations are in lamentable conditions. One Nato employee stated bluntly last week: "In their present condition, they're a liability." Poland is the only properly prepared new member. Polish servicemen are expected to be formidable allies. But the Czechs and, to a lesser extent, the Hungarians are viewed as burdens. Only about 50 per cent of the Czech public support membership and the figure is not much better in Hungary. Among the problems Nato commanders will face in assimilating the new recruits is dealing with the preponderance of Moscow-trained senior officers in their higher echelons. There is also a chronic shortage of graduates and a lack of specialists and non-commissioned officers. The low morale of eastern conscripts is graphically illustrated by a Czech infantry barracks where a white flag of surrender hangs from one of the windows. The professionals are also angry. One-third of Poland's leading fighter pilots resigned last year for civilian jobs paying up to 10 times more, while all east European pilots complain that they get less than half the Nato average of 180 hours' annual flying time. This makes them more crash-prone. Obsolete equipment is also a problem. Nato's new eastern frontier will be guarded soon by four Hungarian MiG-29s and four ageing Czech MiG-21s. Prague said last week that only one of the aircraft was fully operational, while Hungary still relies on Russia to service its combat jets' engines. Military problems pale when compared with the mountain of unresolved security issues. When the new members join, many thousands of east European soldiers, bureaucrats and even ministers will be denied access to classified Nato papers because of their refusal to comply with Nato's strict vetting procedures. Security-checking agencies in the new member states have been snowed under by applications. The Czechs say 100,000 people need Nato access, although fewer than 1,000 will have been cleared by the end of March. The Czech cabinet has refused to participate in vetting procedures. It will be certified as "clean" without any investigation, even though it contains four known ex-communists, including the defence minister, Vladimir Vetchy. Many intelligence staff in all three states previously worked for communist spy agencies. Their presence poses a big security problem for Nato. It is difficult for the alliance to know whom it can trust. Russian intelligence still jealously guards the so-called Blackmailer's Treasurehouse, a collection of sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of east Europeans built up during communist times. Now that former Warsaw Pact allies are joining Nato, the papers could be used to pressure servicemen, officials and politicians into working against the alliance. There is already substantial evidence of renewed Russian intelligence activity in eastern Europe. Western officials say Moscow's vast diplomatic and trade buildings in the region are again filling with spies. Last week, Poland told 15 Russian businessmen to leave the country "on grounds of national security". The London Telegraph, March 7, 1999 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. 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