"Russia's lower house of parliament approved Sunday a sweeping new anti-terrorism law defining terms under which the military may shoot down hijacked passenger planes, strike at suspected terrorist targets and intercept communications for security reasons." ""This law is very much needed . . . It defines what terrorism is. Without it, it was difficult to carry out the struggle against terrorism by lawful means," said a deputy with the pro-Kremlin United Russian Party, Nikolai Kovalyov."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\02\27\story_27-2-2006_pg4_4 Monday, February 27, 2006 Russian Duma passes sweeping anti-terrorism law MOSCOW: Russia's lower house of parliament approved Sunday a sweeping new anti-terrorism law defining terms under which the military may shoot down hijacked passenger planes, strike at suspected terrorist targets and intercept communications for security reasons. The law entitled On Counter-terrorist Action was approved in a final reading with 423 votes in favour, one against and eight abstentions. It will be passed to the upper house of parliament and then President Vladimir Putin for final approval both of which are considered a formality. "This law is very much needed . . . It defines what terrorism is. Without it, it was difficult to carry out the struggle against terrorism by lawful means," said a deputy with the pro-Kremlin United Russian Party, Nikolai Kovalyov. The head of the Duma lower house's legislation committee, Pavel Krasheninnikov, described the law as "strict". "In working out the law we studied the sad experience of terror acts in Madrid, the United States, Beslan and elsewhere," Krasheninnikov told journalists. The lengthy text approved Sunday sets out a range of procedures for anti-terrorist operations and also covers operations outside Russian territory. afp -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
