TERRORISTS THREATEN GLOBAL TRADE
► http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110106/pl_afp/euusattackssecuritytrade ► Agence France Presse ► Stringer: Martin Rudner [ret.] / Carleton University / Ottawa / www.carleton.ca/cciss Jan 6 2011 ► Jan 6. Governments must step up cooperation to thwart dangerous shipments that terrorists could use to paralyse global trade, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday. Napolitano used a speech in Brussels to enlist allies in an effort to protect the global supply chain, the crucial system that takes products made in countries like China through ships and trucks to European and US stores. "That system is a powerful engine of commerce, of jobs, of prosperity. Yet a range of increasingly unpredictable and potentially catastrophic threats, from terrorist acts to natural disasters, present substantial danger to the entire system," she said at a policy forum. "Regardless of where a potential event might occur, the ripple effect of a significant disruption of this global system could potentially impact not just the United States but the entire international community," Napolitano said. The US homeland security chief, who held two days of meetings with European Union officials on a trip that also took her to Afghanistan, Ireland, Israel and Qatar, said governments needed to make progress in three areas: -- Working more closely to track the movements of material that can be used to make bombs, including chemicals, and preventing terrorists from acquiring them. -- Protecting critical air, land and sea transportation hubs. -- Ensuring that the global supply chain can rebound quickly from an attack in order to prevent trade from grinding to a halt. A consequence of an attack on the supply chain, she warned, "could be that people across the world would find empty store shelves for food, serious shortages in needed medical supplies or significant increases in the cost of fuel." The US Homeland Security Department will work with the Departments of State and Defence to provide training and technical assistance to partner countries. "In all we will have hundreds of aviation and customs officers stationed around the world working with host countries to secure the international supply chain," she said. The threat to the supply chain was highlighted in October when booby-trapped parcels were discovered in cargo planes bound for the United States. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** 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.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
