[osint] News Flash: TALIBAN IS RECRUITING OUTSIDERS

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TALIBAN IS RECRUITING OUTSIDERS


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HUNDREDS of foreign fighters are being smuggled into Afghanistan 
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[osint] Rome hosts inter-religious meeting

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-09-18_11810158.htm
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Rome hosts inter-religious meeting
 

[foto]Bid to underline pope's respect for Islam (ANSA) - Rome, September 18
- The Vatican's top official on inter-religious dialogue will meet Rome's
Muslim and Jewish leaders on Tuesday in a bid to underline the pope's
respect for other religions, including Islam .

The meeting, organised by Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, comes after several
days of Muslim anger over Benedict's remarks last week on Islam. One of the
most common charges leveled at the pontiff by Muslims around the world is
that he does not understand and respect Islam. Cardinal Paul Poupard will
meet the imam of Rome's mosque Sami Salem, the head of the city's Islamic
cultural centre Abdallah Redouane, and Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni
.

The cardinal said he would take a "message of dialogue and respect" to the
meeting. He said there would also be an appeal "to consider all the positive
signs that Benedict XVI has shown with regard to Islam". Only two weeks ago,
the pontiff sent "words of peace" to an inter-religious meeting attended by
Muslim representatives in the Italian town of Assisi, Card. Poupard said .

Referring to the tensions over Benedict's comments on Islam, Cardinal
Poupard put part of the blame on the media for simplifying the pope's
message. He said people present at the lecture had understood his meaning
"perfectly" .

In another bid to reach out to Muslims, the Vatican daily Osservatore
Romano, on Monday printed the text of the pope's Angelus address in Arabic
as well as English and French .

In that address the pope said he had never intended to offend Muslims and
that his speech was intended as an invitation to dialogue .

'DIFFICULT SITUATION' .

However, the distance between the Catholic view and even that of moderate
Muslims on the controversial text was underlined by Rome imam Sami Salem,
one of the key Muslim figures invited to Tuesday's meeting in Rome .

"The pope's words have taken us back many years. We are in a very difficult
situation. We have to work for dialogue," he said .

But the imam also cautioned: "Word's aren't enough to resolve this
situation. You have to demonstrate that you are people of peace" .

Meanwhile, the pope garnered clear support from the Anglican Church. The
Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, appealed for calm and said that
Benedict's words had been misunderstood and taken out of context .

"The pope has already said sorry and I believe his point of view should be
judged in the context of the entire speech, in which he talked about the
need for dialogue," he said .

'AVOID OFFENCE' .

>From Turkey, the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholemew I, said
he was "deeply saddened" by the recent tensions between Christians and
Muslims .

But his statement also appeared to hint at criticism of the pope. "In a
moment when humanity must face such dangers it is essential to avoid
situations which could offend the faith of others," he said .

Benedict is scheduled to visit Turkey, on the invitation of Bartholemew
himself, at the end of November. Despite widespread speculation in the media
that the visit is at risk, Turkey's Catholic bishops on Monday confirmed the
visit .

Turkey's Premier Tayyip Erdogan was one of several political and religious
figures in the country who demanded an apology from the pope after his
speech in Regensburg last Tuesday .
 


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[osint] News Flash: Man Accused of Working for Iraq Indicted

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Man Accused of Working for Iraq Indicted


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regime during the 1990s was indicted on charges of failing to 
register as an agent of a foreign government, authorities said 
Wednesday. 

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[osint] Hizballah training Venezuela's Wayuu Indians?

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 

Hezbollah training Venezuela's Wayuu Indians?

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Wed, 09/20/2006 - 04:50.
http://ww4report.com/node/2516 
We sure hope this is Jewish paranoia! From the Jerusalem Post
 , Sept. 19 (emphasis added):
Venezuelan Jews fear Chavez-Iran ties
On the day that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived for a 30-hour
visit, it seemed appropriate that Venezuela's Jewish community should
organize a conference on the Middle East conflict and its local
repercussions.
Freddy Pressner, head of the Confederation of Jewish Associations of
Venezuela, claimed the timing was pure coincidence, but agreed "fate" may
have played a role.
Ahmadinejad's visit here reinforced an alliance that both countries have
been cultivating with high level visits. Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez, both leaders of oil-producing nations, have found
common cause criticizing US hegemony.
Chavez has come out in support of Iran's nuclear program as well as
denouncing the war in Lebanon, accusing Israel of a "new Holocaust." At the
Non-Aligned Movement summit, which was held in Cuba leading up to the
Iranian leader's Caracas visit, Venezuela and Iran channeled the tide of
global anti-US sentiment into support for Iran's right to nuclear energy.
"We are outraged" by Ahmadinejad's visit, said Pressner, citing the Iranian
leader's Holocaust denial and his statements about erasing Israel from the
planet.
While Israel's security has always been a cause for concern among Venezuelan
Jews, Chavez's alliance with Iran has them worried about their own security
for the first time.
"No one used to say anti-Semitic things," said Claudia Prengler, who
attended the conference. "We've always lived in peace here."
Sammy Eppel, a local columnist, addressed the emerging anti-Semitism in his
conference presentation. He claimed to have found 195 anti-Semitic messages
in official and pro-government media in a 65-day period ending August 31.
Among Eppel's slides, one allegedly showed the front page of a government
publication called "Docencia," or "Teaching," which denounced the "Jewish
killers" perpetrating the war in Lebanon.
A former head of the Jewish confederation, Abraham Levy, remembered that up
until a couple of years ago, "there were hardly any [anti-Semitic] articles"
in Venezuelan media.
Some at the conference feared that Chavez's attacks on Israel may lead to
attacks on local Jews. Already, graffiti is appearing on the Mariperez
synagogue with increasing frequency. As a safety precaution, Levy skipped
out on an office visit to the synagogue last Monday to avoid colliding with
a pro-government march.
Critics claim that Chavez owes his anti-Semitic credentials to his late
mentor, Norberto Ceresole, an Argentine ideologue who was well-known for his
neo-Nazi views. But Chavez has only recently aimed his vitriol at Israel as
he seeks friends in the Middle East, especially in Damascus and Teheran,
both of which he visited in the last two months.
The recent wave of anti-Semitism has Venezuelan Jews, used to acceptance,
rather nervous. Some even accuse Chavez of bringing in Hizbullah to
indoctrinate Wayuu Indians in the west of the country.
"The government has adopted an anti-Semitic policy," explained Eppel. "But
it's the government, not the people, that is anti-Semitic."
In meetings between Jewish leaders and high level government officials,
including Chavez himself, the government has claimed to have its hands tied.
"'We'll do what we can, but we can't deny people freedom of speech,'" has
been the government's response, according to Pressner.
But considering that the wave of anti-Semitism comes from official and
pro-government media, Chavez's failure to repudiate these media and the
anti-Semitic graffiti represents the "crux of the problem," said Levy.
Venezuela's ties to the Middle East go far back. The country was among the
founding members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries),
but always maintained a neutral position on Israel - until now.
"It started with taking a stance and has been aggravated by increasingly
close ties where now you have these anti-Semitic messages," said Pressner.
"Whereas before, the messages were unofficial, now they're official."
Chavez and his followers have helped create a "climate of unease and lack of
safety," according to Pressner. "It concerns us," he added.
Like the rest of the country, Venezuela's Jews depend on the goodwill of a
president whose power reaches deeply into most of the nation's institutions.
Still, Pressner promised that they won't stand by as Israel and Jews are
attacked.
"You can't separate Israel from Venezuelan Jews, they're one and the same,"
said Pressner, suggesting that as Chavez becomes closer to Israel's
arch-foe, and his rhetoric follows suit, Jews here will continue to feel on
edge. 
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[osint] News Flash: Mullah Omar marshalling Taliban from Afghanistan: Musharraf

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Mullah Omar marshalling Taliban from Afghanistan: Musharraf


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President General Pervez Musharraf has said that Afghan Taliban 
leader Mullah Omar is not in Pakistan rather he is leading 
Taliban while sitting in Kandahar (Afghanistan). 

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[osint] China Carps as US Allies Impose Sanctions on North Korea

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/2
00609/INT20060920a.html
 
China Carps as US Allies Impose Sanctions on North Korea
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 20, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Japan and Australia have become the first countries to
follow the United States' lead in imposing financial sanctions on North
Korea, a move opposed by China and causing unease in South Korea.

The State Department Tuesday welcomed the decision by its allies to act
against Pyongyang, in line with a mid-July U.N. Security Council resolution
-- a response to North Korea's test-firing of ballistic missiles.

The resolution required U.N. member states not to transfer resources North
Korea could use to advance its missile and weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
programs.

The Japanese government, which views its country as a prime target for a
potential North Korean missile strike, spearheaded efforts to have the
resolution passed, despite reluctance from China and Russia.

It also responded unilaterally to the missile tests by banning entry to
North Korean government officials and a North Korean passenger-cargo ferry.

In the latest step Tuesday, Tokyo named 15 North Korean firms and one
individual whose assets are now frozen in Japan because of links, it said,
to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

The ban also affects remittances passing through Japanese banks and sent
abroad by the groups concerned. Remittances headed for the reclusive
Stalinist state are an important source of foreign currency.

Australia on the same day blacklisted 12 companies and one individual whom
Canberra accused of involvement in the weapons programs, saying the move was
intended to send "a strong message" to Pyongyang.

"North Korea's WMD programs threaten North Asia's security and stability,
and instability in North Asia would have significant implications for
international stability and commerce," said Foreign Minister Alexander
Downer.

Australia is one of a handful of Western countries to have established
diplomatic relations with North Korea since 2000. The others are European
Union members.

Under a June 2005 executive order, President Bush also designated certain
groups for supporting or contributing to North Korean WMD and missile
proliferation. Since then the designated groups have climbed to 12, plus one
individual.

The sole individual blacklisted by the U.S. as well as Japan and Australia
is Jakob Steiger, the 65-year-old president of a Swiss industrial supply
company, Kohas AG.

According to the U.S. Treasury, the company acts as a technology broker in
Europe for the North Korean military.

"Kohas AG and Jakob Steiger have been involved in activities of
proliferation concern on behalf of North Korea since the company's founding
in the late 1980s," it said in a statement last March.

The company has denied any relationship with the North Korean regime, saying
it deals in metal parts for shelving.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack Tuesday urged other countries to
follow the example set by Japan and Australia.

He said the administration was reviewing possible additional steps it may
take to comply with the July resolution.

In a bid to improve ties, the Clinton administration in 1999-2000 relaxed
some trade restrictions that had been imposed under the 1917 Trading with
the Enemy Act. Korean media speculate that the U.S. may reimpose some of
these suspended restrictions.

Sanctions not affected by the earlier easing include those associated with
proliferation and with North Korea's designation as a terror-sponsoring
state.

'Complicated'

Late last year, the U.S. also imposed sanctions on a bank in Chinese Macao,
alleging links to North Korean currency counterfeiting and money-laundering
operations - illicit activities allegedly used by the Kim Jong-il regime to
finance its weapons programs. 

China, North Korea's closest ally and economic partner, has long been a
critic of sanctions, and reiterated its stance Tuesday.

Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a briefing the dispute should be
resolved through dialogue, and asked all parties concerned to "avoid any
action that may further complicate the situation."

The situation was "complicated and sensitive, and relevant parties should
concentrate on alleviating the situation and promoting the early resumption
of the six-party talks," he said.

The talks, which aim to settle a four-year standoff over its nuclear weapons
programs, involve the U.S., North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China and
Russia.

They last met a year ago, since when North Korea, citing the U.S. sanctions
against the Macao bank, has refused to return.

South Korea's liberal government, which pursues a policy of aid and
engagement with the North, has also been opposed to sanctions or other
punitive measures, arguing they could heighten tensions on the peninsula.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun last week held talks with President Bush

[osint] News Flash: Sept. 11 figure faces Guantanamo hearing

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Sept. 11 figure faces Guantanamo hearing


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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 
attacks, is expected to face a hearing here within three months 
that will investigate whether he is an enemy combatant, a 
military official said Wednesday. 

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[osint] Georgia City Plans Reverse 9-1-1 Service

[Bruce Tefft]

http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=4

&id=32713
 
 
Posted: September 20th, 2006 11:24 AM EDT
CARRIE HARGETT
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)
Georgia 
City Plans Reverse 9-1-1 Service
By the end of September, Whitfield County plans to install an emergency
notification system to inform residents of important information.
The system called "Reverse 911" is a communications and mapping database,
created by Sigma Communications, that is able to call numerous households in
a designated area to warn them of possible danger, said Officer Chris
McDonald, Crime Prevention/Public Information officer at the Dalton Police
Department.
Officials realized a need for the system after the April 2004 chemical spill
at MFG Chemical, during which many residents and emergency personnel were
treated for exposure after a toxic chemical release.
"They (police) were going in trying to get residents out," Mr. McDonald
said. "They ended up at the hospital."
The "Reverse 911" system, for example, could have notified residents living
close to the spill by calling their home phone numbers to warn them to
either evacuate or stay inside with doors and windows closed, he said.
Officials said their main concern with the notification system is the
accuracy of telephone numbers and street addresses due to the number of news
homes being built and phone numbers changing.
"We feel we are going to have about 70 to 75 percent accuracy by using the
communication database," Mr. McDonald said.
The system will never be "100 percent foolproof," Carl Collins, fire chief
of Whitfield County, said.
In case of an emergency, Mr. McDonald said it is better to be able to notify
70 percent than none.
Chief Collins has been assigned project manager for Whitfield County to
examine how the "Reverse 911" system can reach maximum effectiveness within
the county.
"What some of our concerns are the mapping and accuracy of it," Tim Miller,
director of Information Technology for Whitfield County, said.
Mr. Collins said he supports the database being installed in the county. He
said he views the database as an "extra tool" that could help people in an
emergency situation. "Chemical spills, bad weather, bridge closing ... there
are numerous valuable uses for it," he said.
The "Reverse 911" database is unable to call unlisted numbers or cell phone
numbers.
"There will be a method by which people can opt in if they have an unlisted
number or cell phone," Mr. McDonald said.
The database will be housed at the police department, but personnel in other
departments will be trained to operate the equipment. A total of eight
employees will be taught how to use the equipment, then they will train
others.
Mr. McDonald said the database located at the police department can call 36
numbers per minute, but in case of mass evacuation phone lines can be
borrowed from the "Reverse 911" headquarters in Indianapolis, which would
result in up to 1,000 numbers per minute.


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[osint] al-Qa'ida: American AQ Gadahn spotted in Pakistan

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
I wonder if 'spot Gadahn' will replace those popular sports 'spot bin
Laden,' 'spot al-Zawahiri,' and 'spot Shukrijumah' ?
/C
 

 
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/american_al_qae_1.html 
American al Qaeda Spotted in Pakistan 
September 18, 2006 9:15 AM 
Alexis Debat Reports: 
The American al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, was spotted last month in a remote area
of Pakistan but moved before he could be captured, Pakistani intelligence
officials tell ABC News. 
The officials say Gadahn, a native of Orange County, Calif., was seen in
South Waziristan, where he is believed to be involved in the production of
al Qaeda propaganda tapes.
He has appeared several times in the last year on video tapes, predicting
the streets of America will "run red with blood" and expressing his glee
that the 9/ll attacks took place on "enemy soil."
U.S. law enforcement officials say Gadahn has taken an increasingly
prominent role in the hierarchy of al Qaeda. He is believed to report to the
No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.  
Pakistani officials say they are "hot on the trail" of Gadahn, although
South Waziristan is one of the areas where Pakistani soldiers have been
ordered to stay in their barracks as part of a "peace agreement" between the
Pakistani government and tribal militants believed to shelter al Qaeda and
Taliban elements.
Gadahn was indicted earlier this month by a federal grand jury on charges of
providing material support to terrorism. 
U.S. law enforcement officials say if he is captured inside Pakistan, the
indictment will serve as a legal mechanism to have him immediately turned
over to U.S. custody.  
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[osint] 'Elitism' Threatens Immigration Reform

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200609/NAT2006092
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'Elitism' Threatens Immigration Reform, Says Congressman
By Kevin Mooney
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
September 20, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Immigration reform may still be alive on Capitol Hill, but
"elitism" inside the U.S. Senate chamber and in various media outlets
remains an obstacle to the passage of meaningful legislation, according to
some lawmakers and public policy experts.

House Republicans who favor an "enforcement-first" approach to immigration
reform have successfully re-launched reform efforts with a bill authorizing
700 miles of reinforced fencing along the most porous sections of the
American-Mexican border. The Senate is taking up the legislation this week.

But, U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said the "elite opinion" of President
Bush and senators is still at odds with the sentiments of most Americans on
the immigration reform issue.

"I have never seen such a disconnect between American people and the elite
in our country as on the issue of illegal immigration," King said during an
immigration forum organized by House leaders on Capitol Hill. "If we are
going to restore the confidence of the American people we have to show we
can secure borders. People ask me -- if you can't secure the border, how can
you win the war on terror? If we are going to control our destiny as a
nation, we must control our borders."

John Keeley, director of communications for the Center for Immigration
Studies (CIS), shares King's assessment. He told Cybercast News Service that
there is "no other domestic issue where there is this gap between the elite
and public opinion." Keeley identified a mix of media outlets, special
interest groups and public officials as being part of the elite. 

The list of elitists identified by Keeley include the following: the
Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the American
Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC),
President Bush and U.S. senators who support more lenient immigration
legislation such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Ted Kennedy
(D-Mass.) 

Keeley described the elite as a "motley crew" that has very little in common
ideologically, but nonetheless favors open borders and "unfettered
immigration" for their own purposes. 

He also said some U.S. senators view contemporary immigration as a civil
right and feel that illegal status is more of an "administrative nuisance as
opposed to a legitimate distinction." 

The Secure Border Act of 2006 (H.R.
  6061) passed the
full House last week. The legislation calls for reinforced
  fencing and the creation of a
"virtual fence" comprised of cameras, ground sensors and unmanned aerial
vehicles.

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to move legislation
  involving additional border
security measures to the House floor on Thursday, according to Kevin Madden,
his spokesman.

This additional legislation would provide criminal penalties for the
construction of tunnels between the U.S. and Mexico and for the expedited
removal of criminal aliens. Another bill would reaffirm the authority state
and local officials have to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration
law. 

Madden also said he was encouraged by the actions taken thus far on the
Senate side and sees an opportunity to get border security legislation
passed that will make its way to the president's desk.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has employed legislative
tactics that would allow for the Senate to take up H.R. 6061 as early as
Wednesday.

Carolyn Weyforth, a spokeswoman for Frist, told Cybercast News Service in an
email that the majority leader hopes that the House will take action on
border security measures before Congress recesses in October.

"Senator Frist still believes that we need to address immigration reform in
a comprehensive way. However, border security is the most pressing aspect of
immigration reform right now. Not enforcement-only, but enforcement-first,"
she said.

John Hambel, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla), chairman of the
House Republican Policy Committee, which organized the Republican forum on
Sept. 12, said the House leadership is pursuing a legislative strategy that
focuses on the enforcement questions already resolved in talks with
senators.

"All of these provisions, in one form or another have been passed by the
Senate," Hambel said. "We are trying to short-circuit any problems by taking
something they (the Senate) have already passed as part of their larger
immigration reform package and we are picking those border security
provisions that are immediate and should be non-confrontational."

But with such a short legislative calendar remaining, Larry Sabato, director
of the University of Virginia's Center

[osint] U.S. Prisons Can't Combat Islamic Terror Recruiting

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Study: U.S. Prisons Can't Combat Islamic Terror Recruiting

Posted: September 19th, 2006 12:14 PM EDT
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
Jailed Islamic extremists with violent interpretations of the Quran are
taking advantage of scarce religious monitoring programs to breed terrorists
in U.S. prisons, a study released Tuesday shows.
State and local prison officials struggle to track radicalized behavior by
inmates or religious counselors, the joint study by George Washington
University and the University of Virginia found.
Many prisons can't afford preventive programs; in California, for example,
officials reported "that every investigation into radical groups in their
prisons uncovers new leads, but they simply do not have enough investigators
to follow every case of radicalization."
"Radicalized prisoners are a potential pool of recruits by terrorist
groups," concluded the study, released at a Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on "homegrown" terrorists. "The U.S.,
with its large prison population, is at risk of facing the sort of homegrown
terrorism currently plaguing other countries."
An estimated 2 million people are imprisoned in the United States; 6 percent
of them are Muslim, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a counterterrorism consultant, told senators that
"chilling" interpretations of the Quran were given to prison inmates when he
worked for the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, an international charity that
served as a major al-Qaida financier.
The readings urged Muslims "to wage war against non-Muslims who have not
submitted to Islamic rule," Gartenstein-Ross said in prepared testimony to
the Senate panel.
"I know of only a few instances in which prisons rejected the literature we
attempted to distribute - and it was never because of the literature's
radicalism," said Gartenstein-Ross, who has since left the charity and
converted to Christianity.
Prisons have long been considered recruiting stations for gangs and, more
recently, terrorists, but little has been done throughout government to
combat them. The Senate hearing came as law enforcement and intelligence
officials focus on finding out how and why extremist homegrown sympathizers
cross a line to become operational terrorists.
The panel's chair, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called the matter "an
emerging threat to our national security." Added Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.,
"While homegrown Islamic terrorism might not be as much of a threat as in
say, Europe or some other places, we ignore the threat that does exist at
our peril."
The report cited several high-profile cases of terrorists who became
radicalized while incarcerated, including British shoe bomber Richard Reid.
It also noted what authorities call a foiled plot of a potential shooting
rampage against California military facilities, synagogues and the Israeli
Consulate in Los Angeles by followers of Kevin James, who founded the
radical group Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh, or JIS, as an inmate at
California State Prison in Sacramento.
Researchers interviewed federal, state and local prison officials, religious
counselors and counterterror authorities in four states - California, New
York, South Carolina and Ohio - and the District of Columbia. They concluded
that federal prison authorities have made significant strides in collecting
and sharing information to help monitor whether inmates are becoming
radicalized.
But state and local prison officials have largely relied on contractors and
volunteers to lead Islamic services because of a lack of well-trained Muslim
chaplains, the report found. In New York, that led to several cases of
"imams espousing violent views," it said.
The report noted a 2004 study that found that about half of 193 prisons
surveyed supervised religious services or monitored them with video or audio
recorders. "In the absence of monitoring by authoritative Islamic chaplains,
materials that advocate violence have infiltrated the prison system
undetected," it found.


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[osint] Global Warming Could Boost Illegal Immigration

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00609/SPE20060920a.html
 
Global Warming Could Boost Illegal Immigration, Expert Says
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
September 20, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Global warming might cause an increase in illegal
immigration as people "flee storm-ravaged or sun-parched regions" to find
refuge in the U.S., according to an expert who addressed a gathering on
climate change in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

"Large-scale climatic disruptions in nearby nations, such as Mexico or
Caribbean Island nations," may result in "spillover effects on the health
system in the U.S.," said Devra Lee Davis, director of the Center for
Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, in
an abstract

on the subject, "Changes in Severe Weather and Climate: Implications for
Human Health."

One way such a "spillover effect" could occur is through "a rapid surge in
illegal migration as people flee storm-ravaged or sun-parched regions to
earn a living, or simply an outbreak of disease in fetid urban slums that
spreads across borders," Davis noted.

"New immigrants, especially those who come here illegally, may have a higher
incidence of some diseases, such as tuberculosis, that are rare today in the
U.S.," she added.

While acknowledging "it is very hard to make projections of what the
potential impacts" of man-made greenhouse gases are likely to be, Davis
stressed that public health officials will "need to be on the lookout for a
wider variety of diseases as climate changes and the mobility of people and
other disease-carriers increases."

"If we want to make the future a better place, we have to study the past,"
Davis said as she discussed the same topic during the Washington Summit on
Climate Stabilization sponsored by the non-profit Climate Institute.

Davis pointed to her hometown of Donora, Pa., during October 1948, when more
than 20 residents died from inhaling toxic fumes over the course of four
days after a zinc mill opened in the town.

"What happened with Donora then is exactly what is happening with climate
now," she stated, noting that people in her hometown decided to examine what
was causing the health crisis before taking any action.

"Studying the problem is a lot easier than doing something about it," Davis
said. "Beware those who tell you we always need to study more."

Often during her talk, Davis equated global warming with pollution. At one
point, she noted that "there is no such thing as local pollution" because of
the constant interaction of weather systems around the world.

"It's the fossil fuel problem that got us in this situation," she said. "As
many people die from air pollution today as die from car crashes every year
in the developed world" because the "global impact of fossil fuels on public
health is enormous."

"Think about this: Why did HIV/AIDS arise in Africa, despite the theory that
it was developed by some nefarious sources?" Davis asked. "Because the
nutritional conditions of people in Africa and the exposure to co-factors
such as Hepatitis B were so much more prevalent there, that the
vulnerability was greater.

"Even HIV/AIDS can be thought of as a climate-related disease," she noted.

Davis concluded her speech by again discussing the effect of pollution on
her hometown in 1948.

"That lump of coal that my grandfather shoveled down the coal chute outside
the family furnace in 1948 would have landed in the basement right under
where my grandmother usually stayed in bed, and at night, my grandfather
would have gone down to the cellar to fire up the furnace," she said.

"That lump would have burned completely, yielding water, carbon dioxide, a
number of sticky, smelly compounds and some heat," Davis noted. "The gases
of carbon dioxide burned in the fires of Donora are up there still, warming
us all now. That's the problem that we face."

However, Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming at the free
market-based Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), told Cybercast News
Service that he disagrees with Davis' view of the effects of climate change.

"It's interesting that she ties the greatest threat to mankind -- according
to Al Gore and others, global warming -- to what the American public sees as
the greatest threat, namely illegal immigration," Ebell said.

"We already have a lot of illegal immigration, and if you believe Al Gore's
scenario, you'd see that under a global warming catastrophe, we'd all be
fleeing south to Mexico rather than people fleeing north," he noted.

"The American people are voting on climate every day, and if you look at the
U.S. Census, they're moving south," Ebell stated. "Since the invention of
air conditioning, states like Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Maine
are not gaining rapidly in population. It's Arizona, California, Florida,
Texas -- all the warm places."

Ebel

[osint] Capitol Security Breach Prompts Procedure Review

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=8

&id=32695
 
Voice of America News

Capitol Security Breach Prompts Procedure Review

U.S. Capitol Police say an incident early Monday in which a man possessing a
gun drove his car through the capitol security perimeter and ran inside
before being caught, has prompted a new review of protection measures.
The incident occurred early Monday morning before most members of Congress
had returned to resume work in the capitol building where the House of
Representatives and Senate are located.
The man drove a sports utility vehicle through a security barrier on the
East side of the Capitol, where construction workers have been building a
massive underground visitors' center.
After crashing his vehicle into a structure outside, the man jumped out and
ran through a construction entrance into the Capitol building itself before
police apprehended him in a third floor construction area.
Police identified the man as 20-year-old Carlos Green from Silver Spring,
Maryland, and said he carried a small handgun and tested positive for crack
cocaine.
No shots were fired, but the incident forced the closure of the Capitol
building for one hour, as police stopped visitors from entering.
It wasn't until late Monday that Capitol Police held a news conference to
discuss the incident.
Here is acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Christopher McGaffin:
"We are now conducting the criminal investigation that is ongoing as well as
a review of our security measures in the perimeters and access points that
we have into the Capitol Visitors' Center as well as the [Capitol] building
itself," said Christopher McGaffin.
In the five years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the U.S.
Capitol has been surrounded by increasingly tight security, including street
barriers, police checkpoints, and a ban on large trucks.
Monday's penetration of the security perimeter and the ability of the
individual to drive a vehicle almost to the steps of the Capitol prompted
questions about how the man was able to get as far as he did.
Acting Capitol Police Chief McGaffin says a review of security procedures
will attempt to answer these questions:
"There is a risk when you move a blocked vehicle back, or when you lower a
barricade, for another vehicle to intercept," he said. "That is why we have
concentric rings of security. Some involve people, police officers who are
in posts, some are technology, some are alarm systems, some [are]
surveillance, but there are a myriad of security rings that are in place,
and in this instance the inner ring of our security initiative was effective
in subduing this individual."
The incident at the Capitol on Monday is sure to prompt additional questions
from lawmakers at a hearing scheduled later this week to examine progress on
the new Capitol Visitors' Center.
At a cost of more than half a billion dollars, the center was designed to
help improve security while accommodating the thousands of visitors who come
to see the Capitol building each year.


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[osint] Inside Tablighi Jamaat

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329557144-117700,00.html 
Inside the Islamic group accused by MI5 and FBI 
Paul Lewis
Saturday August 19, 2006
Guardian 
Thousands of young Muslim men are attending meetings in east London every
week run by a fundamentalist Islamic movement believed by western
intelligence agencies to be used as a fertile recruiting ground by
extremists.
Tablighi Jamaat, whose activities are being monitored by the security
services, holds the tightly guarded meetings on an industrial estate close
to the area where some of the suspects in last week's terror raids were
arrested.
This week it emerged that at least seven of the 23 suspects under arrest on
suspicion of involvement in the plot to blow up transatlantic airliners may
have participated in Tablighi events.
The organisation - influenced by a branch of Saudi Arabian Islam known as
Wahhabism - has already been linked to two of the July 7 suicide bombers who
attended a Tablighi mosque at the organisation's headquarters in Dewsbury,
West Yorkshire. The jailed shoe bomber Richard Reid is also known to have
attended Tablighi meetings.
Until now, the leaders of Tablighi Jamaat - which means "group of preachers"
- have refused to open their doors to outsiders, shrouding the organisation
in mystery.
Tablighi enthusiasts say that the organisation, founded by a scholar in
India in the 1920s, has no involvement with terrorism and simply encourages
Muslims to follow the example of the prophet and proselytise the teachings
of the Qur'an. As one sympathetic imam put it, they were the "Jehovah's
Witnesses of Islam".
On Thursday evening, the Guardian witnessed around 3,000 men from as far
afield as Great Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight stream through the
backstreets of Stratford to the meeting. There, at the gates of a seemingly
derelict industrial site, men in fluorescent jackets waved those who are
known to the Tablighi Jamaat hierarchy under a security barrier, and into
one of three fields that surround a cluster of prefabricated buildings which
form a temporary mosque.
As the Guardian entered the complex one person spoke admiringly about the
"main man" for the south-east division of Tablighi Jamaat. "We can't call
him a prophet," he said. "No one can be a prophet. But when you meet him
you'll realise. He's helped a lot of people in Walthamstow to follow the
right path, the path of the prophet. He'll talk to you openly this evening
and everything will make sense."
Seconds later, the main man stood next to his red van in Islamic dress and a
smart blue waistcoat as hundreds of men, many carrying suitcases and
sleeping bags, filed past him into a network of six rooms cobbled together
with planks of wood and corrugated plastic windows. He later said he was
from Walthamstow.
The largest room was reserved for the main speaker, an elder from Preston
who spoke in Urdu. His sermon was relayed through a microphone to five other
rooms in which interpreters provided simultaneous translation into English,
Arabic, Sinhala, Turkish and Somali.
The English-speaking room heaved as a sea of faces, white, black and Asian,
spilled into the hallway. Most were teenagers and men in their 20s and 30s
dressed in Islamic dress, caps and beards. Some came in suits and ties,
others in jeans and hoodies. There were old men too, who weaved slowly
through to the front of the room, and a few young boys.
The Walthamstow man took a seat in the middle of the room to interpret
proceedings. The murmur of hundreds of whispering voices stopped as he put
on his headphones. "We come to submit our will to Allah," he began. "We have
to live the life that Allah has prescribed for us. We have been invited into
Allah's house."
He continued to translate the preacher's message. "If a person is drowning,
the man who saves him needs to take him out of the water. If he has
swallowed too much water, that water must come out. At the moment we are in
a worldly ocean and we are all drowning. For us to become successful, we
must come out of this world for a short period of time."
Although not a scholar, the interpreter is deeply respected. Quietly, some
in the congregation whisper that he has seen miracles - the sign of a truly
committed Tablighi.
After an hour the preacher concluded with a call for followers to join the
effort and commit to a trip away. "We must leave our houses, our businesses,
our families, for a short period of time, and follow the path of Allah and
practise the ways of the prophet, going from mosque to mosque," said the
interpreter. "Then [the behaviour] will become second nature to us. We shall
go to India and Pakistan for four months to follow these ways."
What Tablighi followers call "the effort" - travelling around the country
for three days or 10 days, depending on their level of commitment - is key
to the organisation. Once they have completed the first stage, they may
undertake a 40-day trip, which is likely to entail travel around Europe.
Finally, a Tablighi member wil

[osint] News Flash: U.S. condemns military coup in Thailand

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Thailand which ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and 
called for the restoration of civilian rule in the country "as 
quickly as possible." 

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[osint] "From Algeria to Iraq"

[Bruce Tefft]

>From Algeria to Iraq
All But Forgotten Lessons from Nearly 50 Years Ago
By David Galula
[From: RAND Review, Summer 2006]
http://www.rand.

org/publications/randreview/issues/summer2006/algeria.
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[to download full text of Galula's 324 page book, see:
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The recollections of RAND consultant Lt. Col. David Galula, who 
served as a French commander in Algeria from 1956 to 1958, have a 
remarkable, almost timeless resonance nearly half a century later, 
with striking parallels to America's recent experiences in Iraq. This 
essay is drawn from a RAND report written by Galula in 1963. He died 
in 1967 at a young age, depriving America of his guidance at a time 
when the United States was becoming more deeply involved in Vietnam.

>From the time of my arrival in Algeria until October 1957, my 
battalion's quartier covered most of the Djebel Aissa Mimoun, an area 
five miles square. In my zone, as everywhere in Algeria, the order 
was to "pacify." But exactly how?

The sad truth was that, in spite of all our past experience, we had 
no single, official doctrine for counterinsurgency warfare. At one 
extreme stood the "warriors," officers who had learned nothing, who 
challenged the very idea that the population was the real objective, 
who maintained that military action pursued with sufficient means and 
vigor for a sufficiently long time would defeat the rebels. At the 
other extreme were the "psychologists." To them, psychological action 
was the answer to everything. In between the "warriors" and 
the "psychologists" stood the bulk of French officers left to their 
own devices with their practical problems.

I, too, had an axe to grind. There was no doubt in my mind that 
support from the population was the key to the whole problem for us 
as well as for the rebels. By "support" I mean not merely sympathy or 
idle approval but active participation in the struggle.

A thorough census was the first step toward controlling the 
population. Control also meant that my soldiers had to know every 
villager by sight. I committed villagers to the French struggle by 
requisitioning their labor and paying them for their work. I opened a 
dispensary. I opened a school. Reflecting on who might be our 
potential allies in the population, I thought that the women, given 
their subjugated condition, would naturally be on our side if we 
emancipated them. I took care that the children were kept busy in 
school and in organized outdoor games.

In March 1957, I was well in control of the entire population. The 
census was completed and kept up to date, my soldiers knew every 
individual in their townships, and my rules concerning movements and 
visits were obeyed with very few violations. My authority was 
unchallenged. Any suggestion I made was promptly taken as an order 
and executed. Boys and girls regularly went to school, moving without 
protection in spite of the threats and terrorist actions against 
Moslem children going to French schools. Every field was cultivated. 
As they recognized the difference between their prospering 
environment and those surrounding areas still in the grip of 
hostilities, villagers were easily convinced of the need to preserve 
their peace by helping to prevent rebel infiltration.

Throughout the war our prisoner camps were open for unannounced 
inspection by the International Red Cross, the reports of which were 
made public. As was the case with every one of our activities, for a 
long time no standard pattern governed our conduct toward the 
prisoners, and the atmosphere varied greatly from camp to camp. In 
the best camps, efforts were made to sift the tough prisoners from 
the soft; where it was not done, the camps became schools for rebel 
cadres. In some camps, by contrast, psychological experts thought 
they could convert prisoners by having them repeat regularly certain 
slogans and songs.

The lack of a concrete, precise doctrine resulted in a mosaic pattern 
of pacification in the field. My battalion's quartier could be 
considered as well advanced. Immediately to the north of us, rebels 
still controlled the population.

The war in Algeria broadly conformed to the characteristics of 
revolutionary war. And the essential "laws" of counterinsurgent 
warfare, as I see them, had to be respected by us. In all 
probability, these laws will apply to counterinsurgencies elsewhere.

The first law. The objective is the population. The population is at 
the same time the real terrain of the war. Destruction of the rebel 
forces and occupation of the geographic terrain led us nowhere as 
long as we did not control and get the support of the population.

The second law. The support from the population is not spontaneous 
and in any case must be organized. It can be obtained only through 
the efforts of the minority among the pop

[osint] al-Qa'ida: Zarqawi had foes within al Qaeda

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20060918-104345-1283r.htm

Zarqawi had foes within al Qaeda

By Sharon Behn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 19, 2006 
 
Iraq's national security adviser yesterday released a letter captured after
the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi, in which he was criticized
by another al Qaeda figure for his brutal methods. 
Mowaffak al-Rubaie cited several points in English from the
Arabic-language document, saying the letter reveals Zarqawi's intention to
spur sectarian violence in the country. 
The long letter was from Attyia al-Jaza'ri, purportedly an al Qaeda
leader of Algerian origin, to Zarqawi before he was killed in an air strike
on June 7. 
Mr. al-Rubaie's statement and the letter were given to journalists by
the U.S. military at the request of the adviser with the caveat: "We have no
knowledge of the matters contained in this message. If you have any
questions, please contact the government of Iraq." 
According to Mr. al-Rubaie, in the letter "the leader of al Qaeda
criticizes Zarqawi for making decisions without seeking the counsel of
senior al Qaeda leadership [and] reminds Zarqawi that he is not on the same
level of these historic leaders." 
Al-Jaza'ri also reprimanded the Jordanian-born terrorist for putting
military acts above political action, expressed his reservations on
Zarqawi's attempts "to prematurely declare war on the Shi'ites," and
chastised him for not cooperating with Sunni scholars and tribal leaders. 
The letter "expressed that al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan and
Afghanistan are unhappy with [al Qaeda in Iraq] methods in Iraq [and]
criticized [its] method of selectively choosing brutality and violence over
mercy and kindness." 
Zarqawi was the mastermind behind a number of gruesome videotaped
beheadings, executions and kidnappings in Iraq, making him one of the most
wanted men in Iraq. 
U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell told reporters on
June 8 that Zarqawi's death and 17 simultaneous raids in Baghdad and the
city's outskirts led to a "treasure trove" of information and intelligence. 
But the euphoria over Zarqawi's death quickly faded as sectarian
violence dramatically increased in the capital, leaving thousands dead in
the past three months, their tortured and bound bodies found strewn around
the city. 
There was no immediate independent confirmation of the veracity of the
documents released. Phone calls to the Iraqi national security council
spokesman were not answered. 

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[osint] TURKEY: "Turkey at Crossroads as Separatist Violence Rises"

[Bruce Tefft]

 
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 
TURKEY AT CROSSROADS AS SEPARATIST VIOLENCE RISES 
Nicolas Birch 9/14/06 
http://www.eurasian

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l

The death toll in a suspected Kurdish separatist bomb attack in 
southeastern Turkey rose to 10 on September 13, the culmination of a 
month of bloody violence that has pushed tensions in Turkey to the 
boiling point.

Seven children were among those who died when an explosion ripped 
through a bus stop in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on the 
night of September 12. The blast occurred hours after Turkey's 
largest civilian Kurdish grouping made an unprecedented call for the 
separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, to lay down its weapons 
immediately. 

"This was a provocation aimed at taking us back to the darkest days," 
said Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir, whose Democratic Society Party 
is seen by many Turks as the PKK's political wing. 

Baydemir has good reason for concern. Two hundred and fifty soldiers 
have died -- 27 in the last month alone -- since the PKK broke its 
unilateral ceasefire two years ago. Every death hardens the attitudes 
of the Turkish public. 

In response, the government has replaced last year's groundbreaking 
talk of a democratic solution to the Kurdish problem with ever more 
frequent calls for military action against PKK units in northern 
Iraq. 

The blast preceded the September 13 arrival of US Special Envoy 
General Joseph W. Ralston (Ret), who is visiting Ankara to discuss 
Turkey's fight against the PKK with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip 
Erdogan, Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit and senior security 
and foreign ministry officials.

Turkey's traditionally tight-knit society shows growing signs of 
division in response to the PKK's renewed activity. Four migrant 
seasonal workers narrowly escaped a lynching in western Turkey last 
week after locals heard them speaking Kurdish and assumed they were 
PKK members. They were the latest victims of deepening paranoia.

The violence has also triggered unprecedented open criticism of the 
Turkish state's handling of its 25-year war on the PKK by relatives 
of the dead. 

"I will not say 'long live this country, '"said Neriman Okay, the 
mother of an army lieutenant killed in action on September 1, as she 
stood over her son's coffin, news outlets reported. "I didn't bring 
my son up to be a soldier, and I do not accept his death. He died for 
nothing." 

In many places, what Okay called her "rebellion" would barely raise 
an eyebrow. In Turkey, it has been front page news for over a week.

"Neriman Okay has given a voice to all mothers whose sons have yet to 
do their military service, even those whose sons are still small 
children," wrote Meral Tamer in the centrist daily Milliyet.

Much of the media coverage has tended to see Okay's words as a 
protest against the government. That tendency has grown since Prime 
Minister Erdogan responded to criticisms of soldiers' deaths by 
announcing that "military service is not a place where you just take 
it easy." 

In a country with an 800,000-strong conscript army, some observers 
think the comment could spell the beginning of the end for Prime 
Minister Erdogan's government. Yet, while Neriman Okay did target the 
premier, her criticisms went much further.

"Sending boys who have never shot a gun to fight terrorists who've 
been in the mountains for 20 years is pure stupidity," she told one 
newspaper after the funeral, describing her son's inadequate 
training. "This should be a job for professionals."

Turkey's new Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit responded by 
saying he respected "anything the mothers of martyrs have to say." 
But analysts point out that his very first announcement on taking up 
his post last month was to insist that there would be no change to 
the system of military service.

Authorities have traditionally treated critics of military policies 
swiftly and harshly. A textbook read by all Turkish students suggests 
that a man who has not done his military service "cannot be useful to 
himself, his family, or his homeland." It's a point of view backed by 
Turkish law, as novelist Perihan Magden discovered this July. Her 
article defending conscientious objection earned charges of "turning 
Turks against the military." She faced three years in jail, but was 
acquitted.

Bringing Neriman Okay, a martyr's mother, before a Turkish court 
would clearly be impossible. But a campaign in one of Turkey's widest-
read dailies in recent days suggests that some are determined to 
neutralize the effect of her protest.

"Beware of the trap" screamed the headlines in nationalist Hurriyet 
on September 11, over a photo of the weeping Neriman Okay. The paper 
went on to report on how the PKK had offered her its condolences as 
part of a plan "to break the moral link connecting the army to the 
Turkish peopl

[osint] Experts fear Africa next big stage for Al Qaeda

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=2378248 
Experts fear Africa next big stage for Al Qaeda 
Reuters 
 
JOHANNESBURG - There is mounting evidence that the African continent will
become the next Al Qaeda hotbed as the militant group seeks to expand its
global operations, a senior expert on terrorism said.
"Al Qaeda would logically look for Africa," Peter Pham, director of the
Virginia-based think-tank Nelson Institute for International and Public
Affairs, told Reuters.
Speaking on Wednesday night at a security conference in Johannesburg, Pham
cited Africa's weak governments, large Muslim communities, rampant poverty
and its proximity to the Middle East as factors that could make the
continent a target.
"It's a natural base of (Al Qaeda) operation," Pham said. 
"There is evidence that Africa will be the next front for Al Qaeda," he
added. 
The two-day conference on "Combating and Preventing Terrorism in Africa" was
held as senior defense officials in Washington said the Pentagon was
considering the creation of a new military command responsible for Africa.
They said the idea was being considered by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
but no decision had been made. 
Responsibility for Africa is divided among three U.S. military regions:
European Command, Central Command and Pacific Command.
A Pentagon official said a separate Africa command would not mean putting
U.S. troops in Africa but would "streamline the focus and give appropriate
undivided attention to the continent." 
BLOODY ATTACKS 
Africa has witnessed a number of bloody attacks, notably the 1998 bombings
of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 people, and the
2002 suicide attack on a tourist hotel in the Kenyan resort of Mombasa that
killed 16. Al Qaeda was suspected in both cases.
The African Union set up the African Center for the Study and Research on
Terrorism in Algeria last year, acknowledging that international terrorism
had come to constitute a serious threat to peace in Africa.
Beyond the immediate goals of dealing with active terror groups there were
calls at the conference for more aid for economic growth and democracy.
The meeting is the first of its kind to be held in Africa, indicative of its
growing strategic importance, particularly as a growing energy supplier to
the United States.
"West Africa now supplies 16 percent of U.S. hydrocarbons - liquid natural
gas and petroleum - and by 2015 it will supply more than 25 percent," Pham
said. "As it becomes more strategically important there's greater interest."
The Horn of Africa has become an area of particular concern to western
policymakers, given the ongoing battle for state control in Somalia between
Islamists - suspected by the U.S. of links to Al Qaeda - and the country's
transitional government.
The United States already has a strong presence in the Sahel under the $500
million Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative. It provides military
expertise to nine Saharan states where swathes of desert are believed to
harbour militant Islamist groups involved in smuggling and combat training.
But Pham also pointed to West Africa where he said Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah has tried to raise funds among the large Lebanese community.
"There is a large Hezbollah fundraising presence in Africa on the west coast
- in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia." 
Counter-terrorism efforts in Africa have been criticized in the past by
domestic opponents who say repressive governments have taken advantage of
U.S. President George Bush's "War on Terror" to solicit western aid and
clamp down on freedoms.
 
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[osint] News Flash: 12 suspected insurgents arrested in S Afghanistan

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12 suspected insurgents arrested in S Afghanistan


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Twelve suspected rebels were detained on Wednesday following a 
roadside bombing in the southern Kandahar province of 
Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force 
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[osint] News Flash: CIA refused to operate secret jails

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[osint] TURKEY: "Turkish Foreign Policy Moving Away from US Position"

[Bruce Tefft]

 
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 
TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY MOVING AWAY FROM US POSITION - EXPERT 
Joshua Kucera 9/15/06 
http://www.eurasian

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The moderate Islamist government in power in Turkey is steering the 
country away from a pro-US foreign policy and is rapidly orienting 
itself with its Muslim neighbors, a regional expert said during 
testimony before a congressional committee September 14.

Soner Cagaptay, a fellow at the conservative-leaning Washington 
Institute for Near East Policy, said that ever since the Justice and 
Development Party (AKP in Turkish), took power in 2002, Ankara has 
viewed foreign policy issues increasingly through the prism of 
religion. 

Cagaptay spoke at a congressional hearing under the topic "Is There a 
Clash of Civilizations?: Islam, Democracy, and US-Middle East 
Policy." He argued that while Turkey before 2002 could have been used 
as a strong example to debunk the notions of a "clash of 
civilizations" between the Muslim and western worlds, that is no 
longer the case. 

Once steadfast allies, the United States and Turkey have experienced 
bilateral tension in recent years, mainly connected with the Iraq 
invasion and the subsequent imbroglio. The Bush administration became 
enraged with the AKP government on the eve of the US-led blitz 
against Iraq in 2003, when Turkey declined to grant temporary basing 
rights to US troops. [For background see the Eurasia Insight 
archive]. Domestically, the AKP has been facing growing pressure from 
nationalist constituencies. [For background see the Eurasia Insight 
archive].

"Today . US-Turkish relations are strained on almost all Middle East 
issues. From their views of terrorist groups such as Hamas and 
Hezbollah to dealing with Iran and Syria, the United States and 
Turkey have developed vastly disparate positions since the AKP came 
to power," Cagaptay said. 

The rapprochement with Turkey's Muslim neighbors has gone both ways. 
Iran has tried to gain favor lately with Ankara by adopting a tough 
stand against Kurdish militants affiliated with the PKK, who are 
active in the mountainous area that connects southeastern Turkey with 
Iran and Iraq. At the same time, Ankara and Tehran remain divided 
over energy issues. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].

In August, Washington took a step towards mollifying Turkey by 
appointing Joseph Ralston, a retired four-star general, as a special 
envoy with responsibility for "coordinating US engagement with the 
government of Turkey and the government of Iraq to eliminate the 
terrorist threat of the PKK and other terrorist groups operating in 
northern Iraq and across the Turkey-Iraq border," according to a 
State Department statement. 

Cagaptay said the strategy of the AKP to orient its foreign policy 
toward its Muslim neighbors is meant, at least in part, as a 
political strategy. "If the Turks think of themselves as Muslims 
first in the foreign-policy arena, then one day they'll think of 
themselves as Muslims first in the domestic one," Cagaptay said.

He noted that the Turkish public tends to follow its rulers' lead: A 
recent survey showed that only 12 percent of Turks viewed the United 
States positively, down from 52 percent in 2000. 

Editor's Note: Joshua Kucera is a Washington, DC,-based freelance 
writer who specializes in security issues in Central Asia, the 
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[osint] "Islamists' Rise Imperils Mideast's Order"

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September 18, 2006
Islamists' Rise Imperils Mideast's Order 
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
{From: The New York Times]
http://www.nytimes.

com/2006/09/18/world/middleeast/18unstable.html?
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CAIRO, Sept. 17 - President Bashar al-Assad has allowed Hamas safe 
haven in Syria. He has provided support to Hezbollah and castigated 
Arab leaders as "half men" for failing to press for a quick end to 
the war in Lebanon.

But even Syria has been unable to avoid being pulled into the 
struggle taking place in the Middle East between the traditional 
centers of power, like Damascus and Cairo, and opposition forces, 
particularly radical Islamists, that increasingly challenge them and 
try to force them to adopt more anti-Western, pro-Islamist policies.

The foiled terrorist attacks last week were directed against the 
United States Embassy in Damascus, but the very presence of armed 
Islamist terror groups within Syria - a country governed by Alawites, 
a minority sect of Islam - was troubling to the authorities there. 
And it followed a similarly foiled attack against a government 
building three months earlier. 

"The fact that the Syrian regime is perceived as anti the United 
States does not save Syria from becoming a target of the jihadists," 
said Adnan Abu-Odeh, a former political adviser to King Hussein of 
Jordan, "because the jihadists in principle are against these regimes 
for ideological reasons."

The signs of the dynamic are piling up. In Egypt, the authorities 
said recently that they broke up a terrorist cell, detaining about 
100 people suspected of adopting Al Qaeda's ideology. In Jordan, 15 
Islamists who are members of Parliament recently threatened to 
resign. On Friday, four terrorists were killed as they tried to 
attack an oil plant in Yemen. 

>From Cairo, to Rabat, Morocco, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the order 
that emerged after World War II - long accustomed to encouraging 
domestic anger against Israel - has seen its influence and grip on 
power challenged in the wave of instability washing across the Middle 
East. That has roughly coincided with the rise of the insurgency in 
Iraq.

This region has long been defined by conflict, and leaders are 
unafraid to use force to crush opposition. But the current level of 
instability has unnerved them. They are not about to be toppled, not 
as long as they retain firm control over their security operations. 
But they find themselves fighting to maintain stability and 
credibility, political analysts said.

"The ruling regimes cannot disregard or dismiss the influence of 
Islamist movements in their countries," said Gamal Abdel-Gawwad, who 
runs the International Relations unit at the Ahram Center for 
Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo.

The empowerment of the Islamists has been propelled by events large 
and small - the occupation of Iraq, Israel's war with Hezbollah, the 
United States' support for Israel in that war, Danish cartoons 
lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, and most recently comments about 
Islam made by Pope Benedict XVI. 

The pope issued an apology on Sunday, but the angry initial response 
served to highlight a dynamic years in the making that many political 
analysts say helped to lay the groundwork for the current rise of 
support for Islamic groups and radicalism. 

Struggling to strip credibility from Islamic groups, Middle Eastern 
governments long tried to take the lead in defending what are 
perceived as Islamic values, while simultaneously trying to crush 
organizations that defined themselves as Islamic, like the Muslim 
Brotherhood. That, analysts said, created societies that are more 
religious - and more distrustful of their nonreligious governments.

"Progressive people like us, we were closed down," said the feminist 
Egyptian author Nawal al-Sadawi in an interview last fall. "My books 
were censored. Men and women who were secular and progressive were 
silenced, and they gave space more and more to religious people. They 
were competing. They were saying, `We know God more than you,' and 
this is a very dangerous game."

The pressures on Arab governments - those close to the West and those 
opposing it - are increasingly clear. In July and August, the 
Egyptian government arrested about 100 people it said had formed a 
Qaeda-inspired cell, mostly in the northern city of Alexandria, said 
Mamdouh Ismail, an Islamist and lawyer who said he was working with 
many of those now in custody. He said the suspects had not been 
charged, and he insisted they were not guilty. 

But he added that events like the attempted attack on the embassy in 
Damascus were unsurprising. "The people embrace their Arab-Muslim 
identity and feel an injustice is done upon them in more than one 
place - Iraq, Palestine, Darfur, Afghanistan, Lebanon," he said. "And 
that's why there are these kinds of reactions. There has to be a 
reaction. And there are exaggeration

[osint] Taxi driver to face terror charges

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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/223/223662_taxi_driver_to_face
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Taxi driver to face terror charges 
Wednesday, 20th September 2006 
Nicola Dowling 
A MANCHESTER man has been charged with attending a Pakistani terrorist
training camp and detailing information about terrorist targets on computer.
Taxi driver Habib Ahmed, 26, was arrested last month at his home in Elmfield
Street, Cheetham Hill. 
He was due to be taken to London's City of Westminster Magistrates Court to
face two charges under the Terrorism Act. 
The first charge is that between January 2002 and August 2006 he "collected
or made a record of information namely electronic records relating to
potential terrorist targets and other information of a kind likely to be
useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".
He also stands charged with attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan
where weapons instruction was given between April 2006 and June 2006. 
He will appear before magistrates in London tomorrow. 
A woman who was arrested yesterday in Radcliffe continues to be questioned
by police in Manchester. 
 
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[osint] AQ et al articles, 9/19

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Al Qaeda-related and other articles, collected 9/19, covering 9/19 and early
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[osint] 80% back Thai coup

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80% back Thai coup
20/09/2006 17:40  - (SA)   



 



Bangkok - A survey has found that more than 80% of Thais agreed with the
military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, pollsters said
on Wednesday. 
About 84% of 2 019 respondents questioned in a Dusit poll, by the Rajabhat
Suan Dusit college, said they agreed with the coup on Tuesday night because
it would improve the tense political situation in the kingdom. 
The survey was conducted on Wednesday with 875 Bangkok residents and 1 144
people from other provinces. 
It was not known which provinces were included in the survey, in particular
if people living in Thaksin's northern stronghold of Chiang Mai were
questioned. 
About 75% said the coup would bring big changes and make the political
system run more efficiently while only 4.7% believed it would worsen the
system and affect economic confidence, the Dusit poll said. 
Thai armed forces staged a coup on Tuesday night against Thaksin, who was in
New York, and imposed martial law. Coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin
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Five years after the September 11 attacks, the Bush 
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Analysis: An al-Qaida sanctuary? Part One
By SHAUN WATERMAN
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The deal agreed by Pakistani President
Pervez Musharraf to redeploy the army in one of the country's
semi-autonomous tribal areas is the leading edge of a new strategy,
backed by the Bush administration, which recognizes that the Taliban
insurgency -- at least on the Pakistani side of the border -- cannot be
defeated by military means. 

"The problem (on the border) is not purely military, and when the
problem is not purely military, military means may not be the best way
to solve it," Musharraf Spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukut Sultan told United
Press International. 

Sultan said the deal, struck with local leaders in the Federally
Administered Tribal Agency of North Waziristan, involved a new modus
vivendi between the Pakistani army and local tribal and militia leaders.
The estimated 80,000 troops in the area will remain there, but have
adopted a lower profile, and some of the checkpoints they formerly ran
are now manned by local militia. 

He said Islamabad has also pledged an influx of hundreds of millions of
dollars of development cash, and reparations for the damage to property
and loss of life caused during the military's operations. Local
militants or militiamen captured during the operation have also been
released. 

In return, local leaders have pledged not to move around with heavy
weapons, to end infiltration by Taliban forces across the border into
Afghanistan, and to expel any foreign jihadis who do not adopt what the
agreement calls "a peaceable life." 

Terrorism analyst and author Peter Bergen told UPI that senior U.S.
military officials believe deals are in the offing in more of Pakistan's
seven tribal agencies. 

"This is the second of seven. Baujur is next," he said, referring to a
third agency adjoining Waziristan where many believe al-Qaida number two
Ayman al-Zawahiri is hiding, and where U.S. forces launched a missile
strike earlier this year in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him. 

Sultan maintained that there was no security problem in Baujur, but said
that "wherever we do have problems," they would look to resolve them
through negotiation initially. 

"The use of force is only useful up to a certain point; after that it
can become counter-productive," he said, adding that the continuing
fighting had been driving tribal youth into the arms of militants. 

Bergen said that privately, senior U.S. military officers were worried
that the deal would create a more permissive environment for Taliban
insurgents fighting U.S. and allied forces across the border in
Afghanistan -- and risk providing a sanctuary for jihadi terrorists in
Pakistan. 

A staffer who recently returned from a congressional trip to the region
confirmed that U.S. military officers on the ground were apprehensive
about the impact of the new strategy. "They're really worked up about
it... Especially the ones looking for the high value targets," who were
already "frustrated" with the limits to their hot pursuit abilities
across the border. 

"They clearly think (the deal) is going to make things worse," the
staffer said. 

But publicly, U.S. officials -- beginning the very day the news of the
deal broke in America with President George W. Bush -- have been
insistently upbeat. 

"What he is doing," Bush told ABC News of Musharraf, "is entering
agreements with governors in the regions of the country, in the hopes
that there would be an economic vitality, there will be alternatives to
violence and terror." 

"We are watching this very carefully, obviously," he added. 

Privately, officials -- at least at the State Department -- are more
pragmatic in their view, according to analysts who speak with them. 

"There is a recognition that this is just a coming to terms with
reality," said Marvin Weinbaum, a former State Department intelligence
analyst on the region and now a scholar at the Middle East Institute. 

Weinbaum said that the center of gravity of Taliban activity was further
south, in Balochistan, and that the army had already been moving its
focus in that direction. 

"They got their head handed to them," said Bergen of the efforts of the
Pakistani military in the tribal agencies, wh

[osint] News Flash: In About Face, Israeli Army Says Lebanon Withdrawal Won't Come This Weekend

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In About Face, Israeli Army Says Lebanon Withdrawal Won't Come 
This Weekend 


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Alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir said TV shows featuring 
scantily clad women were more harmful than the 2002 Bali 
nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, the state news agency 
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At U.N., Chavez Calls Bush 'The Devil'


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United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on 
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[osint] News Flash: Well wipe out Abu Sayyaf soon: Arroyo

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We’ll wipe out Abu Sayyaf soon: Arroyo


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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said yesterday that 
troops were on the verge of wiping out the country’s most violent 
Muslim rebel group as one soldier was killed and 24 wounded in 
fresh clashes. 

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[osint] News Flash: American CIA explosive experts are due to arrive in Somalia in 24 hours

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hours 


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transitional government’s appeal to find international help over 
probing the double car bombings that engulfed the lives of at 
least 11 and injured dozens. The blasts took place in Baidoa town 
that, temporarily houses government buildings. 

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[osint] News Flash: Prisoners held by CIA to meet with Red Cross

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[osint] Third Explosion in Kosovo - Serbian Agents of Tehran

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Crossfire War - Third Explosion in Kosovo - Serbian Agents of Tehran

By Willard Payne

 

Night Watch: BALAJ - A third explosion also took place Sunday night in the
village of Balaj, 18 miles (30km) south of the provincial capital Pristina,
damaging four cars. The police have yet to decide if this incident is
connected to the first two explosions that began Friday. [
 SERBIANNA] 
These explosions have taken place during the first military parade in
Belgrade in nearly 30 years. During which Serbia Prime Minister Vojislav
Kostunica declared Kosovo to be "the heart of Serbia" and that "Serbia will
defend Kosovo with all democratic and legal means. Kosovo has always been
and forever will remain within Serbia." The military parade, and the new
cadets they were showing off said more than the speech. It represents the
military action that will soon speak louder than words. [
 SERBIANNA]
I suspect it is Serbian nationalists who are setting off the bombs and that
Serbia's military is prepared to reinforce their effort, no matter what is
decreed by Vienna-Brussels or any other capital that is part of the "Contact
Group" leading the diplomatic discussions on the former Yugoslavia. The
Contact Group/UN have long been denying and ignoring these events on the
ground, including the innumerable attacks against the Serbian population
since 1999 when the province became under Brussels-NATO occupation, after 78
days of NATO air bombardment.
Belgrade's military will be reinforced by Tehran who signed a security
agreement with Serbia in January. I would not be surprised if provocative
Serbian agents of Iran are planting the explosives in order to prompt an
Albanian response from one of the many Albanian Islamic - Nationalist
liberation armies some of whom will attempt to establish a "Greater
Albania". That is why I call it Crossfire War. As I have stated constantly
Tehran does not care how the fighting resumes just as long as it places the
West completely on the defensive and paves the way for Tehran to use the
Balkans as their avenue of invasion into Europe. Iran will be assisted by
Balkan capitals who hate Vienna-Brussels even more than Tehran does. 
Tehran will sit back and evaluate how effectively/ ineffectively the West
responds, with its many multi-level international military institutions, and
decision making bodies and adjust its foreign policy- strategy accordingly.
Any sign or indication of confusion and conflicting/ competing agendas,
within NATO/EU/UN/KFOR etc. works in Tehran's favor.


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[osint] ABC News Compares Pope to a Dog

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://www.commonvoice.com/article.asp?colid=5880
 
ABC News Compares Pope to a Dog
In an ABC News story by its Rome correspondent Martin Seemungal, Pope
Benedict XVI was compared to an attack dog -- the Rottweiler -- during
Seemungal's extraordinarily biased coverage of the Muslim uprising over the
Pontiff's recent comments. At first reading, I had to remind myself I wasn't
on the Al-Jazeera News website.
ABC News said: "Pope Benedict, nicknamed "God's Rottweiler" because of his
conservative views, staked out a much harder line right from the beginning."
Of course, ABC's reporter doesn't reveal to the reader who gave Benedict
that name -- denizens of liberal-left newsrooms, that's who. If conservative
views make you a Rottweiler, what do liberal views make you? A French
Poodle?
Can one imagine ABC News reporters calling one of the top Islamic holy men
"Allah's Doberman?" Not those cowards. They'd hide under their beds at the
first sign of Muslim hostility directed at them.
In a decidedly biased report, the ABC reporter said, "Up until now it has
been difficult to make comparisons between Benedict and his charismatic and
immensely popular predecessor, John Paul II. But with the crises growing,
Benedict is being harshly criticized for destroying the goodwill John Paul
built during his 27 year papacy."
Seemungal fails to mention who said Benedict destroyed Pope John Paul's
"goodwill" and insinuates that Benedict lacks John Paul's charisma. Pope
John Paul was a great Pontiff, but charismatic? Oh, I get it -- if  liberal
newsmen like you, then you're charismatic.
He also fails to describe the goodwill that's been lost, since the violence
against Christians by Muslims started well before John Paul's death.  (Mr.
Seemungal, violence against Christians by Muslims is not a new phenomenon,
its just that you and your colleagues don't cover it.) 
Seemungal mentions a man named Marco Politi and describes him as an author
and "longtime" Vatican watcher to back up his assertions without informing
the reader that Politi is a left-wing journalist who's worked in the past
with journalists such as famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein. While
Bernstein had "Deep Throat" inside the US government, Politi's man on the
inside of the Vatican is "Deep Doo-Doo."
Then the reporter informs the ABC website viewers exactly how the Pope
"lost" the goodwill toward Muslims and Muslim nations:
"In Germany last August, he challenged Muslim leaders in the city of Cologne
to condemn any link between your faith and terrorism. Benedict has also
protested against the treatment of Christians in Muslim countries. He has
called on governments in the Islamic world to allow Christians the same
freedoms to practice their faith that Muslims are afforded in the West."  
Oh. So that caused him to lose goodwill? If they're treating Christians as
they do -- with intolerance and brutality -- how is that goodwill?  Only
liberals would call that goodwill. (And they want to be in charge of
national security?)
In one section of his coverage for ABC, titled, "No Casual Slip, Pope's
Critic Says," one discovers the "critic" is the director of the American
Muslim Perspective; hardly an unbiased observer.
Seemungal then quotes the AMP director as saying, "Unlike the late Pope John
Paul II, Benedict does not approve of joint prayers with Muslims. He is also
skeptical of the value of inter-religious dialogue."
Remember that this Kumbaya view is advocated by left-wing ideologues who
don't believe in the Bible and certainly aren't fans of Christianity. 
Then Seemungal digs up yet another liberal-left scholar, Gian Enrico Rusconi
a professor at Turin University, who says he believes right now what counts
most is what people in the Muslim world think. The ABC reporter then decides
to quote Rusconi from his editorial in La Stampa, saying Rusconi painted a
grim picture and talked about an "irreversible break not only in relations
between Islam and the Catholic Church but also of the very image of the Pope
in the West."
Seemungal and Rusconi must have been traveling through other parts of the
Solar System to have missed what people in the Muslim world think: Death to
America; Death to Israel; and Death to the Infidels. While that may be
important to know, it surely doesn't count for much. And as far as Pope
Benedict's image, most clear-thinking Americans are still scratching their
heads over the fact that Muslims became violent and destructive because a
religious leader said they were violent and destructive. 
Then Seemungal quotes an AP article: The head of Turkey's foreign affairs
committee, Mehmet Dulger, told The Associated Press: "[The Pope's] trip will
provide a window of opportunity to rephrase what he said, to show that he
does not accept the negative stereotypes of Islam often found in the Western
world." 
How will that be achieved? With the Pope wearing a blindfold and earplugs no
doubt. The same kind that members of the Democrat Party wear ... as well as
repor

[osint] Latest deaths illustrates 'the evil' Canadians are fighting in Afghanistan

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=f5973405-725a-4dec-8ab2-692
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Latest deaths illustrates 'the evil' Canadians are fighting in Afghanistan,
PM says

 

Mike Blanchfield

CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen

Tuesday, September 19, 2006
 




CREDIT: Department of Defence

Cpl. Glen Arnold, 2 Field Ambulance, CFB Petawawa, Ont.




CREDIT: Canadian Press

Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions during Question Period
in the House of Commons in Ottawa Monday Monday Sept.18, 2006.
OTTAWA - The suicide bombing deaths of four Canadian soldiers Monday while
trying to give candy to Afghan children illustrates the "evil" they are
fighting and the nobility of their cause, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
said.
"Nothing more than this incident illustrates the evil that they are fighting
and the goodwill and the nobleness of the cause that they are taking to the
Afghan people," Harper told the Commons as his government confronted its
toughest political challenge defending and explaining Canada's war in
Afghanistan amid rising casualty rates as the House on Monday resumed for
the fall session.
With fresh news of Canada's four latest fatalities, the opposition parties
leapt on the government's conduct of its NATO struggle in Afghanistan to
further their own domestic battles how best to position themselves for a
possible spring election. A second soldier's identity was made public
Tuesday. Cpl. Glen Arnold, 2 Field Ambulance, CFB Petawawa, Ont. was one of
the four soldiers killed on Monday.
Harper and his cabinet brushed aside an NDP call for a troop pullout, saying
all parties should support Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken also rejected a request by the Bloc
Quebecois for an emergency debate on Canadian foreign policy.
As the death toll of Canadians killed in Afghanistan rose to 36 including
one diplomat bitter words flew across the Commons about the future of the
mission.
"It is time to support our troops by bringing them home. The only question
is: when?" charged NDP defence critic Dawn Black.
Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor shot back: "Only they and the Taliban want
us out of Afghanistan.
''The absolute worst thing we could do is pull our troops and bring them
back home, to leave the Taliban to have Afghanistan. It is only a little
while that the Taliban were there, where they were carrying out a murderous
regime of punishments on women, and no children going to school."
Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer questioned what the
governments of Canada, the U.S., Europe and his own country would do if NATO
pulled out of Afghanistan and another 9/11-style attack ensued.
"What would we say to the people of our countries? That we surrendered, that
we had walked away, that we hadn't had the courage to stay the coursethat we
had run away and then civilians subsequently died through acts of terror,
that's what we would say," Downer said Monday during a stop in Halifax to
meet Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.
But opposition parties continued to push the government for a full
accounting of what is going wrong with the NATO efforts to quell the Taliban
insurgency in south Afghanistan.
"The reality is that the government has failed on its development package.
It has failed on telling the Canadian public how it is training Afghan
security forces and it has failed in dealing with the insurgency from
Pakistan," said Liberal foreign affairs critic Keith Martin.
O'Connor said the Taliban insurgency can only be put down through a combined
effort of military security, improving governance and through development
assistance.
"The Taliban can only be defeated when all three operations are in
synchronization and that is what we are doing."
Meanwhile, the Liberals are calling on O'Connor to appear before the Commons
defence committee to explain the escalating nature of the Afghan conflict
before he heads off to a key meeting at the end of the month of NATO defence
ministers in Slovenia.
O'Connor said he will live up to a promise he made in May to give the
Commons an update on the progress of the Afghan mission, but he did not say
when.
O'Connor's office also brushed aside a question about whether he would
testify before the defence committee, saying he had received no formal
request.
Canadian casualties in Afghanistan have skyrocketed this year with 29 of the
country's 37 deaths occurring since January, shortly before Harper's
Conservatives won the last federal election.
Former Liberal defence minister Bill Graham, now the head of the official
opposition, recalled Monday how he tried to warn Canadians about the dangers
of the new mission in the Kandahar region, but admitted it has turned into
"a much more challenging mission" than many may have envisioned.
"What has happened in the interim is that the nature of the opposition in
Kanda

[osint] MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND...Thai Commander Takes Over After Coup

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL
 &fn=/2006/09/19/479911.html
 

Thai Commander Takes Over After Coup


By GRANT PECK, Associated Press Writer


UPDATED 26 MINUTES AGO
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks,
seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority
pledging loyalty to the king. The army commander took over the government
and declared martial law.
An announcement on Thai television declared that a "Council of
Administrative Reform" with King Bhumibol Adulyadej as head of state had
seized power in Bangkok and nearby provinces without any resistance.
"The armed forces commander and the national police commander have
successfully taken over Bangkok and the surrounding area in order to
maintain peace and order. There has been no struggle," the announcement
said. "We ask for the cooperation of the public and ask your pardon for the
inconvenience."
Thaksin, who has faced calls to step down amid allegations of corruption and
abuse of power, was in New York at the U.N. General Assembly, and he
declared a state of emergency via a government-owned TV station.
At least 14 tanks surrounded Government House, Thaksin's office. A convoy of
four tanks rigged with loudspeakers and sirens rolled through a busy
commercial district of Bangkok, warning people to get off the street for
their own safety.
An army general, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the situation, said army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Sondhi
Boonyaratkalin had used the military to take over power from the prime
minister.
He said the military arrested Deputy Prime Minister Chitchai Wannasathit and
Defense Minister Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya _ two Thaksin loyalists _
and that Chitchai agreed to resign.
In a vain attempt to stave off the coup, Thaksin in his state-of-emergency
declaration from New York had ordered Sondhi to report to Chitchai
immediately, effectively dismissing him.
The coup went largely unnoticed in Thailand's popular tourist districts,
where foreigners packed bars and cabarets, oblivious to the activity about
two miles away. But word raced among street vendors hawking T-shirts, who
packed up their carts quickly and started heading home.
In Washington, the State Department said it had seen the various reports
from Thailand.
"We are monitoring developments closely, but the situation at the moment is
unclear," Kenneth Bailes, a spokesman, said.
"We look to the Thai people to resolve their political differences in a
peaceful manner and in accord with the principles of democracy and the rule
of law," Bailes said.
The coup came a day before a major rally _ the first in several months _ was
scheduled to take place in Bangkok by a anti-Thaksin coalition that has been
seeking his resignation.
Massive rallies earlier this year forced Thaksin to dissolve Parliament and
call an election in April, three years ahead of schedule. The poll was
boycotted by opposition parties and later annulled by Thailand's top courts,
leaving the country without a working legislature.
Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai Party twice won landslide election victories, in
2001 and 2005 and had been expected to win the next vote on Oct. 15,
bolstered by its widespread support in the country's rural areas.
In March, Sondhi sought to ease speculation that the military might join the
political fray, as it last did in 1992 and more than a dozen other times
during earlier crises.
"The army will not get involved in the political conflict. Political
troubles should be resolved by politicians," Sondhi said at the time,
echoing comments of other top military officials. "Military coups are a
thing of the past."
Thaksin, who had been scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly on
Wednesday night, switched his speech to Tuesday at 7 p.m. EDT.
On Monday, Thaksin had said he may step down as leader of Thailand after the
upcoming elections but would remain at the helm of his party, despite calls
for him to give up the post.
In Bangkok, several hundred soldiers were deployed at government
installations and major intersections, according to an Associated Press
reporter.
Army-owned TV channel 5 interrupted regular broadcasts with patriotic music
and showed pictures of the king. At least some radio and television stations
monitored in Bangkok suspended programming.
The cable television station of the Nation newspaper reported that tanks
were parked at the Rachadamnoen Road and royal plaza close to the royal
palace and government offices.
"The prime minister with the approval of the cabinet declares serious
emergency law in Bangkok from now on" Thaksin said by television from New
York. He said he was ordering the transfer of the nation's army chief to
work in the prime minister's office, effectively suspending him from his
military duties.
Thaks

[osint] Security strife

[Bruce Tefft]

 
This year's version includes some pretty silly ideas, such as inspecting
every shipping container sent to the United States. This measure is wildly
impractical, would be extraordinarily expensive, and, most responsible
homeland security experts contend, is among the least efficient and least
practical ways to counter likely terrorist threats
 
http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed091806a.cfm
 
Security strife
September 18, 2006 
It was during the Eisenhower years that NATO became a practical reality, the
United States built up an overwhelming nuclear deterrent, we adopted robust
military-assistance programs for our allies and we took the war of ideas
seriously with the expansion of Voice of America programs.
After eight years, all the fundamental weapons needed to fight the Cold War
were in place. There was, however, little evidence of that in the 1960
presidential election. Desperately attempting to shed the reputation of
being soft on national security, Sen. John F. Kennedy was determined to be
more anticommunist than his red-baiting opponent, Vice President Richard
Nixon.
Kennedy told Americans that while they may like "Ike," they were less safe
than they had been the day the president took office. There was, he said, a
"missile gap." While America slept, the Soviets had built more and better
missiles and bombers, erasing the American advantage in nuclear arms.
Kennedy was right. There was a gap. But it was the other way around -- the
United States seriously outgunned the Soviets. The Russians had tried to
hide that fact through a number of deceptive measures. For example, during
military parades on Red Square, they would have the same strategic bombers
fly over again and again.
Eisenhower knew we were way ahead, but he couldn't say so. In 1956, he had
deployed the U-2 spy-plane, and its photos proved Russia's claims of nuclear
prowess were nothing more that the proverbial Potemkin Village. But for the
administration to reveal everything we knew about the Soviets would require
it to squander an unprecedented strategic intelligence advantage.
Kennedy won by playing to fears. Once elected, he was too embarrassed to
admit he had overstated the threat and U.S. vulnerabilities. Instead, he
undertook an unprecedented nuclear arms build-up that only made the Soviets
feel more vulnerable, accelerating the arms race and precipitating the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Today's failing homeland security report cards, exaggerated claims of
America's vulnerabilities and knee-jerk reactions to setbacks in the terror
war sound an awful lot like the "missile gap" all over again. This year's
version includes some pretty silly ideas, such as inspecting every shipping
container sent to the United States. This measure is wildly impractical,
would be extraordinarily expensive, and, most responsible homeland security
experts contend, is among the least efficient and least practical ways to
counter likely terrorist threats.
Sure Americans are still at risk. There are determined killers that want to
slaughter us. That's why we're at war. But while our homeland security team
might not be able to stop every terrorist attack, everywhere, it's fighting
back hard and doing a credible job.
Perhaps the best example is the recent terror scheme disrupted in London. In
many ways, that plot to bomb a dozen trans-Atlantic flights was similar in
character and organization to the September 11, 2001, attacks. But the
hijackers that day flew "below the radar screen." They made plenty of
mistakes that should have exposed their plot, but they went unnoticed until
the day of their attack. This time, authorities were on to the London gang
for almost a year.
If politicians want to help win the long war, they must do more than offer
campaign slogans and scaremonger rhetoric. They should explain in detail how
they will keep us safe, free and prosperous. Then voters can fill out their
own report cards.
  James Carafano is
Senior Research Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security at The
Heritage Foundation (heritage.org), and author of the new book "G.I.
Ingenuity."


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[osint] Facts and Myths About the Israel-Hezbollah War

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/09/facts_and_myths_about_th
e_isra_1.html
 

Facts and Myths About the Israel-Hezbollah War

I received lots of hate mail yesterday in response to my
 "Shock and Awe" piece, some accusing me of working for the Israelis,
the CIA or -- even worse -- the State Department. Others called me a tool, a
puppet, an errand boy, or a plain fool.
My guess is that there is little I could say to "prove" my views on the
Israel-Hezbollah war.  The camps are pretty well established; their
positions hardened.
Yet I want to write a "myths and facts" column to try to establish some
baselines, regardless of their popularity.  My observations on the ground in
both countries and my discussions with experts and government officials
paint such a different picture to the dominant
we-have-the-answer-to-what-this-all-means position, officially as well as
among the public.
I don't mean to promote a morally relative take on what happened, or suggest
Hezbollah and Israel are equivalent because both went to war.  To me, the
issue isn't that one man's massacre is just another's military success.
The problem is the massacre itself.  We have grown exaggerated in describing
war.  The words "massacre," "genocide" and "war crimes" flow too freely.
I didn't see any massacres, period.  I didn't see any wholesale killing of
civilians.  There was no genocide.
Before my laptop blows up with screaming comments about what I didn't see,
didn't want to see, couldn't see, about the number of children killed, about
Qana, about that Canadian family, or Red Cross convoys and hospitals
attacked, environmental devastation worse than Exxon Valdez, depleted
uranium, hundreds of this or that destroyed.  Please.
What happened is bad enough.  The truth suffices.
Fact: Hezbollah operated from southern Lebanese villages and towns,
virtually owning their controlled areas.  They managed to fire almost 4,000
rockets into Israel and another 1,000 anti-tank missiles against Israeli
forces on the border and in southern Lebanon.  This means hundreds if not
thousands of combatants, scores if not hundreds of launch and supply points.
To say Hezbollah was nowhere near villages where the Israelis killed
civilians or that Israeli attacks were unconnected to Hezbollah is false.
Israel unleashed a pre-planned military campaign to destroy Hezbollah.  I
believe it used archaic justification to define legitimate action against
Hezbollah, and Israel's reasoning in attacking Hezbollah "infrastructure" --
particularly in Beirut -- was sloppy. But Israel didn't bomb the Lebanese
electrical power grid, Lebanese water or sewage infrastructure, Lebanon's
"refinery," hospitals or schools.  Yes some were damaged in in the fighting,
but the fact is, there was some attempt to discriminate, Lebanon wasn't
systematically destroyed.
Were there roads and bridges, factories, financial institutions, fuel
storage, airports and apartment buildings in Beirut that Israel bombed in
their pursuit of contorted military missions: threats to Lebanon, signaling,
escalation, coercion and leadership and crony-attack?  There were.  Israel
was "indiscriminate" in these endeavors only in the sense that it did not
make a holistic analysis of the military benefit relative to the human (and
political) impact.  Someone should have said, "Enough already," for what is
being achieved militarily.  Someone should have said the accumulation of
buildings or bridges begins to tell a different story, and that story, if it
is not the intent, is one to be avoided.  Such argument, however, would
necessitate adhering to the facts and distinguishing between what happened
and what was imagined. 
I'm interested in a far more fundamental critique of the use of military
force, one that relates to the weakness of internal military justification,
one that pushes in the future for militaries to reconsider dominant
strategies in order to minimize harm to civilians and preserve the
fundamental distinction between military and civilian.
This is an almost impossible task given public views I've observed, both in
Lebanon and Israel, and in the blogosphere.
Two dominant narratives emerge in the comments on this site: One is
anti-Israel and holds to the view that Israel planned and prepared
aggressive war against Lebanon well before the July kidnappings.  Hezbollah,
in this narrative, was small and ineffective, and the true Israel target was
the Muslim world, which was devastated intentionally: for harboring
Hezbollah, for fronting Iran, and because Lebanon represented modernity and
accommodation and needed to be set back.  In this conspiratorial narrative,
factories in Lebanon were bombed because they had the potential to compete
with Israeli companies or because the United States asked they be bombed
because they had

[osint] Pope Benedict Criticizes Islam

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
 
http://www.danielpipes.org/pf.php?id=3968
 

Pope Benedict Criticizes Islam

by Daniel Pipes
New York Sun
September 19, 2006
[NY Sun title: "The West Should Be Free To Criticize Islam"]
"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find
things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the
faith he preached."
These words, expressed six centuries ago by a Byzantine emperor, Manuel II
Paleologus, in dialogue with an Iranian scholar, spur three reflections.
Pope Benedict XVI offered the above quote, neither endorsing nor condemning
it, in his academic speech, "Faith,
  Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections," delivered
  in German last
week in Germany. It served to introduce his erudite critique of the
  Western concept of reason
since the Enlightenment.
But did he have other purposes? The head of the Benedictine order, Abbot
Notker

Wolf, understood the pope's quote as "a blatant allusion to [Iran's
President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad." Vatican
  insiders
told the London Sunday Times that Benedict "was trying to pre-empt an
aggressive letter aimed at the papacy by the president of Iran, which was
why he cited the debate involving a Persian."
First reflection: Benedict has offered elusive comments
 , brief statements
 , and now this delphic quotation,
but he has not provided a much-needed major statement on this vital topic of
Islam. One hopes it is in the offing.
Whatever the pope's purpose, he prompted the near-predictable furor in the
Muslim world. Religious and political authorities widely condemned the
speech, with some calling for violence.
*   In Britain
 , while leading a rally outside Westminster
Cathedral, Anjem Choudary of Al-Ghurabaa called for the pope "to be subject
to capital punishment." 
*   In Iraq
 , the Mujahideen's Army threatened to "smash the crosses in
the house of the dog from Rome" and other
  groups made blood-curdling threats. 
*   In Kuwait
 , an
important website called for violent retribution against Catholics. 
*   In Somalia
 , the religious leader Abubukar Hassan Malin
urged Muslims to "hunt down" the pope and kill him "on the spot." 
*   In India
 , a leading imam, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, called on Muslims to "respond
in a manner which forces the pope to apologise." 
*   A top Al-Qaeda
  figure
announced that "the infidelity and tyranny of the pope will only be stopped
by a major attack." 
The Vatican responded by establishing an extraordinary
  and unprecedented security cordon around the pope. Further away, the
incitement spurred some violence, with more likely on the way. Seven
churches were attacked in the West
  Bank and Gaza, one in Basra,
  Iraq (prompting this ironic headline at the "RedState" blog: "Pope
  implies Islam a violent
religion ... Muslims bomb churches"). The murder of an Italian nun in
Somalia
  and two Assyrians in Iraq
  also appear connected.
Second reflection: this new round of Muslim outrage, violence, and murder
has a by-now routine quality. Earlier versions occurred in 1989 (in response
to Salman Rushdie  's novel, The
Satanic Verses), 1997 (when the U.S. Supreme Court

[osint] News Flash: FBI raid on Missouri Muslim leader linked to Michigan case

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[osint] Violent Muslim Reaction Justifies Pope's Stated Concerns

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/2
00609/INT20060919a.html
 
Violent Muslim Reaction Justifies Pope's Stated Concerns, Cardinal Says
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
September 19, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - As the Vatican continues trying to placate Muslims angered
by Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks, a senior Catholic leader has said the
violent response justified the concern the pope had been expressing in the
first place.

Citing threats of violence against the pope in Somalia and Iraq, Archbishop
of Sydney Cardinal George Pell said "the violent reactions ... showed the
link for many Islamists between religion and violence, their refusal to
respond to criticism with rational arguments, but only with demonstrations,
threats and actual violence."

In a statement, Australia's top Catholic leader expressed gratitude that no
"organized violence" had occurred in Australia in response to the pope's
words, and he called the reactions of some Australian Muslim leaders
"unfortunately typical and unhelpful."

"It is always someone else's fault, and issues touching on the nature of
Islam are ignored," he said.

"Our major priority must be to maintain peace and harmony within the
Australian community, but no lasting achievements can be grounded in
fantasies and evasions."

Pell said genuine questions about Islam needed to be addressed, not
regularly avoided.

Separately, in an op-ed article published Tuesday, he made a further appeal
for Christian-Muslim dialogue.

"Accurate information, accurate understandings and a respect for truth, even
across differences, are the only long-term bases for fruitful exchanges."

Responding to Pell's statement, Australian Muslim leader Ameer Ali said the
cardinal's statement had not been helpful.

"The point is Pope Benedict quoted a most inappropriate quote at a most
inappropriate time," Ali said.

In an academic speech in Germany last week, Pope Benedict, without
qualification, quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor's assessment of Islam
and its seventh century founder.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find
things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the
faith he preached," the pope quoted Manuel II Palaeologus as saying.

"To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons
of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death ..." the
emperor had said, according to the pope.

The speech at Regensburg University included an appeal for dialogue based on
"reason."

Following angry response from parts of the Islamic world, the Vatican issued
several statements seeking to clarify the remarks, and the pope himself made
what is being called an unprecedented public apology.

He said Sunday he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction of Muslims, and that
the passages he quoted did not reflect his own views.

Some Muslim leaders and organizations welcomed the apology, but others -
including Egypt's radical Muslim Brotherhood and the Hamas terrorist
organization in Gaza - called it insufficient.

Qatar-based Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi said the pope should retract
the speech, and speaking on al-Jazeera television, he called for a day of
"peaceful and rational" anger on Friday. The Egyptian-born Sunni cleric, who
is considered an influential voice in the Islamic world, has called
Palestinian suicide bomb attacks justifiable.

In incidents believed to be linked to the issue, an Italian nun was shot
dead in Somalia and armed Palestinians attacked churches in the Palestinian
self-rule areas.

Muslim figures have compared the pope to Hitler, Mussolini and Urban II, the
eleventh century pontiff who initiated the first crusade.

Iran's "supreme leader," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the pope's remarks
"the latest chain of the crusade against Islam started by America's
[President] Bush."

Demonstrators in London have called for the pope to be killed for insulting
Islam and Mohammed.

In an online posting attributed to the al-Qaeda terrorist group in Iraq, the
pope was warned to "wait for defeat ... we will smash the cross."

'On the verge of an all-out clash'

Writing on the website of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Anas Altikriti of the
Muslim Association of Britain said that when the pope spoke about "reason"
it was clear he was saying that Judaism and Christianity were reasonable but
Islam was not.

Pope Benedict was essentially accusing Islam of being "inherently violent,
fundamentally blood-thirsty and an enemy of all others," said Altikriti.

He added that this was "an extremely dangerous assertion to make ... when
the world lies on the verge of an all-out clash that threatens everyone and
everything."

In Geneva, the Organization of the Islamic Conference asked the U.N.'s Human
Rights Council to make time during its current session to address "religious
tolerance and related issues."

Pakistan's envoy, speaking on behalf of th

[osint] Muslim anger spreads to South Asia

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060919-120633-1744r
 

  Muslim
anger spreads to South Asia

Published September 19, 2006
  _  

>From combined dispatches 
Extremists called yesterday for an Islamic army to march on Rome because
of remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, while a well-known Muslim firebrand said in
London that the pontiff should face "capital punishment." 
Elsewhere, Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the
pontiff's remarks and protests broke out in South Asia and Indonesia, with
angry Muslims saying Benedict's statement of regret a day earlier did not go
far enough. In southern Iraq, demonstrators carrying black flags burned an
effigy of the pope. 
In London, police increased patrols near churches and began an inquiry
into remarks by Anjem Choudhary, a well-known extremist who had called at a
rally outside Westminster Cathedral on Sunday for the pope to be "executed."

The 39-year-old lawyer also had organized a rally earlier this year
sparked by cartoons in a Danish newspaper at which some protesters carried
placards declaring "Behead Those Who Insult Islam." 
"Non-Muslims must ... understand that there may be serious consequences
if you insult Islam and the prophet," Mr. Choudhary was quoted as saying on
Sunday by the Daily Mail. "Whoever insults the message of Muhammad is going
to be subject to capital punishment." 
In Iraq yesterday, the extremist group Ansar al-Sunna challenged
"sleeping Muslims" to prove their manhood by doing something other than
"issuing statements or holding demonstrations." 
"If the stupid pig is prancing with his blasphemies in his house," the
group said of the pope in a Web statement, "then let him wait for the day
coming soon when the armies of the religion of right knock on the walls of
Rome." 
The protests over the pope's comments have been smaller than those that
broke out over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, but there have been several
instances of violence. 
Attackers hurled firebombs at seven churches in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip over the weekend. The fatal shooting of a nun Sunday in Somalia also
could be linked to the dispute. 
Extremists said the pope's comments proved that the West is waging a war
with Islam. 
Al Qaeda in Iraq and its allies issued a statement calling the pope "a
cross-worshipper" and warning, "You and the West are doomed, as you can see
from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. 
"You infidels and despots, we will continue our jihad [holy war] and
never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering
banner of monotheism, when God's rule is established governing all people
and nations," said the statement by the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an
umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups in Iraq. 
In Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for anti-U.S.
demonstrations. He argued that although the pope may have been deceived into
making his remarks, the words give the West an "excuse for suppressing
Muslims" by depicting them as terrorists. 
"Those who benefit from the pope's comments and drive their own arrogant
policies should be targeted with attacks and protests," he said, referring
to the United States. 
President Bush yesterday tried to calm the Muslim world during a
50-minute meeting in New York with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi. 
"The president noted that the pope had made some apologies for his
remarks, and the president believed that the pope was sincere in those
remarks," said Dennis Wilder, senior director for East Asian affairs at the
National Security Council. 
Mr. Badawi "accepted the president's position on the subject," Mr.
Wilder added. Malaysia's foreign minister has said the pope's words of
explanation had been insufficient. 
On Sunday, Benedict said he was "deeply sorry" about any hurt caused by
a speech last week in which he quoted a medieval text characterizing some of
the prophet Muhammad's teachings as "evil and inhuman" and calling Islam a
religion spread by the sword. 
The Vatican yesterday ordered papal representatives around the world to
meet with leaders of Muslim countries to explain the pope's point of view
and the full context of his speech. 
cStaff writer Stephen Dinan contributed to this report from New York. 


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[osint] Terrorism rooted in lack of education : Thai PM

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
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Terrorism rooted in lack of education : Thai PM 

NEW YORK, Sept 19 (TNA) -Terrorism in Asia, according to Thai Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra, is due to a lack of education and is a threat to the
future of democracy in Asia. 
Speaking to a joint meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia
Society in New York City on Monday, Mr. Thaksin said that "the true cause of
the problem of terrorism in Asia" is based in the education and economic
sectors. 
If the people don't have enough education, "they cannot participate in
normal economic activities and the capitalism economy," Mr. Thaksin said,
"they turn fundamentalist." 
The Thai leader recommended educating Asia's poor to become players in the
emerging capitalist economies. 
Mr. Thaksin told the media here that that he has not made up his mind about
accepting his country's top elective position, even if his party wins a new
national election that may be set to take place in November. 
The Thai premier said that he would be a candidate and that he plans to
continue running his  Thai Rak Thai Party following new elections, but he
hasn't decided whether or not to accept the role of prime minister. 
He said he will definitely contest the election, and that he will be a party
list candidate. The prime minister, still coy regarding his future plans,
said that he is thinking about it.
He said he would definitely have to announce whether or not he would aim at
becoming prime minister again on registration day at the latest. 
Being questioned before are leaders in government, business, finance, media,
academia, and a wide range of nonprofit organisations. 
Mr. Thaksin criticised Thailand's opposition parties, saying their boycott
of the April 2 election was his political opponents' way of avoiding the
reality that they would lose if they contested the elections. 
The Thai leader said his political opponents should not have boycotted his
nation's election. "The opposition parties have no democratic legitimacy to
boycott the election," he said. 
"Political parties have to participate in the election every time we have
one," the prime minister said, explaining that the opposition knew it would
lose and chose to avoid defeat at the polls by what he called an unlawful
boycott.  
 
Thaksin, speaking on "The Future of Democracy in Asia" as a combined meeting
of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Asia Society, is In New York for
the United Nations General Assembly, and is promoting Thailand's candidate
for next Secretary General of the UN, to succeed Kofi Annan.  (TNA)-E006
 


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[osint] Israel says 'a few months' to avoid nuclear Iran

[Bruce Tefft]

 
Subject: Israel says 'a few months' to avoid nuclear Iran
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/17/AR2006091700
340.html
 
Israel says 'a few months' to avoid nuclear Iran
  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday
that the world may have as little as "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran
and called for sanctions.
"The crucial moment is not the day of the bomb. The crucial moment is the
day in which Iran will master the enrichment, the knowledge of enrichment,"
she said on CNN's "Late Edition."
Livni, whose country is the only Middle East power possessing nuclear
weapons, said she did not want to identify a point of "no return" in the
controversy over Iran's nuclear program.
The Iranians, she said, "are trying to send a message that it's too late,
you can stop your attempts because it's too late. It's not too late. They
have a few more months," she said.
"The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran," Livni said. "I believe that this
is time for sanctions."
Iran, whose president last year called for Israel to be "wiped off the map,"
denies it is seeking nuclear weapons.
Livni said Israel would like to help strengthen the more moderate elements
within the Palestinian Authority -- such as President Mahmoud Abbas -- at
the expense of the militant Hamas movement, which swept to power after
winning January elections.
Livni called on the international community to unite to make Hamas take
certain steps as a prelude to talks. She did not specify the steps, but did
mention Israel's demand that Hamas release an Israeli soldier captured in
June.
"If the international community show determination in the next few weeks,
maybe this is the moment in which Abu Mazen can be strengthened and Hamas
will have to do something," she said, referring Abbas.
Abbas and Hamas, which seeks Israel's destruction, accused each other on
Sunday of trying to derail a planned unity government that Palestinian
officials hope will lift Western sanctions imposed after Hamas' election
victory.
Abbas and Livni will both be in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly
in the coming week.


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[osint] Suicide Bombers--Combat Lessons:Let's Ask Some Questions

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/field091906.htm
 

Suicide Bombers--Combat Lessons:
Let's Ask Some Questions

By Dick Field
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 
These bloody bombs that the Jihadist 'virgins-in-paradise' seekers explode
seem a nightmare for military and civilians alike. We see the same scenario
repeated time and time again, yet all militaries, Canadian, British or
American don't seem to change their behaviour too much.
Then, there are the taxis, cars or other vehicles full of innocent civilians
that our military see coming towards them but because they fail to stop when
warning shots are fired, wind up being killed by our forces. When that
happens, our peace creating efforts take a serious hit. Hatred towards our
militaries grows and cancels out our best efforts. 
Our military travels in convoys on the same highways, on the same country
roads, on the same busy streets in the towns and time, and time again they
are rammed into by a person, car or bicycle suicide bomber. The military
winds up with a death or two and the Iraqi or Afghanistan civilians usually
suffer dozens of deaths plus many wounded; to say nothing of our own
wounded.
It is interesting that while Monday morning quarterbacks fill the ranks of
our talking heads on TV and our war correspondents emphasize battles and
body counts, they are almost totally silent about how our soldiers and their
leaders are adjusting their behaviour to cope with these deadly traps. 
Several obvious answers have been the provision of heavier bomb resistant
vehicles and better personal body armour but it does seem that other answers
may involve a need of better on-the-ground military or police (especially in
Iraq) survival behaviour. 
One of the first things a soldier learns in combat is how to survive. There
are hundreds of mistakes that can be made, stupid easily avoidable mistakes.
Learning the appropriate behaviour in the field makes all the difference as
to whether you live or die. Every change of scene be it Somalia,
Afghanistan, Bosnia, or any other place requires some new and additional
learning experience. Few, if any of these survival techniques can be learned
in training camps. 
If there is any benefit to the soldier of being in combat, it is to learn to
survive and to fight with intelligence. Peacekeeping is a noble concept but
no civilization was ever created except through war. It is always a fight
between good intentions and evil intentions. The good may not always win but
the fight must take place. So the soldier must learn his craft in the field,
be he a private or a general. It is always to a country's benefit to have
skilled and experienced soldiers.
So what questions may we ask of our military? 
Suicide bombers prepare their bombs somewhere. People know where. Have we
developed sufficient local intelligence capability? When a suicide bomber
blows his vehicle, does any counter bomber team dig deep for the source of
the bomber or his truck or car? Do we pay for good intelligence? 
When warning shots are fired to stop incoming vehicles, has anyone ever
questioned the fact that motor noise within the vehicle and other sounds
often make it impossible for the driver to hear a shot. Why not fire flares
or some visible markers that would make the vehicle operator realize he must
stop? Even concussion rifle grenades might be less lethal than killing
everyone with an RPG shaped charge or heavy caliber machine gun?
Why, when we know the enemy uses roadside IED's (Improvised Explosive
Devices) on commonly traveled roads, do we not travel off road whenever
possible? Why in towns or cities would we stop a convoy in the city and talk
to the locals, thus exposing ourselves to attack? Where are our
spy-in-the-sky spotters to monitor and inform our military of IEDs being dug
in along the roadsides? Where are our patrols or combat teams to take care
of these enemy IED teams, especially at night? Why do we hide in buildings
or return to base at night when the enemy is active in the area? 
The Canadian army recently had three soldiers killed at 12:30 AM who were
"holed up in a schoolhouse on the outskirts of a town in a Taliban infested
area." A fourth soldier in the room opened the door to look outside. An RPG
flew past him, through the door, burning his arm as it went by, hitting the
opposite wall, exploding and killing his buddies. 
Who taught these guys? They broke every rule in the book by being in the
house in the first place, in enemy territory. They did not dig in near the
school and stay outside. They did not set up a defensive position and they
had no sentries out. Did they have a light in the room when they opened the
door; it wouldn't surprise one would it? 
In Iraq, there have been any number of suicide bombs set off, killing dozens
of policemen either lining up for their paychecks or applicants for the
military or police lining up to join up. The same goes for lineups of any
kind. Why, please, is no lesson learned from this? 
To the avera

[osint] News Flash: Man to stand trial on terror charges

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Man to stand trial on terror charges


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A Melbourne man who allegedly promised Osama bin Laden he would 
commit jihad was on Wednesday ordered to stand trial on terrorism 
charges. 

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[osint] Corrupt regimes are the source of extremism and terrorism

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/corrupt-regimes-are-the-source-of-extr
emism-and-terrorism/2006/09/19/1158431708142.html
 
Corrupt regimes are the source of extremism and terrorism
Removing state support for terrorist groups must be the top priority, writes
Colin Rubenstein.
AFTER five years, we have avoided some of our worst post-September 11 fears.
We have seen Bali, Madrid, London, Mumbai and many smaller attacks by
terrorists driven by the same Islamist totalitarian ideology that inspired
the September 11 atrocities. But despite some attempts, there has been no
successful attack on a similar scale since then. Moreover, the nightmare
scenario of a terrorist attack on a major Western city with non-conventional
weapons has not come to pass.
This is largely because the West has succeeded on a number of fronts. Our
law enforcement has improved to the point where we are thwarting most terror
plots. Our international military and diplomatic efforts have reduced
al-Qaeda to a shadow of its former self, not only losing its base camps in
Afghanistan, but its financial and political support from both the Taliban
and elements of the establishment in the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi
Arabia. The conflict in Iraq continues to absorb most of the energy of those
who would probably otherwise be planning attacks on New York, London or
Melbourne.
But we must remember that the war on terrorism is not only a war on an
illegal and immoral tactic and the organisations that utilise it, but a war
of ideas as well. It is a real war against a specifically murderous and ugly
version of totalitarianism that has sprung from a fringe interpretation of
the Islamic tradition and been adopted by the terrorist groups threatening
us today. If we do not continue to fight it, intelligently, using
diplomatic, legal, intelligence and military tools, and with reasonable
unity of purpose, we will indeed suffer the worst scenarios feared - regular
attacks on a similar scale or worse, disrupting transport, commerce and
normal democratic politics around the world, and making our way of life all
but impossible. Law enforcement is necessary but not sufficient. By itself,
law enforcement simply postpones the inevitable.
The conflict with Islamist extremism is unavoidable, despite understandable
hopes that there must be another way. The only way to neutralise the threat
in the longer term is to deal with the root causes of the Islamist surge in
the Middle East. This is not a series of grievances, as some assert, but a
system of ideas and beliefs that makes terrorism the outcome of those
grievances. Those who point to Muslim grievances about Iraq or Palestine as
the causes of Muslim extremist terror should remember that the September 11
attacks were planned and prepared in the late 1990s, when the United States
under Bill Clinton had just orchestrated a coalition force to protect the
Muslims of Kosovo from Serb ethnic cleansing, and was trying to bring about
an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.
The true cause of Islamist terror is to be found in the preponderance of
autocratic, illegitimate, corrupt and generally failed regimes that dominate
the Middle East and maintain their power largely by blaming the West, the
Jews and other foreigners for their peoples' plight. Moreover, because of
its role in society, religion has typically retained the one reasonably
independent voice able to oppose decadent and corrupt governments. The
ideology embraced not only by Osama bin Laden, but also by a variety of
Islamist totalitarian terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, elements
of the Muslim Brotherhood, and various North African terror groups, is to a
large extent the offspring of these two realities.
Those opposed to the corrupt, repressive and ineffective governments of the
Middle East are influenced by the only opposition voices, mainly religious
ones, to demand a historically non-existent pure Islamic theocracy as the
utopian alternative, and at the same time to blame the West and Israel for
all the region's problems, including its repressive regimes.
The only viable strategy remains the same as it was five years ago.
Eliminate state support for terror groups. Above all, make sure these groups
cannot acquire WMD. Attempt to deal with the dearth of legitimate
government, human rights and economic opportunity that plagues the Middle
East. Despite mistakes and intelligence failures, the liberation of Iraq was
justified in these terms.
Despite its very serious problems, there is no doubt that Iraq is now part
of a new and positive debate about democracy in Middle East discourse. If
Iraq can be stabilised, this positive influence will grow exponentially. The
costs of abandoning Iraq now, aside from the horrors likely to be inflicted
on Iraqis themselves, would be that the Islamist movement will claim credit
for "defeating" the West, and be seen as the wave of the future throughout
the Middle East.
Similarly, it is also imperative that the world

[osint] The unholy past of the Muslim cleric demanding the Pope's execution

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 
 

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23367406-details/The+unholy+past+
of+the+Muslim+cleric+demanding+the+Pope's+execution/article.do
 

The unholy past of the Muslim cleric demanding the Pope's execution

19.09.06 
 
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Choudary: Refuses to discuss his dissolute youth
At 39, Anjem Choudary should be a symbol of success for his peers. Born into
the working-class family of a market trader in Welling on the outskirts of
London, he has risen - thanks to the opportunities offered by the British
education system - to become a qualified lawyer. 
But it is unlikely his old school will be inviting him to be guest speaker
on prize-giving day. Their former pupil is not famous for his elegant
oratory in court. 
Instead, the articulate Mr Choudary preaches hatred and murder in the
streets of Britain to the next generation of young, impressionable Muslims. 
See also...
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 Police to probe anti-Pope protest
This week he stood outside Westminster Cathedral in central London to call
for the execution of the Pope as punishment for 'insulting Islam'. He
fulminated against Pope Benedict XVl, adding: "Whoever insults the message
of Mohammed is going to be subject to capital punishment." 
It's a long way from his days as a medical student at Southampton
University, where, friends say, he drank, indulged in casual sex, smoked
cannabis and even took LSD. He called himself 'Andy' and was famed for his
ability to drink a pint of cider in a few seconds. 
One former acquaintance said: "At parties, like the rest of us, he was
rarely without a joint. The morning after one party, I can remember him
getting all the roaches (butts) from the spliffs we had smoked the night
before out of the ashtrays, cutting them up and making a new one out of the
leftovers. 
"He would say he was a Muslim and was proud of his Pakistani heritage, but
he did-n't seem to attend any of the mosques in Southampton, and I only knew
of him having white girlfriends. He certainly shared a bed with them."
On one occasion, 'Andy' and a friend took LSD together. The friend said: "We
took far too much and were hallucinating for 20 hours."
The only sign of religious fervour came in flashes of anger over Salman
Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. A friend from that time said: "You didn't want
to get him started on that. He would go on and on about the fatwa and he
supported calls for the book to be banned. But he would have a glass of
cider in his hand when he was carrying on about it."
Choudary failed his first-year exams, switched from medicine to commercial
law and did his final year as a law student at Guildford, from 1990 to 1991,
before moving to London. 
There his legal career stalled briefly and he filled in his time by teaching
English as a foreign language in one of the many colleges off Oxford Street.

But eventually, he found a position with a firm of solicitors and began
completing his qualifications to become a lawyer. His personal life
blossomed too. 
In 1996, aged 29, he married Rubana Akhtar and started a family. The couple,
who settled in East London, have a daughter aged eight, and sons aged six
and one. 
Then he met the cleric Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed at a mosque in Woolwich.
Bakri, who is now banned from returning to Britain from Lebanon, had formed
Al Muhajiroun, committed to the creation of a worldwide Islamic state, and
Choudary quickly became a leading light in the group and its successor
organisation, Al Ghurabaa. 
He is no longer a practising solicitor and has left his wife and children to
concentrate on his extreme brand of Islam. It was Choudary who organised the
Danish Embassy protests over the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed earlier
this year, at which demonstrators dressed as suicide bombers and banners
proclaimed: 'Behead Those Who Insult Islam'. 
He lauded the September 11 hijackers as 'magnificent martyrs' and praised
Asif Hanif, the British suicide bomber who killed three in Tel Aviv in 2003.

After the July 7 atrocities in London, he vowed he would not tell the police
if he knew a terror attack was being planned and urged Muslims to defend
themselves against perceived attacks by 'whatever means they have at their
disposal'. 
His shocking pronouncements could be dismissed by some as the rantings of a
mind clouded by religious fervour but Choudary has an audience and, at a
time of increasing disaffection among young British Muslims, his activities
are carefully monitored by Special Branch.

[osint] News Flash: Israel gets 'sign of life' from captive soldier

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Israel gets 'sign of life' from captive soldier


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Israeli officials Wednesday said that a "sign of life" had been 
received from Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in a 
cross-border raid by Palestinian militants. 

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[osint] News Flash: U.S. sending team to Syria to examine embassy attack

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U.S. sending team to Syria to examine embassy attack


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The United States is sending a team of federal agents to Syria to 
investigate a failed attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, a 
State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday. 

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[osint] News Flash: Yemen arrests armed al-Qaeda suspect

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Yemen arrests armed al-Qaeda suspect


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YEMENI authorities said today they had arrested a suspected 
member of al-Qaeda armed with explosives which he planned to use 
in attacks in the capital Sanaa, a security official said. 

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[osint] DHS names cybersecurity czar

[Bruce Tefft]

 
http://govexec.com/dailyfed/0906/091906p1.htm
 

DHS names cybersecurity czar 

By Daniel Pulliam
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The Homeland Security Department announced the appointment of a
cybersecurity chief Monday, more than 14 months after the position was
created. 
Gregory Garcia, vice president of an information technology trade group and
a former lobbyist and Capitol Hill staffer, will serve as the department's
first assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. The
position does not require Senate confirmation. 
A DHS spokeswoman said the department is negotiating with Garcia on his
official start date, which likely will be in early October. 
DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a statement that Garcia brings the
right mix of experience in government and the private sector to strengthen
the agency's partnerships. Chertoff also said Garcia has the necessary
expertise to focus resources in a manner consistent with DHS' risk-based
approach to homeland security. 
Garcia is the Information Technology Association of America's vice president
for information security policy and programs, a position he has held since
2003. He also serves as the secretary for the IT Sector Coordinating
Council, a group that serves as a point of collaboration between DHS and
industry. He helped found the National Cyber Security Partnership, a
government, academic and industry partnership. 
Previously, Garcia worked for the House Science Committee and helped draft
the 2002 Cyber Security Research and Development Act. Prior to serving on
Capitol Hill, he was head of the government affairs office for the computer
network company 3Com Corp. He also has worked as a lobbyist for Americans
for Computer Privacy and the American Electronics Association. He graduated
from San Jose University in 1985 with a bachelor of science degree. 
Members of Congress expressed satisfaction
  that DHS finally filled
the position, created by Chertoff in July 2005 after legislation threatened
to force the department to create the spot and nominate someone to fill it
in 90 days. 
Through a spokesman, House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis,
R-Va., said he has no doubt Garcia has the skills and experience required
for the position. But he expressed concerns about the nature of the
position. 
Saddling the department with the burden of coordinating the federal
government's information security policies remains a questionable move, said
David Marin, staff director for the Government Reform Committee. The Office
of Management and Budget already performs this type of governmentwide
coordination; placing this new authority in DHS creates a competing entity,
Marin said. 
The fact that it took DHS so long to fill the position, despite its elevated
status, signals that the agency is ill-suited to assume the responsibility
of coordinating governmentwide cybersecurity efforts, Marin said. 
Amit Yoran, former director of DHS' National Cybersecurity Division, said
policy issues arguably are the most important aspects for an assistant
secretary to master. 
"I think that you're going to get good decision-making out of him and be
able to pull folks together," Yoran said. "He may not be debating
cryptographic techniques or nuances of key management technologies, but on
the other hand, that's not what you need out of your assistant secretary." 
Yoran said Garcia's greatest challenges will be building support for his
programs and educating senior level officials on the importance of
cybersecurity. 
Private sector groups also applauded Garcia's selection. 
John Pescatore, vice president for Internet security at Gartner Inc., an
information technology research and advisory firm based in Stamford, Conn.,
said Garcia can be most effective by making the government a "model citizen"
in cybersecurity. 
But a government source familiar with the situation, who requested
anonymity, was more critical. Garcia was not the department's ideal choice,
the source said, and a long-time government official with the "perfect
background" was turned down for the position because "he was too abrasive."
Garcia was a safe choice and will please the ITAA constituency on Capitol
Hill, but he lacks the necessary management experience and has been "a
policy geek" his entire career, the source added. 
Chertoff has acknowledged that recruiting qualified experts from the private
sector was difficult due to the low salary, financial divestiture
requirements and laborious and sometimes unpleasant background checks. 
Last week, Chertoff told 
the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that a
number of candidates took themselves out of the running. "We had some false
starts, I would say." 
Avi Rubin, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University and
technical director of the Information Security Institute, said not only are
government salaries drasticall

[osint] News Flash: Report: American Activist Suspect in Plot to Attack U.S. Consulate in Vietnam

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Report: American Activist Suspect in Plot to Attack U.S. 
Consulate in Vietnam 


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Authorities alleged that American pro-democracy activist detained 
more than a month ago in Vietnam was suspected of plotting an 
attack on a U.S. Consulate, state-controlled media reported 
Wednesday. 

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[osint] News Flash: Thirty-four insurgents reported killed in Afghanistan

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Thirty-four insurgents reported killed in Afghanistan 


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Clashes and bombings left up to 34 Taliban fighters and one 
policeman dead in five separate incidents in central and southern 
Afghanistan, officials said today. 

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[osint] What Al-Qaeda's Call For Pipes, Spencer, et al To Convert To Islam Means

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http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2385
 
What Al-Qaeda's Call For Pipes, Spencer, Emerson And Scheur To Convert To
Islam Means
By Beila Rabinowitz 
September 19, 2006 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - In a previous
piece FOX 
Journalists Centanni And Wiig - Hostages for Life we explored how jihad
through conversion has emerged as a terrorist tactic against "unbelievers"
both in the Middle East and in the West. 
In the recent al-Qaeda video, Adam Gadahn - a California convert to radical
Islam - 'invited' Dr. Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Steven Emerson and
Michael Scheur to convert to Islam as he did and then to use their 'swords'
in the service of al-Qaeda. Adding ominously that "time is running out so
make the right choice, before it's too late and you meet the dismal fate of
thousands before you." 
Gadahn's "invitation" was specific: 
"If the Zionist crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants
like Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Michael Scheuer, Steven Emerson, and yes,
even the crusader-I n-chief George W. Bush were to abandon their unbelief
and repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against
the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our
brothers in Islam."
Dr. Pipes was the first to decline and wrote: 
"I note your offer for me to change sides in the current war. But I am
faithful to my own religion, to my own country, and to my civilization. I
will do my part to defeat radical, totalitarian Islam and to usher in the
emergence of a modern, moderate, and good-neighborly Islam in its place.
Robert Spencer also rejected the invitation: 
"Thank you for the invitation, Adam, and for your thoughtfulness in
extending to me in particular a personal call. But I'm afraid I must
decline. While I appreciate that I would be your "brother in Islam" if I
became a Muslim and turned my "sword against the enemies" of Allah, I cannot
and will not give in to violent intimidation, come what may, and I do not
want to live in a society that bows to such intimidation."
Spencer countered al-Qaeda's offer with one of his own: 
"I invite you to accept the Bill of Rights, and enter into the brotherhood
of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. My invitation does not focus on my
religion, although I invite you to that also, but rather on a framework
within which people of differing faiths can live in peace, harmony, and
mutual respect -- provided that none of the groups involved cherishes
supremacist ambitions to subjugate the others."
Al Qaeda's unprecedented singling out of four individuals was a
paradoxically heartening message, albeit one fraught with menace for the men
who were named. The recognition that individuals who were working to combat
radical Islam were having their intended impact - and hence were known
individually within the terror network - was heartening, but the knowledge
that a call to convert could be a prelude to an attack, and a public refusal
of the offer would be akin to laying down a gauntlet, means that all those
named would be well advised to be extra vigilant. 
Steven Emerson did not issue a direct response but an entry about the tape
on his Counter Terrorism Blog noted that: 
".sensationally but not unexpectedly, an al Qaeda spokesperson -American for
the circumstance- "name" a number of intellectual-enemies in this country:
Daniel Pipes, Steven Emerson, Robert Spencer and Michael Sheuer. In my
observation of the movement, this is a crossing of a red line. Rarely jihadi
Terrorists at this high level media exposure, named symbols of their enemy's
intelligentsia. But more troubling is the fact that scholars Pipes and
Spencer, and journalist Emerson have been consistently "marked" for
political attacks by US-based Islamist organizations and web sites. A simple
internet search (you may google it instantly) would show readers that these
three leading critics of what they have always described as "radical Islam"
have been already portrayed by lobbies in this country and under its laws,
as "Islamophobes." The convergence of qualification between al Qaeda and
these American organizations of US intellectuals is certainly disturbing. As
far as the naming of Michael Sheuer on that list, it could be analyzed as a
reminder of his past role as a chief of the Usama Bin Laden unit at the CIA
years ago. And in addition to "experts" named in the tape, Gadahn goes on a
ferocious attack against American "Tele-Evangelists" and their media (you
can easily figure out who) showing the other type of foes al Qaeda is very
upset with."
Especially significant is how the MSM, has avoided the call to convert
directed at the four men. 
Michael Scheur the ex CIA agent who was in charge of the agency's bin-Laden
unit did not respond directly to the conversion 'invitation' and wrote an
analysis entitled "The Western Media's misreading of the Al Qaeda videotape"
where he warns that the tape w

[osint] Crisis seen in luggage screening

[Bruce Tefft]

 
 


Crisis seen in luggage screening
 

Updated 9/20/2006 8:13 AM ET




   A TSA worker hand searches a bag at the Oakland
International Airport in Oakland, where the agency uses the $16.4 million
explosive detection systems that allow checked luggage to be screened much
faster than previous methods.


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By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images



A TSA worker hand searches a bag at the Oakland International Airport in
Oakland, where the agency uses the $16.4 million explosive detection systems
that allow checked luggage to be screened much faster than previous methods.
 

 
 
 
By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON - The nation's airports face a looming crisis in their ability to
screen checked luggage for bombs that will require billions of dollars to
avert, a new report ordered by Congress says.
Many airports have too few screeners and use slow, labor-intensive bomb
detectors that are being overwhelmed by increasing passenger traffic, the
study says.
The report criticizes how bomb detectors were installed in airports after
9/11. Because of a tight deadline, "many if not most of the implementations
were suboptimal," it says.
The van-sized machines clog terminals and operate so slowly that flights are
sometimes held up or bags don't make it onto their flights, airport
officials say. Those problems will worsen unless luggage scanners are
replaced at most U.S. airports with faster machines that are part of
baggage-conveyor systems.
"It's very urgent," said James Bennett, CEO of the authority that runs
Washington's Reagan National and Dulles airports. "It's one of the - if not
the- most pressing improvement that needs to be made in aviation security."
Jim Crites, operations chief at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport,
said "there is no more room" in airports for additional luggage scanners,
"and yet you have more demand coming on."
The 220-page report was written by officials from airports, airlines, design
firms and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in August, before
new restrictions for carry-on bags led to a huge increase in checked
luggage. That surge "has further stressed the system," Bennett said.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House's aviation subcommittee,
questioned whether Congress would approve the proposed $4.8 billion.
"Unfortunately, Congress is not ready to face the reality of the problem,"
Mica said.
Congress ordered a study in late 2004 of how to install faster luggage
scanners.
The report suggests spreading costs by selling federal tax credits that
would be redeemed over many years, and by making airports pay $700 million.
That plan would move up the installation of new machines to 2013 instead of
2024, when they'd be in place without special financing.
Faster, more automated bomb detectors would cut some personnel costs, the
report says. They also would improve security by reducing the percentage of
bags screened using less-reliable methods to 5% from 25% or higher during
busy periods, and by reducing crowds in airport lobbies that are potential
targets for terrorists.
High-speed scanners expected to be ready in a year or two would screen bags
at 10 times the rate of current machines. False alarms, which now force
screeners to search 15% to 25% of checked bags, could be lower, the report
says.
The TSA received the report last week after an agency advisory committee
unanimously approved it. The TSA will consider whether to endorse the study
and seek congressional approval for financing the new machines.
 


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[osint] Head-in-the-Sand Liberals: Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists. (Los Angeles Times)

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http://www.latimes.

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Head-in-the-Sand Liberals
Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists. 

By Sam Harris, SAM HARRIS is the author of "The End of Faith: Religion,
Terror and the Future of Reason." His next book, "Letter to a Christian
Nation," will be published this week by Knopf. samharris.org.
September 18, 2006 
 

TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of
Faith." In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely
incompatible, inevitably cause conflict and now prevent the emergence of a
viable, global civilization. In response, I have received many thousands of
letters and e-mails from priests, journalists, scientists, politicians,
soldiers, rabbis, actors, aid workers, students - from people young and old
who occupy every point on the spectrum of belief and nonbelief. 

This has offered me a special opportunity to see how people of all creeds
and political persuasions react when religion is criticized. I am here to
report that liberals and conservatives respond very differently to the
notion that religion can be a direct cause of human conflict.

This difference does not bode well for the future of liberalism. 

Perhaps I should establish my liberal bone fides at the outset. I'd like to
see taxes raised on the wealthy, drugs decriminalized and homosexuals free
to marry. I also think that the Bush administration deserves most of the
criticism it has received in the last six years - especially with respect to
its waging of the war in Iraq, its scuttling of science and its fiscal
irresponsibility. 

But my correspondence with liberals has convinced me that liberalism has
grown dangerously out of touch with the realities of our world -
specifically with what devout Muslims actually believe about the West, about
paradise and about the ultimate ascendance of their faith.

On questions of national security, I am now as wary of my fellow liberals as
I am of the religious demagogues on the Christian right.

This may seem like frank acquiescence to the charge that "liberals are soft
on terrorism." It is, and they are. 

A cult of death is forming in the Muslim world - for reasons that are
perfectly explicable in terms of the Islamic doctrines of martyrdom and
jihad. The truth is that we are not fighting a "war on terror." We are
fighting a pestilential theology and a longing for paradise. 

This is not to say that we are at war with all Muslims. But we are
absolutely at war with those who believe that death in defense of the faith
is the highest possible good, that cartoonists should be killed for
caricaturing the prophet and that any Muslim who loses his faith should be
butchered for apostasy. 

Unfortunately, such religious extremism is not as fringe a phenomenon as we
might hope. Numerous studies have found that the most radicalized Muslims
tend to have better-than-average educations and economic opportunities. 

Given the degree to which religious ideas are still sheltered from criticism
in every society, it is actually possible for a person to have the economic
and intellectual resources to build a nuclear bomb - and to believe that he
will get 72 virgins in paradise. And yet, despite abundant evidence to the
contrary, liberals continue to imagine that Muslim terrorism springs from
economic despair, lack of education and American militarism. 

At its most extreme, liberal denial has found expression in a growing
subculture of conspiracy theorists who believe that the atrocities of 9/11
were orchestrated by our own government. A nationwide poll conducted by the
Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University found that more than a
third of Americans suspect that the federal government "assisted in the 9/11
terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could
go to war in the Middle East;" 16% believe that the twin towers collapsed
not because fully-fueled passenger jets smashed into them but because agents
of the Bush administration had secretly rigged them to explode. 

Such an astonishing eruption of masochistic unreason could well mark the
decline of liberalism, if not the decline of Western civilization. There are
books, films and conferences organized around this phantasmagoria, and they
offer an unusually clear view of the debilitating dogma that lurks at the
heart of liberalism: Western power is utterly malevolent, while the
powerless people of the Earth can be counted on to embrace reason and
tolerance, if only given sufficient economic opportunities. 

I don't know how many more engineers and architects need to blow themselves
up, fly planes into buildings or saw the heads off of journalists before
this fantasy will dissipate. The truth is that there is every reason to
believe that a terrifying number of the world's Muslims now 

[osint] Call for ban on "Defamation of islam"

[Bruce Tefft]

 
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Call for ban on 'defamation of Islam'

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September 20, 2006 05:45am
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PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf today called for a ban on the
"defamation of Islam" in a speech to the UN General Assembly in which he
took a veiled swipe at Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks linking the Muslim
faith to violence.
"We also need to bridge, through dialogue and understanding, the growing
divide between the Islamic and Western worlds," General Musharraf told the
192-member assembly. 
"It is imperative to end racial and religious discrimination against Muslims
and to prohibit the defamation of Islam."
In an indirect reference to Pope Benedict XVI, he said, "It is most
disappointing to see personalities of high standing oblivious of Muslim
sensitivities at these critical moments". 
On Monday, the pope said he was "deeply sorry" for sparking worldwide Muslim
anger with a speech he made last week in which he quoted an obscure medieval
text that criticised some teachings of the Prophet Mohammed as "evil and
inhuman". 
The speech sparked several days of protests in Muslim countries against the
leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
General Musharraf also addressed the issue of global terrorism, noting that
Pakistan's cooperation with many countries, including the United States and
Britain, had "pre-empted several terrorist plots, such as the one uncovered
recently to blow up airliners flying from London".
"While we confront terrorism, our strategy must seek to eliminate this
phenomenon comprehensively," he said, proposing a two-pronged strategy
combining the anti-terror fight with efforts to resolve conflicts afflicting
the Islamic world.
"Across the Muslim world, old conflicts and new campaigns of military
intervention have spawned a deep sense of desperation and injustice," the
Pakistani leader said.
"Each new battleground involving an Islamic state has served as a new
breeding ground for extremists and terrorists. Indiscriminate bombings,
civilian casualties, torture, human rights abuses, racial slurs and
discrimination only add to the challenge of defeating terrorism." 
"Unless we end foreign occupation and suppression of Muslim peoples,
terrorism and extremism will continue to find recruits among alienated
Muslims in various parts of the world," he said. 


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[osint] Pope asked to CONVERT to islam

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Pope asked to convert to Islam
19/09/2006 15:56  - (SA)   

   

 

   

Tripoli - The elder son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called on Pope
Benedict XVI to convert to Islam immediately, dismissing last week's apology
from the pontiff for offending Muslims. 
"If this person were really someone reasonable, he would not agree to remain
at his post one minute, but would convert to Islam immediately," Mohammed
Gaddafi told an awards ceremony on Monday evening for an international
competition to memorise the Qur'an. 
"We say to the pope - whether you apologise or not is irrelevant, as
apologies make no difference to us." 
Gaddafi junior also hit out at "those Muslims who look for comfort in the
words of a non-Muslim". 
He said Muslims "should not look for charity from the infidel... but should
fight Islam's enemies who attack the faith and the Prophet Muhammad". 
On Sunday, the pope said he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction to a speech
he made last week in which he quoted an obscure medieval text that
criticised some teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as "evil and inhuman". 
The speech sparked several days of protests in Muslim countries against the
leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics. 
Although the pontiff's apology was widely rejected as insufficient,
anti-pope protests seemed to subside on Tuesday with the only planned event
a rally by foreign theology students in the Iranian clerical capital of Qom.

 


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[osint] Islamic Army in Iraq Issues a Statement Announcing an Attack on the Italian Consulate

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The Islamic Army in Iraq Issues a Statement Announcing an Attack on the
Italian Consulate in Baghdad, Responding to Pope Benedict XVI's Comment
By SITE Institute

 
September 19, 2006




The Islamic Army in Iraq, today, Tuesday, September 19, 2006, distributed a
statement to its official website and jihadist forums, in response to
comments made by Pope Benedict XVI during a speech in Germany last Tuesday
that were slanderous to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Though the
insurgency group reiterates beliefs posited by other organizations in
previous statements, such as that by the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq
and al-Fajr Information Center, which claim a premeditated purpose to the
comment and timing to coincide with the attacks of September 11, 2001, the
Islamic Army announces a specific operation as an act of revenge. The
message states: "The first of the rain, and not the last, will strike the
Italian consulate in Baghdad this morning, and continue with the killing of
soldiers of the cross in Iraq". 
The group urges Muslims to remind themselves of the Spanish Inquisition and
Crusader Wars to evidence long-seated hostility from the Church towards the
Islamic Nation. They then question Catholic theology asking where the logic
lies in the belief that their God killed his son to save humanity from sin.
The message then refers to a prophecy of Muslim conquest, and muses: "The
pope would have been able to spend a quiet summer vacation in his quarters
in 'Castle Gandolfo' without the need for heavy guard if he had held his
tongue and shown respect". 
Recent anger within the Muslim community towards the pope occurred when Pope
Benedict XVI quoted Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, a 14th century Byzantine
emperor, during a speech on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at the University
of Regensburb in Bavaria, Germany. He said: "Show me just what Muhammad
brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman,
such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". On
Sunday, September 17, the Pope issued a public apology for this comment. 
 


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[osint] News Flash: Pope says words 'misunderstood' by Muslims

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Pope says words 'misunderstood' by Muslims


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Pope Benedict XVI has told thousands of pilgrims at the Vatican 
that worldwide Muslim anger over his speech in Germany last week 
was the result of an "unfortunate misunderstanding". 

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[osint] We're already living under Muslim law

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We're already living under Muslim law

By John Burtis
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 
Boy, it sure seems that the old religion of peace, Islam, is up to no good,
again, what with their latest fatwa on the Pope and our strong suspicions
about having a few of their ardent adherents mow down a nun by shooting her
four times in the back.
You know how things are lately, have somebody let go with a macaca and a
Republican is in very hot water on every TV news program there is for weeks,
to say nothing of the nonstop editorials calling for his scalp, his Lions
Club Card, and his Tivo. My land, even Ted Kennedy is appalled at such
boorish behavior.
But take a long sentence about a guy's outlook written in the middle ages,
and boom, we've got calls for apologies coming out of the woodwork.
I mean, currently, the Pope is only 417 calls for additional public
atonements behind a publicly blighted Mel Gibson. But Mel ranted against the
Jews, which didn't make much of a stir in the lands of the minarets, with
the DNC, at MoveOn.Org, or over at the sterling campaign offices of Mr.
Benjamin Cardin (D-MD). 
Nope, over there rants against the Jews are de rigueur of late, and are
posted until Mr. Steele's Republican campaign makes a real stink about the
tarts from MoveOn.Org clogging up the blogs with racial epithets. Just like
Joe Lieberman had to do with the MoveOn.folks. But with the liberals it's
all fun and games and none of it means a thing. 
I mean, Chuck Schumer had his big gaffe too, when his staff grabbed Mr.
Steele's social security number and went phishing with it. But that was all
right too, and Chuck never apologized either and just let the errant pogeys
go. Heck, they were from somebody else's staff and didn't understand laws
and such and were out to lunch during the briefings on behavior when Chuck
Schumer's extensive background in privacy was drummed into everybody.
Il Papa, however, made a real mistake, and upset the apple cart over there
in Ayatollah-land, where the green flags are fluttering, the fatwas are
flying like the papers blowing around when the WTC towers fell, and the
effigies of the Pope are burning so fast and furious that the local fire
brigades can't keep up with the brush fires they're causing in the tinder
dry conditions that exist in Syria, Iran, Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon,
Egypt, Detroit, London, Paris, Lackawanna, and the other Muslim conclaves. 
And over at the New York Times, our own version of a Manhattan mosque
replete with minarets, where Pinch Sulzberger calls a diminishing number of
the faithful to prayers daily, seemingly endless calls for the Pope to
grovel before and toward Mecca on his hands and knees through broken glass
are broadcast hourly.
I mean, really, Pinch Sulzberger has found something really epigrammatic to
sink his porcelain inlays, ceramic caps, and bridgework into with those
twenty words or so from an errant Der Papst. No, not from those dreadful
murdering and torturing Islamo-fascists, never.
But pity poor Sister Leonella Sgorbati, a 38-year-veteran of East Africa's
most poverty stricken areas, who had served in Somalia for the past five,
bringing her good deeds to the world's poorest. She ran afoul of the great
Muslim outpouring of grief and shock over the Pope's speech and caught a
quick four bullets or so in the back for being a woman of the same cloth,
who worships the same God as Benedict.
But such is modern Islam. The slightest hint of an insult results in a
plethora of fatwas calling for outright murder and, of course, the follow on
death of as many innocents as can be piled up for the photo-shop enhanced
photos streaming from the stringers paid by the AP, Reuters, and, of course,
the New York Times.
And not to be out done, the news networks, led by that crenellated Katie
Couric, will discuss the unpleasantries associated with those of us who dare
disturb the religion of peace and bring on the massive outcry and associated
killings, arsons, tortures, and beheadings which follow in the wake of the
slightest upset of the religion of peace.
Funny, but the Pope, in his wisdom, was just pointing out to the world that
not much has changed in the Islamic world since, oh, about 900 AD, and boom,
there they go again, proving the man right. Just kick up a bit of dust that
the wind'll blow on a shadow of Mohammed and the onslaught against suspected
apostates starts anew. 
But it seems that only the yellow dog press, that counterfeit statesman Kofi
Annan, his gang of criminally irresolute boyos at the UN, John Kerry, the
Article 3 kissers in the Democratic leadership, the bogues at the New York
Times, the mimicking catbirds on CNN, and the rest of the liberal folks
daintily toeing the progressive line, can actually tell when violent Islamic
acts cease. Just as they're the only baseborn contrivers who can importune
when Muslim savagery actually begins ag

[osint] News Flash: Saddam Hussein Lawyers Walk Out of Trial

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Saddam Hussein Lawyers Walk Out of Trial


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Saddam Hussein's lawyers walked out of his trial Wednesday to 
protest the replacement of the chief judge, who had been accused 
of favoring the defense. 

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[osint] News Flash: Bush to Meet With Palestinian Leader

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Bush to Meet With Palestinian Leader


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President Bush, who says peace in the Middle East is one of the 
prime objectives of his presidency, is sitting down with 
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for some of the hard work it 
will take to turn those words into action. 

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