[osint] PROPAGANDA: How Congress Can Stop Bush From Attacking Iran
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kevin_ze_070517_bush_heats_up_iran_r .htm How Congress Can Stop Bush From Attacking Iran by Jonathan Schwarz Mother Jones May/June 2007 Issue Gauging the Bush administration's true intentions toward Iran is not easy. Each week brings a new story that hints at a struggle between the hardliners who'd like to take down one more point on the Axis of Evil and the realists who prefer one disastrous Middle East conflict at a time. Given the administration's track record, uncoordinated and sporadic attempts by members of Congress to prevent an attack on Iran will restrain it no more than would cobwebs. Yet Congress does possess the power to stop a war-if it chooses to exercise it. If we wake up one morning to find cruise missiles flying, the responsibility will not be Bush's alone. It will also belong to a Democratic-controlled Congress that could have acted but decided not to. What, then, would a serious congressional strategy to block a war with Iran look like? Constitutional scholars and congressional staff agree there's no one magic answer. The alarming truth is that 220 years after the adoption of the Constitution, there are few settled answers about what legal powers the executive branch possesses to start a war. But there are several steps Congress could take to make a war with Iran politically very difficult for the White House. Unfortunately, the Constitution isn't much help here. It does state that Congress alone has the ability to declare war, but precedent, inertia, and technology have eroded this power almost to naught. (In the age of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the commander in chief can launch an apocalyptic nuclear strike without so much as a courtesy call to the speaker of the House.) The 1973 War Powers Act requires the president to consult Congress before launching military action; if he doesn't receive further authorization, he must cease operations within 60 days. But this leaves the door wide open for all sorts of attacks-a massive bombing campaign could certainly be carried out within two months. Bill Clinton arguably breached the War Powers Act during his 78-day Kosovo bombing campaign, without consequences. The limiting factor on a determined president, then, is not whether an attack is legal. Rather, it is how high a political cost he's willing to pay. Just because Bush can launch an attack on Iran in the absence of congressional action does not mean he can legally do so in contravention of congressional action. If Congress specifically forbids Bush from attacking Iran, and he does so anyway, it would precipitate a political crisis. Fortunately, Congress has some powerful tools at its disposal. Here's what it could do: Cut Off Funding Congress' biggest constitutional bargaining chip is the power of the purse. It could send an extremely strong message by stipulating in future supplemental defense appropriations bills that none of that money could be spent on attacking Iran. Freshman Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) tried to add such a restriction to the $93 billion in supplemental appropriations that went before Congress earlier this year. There is an inexact precedent for this in the 1982 Boland Amendment, which prohibited U.S. intelligence agencies from covertly spending money to overthrow the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The Reagan administration's attempts to circumvent this law became the genesis of the Iran-Contra scandal. The Bush administration might well claim such a requirement was an unconstitutional infringement on the president's authority to defend the country and the troops from Iranian meddling in Iraq, and proceed with an attack on Tehran anyway. To prevent this, Congress could make such a funding prohibition non-severable from the rest of the appropriations bill. This means that if the president ignored that particular section of the bill, the entire bill would become inoperative. Congress also could prohibit Bush from using any other funds to attack Iran, essentially challenging the administration to blatantly violate federal law. Close the Loopholes Both of the Authorizations to Use Military Force (aumfs) passed by Congress-in September 2001 for Afghanistan, and October 2002 for Iraq-contain language that might conceivably be used to justify an attack on Iran. The 2001 aumf authorized the president to use force not just against the perpetrators of 9/11 but also against anyone who harbored such organizations or persons. After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Iran arrested several senior members of Al Qaeda. Though they are apparently being held as bargaining chips with the United States, someone could argue that Iran is in fact harboring them. Attacking Iran under the 2002 AUMF, which gave the president power to defend against the continuing threat posed by Iraq, is even more of a reach. But squaring that kind of circle is what executive branch lawyers are for. As a former Bush administration official told me, If I
[osint] Muslim workers demand time off for prayers
So should everybody, then. B http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/usnews file:///C:/Swift051607 Controversy surrounds Somalia Muslims again - this time in Nebraska file:///C:/Swift051607 Muslim workers demand time off for prayers 16 May 2007: Nearly 100 Somalia Muslim workers at the Swift Company meatpacking plant in Grand Island, Nebraska arrived at work Monday and delivered an ultimatum to their employer - either accommodate their Islamic prayer times or they would quit. When the company refused to acquiesce to the demands of the group of Muslim workers, they walked out, according to company officials. Out of a 2900 member workforce at the Grand Island plant, about 200 are believed to be Somali Muslims, according to one plant official. Swift spokesman Sean McHugh stated that all employees receive one 15-minute paid break and one 30-minute unpaid break during each eight-hour shift, and can use the breaks as they see fit, including religious purposes. The policy is made clear to all new employees hired. Last year, Swift http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-13-immigration_x.htm Company was the target of one of the largest raids conducted by the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile, this is yet another religious controversy involving Muslims from Somalia. Islamic cab drivers in Minneapolis have been refusing to transport anyone carrying liquor or anything else Muslims find objectionable according to their orthodox religious practices. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] The Growing Hamas-Al Qaeda Connection
Both are Muslim Brotherhood creations...any connection is normal. B http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1 http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1DBID=1LNGID=1TMID= 111FID=283PID=0IID=1574TTL=The_Growing_Hamas-Al_Qaeda_Connection DBID=1LNGID=1TMID=111FID=283PID=0IID=1574TTL=The_Growing_Hamas-Al_Qae da_Connection The Growing Hamas-Al Qaeda Connection Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi * Al-Qaeda generally thrives wherever central authority of governments is collapsing and therefore its current success in the war-torn Gaza Strip should not come as a surprise. * Just after Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there were reports that al-Qaeda had exploited the new security vacuum that had been created and begun to dispatch its operatives to this territory. By March 2006, no less than the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the London Arabic daily, al-Hayat, We have signs of the presence of al-Qaeda in Gaza and the West Bank. * In the meantime across the Middle East the external Hamas leadership maintained close ties with well-known figures associated with the al-Qaeda network, like the leader of the Kashmiri organization, Hezb ul-Mujahidin, Sayyid Salahal-Din, in Pakistan and Abd al-Majid al-Zindani, a bin Laden loyalist, in Yemen. The latter met with Khaled Mashaal on March 20, 2006. * Significantly al-Hayat reported on April 4, 2006: a definite presence of al-Qaeda operatives in Gaza, who had infiltrated from Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. Moreover, a little over a month later Egypt's Ministry of the Interior disclosed that two terrorist operatives involved in the April 2006 attack on the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Dahab, underwent military training in the use of weapons and explosives in the Gaza Strip. * On May 9, 2007 the Army of Islam organization (Jaish al-Islam) published, on a website identified with al-Qaeda (www.alhesbah.org), an official announcement in which it took responsibility for the kidnapping of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston and called for the release of the Palestinian sheikh, Abu Qatada, who is considered one of the main ideologues of al-Qaeda in Europe and is known to be the one with whom the heads of the group that carried out 9/11 consulted. Hamas spokesperson, Ayman Taha, acknowledged the fact that Hamas and Army of Islam had cooperated on the military operational level. Increasingly, there are signs that al-Qaeda is gaining strength in the Gaza Strip. In the midst of the decaying internal situation in Gaza, with its regular gun battles between the well-established Hamas and Fatah militias, there are more incidents reported of attacks against symbols of any Western presence from a UNRWA school to a Christian bookstore. Al-Qaeda generally thrives wherever central authority of governments is collapsing and therefore its current success in the war-torn Gaza Strip should not come as a surprise.1 Seeming to copy the operations of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the militants in Gaza belonging to these new terrorist organizations are targeting Western reporters, like the famous cases in which journalists from FOX News and the BBC were taken hostage. Even external appearances show al-Qaeda's growing influence as members of its affiliate movements in the Gaza Strip will often wear the same black head covering that was a trademark of the late al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. All the evidence indicates that rather than challenge al-Qaeda's bid to expand its presence in the Gaza Strip, Hamas prefers to collaborate with these new militant groups. Al-Qaeda Enters Gaza Just after Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there were reports that al-Qaeda had exploited the new security vacuum that had been created and began to dispatch its operatives to this territory. The Hamas leader who would later become its first foreign minister, Mahmoud al-Zahar, admitted to Corriere della Sera, on September 13, 2005 that ...a pair of men from al-Qaeda has infiltrated into Gaza. Within a month an organization calling itself Al-Qaeda in Palestine was distributing leaflets in a Gaza mosque. By March 2006, no less than the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the London Arabic daily, al-Hayat, We have signs of the presence of al-Qaeda in Gaza and the West Bank. While Abbas described this as a very dangerous situation, no Palestinian security service subsequently took any measures against al-Qaeda. Indeed, this became official Palestinian Authority policy especially after Hamas swept the Palestinian parliamentary elections in January 2006 and formed a new government. A Hamas official, Said Sayyam, who became the Palestinian Authority Interior Minister at the time, stated openly that he would not order the arrest of terrorist operatives who would attack Israel; this essentially amounted to an open
[osint] Immigration deal faces tough road
It should face a tough road...it should be canned. B http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4815533.html Immigration deal faces tough road By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer Virginian Pilot May 18, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan immigration deal that would grant legal status to millions of people in the country unlawfully is drawing criticism from across the political spectrum. The bargain reached between key Democratic and Republican senators and the White House faces an uncertain future in the Senate, which is set to begin debating it Monday. I don't know if the immigration legislation is going to bear fruit and we're going to be able to pass it, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who harbored serious concerns about the deal. Even if it were to survive what's certain to be a searing Senate battle, the measure would be up against long odds in the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., acknowledging deep divisions on immigration among Democrats, says she won't bring it up unless President Bush can guarantee he will produce 70 Republican backers - a tall order given GOP concerns that the bill is too lenient. The agreement, which also mandates tougher border security and workplace enforcement, marked an extraordinary marriage of liberal and conservative goals that has the potential to bridge stubborn divides and ensure enactment of new laws this year. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., his party's lead negotiator on the deal, called it an example of the politics of the possible, while conservative Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said it was the best opportunity for a bipartisan solution to the nation's immigration problems. It was soon under attack, however, from a set of lawmakers and interest groups as diverse as those that united to craft it. Their varying concerns and competing agendas - along with a challenging political environment - could be enough to unravel the painstakingly written agreement. Two of the key players in the talks from each end of the political spectrum, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, walked away from the deal before it was announced. Conservatives branded it amnesty, complaining that it would reward the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants with a way of gaining legal status and staying in the U.S. permanently without being punished. What part of illegal does the Senate not understand? Any plan that rewards illegal behavior is amnesty, said Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus. The deal would allow illegal immigrants to come forward right away, but they could not get visas or begin a path to citizenship until the border security improvements and a high-tech worker identification program were in place. After that, illegal immigrants could obtain a renewable Z visa that would allow them stay in the country indefinitely. After paying fees and fines totaling $5,000, they could ultimately get on track for permanent residency, which could take between eight and 13 years. Heads of households would have to return to their home countries first. Liberals, on the other hand, are unhappy with the proposal because it makes a far-reaching change in the immigration system that would admit future arrivals seeking to put down roots in the U.S. based on their skills, education levels and job experience - limiting the importance of family ties. We have concerns about the historic shift away from family unification as the backbone of our immigration system, said Kevin Appleby of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Immigrant advocacy and labor groups also oppose the terms of a new guest worker program in which low-skilled immigrants would be forced to leave the country after temporary stints and would have limited opportunities to stay and get on a path to permanent legalization. Without a real path to legalization, the program will exclude millions of workers and thus ensure that America will have two classes of workers, only one of which can exercise workplace rights, said John J. Sweeney, the AFL-CIO president. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced Thursday that he will move to kill the guest worker program because it would hurt American workers. Many liberal groups, which revere Kennedy as his party's decisive voice on immigration, reserved judgment on the deal, calling it a good starting point and holding out hope of improving it during next week's Senate debate. But they also voiced substantial worries. Jorge Mursuli of People For the American Way said the measure departs radically from America's immigration tradition of putting family reunification first. This bill also includes a future worker program that is destined for failure. Mursuli nonetheless called the plan a solid start. Presidential politics could also complicate the deal's chances. Fissures among the candidates started emerging swiftly after it was announced. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who
[osint] Before CAIR and the Flying Imams, the Islamic Society of Boston pioneered the use of lawsuits to silence critics and the media
http://www.pajamasmedia.com/2007/05/the_silencing.php By Martin Solomon You are a graduate of Egypt's Al-Azhar University, the foremost religious school in Sunni Islam. You've grown up in Egypt, earned a BA, MA and PhD from the prestigious academy, and have spent your life as a believing and devout Muslim in the heart of the religious establishment. Your religion, and your belief that Islam is a force for good in the world, is something you've built your life around. You believe there is no contradiction between your faith, democracy, and modern standards of human rights, and you dedicate yourself to writing and speaking in support of your beliefs. And it's for those beliefs that a canonical court expels you from Al-Azhar. You are imprisoned for a short time by the Egyptian Government. Finally a Wahhabist fatwa calling for your assassination forces you to flee the country. You flee to political asylum in America, where you can, you hope, continue to explore your beliefs and practice your religion without fear for life and limb at the hands of fanatics. Then one day you visit a local mosque.. In late 2003, after visiting the local Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ahmed Mansour and his wife emerged in what can only be described as a state of shock. Mansour's wife had attended a religious lesson and Mansour himself browsed the literature on display. According to the affidavit http://davidproject.org/materials/AffidavitDH.pdf of Dennis Hale (PDF), Episcopal Lay Minister, Boston College Professor and founder of Citizens for http://www.hatefreeamerica.com/ Peace and Tolerance, Mansour informed him that both the religious lesson and the Arabic newsletters inside the mosque were full of hateful references against the West and Jews. In particular, he noted that the mosque was touting a fund-raising endorsement for their new mosque project featuring infamous Wahabbi cleric and pitch-man for the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheik Yousef Al-Qaradawi. Shocked to see that the poison he thought he had left behind, the poison he thought was an ocean away but was following him to America, Mansour spoke out about what he had seen. As thanks for stepping forward, Mansour has found himself a defendant in a wide-ranging defamation lawsuit, a lawsuit that has involved television and print media outlets, activist organizations, and individuals - anyone, it seemed, who had dared speak or repeat anything less than complimentary about the Islamic Society of http://www.isboston.org/v3.1/default.asp Boston. What the Wahhabis had failed to do in Egypt, the exploitation of the American legal system threatens to do here - ruin the life of a moderate Muslim and anyone who stands with him. A Flawed Founding The Islamic Society of Boston was founded in 1982 by then university student Abdurahman Alamoudi, who became its first president. Ten years later, according to the Hale document, Alamoudi appeared in a videotaped rally in Washington, D.C. where he publicly supported Hamas and Hezbollah. In 2003 and 2004, Alamoudi was indicted and pled guilty to a series of terrorist-related charges arising from a fraudulent scheme to assist Libya in raising money to assassinate Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. This scheme included, according to a background piece appearing in The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060522s=morad052606 , providing approximately $1 million to an organization that supports Al Qaeda. Alamoudi was sentenced to 23 years in prison. The ISB was organized under the tax exempt umbrella of the Islamic Society of North America, which was itself a spin-off of the Wahhabist Muslim Student Association, and has been called http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19191 an influential front for the promotion of the Wahhabi political, ideological and theological infrastructure in the United States and Canada. This is how it should be. Religion must lead the war. This is the only way we can win. From humble beginnings came big plans. A 2003 http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/001312.shtml Boston Herald article quotes an ISB attorney as saying their new project had been in the works for a decade. According to the article: .A project update in the Islamic Society of Boston's May 2000 newsletter reported that in the previous month alone, the group raised $2 million in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states. One source familiar with the project who spoke on the condition he not be named said the leaders of the Islamic society have made it clear that virtually all the financing for the cultural center is coming from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Gulf states. Many mosques and Islamic institutions in the U.S. are funded by wealthy individuals and foundations in Saudi Arabia. Those financiers are almost without exception followers of Wahhabism, a harsh Saudi-based fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, and they make sure the American mosques they bankroll adhere to
[osint] Padilla terror trial meets world of espionage
from the May 18, 2007 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0518/p01s04-usju.html Padilla terror trial meets world of espionage In the case against Jose Padilla, a key witness - a CIA agent - testifies under a pseudonym. By http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/encryptmail.pl?ID=D7E1F2F2E5EEA0D2E9E3E8E5 F9url=/2007/0518/p01s04-usju.html Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor MIAMI Spying and gathering intelligence overseas often require deception. In contrast, testifying under oath in federal court requires telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. But sometimes there are exceptions. This week at the federal trial of suspected Al Qaeda recruit Jose Padilla, a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency took the witness stand. He told the jury his name was Tom Langston, but it isn't. And no one informed the jury that he was testifying under a pseudonym. In addition, it appears that Mr. Padilla's lawyers don't know the key witness's real name at the CIA's request. Withholding information from a defendant and his counsel at trial is unusual in American courts, although not unprecedented. But it could raise a potential issue for appellate court judges to decide whether Padilla's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him has been violated. To some legal analysts, the episode highlights a danger that the criminal justice system is straining to accommodate the Bush administration's war on terror in ways that threaten to undermine traditional civil liberties. But others say it appears that US District Judge Marcia Cooke, a Bush nominee confirmed in 2004, is making a conscientious effort to balance fair-trial protections against the potential national-security implications of the Padilla trial. Although the CIA agent has testified in open court this week, it is difficult for the public and the press to understand the full context of the courtroom encounter. Rulings on the subject by Judge Cooke are under seal in the secret portion of the Padilla trial docket. But the agent's appearance in court closely tracks a series of CIA requests to the judge. Because the true identity of the agent is classified as secret, CIA officials asked that he be able to testify using an alias, wearing a light disguise, and that he be permitted to enter the courtroom through a secure nonpublic entrance. In addition, the CIA asked that the agent's real name not be disclosed to the defendants or defense counsel. Allowing [the CIA agent] to use a pseudonym is pretty uncontroversial, especially if it is someone who is an undercover agent, says Robert Chesney, a national-security law specialist and professor at Wake Forest School of Law. The harder question is why is it OK for the defendants to be limited in their ability to impeach [the CIA agent's] credibility because they don't really know who the guy is. Witness names withheld before In a public filing to the judge, prosecutors cited a series of cases withholding a witness's true name. Some involved Mafia trials and individuals in the witness-protection program. Others involved intelligence agents. In one case, a US marine was convicted of passing classified information to a Soviet agent. A US intelligence agent testified under a pseudonym and his real name was never disclosed to the defense. That case was a court-martial rather than a jury trial in federal court. Last year, for a pretrial hearing, two Israeli agents were permitted to testify using pseudonyms. And in 2005, Saudi intelligence officers offered videoconferenced testimony under pseudonyms, also in a pretrial hearing. In 2004, a federal judge in Illinois permitted a former Iraqi intelligence officer to testify in a federal court trial using an assumed name. It seems the government is getting pretty much all they asked for, says Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. In the Padilla case, the CIA agent's testimony is important because it relates to a key piece of evidence: a five-page Mujahideen Data Form Padilla allegedly filled out before he reportedly attended an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. The fact that this form even exists proves that Padilla was there, Assistant US Attorney Brian Frazier told the jury in his opening statement on Monday. Al Qaeda kept files on everything. But the government faces a challenge in establishing the authenticity of the data form. That's where the CIA agent's testimony is crucial. The agent is the first US government official to take possession of a large volume of documents said to have included the Padilla data form. The agent told the jury that in December 2001 an Afghan drove a twin-cab pickup truck loaded with documents to a covert CIA office in Afghanistan. The Afghan told the agent that he'd recovered the documents from an office abandoned by Arabs in Kandahar after the US invasion. The agent, who said he could neither read nor speak Arabic,
[osint] The Fifth Columnization of America
http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fsalvato/fifth_column/05042007htm http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fsalvato/fifth_column/05042007.htm The Fifth Columnization of America The Fifth Column Frank Salvato, Managing Editor May 4, 2007 The Progressive-Left’s American Fifth Column is most often epitomized by the militant, bullhorn toting activist who, when not examined thoroughly, seems to be advocating for one “civil right” or another. We see them at the pro-illegal immigration protests, the anti-gun protests, the anti-war protests, anywhere a group of people can lay blame at the feet of government and especially the Bush Administration. But the American Fifth Column’s tentacles spread much wider and delve much deeper into our history and our society and recent events illustrate this as fact, rather than fiction. The American Fifth Column is born out of Socialist/Communist ideology where the citizenry grows dependent on the government while the government increasingly legislates itself more control over the people. In the perfect Fifth Column world, everyone is equal and possesses an artificially elevated sense of self-worth, the competitive spirit is equalized through taxes and legislated oversight of private business and societal boundaries – including boundaries in speech and action – are enforced through a shadow set of laws known as political correctness, a set of laws that undermine the authority of the Constitution. The American Fifth Column is embodied by the politically correct multicultural one-world movement and encompasses all of the Progressive-Left buzz word initiatives, such as “diversity,” “public good,” “it takes a village,” “global village” and so on. Through the artificial equalization of our society the Fifth Column strives to achieve the Balkanization of the United States through the celebration of diversity while inducing the surrender of individual choice within those Balkanized communities to governmental entities; divide and conquer. When successful, the efforts of the Progressive-Left’s American Fifth Column achieve the neutering of the American spirit, the end of our celebrated melting pot where pride in individuality, whether ethnic, religious or social, gave way only to pride of country; e pluribus unim. It transforms pioneers into cogs in a machine for the “greater good” and feminizes our society, this feminization giving way to a society of defenseless victims who are completely reliant on government for their survival. Recent events have driven me to opine about this societal cancer infiltrating our country under the guise of “progressive ideology,” among them the Virginia Tech shootings. As the mainstream media reported how Cho Seung-Hui reloaded his two weapons multiple times during his murderous rampage one question kept emerging as the only question that needed to be asked in the nauseatingly repetitive after-the-fact analysis: While he was reloading, why didn’t someone pick up a chair and beat the hell out of him? I’ll admit that Hui’s first shooting of the day involved too few to invoke a mass response and I give credit to the resident assistant who came to the first female victim’s defense. But when he stormed the more populated classrooms of the lecture hall why didn’t someone stand-up to this cretin? Why was a septuagenarian holocaust and Soviet Bloc survivor the only one to stand up to Hui, effectively saying, “Not while I can do something about it!” It can be argued that the lack of response from the majority of people in Hui’s gun sights was the product of over forty years of the Fifth Column’s artificially induced sense of self-importance and societal feminization. They had all been transformed into defenseless victims incapable of thinking about confrontation; incapable of understanding that there was an alternative to slaughter and that alternative was standing up to Hui the aggressor. Imagine if after Hui started shooting his weapons that thirty people started throwing everything that they could find at him in unison while charging the sorry excuse for a human being. Logic mandates that Hui wouldn’t have fell so many victims because he wouldn’t have had free reign to wreck havoc. Evidence to this fact is in that all of the students in 76-year old Professor Liviu Librescu's classroom lived. So, why did Hui’s victims and potential victims cower in fear as Hui methodically chose his victims for slaughter? Because our society has been conditioned through the propaganda of the Fifth Column to believe that violence and/or violent acts, in all cases, are unacceptable. The American Fifth Column’s relentless and visionless opposition to the military efforts in Iraq stand as another glaring example. I stand as one of the few voices who refuses to back down in the face of the Fifth Column’s relentless insistence that weapons of mass destruction was the onus for President Bush’s
[osint] Beheading Nations: The Islamization of Europe's Cities
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2824 http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2824cid=3sid=105 cid=3sid=105 Beheading Nations: The Islamization of Europes Cities Fjordman - 5/18/2007 We have seen videos on TV of Muslim Jihadis beheading infidel hostages. Less attention has been paid to the fact that Muslims are beheading entire nation states. Although this is happening in slow motion, it is no less dramatic. Historically, the major cities have constituted a countrys head, the seat of most of its political institutions and the largest concentration of its cultural brainpower. What happens when this head is cut off from the rest of the body? In many countries across Western Europe, Muslim immigrants tend to settle in major cities, with the native population retreating to minor cities or into the countryside. Previously, Europeans or non-Europeans could travel between countries and visit new cities, each with its own, distinctive character and peculiarities. Soon, you will travel from London to Paris, Amsterdam or Stockholm and find that you have left one city dominated by burkas and sharia to find yet another city dominated by burkas and sharia. For some reason, this eradication of unique, urban cultures is to be celebrated as cultural diversity. Britains population is projected to rise by more than seven million in the next 25 years. The predictions were even greater than those made by the Migrationwatch UK think-tank, whose forecasts had been dismissed in the past as alarmist. Sir Andrew Green, the chairman of Migrationwatch, said the figures were staggering. They totally demolish the Governments claim that it has a managed migration policy. In fact they show that immigration into the UK is out of control. British citizenship has been granted to nearly one million foreign nationals since Labour and Tony Blair came to power in 1997. Grants of citizenship have quadrupled under the present Government. This is a direct result of their no limits immigration policy. Immigration on this scale is changing the nature of our society without public consent. It is no longer acceptable. More white families are moving from London to the regions while many immigrants arrive in the capital from overseas. Migrationwatch said that the change in 10 years had been extraordinarily rapid and unprecedented. Whites will soon become a minority in Birmingham and other major British cities, posing a critical challenge to social stability, Britains race relations watchdog warned. Statistics showed that white and ethnic minority communities were becoming increasingly segregated. Asian youths, a British euphemism for Pakistanis and Muslims from South Asia, in parts of Oldham are trying to create no-go areas for white people. One of them told: There are signs all around saying whites enter at your risk. Its a matter of revenge. However, its not just the white natives that are targets of Muslim violence, but other non-Muslims, too. A report on Hindus being driven out of the English city of Bradford by young Muslims was described by some Hindus as ethnic cleansing. Some of them want to leave the city to escape the Talibanization of Bradford. In an online story in newspaper The Daily Telegraph that was removed for legal reasons, former Muslim Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo warned that British Muslims could soon form a state within the state. Dr Sookhdeo believed that in a decade, you will see parts of English cities which are controlled by Muslim clerics and which follow, not the common law, but aspects of Muslim sharia law. In 1980, the Islamic Council of Europe laid out their strategy for the future and the fundamental rule was never dilute your presence. That is to say, do not integrate. Rather, concentrate Muslim presence in a particular area until you are a majority in that area, so that the institutions of the local community come to reflect Islamic structures. The education system will be Islamic, the shops will serve only halal food, there will be no advertisements showing naked or semi-naked women, and so on. The next step will be pushing the Government to recognize sharia law for Muslim communities which will be backed up by the claim that it is racist or Islamophobic to deny them this. Sookhdeo noted that there is already a Sharia Law Council for the UK. There are Muslim men in Britain who marry and divorce three women, then marry a fourth time and stay married, in sharia law, to all four. The more fundamentalist clerics think that it is only a matter of time before they will persuade the Government to concede on the issue of sharia law. Given the Government's record of capitulating, you can see why they believe that. In France, Muslims already have many smaller states within the state. Criminologist Lucienne Bui Trong wrote that: From 106 hot points in 1991, we went to 818 sensitive areas in 1999. The term she used, sensitive areas, was used
[osint] Islam's War for World Mastery
Islam's War for World Mastery BY EFRAIM KARSH May 18, 2007 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/54794 During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward. Thus wrote the eminent historian Bernard Lewis in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. According to Mr. Lewis, these different responses evoked very different attitudes toward the two superpowers among Muslims and Arabs, which eventually culminated in the September 11 attacks: While American policies, institutions, and individuals were subject to unremitting criticism and sometimes deadly attack, the Soviets were immune. Their retention of the vast, largely Muslim, colonial empire accumulated by the tsars in Asia passed unnoticed, as did their propaganda and sometimes action against Muslim beliefs and institutions. Of course Muslims have never acquiesced in the loss of these territories, as evidenced by the numerous Russo-Ottoman and Russo-Persian wars during the last few centuries. Even the disastrous Ottoman decision to join World War I on the losing side, which led to the destruction of this empire and the creation of the modern Middle East on its ruins, was largely motivated by the desire to reverse the Russian imperial expansion. Superpower behavior in the Middle East during the Cold war years did not correspond to the picture painted by Mr. Lewis of endemic American timidity and aggressive Soviet determination. In reality, the two superpowers were heavily constrained by their global confrontation and the nuclear balance of terror. Time and again, both found themselves powerless to contain undesirable regional developments and were often forced to give a retrospective blessing to actions with which they were in total disagreement. If anything, it was America that showed the greater inclination to resort to military force whenever it deemed its interests to be seriously threatened. This ranged from the toppling of the Musaddaq regime in Iran in 1953, to the 1958 landing in Beirut to shore up the Lebanese government in the face of Egyptian subversion, to the announcement of a nuclear alert during the 1973 October War, to the 1986 bombing of Libya, to the 1980s support for the anti-Soviet campaign in Afghanistan, to the 1991 Gulf war that reversed Iraq's brutal occupation of Kuwait. In this respect, President Bush's interventionism has been far more congruent with U.S. post-World War II power projection policies than both his admirers and detractors seem to realize. By contrast, and despite its immediate adjacency to the Middle East, Moscow proved a rather cautious bear. It supplied weapons and military equipment to its Arab clients, but rarely took direct action on their behalf. The first large-scale intervention occurred during the Egyptian-Israel war of attrition between 1969 and 1970, when the Soviets sent an air defense division to neutralize Israel's overwhelming aerial superiority. But this was a reluctant move taken under intense Egyptian pressure. Likewise, the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was not an imperialist drive for the Persian Gulf oil, as was widely believed at the time, but a desperate bid to stem the mounting the tide of Islamic militancy, fuelled by the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran earlier that year. But the story doesn't end here. Far from looking up to Moscow in fear and awe, let alone submit[ting] to Soviet authority, the Arab states repeatedly annoyed and humiliated their Soviet patron with impunity. For decades Moscow was forced to acquiesce in the brutal repression, and the occasional slaughter, of its communist followers in the Arab and Muslim states for fear of antagonizing the local regimes. The Soviets similarly failed to persuade their Arab protégés to disavow their total rejection of Israel and time and again were forced to acquiesce in Arab wars and invasions they deemed detrimental to their interest, from the Egyptian war of attrition to the Iraqi invasions of Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990. Nor have the Soviet misadventure in Afghanistan and the ongoing bloodletting in Chechnya done much to endear Moscow to Muslims and Arabs throughout the world or to enhance its prestige as a first class military power. The most caustic humiliation was perhaps the expulsion of thousands of Soviet military personnel from Egypt in July 1972 in retaliation for Moscow's refusal to arm Egypt for its planned war against Israel. And how did the Soviets respond? By exacting a swift and dire punishment? Hardly. They dutifully resumed arms shipments to Egypt, only to see President Sadat wage the war they were desperate to prevent, then make an astounding u-turn by moving Egypt to the American orbit, abrogating the
[osint] The Other Side of CAIR
http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2007/05/17/community/letters_opi nion/neiditz0518.txt The other side of CAIR In her column 20 journalists, 20 questions, many interesting answers (CJN, May 11), mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia Dettelbach mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] described Julia Shearson, director of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as articulate and thoughtful. The article included a photo of Shearson but did not provide any description of CAIR. In a past CJN article by mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marilyn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Karfeld, Julia Shearson was quoted as protesting the purchase of Israel bonds by Cuyahoga County. Shearson is an activist who has repeatedly condemned Israel in its war against Hezbollah. CAIR has been presented as a civil rights group advocating acceptance of and equality for American Muslims. But there is another side to CAIR. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) describes it as an organization which we know has ties to terrorism. And (anti-terrorist expert) Steve Emerson calls it a radical front group for Hamas. CAIR officials have been indicted for various charges ranging from fundraising for terrorist organizations to aiding and abetting jihadists. An ADL report observed that CAIR was founded by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine, a Hamas-affiliated, anti-Semitic propaganda organization and that CAIR also endorsed and participated in several anti-Israel rallies supporting Hezbollah last August. Several American Muslims reject CAIR's claim to speak on their behalf. The late Seifeiden Ashmawy, publisher of the New Jersey-based Voice of Peace, called CAIR a champion of extremists whose views do not represent Islam. Kamal Nawash, head of Free Muslims Against Terrorism, finds that CAIR and similar groups condemn terrorism on the surface while endorsing an ideology that helps foster terrorism. The editor of the Cleveland Jewish News has wittingly or unwittingly lent credibility and legitimacy to an organization that is, at minimum, anti-Israel. Martin Neiditz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] U.S. Policy Toward Iran and Russia
Unfortunately, these forces have combined into the alliance of the Leftist/Marxist and Islamists with the common goal of world domination. http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2834 http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2834cid=1sid=27 cid=1sid=27 U.S. Policy Toward Iran and Russia David J. Jonsson - 5/20/2007 After September 11, Bush explained that the attacks showed that the friend of your enemy is also your enemy. As he put it last September, America makes no distinction between those who commit acts of terror, and those that harbor and support them, because theyre equally guilty of murder. Bush failed to note the converse of that reality: the enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend and allay. Here the distinction generally relates to Sunnis and Shiites. We fail to grasp that just because Shiites and Sunnis are rivals dont mean that they will join forces with the U.S. to fight one another, or wont join forces with one another to fight the U.S. to accomplish their goal of establishing the Islamic kingdom of God and return the caliphate. This and the failure to recognize the goals of Russia have and will continue to cause the Americans no end of difficulty. We also fail to recognize that that these forces have also joined with the Leftists. There is an Arab saying to the effect that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. While this may be the standard for many countries in the Middle East, it is not the standard by which a democratic nation like the United States can afford to operate. Equally important is to recognize that Russia and China are also linked with mutual interests world domination and that Russia is neither the friend of the EU or the U.S. Unfortunately, these forces have combined into the alliance of the Leftist/Marxist and Islamists with the common goal of world domination. The Islamist in seeking to establish the Islamic kingdom of God on earth, not necessary though military might but through gradual Islamization including economic means as described in my article: Islamic Economics and Shariah Law: A Plan for World Domination. Without diminishing the threat posed by the near term events in the Middle East, it is important nonetheless to recognize that they are a distraction, a deliberate provocation designed to keep our eyes focused on the wrong enemy. The true threat is and always has been the worldwide communist movement joined by Islamists, spearheaded by Russia, and Communist China. While the Iraq and Iran crises continues, the strategy of The Grand Chess Masters--The Bear and the Dragon, along with their pawns the Leftists, Marxists and Islamists, continue to develop and put in place their strategy for the ultimate goal of world domination. We have lived for some years of peace following the End of the Cold War and we are now facing the prospect of moving to a disordered world from which the West cannot hide. Wrong Question: Why do Islamists Hate America? Many propagandists of the Leftist/Marxist Islamist Alliance are using all efforts to attempt to question why the Islamist hates America. While it is true that the hedonistic life style of the Leftists runs counter to the Shariah law, many Leftists are drawn into the support of the Islamist movement. It should also be noted that Bible believing Christians and Jews do not support the hedonistic life style of the Leftists. Counter to question of Why do they hate us? one has to ask the question: What is the goal of Islam? Islam, from its very beginning, and the teaching of Muhammad was and is to create the Islamic kingdom of God on Earth. Their desire for this kingdom is to be a kingdom ruled by a caliph under Shariah law where all non-believersinfidels are subservient to Muslims. It has been said by many apologists for Islam, that Christians and Jews lived together peacefully under Islamic rule for 500 years. This was true, but only as dhimmis living in servitude to Islamic rule. The Islamists and their Leftist propagandists wish to have us believe this is the way to peace. The Jihadists drive to instill Islamic law into Muslim society, and ultimately recreate that society under their interpretation of the law, which often translates into an endorsement for violent jihad as practiced by bin Laden and others. Ideology is often overlooked and is considered separate from the strategic and operational aspects of Islamist militancy. The ideology of this movement is similar to, or even worse than, the Nazi ideology, and that it should be dealt accordingly. Therefore, I still believe that one of the primary missions of the international community today is to repeat its experience with Nazism and to deal with this dangerous barbarian culture exactly as it dealt with the Nazi culture. If this does not happen, the near future is liable to bring many events, the consequences of which will be far more severe for all of humanity than the consequences of World War II. Irans
[osint] ETHANOL: Fuels Rush In (Biofuels May Cause More Pollution)
Scams...like all liberal/leftist fads. B The reality of Ethanol... what a scam S http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833146/posts Fuels Rush In (Biofuels May Cause More Pollution) http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=262998513130177 Investor's Business Daily ^ | May 2, 2007 Posted on 05/14/2007 2:16:01 AM PDT by http://www.freerepublic.com/~2nddivisionvet/ 2ndDivisionVet Climate Change: A Danish commission looks at the negative effect of biofuels on the environment as a new study shows ethanol use may actually increase pollution. The Kyoto deal is full of unintended consequences. The recently formed Cramer Commission, named after Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer, who chaired it before entering the cabinet, was formed to develop ways to ensure that crops used to create biofuels as replacements for oil and gas don't do more harm than good. It seems that in the rush to develop these alternative fuels, forests in Asia have been burned to clear land for palm oil along with large swaths of the Amazon rain forest being stripped of diverse vegetation for soy and sugar plantations used to produce the raw material for making ethanol. The commission's fears are justified. Marcel Silvius, a climate expert at Wetlands International in the Netherlands, recently led a team that compared the benefits of palm oil to the ecological harm from clearing virgin Asian rain forests for new plantations. He concluded that as a fuel palm oil was more like snake oil, noting: As a biofuel, it's a failure. Palm oil's attractiveness is that it is relatively cheap and can be used in existing power stations. It is even said to be, to use Al Gore's favorite phrase, carbon-neutral, in that it absorbs as much carbon dioxide during growth as it emits when burned as fuel. Certainly the European Union likes it, with palm oil consumption fueled by subsidies in many EU member states. EU imports have risen 65% since 2002. The four-year study in Indonesia and Malaysia, where 85% of commercial palm oil is grown, by a team from Wetlands, Delft Hydraulics and the Alterra Research Center of Wageningen University, details the environmental harm caused by the use of palm oil as an alternative energy source. The study found that 1.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide go up in smoke every year from rain forest fires set to clear new land for biofuel plantations. Another 600 million tons seeps into the air from drained peat swamps. That 2 billion tons of CO2 constitutes 8% of the earth's total fossil fuel emissions. In the U.S., the alternative fuel du jour is ethanol. It can be made from corn or sugar or perhaps even wood chips and leftover copies of the New York Times. But here too there are consequences to its use that may exceed any benefits. We already know that ethanol consumes more energy in its manufacture than it produces when consumed, that it is difficult to transport and evaporates easily. We also know that using virtually all available land to produce an ethanol crop like corn would make only a small dent in our energy mix, and that by competing with crops grown for food, raises food costs. A study just published by Mark Jacobson, a Stanford University civil and environmental engineering professor, in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science and Technology, adds another consequence — that 200 more people would die each year from respiratory problems if all U.S. cars ran on ethanol. Most of these additional deaths would occur in, surprise, Los Angeles. According to Jacobson, ethanol actually produces more hydrocarbons than gasoline and less nitrogen oxide. Ethanol produces longer-lasting chemicals that eventually turn into hydrocarbons spread over a larger area. The actual science is complicated but in an area like L.A. when nitrogen oxide reach a certain level, it actually begins eating up some of the ozone. So less is bad, not good. The first rule of environmentalism, like medicine, should be to do no harm. Or to put it in terms the greenies understand, are they destroying the earth in order to save it? _ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before Get a better look http://g.msn.com/8HMBENCA/2737??PS=47575 now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior
[osint] Mark Steyn, legal immigrant, on the Senate's new immigration compromise
this will the final straw on a very well-burdened camel with the Republican base http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/Transcript_Page.aspx?ContentGuid=b06c281d-b3f 6-4cdf-868d-14b4b4116b96 Mark Steyn, legal immigrant, on the Senate's new immigration compromise The Hugh Hewitt Show, 17 May 2007 HH: It's Hugh Hewitt on a dark day for the country and the Republican Party, May 17th , 2007, the unveiling of a disastrous immigration compromise. It's really amnesty lite, force fed, tastes terrible. Here to talk about it, http://www.steynonline.com/ Mark Steyn, Columnist to the World. Mark, we don't have many details, but every one that we have, every one, is bad news. What do you think of this compromise? MS: Yes, I don't think it is a compromise, because I think essentially, the political class in this country are at odds with the vast majority of voters. This has become one of those things, in the same way that the European issue is in the United Kingdom, where both parties have decided that they know better than the electorate. And the electorate would like secure borders, and the electorate would like controlled, legal immigration, but the political class have decided they know best. HH: Let me play for you John McCain earlier today, talking about the agreement. Here's Senator McCain: JM: This is a first step. We can and must complete this legislation sooner rather than later. We all know that this issue can be caught up in extracurricular politics, unless we move forward as quickly as possible. This is a product of a long, hard trail of negotiation, and I'm sure that there are certain provisions that each of us would not agree with, that this is what the legislative process is all about, this is what bipartisanship is about. When there is a requirement for this nation and its security that transcends party lines. I'm proud to have been a small part of it. HH: What's that mean, Mark Steyn? MS: Well, I think he thinks that this is going to restore his standing with the mainstream media, which has taken a battering since he decided to hang tough on Iraq. That is important in Senator McCain's peculiar psychology, because the media happen to be his base in political terms. But with the real base, the people whose votes he's going to be looking for, I think this will the final straw on a very well-burdened camel with the Republican base. It adds one more issue, along with McCain-Feingold and all the other stuff, for the Republican base to say we have had it with McCain. HH: I also think it's done in peculiarly©that peculiar style of announcing that everyone else is corrupt but he's not, criticisms are political but he's not© MS: Well, yes. John McCain defines bipartisanship as anything he supports. HH: Yup. MS: ©which of course is a very egocentric way of looking at it. I mean, we all try to find good news in this thing, and it's personally good news for me, because my beloved assistant, Melissa, who left me to go and get a job with Senator Sununu, I think is going to be back working for me in January, 2009, because Senator Sununu is not going to be the Senator from New Hampshire anymore. I think will actually, could well cost three or four seats for the Republicans in November, '08. HH: I agree with that. I think that if you're Gordon Smith or Norm Coleman or John Sununu, or any of the other Republicans who are in perilous shape, absolutely destroying the morale of your base, and then lying to them about it©you know, if they got rolled and lost, Mark Steyn, would that be as bad as simply throwing in the towel for window dressing? MS: Well, I think in a two party system, there ought to be one party that is committed to enforcing the borders, and having legal immigration. I don't think that's an unreasonable thing to ask for in an advanced democratic state. The fact of the matter is, this is like all Senate bills, or certainly like an awful lot of Senate bills, and in particular, Senator bills that showboating types like John McCain get their names on, in that it's a fraud. You simply cannot toss this number of people into an already sclerotic, slow and incompetent legal immigration, and expect it to work. What will happen is the people who follow the law, and I feel strongly about this, because I made the mistake of following the law when I emigrated to the United States, and believe me, I wouldn't make that mistake again. Those who follow the law will find that the people dealing with their applications are suddenly cut to the minimum, and the political pressure from the likes of the showboaters like McCain will be to process vast numbers of law breakers, who will move ahead in the process, while people sitting and waiting to hear from U.S. consulates around the world, people who have done it legally, will be shunted to the back. It's disgraceful, and it speaks very poorly for this nation. HH: Over at Counter-terrorism blog, which isn't highly
[osint] Man shoots children, takes woman hostage
But guns are illegal in Japan! B http://www.news.com.au/breakingnews/ Man shoots children, takes woman hostage May 18, 2007 11:21am Article from: Agence France-Presse A MAN has killed a police officer and shot three others, including his two children, in central Japan before taking a hostage believed to be his wife. Police identified the attacker as former gangster Hisato Obayashi, 50, who opened fire in a residential area, Kyodo news agency said. He is a former member of the country's largest crime syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, and the shootings are the latest in a recent spate of gun crimes in Japan. A riot police officer was severely injured after being shot in the neck, the report said, and was forced to lie where he fell for up to three hours as Obayashi threatened to fire more shots. He later died in hospital. Another police officer was also shot. Obayashi's son and daughter were taken to hospital with bullet wounds, Jiji Press reported. Kyodo said their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. The suspect then took a woman hostage. It is still unknown if the woman was also wounded,'' said a police spokesman in Kagakute, some 270 kilometres west of Tokyo. Local media said the woman was his wife. Japan has one of the world's lowest crime rates, but has recently seen a series of shootings that have shocked the public. Exactly a month ago, a mobster shot dead the mayor of Nagasaki after an apparent dispute over a traffic accident. . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11648958/grpspId=1705447214/msgI d=33043/stime=1179488064/nc1=3848616/nc2=3848530/nc3=3848642 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Soft Targets: Al Qaeda's new strategy
Not a new strategy of course...at least not since the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Africa. B Soft Targets: Al Qaeda's new strategy by Olivier Guitta 05/18/2007 12:00:00 AM http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/659qdzhl.a sp WHILE THE April 11 suicide bombings in Algiers struck at hard targets--the government palace and a police station--soft targets are most likely the preferred point of attack for terrorists in the region. Just a few weeks earlier, the U.S. Department of State had issued an updated travel warning for Algeria. It urged American citizens there to evaluate carefully the risk posed to their personal safety due to the increased frequency of small-scale terrorist attacks, including bombings, false roadblocks, kidnappings, ambushes, and assassinations. This warning is just the latest sign of a troublesome trend: terrorist groups now seem intent on striking at Western nationals. Since the Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) officially changed its name to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb late last year, it has made clear its intention to attack foreigners. The group's first such attack targeted a bus transporting Halliburton employees in December, killing one and injuring nine more. On March 3, the group staged another attack, this one targeting Russian contractors. The CIA recently beefed up its presence in both Algeria and Morocco. And, most likely, it was CIA intelligence data that spurred U.S. embassy officials in Algiers to issue a specific warning on March 12 of a threat to aircraft transporting Western workers to Algeria. Incidentally, the two suicide attacks foiled (only the bombers died) in Casablanca on April 14 were aimed at the U.S. consulate and the American language Center. Numerous Western governments have recently warned their citizens of potential attacks, and, according to a recent article in the Moroccan Al Bayane, partially translated by The Croissant, Spanish officials in the Maghreb no longer allow visitors to carry their cell phones onto consular property. But Algeria and Morocco are not the only dangerous places for foreigners. On February 26, al Qaeda murdered four French nationals in Medina, Saudi Arabia. This attack came on the heels of a February 8 message put online at the Sawt Al Jihad (The Voice of Jihad) website calling for cleaning up the Arabic peninsula of the presence of the Crusaders. Sawt Al Jihad also posted a text in June 2006 entitled How to kill a Westerner. Since 2003, Saudi authorities have drastically increased security around public buildings and vital infrastructure making it much more difficult for al Qaeda to attack government targets. On March 7, Saudi authorities warned all embassies in that country of the likelihood of further attacks against Western targets in yet another indication that al Qaeda has changed its strategy in response to those new security measures. The group may also be focusing on soft targets, such as foreigners, in order to create panic in the Western community. This shift could have a great effect. Indeed, by pushing Westerners to leave, al Qaeda achieves two objectives, crippling the Saudi economy and purging the peninsula of infidels. Still, al Qaeda remains popular among Saudis. Even Prince Nayef, the minister responsible for fighting terrorism, recently acknowledged: We are facing 10,000 people potentially ready to commit a terrorist act and behind them one million sympathizers ready to help them. The Saudi military, too, seems to be at the very least sympathetic to al Qaeda's hatred of foreigners. According to Le Figaro, the military will exempt from training with U.S. instructors those officers who are unable to bear the presence of infidels. The Muslim World League condemned the February 26 attack against those four French citizens on the basis that one should not kill Muslims--the French nationals were indeed Muslims. But issuing such a statement obviously implies that it is okay to kill infidels. The New York Sun recently revealed that the Saudi Ministry of Education's website states as one of primary goals to arouse the spirit of Islamic jihad in order to fight our enemies. And how could it be any other way when the minister of education once headed the Muslim World League. In this environment, from the Maghreb to the Gulf, attacks against Western targets are only likely to increase in frequency. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a
[osint] Sweden extradites suspected Islamist terrorist to Germany
Sweden extradites suspected Islamist terrorist to Germany May 18, 2007, 12:11 GMT http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1306112.php/Sweden_ex tradites_suspected_Islamist_terrorist_to_Germany Karlsruhe, Germany - Sweden has extradited a 24-year-old Islamist to Germany on charges of recruiting in Europe for an al- Qaeda-linked group mounting terrorist attacks in Iraq, the German Public Prosecutor announced in Karslruhe Friday. According to the public prosecutor's office, 24-year-old Morrocan Abdelali M. was handed over to Germany on Tuesday. He is accused of assisting the alleged al-Qaeda terrorist Redouane e-H, who was arrested in Hamburg last July on charges of recruiting in Europe for an al-Qaeda-linked group mounting terrorist attacks in Iraq. A 36-year-old man of Moroccan origin who lived in Kiel, northern Germany until his arrest, e-H is alleged to have transmitted messages to Said Bahaji, one of the eight alleged 9-11 plotters from Hamburg. Abdelali M. was arrested in Sweden in March 26 and has been held there since awaiting the verdict of an appeal against his extradition. He appeared before the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe Wednesday where he was remanded in custody. Abdelali M. is also charged with being the founder of a new terrorist group in June and July 2006, which was planning to operate in Sudan. The group aimed to open a new 'front' in Sudan to wage jihad or holy war against 'Crusaders,' an Islamist term for what are perceived as threatening western nations. The 32-year-old Islamist, Thaer A, was extradited from Sweden to Germany on April 4. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Hamid Hayat's terror conviction upheld
Calif. man's terror conviction upheld Last updated May 17, 2007 8:28 p.m. PT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_BRF_Terror_Probe.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge on Thursday rejected a new trial for a Lodi man convicted of training at a Pakistani terrorist camp. Hamid Hayat, 24, faces up to 39 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 10. Defense attorneys said they will appeal. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. said reports of misconduct and prejudicial statements by the jury foreman were not credible. Jurors thoroughly and thoughtfully deliberated regarding Hayat's guilt or innocence, Burrell said. The judge also rejected defense objections that jurors were misled by an FBI undercover informant who at one point testified, incorrectly, that he saw a top leader of Al-Qaida on the streets of Lodi, an agricultural community about 35 miles south of the state capital. Hayat was convicted in April 2006 of lying to federal agents when he denied attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan in 2003. He also was convicted of providing support to terrorists by attending the camp, then returning to the U.S. intending to conduct a holy war [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] 5 killed in explosion at South India mosque
Muslims definitely do not wish to get the Hindus pissed off again... B Five killed in explosion at historic Mecca mosque Hyderabad, May 18 (PTI) http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200705181701.htm Five persons were killed and eight others, including two children, were injured when a powerful bomb exploded during Friday prayers at the historic Mecca mosque in the Charminar area of the old city here. Two live bombs were also detected from the spot soon after the explosions and were defused. The bomb exploded when thousands of people were gathered in the mosque for Friday prayers, DCP, South Zone, Kanta Rao, said. The injured, some of them bleeding profusely, were rushed to Osmania and other hospitals by the worshippers in whatever modes of transport they could arrange. The explosion created such a panic that those gathered for the prayers started running towards the exit gate of the mosque, said to be over 400 years old and considered sacred by Muslims in and outside the state. A large posse of police personnel, who arrived on the scene, faced an angry crowd, who pelted stones at them and the shops in the vicinity. Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd. The Chief Minister, Rajashekhar Reddy, who rushed back to Hyderabad from Delhi, said five people have died and 7-8 others were injured in the explosion. He said only one bomb exploded while two other live bombs were defused on the spot. The situation, he said, was under control. Rapid Action Force (RAF) has been deployed to maintain law and order in the communally-sensitive area, where shops and other establishments immediately downed their shutters. Forensic experts have rushed to the spot to assess the nature of the blast. Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta spoke to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary. Reddy talked to the DGP Basith and other senior state government officials and took stock of the situation. The Home Minister Jana Reddy said that police reinforcements are being sent to the area and the situation would be brought under control. An eyewitness said more than ten people were injured. Blast caused by crude bomb: Patil The explosion in the historic Mecca mosque in Hyderabad was caused by a crude bomb, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said today. Apart from that, there were two live bombs recovered from the spot and defused, he told reporters here after he spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy. So far we have information that there have been five deaths following a crude bomb explosion. We have already put the Rapid Action Force stationed in Hyderabad at the disposal of the state government, Patil said. Investigations have already begun and we have rushed a forensic team to the blast site, he said. The priority now was to provide immediate relief to those injured and to the kin of the deceased, Patil said. AP announces compensation for blast victims The Andhra Pradesh government today announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs for the next of kin of those killed in the blast in a mosque in the state capital Hyderabad. The compensation was announced by Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy here. He said those injured in the blast will be given a compensation of Rs 20,000 each. Reddy said there were three bombs in all, two of which were later defused. If these two bombs had also exploded, the situation would have been worse, Reddy told reporters. Pieces of gunny bag were found at the site, the Chief Minister said when asked about any evidence had been found so far. The Chief Minister said over the last two-and-a-half months, the government had received intelligence inputs that some elements were trying to disturb peace in the state and all needful steps were taken to avert such an incident. Asked whether it was a terror attack or internal sabotage, he said, I don't know... It is still being investigated. Reddy said the DGP, the Home Minister, the Minister in charge of the district and all senior police officials were on the spot and were actively involved in controlling the situation. He said Shivraj Patil had talked to him and assured him of the Centre's support in controlling the situation. Asked if the blast was a result of police failure, Reddy said, No. I don't think so. Police is very vigilant...Inspite of all this, at times things like this do happen. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of
[osint] Pakistan: Four al-Qaeda terrorists held
Four al-Qaeda terrorists held By Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=56487 The staff of Crime Investigation Department (CID) handed over four wanted terrorists of Al-Qaeda who had plans to attack government personalities, senior police officers and launching suicidal attacks on sensitive buildings. The government had announced a head-money of Rs0.3 million on each suspect. When contacted, SP Fayyaz Khan said that a few days ago Punjab Police held four terrorists of Al-Qaeda who were wanted by the CID Sindh in terrorism cases. A team was dispatched to Punjab which brought the terrorists to Karachi. SP Fayyaz added that during interrogation of the terrorists identified as Wasif, Obaid alias Faizan, Yousuf and Faisal alias Qari Sahab, it transpired that they belonged to Qari Zafar group which was managing the activities of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan. SP Fayyaz said that the terrorists disclosed that they took training from Azam Warsak and Wana and were issued directives to launch attacks in Karachi on government personalities, senior officers as well as CID officials. He added that most of the suicide bombers of this group were held from Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Hyderabad and Karachi. SP Fayyaz said that the accused further disclosed that they were also given directives to kill the CID officers who were operating against their group and also the witnesses who were identifying their men so that a scare can be created and nobody can ever try to become a witness. He added that the government had also announced reward money of Rs0.3 million on each of the terrorists. However, a month back a suicide bomber of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi was arrested by the police in Tanak, Dera Ismail Khan, with a recovery of two suicidal jackets and explosive materials. He was identified as Sohail Zaib aged about 19 years, who had come into their network and during the interrogation he made disclosures that he was admitted in Madressah Jamia Umer and took training from Azam Warsak training center where his colleagues were Masood-ur-Rehman, Faizullah and Sher Mohammed. Sohail further told that he was then taken by Abid Masood, who had joined the group recently, to a destination where he met Baitullah Masood, from where he was trained for carrying out suicidal attacks in Karachi and Islamabad. He further disclosed that after getting training he was given a book for brainwashing and another book for making suicidal jackets. Before training, he added, he was administered a Fatwa from a Lashker-i-Jhangvi Ameer Aman alias Jamal. Sohail also disclosed that he was provided with a list of some known personalities and senior law enforcement officers who were making operations against their organisation in Karachi for launching attacks on them. When contacted, Capital City Police Officer Karachi Azhar Ali Farooqi said that he has given instructions to DIG Operations and ordered the TPOs and SHOs of various towns and police stations to remain present in their respective areas. He also ordered the police to check vehicles parked at sensitive areas and also check suspicious persons. Azhar added that he also ordered the police to increase patrolling and checking of vehicles in their respective towns, particularly those entering the city. He added that he also ordered the police to check the bus stands, railway stations and passengers entering from airport and railway stations. Azhar also issued directives to Karachi police for conducting proper checking of recovered stolen and snatched vehicles prior to taking them into police custody and ensuring that there was no explosive or any other material being used for subversive activities. He added that he also made RCD and National Highway as permanent check-post as well as making efforts to make them online. SP Fayyaz Khan of Crime Investigation Department (CID), when contacted, regarding the disclosure made by the activist of Lashker-i-Jhangvi, confirmed the disclosures, saying that other groups - Lashker-i-Jhangvi, local Taliban, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jundullah, Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi and Sufi Mohammed Group - were also related with this episode. Benjamin Kuperberg Analyst mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SRA International, Inc. The ORION Center 8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr. Fairfax, VA 22031 703.652.8714 Phone 703.652.6901 Fax FAIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with Fair Use criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of Fair Use was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. Fair Use legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of
[osint] Bangladeshi Islamists readying for car bomb attacks
Not only in Bangladesh...this is a global jihad...car bomb attacks are probably being readied around the world. They work. B Bangladeshi Islamists readying for car bomb attacks *Militant commander 'wants to establish Allah's rule in Allah's soil' * Denies links with Taliban, other violent groups outside Bangladesh Reuters Friday, May 18, 2007 http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\18\story_18-5-2007_pg7_31 DHAKA: Islamist militants in Bangladesh are preparing to launch car bomb attacks and carry out other deadly missions, one self-described militant commander said in a rare interview with a private television channel. After going somewhat slow following the execution of our top six leaders, we have regrouped, received funding from Saudi Arabia, acquired training and (are) now recruiting drivers to operate suicide vehicles, he told Ekushey television (ETV). ETV aired the interview late on Wednesday night, showing the militant hooded in a black robe from head to toe, and only revealing one eye. I cannot give my name for security reasons, he said, describing himself as the commander of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, an outlawed group seeking to introduce tough Islamic sharia law in Bangladesh. The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen and another outlawed organisation, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh, are blamed for exploding some 500 small bombs in simultaneous attacks across Bangladesh on August 17, 2005, killing three people. They are also alleged to have killed at least 30 more people and wounded 150 in attacks through the rest of that year. The victims included judges, lawyers, policemen and others. Six Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen leaders were hanged in March and many of its followers are on the run. The executions did not break our morale, rather inspired us to carry forward their mission, the militant said in the interview, conducted in an undisclosed jungle location. We have several thousand cadres ready, including many to operate suicide missions. The militant said one funding means was our people who work in Saudi Arabia, who send some of their own savings and collect from other sources. We are ready to strike again, soon, he added. The Islamists faced some operational difficulties because of a state of emergency in Bangladesh now, but hoped to overcome those soon, the militant said. Now we have drafted young and old, and even women. They are all trained and equipped. Asked what mission he wanted to achieve, the militant said to establish Allah's rule in the soil of Allah. Anyone who accepts our demand is a friend, anyone who don't is an enemy. And we will finish them. He denied any links with the Taliban or other violent groups outside Bangladesh. Defence analyst retired major-general Shahedul Anam Khan told ETV the threat of car bombings could be real, but it might take some time before there was an attack. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Suspect in Fort Dix case denied bail
Suspect in Fort Dix case denied bail 'I'm not really a bad guy,' he tells magistrate The Associated Press Updated: 11:45 p.m. ET May 17, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18728602/ CAMDEN, N.J. - A man charged with helping five men plot a terrorist attack on Fort Dix will not be freed on bail, a judge ruled Thursday. Agron Abdullahu, 24, had asked U.S. Magistrate Joel Schneider to be released from custody into house arrest. But prosecutors successfully argued he was likely to flee and was a serious risk to the community's safety. I'm not really a bad guy, Abdullahu said. If I could leave I would definitely go back to my old life. ... I would never do anything to harm this country. Abdullahu, a legal U.S. resident, is charged with helping illegal immigrants obtain weapons, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was an integral part of the plan to attack Fort Dix, Schneider said as he explained his decision. Abdullahu was arrested May 7, the same day authorities rounded up five other men -- Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; Dritan Anthony or Tony Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir Elvis Duka, 23. In a court filing, the government described them as a radical Islamic and jihadist group. Each of the five is charged with conspiring to kill military personnel at Fort Dix, a crime punishable by life in prison. Authorities said that while Abdullahu joined the others on trips to practice shooting weapons and told them about how to make bombs, he said he did not want to kill people. Abdullahu lives in Buena Vista Township, between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. He is an ethnic Albanian who was born in the former Yugoslavia. At the age of 16, he went to Fort Dix with his family as refugees from Kosovo. After settling nearby, he became a baker at a supermarket, where he worked until his arrest. C 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18728602/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Does Fido Have a Soul?
There's no question that dogs are far more likely to have souls than humans are...that is why All Dogs Go to Heaven... and most humans won't. B Does Fido Have a Soul? By Burt Prelutsky Friday, May 18, 2007 Recently, a friend of mine announced that dogs don't have souls. Inasmuch as I nearly always agree with her, I found it surprising that we were in opposing camps on this particular subject. Because I respect her opinion, I found myself questioning my own belief system somewhat more than usual. Is it possible, I asked myself, to have four legs, a tail, fleas and a soul? While I'm not absolutely certain what souls are, I finally decided that if they are what I think they are, dogs definitely have them. To begin with, a soul, to me, is the thing within us that urges us to behave as decently as possible, as if God, Himself, were actually paying attention. It is similar, I think, to a conscience, but with one important distinction: The soul, I believe, points you in the right direction, while the conscience kicks in with a vengeance once you break the Golden Rule. In short, one provides guidance, the other doles out punishment. Basically, there seems to be one reason why people such as my friend are convinced that dogs lack souls. Namely, when a canine does something terrific, it gets ascribed to instinct. If an animal performs an act of courage and self-sacrifice, he doesn't get the same credit as a human being because it's presumed he hasn't acted out of free will. Without the ability to decide not to do something heroic, without the ability to consciously weigh the risks, we're told that the animal is acting only out of blind obedience to his instinct. To which I say, with all due respect, hooey! Even when a dog runs into a burning building, his derring-do is dismissed with condescension. After all, we're lectured, dogs are pack animals; it's bred into them to be subservient to the pack leader. Still, even that doesn't begin to explain why dogs risk death to rescue babies; even a poodle knows that a squalling infant is not an alpha male. Neither does instinct, alone, explain why dogs have been known to leap into raging rivers to rescue perfect strangers. Also, if some dogs are not to receive full credit because all of their marvelous traits are inbred, how do you explain that not every dog will perform similar acts of heroism? And, finally, if an entire species is, by its very nature, warm-hearted, conscientious, loyal and brave, one would be hard-pressed to maintain that, in spite of all these virtues, they are soul-less. In the end, the real question, so far as I can see, isn't whether or not dogs have souls, but whether people do. W. Burt Prelutsky is an accomplished, well-rounded writer and author of Conservatives http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1581825714/ref=nosim/townhallcom Are from Mars (Liberals Are from San Francisco): 101 Reasons I'm Happy I Left the Left. . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=12603557/grpspId=1705303296/msgI d=203235/stime=1179501232/nc1=3848621/nc2=4299910/nc3=3 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] We need the anti-Islamist Muslims
We need them but they don't exist. Any apologist for Islam is the same type of person who would apologize for Nazism. B http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/global.php?id=989002 We need the anti-Islamist Muslims Islamism, not Islam is the Problem By M. Zuhdi Jasser Most of the attention, scholarship, and punditry in the United States given towards Islam and Muslims since 9-11 have focused upon problems with comparatively little attention toward solutions. Understandably motivated by a need to improve security and understand the enemy, American curiosity about Islam, Islamism, and militant Islamism continues to grow. Yet, comparatively American Muslims have offered few solutions except for the few rare voices of Muslim moderation (anti-Islamism) across America, Canada, and Europe. At times there is only a binary choice in the public ether between the voices who say that Islam is the problem and the tired voices of the Islamists who provide endless apologetics, denial, victimization, and every deflection possible short of responsibility or actual ideological solutions for a counter-jihad and reformation. Certainly, the Islamists, no matter how peaceful, who look at the world through the lens of political Islam are at the core of the ideological problem. They knowingly and unknowingly feed the enemy's central political construct of society-political Islam. Yet, we so need to separate political Islam (Islamism) from the spiritual faith of Islam as a faith. Is it easier said than done? An anti-Islamist devout Muslim like myself - and so many others who believe we are in the majority - can only shout in the wilderness for so long, before there becomes a need to begin to address some of the most difficult but central questions, which many Muslims ignore either out of pride, self-righteousness, or impatience. Whether many pious Muslims acknowledge it or not, non-Muslims who believe that 'the religion of Islam is the problem' are growing in numbers. I can either dismiss their arguments as Islamophobic as so many do, including the Islamists, or I can begin to address some of the central issues raised positively in the spirit of understanding, logic, and most importantly in the spirit of American security. We need the anti-Islamist Muslims Most should understand that strategically, identifying 'Islam as the problem,' immediately alienates upwards of one quarter of the world's population and dismisses our most powerful weapon against the militant Islamists-the mantle of religion and the pulpit of moderate Muslims who can retake our faith from the Islamists. The majority voices in the middle, the non-Islamist and anti-Islamist Muslims who understand the problem, have to be on the frontlines. They cannot be on the frontlines in an ideological battle being waged, which demonizes the morality of the faith of Islam and its founder, the Prophet Mohammed. We cannot win this war only on the battlefield. Political Islam has a viral recurrence in the form of an infection which needs a Muslim counter-jihad in order to purge it. Thus, we cannot win this ideological war without the leadership of Muslim anti-Islamists. The radical and political ideologies of Islamism, Wahhabism, Salafism, Al Qaedism, Jihadism, and Caliphism, to name a few, cannot be defeated without anti-Islamist, anti-Wahhabi, anti-Salafist, anti-Al Qaedist, anti-Jihadist, and anti-Caliphist devout Muslims. So often, attempts by anti-Islamist Muslims to claim that our faith has been hijacked or our faith has been twisted are dismissed by non-Muslims. They simply take common interpretations of Wahhabis and say rather that, 'it is the anti-Islamist Muslim who is deluded and who is misrepresenting the faith of Islam. They use the citations of the militants from our Holy Qur'an's scripture and from many authentic and questionable Hadith (discussions of the Prophet Mohammed) to marginalize moderate Muslims and claim that they have no theological framework from which to claim legitimacy. The question remains-- who or what defines Islam, and under what authority? Islam has no clergy and is represented only by a book, the Holy Qur'an (what Muslims believe in Arabic, is the communication from God to Muslims). Islam's naysayers by accepting radical interpretations of scripture are thus handing the militants the mantle of religion with hardly the benefit of the doubt or patience toward long term opportunities for reform by anti-Islamist Muslims within the general Muslim population. The process of theological renewal and interpretation in the light of modern day thought-ijtihad-as it is known in Islam is in many ways hundreds of years behind Western enlightenment today arrested around the 15th century. This process can either be facilitated by non-Muslims or hindered by the belief that it is impossible. There is quite a bit to be said for the value of a necessary critical facilitation (nudging) of Muslim reform (as opposed to blind uncritical
[osint] Immigration: Take a Deep Breath
Immigration: Take a Deep Breath By Rich Galen CNSNews.com Commentary from Mullings.com May 18, 2007 NOTE: Nothing, absolutely nothing, generates e-mail traffic like a column on immigration. In spite of the fact that this is a Friday (when I tend to slide into movie reviews and national security issues relating to American Idol) I step into the breach and present the following. NOTE II: If you haven't been checking out the extremely popular Dear Mr. Mullings feature, there's a new one every Friday which, as it happens, is today! * The Immigration Bill which was announced with great fanfare yesterday will (a) be about 738 pages long and (b) will not pass the House as it is currently written. * Don't start with me about shipping 12 million illegal immigrants home. I know your position on that. Also don't tell me that we are rewarding illegality. I understand that, too. * A bi-partisan group of Senators has cobbled together an immigration bill which has so many moving parts, that it is almost impossible that it will survive in its current form so ... RELAX! * Any piece of legislation which is fronted by Ted Kennedy is suspect on its face. However, Kennedy said at his press conference that this was the best deal anyone was going to get. So, anyone who is serious about immigration ought to take a close look before they oppose it out of hand. * It is in the nature of a legislative compromise that if you are a true believer -- on either side -- you will not see it as a compromise. You will see it as a sell-out. * If you truly believe that illegal immigrants should be evicted then you will oppose this. On the other hand, if you truly believe that undocumented aliens should be fully accepted into American society, then you will oppose this. * It will not be lost on anyone watching the Presidential campaigns that Senator John McCain positioned himself immediately behind Senator Kennedy during the press conference announcing the deal. * On CNN's Strategy Session with Wolf Blitzer yesterday, I pointed out that Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) was the leading Conservative negotiating this deal and Kyl gave McCain some necessary political cover. * I was interested in the fact that I did not see Sen. Kyl during that press conference, but I might have been watching the only channel which switched away prior to his stepping to the microphone to pledge his fealty to the deal. * On the other side, according to the Associated Press, the former Darling of the Democrats, Barak Obama said: * Without modifications, the proposed bill could devalue the importance of family reunification, replace the current group of undocumented immigrants with a new undocumented population consisting of guest workers who will overstay their visas, and potentially drive down wages of American workers. * I am willing to bet a month's worth of Grande Mochas at the Old Town Alexandria Starbucks that those words did not come out of Barak Obama's mouth. I am also willing to bet he has no idea what that means. * Mitt Romney said it was the wrong approach, although he did not take the opportunity to suggest the right approach. * Fred Thompson, who is trying to figure out the best moment to do his Here I come to save the day Mighty Mouse routine said, With this bill, the American people are going to think they are being sold the same bill of goods as before on border security, although he did not make clear what the first bill of goods was. * Hillary Clinton was apparently waiting for the polling numbers to come in before she stuck an enameled toe into the immigration waters saying according to an AFP report, she would scrutinize the pact to see if it honored America's 'proud immigrant heritage,' which is as good an example as any why she will never be President of the United States. * And ... as we learned in seventh grade when we read How a Bill Becomes a Law the House has to weigh in on this as well. * Neither the far Left nor the hard Right is going to be happy with this bill. The Left thinks it is demeaning to illegal aliens, the Right thinks it rewards illegal activity. * This deal is a long, long way from being done. * Ok. NOW you can hit the reply key. http://www.cnsnews.com:80/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200705 /COM20070518a.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
[osint] White House Offers Details of Immigration Bill
This is an amnesty: A Z visa will allow people who sneaked into the country illegally before Jan. 1, 2007, to live, work and travel freely. White House Offers Details of Immigration Bill By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor May 18, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration insists that the Senate immigration bill does not include amnesty for illegal aliens. The White House uses the term probationary status instead. But many conservatives aren't buying it, and the amnesty/probationary provision is shaping up as a major sticking point. Illegal aliens who come out of the shadows by applying for a Z visa would have to pass a background check, remain employed, and avoid criminal behavior, the White House said in a lengthy summary of the legislation released on Thursday. A Z visa will allow people who sneaked into the country illegally before Jan. 1, 2007, to live, work and travel freely. But to get a Z visa, illegal aliens will be required to pay a $1,000 fine, meet accelerated English and civics requirements, stay employed, and renew their visa every four years. Z card holders who want to apply for a green card (permanent residency) would have to pay an additional $4,000 fine; go to the back of the immigration line; return to their home country to file their green card application; and demonstrate merit. Workers with skills would have an advantage over others. English speaking encouraged The White House said the Senate immigration bill declares that English is the language of the United States, and the bill enacts accelerated English requirements for some immigrants. To encourage foreigners to learn English, the Secretary of Education is directed to make an English instruction program freely available over the Internet, the White House said. Future immigrants The bill says future immigrants will be selected based on the skills and attributes they bring to the United States, including their educational background, their ability to speak English, their job skills, and family ties to the United States. The bill also ends chain migration, in which a majority of green cards go to relatives of U.S. citizens. Future family immigration will focus on the nuclear family and parents. For example, visas for parents of U.S. citizens will be capped, while green cards for the siblings and adult children of U.S. citizens and green card holders are eliminated, the White House said. Border security In its summary of the immigration bill, the White House stressed that border security and enforcement come first. Border security and worksite-enforcement benchmarks must be met before other elements of the proposal are implemented, the summary said. Those benchmarks include the construction of additional border fencing; the number of Border Patrol agents hired; the continuation of catch and return at the border; and worker verification system that is ready to process all new hires. The White House said the bill requires employers to verify the work eligibility of all employees, while all workers will be required to present stronger and more verifiable identification documents. Stiff penalties will be imposed on employers who break the law, the White House said. Guest workers To relieve pressure on the border and provide a lawful way to meet the needs of our economy, the proposal creates a temporary worker program to fill jobs Americans are not doing, the White House said. Guest workers would be limited to three two-year terms, and they'd have to spend at least a year outside the United States between each term. Temporary workers will be allowed to bring immediate family members only if they have the financial ability to support them and they are covered by health insurance, the White House said. The bill caps the temporary workers program at 400,000 people, and it establishes a separate seasonal agriculture component to meet the demand of growers. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200705/NAT2007051 8b.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes
[osint] Mexico hit by drug-fuelled wave of terror
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5000bac4-04c6-11dc-80ed-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=8fa2c9 cc-2f77-11da-8b51-0e2511c8.html Mexico hit by drug-fuelled wave of terror By Adam Thomson in Mexico City Published: May 18 2007 00:22 | Last updated: May 18 2007 00:22 Mexico admitted on Thursday that the recent increase in narcotics-related violence has common patterns with the bloody wave of drugs-fuelled terror that swept Colombia in the late 1980s. In a press conference on Thursday, Genaro García, the countrys security minister, said drugs gangs in Mexico had adopted similar working methods to those used by the notorious Colombian cartels, whose reign of terror led to the death of thousands of police and civilians. The [Mexican] context is different from that of Colombia but there are common patterns, he said. Their aim is to use violence to intimidate [the state] in order to achieve impunity. Mr García also said the Mexican governments attempts to combat the drugs trade were made all the more difficult by the ease with which the criminals could obtain firearms just north of the border with the US. There is a massive flow of firearms into Mexico [and] many of them come from the US, he said. Stopping short of demanding that the US government stiffen its gun-control laws, Mr García added: The big advantage of the drugs traffickers is that in the US the possession of arms is not against the law. The ministers comments come as Mexico grapples with the most acute period of violence in living memory. According to the El Universal daily newspaper, the number of drugs-related murders this year reached 1,000 on May 15. By contrast, that figure was only reached in mid July last year, and on September 12 in 2005. One example of how the gangs are becoming increasingly daring in their strategies came early Wednesday morning this week when a group of approximately 50 armed men stormed a police station in the municipality of Cananea in the northern border state of Sonora. An ensuing gun battle with state police left 22 people dead, including 15 gang members. The incident is the biggest clash between authorities and drugs groups since centre-right President Felipe Calderón sent thousands of troops to several hotspots around the country as part of a strategy to recover full control of government in those affected areas. Mr García conceded that much of the wave of violence stemmed from Mexicos anti-narcotics policy in recent years, which has centred on pursuing the leaders of the various cartels. It was assumed that by going after the head, the body would stop working, he said. However, it just generated internal violence. In spite of what many security and narcotic experts view as a failure of the heavily US-backed policy, Mr García insisted that Mexican authorities would continue undeterred. We will not take one step back, he said. Instead, he said that Mr Calderóns government was busy reforming the complicated organisational structure of the police, which operates under both state and federal management, and suffers immense inefficiencies in terms of information-sharing and intelligence-gathering. Yet he refused to specify a time by which Mexicans would see and end to the violence. Doing that is like trying to predict the day authorities catch [Osama] Bin Laden, he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email:
[osint] UK Bojinka-II: Accused deny airliner bomb plot
Of course! B Accused deny airliner bomb plot Last Updated: Friday, 18 May 2007, 16:40 GMT 17:40 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6670903.stm Woolwich Crown Court The accused will face trial at Woolwich Crown Court Twelve men accused of plotting to bring down an airliner with a bomb have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. They denied to conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion on an aircraft between January and August last year. The defendants also denied other charges in an indictment which contained 27 counts. They are due to face trial at Woolwich Crown Court in April 2008 The accused were: Abdul Ahmed Ali, 26, from Walthamstow, east London; Assad Sarwar, 26, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Tanvir Hussain, 26, of Leyton, east London; Mohammed Gulzar, 25, of Barking, east London; Ibrahim Savant, 26, of Walthamstow; Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Walthamstow; Waheed Zaman, 22, of Walthamstow; Adam Khatib, 20, of Walthamstow; Umar Islam (also known as Brian Young), 29, of High Wycombe; Donald Douglas Stewart-Whyte, 20, of High Wycombe; Mohammed Shamin Uddin, 36, of Stoke Newington, north London and Nabeel Hussain, 23, of Chingford, east London. Other charges Additionally, Nabeel Hussain is accused of involved in the preparation of terrorism by meeting Mr Ali, having a will contemplating a violent death, and taking out a bank loan worth £25,000. Mr Ali, Tanvir Hussain, Mr Savant, Mr Khan, Mr Khatib, Mr Islam and Mr Sarwar denied separate charges under the Explosives Substances Act. Other charges on the indictment include possessing articles for use in terrorism. A 13th man, Mohammed Usman Saddique, 25, of Walthamstow, will face a separate trial. He denied being involved in the preparation of terrorism by owning a number of mobile phones as well as a CD containing titles such as Bombs And More. Abdul Ali's wife, Cossor Ali, 25, will also face a trial on her own. She denied failing to disclose information which could have prevented a terrorist act. All of the accused, except Cossor Ali and Nabeel Hussain, who are on bail, appeared by video link from prison. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Daniel Pearl murder suspect dies in Pakistan
Pity...although he's have his time in Hell now! B Daniel Pearl murder suspect dies in Pakistan AFP Friday, May 18, 2007 21:45 IST http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1097747 KARACHI: A Pakistani man suspected of involvement in the beheading of journalist Daniel Pearl died on Friday just weeks after he was returned to his home after allegedly being held at Guantanamo Bay. Saud Memon, who owned the property where Pearl's body was found, disappeared four years ago and only resurfaced in April when he was delivered by unknown people to his home in Karachi, according to his brother Mahmud. We got the information some time back that he was taken to Guantanamo Bay. However, we had no information from the authorities about his arrest, Mahmud told reporters on Friday. Pakistani security sources confirmed that Memon was handed over to the United States. When Memon reappeared, he was in extremely bad health, severely malnourished and barely able to talk, his brother said. Earlier this month Memon, 44, was brought to the Supreme Court in Islamabad on a stretcher. The court, which was handling cases of missing people, was alarmed at his condition and ordered that medical treatment be provided at the government's expense. However, Memon, a father of five, died at Liaquat National Hospital in Karachi on Friday, his brother said. More than 300 people attended his funeral. Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story on Islamic extremists. A video of his decapitation was later delivered to the US consulate. Memon was wanted for questioning by the police but he could not be found and was declared an absconder. British-born militant Sheikh Omar and three Pakistani militants were sentenced to death in 2002 for Pearl's murder but have appealed against the verdict. Key US ally President Pervez Musharraf is under mounting criticism from international and domestic rights groups for detaining people illegally in the name of the fight against terrorism. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] U.S. envoy sees terror imprint in Somalia AU attack
U.S. envoy sees terror imprint in Somalia AU attack By Katie Nguyen 14 minutes ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/ts_nm/somalia_conflict_dc http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/ts_nm/somalia_conflict_dcprinter=1;_yl t=A0WTUZDrvE1GA0QByQlg.3QA printer=1;_ylt=A0WTUZDrvE1GA0QByQlg.3QA An attack that killed four Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu this week bore the hallmarks of terrorist groups such as al Qaeda, Washington's new special envoy to Somalia, John Yates, said on Friday. In the first attack of its kind against African Union troops, gunmen used a remote-controlled bomb to blow up their convoy, fuelling fears Islamist militants were following through on a threat to wage an Iraq-style insurgency. Obviously the tactics of the one that hit the Ugandan convoy and killed AU peacekeepers were very much like the tactics that al Qaeda and other terrorist movements have used in the past, Yates told a news conference in neighboring Kenya. And we are very concerned of course that this is in fact an indication of something like that, the career diplomat said in his first public comments since being appointed on Thursday. In Kampala, a Ugandan military spokesman said the army was saddened by the deaths of its men, but would not pull out. This cannot change our resolve to bring peace to Somalia, Major Felix Kulayigye told Reuters. We shall continue. The military program is dangerous -- this is not a surprise. There has been relative calm in Mogadishu since the interim government, supported by the United States and Ethiopia, declared victory over insurgents after two rounds of fierce battles that locals say killed at least 1,300 people this year. Yates, the U.S. envoy, said Washington hoped a three-week ceasefire between Ethiopian soldiers defending the government and Mogadishu's dominant Hawiye clan would become permanent. He also stressed the importance of talks between the government and Hawiye elders before a much-delayed national reconciliation conference planned for next month. The meeting, which has been postponed twice because of insecurity in Mogadishu, is intended to address clan divisions and other grievances behind 16 years of lawlessness in the Horn of Africa country. President Abdullahi Yusuf has said the conference would not host the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC), who ruled most of southern Somalia for six months last year before being driven out by allied Somali-Ethiopian troops. However, Yates said individual SICC figures may attend the meeting under a clan-based representation system. They can still come and be represented and their position can be represented, he said. As long as the clans have the opportunity to pick their delegates freely without pressure from the government, we believe this is a satisfactory solution. The worst fighting in Mogadishu since warlords ousted dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 has overshadowed debate about Somalia's transition to lasting central rule. Yates said he hoped the reconciliation meeting would also make decisions about holding a conference on the constitution and a timetable for elections before the interim government's mandate expires in 2009. The U.N. World Food Programme said a second round of food distributions began on Friday, but warned a new spate of piracy threatened its main supply routes to Somalia. In the hope of enriching themselves, these pirates are very cruelly playing with the lives of the most vulnerable women and children who had to leave their homes because of fighting, WFP Somalia Country Director Peter Goossens said in a statement. (Additional reporting by Tim Cocks in Kampala) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information
[osint] Abu Hamza 'was behind ambush death plot'
Hamza 'was behind ambush death plot' 18.05.07 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23396791-details/Hamza+'was+behin d+ambush+death+plot'/article.do Abu Hamza masterminded a terrorist kidnapping plot that led to the deaths of three British tourists and an Australian, a court has heard. They were among 16 Westerners, including another nine Britons, abducted when gunmen ambushed their vehicles in Yemen in 1998. The hook-handed preacher wanted the hostages used as bargaining chips to secure the release of six of his followers - including his stepson -being held in Yemen on terror charges, it was alleged. But the abduction turned into a bloodbath when Yemeni security services stormed a mountain hideout and the kidnappers used hostages as human shields. Hamza's alleged involvement was outlined at an extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court to decide whether he should be sent for trial in the U. S. on 11 terror charges. The 48-year-old preacher - serving seven years for race hate crimes - is also accused of trying to set up a terror training camp in the U.S. and of sending British Muslims to Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. They include 24-year-old Feroz Abbasi who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay after being captured allegedly fighting with the Taliban. Hugo Keith, for the U.S. authorities, told the court Hamza was the head of the radical Islamist group the Supporters of Sharia. He helped plan the kidnapping of 16 Western tourists - 12 Britons, two Americans and two Australians - after six members of his group, including his stepson Mohsen Ghailan, were arrested in Yemen with explosives and weapons. Mr Keith said Hamza supplied the hostage takers with a satellite telephone to communicate their demands to the outside world and was in contact with them from London on the day of the kidnap. Hamza - who was too unwell to attend court after an operation to remove gangrene from the stump of his left arm - is said to have given detailed advice on how to carry out the operation. Two months before the incident he had issued a warning on his website to stay out of Yemen. The tourists' convoy of vehicles was held up by gunmen wielding Kalashnikov rifles. They were told: You are being taken because our friends have been taken. Hours later, the kidnappers used the hostages as human shields when their hideout was stormed by 200 Yemeni soldiers in a botched rescue operation. Britons Margaret Whitehouse, a 52-year- old teacher, nurse Ruth Williamson, 34, and Durham university lecturer Peter Rowe, 60, were killed with a 35-year-old Australian. Egyptian-born Hamza was jailed for seven years in February last year for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred during sermons at Finsbury Park mosque in North London. He would not be sent for trial in the U.S. until his release - October next year at the earliest. The intelligence services believe he was responsible for radicalising hundreds of young British Muslims and facilitating journeys for recruits to attend terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. London suicide bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer both spent time living at the mosque before attending such camps. Mr Keith told the court that Hamza provided funds for Abbasi, a former computer studies student, from Croydon, South London, to attend an Al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in March 2001. Abbasi, who had also lived at the Finsbury Park mosque, was given a letter of introduction from Hamza to senior Al Qaeda figures and is said to have met Osama Bin Laden's second in command, Ayman Al Zawahiri. Abbasi was captured later that year and taken to Guantanamo. He was released with three other Britons in 2005. Mr Keith said other charges related to an attempt by Hamza to set up a camp in the U.S. which would have offered training in firing weapons, making bombs, hand-to-hand combat and martial arts. He said Hamza had sent two associates to inspect a remote property in Oregon. For Hamza, Alun Jones QC said much of the evidence was unreliable because it may have been obtained under torture. The hearing continues. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law
[osint] UK Gamble: Man in court over 'soldier kidnap' plot
Man in court over 'soldier kidnap' plot May 18 2007 http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/breakingnews/tm_headline=man-i n-court-over-%2Dsoldier-kidnap%2D-plot%26method=full%26objectid=19127119%26s iteid=50002-name_page.html A BIRMINGHAM man has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of planning to kidnap and kill a British soldier. Parviz Khan, 36, appeared by video link from prison with five other men from the Birmingham area accused of offences under anti-terrorism laws. The men are due to face trial in January next year. Khan, arrested in a series of raids in the city on January 31, is charged that between November 1, 2006 and 31 January, 2007, he engaged in conduct to give effect to his intention to kidnap and kill a member of the British Armed Forces. Amjad Mahmood, 31, was charged with failing to disclose information which might have been of material assistance in preventing the plot. Basiru Gassama, 29, was accused of failing to disclose information about a proposed terrorism plot. Khan, Mahmood, Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, and Hamid Elasmar, 43, were charged with two offences alleging supplying equipment for terrorism and funding terrorism abroad. They were remanded to a plea and case management hearing on July 13. Iqbal, who is on conditional bail, appeared in court and the others were on video link from prison. They were remanded in custody. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] London 7/21: Accused 'is absolute liar'
21/7 accused 'is absolute liar' Last Updated: Friday, 18 May 2007, 14:09 GMT 15:09 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6669927.stm Yassin Omar Yassin Omar and five other men deny the charges A defendant has been described as an absolute liar during heated exchanges in the 21 July bomb plot trial. Yassin Omar, who set off a device on a Tube train at Warren Street on 21 July 2005, has claimed it was a hoax aimed at highlighting grievances about Iraq. Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecuting, said Mr Omar was an absolute liar who had fabricated his story since the event. Mr Omar and five other men all deny conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions on London public transport. 'Second plan' The trial at Woolwich Crown Court has heard in Mr Omar's defence that between March and July 2005, he and Muktar Said Ibrahim had planned to make real explosives which would be left unattended somewhere in London as part of a protest, but would not detonate. They say they came up with a second plan after the London bombings on 7 July 2005, which was to set off a hoax device made primarily from hydrogen peroxide. But cross-examining him, Mr Sweeney asked Mr Omar why he had not mentioned plan one or plan two in his defence outline statement. Mr Omar replied: I didn't think you had to put every single thing in it. 'Innocent mistake' He was also asked why he had not mentioned diluting hydrogen peroxide to turn it into a non-lethal mixture. Mr Omar admitted he was disorganised and blamed his inadequacy in the English language, adding it was an innocent mistake. Mr Sweeney said: Yours is an absolutely lying defence which you have tried to hide for as long as you can. Mr Omar replied No, it's true. I'm a person who is disorganised... I didn't lie. I tried to give as much as possible and that is what I did. 'Extremist clips' Earlier, he was asked about a video tape found by police in his flat in north London. Excerpts of the video were shown to the court. It included recordings of a Channel 4 documentary about the Crusades, and footage from BBC News 24 spliced with Muslim extremist clips. Among the clips were images of Western hostages being beheaded and images mocking US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mr Omar said he had been given the tape by a friend who has been referred to during the trial as Witness Bexhill. He claimed he had never watched it, but admitted it was he who had video-recorded the Crusades documentary. 'Deliberately preserved' Mr Sweeney asked Mr Omar to explain why the tape had News 24 footage from 7 July on it when he claimed not to have seen Bexhill since April. Mr Omar suggested he had used the tape to record without having seen any of the extremist clips on it. Mr Sweeney suggested that Mr Omar had deliberately preserved the extremist clips and pointed out that the News 24 footage followed on directly from one of the clips, which he denied. Mr Omar, from New Southgate, north London, and Mr Ibrahim, 29, from Stoke Newington, north London are in the dock with Ramzi Mohammed, 25, of North Kensington, west London, Hussain Osman, 28, of no fixed address, Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London, and Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, of no fixed address. The trial continues. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[osint] London 7/21: Accused admits plan was stupid
Accused admits 21/7 idea 'stupid' Last Updated: Friday, 18 May 2007, 17:34 GMT 18:34 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6670943.stm Ramzi Mohammed Ramzi Mohammed and five other men deny the charges A man accused of plotting to set off a device on the Tube two weeks after the 7 July attacks has admitted it was a stupid idea. Ramzi Mohammed, 25, denies setting out to kill and has claimed the plan was to set off a harmless hoax device to highlight the illegal Iraq war. He told Woolwich Crown Court it had made matters worse for British Muslims. Six men deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions on London's public transport network. Asked by his counsel Steven Williamson QC about his role in the events on 21 July 2005, Mr Mohammed admitted setting off a device on a Tube train near Oval station. The defendant, smartly dressed in a dark suit and patterned tie, told the court he had expected only to hear a popping noise when the rucksack bomb went off. He said he had not intended to kill or injure other people or himself. 'I regret it' Mr Williamson asked him if he thought what had happened on 21 July was a good idea. At the time, yes, Mr Mohammed replied. What do you think now? Mr Williamson asked. It was a stupid idea. I regret it, Mr Mohammed said. How has it affected Muslims in this country? It didn't help. It made it worse, I regret it. Mr Mohammed told the court he was born in Somalia in 1981 but was sent to the UK via Kenya in the early 1990s after civil war broke out in his homeland. He said and he and his friend, co-accused Hussain Osman, would often go out clubbing, drinking and chasing girls, and it was only later that he found religion and gave up alcohol. Mr Mohammed denied he was an extremist in any way. He said the word jihad did not justify killing but referred instead to the day-to-day struggle against temptation. 'I didn't lie' Earlier on Friday, another of the accused, Yassin Omar, was described as an absolute liar during heated exchanges in court. Mr Omar, who set off a device on a Tube train at Warren Street on 21 July, has claimed it was a hoax aimed at highlighting grievances about Iraq. The court heard that between March and July 2005, Mr Omar and Muktar Said Ibrahim had planned to make real explosives which would be left unattended somewhere in London as part of a protest, but would not detonate. They say they came up with a second plan after the London bombings on 7 July 2005, which was to set off a hoax device made primarily from hydrogen peroxide. Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecuting, asked Mr Omar why he had not mentioned plan one or plan two in his defence outline statement. Mr Omar replied: I didn't think you had to put every single thing in it. Mr Sweeney said: Yours is an absolutely lying defence which you have tried to hide for as long as you can. Mr Omar replied: No, it's true. I'm a person who is disorganised... I didn't lie. I tried to give as much as possible and that is what I did. In the dock are Mr Mohammed, of North Kensington, west London and Mr Osman, 28, of no fixed address, Mr Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north London, and Mr Ibrahim, 29, from Stoke Newington, north London, Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London, and Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, of no fixed address. The trial was adjourned until Monday. July 21 accused says plan was 'stupid' Fred Attewill and agencies Friday May 18, 2007 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2083160,00.html One of the alleged July 21 bomb plotters today said the plan to detonate rucksack explosives on London's transport network was a stupid idea that he regretted. Ramzi Mohammed - who was seen on CCTV sprinting from a tube train after his rucksack bomb failed to explode properly - said he thought his actions had fuelled negative attitudes towards Muslims in the UK. The 25-year-old has admitted setting off the device near Oval station, in south London, but insists it was only supposed to make a popping noise and was a protest against the war in Iraq. However, when it caused chaos and led to his arrest, he realised it had been foolish, he told Woolwich crown court today. It was a stupid idea - I regretted it, he said. It did not help [attitudes towards Muslims], it made it worse. The jury was told that Mohammed, who came to the UK from his native Somalia in 1998, believed Islam forbidade killing and rejected the concept of suicide bombing. Jurors were told Arabic script reading: Al-Qaida is a book that guides and a sword which gives victory had been found carved into his cell wall. But Mohammed insisted he struggled with Arabic and could not read the writing. Asked what he thought of al-Qaida, he replied: They are a group of terrorists who live in the mountains. Mohammed, of north Kensington, west London, is among six men accused of taking part in a plot to carry
[osint] Iraq: How Not To Fight A War
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/Taylor051807 Iraq: How Not To Fight A War mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] By Randy Taylor, Independent Analyst Lets look back at 9/11 and how a low budget terrorist attack cost the United States billions of dollars. I'd say the terrorist get more for their money than we do. I feel shortchanged. --Randy Taylor 18 May 2007: As the war in Iraq loses more and more popularity with the people in the United States each day, one has to wonder how the enemy perceives us and why they see us in this light. I'll give you a quick clue. The enemy views us as losers with no military prowess or military capability and they see us as losing the war to a bunch of low-dollar thugs. We used to be the greatest superpower on earth and everyone knew it. Those days are long gone and you can thank the Democrats for helping this along. No, the Republicans are not blameless in this mess as their failures over the last few years prompted this change in the American spirit and also gave the Democrats the needed fuel for change the last elections. Point is, the Democrats are headed completely down the wrong path and making record time doing it. If this war had been progressing better in 2005-2006 the Democrats wouldn't be in power today. But because of the administrations failures people wanted to try new management. This view of the United States by others as being weak, will lead to further attacks by our enemies. Their opinion is that if we can't handle an insurgency by a bunch of third world terrorist pukes, how could we possibly defend ourselves against an organized military from another country? Granted, we could remove North Korea overnight from Google Earth along with Iran but they know we won't do this. This is why North Korea ignores any warnings from the US and this is precisely why Iran is laughing at us right now. We have lost respect in all anti-US countries with our bleeding hearts approach to warfare and our concept of a PC war. We used this approach as we did in Iraq to appease the world of Islam and a bunch of other UN nipple heads and instead it has made us the laughing stock everywhere especially in the Islamic countries. The only thing these terrorist types and terrorist supporting countries understand is superior firepower. They understand fear so speak to them in a language they understand. Get our respect back. We will spend millions of dollars to counteract an expenditure on the insurgent and terrorist's part amounting to only thousands of dollars. The ratio is wrong. The war against America isn't just in blood, it's in dollars and because of how we are fighting the war we are being drained just as the terrorists planned. Lets look back at 9/11 and how a low budget terrorist attack cost the United States billions of dollars. I'd say the terrorist get more for their money than we do. I feel shortchanged. The current voting bodies of government in the Senate and in Congress are going to be directly responsible for the next terrorist attack in the United States and in reality elsewhere in the world because of their inability to recognize the enemy, their unwillingness to fight the enemy in the measures needed and their overall weak posture when confronted by the enemy. The war is understaffed and now will be under financed, which will only make it drag out longer (regardless of what the Democrats think) and will allow it to spill outside of Iraq in mass proportion. When it spills out, it will be here as well as the UK, Australia and other western countries. The type of enemy we are confronted with is not a conventional type foe. These Islamic terrorists are guerilla type fighters which are very effective, very elusive and quite deadly with their small unit techniques. If we cannot fight them effectively in Iraq then please explain to me how we can expect to thwart them here in the United States? We cannot deploy cruise missiles within the United States when they start in on us here. They are encouraged in their thinking as far as to attacking us solely by our inability to wage war properly against their type of tactics. Here's the real anomaly of it all. Our soldiers are experts at this type of warfare but we won't let them do their jobs because of restrictive rules of engagement. We have been training our ground forces in the expertise of guerilla warfare since our lessons in Vietnam. But once again the problem isn't the troops and their abilities instead it's the politicians and their inabilities to wage warfare as it should be waged. If you look back at the time prior to World War II, Germany never directly attacked the United States but the United States recognized Hitler and Germany as a threat to the free world and took them to task. So how is that we see Iraq any different? Saddam Hussein, given the opportunity would have eventually started taking over countries and funding terrorist acts against the United States if we hadn't removed him. He did it back in the
[osint] Al Hurra, the new terror network financed by America
http://www.arabisto.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogID=7 http://www.arabisto.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogID=7blogEntryID=559 blogEntryID=559 Al Hurra, the new terror network financed by America May 18, 2007 11:36 AM It's interesting to watch the controversy over Al Hurra, the American funded public diplomacy station aimed at Arabic speaking audiences abroad, unfold in a parallel way to that of Al Jazeera, a nominally independent Qatari-funded station aimed at the same audience. Both were seen as beacons of freedom and hope when they began, but within a few years both became vilified as beacons of hatred and terror. Perhaps the fact that they aim to be credible news organizations that cover the events, people, and policies that matter to their audience has been most responsible for the about-face in public perception. The fact is that Al Hurra has adapted to the imperatives of competition it faces in the Arab world, and thus adapted to those audience expectations and styles of journalism. For example, Arabic news is not limited to the ten-second sound bite. Officials, politicians and such are allowed reasonable time to explain themselves and include context in their statements to the media. They don't have to boil down their speeches or take-aways to a few seconds of blather as they do on American news, which can't seem to spend more than 30 seconds on any one person. Yet as Al Hurra has sought to gain credibility with its target Arab audience, it has lost credibility at home among its American sponsors. Ironically, though, they are in the same catch-22 as they are in with Al Jazeera, they can't understand what is being said, and must rely on translators to tell them what the broadcasts say. According to a recent article, which I will quote in length below, there is a proposal to stream Al Hurra live online and provide transcripts, a proposal that challenges the logic of the law preventing the government from broadcasting such material (propaganda it says) to the American public, this includes Voice of America, Radio Marit (our Cuban counterpart to Radio Sawa), and other such public diplomacy efforts. Of course, maybe in the 21st century such national boundaries on information don't make sense. Anyway, the article, below highlights the controversy over programming and leadership, and it worth a read: On March 12 in a Wall Street Journaleditorial, Joel Mowbray detailed how Al-Hurra, under the leadership of former CNN producer Larry Register, had turned into a platform for Islamic terrorists. In a May 8 follow-up editorial in Power Line, Mowbray follows Register's reaction to his editorial arguing that Al-Hurra's news director, Register, and his boss Brian Conniff, president of the network's parent company, the Middle East Broadcasting Network hoodwinked Secretary of State Condi Rice, Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes, the Broadcasting Board of Governors [BBG], and Congress, by downplaying the extent to which the television network aired a controversial speech by Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah. Mowbray argues that Register originally assured press that only part of the speech, in which Nasrallah denied the Holocaust, aired before the network cut away. Mowbray also alludes to memos of Conniff to the BBG, Rice, and Congress in which Conniff consistently varies the actual air time of the speech, ranging from 25 to 60 minutes. Mowbray states that DVDs of the broadcast provided to Congress provide evidence that Al-Hurra carried the entire speech of 68 minutes and the network never cut away. In a Wall Street Journal editorial on May 9, BBG Chairman of the Middle East Committee Joaquin Blaya offers a rebuttal of Mowbray's March 12 editorial. He argues that Al-Hurra is filling a void in the Middle East by providing accurate information about America, and by addressing issues absent on other Arab news stations including free speech, human rights, woman empowerment, and government accountability - all building blocks for freedom and democracy. Blaya admits that the Tehran Holocaust conference, in which Nasrallah spoke, should not have aired but argues that the coverage was not indicative of an editorial position. Whereas Mowbray in an interview with The Journal Editorial Report of the Wall Street Journal states that Al-Hurra covered the conference like a puff piece.there was no rebuttal. There's no independent debunking. These guys were put on almost like an infomercial, Blaya tried to demonstrate that the conference was surrounded by broadcasts of countering views. Blaya writes, When one examines the totality of Al-Hurra's coverage over the past five months, one would find that in the days following the Holocaust conference Al-Hurra presented the condemnation of the conference by countries such as Israel, Britain, Italy, Germany and the United States. Additionally the author mentions a report that followed members of the Washington, DC Muslim community on a visit to the Holocaust Museum in
[osint] LTTE stole 130,000 Norwegian Passports and sold some of them to Al Qaeda
(http://www.asiantri http://www.asiantribune.com/ bune.com) LTTE stole 130,000 Norwegian Passports and sold some of them to Al Qaeda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Washington Post Radio Created 2007-05-18 16:33 By Walter Jayawardhana Washington DC, 18 May, (Asiantribune.com): Bernard Goonetileke, the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington DC interviewed by the Washington Post Radio Thursday said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) operatives have stolen 130,00 Norwegian passports and sold them to the highest bidders including the terrorists of Al Qaeda. Bernard Goonetileke said that the LTTE had employed a corrupt police officer to steal the passports for them and when it sold the passports they also sold them to an Al Qaeda group in Algeria. http://www.asiantribune.com/files/images/Bernard%20Goonetilleke%202_1.jpg Bernard Goonetileke said that the LTTE had employed a corrupt police officer to steal the passports for them and when it sold the passports they also sold them to an Al Qaeda group in Algeria. One of them surfaced with 700 of the stolen passports in Thailand and got caught to the police, the Ambassador told J.J. Green, the National Security Affairs Correspondent of the Washington Post Radio. Green said due to the easy access of European Union citizens to the United States this could make a real risk for even this country. The Radio Station introduced the LTTE as the assassins of the former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and friends of the Al Qaeda terrorists of the Middle Eastern notoriety. Goonetileke said that the LTTE had employed a corrupt police officer to steal the passports for them and when it sold the passports they also sold them to an Al Qaeda group in Algeria. The Sri Lankan ambassador said the LTTE was banned in India in 1991 and the second country they were banned was the United States in 1997, about a decade ago. He said when these countries banned them they simply did it because they realized that the Tamil Tigers behavior was really dangerous to the world. He said the proscription of the group was thereafter followed by Canada and the 27 member European Union. Answering Green Goonetileke reminded the grave terrorist acts they committed included the assassination of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India and said the pioneering acts of terrorism the LTTE gave to the world of terror included the devastating C-4 explosives laden suicide jackets currently used by the Middle Eastern terrorists. The Sri Lankan ambassador said after the USS Cole was blasted the Sea Tigers head Susai had boasted that it was their suicide boat method the Middle Eastern terrorists had copied. In fact, Goonetileke said the LTTE had done similar acts by blasting a Sri lanka Navy vessel carrying sailors and in blasting a Chinese fishing vessel in 2000. Their latest pioneering act of terrorism is to fly low flying aircraft and bomb places, the ambassador said. Green: How did they manage to do that? Goonetileke: It is nothing amazing. Once a small Cessna was flown by a German youth to the Red Square in Moscow with all its security and radar. Green: How do they manage to buy all these aircraft and other weapons? Goonetileke: If you have the resources there is no shortages of planes and weapons in the black market. The Sri Lankan ambassador during the 30 minute interview said there were 800,000 estimated Sri Lankan Tamils spread in North America, Australia and Europe. He said money is being bilked from them using sophisticated methods of extortion. He said the terrorist group has forcibly taken over places of worship like Hindu temples to steal money given for charity. Goonetileke said narcotic sales, credit cards frauds of large scale, and owning businesses and shipping lines are some other methods they used to earn money. He said they maintained bank accounts like those of the Bhumiputra Bank of Malaysia to siphon money. He said it was true the LTTE signed a Ceasefire Agreement in 2002 but soon after the agreement was signed they started showing the insincerity by killing Tamil opponents and continuing with child abductions and assassinating some members of the security forces. They started sitting down for negotiations and thereafter left the negotiating table showing that they would never be satisfied with anything else other than a separate state. He said they kept on raising funds using front organization because of the proscriptions in the Western countries. He said when the pseudo charity called Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) was discovered by the Commissioner of Charity in UK they restarted it under the name White Pigeon. When White Pigeon was caught they transferred 500,000 sterling pounds to another one called International Tamil Rehabilitation Organization(ITRO). Then they were transferred to World Tamil Movement. He said it was always a name game to siphon off charity money for terror. Goonetileke admitted that that Sri Lanka government and the US government
[osint] Suspected bomb smugglers captured by U.S. in Iraq
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq19may19,0,7182825.st ory?coll=la-home-center Suspected bomb smugglers captured by U.S. in Iraq The six men captured in northeast Baghdad are suspected of smuggling deadly armored-piercing bombs from Iran into Iraq, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD -- American soldiers today captured six men in northeast Baghdad suspected of smuggling deadly armored-piercing bombs from Iran into Iraq, the U.S. military said, while a powerful Shiite political leader arrived in the United States for medical tests. The individuals targeted during the raids are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training, the U.S. military said in a statement. One of the detainees is believed to be a cell leader responsible for the planning and coordinating of numerous murders, kidnappings, assassinations and attacks on Iraqi civilians and coalition forces, the statement said. The U.S. military also reported that it found two weapons caches, which included materials for EFPs, in northwestern Baghdad on Tuesday. The EFP is a bomb that launches a molten slug which can punch holes through U.S. Humvees and heavier armored vehicles. The Americans believe EFPs are primarily a tool of Shiite militias, particularly factions within populist Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr's Al Mahdi militia. His movement has tried to silence the arms during the current Baghdad security plan, but some of his followers from the Al Mahdi army have not adhered to the cleric's truce. Underscoring the tense situation, a follower of Sadr read the cleric's latest sermon to the faithful in Sadr City today, warning Iraqi forces to stop cooperating with U.S. forces if they wanted the continuing support of Sadr's movement. But the speech did not specify whether Sadr would actually call for an open revolt if the government and Iraqi security forces do not meet his demands. Meanwhile, Shiite political leader Abdel Aziz Hakim arrived in the United States for testing. A member of his party said Hakim suffers from high blood pressure and a week ago doctors recommended he go for more thorough testing in the United States. Hakim heads the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq. Last week, his movement changed its name from the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Some Western experts said the change in name was meant to distance the party, which has 30 seats in parliament, from Iran, which was its chief patron from its founding in 1982 until after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. South of Baghdad, U.S. troops continued to search for three soldiers who were feared to have been abducted last Saturday by an Al Qaeda affiliate. An estimated 4,000 U.S. forces and 2,000 Iraqi troops were on the hunt one week after the attack, which killed four U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi translator. It is the same mission. There is no letup or change, said U.S. army spokesman Lt. Col. Randy Martin. I don't see any scaling down of that effort. Five bodies were found in Babil province, just south of the massive dragnet for the missing Americans, police said. A source from the Sunni Endowment in Basra said that eight Sunni men disappeared Thursday night when they accompanied a man wounded in a bombing to the hospital in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, which is home to a Shiite majority. In the past, Shiite militias have kidnapped Sunni men from hospitals. Also Thursday night, three truck drivers in a convoy were shot dead on the road between the northern cities of Kirkuk and Mosul, police said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright
[osint] Madrid bomb suspects abandon hunger strike
Pity. So much for martyrdom. B http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0518/breaking69.htm Madrid bomb suspects abandon hunger strike file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/# Two more suspects charged with Madrid's deadly 2004 train bombings abandoned a short-lived hunger strike today, bringing to four the number who have quit the protest against what they say is a sham trial. Two hunger strikers began to eat yesterday, just one day after threatening to starve themselves to death and the latest two - Otman el Gnaoui and Rachid Aglif - lasted one day longer, prison authorities said. Four of the 10 still on hunger strike have not eaten in eight days. The group are among 29 standing trial over bomb attacks on Madrid trains which killed 191 people in 2004. The hunger strikers say they believe the charges are trumped up and that they are being used as pawns in a political game, their lawyers said. A judge warned suspects, most from North Africa or the Middle East, they would be force-fed if necessary. The trial began in February and is expected to last several more weeks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] AP Ignored Fact-Based Criticism of Islam in College Harassment Case
http://newsbusters.org/node/12841 AP Ignored Fact-Based Criticism of Islam in College Harassment Case Posted by file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/use r/15035 Lynn Davidson on May 18, 2007 - 10:11. If the AP didn't write about it, it didn't happen, right? In an article about a topic I file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/nod e/12733 blogged earlier in the week here at Newsbusters, the http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/05/10/university_ panel_says_student_parody_harassed_blacks/ AP also reported it, but with a different angle. The Primary Source, a conservative newspaper at Boston's Tufts University was charged with harassment and creating a hostile environment on campus by publishing what the paper called political parody; they were found guilty of the charges by a disciplinary panel. The catch is, the AP worded it in a way that only reported half the story and ignored the paper's other harassment complaint that the panel was judging-at the same time-a fact-based satire of Islam. The Source's article was a take-off of the ubiquitous awareness week flyers that litter college campuses everywhere by mocking up an http://thefire.org/pdfs/f102e5ae4168a0125d295748d41d0558.pdf?PHPSESSID=0164 6aff88d1e9f9faacacbceea98b5a Islam Awareness Week flyer (from http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/8052.html?PHPSESSID=f15658203eb50b 248454e9d010a9f8c3 FIRE's extensive coverage) which quoted violent passages from the Koran and highlighted unflattering facts about some of the oppressive and discriminatory conditions in Islam and Islamic countries and Islam itself. There isn't much sympathy for people who are upset because a newspaper pointed out that Since the 7th century, 1 million African slaves were sold to Muslims compared to 10 or 11 million sold to the entire Western hemisphere and The seven nations in the world that punish homosexuality with death all have fundamentalist Muslim governments. Unlike crude cracks about skin color, it's pretty hard to gin up outrage over writing true statements like that about harsh elements of fundamentalist Islam. Why did the AP leave out the Islamic parody? Maybe this story just was one of those quick rewrites of an activist press release, or perhaps there was a purpose to eliminating the Islamic portion of the story. Whatever the reason, this is all that occurred, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Tufts-Universit y-Racial-Satire-Flap.php according to the AP (emphasis mine throughout): A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal harassed blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called O Come All Ye Black Folk that many found racist. The decision by the Committee on Student Life, a board of professors and students that hears complaints against campus groups, ruled that The Primary Source was guilty of harassment and creating a hostile environment in violation of the school's nondiscrimination policy. A black studdent brought a harassment complaint to the board after the magazine distributed its December edition, which contained the mock Christmas carol lambasting black students and the school's affirmative action policies. Even though an apology for the http://www.thefire.org/pdfs/8248a205683e611ca7239c8d6fa3439e.pdf?PHPSESSID= 9229c95cc59b9f772f2913b2bf430499 Christmas carol (from FIRE) was issued in December after students made their displeasure known, it resulted in no charges or university disciplinary action. Interest in that carol was renewed only by the Islamic satire controversy, which occurred four months later. The AP did not explain any of this and instead of addressing the logical catalyst for the trial, the Islamic Awareness parody, it focused solely on the Christmas carol lampoon, only mentioning the Islamic Awareness parody and its factoids in passing after listing portions of the inflammatory carol: The parody of O Come All Ye Faithful calls black people boisterous and proclaims, Born into the ghetto. O Jesus! We need you now to fill our racial quotas. (.) The school's Muslim Student Association filed a separate harassment claim in April after the magazine parodied their advertisements for Islamic Awareness Week with factoids about brutality in Muslim countries. By framing the Islamic parody as a separate harassment claim in April, the AP made it seem as though the two cases were not tried together and were unrelated, which also made it seem as if there was a pattern of charges. It might also be wise to minimize the Islamic parody when the Muslim Student Association's complaint to Tufts called the printed facts about Islam a negative and wrongful portrayal and http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/7984.html?PHPSESSID=3257b29494b149 5cb61664bc187b8a04 stated [The Source] printed the Danish cartoons last year and now this. We are outraged. The icing on the
[osint] Mottaki says Iran trying to receive compensation from US
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0705188278193416.htm Mottaki says Iran trying to receive compensation from US http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/line-17/key-79/ Tehran, May 18, IRNA javascript:history.back(); Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, Legal department of the foreign ministry is trying to find a mechanism to receive compensation from the US government. In a meeting with the families of Iranian kidnapped diplomats in Erbil, Iraq, in presence of foreign and domestic reporters, Mottaki said all spiritual and material damage caused by the attack of the US forces to Iran's general consulate in Erbil are being considered. Mottaki pointed out that his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari quoted the US officials saying the kidnapped Iranian diplomats will be freed late May or early June. Foreign minister said, In meetings with Iraqi president, prime minister, foreign minister and other senior officials, I have told them clearly that Iraqi government is responsible for releasing Iranian kidnapped diplomats and no excuse is acceptable. In this concern, Swiss ambassador in Tehran, whose embassy hosts US interests Section, was summoned to the foreign ministry and was informed about the illegal act of the US and urged for immediate release of the diplomats. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Iran Tells U.S. Not To Meddle In Scholar's Case
The longer you permit their existence, the more arrogant terrorists become. B Iran Tells U.S. Not To Meddle In Scholar's Case May 18, 2007 -- Iran today told the United States not to meddle in the case of a U.S.-Iranian scholar jailed in Tehran on allegations of acting against Iran's national security. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/05/161BDF37-BC4E-4E71-BC2E-E9672A8 F3118.html Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said the jailing of Haleh Esfandiari is an Iranian internal affair. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for Esfandiari's immediate release. But Iran does not recognize Esfandiari's dual nationality, and says she will be treated as an Iranian citizen. Meanwhile, Iran says U.S. officials have indicated that five Iranians detained in northern Iraq by U.S. forces could be released by June 21. Foreign Minister Mottaki said the information from U.S. officials was communicated to Tehran by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. Washington says the five men, detained in January, are linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and were backing militants in Iraq. Iran insists they are diplomats. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] U.S. judge to rule if arsons were terror: Tree Huggers
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnewsid=29934 id=29934 U.S. judge to rule if arsons were terror EUGENE, Ore., May 15: Legal arguments before a Eugene, Ore., judge began Tuesday on whether 10 environmentalists who confessed to arsons committed acts of terror. The six men and four women were members either of the radical Earth Liberation Front or Animal Liberation Front, and were convicted of the fires in the U.S. Northwest that did as much as $40 million in damage to various facilities, but caused no physical injuries. Federal prosecutors will attempt to persuade U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken several of the defendants qualify as committing acts of domestic terror, which could add 20 years to each of their sentences, the Eugene Register Guard reported. It would also mean they serve sentences in the toughest federal prisons. The group was rounded up under the country's largest-ever sweep of radical environmentalists code-named Operation Backfire. Under federal law the sentence for each ultimately up to Aiken regardless of any file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/# plea bargains or even her own ruling on whether the crimes were acts of terror, the report said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Forget winning 'hearts and minds' - win the war
Forget winning 'hearts and minds' - win the war By Diana West http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DianaWest/2007/05/18/forget_winning_heart s_and_minds_-_win_the_war Friday, May 18, 2007 This fight depends on securing the population, which must understand that we -- not our enemies -- occupy the moral high ground. -- Gen. David Petraeus, May 10, 2007 Oh, they must, must they? With his single sentence, Gen. Petraeus reveals what's wrong with our Iraq policy. Success depends not on our own actions, but on a politically correct expectation of how Iraqis will react to those actions. It seems that victory depends on something over which we have no control -- the point of view and behavior of people in Iraq. Consider the surge. Even if our troops achieve the goal of securing the population by securing Baghdad, success still rides on subsequent Iraqi behavior: whether murderously competing Iraqi sects decide to come together and sing Kumbaya -- what you might call a big whether. Somehow, I'm practically alone among conservatives in believing this to be a dangerously ill-conceived policy (Surrender-crats aren't worth discussing here), and I think I know why. The Iraq policy itself is an outgrowth of another dangerously ill-conceived policy of our leaders to avoid any rational assessment of the Islamic culture that informs the point of view and behavior of people across the Fertile Crescent in the first place. In other words, most people with even an elemental understanding of institutional Islamic antipathies toward non-Muslims and non-Muslim culture would balk at spending blood and treasure for Gen. Petraeus' hearts and minds strategy. Such a criterion, sadly, disqualifies our deeply Islam-challenged elites, all of whom seem to have missed the fact that moral high ground in Islam makes room for suicide-bombing terrorists. No wonder our guys are having trouble. Still, we persist in ordering American forces onto Iraq's meanest streets to win over the trust and allegiance of the civilians, as a Weekly Standard report on Gen. Petraeus' counter-insurgency plan recently put it. What goes unconsidered is why, after all the lives and limbs our troops have already lost in Iraq, after all the lollipops our troops have already passed around Iraq, Iraqi trust and allegiance aren't already ours for the asking. Could it be that most of the Muslims who make up about 99.99 percent of the Iraqi population simply don't trust infidel armies? Could it be that they only offer allegiance to fellow Muslims? Such questions never enter into PC policymaking. The problem, PC-policymakers maintain, is ours alone. Maybe we did topple Saddam Hussein, fight Islamic terror troops, and bring democracy and air conditioners to a benighted land. But that's not enough to win hearts and minds, or so the PC theory goes. And that's where the new counterinsurgency strategy comes in -- killing the enemy while, as the Standard wrote, spending time with the (Iraqi) people, getting to know them and building relationships with them. Gee. Is this a war plan, or a Miss Universe contest? Recently, I came across a heart-stopping story from A Man Called Intrepid, William Stevenson's book about World War II intelligence operations. It concerned a ghastly, brilliant British air raid on Copenhagen in spring 1945. The objective, next door to a school, was a Gestapo prison. There, Danish underground leaders were being tortured, thus compromising the entire underground network and bona fide nuclear secrets and potentially resulting in the diversion of 200,000 German troops to fight American forces. The air raid was a stunning success. It was also a terrible tragedy. Not only did the British lose 10 airmen, but 27 teachers and 87 children were killed, with many more civilians badly injured. The battlefields then and now have few parallels, but imagine, for a moment, that 87 children were killed in an important air raid in terror-riddled Baghdad, not Nazi-occupied Copenhagen. Imagine, also, the ensuing mayhem and media amplification of an irreparable blow to the battle for Iraqi `hearts and minds.' Now, back to the historical account: One of the raid's planners, Ted Sismore, later returned to the bombed school in Copenhagen to offer an explanation. The parents of the dead children, to his astonishment, gave him comfort. 'They wanted me to know the raid was necessary.' The Danes knew his heart, and were of one mind. This could hardly be more different from Iraq for many reasons, including cultural ones separating Islamic and Western cultures. Gen. Petraeus decrees Iraqis must understand that we -- not our enemies -- occupy the moral high ground. But does their political-religious culture even permit such an understanding? We must face up to this question if we ever want a winning war plan. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our
[osint] Putting N.J. Guard in PATH stations is political ploy
Putting N.J. Guard in PATH stations is political ploy http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyNjMmZmd iZWw3Zjd2c WVlRUV5eTcxMzU2NDkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5 By MIKE KELLY RECORD COLUMNIST Soldiers from the New Jersey National Guard took up positions Wednesday at area PATH stations. They are armed and in uniform. From the look of things, they seem ready for action. But is this the best way to deploy these troops? That uncomfortable question is being asked privately by some at the Port Authority. But so far, no high-ranking official will voice any sort of public disapproval. The reason is politics. But should we be playing politics with homeland security? The Port Authority operates bridges, tunnels and airports. Politics drives its heart and soul, though. And how National Guard soldiers came to patrol PATH stations has as much to do with politics as security concerns. The story begins with Governor Corzine meeting New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer during the winter. Both men said they wanted to show they could cooperate on homeland security programs. Conceptually, that wasn't a bad idea. New York and New Jersey are linked by more than just bridges, tunnels and names that begin with new. Thousands of commuters travel between the two states. Indeed, some of the 9/11 hijackers who brought down the World Trade Center lived briefly in Wayne, Paterson and South Hackensack. But is the deployment of 40 National Guard soldiers from both states, at a cost of $2.4 million a year, the most efficient way to join forces in battling terrorism? The Port Authority police are not exactly the Keystone Kops. The 1,600-member force is considered among the best-trained in the nation at a wide variety of jobs, from handcuffing thugs to putting out airplane fires and guarding against terror attacks. Since 9/11, the force has upgraded all manner of counter-terror skills, with increased training and new equipment. Several Port Authority officers even volunteered with U.S. intelligence agents in Afghanistan and Pakistan to track down alleged al-Qaida operatives. Will the addition of 40 National Guard soldiers make any difference to the solid security job Port Authority cops are already doing? Officially, the New Jersey National Guard is taking cover from that delicate question. If the Port Authority believes that our presence is going to help them, then we're going to do anything to help, Guard spokesman Kryn Westhoven said. He described the Guard soldiers as a set of eyes and ears for the Port Authority police. That's all? At $200,000 a month, those are expensive eyes and ears. The PATH system is clearly vulnerable. A study in December by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute concluded that a small amount of explosives could rupture PATH tunnels under the Hudson River. And in July, intelligence agents uncovered an overseas plot to set off backpack bombs on a PATH train and flood the tunnels. But the Port Authority says the soldiers are not assigned to special tunnel duty. They will patrol just 13 PATH stations and will not inspect tunnels or perform passenger screening. Police will do that. Port Authority spokesman Marc Lavorgna said the Guard assignment is not based on a threat. It's a pilot program. But a pilot for what? Since the 9/11 attacks, the New Jersey Guard has been stretched thin. More than 6,000 of its 8,300 Army and Air Force members have reported for duty in such places as Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Guantanamo Bay and at nuclear power plants in South Jersey. Why are they now assigned to PATH stations? This is not war. It's politics. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to:
[osint] U.S. argues for extradition of radical Islamic cleric
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1179446 980232630.xml http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-19/117944 6980232630.xmlstorylist=orlocal storylist=orlocal U.S. argues for extradition of radical Islamic cleric 5/17/2007, 4:51 p.m. PT By TARIQ PANJA The Associated Press http://www.oregonlive.com/images/spacer.gif LONDON (AP) - The United States argued Thursday for the extradition of a radical Islamic cleric imprisoned in Britain, accusing him of involvement in a global conspiracy to wage terrorist attacks on the U.S. and other Western countries. Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged in the United States with trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon, conspiring to take hostages in Yemen and facilitating terrorist training in Afghanistan. He is serving a seven-year sentence in Britain for fomenting racial hatred and urging his followers to kill non-Muslims. He advocated the defense of Islam through unlawful, violent and armed aggression, Hugo Keith, a lawyer representing the U.S. government, said during a hearing in a London court. The hearing started a day later than scheduled because al-Masri was recovering from an operation to remove a bone from the stump of one of his arms. He lost both arms below the elbows and an eye fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. He now has hooks for hands, and a glass eye. Al-Masri was arrested on an U.S. extradition warrant in May 2004, but the process was put on hold while he stood trial in Britain and then appealed his convictions. In January, the House of Lords denied al-Masri permission to make further appeals, and his extradition proceedings went back on the agenda. Al-Masri's lawyer, Alun Jones, said the extradition application should be rejected because he believed some of the evidence against the cleric was extracted by torturing a defense witness. Jones did not say where the alleged torture may have occurred but the witness, Feroz Abbasi, was a former British Guantanamo Bay detainee. He was initially arrested by Afghan forces and handed over to U.S. authorities. The court heard that Hamza helped pay for Abbasi to travel to Afghanistan. The court ought to conduct here an inquiry, he said. There is reasonable cause to suspect this extradition request is founded in significant parts on evidence obtained by torture. Outlining the U.S. case, Keith said Hamza provided a satellite phone and 500 hours of airtime to a group responsible for the 1998 kidnapping of 16 western tourists in Yemen. Four of the tourists died in a shootout between the abductors and Yemeni security officials. Keith said the planned training camp in Oregon would have been used to prepare recruits to kill enemies of Islam in Afghanistan, training them in weapons use, hand-to-hand combat and martial arts. The general allegation is that Mr. Hamza is a member of a global conspiracy to wage jihad against the U.S. and other Western countries, Keith said. Jihad carried out in numerous parts of the world - the U.K., Afghanistan, Yemen and U.S. Keith also detailed another indictment that claimed al-Masri funded travel to Afghanistan for two men who pleaded guilty in April 2003 to plotting to set up the training camp in Bly, Ore. If tried and convicted in the United States, Al-Masri, the former head preacher at London's Finsbury Park Mosque, would carry out the rest of his sentence in Britain before serving any prison term in the U.S. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings:
[osint] Terrorism: What have we learnt?
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/05/18/fea01.asp Terrorism: What have we learnt? Dushy Ranetunge in London DEBATE: The famous reinsurance house Lloyds in the City of London was the venue for an important live terrorism debate conducted to assess risk to global business from Terrorism last Tuesday. The debate attracted some of the key figures in the field of terrorism, particularly in relation to the United Kingdom and we were treated to a rare insight into policy and strategy of the British political and security establishment at the highest levels in relation to terrorism. There are remarkable similarities in relation to the Sri Lankan conflict and also contradictions. Lord Levene, The Chairman of Lloyds made the welcome address and the event was chaired by John Simpson, the legendary BBC world affairs editor. Among the speakers was Dr Rohan Gunaratne (head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore), Mike Bowron (Commissioner for the City of London Police), Peter Clarke (Deputy Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police, Head of the Counter Terrorism Command, also known as SO15 formed by the merger of Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch. He is also the National Co-ordinator of Terrorist Investigations), Sir Richard Dearlove head of MI6 from 1994 to 2004 (MI6 is Britain's Secret Intelligence Service) and Sir Richard Mottram (Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience, Cabinet Office). For obvious reasons this article will be cautious in identifying certain statements to particular individuals serving in office and the reader should not attempt to do so, unless specifically mentioned. A brief description of the latest developments which have taken place in the evolution of Islamic terrorism were highlighted and that Al Qaeda is not an organisation, but a movement, an ideology, which has increasing support among young muslims. It was highlighted that Iran had detained several key Al Qaeda activists including a son and two wives of Osama Bin laden. This position of Iran may change if the West's relationship with Iran deteriorates. It was stated that the epicentre of Islamic terrorism has moved 1500 miles closer to the West from Afghanistan to Iraq and that if the allies withdraw from Iraq, they will have to return in 2-3 years time, because Iraq would be used as a launching pad for various global Jihadist groups to attack the West. This was a point unanimously mentioned by all the speakers mentioned above. The participants were reminded that after the Russians withdrew from Afghanistan, the country became the home for numerous terrorist groups who were targeting the West. The value of intelligence in combating these groups was stressed. Dr Gunaratne informed the participants that when he was studying for his Phd at St Andrews University in Scotland a few years ago, he was able to meet in Britain, the representatives of approximately 40 terrorist organisations. There was evidence that these groups operating in Britain communicated and co-operated with each other. Mike Bowron, Commissioner for the City (Banking and Insurance district) of London told the audience of an initiative known as operation Griffin, where private security guards employed by private companies in the city are trained by the Police using short courses so that they could be used as an auxiliary force by the City Police during a crisis to protect premises where they are assigned to. The city (the banking and Insurance district) in London is protected by what is known in law enforcement circles as the ring of steel. It was highlighted that every business should have a business continuity plan and a business survival plan in preparation of a terrorist attack. The need to regularly change procedures so that terrorists will not be able to establish a pattern of behaviour was emphasised. Richard Fenning, CEO of a specialist risk assessment company called Control Risks informed the audience that the threat to business is no different to the one that existed 100 years ago and said that this is a golden age for risk takers and if Britain did not take the risks, the Chinese, the Japanese and the Koreans, will simply step in and reap the rewards. Peter Clarke head of SO15 disclosed that there were patterns in relation to terrorist actions that these would lead to long term disruption. Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of the Secret British Intelligence Service MI6 stated that terrorism was an extreme act of political communication. He stated that this makes our (British) reaction to it important, and the British response to terrorism takes into account that it is an act of political communication. He referred to 9/11 as a defining moment and that within a few hours after the attack he flew to the United States with a team in excess of 30 British officers from MI6 and offered their assistance and support
[osint] Army under attack for stopping Harry's Iraq tour of duty
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/army-under-attack-for-stopping-harrys-iraq- tour-of-duty/2007/05/18/1178995408860.html Army under attack for stopping Harry's Iraq tour of duty MILITARY chiefs are considering Prince Harry's future in the British Army, after the Ministry of Defence was attacked over the fiasco of his aborted deployment to Iraq. The handling of the affair has been heavily criticised in army circles. Asked about concerns that Harry's life seemed to be valued above those of other soldiers, the Defence Secretary, Des Browne, said: I personally understand that point. Taking on risky environments is part of military deployment, we all accept and understand that, but part of the judgement was the deployment of Prince Harry would increase the risk to others disproportionately. Mr Browne insisted the tradition of royals joining the military should continue: I don't accept for a moment that the long tradition of the royal family serving in the military is in any sense an anachronism. It seems clear there were credible intelligence reports that insurgents, possibly encouraged by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, were stockpiling weapons to target the Prince and his squadron of Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicles. A Scimitar was hit in a fatal attack in southern Iraq last month and last week insurgents kidnapped US soldiers south of Baghdad. David Crausby, vice-chairman of Parliament's defence select committee, said: I think it would have been a real security nightmare and if it had gone wrong it would have been an absolute disaster for the royal family and the country. Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly, who led the medical team treating British and Argentinian wounded during the Falklands War in 1982, said there had been speculation then that Prince Andrew would be withdrawn when the shooting started. Although Andrew saw action that included seeing an Exocet missile pass close to his helicopter, Commander Jolly said the specific terrorist threats against Prince Harry made the position impossible. There was a technical and political determination to hurt the Prince as a political strike within the struggle in Iraq, he said. The whole affair is a pity because Prince Harry has trained hard, clearly loves his blokes and I'm sure they would want to be led by him. But I don't think his withdrawal will undermine his authority because most people will understand the special rules governing royals. One army officer said that many in the military thought the Prince would go to Iraq secretly. Some soldiers' families were upset by what they saw as special treatment. It is not safe for any of them out there. Who do I need to speak to in order to stop my husband being sent there later in the year? said Gella Tomlin. If he is not prepared to or allowed to do what other soldiers must, he should resign his commission. Lucille Duggs, whose son is serving in Iraq and is due home next month, said she understood the army's decision. If someone was out to kill someone like Harry you would not want innocent bystanders, like other soldiers, to be targeted, she said. Too many have lost their lives already. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
[osint] Washington Government Economist Hunting Regulations And Bag Limits
http://www.poorandstupid.com/chronicle.asp hursday, May 17, 2007 THIS MAY BE A BIT AGGRESSIVE, BUT... ...it's not exactly like they are an endangered species, either. From reader http://www.jokesmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?c=750a=10 Van Williams: Washington Government Economist Hunting Regulations And Bag Limits GENERAL 1. Any person with a valid Washington DC hunting license or a Federal Income Tax Return may harvest government economists. 2. Taking of economists with traps or deadfalls is permitted. The use of currency as bait is prohibited. 3. Killing of economists with a vehicle is prohibited. If one is accidentally struck, remove the dead economist to side of the road and proceed to the nearest car wash. 4. It is unlawful to chase, herd, or harvest economists from limousines, Mercedes Benz's, the Metro, or Porsches. 5. It shall be unlawful to shout research contract or I need a policy consultant for the purpose of trapping economists. 6. It shall be unlawful to hunt economists within 100 feet of government buildings. 7. It shall be unlawful to use decision memos, draft legislation, conference reports, or RFP's to attract economists. 8. It shall be unlawful to hunt economists within 200 feet of Senate or House hearing rooms, libraries, whorehouses, massage parlors, special interest group offices, bars, or strip joints. 9. If an economist is elected to government office, it shall be a felony to hunt, trap, or possess it. It will also be a shame. 10. Stuffed or mounted economists must have a DC Health Department inspection certificate for rabies and vermin. 11. It shall be illegal for a hunter to disguise as a reporter, drug dealer, pimp, female congressional aid, sheep, legislator, policy maker, bookie, lobbyist, or tax accountant for the purpose of hunting economists. BAG LIMITS 1. Econometrician: 2 2. Two-faced Policy Analyst: 1 3. Macro Policy Wonk: 4 4. Big-mouthed Populist: 2 5. Relevant Economist: EXTINCT 6. Cut-throat Administration Seeker: 2 7. Back-stabbing Senior Author: 2 8. Brown-nosed Deputy Kisser: 2 9. Silver-tongued Congressional Consultant:; $100 BOUNTY 10. Wise-assed Civil Libertarian: 7 11. Staff economist: NO LIMIT [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] The Runaway (Jihad) Train of U.S. Immigration Policy
http://clarityandresolve.com/archives/2007/05/the_runaway_jih.php The Runaway (Jihad) Train of U.S. Immigration Policy Off the tracks. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18705586/site/newsweek/ Terrorists in the File Cabinet? NEWSWEEK has learned that an application for asylum filed in 1989 by the family of three suspects in the New Jersey plot stalled inside the federal bureaucracy for 16 years due to a paperwork backlog. ... As a result, for nearly two decades, American authorities were aware that members of the family were inside the United States, and that they had probably come here illegally. While the asylum application was under consideration, the government effectively suspended any effort to deport family members as illegal aliens, the source familiar with their immigration history said. A U.S. official familiar with immigration procedures said that the asylum claim may have bogged down because Congress had limited the number of asylum-seekers who could be granted permanent resident status to 10,000 a year. The official said this limitation meant that even if asylum seekers' claims of persecution were legitimate, waits of 16 years or more for a green card were not unusual. However, another official familiar with the Duka case history said that the family asylum claim got stuck for 16 years at INS because of a bureaucratic paperwork backlog of more than 100,000 asylum applications. The official said asylum claims routinely sat in filing cabinets for a decade or more. Hmm. Fancy that. And wait, stop me if you've heard this one: The source familiar with the Duka case said that the three Duka brothers-Dritan, Eljvir and Shain-are believed to have first entered the United States illegally in 1984 by crossing from Mexico at Brownsville, Texas. Yeah, I'm thinking you've heard that one. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Arab Countries Must Cut Off Relations With Palestinian Gov't
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1621.htm Jihad Al-Khazen: Arab Countries Must Cut Off Relations With Palestinian Gov't The former editor of the London daily Al-Hayat, Jihad Al-Khazen, has reversed his recognition of the Palestinian unity government, of Fatah, and of Hamas, and has called on Arab countries to cut off relations with the Palestinian government. In an article, he stated that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should resign because of his weakness as a leader, and because of the smuggling into the Gaza Strip of weapons designated not against Israel but for civil war. He said that the U.S. had pressured for elections in the PA knowing that Hamas would win, so that it would be able to boycott and besiege the Palestinians on the pretext that Hamas is a terror organization. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Muslim cleric spurns plea to help free BBC man in Gaza
Good...shouldn't be negotiating with terrorists in the first place. B Muslim cleric spurns plea to help free BBC man in Gaza mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ALAN MACDERMID May 18 2007 http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1408098.0.0.php A Muslim cleric described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe yesterday rebuffed British government pleas to intercede on behalf of kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston. The Foreign Office asked Abu Qatada, who is awaiting deportation to Jordan to face terrorism charges, to make an appeal from prison for Mr Johnston's release. But this was dismissed as not serious by Qatada, who said he was ready to travel to the city of Gaza with a BBC delegation to meet Mr Johnston's captors with the aim of getting him released. Mr Johnston's 45th birthday yesterday marked his 66th day in captivity. In a statement issued through the London-based Islamic Observatory Centre, Qatada said: It is clear that the British government is not serious in getting (Johnston) freed and is heading towards his getting killed. He is said to have issued the letter because the British government has been trying to deal with me in an incorrect manner in the matter of Alan Johnston. However, it is unlikely that Qatada - described by the government as a significant international terrorist - would be allowed to go to Gaza. The cleric, who has been described as a key figure in al Qaeda, is currently in custody fighting extradition to Jordan. A Foreign Office spokesman said: We have been in discussions with Abu Qatada's lawyer to see whether he would be willing to make a humanitarian appeal for Alan Johnston's safe release. Qatada previously made an appeal for the release of British hostage Ken Bigley, who was subsequently murdered by his captors. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission ruled in February that Qatada could be deported to Jordan - where he has been convicted twice in his absence of involvement in terrorist plots - despite his legal team's arguments that he would face a flawed trial there. He has spent most of the past six years detained in custody in the UK because the government regards him as a potential terrorist threat. Around the world vigils were being held yesterday to mark Alan Johnston's birthday. He was seized at gunpoint on his way home in Gaza City on March 12. His parents, who live in Argyll, sent messages of love and support to their son in a televised birthday greeting, recorded in the hope that he has access to TV or radio. His anxious father Graham said: We're all thinking about you all the time, constantly. It would be a much happier birthday if you were here with us today. All our fondest love, my son. Keep your chin up. His mother, Margaret, added: Happy birthday, Alan. We're missing you, obviously. I'm going over to Cairndow (Argyll) today for lunch with some friends and we'll all be thinking about you and wishing you were with us. His sister, Katriona, also sent a message saying how much she missed him. She added: Don't worry about mum and dad, I'm keeping their spirits up as you know I can. Family friend Iain Hosack also happened to be celebrating his birthday, turning 102 today. He said: I'm not having a party this year, Alan, but next year we'll have a party and you'll be there. All the best, old boy. Army of Islam, a little-known group, has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and demanded that Britain frees Muslim prisoners - specifically naming Qatada. The BBC's world news-gathering department was holding a series of events in centres such as Teheran, Hong Kong and Moscow to mark Mr Johnston's birthday and keep his plight on the agenda. The abduction of Mr Johnston has triggered appeals for his release from around the world. He was recently named broadcast journalist of the year by the London Press Club for his work reporting from the Gaza Strip. C All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] permission is prohibited. (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with Fair Use criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of Fair Use was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. Fair Use legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 establishes four criteria for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies as a fair use. A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four criteria to qualify as an instance of fair use. Rather, fair use is
[osint] U.S. base attacked....and more article updates
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3CA4A694-1D3D-4A4A-9B95-21C2CD487C74. htm About 50 suspected fighters have attacked a US base in the centre of a city north of Baghdad, sparking a battle with US soldiers and helicopters in which at least six fighters have died, according to the Iraqi army. Friday's fighting took place in Baquba, a Sunni anti-government stronghold. Separately, the US military said it detained six suspected fighters during raids in northeast Iraq. It accused them of being members of a cell that imports powerful weapons from neighbouring Iran, and brings Iraqis to Iran for training as fighters. On May 28, talks between US and Iranian officials are to begin in Baghdad to discuss the security situation in Iraq. Washington has often accused Iran of arming groups and militias. Journalists killed In Iraq's capital, two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were slain as they drove home from work, the American television network announced on Friday. Unidentified assailants waylaid the car carrying Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, cameraman, and Saif Laith Yousuf, 26, soundman, and shot them dead, the network said. The fighting in Baquba began about 7am local time, when fighters opened fire on a US-Iraqi base in the centre of the city, about 60km northeast of Baghdad. About a half hour later, US reinforcements arrived, killing at least six fighters, the Iraqi army officer said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media. Residents said the fighting sent smoke billowing up from neighbourhoods in the area. One resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from fighters, said he heard heavy machinegun fire and then men shouting Allahu Akbar. Others said they saw US armoured vehicles driving through the street, while aircraft flew overhead. The fighting ended about noon, but several hours later suspected insurgents fired a mortar round at a nearby police headquarters, the army officer said. No casualties were reported. Hunt for soldiers Meanwhile, the massive search for three missing US soldiers believed to have been kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked fighters entered its seventh day. Colonel Michael Kershaw, the commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division who was overseeing the mission, said the teams were talking to local Iraqis, hoping to find information that would lead them to the soldiers. While the search was under way on Thursday, three American soldiers were killed and another was wounded in a roadside bombing south of Baghdad, the US military reported. The statement provided no more details, and it was unclear if the victims were part of the search. Other news In other news, a 24-hour curfew remained in place in Mosul, 360km northwest of Baghdad, for a third day on Friday. It was imposed after fighters used five suicide vehicle bombs, mortars and small arms fire to destroy two bridges and attack a police station and a jail where suspected fighters were being held. The attacks killed 15 fighters, 10 Iraqi policemen, one Iraqi soldier and one civilian. About 47 people were wounded, the US military said. A suicide car bomber hit a police patrol in the Sunni-dominated town of Jurf al-Sakhar, 65km south of Baghdad, killing three officers and wounding two, police said. In the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 290km north of the Iraqi capital, drive-by shooters killed an Iraqi army officer as he was heading to work, police said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:
[osint] U.S. Seeks To Destroy Islam
If only, but Fadhlalla's ignorant. B http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1629.htm Lebanese Shi'ite Cleric Fadhlalla: U.S. Seeks To Destroy Islam Lebanese Shi'ite cleric Muhammad Hussein Fadhlalla said during a meeting with an Iranian delegation for Sunni-Shi'ite outreach that the U.S. was against both the Sunnis and the Shi'ites. He added that there was a need for Muslim clerics to stand against the global arrogance, and particularly against the U.S. plan aimed at destroying all of Islam - culturally, politically, economically, militarily, and security-wise. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] The Great PC Train Robbery
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28375 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28375 The Great PC Train Robbery By file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/aut hors.asp?ID=3428 Lloyd Billingsley FrontPageMagazine.com | May 18, 2007 On April 16, a Monday, passengers aboard the last Amtrak train of the day back from the Bay Area wondered why the engine ground to a stop as it approached the I Street bridge over the Sacramento River. They didn't know that five people stood on the tracks, gang members among them, throwing rocks at the engineer, who stopped the train. The attackers dragged him out, demanded his wallet and cell phone, then beat him senseless with a bottle and a fire extinguisher. They also attacked the train's conductor. The engineer, with head and internal injuries, was taken to hospital. The train finally crossed the river to the Sacramento station under the control of a student conductor. Train robberies were common in the wild west but are now practically unknown. By any journalistic standard this one was Big News, page-one material, especially with the gang involvement. The attack happened at about 10:15 pm, plenty of time for next-day coverage in the Sacramento Bee, the only daily in California's capital. A lot of people ride Amtrak too and would certainly want to know if gang members had robbed a train and nearly killed the engineer. No story appeared on Tuesday. The next day, April 18, the Bee ran a 378-word story about the attack, not on the front page, and headlined W. Sac's focus on security in attack on train: Mayor wants report after beating of engineer Monday. This is lawless barbarism, West Sacramento mayor Christopher Cabaldon told the Bee's Tony Bizjak, but the attackers remained unidentified. An April 18 Associated Press story came headlined Mob forces train to stop, assaults engineer in West Sacrament but mentioned only a group of people on the tracks. That could have meant anybody, but on Thursday emerged the involvement of the Broderick Boys a criminal street gang under a court injunction by Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, who calls the gang domestic terrorists. Reisig's 2005 injunction set up a 10 pm curfew for the Broderick Boys and a safety zone, which included the area where the train attack occurred. The lead attacker was 17 but would be tried on some 14 felony charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, mayhem, train robbery, vandalism and criminal street gang activity. Even though he will be tried as an adult, the Bee chose not to reveal the lead attacker's name. The paper's brief April 18 editorial called for greater security on the train tracks and decried the gang of hooligans, along with vandals and thugs. All that fell short of the lawless barbarism decried by the major of West Sacramento. The editorial did not name the actual gang in involved in the attack. The Broderick Boys soon caught a bigger break. On April 24, an appeal court tossed Reisig's injunction, under which violent crime had decreased eight percent in the safety zone. The next day, the Bee ran a prominently featured piece of nearly 1,000 words by veteran reporters Bill Lindelof and Stephen Managnini. It turned out to be a forum for Joe Castro, 76, who described himself as proud to be a Broderick Boy, even though, he said, I've never been around them when they caused any trouble. Castro's wife Mary said the injunction was the worst thing that could have happened here, stigmatizing a Latino community. Activists of La Raza Network said likewise. Neither Castro mentioned the train attack. Bee columnist Marcos Breton also failed to mention the train attack at all in his April 29 column, West Sac's Gang Law was Racially Unfair. He conceded that crime was down in the areas covered by the injunction but charged that the measure was a kind of racial profiling of brown people. The piece included no opinion on the fairness of the injunction from the engineer whose head the Broderick Boys had bashed in, nor from the conductor who had been beaten. The alternative Sacramento News Review likewise avoided any mention of the train attack in its piece on the gang injunction against the Broderick Boys. All told, a successful injunction against a violent gang garnered more wrath than a savage attack which Eugene Skoropowski, executive director of the Capitol Corridor train service, told the Bee was the most horrific incident he had seen in 40 years on the railroad. Even before the train attack, Jeff Reisig had ample justification for calling the violent Broderick Boys domestic terrorists. The DA did his best but was up against a politically correct media ethos which construes anti-crime measures, whatever their success, as racial profiling of an accredited victim group. Violent gangs victimize innocents but in the politically correct view, gangs are
[osint] First steps to arming Iraq's soldiers
First steps to arming Iraq's soldiers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6665759.stm Providing the army with new weapons is an important part of the plan to modernise Iraq's security services and make them self-sufficient. The BBC's James Shaw went to the US army's Camp Taji, near Baghdad, to see one Iraqi squad receive their new M16 rifles. The convoy of four armoured Humvees and two black 4x4s rumbles down the highway heading north out of Baghdad. Blue lights flash, sirens wail, the soldiers manning the turrets on top of the Humvees swing their machine-guns from side to side. If a truck driver fails to pull over, the soldier in the vehicle ahead of us produces a handgun and points it directly at him. Treacherous journey This is how the US military in Iraq travels from the safety of the Green Zone in the centre of Baghdad to Camp Taji, a vast training and logistics base just north of the city. On the northern edge of the city, a landscape of rubbish dumps opens up to the west. Dirt tracks weave through the heaps of smouldering refuse. Sometimes a figure is visible. Cattle stand inside an enclosure improvised from wooden posts and strips of corrugated iron. Then close to Taji our convoy is forced off the road by a traffic jam. The Humvees lurch down a steep incline. The poles attached to their front bumpers to detect roadside bombs scrape into the sand and the convoy trundles through the scrub at the edge of the road until we've cleared the traffic jam. Climbing back onto the carriageway, we head up onto an overpass and discover the reason for the congestion. One side of the road has been rendered unusable by a hole big enough to lose a car in. Torn steel rods hang from the concrete around the rim. Ageing Kalashnikovs The damage was done by an insurgent bomb just a few days ago, apparently part of a new tactic to destroy road links around the Iraqi capital. We've come to Camp Taji to see Iraqi soldiers being issued with new weapons to replace their ageing Kalashnikovs. We find them outside a warehouse ripping open cardboard boxes and tearing the plastic wrapping off brand-new M16 carbines. I was so happy when I opened the box and held the weapon and now I'm ready to go out and fight Safa Hussein Iraqi army recruit The squad of about 50 men lines up for photos. One soldier holds his rifle still in its plastic wrapping. An officer hurriedly pulls it off. Then the soldiers gather in a huddle, waving their guns in the air and chanting: We will crush the heads of the terrorists. Safa Hussein is a 20-year-old recruit from Baghdad. He couldn't find a job after leaving school during the chaos which followed the fall of Saddam Hussein. Finally he joined the army six months ago. I joined to fight terrorism and to defend our country, he tells us through an interpreter. I was so happy when I opened the box and held the weapon and now I'm ready to go out and fight. Huge challenge So far, fewer than 2,000 have been given M16s. The official strength of the Iraqi Army at the moment is more than 143,000. The man in charge of re-arming the Iraqi soldiers is US Army Lieutenant Colonel Don Easter. We're looking at the entire Iraqi Army, he says. We're looking at a process that's going to take well beyond a year, and could be upward of two years, depending on if there are any pauses in the process throughout this time. It is a mammoth task, but in itself only a small piece of the effort to modernise Iraq's security forces and make them self-sufficient. And all this takes no account of the fact that pressure is mounting on President Bush to end the US involvement in Iraq. That might mean disengagement from the country before this and many other programmes have been completed. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of
[osint] Homeland Security Information Network Needs to Be Better Coordinated
http://www.commonvoice.com/article.asp?colid=7163 Homeland Security Information Network Needs to Be Better Coordinated Jim Kouri May 16, 2007 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for coordinating the federal government's homeland security communications with all levels of government, the private sector, and the public. In support of its mission, the department has deployed a Web-based information-sharing application -- the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) -- and operates at least 11 homeland security networks. The department reported that in fiscal years 2005 and 2006, these investments cost $611.8 million to develop, operate, and maintain. In view of the significance of information sharing for protecting homeland security, the Government Accounting Office was asked to testify on the department's efforts to coordinate its development and use of HSIN with two key state and local initiatives under the Regional Information Sharing Systems -- a nationwide information-sharing program operated and managed by state and local officials. This article is based on a recent GAO report that addresses, among other things, DHS's homeland security networks and HSIN. In performing the work for that report, GAO analyzed documentation on HSIN and state and local initiatives, compared it against the requirements of the Homeland Security Act and federal guidance and best practices, and interviewed DHS officials and state and local officials. In developing HSIN, its key homeland security information-sharing application, DHS did not work effectively with two key Regional Information Sharing Systems program initiatives. This program, which is operated and managed by state and local officials nationwide, provides services to law enforcement, emergency responders, and other public safety officials. However, DHS did not coordinate with the program to fully develop joint strategies and policies, procedures, and other means to operate across agency boundaries, which are key practices for effective coordination and collaboration and a means to enhance information sharing and avoid duplication of effort. For example, DHS did not engage the program in ongoing dialogue to determine how resources could be leveraged to meet mutual needs. A major factor contributing to this limited coordination was that the department rushed to deploy HSIN after the events of September 11, 2001. In its haste, it did not develop a comprehensive inventory of key state and local information-sharing initiatives, and it did not achieve a full understanding of the relevance of the Regional Information Sharing Systems program to homeland security information sharing. As a result, DHS faces the risk that effective information sharing is not occurring and that HSIN may be duplicating state and local capabilities. Specifically, both HSIN and one of the Regional Information Sharing Systems initiatives target similar user groups, such as emergency management agencies, and all have similar features, such as electronic bulletin boards, chat tools, and document libraries. The department has efforts planned and under way to improve coordination and collaboration, including developing an integration strategy to allow other applications and networks to connect with HSIN, so that organizations can continue to use their preferred information-sharing applications and networks. In addition, it has agreed to implement recommendations made by GAO to take specific steps to improve coordination, including developing a comprehensive inventory of state and local initiatives; and ensure that similar coordination and duplication issues do not arise with other federal homeland security networks, systems, and applications. Until DHS completes these efforts, including developing an inventory of key state and local initiatives and fully implementing and institutionalizing key practices for effective coordination and collaboration, the department will continue to be at risk that information is not being effectively shared and that the department is duplicating state and local capabilities. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights,
[osint] Model Airplane Terror?
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_137002709.html CBS 2 HD Exclusive: Model Airplane Terror? A Hobby For Many Can Turn Into A Terrorist's Ally (CBS) NEW YORK For most, it's a harmless hobby, flying radio-controlled airplanes. But in the wrong hands, the little planes can become big weapons. CBS 2 HD has learned more on the power of the planes and what the government is doing, if anything, to regulate them. It could happen in the middle of Manhattan. A remote controlled model airplane, an all-American hobby, can turn into a weapon, in the hands of a terrorist. You can literally go into a shop tomorrow and buy radio-controlled aircraft or a radio controlled helicopter that will carry a payload of explosives anywhere you want to, said David Hambling, a defense technology analyst. The threat is real. Accused terrorists have already tried. In Maryland, a teacher was found guilty of helping a terror group get an electronic autopilot system and video equipment to use on these little airplanes. Federal prosecutors say a Ohio man was indicted for conspiring with al Qaeda before he could use his remote controlled helicopter in an attack. These are model airplanes, they're not toys. They can actually fly. The fastest can go over 100 mph with a theoretical range of five miles or more, which is why the feds have asked model airplane enthusiasts to keep their eyes and ears open. It's gonna take a long time to get to that point where they could possibly be able to fly one of these things and pinpoint an area where they could be doing some harm, said model enthusiast John Brown. The hobbyists love the planes, but they also know that in the wrong hands they could become undetectable air born weapons, literally flying under the radar. Some of the bigger craft can carry up to 20 pounds and 20 pounds of explosives can create quite an explosion. They present a real danger, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said. The difficulty is figuring out how to regulate them. Schumer said even the Department of Homeland Security sees them as a threat. DHS a classified bulletin out to federal departments a few years ago. I think the appropriate thing is to ask DHS now that they've said these are a danger, what they intend to do about it, Schumer said. So far the feds have decided against additional regulations on the little planes. Instead, they're relying on the very same hobby enthusiasts to keep their eyes and ears open. It would take an outsider quite a while to learn enough about the planes to modify them. The hobbyists say they'd spot the danger in time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Al Qaeda Red Tape Could Sink Padilla
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Al Qaeda Red Tape Could Sink Padilla
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Michael Wuebben
In the trial of terror suspect Jose Padilla yesterday, prosecutors for the
U.S. government presented into evidence an alleged
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/17/ap/national/main2823948.shtml al
Qaeda training camp application containing the finger prints of the Chicago
native once accused of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb.
My first reaction as I read this news: So you have to fill out an
application to join al Qaeda? It's one of those terms that seems strange on
its surface, like Paul Wolfowitz's girlfriend (not that I'm surprised
Wolfowitz has a love interest, but the term girlfriend more befits
adolescents making out in a food court than two high-level civil servants).
So what's on this al Qaeda application? One of the top-notch producers at
the CBS News Investigative Unit, Phil Hirschkorn, wrote a good
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/05/17/primarysource/entry2822709.shtml
blog entry on yesterday's proceedings and he's included a
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/padilla_application.pdf copy of the form
with the government's translation. Among the questions: What do you plan to
do after your training? where applicants can select either, train and
return, jihad (I'm assuming the most popular choice), or work within a
group. Al Qaeda also wants to know if you have any advice for your
Mujahideen brothers?
Apparently, flying thousands of miles and tracking through the rugged Afghan
countryside to a terrorist safe house isn't enough to convince al Qaeda an
applicant is serious about jihad. They want it in writing. At the end of the
form there's a pledge that every word on the form is correct, as Allah as
my witness. Call it terror cell red tape. And this bureaucracy could help
bring down al Qaeda.
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[osint] Pakistani owner of shed where Daniel Pearl was slain dies
Pakistani owner of shed where Daniel Pearl was slain dies The Associated Press Friday, May 18, 2007 http://www.iht.com:80/articles/ap/2007/05/18/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Pearl-Slay ing.php KARACHI, Pakistan: A Pakistani man who owned the Karachi property where Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was executed by Islamic militants, died Friday, weeks after he was freed from four years of mysterious detention, his family said. Unidentified men dumped Saud Memon outside his home in this southern port city on April 28 in very poor health, according to his brother, Mahmood Memon. I confirm that my brother died today at the Liaquat Memorial Hospital, his brother said, referring to the hospital in Karachi where Memon was treated after his release. We don't know who had been holding him for the past more than four years, but my brother had nothing to do with al-Qaida or Daniel Pearl's murder, the brother told The Associated Press. Human rights groups have raised suspicions that Saud Memon and several others were held by a secretive Pakistani intelligence agency probing the January 2002 kidnapping and beheading of Pearl by al-Qaida. Mahmood Memon claimed that Saud Memon weighed just 18 kilograms (40 pounds) when he was freed and was suffering mental problems. Dr. Ali Azmat Abidi at Liaquat Hospital said Saud Memon died from tuberculosis and meningitis. Saud Memon, a 44-year-old textiles businessman, owned the land and shed were Pearl was slain and buried in a shallow grave. Investigators had said they wanted to question Memon to find out who had used the shed, but no police or government official ever acknowledged his arrest. His family say he disappeared in March 2003. He was never formally charged. Manzoor Mughal, a senior police official leading the Pearl case, told the AP that he did not know Memon had been arrested and freed. I am hearing it from you that he has died in a hospital, he said. Five days after he was freed, Memon was produced in a wheelchair before the Supreme Court in Islamabad. Reporters in court said he appeared to be in very poor physical condition. Amina Masood - who has brought a case before the court challenging the disappearances of terror suspects allegedly detained by Pakistani intelligence agencies - told the reporters that Memon had allegedly been arrested by the FBI when he traveled to South Africa on a business trip. She claimed he was later handed over to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Pakistan has convicted several men for links to Pearl's killing. British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to death and three others were given life imprisonment. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - al-Qaida's No. 3 leader who was caught in Pakistan and is now being held at the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - said he personally beheaded Pearl, according to a partial Pentagon transcript of his testimony at a military tribunal. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] A Mexican Standoff between Iran and US over the Nuclear Issue
http://www.payvand.com/news/07/may/1211.html http://www.payvand.com/news/07/may/1211.html A Mexican Standoff between Iran and US over the Nuclear Issue By file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/Nad er%20Bagherzadeh Nader Bagherzadeh, UC, Irvine For those who have been following this complex issue there should be no doubt that although Iran talks to the European Union representative, Xavier Solana, the real deal maker, or breaker in most cases is US. This has been confirmed by the news of Solana's briefing Condi Rice, the US Secretary of State, immediately after his meetings with Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani. Also, most avid followers of this debacle know that the biggest hurdle is how to deal with the suspension of enrichment activity in Natanz. Some in the Bush administration, such as former UN representative John Bolton, are very proud of including this demand in the UN resolutions against Iran, calling it a confidence building requirement. Although neoconservative and pro-Israeli groups such as AEI and AIPAC are ecstatic about the negative economical impact of these sanctions on Iran and hope for tougher ones, however, the fact on the ground, as far as domestic nuclear technology is concerned, is different. Iran is inching closer to mastering this technology and the danger of a military confrontation is very real, even though impartial experts outside the Office of Vice-President (OVP) almost all agree that bombing Iran nuclear facilities will have dire global consequences. There was a time before these new rounds of sanctions and pressures when some of the moderate but influential Iranian officials were suggesting that Iran may limit its enrichment to 164-cascased centrifuge machines for RD purposes only, while negotiations were making progress. Since US policy has always been to prevent Iran from acquiring the knowledge to enrich uranium, any discussion for continuation of enrichment activity at any level was considered a non-starter. Hence, as the sanctions were approved, at the Natanz facility Iran moved from the above ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) with two working 164-cascaded machines to the underground massive halls of Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) where the industrial enrichment facility is planed for construction of roughly 54,000 centrifuges. The latest report from IAEA confirmed operation of 8 164-cascades, for a total of 1312 centrifuge machines, in preparation for expansion to 18 cascades for the development of the first module in FEP, each module has 2952 centrifuges. Final assembly may require installing eighteen modules at the staggering rate of 1400 centrifuges per month in order to meet the projected completion date of 2010. A New York Times article by David Sanger (5/15/2007) reports that IAEA's most recent inspection of the Natanz facility, since the last official report, confirms that Iran's 1312 centrifuge machines are enriching uranium and running smoothly. Inspectors have also observed 6 more 164-cascades in final stages of testing and installation in preparation for completion of the first 18 cascade module sometime in June. If the goal of West has been to help IAEA resolve the so-called ambiguities about Iran's past nuclear activities, it is not necessary to demand suspension of enrichment. Figuring out why certain equipment in an Iranian university was tainted with nuclear material is completely unrelated to the spinning of centrifuge machines at the heavily monitored and inspected Natanz facilities, whatsoever. None of the concerns reported by IAEA require suspending centrifuge machines; majority are related to identifying sources of contamination and interviewing scientists that were involved in these projects. Another critical related issue is that, if Iran agrees to any suspension before or during negotiations with the West, it is very unlikely that US will agree to resumption of enrichment activity any time soon, at least not until January of 2009 when the current administration leaves office. Also, none of the US presidential candidates will dare to confront the strong neo-conservative and pro-Israeli lobby against Iran for any change in the enrichment policy once suspension has commenced--enrichment suspension is a one way street. Let's review some of the current most talked about proposals on the table for resuming negotiations: . Time Out (Mohamed ElBaradei's proposal): Iran will suspend enrichment (other activities such as RD and uranium conversion may continue) and sanctions will be on hold. . Freeze for Freeze proposal: Iran continues with enrichment but refrains from adding any new centrifuges, and West will not propose the third pending sanction, but the first two existing sanctions will be enforced. . Cold or Hot Standby (also called the Swiss proposal): Centrifuges will spin without injecting any feed for enrichment, put in the
[osint] Padilla trial: Lackawanna Six terrorist trained for Jihad 'at same camp as defendant'
There never was any question that Padilla was an al-Qaeda terrorist. B Terrorist trained for Jihad 'at same camp as defendant' 18/05/2007 - 8:52:24 PM http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=94010788 http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=94010788p=94xyyx9xn=940 11168 p=94xyyx9xn=94011168 A member of an unrelated terrorist group testified today he learned about weapons and explosives and prepared for jihad at an al-Qaida training camp which prosecutors say alleged terrorist Jose Padilla also attended. Yahya Goba, a 30-year-old Yemeni-American and a member of the 'Lackawanna Six' terror group, said in federal court in Miami that he filled out a mujahedeen data form identical to the one allegedly completed by Padilla for the al-Farooq camp in a remote area near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Padilla, held for three-and-a-half years as an enemy combatant, and two co-defendants are on trial for allegedly supporting al-Qaida and other Islamic extremists. The 36-year-old US citizen and former Chicago gang member was arrested in May 2002 at O'Hare International Airport on suspicion that he was part of an al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb in a US city. Those allegations are not part of the Miami indictment, which claims he was part of a North American support cell for Muslim radicals around the world. Padilla was added to the existing Miami case in November 2005 during a legal battle over the president's wartime powers to indefinitely detain US citizens. He and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face life in prison if convicted. Goba, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence, testified about his stay at the Afghan training camp in the summer 2001, where he learned about plastic explosives, war tactics and how to fire weapons such as AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and handguns. At the end of the six-week course, Goba said he was told to provide his US address and contact information and to destroy his passport to hide his movements, which he did by placing it in a washing machine. He said he and several associates from Lackawanna, New York, went to the camps to prepare for a possible mission related to jihad, or holy war. If anytime called upon to perform jihad, I had the proper training, said Goba, who appeared in court with a full beard, wearing a loose-fitting tan prison outfit and watched closely by at least three extra federal marshals. Prosecutors say Goba's testimony is critical because it describes the goings-on at the al-Farooq camp, which the government claims Padilla attended in summer 2000. It also indirectly links the defendants to al-Qaida. Is it possible to just show up at one of the camps? asked prosecutor Brian Frazier. No, Goba replied. You had someone to help you - someone known and trusted by al-Qaida, Frazier continued. Yes, Goba said. Goba and five other Lackawanna-area men have pleaded guilty to terrorism support charges. Goba said it was clear al-Qaida ran the training camp. A guesthouse for recruits had many copies of a book by Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida leaders gave speeches there. On the mujahedeen form, Goba said he hid his US citizenship by describing himself as a Yemeni because he was told it wouldn't be safe to put down that I was from America. All the recruits, he said, used aliases rather than real names. I was told not to reveal my true identity, Goba said. Padilla's purported form is under the nickname Abu Abdallah Al Muhajir, prosecutors say. Goba has testified in two other federal terror-related trials in Idaho and New York and acknowledged today that he is co-operating with authorities in hopes of shaving some time off his 10-year prison sentence. Lawyers for Padilla and his co-defendants objected strenuously to his testimony, arguing it had little or no connection to their clients. What Goba did is not relevant to anything in this case. Period, said Jayyousi's lawyer, William Swor. Prosecutor Brian Frazier, however, said testimony shows the intent of the person filling out this (al-Qaida) form and that without Goba, the government's knees are going to be cut out from under us in terms of proving their case. Benjamin Kuperberg Analyst mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SRA International, Inc. The ORION Center 8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr. Fairfax, VA 22031 703.652.8714 Phone 703.652.6901 Fax FAIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with Fair Use criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of Fair Use was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. Fair Use legally eliminates the need to
[osint] The Terrorist Roadmap for the Future Pt. 1
http://www.theonerepublic.com/archives/Columns/Mansfield/20070518MansfieldRo admap1.html The Terrorist Roadmap for the Future Pt. 1 by Laura Mansfield News media reports describe last week's terrorist suspects, who planned an attack on Ft. Dix, NJ, as homegrown with no ties to al Qaeda or any other international terrorist organization. This isn't surprising in the least. It is very likely that this cell, like numerous others that have been uncovered in the past year, falls into the category of Individual or Small Group Terrorism, as espoused by the Al Qaeda ideologue Abu Mus'ab al Suri in his book Call to Global Islamic Resistance. The doctrine of Individual or Small Group Terrorism is a major concept in al Suri's 1604-page manifesto, published on the internet in December 2004. Al Suri, who is believed to be currently in US custody, describes three primary phases of Jihad in the book: * Organizations * Open Fronts * Individual/Small Groups He explains in depth each of these phases, and makes a strong case that the wave of the future is individual and small group terrorists. He believes that the days of the larger groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, are close to ending, citing the increased effectiveness of security forces in breaking up the groups, as well as the security risks posed in top-down, chain of command structures. A primary concern of Al Suri was that an arrest of anyone in the chain could compromise all those involved. Likewise, he believes that the days of the Open Front for jihad are over, citing overwhelming force of the US as a factor limiting the viability of open fronts. One key element found in Open Fronts, such as Afghanistan and Chechnya is the opportunity for organized group trainings (the training camps of Afghanistan, for example). Instead, he believes the future of jihad is for individuals and small groups, with no chains connecting them to Al Qaeda leadership. He points out the geographical and financial limitations, claiming that individual and small group jihad in one?s own country is the only realistic opportunity most have to participate in jihad. He believes that few will actually make the trip to an open front to participate. The concept of individual and small group terror cells is one that Al Suri finds particularly intriguing, and he seems to find in this doctrine solutions for the problems and risks posed by the other two stages of jihad. Training, which was formerly conducted in remote terror training camps, could be provided both in book form, and even more importantly, on the internet. He describes a sort of ?training template? that can be followed those aspiring to embark on jihad, ensuring a level of training for all who follow the template closely. There's certainly no shortage of training materials for would-be jihadists on the internet ? from instructional videos detailing the brewing of explosives, the construction of a suicide bomb vest, and multiple kinds of improvised explosives devices, to detailed recipes for creating chemical and biological weapons. Detailed training manuals provide the trainee with a roadmap to physical fitness. Online publications, the most famous being Moaskar al Battar, detail how to maintain and use firearms from pistols to automatic weapons, as well as operational plans such as how to plan an ambush, a kidnapping, and an assasination Security is easier, he believes, because the individuals and groups don?t have to take marching orders from the Al Qaeda leadership. Instead, they can act on their own, inspired by events in their own countries. The glue bonding them to the organization is a shared ideology and theology, and a commitment to jihad. Al Suri covers the recruitment angle as well. Individuals and small cells are to be set up by a ?cell organizer?, a regional manager of sorts, who goes from place to place providing seed money, and helping the groups get established and become self-sustaining. The key requirement for the regional manager is that he must leave the area before operations commerce (or else he must participate in a martyrdom mission) because he is the only element that ties these small groups to a larger terror group. The individual cells then plan their own missions, drawing inspiration from the wide range of jihadist propaganda on the web. It is likely that providing this inspiration is a key reason for the continued proliferation of videos showing attacks. In fact, the video speeches from Al Qaeda leadership in effect become the only means of communicating with these small groups, and that communication is one way; the small groups and individuals have no way to respond except by carrying out an attack. Financing is something else that Al Suri touches upon. Once the seed money has been provided to set up the cells, the cells are required to become self-sustaining. We?ve seen alleged terror cells use many different sources of funding. In fact,
[osint] Islam's War for World Mastery
Islam's War for World Mastery BY EFRAIM KARSH May 18, 2007 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/54794 During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward. Thus wrote the eminent historian Bernard Lewis in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. According to Mr. Lewis, these different responses evoked very different attitudes toward the two superpowers among Muslims and Arabs, which eventually culminated in the September 11 attacks: While American policies, institutions, and individuals were subject to unremitting criticism and sometimes deadly attack, the Soviets were immune. Their retention of the vast, largely Muslim, colonial empire accumulated by the tsars in Asia passed unnoticed, as did their propaganda and sometimes action against Muslim beliefs and institutions. Of course Muslims have never acquiesced in the loss of these territories, as evidenced by the numerous Russo-Ottoman and Russo-Persian wars during the last few centuries. Even the disastrous Ottoman decision to join World War I on the losing side, which led to the destruction of this empire and the creation of the modern Middle East on its ruins, was largely motivated by the desire to reverse the Russian imperial expansion. Superpower behavior in the Middle East during the Cold war years did not correspond to the picture painted by Mr. Lewis of endemic American timidity and aggressive Soviet determination. In reality, the two superpowers were heavily constrained by their global confrontation and the nuclear balance of terror. Time and again, both found themselves powerless to contain undesirable regional developments and were often forced to give a retrospective blessing to actions with which they were in total disagreement. If anything, it was America that showed the greater inclination to resort to military force whenever it deemed its interests to be seriously threatened. This ranged from the toppling of the Musaddaq regime in Iran in 1953, to the 1958 landing in Beirut to shore up the Lebanese government in the face of Egyptian subversion, to the announcement of a nuclear alert during the 1973 October War, to the 1986 bombing of Libya, to the 1980s support for the anti-Soviet campaign in Afghanistan, to the 1991 Gulf war that reversed Iraq's brutal occupation of Kuwait. In this respect, President Bush's interventionism has been far more congruent with U.S. post-World War II power projection policies than both his admirers and detractors seem to realize. By contrast, and despite its immediate adjacency to the Middle East, Moscow proved a rather cautious bear. It supplied weapons and military equipment to its Arab clients, but rarely took direct action on their behalf. The first large-scale intervention occurred during the Egyptian-Israel war of attrition between 1969 and 1970, when the Soviets sent an air defense division to neutralize Israel's overwhelming aerial superiority. But this was a reluctant move taken under intense Egyptian pressure. Likewise, the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was not an imperialist drive for the Persian Gulf oil, as was widely believed at the time, but a desperate bid to stem the mounting the tide of Islamic militancy, fuelled by the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran earlier that year. But the story doesn't end here. Far from looking up to Moscow in fear and awe, let alone submit[ting] to Soviet authority, the Arab states repeatedly annoyed and humiliated their Soviet patron with impunity. For decades Moscow was forced to acquiesce in the brutal repression, and the occasional slaughter, of its communist followers in the Arab and Muslim states for fear of antagonizing the local regimes. The Soviets similarly failed to persuade their Arab protégés to disavow their total rejection of Israel and time and again were forced to acquiesce in Arab wars and invasions they deemed detrimental to their interest, from the Egyptian war of attrition to the Iraqi invasions of Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990. Nor have the Soviet misadventure in Afghanistan and the ongoing bloodletting in Chechnya done much to endear Moscow to Muslims and Arabs throughout the world or to enhance its prestige as a first class military power. The most caustic humiliation was perhaps the expulsion of thousands of Soviet military personnel from Egypt in July 1972 in retaliation for Moscow's refusal to arm Egypt for its planned war against Israel. And how did the Soviets respond? By exacting a swift and dire punishment? Hardly. They dutifully resumed arms shipments to Egypt, only to see President Sadat wage the war they were desperate to prevent, then make an astounding u-turn by moving Egypt to the American orbit, abrogating the
[osint] Liberalism v Islamism
http://www.melaniep http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=510 hillips.com/articles-new/?p=510 Liberalism v Islamism Presentation at Neo conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 May 2007 Melanie Phillips First of all, let me define my terms and say what I mean by Islamism and liberalism. Islamism is the politicised version of Islam which mandates jihad, or holy war against the infidel and conquest of the non-Islamic world for Islam. I'm well aware of the argument that there's no difference between Islamism and Islam: that's a theological argument for others to have. By liberalism I mean the commitment to a free society, founded above all on the separation of secular government from religious worship - from which follow the concepts of equal respect for all people, freedom of conscience, tolerance and the rule of law. These two concepts, Islamism and liberalism, are currently engaged in a fight to the death. My argument is that liberalism is in danger of losing this fight because it has so badly undermined itself and departed from its own core concepts that it is now paralysed by moral and intellectual muddle. Liberalism is the creed of modernity. The driving force behind the Islamic jihad is the fight against liberalism and modernity. All the iconic conflicts - Iraq, Israel, Kashmir, Chechnya, Sudan -are secondary to the fundamental aim of the jihad to prevent liberalism and modernity from destroying Islam. The founding ideologue of modern Islamism, Syed Qutb, made clear in his writings that at the core of the salafi interpretation of Islam was opposition to the separation of religion and temporal power that resulted in liberalism and democracy. His governing impulse was the fear that the instinct for liberty was so powerful it would spread to and infiltrate the Muslim mind unless it was checked by the most repressive possible form of Islam. The Big and Little Satans themselves, America and Israel, are proxies for liberalism and modernity. That's why Islamism says they must be destroyed. Qutb famously went to America and concluded from seeing men and women dancing at a church hop that America was one giant brothel. And much of the bitter hostility to the Jews who started returning to Palestine in the 1920s was because the women wore shorts and were sexually free. The Islamist goal is to destroy the virus of freedom and modernity before it infects the Islamic world, and to replace it with Islam. That is the core of the profound threat it poses to the west, a threat mounted through the pincer movement of both terrorism and cultural takeover. This cultural takeover, or the aim to Islamise the west, was explicitly laid out in a programme of subversion for Europe by the Wahabbi Muslim Brotherhood almost 30 years ago. In 1978, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference sponsored a seminar in London which said Muslim communities in western countries must establish autonomous institutions with help from Muslim states, and lobby the host country to grant Muslims recognition as a separate religious community as a step towards eventual political domination. In Britain in 1980, a book called 'The Islamic Movement in the West' by Khuram Murad advocated an 'organised struggle to change the existing society into an Islamic society.and make Islam.supreme and dominant especially in the socio-political spheres.' A Muslim Brotherhood document seized in Switzerland in 2001, known as 'The Project', outlined a 12 point strategy to 'establish an Islamic government on earth'. And the Brotherhood has now set up an intricate network of bodies across Europe to put all this into action. Many Muslims in Britain and around the world are deeply opposed to this; indeed Muslims are the most numerous victims of the jihad. That's why I use the term Islamism, to distinguish those who believe in Islamic conquest from those who merely draw upon Islam for spiritual sustenance. But at same time, it is false to deny that Islamism is the dominant force in the Muslim and Arab world, false to deny that it is radicalising millions of Muslims in the west, and false to deny the huge inroads it has made into western society through this pincer movement of terrorism and cultural pressure. But many in the west do deny it. They ignore the clear evidence of the goal of Islamising the west. They choose to believe instead that the reason for Islamist terror lies in the wrongs the west has done to the Islamic world -Iraq or Palestine, discrimination or Islamophobia. Indeed, even to speak in this way is to invite the deadly label of Islamophobia - a term invented to shut down legitimate and vital debate about Islamism. Far from defending core liberal values that are thus singled out for destruction, such people thus side with or appease those who attack them. So Europe - bastion of free speech - attacked those newspapers which published and re-published the Mohammed cartoons. And liberals committed to human rights march on the streets
[osint] NY terror defense: Jurors should reject government innuendo
http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/051707/D8P628782.shtml NY terror defense: Jurors should reject government innuendo By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer http://ads.jacksonville.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.jacksonville.com /apnews/story/index.html/1419724102/Frame2/default/empty.gif/343361346531333 43435396538383630? NEW YORK - A federal prosecutor made no apologies for the government's handling of the trial of a Florida doctor accused of pledging allegiance to al-Qaida after the doctor's lawyer called it a case of innuendoes. With Osama bin Laden's picture on a video screen behind him, Assistant U.S. Attorney Victor Hou said in court Wednesday that Dr. Rafiq Abdus Sabir said yes to Osama bin Laden, yes to al-Qaida and yes to providing material support to terrorists. But Sabir's lawyer, Ed Wilford, urged jurors earlier Wednesday to ignore prosecutors' references to al-Qaida, bin Laden and terrorism and conclude that there was no real evidence against Sabir, of Boca Raton, Fla. Wilford told jurors they should reject what he described as the government's use of assumptions and inferences to convince them his client is guilty of promising to provide medical treatment to injured al-Qaida members. What is it that Dr. Sabir actually did that supports these charges? Wilford said during a three-hour summation in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. With respect to Dr. Sabir, there's a dearth of evidence, actually an absence of evidence, that Dr. Sabir provided material support to a terrorist organization. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska planned to explain to jurors Thursday how they must interpret laws in deciding the case. Wilford said Wednesday that the government made repeated references to al-Qaida, bin Laden and terrorist events to taint his client. We have to adhere to our principles, he told the jury. We are not going to succumb to fear. Sabir, 52, is on trial by himself after his three co-defendants each pleaded guilty, agreeing to serve between 13 and 15 years in prison in deals with the government. Sabir's former best friend, martial arts expert and jazz musician Tarik Shah, was among those who pleaded guilty. His name has surfaced as much as Sabir's during three weeks of Sabir's trial, as the government tried to show Sabir was just as willing as Shah to help al-Qaida. On Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Karl Metzner delivered a closing argument in which he called Sabir and Shah blood brothers committed to helping al-Qaida and bin Laden further their goals. He said the pair's dreams of promoting extremist Islamic views were interrupted only after the FBI sent agent Ali Soufan to pose as an al-Qaida recruiter. Soufan was so convincing that he managed to entice Shah and Sabir to pledge allegiance to al-Qaida and Sheik Osama during a secret pledge ceremony in May 2005 in Shah's Bronx apartment. Sabir testified that he did not understand he was pledging allegiance to al-Qaida because Soufan more than a dozen times mispronounced the name of the terror group responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and numerous other terrorist events over the last decade. He also said he never thought Sheik Osama referred to bin Laden because bin Laden was not a sheik. Hou, who cross-examined Sabir during his five days on the witness stand, called it preposterous that Sabir would claim he did not know Sheik Osama meant bin Laden, who has literally hijacked Islam, a religion of peace, and made it a religion of war. During his closing argument, Wilford said the government had purposefully tried to convince the jury that Sabir was guilty because of his religious beliefs and his association with Shah. Be careful of this effort to paint the evidence in the wrong way, Wilford said. He said the only evidence prosecutors offered was a small scrap of paper on which Sabir had written his telephone number to be given to contacts in the Middle East. He also warned the jury not to judge Sabir harshly for testimony that some might interpret as proof that he hurt his wife as he snatched his children from their Florida home during a domestic dispute. If Sabir is convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the
[osint] Know your enemy: Test your knowledge of radical Islam
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770517091 Know your enemy: Test your knowledge of radical Islam By John Cassady May 18, 2007 12:15 am Recently I wrote an article titled Has America dumbed down too far to recover? inspired by an author named Scott Ritter. He wrote ignorant citizens have no way of holding politicians accountable for dumb decisions. Ritter's article was called Calling Out Idiot America. The premise was most Americans are ill-placed intellectually, either through genuine ignorance, a lack of curiosity or a combination of both, to judge for themselves the efficacy of congressional behavior when it comes to Iraq . I agree with Ritter on the issue of the Muslim faith and the global war against terrorism. Time to wise up Too many high-ranking politicians and a large majority of American citizens lack sufficient knowledge to make informed decisions regarding the war. There are many reasons for this negative situation. However, two important reasons are the administration's failure to create adequate programs to educate and inform the public about the current struggle, and the media's biased and ignorant reporting. Too often the media allows its dislike for the president to overshadow fair, balanced and intelligent reporting. Indeed, the standards of journalism have frequently been called into question. In the global war against radical Islam, what we don't know can destroy us. To illustrate my point, I developed a very simple quiz allowing one to begin to measure personal knowledge about the subject. 1. What are the core beliefs that unite the world's 1.2 billion Muslims? 2. What does the term jihad mean to radical Muslims? 3. What year did al-Qaida's leader Osama Bin Laden declare war on America? 4. What are the three goals of radical Islam? 5. What/who constitutes radical Islam? If you answered all questions correctly, you've a good start toward studying a topic vital to your interests and America's survival. If you missed questions, it just shows a personal need to improve your knowledge. The attitude of let George do it . or someone else will take care of it is not good enough when it comes to knowing our enemy. As citizens, becoming knowledgeable is an excellent way to support our troops and country. To the enemy, Iraq and Afghanistan represent two important fronts in radical Islam's war against the West. Regardless of the outcomes in those two countries, radical Islam will continue its holy war against America, Israel and the West. It makes no difference to them who's in charge of the White House. Answers: 1. The Quran and/or the Five Pillars of Islam. 2. Holy war against non-believers. 3. 1996 and 1998. 4. Eliminate Israel and the Jews, destroy democracies (the West), and establish a world under radical Islamic rule. 5. Terrorist organizations, nations and people who support the goals of radical Islam. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,403
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/17/ap3734565.html U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,403 As of Thursday, May 17, 2007, at least 3,403 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,773 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The AP count is eight higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. The British military has reported 148 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 25,378 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally. The latest deaths reported by the military: _ Three soldiers were killed Thursday when their vehicle struck an explosive south of Baghdad. snip names of casualties [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Nicaragua Re-Establishes North Korea Ties
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/18/95736.shtml?s=os Nicaragua Re-Establishes North Korea Ties MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The leftist administration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has re-established formal diplomatic relations with North Korea and rejected criticism of the Asian country's nuclear weapons program, the government said Thursday. Relations between the two countries had been suspended since 1990, when Violeta Barrios de Chamorro defeated Ortega in presidential elections and ended 11 years of rule by Ortega's Sandinista Front. As a former Marxist revolutionary and socialist president, Ortega fought a 10-year war with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. But Ortega returned to office in January, and on Wednesday he revived relations when he received the credentials of North Korean Ambassador Jae Myong So, the Ministry of Communication said. It isn't right, it isn't fair that some countries that arm themselves then want to prohibit others from arming themselves in self-defense, Ortega said in an apparent reference to the United States. Ortega was scheduled to meet Thursday with North Korea's assistant foreign minister, Kim Hyong Jun, during his three-day visit here. Ortega says he has moderated his views since he led the 1979-1990 Sandinista government. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] White House Backs Ban on F-14 Parts for Iran
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8602280343 White House Backs Ban on F-14 Parts for Iran TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The White House took steps to make it harder for Iran to acquire parts for its F-14 fighter jets, voting to ban the Pentagon from selling leftover spares from its retired Tomcat fleet to anyone but museums. Originally a separate measure called the Stop Arming Iran Act, the ban was added to a $646 bln bill to fund the military in the budget year that starts Oct. 1. The House approved the legislation Thursday. A Senate vote is still needed, AP reported. The proposed ban comes as the Defense Department continues a voluntary review of F-14 parts to determine whether it could sell any on the surplus market without jeopardizing national security. Iran is the only country known to be trying to keep F-14s flyable. The F-14 legislation's lead sponsors, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., contend that broad restrictions on the parts sales are needed to help prevent sensitive components from accidentally slipping into Pentagon surplus auctions and from there, into Iran's hands. The legislation would allow only US museums and historical groups to buy Tomcat parts, and would prohibit the granting of export licenses for any F-14 components. I believe that the process needs to be tightened up and now that I've really been made much more aware of the problems that can arise, I plan to be more vigilant on future problems, said Giffords, whose district includes Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, where many retired F-14s are stored. The Stop Arming Iran Act was the first bill introduced by the first-term congresswoman, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Should the defense funding bill fail to become law, Giffords plans to pursue the F-14 parts measure in its original form as separate legislation. The United States let Iran buy F-14s in the 1970s when the countries were on good terms. The US military retired its Tomcats last year. The Pentagon originally planned to destroy components unique to the F-14 but sell thousands of others that could be used on multiple types of aircraft. Giffords said that any F-14s that went to historical groups would have to be demilitarized, made useless for military purposes, but that it was important to preserve examples of the jet for former F-14 pilots, military historians and future engineers to see. She noted that her fiancé's brother flew the Tomcat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Army Punished 2 Officers in '06 After Failures in Iraq Ambu sh
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/world/middleeast/18military.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/world/middleeast/18military.html?_r=1ore f=slogin oref=slogin Army Punished 2 Officers in '06 After Failures in Iraq Ambush By http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/z/paul_von_zielb auer/index.html?inline=nyt-per PAUL von ZIELBAUER An Army general relieved a company commander and a platoon leader of their commands last year after enlisted men were ambushed and killed by insurgents at an isolated observation post south of Baghdad in June 2006, Army officials said yesterday. An Army investigation into the circumstances of the attack, which killed one soldier immediately and resulted in two others being kidnapped and later killed, concluded that they had been left for up to 36 hours without supervision or enough firepower or support to repel even a small group of enemy fighters. The investigative report, by Lt. Col. Timothy Daugherty, a deputy brigade commander with the Fourth Infantry Division, which the soldiers were attached to at the time, recommended that the platoon leader and company commander be given written reprimands. But Lt. Gen. James D. Thurman, the commander of American forces in Baghdad last year, went a step further, Army officials said, and relieved the company commander, Capt. John Goodwin, and the platoon leader, First Lt. Timothy Norton, of their duties. This was an event caused by numerous acts of complacency and a lack of standards at the platoon level, Colonel Daugherty wrote in a nine-page summary of his report. The shortcomings of standards at the platoon level was compounded by company leadership that was not engaged in enforcing standards. The insurgent attack, on June 16 near Mahmudiya, killed three soldiers from Company B of the First Battalion, 502nd Infantry. Specialist David J. Babineau of Springfield, Mass., was killed in the attack, and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca of Houston and Pfc. Thomas Tucker of Madras, Ore., were abducted. Their bodies were found three days later, badly mutilated and booby-trapped with bombs. The Associated Press first reported the investigation's findings yesterday morning. The Army's V Corps, in Heidelberg, Germany, where General Thurman is currently the commander, released a statement yesterday confirming the report's conclusions and the reassignment of the platoon and company commanders. In the summary of his findings dated June 28, 2006, Colonel Daugherty described the soldiers' platoon as demoralized and decimated. Seven soldiers, the report said, were killed during the platoon's rotation in http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ir aq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo Iraq - including a team leader, a squad leader and a platoon leader. And at the time of the ambush, five other soldiers from the platoon had been implicated in the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Mahmudiya and the killing of her and her family. Although the leaders of this platoon care and are staying in the fight, the platoon is frayed, Colonel Daugherty wrote. He recommended that the platoon be given immediate down time to recuperate. The three soldiers who were killed were at a remote outpost near a mobile bridge, more than two-thirds of a mile from the closest Army checkpoint, and were ordered to not allow insurgents to mine or destroy the structure. The platoon's senior enlisted man, in a statement to an Army lawyer two months later, called the outpost - with three men and one Humvee stationed behind a two-foot-high wall just 30 feet from a road with no traffic control checkpoint - a death trap. The soldiers called it the Alamo, because it was essentially your last stand, the soldier, Sgt. First Class Robert Gallagher, said in the statement to the Army lawyer. The statement was taken as part of the investigation of the Mahmudiya rape and killings, and it was given to The New York Times by David Sheldon, a civilian lawyer in that case. In his interview, Sergeant Gallagher called Captain Goodwin a good man who did not have enough soldiers or equipment to fulfill missions ordered by superiors. I felt it was the command above him, he said. A captain is not going to tell a battalion commander that he cannot complete a mission based on personnel and based on assets. Colonel Daugherty's report found that a quick reaction force in the area took 25 minutes to arrive at the scene of the ambush, where it found Specialist Babineau dead and the two other soldiers missing. The report criticized numerous aspects of the way the outpost was situated, supported and supervised. This platoon needs to take a hard look at its standards and discipline, the report said. The report found no major fault with the battalion, led by Lt. Col. Thomas G. Kunk, who supervised the company. But he recommended that the overseeing brigade commander, Col. Todd J. Ebel, issue Colonel Kunk a letter of concern on the need for an absolutely clear
[osint] If Iran Is Attacked, Tens of Thousands of Missiles Will Be Fired at Israel
If Iran is attacked there won't be anyplace to fire tens of thousands of missiles from...the Israelis will simply finish mopping up the Iranian terrorists on their borders too. B Friday Sermon in Iran: If Iran Is Attacked, Tens of Thousands of Missiles Will Be Fired at Israel http://jihadwatch.org/ 1938 Alert: Friday Sermon in Kerman, Iran: If Iran Is Attacked, Tens of Thousands of Missiles Will Be Fired at Israel; President Bush Should Be Sentenced to 100 Deaths, from http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD157807 MEMRI: The following are excerpts from a Friday sermon in Kerman, Iran, delivered by Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari. The sermon was aired on Kerman TV on May 6, 2007. To view this clip: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9P1=1444 http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9P1=1444. Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari: As you can see, the killing in Iraq is outrageous. That international criminal, George Bush... If there is any justice in the world, undoubtedly, this man and his ilk, without a doubt, should be sentenced to 100 deaths. There is no doubt about it. Meanwhile, they hold all the power in their hands, and the world has not yet begun to confront them the way it should, even though these peoples have great power. The power of the world of Islam is great. The governments are dependent [upon America], and so they prevent the Muslim peoples from doing anything, and even if they were to do anything, it would be ineffective. [...] The American threats are psychological warfare. You must know this. The Supreme Leader [Khamenei] recently said so. But let's assume that it isn't psychological warfare; with God's grace, our people, our strong army, our powerful Revolutionary Guards, our brave Basij volunteers - in sum, all our armed forces, of which we are proud - are in full readiness, and they will rub the invaders' noses in the mud. Crowd: Allah Akbar Allah Akbar [...] Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari: According to our officials and political analysts, this will not happen - I only said it for the sake of argument - because some of the American officials have a little sense, and they realize that their interests throughout the world would be in danger, and that the plundering Israel would also be attacked severely by us. America is doing all these things in order to ensure Israel's security. If it acts stupidly and invades an Islamic country - especially a country like Iran - it should bear in mind that Israel will come under a very severe attack. Several days ago, the stupid Israeli prime minister said: 'We can attack the Iranian nuclear industry with 10,000 cruise missiles, and delay it for another 10 years.' Our response is that if he is planning to fire 10,000 missiles, we will fire tens of thousands of missiles on Tel Aviv and Israel. Crowd: Allah Akbar Allah Akbar. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Taxi Drivers Alliance Wants Gym For Cabbies At JFK Airport
They want a place to pray, foot baths and now Taxi Drivers Alliance Wants Gym For Cabbies At JFK Airport May 18, 2007 New York cab drivers want the chance to blow off some steam after sitting in traffic all day. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance is pushing for a fitness and health center at JFK Airport, in a lot drivers use while they wait for fares at the airport. Nearly 6,500 drivers pass through the space every day. (Note: the majority of which are Muslims per google search) The Taxi Workers Alliance would have to finance the three-and-a-half million dollar project. The Port Authority says it will talk to the Alliance about the proposal, but there are currently no plans to move ahead with the project. http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1 http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1aid=69849 aid=69849 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Media Matters: Defaming Journalists, Getting Sued
Media Matters: Defaming Journalists, Getting Sued by Catherine http://www.humanevents.com/search.php?author_name=Catherine Moy Moy Posted 05/15/2007 ET http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20711 A controversial journalist and Republican activist has sued the left-wing Media Matters for America and its founder, David Brock, for slander and invasion of privacy, claiming the nonprofit is a, hate machine organized and orchestrated to smear conservatives and Republicans who dare to speak out against the liberal orthodoxy and manipulation in the nation's media. Anthony Andy Martin served Brock with the lawsuit on Thursday after Media Matters wrote a piece calling Martin an anti-Semite. In a letter dated March 30, 2007, Martin demanded a retraction and an apology with a notice that he would sue Brock and Media Matters for defamation/libel if the group did not comply. I am writing to ask that you retract your claims on both of your web sites that I am an anti-Semite and actually mentally ill as there is no basis in fact or law for such claims, Martin wrote in his letter for retraction. Brock attacked Don Imus. He has attacked Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. And he as also smeared me, Martin said. I am in good company with national media personalities. I have sued Brock and MMFA. He can defend his defamatory accusations in DuPage County, Illinois Circuit Court. I contacted Media Matters to speak with Brock about the lawsuit. He is very busy, said Katherine Ely, who answered Media Matters' phone. Ely said she did not know whether Brock was at work, but said a spokesman might call. Nobody has responded for comment. Martin previously lodged two legal claims relating to accusations that he was anti-Semitic and won settlements in both cases, Martin's lawsuit says. The defendants in those case are not named in the lawsuit. Media Matters for three years has monitored conservative media and attacked high-profile conservatives with provocative language and out-of-context quotations. Brock is a former attack dog who posed as a conservative and now claims he made up stories about such people as Anita Hill, who charged Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment during Thomas's confirmation hearings. Brock outlined his lies and conversion to liberalism in his 2002 book, Blinded By The Right. He launched Media Matters in 2004 after conferring with Hillary Clinton. David Brock has invented a new form of political organization: a tax-exempt group that is subsidized by taxpayers while Brock gets to spew his hate/smears, Martin said. The sympathetic left-wing national media love it. Media Matters began its attack on Martin after I appeared March 1, 2007, on KSFO's Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan's morning show in San Francisco. I spoke about my research on Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama, his attendance at an afro-centric church and how Obama misrepresented his education in Islam. I said that I had spoken with Martin, who began research on Obama several years ago when Martin was running in the Republican primary for the Senate seat now held by Obama. Media Matters ran a story the next day with the nearly incomprehensible headline, In reviving Obama smears, Morgan guest/co-author cited reported anti-Semite with well-documented ideation with a paranoid flavor and a grandiose character. It was a classic Media Matters' slur that relied partly on decades'-old reports. In an effort to discredit me, Brock's workers went after one person with whom I had spoken about Obama instead of reading my report published at MelanieMorgan.com and noting the array of sources I used. Brock's methods of madness have not changed since his days spent disemboweling the left; he has simply switched focus. Plaintiff has been the leading, and for a long time the only, national source of investigative information and commentary about Sen. Barack (Barry) Obama, and has published extensively on Obama's prevarications, Martin's lawsuit states. In response, the defendants (Media Matters) have sought to attack plaintiff and smear him on the Internet as an anti-Semite. Martin began reporting on Obama in 2004 and was the first to research and disclose the Muslim family history of Obama and his relatives . . . the lawsuit says. Other major media including the Los Angeles Times, England's Daily Mail, and the New York Times have confirmed much of Martin's reporting on Obama's religions. In addition to the charge of anti-Semitism, Media Matters also regurgitated snippets from others' reports suggesting Martin has suffered from mental illness. The insensitivity of Brock's organization is striking considering his own bout with mental issues as he was writing his mea culpa, Blinded by the Right. Martin has a long and storied past as a journalist, candidate for multiple elected offices, and civil rights advocate. He went to law school and has more recently written articles condemning George W. Bush and his links
[osint] Understanding the Worth of Our Nation
In the United States al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood - to name but a few terrorist organizations - have set up regional headquarters in Boston, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Tampa, Washington DC and over 38 other cities around the country. They are not only raising, laundering and funneling money back to the Middle East to support their terrorist organizations, they are setting up jihadi training camps right here in the United States. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=990859 Understanding the Worth of Our Nation By Frank Salvato It is difficult to value something when its worth is unknown. The adage of one child being given a toy only to leave it out in the rain to rust, never understanding the toy's worth, while another child - made to earn the same toy - is found to take care of it, valuing its worth, is a fitting analogy. This basic truth applies to our American heritage and the continued welfare of our nation. Most of us have never had to take up arms to protect our freedoms, our liberties, our rights as guaranteed under The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights, our http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fcxbaacab.0.x4gcaacab.ocnqa8bab.96ts=S0253p=http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fnational-archives-experience%2Fcharters%2Fcharter s.html Charters of Freedom. In most cases these gifts have been bequeathed to us from those of generations past who did have to serve, to protect and defend our nation and by those who valiantly volunteer to serve today. What is asked of us in return for this legacy of freedom is loyalty to the covenant between citizen and government, loyalty to our nation. Today, our country faces both a threat from abroad and a threat, in the form of ideological conflict, from within. Some among us choose to accentuate the imperfections of our nation. Some condemn our culture. And still others literally champion our nation's defeat and demise. Those who choose to diminish the significance of the United States' contributions to the world, do so in ignorance of the intent of the documents that charted the course for this great nation and the ideologies and principles that provided the foundation for the creation of our governmental covenant. September 11, 2001 signaled to the world that radical Islamofascists were serious in their declaration of war against the United States and her Western allies. As we move further away from http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fcxbaacab.0.dlzy55bab.ocnqa8bab.96ts=S0253p=http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fterrorism%2Finternational%2Ffatwa_1996.html Osama bin Laden's 1996 fatwa - his declaration of war - and as we progress in our examination of the inner-workings of this macabre ideology, it becomes increasingly evident that this conflict is a generational conflict and a confrontation as we have never experienced before. Those who criticize the use of the term Global War on Terror have a point but their point is a matter of semantics and all who argue this point are not genuine in their dissent. Many of those who argue this point do so from an ideological standpoint, using the linguistic argument to divert from the intended meaning of the phrase. The fact of the matter is that fundamentalist Islamofascism is being fought in countries around the world. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Somalia and Sudan, Indonesia and India to Paraguay, China, Russia, the UK, France and the United States, radical Islamists are training, planning and engaging in activities meant to cause harm to the west in general and particularly the United States and those who stand in her defense. In the United States al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood - to name but a few terrorist organizations - have set up regional headquarters in Boston, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Tampa, Washington DC and over 38 other cities around the country. They are not only raising, laundering and funneling money back to the Middle East to support their terrorist organizations, they are setting up jihadi training camps right here in the United States. http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fcxbaacab.0.asna84bab.ocnqa8bab.96ts=S0253p=http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.newmediajournal.us%2Fstaff%2Fp_williams%2F05122007.htm Dr. Paul Williams' recent expose on the Islamist jihadi training compound at Islamberg, New York stands as a clarion call to the American people - and the US Government - to awaken from their politically correct stupor to the reality that radical Islamist jihadis are here, now, and training among us for future attacks on our nation. Compounds (or hamaats) identical to the one found by Dr. Williams in Islamberg can be found in Hyattsville, Maryland; Red House and Falls Church, Virginia; Macon, Georgia; York, South Carolina; Dover, Tennessee; Buena Vista, Colorado; Talihina, Oklahoma; Tulare County and Commerce, California; and Onalaska, Washington. Dr. Williams
[osint] Governments using filters to censor Internet
Governments using filters to censor Internet, survey finds By Doreen Carvajal Friday, May 18, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/17/business/censor.php PARIS: With the aid of sophisticated software, government censorship of the Internet is spreading into a global phenomenon, with tech-savvy governments filtering forbidden themes from politics and human rights to sexuality and religion, according to a new academic survey of 40 countries. In the past five years, the practice has grown beyond a handful of countries, including Iran, China and Saudi Arabia, to 26 nations that block a wide range of topics as they adopt filtering techniques, according to an OpenNet Initiative report to be issued Friday in Oxford, England. It's an alarming increase, said Ron Deibert, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, one of four universities participating in the yearlong study along with Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. Once the tools are in place, authorities realize that the Internet can be controlled. There used to be a myth that the Internet was immune to regulation. Now governments are realizing it's actually the opposite. Instead of blocking static Web sites, governments are focusing on entire Internet-based applications like YouTube, Skype and Google Maps, according to the report. They also are adopting furtive, just-in-time filtering to knock out the Web sites of political opposition groups during critical election periods, Deibert said. About 100 researchers studied thousands of Web sites and discovered 200,000 examples of Internet filtering. Most of the countries evaluated in the study filtered out a wide set of themes, suggesting that once nations adopt blocking tools, they expand their range. Countries like China, Iran, Syria, Tunisia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Oman and Pakistan followed a broad approach, accord to the report. Tunisia, which was host to a United Nations summit on the information society in 2005, focused on four themes: human rights, political opposition to the government, pornography and anonymizer sites that offer tools to circumvent controls online. But there are territorial differences. Vietnam and Uzbekistan tend to focus mostly on local content while largely ignoring international Web sites. Middle Eastern countries pay more attention to international news, with Iran blocking the BBC's site. Saudi Arabia focuses on censoring social content like pornography and gambling, though it also restricts political sites critical of the Saudi monarchy or non-Sunni Islam sites. This balance mirrors the use of commercial software, generally developed in the West, to identify and block Internet content, according to the study. One of the more popular software tools is SmartFilter, a product of Secure Computing in San Jose, California, which is used by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Sudan and Tunisia. In Tunisia's case, researchers found that when they tried forbidden sites, a page that looked like an Internet Explorer browser default page was displayed to disguise that censorship was taking place. The report also found that some countries pursued only specific approaches or exerted little control over the online universe. South Korea filters only North Korean sites, many of them originating in Japan. Jordan, Morocco and Singapore were also sparing, filtering just a handful of sites. Researchers discovered no evidence of filtering in more than a dozen of the surveyed countries, among them Russia, Venezuela, Egypt, Hong Kong, Israel and Iraq. The United States and much of Europe were not studied in the survey because in those countries, filtering is focused primarily on copyright infringement issues and is generally pursued in the private sector. In contrast, according to the report, Internet censors in the 40 countries surveyed did not filter in connection with intellectual property rights. The research was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. In Iraq, researchers limited their testing to the civilian networks and did not include the network run by the U.S. military. Earlier this week, officials with the U.S. Department of Defense announced plans to block a dozen Web sites. The military grid includes more than five million computers, which are now barred from sites like YouTube, MySpace and two popular Internet radio sites, Pandora.com and Live365.com. The U.S. authorities said they had taken the step as a pre-emptive measure to prevent the sites from clogging the networks, although they said that had not happened yet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE
