[osint] Um, `Could Bush be right?'

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0503060337mar06,1,4918463.sto ry?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed Um, `Could Bush be right?' Published March 6, 2005 Who on Earth wants to be known as the last foe of freedom? Not Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who Thursday joined a chorus of l

[osint] Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1034732,00.html Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Jon Stewart, the sage of Comedy Central, is one of the few to be honest about it. "What if Bush ... has been right about this all along? I feel like my world view will n

[osint] Iran will never agree to a permanent halt on enriching uranium

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050305/D88KR1J80.html Mar 5, 8:14 AM (ET) By ALI AKBAR DAREINI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Saturday it will never agree to a permanent halt on enriching uranium and warned that a more unstable Middle East would result from a U.S.-backed effort to haul Tehra

[osint] Philippine military arrest 4th suspect in Makati bombing

Philippine military arrest 4th suspect in Makati bombing http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/06/content_2657799.htm www.chinaview.cn 2005-03-06 16:56:14 MANILA, March 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The Philippine military said here on Sunday that they have arrested in Pagalungan to

[osint] Muslim PR machine

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1110123753273240. xml&storylist=jersey Muslims slam their portrayal as terrorists in '24' TV show By WAYNE PARRY The Associated Press 3/6/2005, 10:40 a.m. ET WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP)  A plate of spicy stuffed cabbage leaves

[osint] The Marxist-Islamist Alliance

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14191 Europe's Islamist Alliance By Amir Taheri July 12, 2004 When the US-led coalition invaded Iraq in March 2003, few would have imagined that the move might lead to the formation of an alliance between the radical Left and hard-line Islamis

[osint] Freed Italian hostage tells of hero's last moments

Freed Italian hostage tells of hero's last moments By Bruce Johnston and Philip Sherwell March 7, 2005 Sydney Morning Herald Nicola Calipari ... died in a hail of bullets in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari ... died in a hail of bullets in Baghdad. Photo: AP The Italian woman hostage freed in Iraq

[osint] Rome paid millions for reporter's release in Iraq

Rome paid millions for reporter's release in Iraq March 7, 2005 Sydney Morning Herald The Italian government paid up to $US6 million ($A7.67 million) for the release of kidnapped journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Iraq, the Milan-based Corriere della Sera reported, citing a senior Iraqi politic

[osint] OPEC Chief Concerned About Oil Prices

adwinds," he said.The record close on the New York Mercantile Exchange was set last October at $55.17 a barrel, although prices would have to surpass $90 a barrel to meet the inflation-adjusted peak set in 1980.] http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050306/D88LMBEO0.html OPEC Chief Concern

[osint] US comes to grips with 1,500 dead

[Excerpt: Polls show that public confidence in the war has eroded over the last yearOne year ago according to Gallup, 23% of Americans believed that the war in Iraq was a mistake. Now that figure is 47%.Gallup also says that nearly half of all Americans, 48% believe that neither side is wi

[osint] Police Blamed in Central American Gang Murders

[Excerpt: On the streets of Central America, rights activists say it is an open secret that rogue cops are using torture and murder to try to wipe out the gangs, known as "maras." "Everybody here talks about the executions -- men in blue, black and gray cars shooting at kids in poor neighborho

[osint] Communists set to retain control in Moldova

[Excerpt: Russia has fumed at the change in its former satellite, which was historically part of Romania, but became a Soviet constituent republic, accusing Moldova of deliberately seeking confrontation.After the "orange revolution" in its eastern neighbor Ukraine late last year, following a s

[osint] No Secrets: Eyes on the CIA

Posted 050303 by David Bier, CADRE Intel Mgr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7037720/site/newsweek/ No Secrets: Eyes on the CIA Newsweek March 7 issue - Aviation obsessives with cameras and Internet connections have become a threat to cover stories established by the CIA to ma

[osint] Turkish police detain women's rights protesters

[Excerpt: Turkish women do enjoy greater freedoms than those in many other Muslim nations. For decades they have had the right to vote, access to education and the right to divorce.But gender equality is not enshrined in the constitution, and religious tradition often prevents equal treatment.

[osint] Italian ex-hostage suggests she may have been US target

[Excerpt: Ruling party member Raffaele Costa said Sunday that parliament, which is due to debate an extention to the mission on March 14, should set a clear date for withdrawal. "It's time now that the responsible political forces define a way out that everybody can agree on."Communist lea

[osint] Senior Thai officials escape sacking

Senior Thai officials escape sacking [Excerpt: An independent commission laid most of the blame for the 26 October deaths on Lieutenant-General Pisarn Wattanawongkeeree as well as the assistant national police chief, Lieutenant-General Wongkot Maneerin, and Interior Ministry deputy permanent secre

[osint] Falling for freedom

Falling for freedom IAN MATHER AND BRIAN BRADY THE scenes were familiar, but seemed to be in the wrong place. Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the streets, camped out in tents, blew whistles and chanted "Freedom, sovereignty, independence!" as they waved their national flag. Peop

[osint] Terrorists at the Table

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-euterror6mar06,1,5515751 .story?coll=la-headlines-world Terrorists at the Table Islamic militants in Europe blend political sophistication and crude violence to influence events, as the bombings in Madrid showed. By Sebastian Rotella Tim

[osint] Richard Rahn: The UN - an economic menace

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Forum Published March 6, 2005 The U.N. - an economic menace The United Nations fancies itself a vehicle that reduces global poverty and increases economic wellbeing. But, in fact, the U.N. advocates policies that will do the opposite. U.N. report

[osint] China hopes EU-supplied firepower will make US think twice

[Excerpt: For example, a new class of guided-missile destroyers unveiled in 1999 uses Ukrainian gas turbine engines, German electrical systems, French radars, Russian sonar, Russian helicopters and Italian torpedos. But Shambaugh writes that the combination of systems and the lack of spare parts a

[osint] Italy Rejects U.S. Version of Iraq Shooting

Key point from this communist agitator: "She offered no evidence for her claim"... Bruce http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=555233 Italy Rejects U.S. Version of Iraq Shooting Mar 6, 2005 - By Robin Pomeroy ROME (Reuters) - Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, shot and wounded a

[osint] Taiwan frets over birth rate

[Excerpt: The difference could reflect contrasting economic outlooks, with China emerging as a global powerhouse while Taiwan worries about losing its competitivenessTaiwan's birth rate is only slightly above that of other more mature economies such as Hong Kong and Macau with just 0.9 childre

[osint] Operations stepped up in Iraq's Samarra to find Zarqawi

Evidently, Iraqi reports that he's been captured are, again, premature. Bruce Operations stepped up in Iraq's Samarra to find Zarqawi Published: 3/6/2005 SAMARRA, Iraq - Iraqi commandos and US soldiers Sunday stepped up operations in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in search for top wanted

[osint] Back off or suffer oil shock: Tehran

[Excerpt: If Washington did take the matter to the UN, Mr Rowhani said yesterday, Iran would "retract all the decisions it has made and the confidence-building measures it has taken". He said Iran's leaders "could be called upon to make new decisions", but did not provide any details on what t

[osint] Buffett, After $1.63 Bln Gain, Hopes Dollar Bet Fails (Update2)

[Excerpt: ``Policy makers continue to hope for a `soft landing,' meanwhile counseling other countries to stimulate (read `inflate') their economies and Americans to save more,'' Buffett wrote today.``In my view, these admonitions miss the mark: There are deep-rooted structural problems that wi

[osint] Terror starts with words

"He [bin Laden] and his followers frequently cite the following Islamic Hadith: "Judgment day shall not come until the Muslim fights the Jew, where the Jew will hide behind trees and stones, and the tree and the stone will speak and say, 'Muslim, behind me is a Jew. Come and kill him.' " It is no

[osint] Shot hostage disputes U.S. account

She's lying, that's what anti-American communists do. Of course CNN is taken in...they usually are. Bruce http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/06/italy.iraq/index.html Shot hostage disputes U.S. account Sunday, March 6, 2005 Posted: 9:24 AM EST (1424 GMT) ROME, Italy (CNN)

[osint] Saudi Daily: Andalusian Muslims Recall Mass Exodus

[Excerpt: "Morsicos's descendants in Morocco, who are concentrated in cities like Tangier, Fes, Marrakesh and Rabat, mark every year the fall of Granada and Al-Andalus, which was regained in 1492 by Spanish troops in the long process known as the Reconquista under the Catholic monarchs Isabella I

[osint] Polygamy in France affects half a million people

[Excerpt: Taking figures from several groups designed to help women immigrants in France, there are around 30,000 polygamous families in the country. Sociologist Isabelle Gillette-Faye reckons the average size of these families is 15 people, meaning that around half a million people are living in

[osint] UAE and German firms sign Dh3.6 billion deals

[Excerpt: The UAE Armed Forces signed two contracts. One contract was signed with Rheinmetall amounting to Dh768 million for the supply of specialised 33 systems to handle nuclear, biological and hazardous material. The contract was signed between GHQ, UAE Armed Forces and chairman of Rheinmetall,

[osint] Pre-paid crackdown in Singapore

[Excerpt: Mr Wong said that in terrorist incidents abroad, militants had exploited the anonymity offered by pre-paid cards to carry out their deadly missionsSingapore's Internal Security Department has found that the Sri Lankan separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Southeas

[osint] Nationals allowed to buy and sell land in Abu Dhabi

[Excerpt: However, industrial plots leased from the municipality are excludedThe law states that a citizen can sell a plot of land only after he has been in possession of the plot for at least five years and after securing written permission from the respective municipalityThe seller shoul

[osint] Battle rages over Kuwaiti women's rights ahead of parliament meeting

[Excerpt: In a rare move, the government has launched a media campaign on state-run television and radio stations to win public support for the bill, whose opponents have been holding near-daily public rallies."Women will not accept anything short of full political rights," Badriya al-Awadi, a

[osint] Lebanon's Hizbollah Says Will Not Lay Down Arms

Lebanon's Hizbollah Says Will Not Lay Down Arms Sun Mar 6, 2005 08:21 AM ET http://64.94.180.107/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7817707§ion=news BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hizbollah group will not lay down its weapons despite international pressure, because Lebanese still needed its gue

[osint] Russia focus of Moldova election

[Excerpt: The Communist party, led by President Vladimir Voronin, now controls 71 of parliament's 101 seats and is far in front in opinion polls with up to 60 percent support. Voronin, who came to power four years ago promising to boost ties with Moscow, now says the Kremlin threatens Moldova

[osint] Iraq sets day for assembly meet

[Excerpt: The Shia-backed United Iraqi Alliance won 140 seats in the 275-member interim parliament, and has chosen Ibrahim Jaafari as its candidate for prime ministerA two-thirds majority is required in the new assembly to elect the president and two vice-presidents, who will in turn appoint a

[osint] Shooting fallout consumes Italian press

[Excerpt: The turn of events in Iraq "risks having very serious political consequences", says La Stampa, and "not only because of the resurgence of anti-Americanism" among the Italian Left"Rather, it is the state of relations between the two governments, Italian and American, that has undergon