[osint] MOHAMMED THE PROPHET AND WHY ISLAM HATES THE JEWS

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
MOHAMMED THE PROPHET AND WHY ISLAM HATES THE JEWS Excerpted from new book, Roadmap to Nowhere Balfour Books, www.balfourbooks.net By Dr. Yitzchak Ben Gad, Israeli Consul General, 2005 Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), the great Arab historian, in The Introduction to History, defines the loss of col

[osint] Rather Interview Staged

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE: The National Conservative Weekly Since 1944 Rather Interview Staged Posted Mar 22, 2005 Could Dan Rather be in trouble again? A new book on Castro tells of a staged Dan Rather interview that was master-mind

[osint] Mexico/USA border tensions at an all time high

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Mexico/USA border tensions at an all time high by Hector Carreon La Voz de Aztlan Los Angeles, Alta California - March 18, 2005 - (ACN) Tensions along the Mexico/USA border in Arizona are at an all time high and increasing as April 1st, the day the Minutemen vigilantes are to

[osint] Attorney General Thanks La Raza Militants

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
OK, this may explain why the border remains open and uncontrolled. -Bruce Attorney General Thanks La Raza Militants by William F. Jasper March 22, 2005 http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/article_1034.shtml Alberto R. Gonzales, President Bush’s newly confirmed replacement f

[osint] How to enter the USA illegally and not get caught

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.sre.gob.mx/tramites/consulares/guiamigrante/page1.htm The "How to enter the USA illegally "guide. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent

[osint] China and Oil: The Middle East Dimension

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/print.php PolicyWatch #898 China and Oil: The Middl

[osint] FW: A Morsel of Goat Meat

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
I first arrived in Ethiopia in 1977.I still remember Ethiopians wishing for the pre-revolution days of the Emperor (overthrown in 1974).every other African country I served in or visited afterwards, the common people fondly remembered the European colonialists.they are right, Africa was better

[osint] TURKEY: "US-Turkish Relations Go Wobbly Now Over Syria"

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Consider the source and don't put too much credibility in this report...there is no love lost between Syria and Turkey. -Bruce US-Turkish Relations Go Wobbly Now Over Syria By K Gajendra Singh Al-Jazeerah, March 23, 2005 When it appeared that the acrimonious airing of differences between Na

[osint] QATAR: "Doha blast only the beginning"

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Terror group warns of more attacks in region 'Doha blast only the beginning' By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, March 23, 2005 DUBAI: A shadowy Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near a British school in Qatar has vowed to carry out attacks against oil install

[osint] Running Out of Time in Kyrgyzstan

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 COMMENTARY Running Out of Time in Kyrgyzstan By ARIEL COHEN March 23, 2005 The sand in Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev's clock is running out. His secular opposition has taken over

[osint] Mullahs the Limit

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 REVIEW & OUTLOOK Mullahs the Limit March 23, 2005 Laleh Seddigh is going places -- fast. Nicknamed the "Little Schumacher," the 28-year-old race car driver recently became the firs

[osint] Diana West: Facing new evil empires

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Townhall.com Facing new evil empires Diana West (back to web version) | Send March 22, 2005 It's strange yet appropriate to be discussing Lebanon again, where the United States began its war on Islamic terror in 1983. Or, rat

[osint] When People Power Boils Over

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 COMMENTARY When People Power Boils Over By DAVID LEWIS March 23, 2005 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- First Georgia, then Ukraine, now Kyrgyzstan? Like its former Soviet sisters, popular

[osint] Giving Till It Hurts

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 BOOKS Giving Till It Hurts By CLAUDIA ROSETT March 23, 2005; Page D8 Upfront I must acknowledge a debt to Jeffrey Sachs. One night a decade back, when I was reporting for this ne

[osint] Kofi Annan's idea of "reform" is more of the same--and lots more money.

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
OpinionJournal WSJ Online THE REAL WORLD In Deep Trouble Kofi Annan's idea of "reform" is more of the same--and lots more money. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST There he goes again. "This hall ha

[osint] Another Chinese Internet Battle

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 REVIEW & OUTLOOK Another Chinese Internet Battle March 23, 2005 Yet another battle in the ongoing war between Chinese authorities and Internet freedoms has culminated with Beijing'

[osint] Send in the Clowns

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 REVIEW & OUTLOOK Send in the Clowns March 23, 2005 In one memorable scene in Monty Python's "Life of Brian," the character played by John Cleese tries to rally his less-than-eager

[osint] North America the Beautiful

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 COMMENTARY North America the Beautiful By JOHN P. MANLEY, PEDRO ASPE and WILLIAM F. WELD March 23, 2005; Page A14 When the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States meet fo

[osint] Out of Service

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2005 REVIEW & OUTLOOK Out of Service March 23, 2005 The rhetoric over a proposed liberalization of the European Union's services market has reached a hysterical pitch in recent weeks. O

[osint] U.S. and Argentina Fail to Renew Military Exercises

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Washington has asked some countries like Argentina to sign immunity agreements which exempt U.S. nationals from the International Criminal Court. The United States fear soldiers could be used in local rights cases as political pawns.A U.S. Embassy official, who asked to remain anonym

[osint] Philippine Army Finds Bombs for Easter Attack

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
March 23, 2005 Philippine Army Says Finds Bombs for Easter Attack By REUTERS Filed at 4:42 a.m. ET MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine military said on Wednesday it arrested a suspected Muslim militant and found bombs believed to have been stashed for attacks in Manila during this week's Easter c

[osint] Drug Money Laundering Scheme

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
These Muslims are doing more than money-laundering for drug dealers. -Bruce Four Chicago Auto Dealers Arrested Wednesday March 23, 2005 4:31 AM By MAURA KELLY LANNAN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) - A prosecutor announced federal racketeering conspiracy charges Tuesday ag

[osint] Terrorist Details Training, Plots

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
(3/23/2005): Terror Suspect Details Training, Plots By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press Writer 4:55 AM PST, March 23, 2005 MANILA, Philippines - A terror suspect on Wednesday said the southern Philippines has become a major training ground for regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah -- graduating

[osint] UPI: Bush summit shadowed by border security concerns

2005-03-23 Thread Shaun Waterman
Please find below an example of UPI's continuing coverage of intelligence reform and related matters. A shorter version appeared on page A5 of Wednesday's Washington Times. I hope you find it interesting. You may link to the web version - which will be updated with material from Crawford, Texas du

[osint] South Korea's leader speaks of "diplomatic war" against Japan

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: "There could be a hard diplomatic war ... that may reduce exchanges in various sectors and cause economic difficulty," Roh said in a statement posted on the presidential office website"But we do not have to worry much about it ... we are determined to take the hardship on our shoulde

[osint] Blast at Anti-Syrian Stronghold Kills 3

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: The intensity of the political battle over Syria's troops in Lebanon has raised fears of a return to the sectarian violence of the civil war. So far, however, the political factions do not conform to religious boundaries, with Christians and Muslims on both sides of the debateOn Wedn

[osint] Europe 'won't block Wolfowitz'

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Concern over Wolfowitz's nomination prompted more than 1,300 European aid organizations to put their names to a statement voicing "strong concern" about Wolfowitz's nomination, Reuters reported Tuesday."We fear his appointment risks the bank becoming seen as a tool of the current con

[osint] Coalition Forms to Oppose Parts of Antiterrorism Law

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The New York Times March 23, 2005 Coalition Forms to Oppose Parts of Antiterrorism Law By ERIC LICHTBLAU ASHINGTON, March 22 - Battle lines were drawn Tuesday in the debate over the government's

[osint] Investment Bubble Builds New China

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The New York Times March 23, 2005 Investment Bubble Builds New China By JOSEPH KAHN ANGSHUO, China - Nature spent millennia carving the jagged limestone mountains of Guangxi Provinc

[osint] Pakistan Is Booming Since 9/11, at Least for the Well-Off

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
More innumeracy from the left, this time economic innumeracy. I bet the author of this hit-piece can't even pronounce "Pareto", much less know who he was. Idiots. The "poor" will always be with us, as the old saw goes, but what most leftists don't understand is that modern technology creates pau

[osint] Iraqi Civilians Fight Back Against Insurgents

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The New York Times March 23, 2005 Iraqi Civilians Fight Back Against Insurgents By ROBERT F. WORTH BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 - Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents w

[osint] Israel Turns Blind Eye to 500 Fugitive Palestinian Terrorists` Private Arsenals

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
DEBKAfile - We start where the media stop Israel Turns Blind Eye to 500 Fugitive Palestinian Terrorists' Private Arsenals DEBKAfile Exclusive Counter-Terrorism Report March 23, 2005, 3:18 PM (GMT+02:00) Not for use at weddings Attended by a flo

[osint] A Morsel of Goat Meat

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
The New York Times March 23, 2005 OP-ED COLUMNIST A Morsel of Goat Meat By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF inga, Zimbabwe - The hungry children and the families dying of AIDS here are gut-wrenching, but some

[osint] Iraqi Navy takes part in first GCC event after three decades

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Among the participants in the eight-day exercise, which started yesterday, is a Pakistani contingent. Pakistani mission commander, Captain Asif Saleem, described their participation in the exercise as an opportunity to cooperate with regional forces to help protect the area, which he de

[osint] Religion back in Pakistani passports

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
>>> AsiaNews.it <<< 23 March, 2005 PAKISTAN Religion back in passports Islamabad (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Pakistani passports might still indicate the bearer's religious affiliation, this if recommendations by a five-member ministerial committee

[osint] Richard Rahn's "The Taxing of Nations" (The National Interest)

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:43:22 EST Subject: Richard Rahn's "The Taxing of Nations" (The National Interest) To: undisclosed-recipients: ; The National Interest Issue Date: Spring 2005, Posted On: 3/17/2005 The Taxing of Nations by Richa

[osint] 'Dozens' of Aussies with terror links

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Muslims, not "Aussies". -Bruce Dozens of Aussies with terror links 'Dozens' of Aussies with terror links Patrick Walters and Greg Roberts March 24, 2005 UP to 80 people in Australia have trained or had close links with terrorist groups, including al Qa'ida, but most will probably

[osint] Scraping the bottom of the barrel

2005-03-23 Thread R.A. Hettinga
"Peak Oil" is the new "Global Warming". "Peak Oil" has been predicted Real Soon Now for at least the last 40 years. Whether we get to Real Soon Now, um, real soon now, or not, is anybody's guess, but I bet that when it *ever* happens, it will be about as "calamitous" as "Peak Whale Oil" was in th

[osint] Gas pipeline blown up in Pakistan

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Ethnic minority Baluch rebels have been waging a low-level uprising in the province for decades for greater economic and political autonomy, but they have recently stepped up attacks on targets such as natural gas pipelines, electricity pylons and railway lines. Security has been tig

[osint] Bajram Kosumi wants ethnic Albanians to reach out to Serbs

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Kosumi, 45, is the handpicked successor of ex-prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, 36, the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander who resigned this month to answer charges of war crimes at the Hague tribunalThe new government is the first since the war of 1998-99 to have no former

[osint] Ecuador police fire tear gas on Congress

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Quintana abruptly ended the legislative session late Tuesday just as the opposition appeared on the verge of mustering enough votes to block a government-backed candidate from consideration for the attorney general post.] Ecuador police fire tear gas on Congress Opposition lawmakers had

[osint] Four dead in oil refinery blast

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
Four dead in oil refinery blast >From correspondents in Washington March 24, 2005 From: Agence France-Presse http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12645856-23109,00.html AT least four people were killed today in a massive explosion at BP's biggest oil refinery in the United States, the British

[osint] Islamists See Opening in Central Asia Chaos

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: Hizb ut-Tahrir, or the Party of Liberation, has a following among the young in Central Asia. It has called for Islamic rule to replace secular governments and unite the Muslim world. And its pamphlets criticize U.S. bases established in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan after the Sept. 11, 2001

[osint] Groups slam Indian passage of patent law

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt:The changes in patent rights stem from India's membership in the World Trade Organization, which enhances the country's participation in global trade but requires it to enforce stricter patent rules for its US$5 billion (euro3.8 billion) pharmaceutical industry..A key concern relates

[osint] Re: [American Woodworking Guild] Four dead in oil refinery blast

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
Four dead in oil refinery blast >From correspondents in Washington March 24, 2005 From: Agence France-Presse http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12645856-23109,00.html AT least four people were killed today in a massive explosion at BP's biggest oil refinery in the United States, the British

[osint] update: re: Huge blast at BP oil refinery in Texas, four reported dead

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: "BP can confirm the incident has caused multiple injuries and that one person has been life-flighted from the scene. Plant officials have not confirmed any fatalities," it said."There is no information at this time regarding the cause or extent of damage."an official with the Tex

[osint] Colombian Rebels Kill 10 Marines in Jungle Ambush

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: The Marxist rebel army known as FARC emerged from a long period of relative inactivity this year and killed more than 50 government troops in February.It was an embarrassment for the armed forces, which had been saying the rebels were on the retreat after four decades of guerrilla wa

[osint] Colombian Rebels Kill 10 Marines in Jungle Ambush

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
AWG ONLY This appears to me to be evidence that FARC may be adopting the IED ambush method. AWG ONLY UNRESTRICTED http://199.181.132.144/International/wireStory?id=608023 Mar 23, 2005 — BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian rebels detonated a roadside bomb on Wednesday, killing 10 marines in

[osint] Malaysia's floggers get pay rise

2005-03-23 Thread Mike Lee
[Excerpt: With threats to flog an estimated half a million illegal migrants thought to be hiding in Malaysia, prison officers could be in for a major windfallforeigners caught and convicted of immigration offences can be whipped up to six times.] http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/

[osint] Holy War on the Home Front

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Holy War on the Home Front By Jamie Glazov FrontPageMagazine.com | March 23, 2005 Frontpage Interviews guest today is Harvey Kushner, a Long Island University professor of Criminal Justice and a federal government counterterrorism ad

[osint] France's Turkish problem

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050322-020021-4706r.htm Walker's World: France's Turkish problem By Martin Walker UPI Editor Washington, DC, Mar. 22 (UPI) -- One swallow may not make a summer, but two opinion polls make a trend. And French voters have now twice in a week recorded a sm

[osint] Here's how Iran got the W88

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453445.039583.ht ml U.S. catches China transferring WMD tech to Iran SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, March 15, 2005 WASHINGTON The United States has charged that China continues to supply unconventional weaponry and dual-us

[osint] Cairo declaration signals birth of new PLO

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10971 Cairo declaration signals birth of new PLO Bakir Rahmanovic ISN ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/03/05) - Three days of talks between Palestinian factions ended on Thursday with initial agreement on the integration of all signatory groups into the Pal

[osint] Kyrgyz protesters seize govt buildings

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10978 Kyrgyz protesters seize govt buildings ISN ISN SECURITY WATCH 21/03/05) - Thousands of protesters seized seven government buildings in the southern Kyrgyz cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad on Monday, forcing security forces to flee in the latest

[osint] Al Qaida tracked entering Indonesia

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Al Qaida tracked entering Indonesia Authorities in Indonesia identified four members of Al Qaida who recently entered the Southeast Asian state through East Timor. The government identified the Al Qaida members as Feroz Abu Bakar Ganchi and Zubair Ismail fr

[osint] Khan passed centrifuge to Iran

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Khan passed centrifuge to Iran Pakistan's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said last week that nuclear technician A.Q. Khan supplied Iran with a centrifuge. "He had given a centrifuge to Iran in his individual capacity and the government of Pakistan

[osint] German intelligence: Al Qaida using Internet

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ German intelligence: Al Qaida using Internet Al Qaida is using the Internet to conduct "virtual training" for terrorist recruits, Germany's intelligence and security services stated. Islamist extremists are recruiting young people from mosques and prisons

[osint] Egypt to cooperate with Israel on military intelligence in 'sea change'

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Egypt to cooperate with Israel on military intelligence in 'sea change' TEL AVIV — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has agreed to begin the exchange of intelligence between the Egyptian and Israeli militaries, Israeli officials said. They said Mubarak and Def

[osint] Israel hears calls to upgrade military intelligence

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Israel hears calls to upgrade military intelligence TEL AVIV — Israel's military has been urged to modernize its intelligence corps. Leading analysts and parliamentarians are calling on military intelligence to upgrade its training to prepare soldiers to pr

[osint] Egypt tightens security at Suez Canal

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Egypt tightens security at Suez Canal CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have increased security measures to prevent an Al Qaida attack on the Suez Canal. Egyptian officials said authorities have imposed new restrictions to ensure protection of ships using the can

[osint] Assassination of Chechen leader opens insurgency to full Al Qaida control

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Assassination of Chechen leader opens insurgency to full Al Qaida control Russian sources said the killing of Maskhadov reflected a high-level decision by the Kremlin. The intelligence community had long followed Maskhadov, with informants throughout Chechny

[osint] Russia trains 1,000 Iranians as nuclear technicians to operate Bushehr plant

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Russia trains 1,000 Iranians as nuclear technicians to operate Bushehr plant MOSCOW — Russia has accelerated an effort to train more than 1,000 Iranian technicians to operate the Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran in 2006. Officials said Russian institutes hav

[osint] Bahrain sees Iran's hand behind Shi'ite unrest, calls ambassador on the carpet

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Bahrain sees Iran's hand behind Shi'ite unrest, calls ambassador on the carpet ABU DHABI — Bahrain has reason to believe that Iran is behind anti-regime activities in the kingdom. Arab diplomatic sources said Bahrain's intelligence services have obtained ev

[osint] Why Syria loves Lebanon: Billions in skimmed revenues, Bekaa Valley's drug parad

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Why Syria loves Lebanon: Billions in skimmed revenues, Bekaa Valley's drug paradise, top-secret WMD tunnels President Bashar Assad loves little Lebanon because he and his cronies have been sucking their neighbor dry for years. Lebanon feeds billions of dolla

[osint] Al Qaida's threat to the U.S.: Three scenarios

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Al Qaida's threat to the U.S.: Three scenarios How good is Al Qaida? It's a question constantly being asked by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement. Thirty months after 9/11, neither the CIA nor the FBI has uncovered one plot by Al Qaida to actually strike t

[osint] Can Hezbollah and Hamas Be Democratic?

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2479 Can Hezbollah and Hamas Be Democratic? by Daniel Pipes New York Sun March 22, 2005 http://www.nysun.com/article/10925 [Original NY Sun title: "Methods Matter Less Than Goals"] If Al-Qaeda renounced terrorism, would the U.S. government welcome its running

[osint] Israel, U.S. Test Compatibility of Arrow, Patriot Units

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=719559&C=mideast Posted 03/21/05 09:31 Israel, U.S. Test Compatibility of Arrow, Patriot Units By BARBARA OPALL-ROME, TEL AVIV Israel and the United States are honing their cooperation on anti-missile systems through joint production of the Arrow inter

[osint] Israeli Planners Cling to Power-Projection Concept

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=725366&C=mideast Israeli Planners Cling to Power-Projection Concept By BARBARA OPALL-ROME, TEL AVIV Despite last year's resounding rebuff by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) General Staff, senior military officials here still harbor hopes of deploying an

[osint] SHURAT HADIN: JUNE 2005 "ULTIMATE MISSION TO ISRAEL"

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=24632 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 SHURAT HADIN: JUNE 2005 "ULTIMATE MISSION TO ISRAEL" SHURAT HADIN ANNOUNCES ITS JUNE 2005 "ULTIMATE MISSION TO ISRAEL" For Immediate Release MARCH 22, 2005 SHURAT HADIN ANNOUNCES ITS JUNE 2005 MISSION: ISRAEL THROUGH THE EYES

[osint] King of Jordan's Address at Arab Summit in Algiers King's Address at Arab Summit

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2005/Mar/23/24494700.htm Wednesday, March 23, 2005 King of Jordan's Address at Arab Summit in Algiers King's Address at Arab Summit in Algiers Algiers, March 23 (Petra-Jordan News Agency)--His Majesty King Abdullah II said that the roadmap peace plan is the only avai

[osint] Hamas Charter - unchanged before elections?

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.imra.org Background: Hamas Charter - unchanged before elections? Dr. Aaron Lerner 22 March 2005 It should be noted that while considerable attention was focused on the need to change the PLO's Charter that the extremely radical Hamas Charter has been ignored and it would appear th

[osint] Palestinian armed factions capitalise on truce to regroup

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6AQ4SV?OpenDocument Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP) Date: 22 Mar 2005 Palestinian armed factions capitalise on truce to regroup by Sakher Abu El Oun GAZA CITY, March 22 (AFP) - Palestinian militant groups, weakened by more than four years

[osint] Statement By ‘The Global Palestine Right of Return Coalition’

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=2&id=848 Time in Palestine 04:34:20 ã, 23/03/2005 Statements Statement By `The Global Palestine Right of Return Coalition' Regarding Ziyad al-Assali's Statements on the Right of Return 19/03/2005 The Global Palestine Right of R

[osint] Syrian-Pakistani relations are based on friendship, consultation and mutual unde

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.sana.org/english/headlines/22-03/syrian.htm Syrian-Pakistani relations are based on friendship, consultation and mutual understanding regarding all national, regional and international issues of common interest. In an report by SANA on Tuesday, Pakistani Ambassador to Syria Abdulmo

[osint] EU arms embargo against China slides into chaos

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/23/weu23.xml EU arms embargo against China slides into chaos By David Rennie in Brussels (Filed: 23/03/2005) The European Union's fragile consensus on lifting its arms embargo on China was crumbling last night as Tony Blair arrived fo

[osint] Bosnian Serbs launch 'Hague or Hell’ campaign

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10993 Bosnian Serbs launch 'Hague or Hell' campaign ISN SECURITY WATCH (23/03/05) - Bosnian Serb authorities have for the first time initiated a public campaign urging citizens in the country's Serb-dominated entity to help locate war crimes suspect

[osint] Australian spy calls for tougher anti-terror laws

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10991 Australian spy calls for tougher anti-terror laws ISN SECURITY WATCH (23/03/05) - Australia's intelligence chief has warned that potential terrorists were at liberty in the country because the evidence against them was insufficient for legal a

[osint] EU accused of ignoring Chechnya abuses

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10990 EU accused of ignoring Chechnya abuses ISN SECURITY WATCH (23/03/05) - A leading human rights group says the widespread disappearance of civilians in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya has now reached the level of a crime against humanity

[osint] US struggles to place pressure on N Korea

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10989 US struggles to place pressure on N Korea The US will have to face the reality that it may have to modify its current foreign policy strategy with North Korea in favor of the softer approach being pursued by South Korea, a stance that engages

[osint] Lebanon’s impasse

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10986 Lebanon's impasse As Lebanon enters the second week of talks on the formation of a national unity government, the political stand-off gripping the country since the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri on 14 February does not

[osint] Kenyan authorities 'tortured terrorism suspects'

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1330669.htm Last Update: Thursday, March 24, 2005. 10:00am (AEDT) Kenyan authorities 'tortured terrorism suspects' By Africa correspondent Zoe Daniel Amnesty International has accused the authorities in Kenya of torturing people suspected of involv

[osint] Terrorism threat discussed at Notre Dame

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.wndu.com/news/032005/news_41107.php Terrorism threat discussed at Notre Dame Posted: 03/23/2005 04:26 pm Last Updated: 03/23/2005 05:24 pm Notre Dame, IN - The threat of terrorism was a lecture topic for the Vice Chair of the 9/11 Commission on the Notre Dame campus Wednesday. Le

[osint] City Sets March 30 Showdown Over Joint Terrorism Task Force.

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://communique.portland.or.us/05/03/city_sets_march_30_showdown_over_joint_terrorism_task_force.html March 23, 2005 @ 02:27 PM City Sets March 30 Showdown Over Joint Terrorism Task Force. Past Statements From Feds May Mean Portland's Withdrawal Setting the stage for a likely confrontation

[osint] Amnesty faults Terrorism Bill

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=16201 Amnesty faults Terrorism Bill By Evelyn Kwamboka and Allan Kisia Amnesty International is concerned that the Suppression of Terrorism Bill will encourage a double standard system of justice in the country. In a memorandum to the Go

[osint] Terrorism suspect gets apology

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/03/23/a5.nat.apolog.0323.html March 23, 2005 Terrorism suspect gets apology By Bree Fowler The Associated Press DETROIT - A federal judge apologized on behalf of the U.S. government Tuesday to a Moroccan immigrant who was tried on terrorism

[osint] Blow-in-the-bag test for terrorism

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10116849 Blow-in-the-bag test for terrorism 24.03.05 By STEVE CONNOR Scientists in America are developing a way of testing the breath to see if someone has been exposed to a biological warfare agent during a terrorist attack. Dr Joany Jac

[osint] Israel Turns Blind Eye to 500 Fugitive Palestinian Terrorists` Private Arsenals

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1005 Israel Turns Blind Eye to 500 Fugitive Palestinian Terrorists` Private Arsenals DEBKAfile Exclusive Counter-Terrorism Report March 23, 2005, 3:18 PM (GMT+02:00) Attended by a flock of legal advisers, senior Shin Bet security service officers have bee

[osint] Kenya: Crackdown on "terrorism" violating human rights

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR320032005 AI Index: AFR 32/003/2005 23 March 2005 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE AI Index: AFR 32/003/2005 (Public) News Service No: 064 23 March 2005 Embargo Date: 23 March 2005 08:00 GMT Kenya: Crackdown on "terrorism" violatin

[osint] ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS LAW ON COUNTER-TERRORISM

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5472942&startrow=1&date=2005-03-23&do_alert=0 2005-03-23 15:04 * ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS LAW ON COUNTER-TERRORISM YEREVAN, March 23 (RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan) - The Armenian National Assembly has adopted the law On Counter Terro

[osint] U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow New Cooperation

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re_ap.aspx?re=U/US_CANADA_MEXICO Mar 23, 6:50 PM EST U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow New Cooperation. By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press Writer WACO, Texas (AP) -- President Bush and leaders of Mexico and Canada promised new cooperation Wednesday, yet dustups ove

[osint] British terrorism suspect attempts suicide

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=181636 British terrorism suspect attempts suicide Reuters One of the 10 men placed under the British government's new partial house arrest scheme for suspected terrorists was admitted to hospital at the weekend after taking an overdose of pills

[osint] Steps urged to curb terrorism

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.dawn.com/2005/03/23/nat24.htm 23 March 2005 Wednesday 12 Safar 1426 Steps urged to curb terrorism By Our Reporter ISLAMABAD, March 22: Ulema and scholars should work together to wipe out terrorism from society, said Parliamentary Secretary for Education Dewan Syed Jaf

[osint] Most terrorism suspects 'remain free'

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1330026.htm Last Update: Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 1:49pm (AEDT) Most terrorism suspects 'remain free' By Jeff Waters for The World Today The director-general of Australian spy agency ASIO says less than 10 per cent of those people associated wit

[osint] Broken Homes Blamed for Turning Youth to Terrorism

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=60962&d=24&m=3&y=2005 Thursday, 24, March, 2005 (13, Safar, 1426) Broken Homes Blamed for Turning Youth to Terrorism Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News RIYADH, 24 March 2005 — An unhappy home is the cause of youths going astray and eventually

[osint] Terrorism response team's drill goes well

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050323--1mi23drill.html Terrorism response team's drill goes well By Angela Lau UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER March 23, 2005 DEL MAR – Behind the simulated explosions and mock chemical weapon attacks yesterday morning was one message

[osint] U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a suspected guerrilla training camp

2005-03-23 Thread gwen831
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/23/africa/web.0323iraq.html Wednesday, March 23, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a suspected guerrilla training camp and killed 85 fighters, the single biggest one-day death toll for militants in months and the latest in a series

[osint] Sunnis now want to join Iraq politics

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Sunnis now want to join Iraq politics Sunni leaders met last weekend to unite in their cause and negotiate with Shiites and Kurds. By Jill Carroll | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor March 24, 2005 BAGHDAD - Two years after war dramatically changed Iraq's political la

[osint] Inside Islam's ''terror schools''

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Inside Islam's ''terror schools'' Cover story William Dalrymple Monday 28th March 2005 http://www.newstatesman.com/200503280010 Madrasas are Islamic colleges accused by the US of incubating terrorism and the attacks of 9/11. From Pakistan, William Dalrymple investigate

[osint] Pull the plug on pandering

2005-03-23 Thread David Bier
Congress is busy in this case trampling on the separation of powers doctrine (and States Rights; a conservative mantra) by dictating to the courts what cases they will hear and at what level. It is no surprise that the Federal courts have reacted by rejecting the parents motions. It is likely t

[osint] In Courts, Threats Have Become a Fact of Life

2005-03-23 Thread David Bier
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/national/20judges.html? March 20, 2005 In Courts, Threats Have Become a Fact of Life By DEBORAH SONTAG Last March, a federal prosecutor in Utah overseeing a racketeering case against a dozen members of the Soldiers of Aryan Culture received a chilling threat.

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