[osint] Muslim Bites Dog

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20060215/cm_ucac/muslimbitesdog;_ylt=A86.I2E8v fNDMw0BNQr9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20060215/cm_ucac/muslimbitesdog;_ylt=A86.I2E8vf NDMw0BNQr9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA-- Muslim Bites Dog

[osint] al-Fuqar: US and Pakistan

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/jamaat-ul- fuqra.htm Jamaat ul-Fuqra Formation Jamaat ul-Fuqra (JF) or "community of the impoverished", a terrorist outfit operating in Pakistan and North America, was formed by a Pakistani cleric, Sheikh

[osint] 325,000 Names on Terrorism List

"U.S. citizens make up "only a very, very small fraction" of that number, said an administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of his agency's policies. "The vast majority are non-U.S. persons and do not live in the U.S.," he added. An NCTC official refused to say how ma

[osint] Sharia attempt dead in Ontario, for now.

This pronounces Sharia dead in Ontario … for now. News Release Communiqué Ontario Logo _ Ministry of the Attorney General Ministère du Procureur général <http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2006/20060215-famend- EN.pdf> PDF V

[osint] Will Someone Please Lend This Guy a Hand?

"If the negotiations in Iraq do not yield a government acceptable to Sunnis," the Middle Eastern diplomat told me, "we could be looking at a civil war that becomes a regional conflict." "Last summer al-Zarqawi apparently received a letter—later released by the U.S. government—from the al-Qaeda lead

[osint] U.S. To Issue Newly Designed Us$100 Notes Next Year

U.S. To Issue Newly Designed Us$100 Notes Next Year The United States will roll out newly designed US$100 notes next year to enhance security of American currency, the Treasury Department said in its 2007 budget report. The department issued new $10 bills last year, new $50 notes in 2004, an

[osint] "'We have never considered Hamas a terrorist organization' says the Russian president."

Kinda makes Putain the wrong person to counsel HAMAS to give up terrorism then... Bruce http://online.wsj.com/article/SB11399679574165.html REVIEW & OUTLOOK Friends of Hamas Wall Street Journal editorial, 15 February 2006 The government of Hugo Chavez will receive representatives of

[osint] "...Martyrdom-seekers in the world are on full alert"

[mideastwire.com/] 1. German newspaper publishes offensive drawings of the Iranian football team 2. "...Martyrdom-seekers in the world are on full alert" German newspaper publishes offensive drawings of the Iranian football team Elaph, a web-based newspaper, reported in its February 14 e

[osint] Ignalinsk Nuclear Power Station Linked with Al-Qaeda & Teenage girl from Visaginas suspected of ties with al-Qaeda

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=530&id=649092 article Ignalinsk Nuclear Power Station Linked with Al-Qaeda Viktoria Zakurko, a Lithuanian citizen, was arrested in the UK last weekend suspected of links with al-Qaeda. British and

[osint] Breaking Ranks

"Wilson served with Condoleezza Rice on George H.W. Bush's National Security Council and plans to rewrite the cold war-era law controlling domestic eavesdropping in collaboration with House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner, who showed his willingness to oversee the Executive Branch

[osint] Afghan gas pipeline nears reality

"From the time it was first proposed in the early 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1,000-mile-long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline project, or TAP, has always had a certain unrealistic aura to it. Clearly Pakistan has a growing need for energy. Just as clearly, Turkmenistan

[osint] New border chief maps strategy

New border chief maps strategy Mike Madden Republic Washington Bureau Feb. 15, 2006 12:00 AM Arizona Republic WASHINGTON - The new director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Julie Myers, wants federal agents to make examples of high-profile violators of immigration laws, hoping o

[osint] Syrian Gov't Suggests Israel Created, Spread Avian Flu Virus

Ignorance and superstition have no place in modern politics... but then, Syrian politics are hardly modern. what's even more frightening is how readily this will be belived by the "Arab Street". /C _ =Special Dispatch - Syria February 16, 2006 No. 1094 Syrian Gov't Daily Sugg

[osint] The Camel Congress Built

The Camel Congress Built John Weisman | February 13, 2006 The camel, so the old story goes, was supposed to be a horse. Except that a committee designed it. Why am I telling you this? Because it has been just over a year since the Congress redesigned America's intelligence community. Today,

[osint] CAIR: Muslim Fifth Column project

Prophet focus of Muslim project Michael Clancy The Arizona Republic Feb. 15, 2006 12:00 AM An Islamic group with offices in Phoenix will conduct a yearlong, nationwide campaign to educate the public about the Prophet Mohammed. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, which pr

[osint] Pakistan: Islamic groups organised violence

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C15%5Cstory_15-2-20 06_pg1_2 Religious groups organised violence' LAHORE: The chain of violent incidents across the city on Tuesday was orchestrated by a group of trained young activists of religious organisations, sources in intelligence

[osint] UPI Analysis: The pressure of sunlight on the NSA warrantless wiretap program

Please find below an example of UPI's continuing coverage of the NSA warrantless counter-terrorist wiretap program, published Monday. I hope you find it interesting. You may link to it on the web here: http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20060213-115720-9645r If you have any comments or quest

[osint] Are Gas Prices Higher than Ever?

While recognizing that some oil companies are showing record profits, we still must ask: Is gasoline really overly expensive? Here is a good answer. _ABC News: John Stossel's "Myths, Lies and Nasty Behavior"_ (news: John Stossel's "Myths, Lies and Nasty Behavior") MYTH — Gas Prices A

[osint] Los Angeles Reassigns Officers For Homeland Security

Los Angeles Reassigns Officers For Homeland Security Posted: February 15th, 2006 11:29 AM EDT http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=6&id=28662 Xinhua General News Service The Los Angeles City Council on Monday passed an initiative to safeguard the city from possible terrori

[osint] The politics of fear (or how Tony Blair misled us over the war on terror)

"The Prime Minister's suggestion that the security services were demanding new powers in order to deal with a new category of terrorist suspect turns out to have been nonsense. His figure of " several hundred" terrorists plotting mayhem seems to have been plucked out of thin air." "In early 2003 ju

[osint] Quick Rise for Purveyors of Propaganda in Iraq

"Although Lincoln Group's work in Iraq is now under scrutiny in two Pentagon investigations, the firm is hunting for more government work. Last month, Mr. Bailey attended a going-away reception at the Virginia condominium of a mid-level government employee on her way to a new job at the American Em

[osint] U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies

"...the government said it would lose a total of nearly $35 billion in royalties to taxpayers by 2011 — about the same amount that Mr. Bush is proposing to cut from Medicare, Medicaid and child support enforcement programs over the same period." "...the White House bluntly promised to veto the Sena

[osint] Congress, even Democrats, backing down from criticism of NSA program

It seems as though, after being more informed about the legality of the program, and the successes of the program, Congress is going to back off their criticism and support the program. _http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR20060214018 12.html_ (http://www.washi

[osint] Afghan Suicide Bombings, Tied to Taliban, Point to Pakistan

"The tape appears to confirm Afghan officials' suspicions that the suicide bombings, which are largely a recent phenomenon in Afghanistan, were generated outside Afghanistan, and in particular from neighboring Pakistan." "The interrogations also indicated that the network behind the men was made up

[osint] Nine Condemned in Chemical Terror Plot

"Al-Zarqawi and three others received the death penalty in absentia. But the plot's alleged mastermind, Azmi al-Jayousi, and four co-defendants were in the courtroom when the judge handed down the sentence for the 2004 plot, which security officials foiled before it could be carried out. "Bin Laden

[osint] Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt

"The administration has obviously gotten the message that they need to be more forthcoming," Snowe said." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401812.html Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt White House Sways Some GOP Lawmakers By Charles Babington

[osint] Intelligence Breach Revealed In Dallas Terror Case

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_045210859.html Feb 14, 2006 8:05 pm US/Central Intelligence Breach Revealed In Dallas Terror Case Image Robert

[osint] Egypt unofficially blockades Palestinian transit to and from Gaza Strip

"Cairo has suspended permits for Palestinians to enter Egypt from Gaza or enter Gaza from northern Sinai. DEBKAfile's military sources report Cairo's warning to the Palestinian Authority and Hamas that the blockade would remain in force until they surrendered the abductors to Egypt." "The Egyptian

[osint] Cartoon Conflict Shows Cracks in the EU

"Ever since a Danish newspaper published 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and triggered sometimes violent protests against Denmark and the West in the Muslim world, the European Union has been casting about for a common position. So far, though, without success -- and as the EU lack of action

[osint] Moscow's Mideast Challenge to America

"By supporting Hamas, Russia might be hoping to signal to a number of groups in the Middle East that there is an option against the powerful hegemony of the United States in the region. It's also part of Russia's long-term bet since the country has a growing number of Muslims within its borders --

[osint] Terror suspect to be extradited to Spain

Terror suspect to be extradited to Spain http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1710359,00.html?gusrc=rss Staff and agencies Wednesday February 15, 2006 A man who experts say has the mental age of an eight-year-old can be extradited to Spain to face terrorism charges, the high court rule

[osint] Pentagon plans new arms to meet rivals like China

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-02- 03T195957Z_01_N03246816_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-USA-MILITARY.xml Pentagon plans new

[osint] Tehran secretly tested missile last month

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/article_1094638.php/German _newspaper_says_Tehran_secretly_tested_missile_last_month Intelligence and Terro

[osint] Prosecutors say Virginia conviction untainted by wiretap issues

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-bushplot0214feb14,0,4209489 .story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia Prosecutors say Virginia conviction untainted by wiretap issues By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. Prosecutors said Tuesday they had no reason to believe the gover