[osint] ADNOC Distribution enters Saudi market

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.discover-dubai.net/doc_cont.asp?id=106586 ADNOC Distribution enters Saudi market 12/25/2006 8:20:32 AM ABU DHABI: ADNOC Distribution has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Saudi Al Alaibi Corporation, a major supplier of petroluem products, to build a network o

[osint] Saudi budget underestimates oil hikes

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Comment_and_Analysis/10091924.html Saudi budget underestimates oil hikes Special to Gulf News Saudi Arabia's budget for 2007 is conservative on revenue but generous on spending. Yet, actual revenues are expected to change eventually with developments in the

[osint] Pakistan to Go Ahead With Trilateral Gas Pipeline Plan

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=90369&d=25&m=12&y=2006 Pakistan to Go Ahead With Trilateral Gas Pipeline Plan Azhar Masood, Arab News ISLAMABAD, 25 December 2006 --- Pakistan will go ahead with multimillion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India trilateral gas pipeline project despite the im

[osint] Afghan leader blames Pakistan for his own problems FM

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=937339 Afghan leader blames Pakistan for his own problems FM POL-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN Afghan leader blames Pakistan for his own problems FM ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 (KUNA) - Afghan allegations against Pakistan are baseless and President Hamid Karz

[osint] UAE to transfer $30m to Palestine

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.tradearabia.com/tanews/newsdetails_snECO_article116657_cnt.html UAE to transfer $30m to Palestine Posted: Monday, December 25, 2006 Dubai The UAE will transfer $30 million to the Palestinian Authority to ease the plight of Palestinians facing a Western boycott since Hamas took po

[osint] U.S. urges Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in tribal areas

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/25/eng20061225_335687.html U.S. urges Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in tribal areas: report The United States has asked Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in Waziristan tribal areas on the Pakistani-Afghan border against the sus

[osint] British forces storm Iraq police station to save prisoners

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061225/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestbritain British forces storm Iraq police station to save prisoners BASRA (AFP) - British forces have stormed the headquarters of a rogue Iraqi police unit, fearing that the officers were about to start killing up to 178 prisoners, a

[osint] Iran condemns tribal,religious discords:Hosseini

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=48335&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs Iran condemns tribal,religious discords:Hosseini Monday, December 25, 2006 - ©2005 IranMania.com Related Pictures Archived Pictire - Iran condemned certain moves in the region aimed at fannin

[osint] Energy: China builds LNG plants in Iran

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/25/content_767063.htm Energy: China builds LNG plants in Iran (Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2006-12-25 14:35 China National Offshore Oil Corp has confirmed signing a memorandum of understanding for a US$16 billion project to develop Iran's North Pars ga

[osint] Iran criticizes hypocrisy of Security Council over Israeli WMDs

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20061225&articleId=4260 Iran criticizes hypocrisy of Security Council over Israeli WMDs Global Research, December 25, 2006 FARS News Agency - 2006-12-24 Iran denounced UN sanctions imposed on its nuclear program, accu

[osint] Nigeria Violence Escalating

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2742/html/politic.htm#s198252 Nigeria Violence Escalating LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 24--Nigeria's separatist armed militant group in the southern Niger Delta, which admitted exploding bombs last week in oil city Port Harcourt, on Sunday warned it was stepping up its v

[osint] Saudi Arabia supports Yemeni anti-malaria program

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.sabanews.net/view.php?scope=f9129&dr=&ir=&id=124169 Saudi Arabia supports Yemeni anti-malaria program SANA'A, Dec. 24(Saba)-The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offered to Yemen a newbatch of the special equipment for the Yemeni National Anti- Malaria Programwithin the bilateral cooperati

[osint] Hamas Dismisses Israeli Concessions to Abbas

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/world/middleeast/25mideast.html Hamas Dismisses Israeli Concessions to Abbas Published: December 25, 2006 JERUSALEM, Dec. 24 --- Hamas, the militant Islamic faction that leads the Palestinian government, on Sunday dismissed as inconsequential the Israeli conces

[osint] Dangerous diplomacy

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Dangerous diplomacy Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition China and Russia are helping make the world a much more perilous place EVERY diplomatic road has its turnings. North Korea, which in October provocatively tested what it said was a nuclear bomb, has just rejoined the six-way talk

[osint] Honour among them

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Honour among them Dec 19th 2006 | GARDEZ AND PESHAWAR From The Economist print edition Thieves, murderers, rapists; and how the Pushtuns' ancient tribal code is fighting for survival against radical Islam IN A cinema hoarding in Peshawar's Khyber bazaar, Arbaz Khan brandishes a Kalashnikov rifle

[osint] Your base or mine?

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Your base or mine? Dec 19th 2006 | MANTA From The Economist print edition A looming fight over the drug war IT IS a little slice of middle America on the coast of Ecuador. At any given time, some 250 American servicemen live in college-style dormitories at an airstrip by the Pacific Ocean. Almos

[osint] The spectre of civil war

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
The spectre of civil war Dec 19th 2006 | RAMALLAH From The Economist print edition The Palestinian president's call for early elections may spark a bloody showdown "THE Arab world's only true democracy," is how Palestinians are fond of calling their quasi-state. But its democratic credentials ar

[osint] Princes at odds

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Princes at odds Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition Does an abrupt ambassadorial exit presage a fresh struggle for power? IF THERE is anything thicker, stickier and less transparent than crude oil, it is the inner workings of Saudi Arabia. This is why the abrupt resignation of Prince T

[osint] Spy scandals in eastern Europe reveal some damaging hang-ups

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
State insecurity Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition Spy scandals in eastern Europe reveal some damaging hang-ups WHEN spooks start mattering, democrats start worrying. Eastern Europe has shed the planned economy and oneparty rule. But the intelligence and security services still have

[osint] The next president, perhaps?

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
The next president, perhaps? Dec 19th 2006 | ABUJA From The Economist print edition The ruling party picks its man to be the country's next boss AN OBSCURE Muslim state governor looks set to succeed President Olusegun Obasanjo in April's election. The polls would then mark the first time in the h

[osint] How not to win a state

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
How not to win a state Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition The rejectionists of Hamas have brought Palestinians to the edge of civil war IT WAS obvious from the moment they did it, in January 2006, that the decision of Palestinian voters to put the Islamists of Hamas in charge of the

[osint] Gov. Schwarzenegger breaks leg skiing

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-12-24T065526Z_01_N23392095_RTRUKOC_0_US-SCHWARZENEGGER-ACCIDENT.xml&src=rss Austrian Colony Kalifornia Gov. Schwarzenegger breaks leg skiing Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:55am ET144 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Austrian Colony Kaliforn

[osint] Think before you shoot

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Think before you shoot Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition A new field manual teaches American forces how to fight elusive insurgents AMERICA is no stranger to "small wars": those messy conflicts where the hard part is not to destroy the enemy but to identify him and where there are no

[osint] Qassam hits strategic facility in Ashkelon

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Qassam hits strategic facility in Ashkelon Agreed upon truce breached once again as Palestinians in northern Gaza fire three rockets toward Negev area; one strikes strategic facility in Ashkelon, damage done to structures Anat Bereshkovsky YNET Latest Update: 12.25.06, 10:38 www.ynetnews.com/art

[osint] Faith in the market

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Faith in the market Dec 19th 2006 | ROME AND TOUBA, SENEGAL From The Economist print edition Behind the street markets of Italy, there is a network of African Muslims offering a new response to globalisation AS ANY recent visitor to Rome can report, Italy's urban landscape has a new feature, as c

[osint] FBI is rebuked on Okla. bombing case

2006-12-25 Thread Bruce Tefft
FBI is rebuked on Okla. bombing case >From the Associated Press December 25, 2006 WASHINGTON - The FBI failed to fully investigate information suggesting other suspects might have helped Timothy J. McVeigh and Terry L. Nichols with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, allowing questions to linger mor

[osint] US Envoy Appears To Confirm Israeli-Saudi Contact

2006-12-25 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/defence/US_Envoy_Appears_To_Confirm_Israeli-Saudi_Contact3009647.php US Envoy Appears To Confirm Israeli-Saudi Contact Reuters Dec 25, 2006 - 7:01:21 AM A U.S. official appeared to confirm on Dec. 20 that there have been high-level contacts between Israel