[osint] Chinese president named top military chief, tells army to prepare for war

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/137155/1/... (Re-post of 51437 that ended up a bit garbled during its trip from the Post Message page.) Time is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 13 March 2005 2105 hrs Chinese president named top military chief, tells army to prepare for war B

[osint] Looting at Weapons Plants Was Systematic, Iraqi Says

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/international/middleeast/13loot.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=e7534dd977e6dc08&ei=5094&partner=homepage March 13, 2005 Looting at Weapons Plants Was Systematic, Iraqi Says By JAMES GLANZ and WILLIAM J. BROAD BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 12 - In the weeks after Baghdad fell

[osint] Our Currency, Your Problem

Another view of the long term problem with the U.S. economy and national planning discussed in post 51424, Off Track. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/magazine/13WWLN.html March 13, 2005 THE WAY WE LIVE NOW Our Currency, Your Problem By NIALL FERGUSON Every congressman knows that

[osint] The Deal to Disarm Kadafi

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-libya13mar13,1,6920638.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=2&cset=true The Deal to Disarm Kadafi Libya's decision to hand over its banned weapons followed lengthy talks and an equipment seizure. Some see ideas for dealing with Iran. By D

[osint] Demand for Public Information Is Surging

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2005/March/13/LNspotc.htm NEWS |Sunday, March 13, 2005 Demand for Public Information Is Surging Chuck McCutcheon - 2005 - Newhouse News Service WASHINGTON -- At a time when critics accuse the federal government of excessive secrecy, the public's appetite for inf

[osint] Turning a Blind Eye Again?

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2005_03/Weiss.asp Arms Control Today March 2005 Turning a Blind Eye Again? The Khan Network's History and Lessons for U.S. Policy Leonard Weiss Alittle more than one year ago, the world learned that Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had provide

[osint] India's R&D: Reaching for the Top

Tends to validate the brain drain and R&D offshore migration premises of post 51424, Off Track. David Bier http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5714/1415 GLOBAL VOICES OF SCIENCE: India's R&D: Reaching for the Top Raghunath A. Mashelkar India Raghunath

[osint] Ruffling Feathers

t is too early to tell who is watching whom as Bolton can be assumed to be a pipeline back to Cheney, and Karen Hughes, likewise, direct to Bush. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7168820/site/newsweek/ Ruffling Feathers An undiplomatic diplomat may tip the balance on Iran Consolation prize: Bolton

[osint] Torture: Bush's Nominee May Be 'DOA'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7169452/site/newsweek/ Torture: Bush's Nominee May Be 'DOA' By Michael Isikoff Newsweek March 21 issue - A pentagon report last week absolved top Defense officials of any blame for abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq. But the inquiries—and the

[osint] Money: So Where Did It Go?

Article relates to post 51425, House Ethics Panel in Gridlock. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7169454/site/newsweek/ Money: So Where Did It Go? Newsweek March 21 issue - The FBI is trying to trace what happened to $2.5 million in payments to a conservative Washington think tank that were routed t

[osint] As DeLay's Woes Mount, So Does Money

Article relates to post 51425, House Ethics Panel in Gridlock. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13delay.html March 13, 2005 As DeLay's Woes Mount, So Does Money By PHILIP SHENON and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, March 12 - A legal defense fund established by Tom DeLay, the House majority l

[osint] China to Limit Term of Hong Kong's Next Leader

See also posts 51401 and 51402. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/international/asia/13hong.html March 13, 2005 China to Limit Term of Hong Kong's Next Leader By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG, March 13 - - A decision by the Hong Kong government to shorten the term of the territory's next chief exec

[osint] The Two Faces of Rising China

See also post 51491. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/weekinreview/13kahn.html?pagewanted=all March 13, 2005 The Two Faces of Rising China By JOSEPH KAHN BEIJING CHINA'S leaders announced last week at the annual National People's Congress that they will give themselves legal authority to att

[osint] A World of Ways to Say 'Islamic Law'

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/weekinreview/13rohd.html?pagewanted=all March 13, 2005 A World of Ways to Say 'Islamic Law' By DAVID ROHDE IRAQ'S new government will have a fateful question to address when it begins meeting later this month. What role will Islam have in the constitution? The

[osint] Judge Blocks the Transfer of 13 Detainees From Guantánamo

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13gitmo.html March 13, 2005 Judge Blocks the Transfer of 13 Detainees From Guantánamo By SCOTT SHANE WASHINGTON, March 12 - A federal judge on Saturday prohibited the government from transferring 13 Yemeni prisoners from the military's detention facili

[osint] China threat to attack Taiwan alarms U.S., Asia

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-03-14-china-threat_x.htm Posted 3/14/2005 10:42 AM Updated 3/14/2005 4:23 PM China threat to attack Taiwan alarms U.S., Asia TOKYO (AP) — China's threat Monday to oppose Taiwanese independence with military force triggered measured words from Washingt

[osint] Witness Protection Program Lacks Marshals

The Marshals Service is very short on funding and staffing for the program to protect courts as well. http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/W/WITNESS_PROTECTION?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Mar 14, 9:08 PM EST Witness Protection Program Lacks Marshals By MARK SHERMAN Asso

[osint] DeLay Ethics Allegations Now Cause of GOP Concern

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32389-2005Mar13.html washingtonpost.com DeLay Ethics Allegations Now Cause of GOP Concern By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A01 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) has dismissed questions about his ethics

[osint] Administration Rejects Ruling On PR Videos

intelligence about government operations more important than ever as a countervailing force to official attempts to propagandize the news. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35010-2005Mar14.html washingtonpost.com Administration Rejects Ruling On PR Videos GAO Called Tapes

[osint] UN finds evidence of official cover-up in Hariri assassination

http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news3/fisk2.htm Independent UN finds evidence of official cover-up in Hariri assassination By Robert Fisk in Beirut 14 March 2005 As the United Nations' Irish-led special investigation team here prepares to report that the Lebanese authorities have covered up evi

[osint] Army Ignored Broker on Arms Deal

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-contract15mar15,0,739718,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ Army Ignored Broker on Arms Deal U.S. general supervised an Iraq contract that a slain American said was tangled in kickbacks. By Ken Silverstein and T. Christian

[osint] Hezbollah's deadly record

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050314-090221-6481r The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Hezbollah's deadly record By Joel Himelfarb Published March 15, 2005 In the wake of the March 8 demonstrations in which Hezbollah brought as many as half-a-million pe

[osint] U.S. search for bin Laden intensifies

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20040223-012312-3087r The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com U.S. search for bin Laden intensifies By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published February 23, 2004 The Pentagon is moving elements of a supersecret comm

[osint] Brits warned US of detainee abuse in 2002

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050314-072824-5309r Brits warned US of detainee abuse in 2002 By Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Published 3/15/2005 5:11 PM WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- In January 2002, one day after the British Secret Intelligence Service was g

[osint] White House Acknowledges Iran Intel 'Hard to Come By'

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7885692 White House Acknowledges Iran Intel 'Hard to Come By' Sun Mar 13, 2005 04:03 PM ET By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Sunday the difficulty of gathering good intelligence in Iran but said T

[osint] Why I can’t be Iraqi again!!

http://home.cogeco.ca/~kurdistan6/16-3-05-opinion-ahmad-mirawdely-why-im-not-irqi.html Why I can't be Iraqi again!! By: Dr. Ahmad Mirawdaly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mar 15, 2005 Aziza: was a teen Kurdish girl who survived the attack on her v

[osint] Lebanon a Battle of Crowds and Cameras for Now

The author may be a bit naive to assume that the Hezballah leadership, regardless of what the street level Shiites may want, will be willing to trade terror and blood for the ballot box. David Bier http://www.strategypage.com/onpoint/articles/2005315.asp Lebanon a Battle of Crowds and

[osint] Panel calls for secured border perimeter with U.S., Canada, Mexico

http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35269-1.html 03/14/05 Panel calls for secured border perimeter with U.S., Canada, Mexico By Alice Lipowicz PostNewsweek Tech Media The United States, Canada and Mexico should create a common North American security perimeter by 2010 with combined v

[osint] Customs automation project still troubled, GAO says

http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35278-1.html 03/15/05 Customs automation project still troubled, GAO says By Wilson P. Dizard III GCN Staff The Homeland Security Department's Automated Commercial Environment project to build a new trade processing system faces further cost and sc

[osint] Wolfowitz Picked for World Bank

ch as the rocker, Bono, whose name has already come up in deliberations. Let us hope, in this era of a somewhat shaky dollar, that, for once, Bush has not acted unilaterally and has done the homework behind the scenes to ensure there is no organized opposition to Wolfowitz. David Bier

[osint] THE IMU: FISH IN SEARCH OF A SEA

It becomes clearer why the Bush Administration is moving special forces back into the Afghan zone to find Bin Laden. Pakistani troops appear to have their hands full with these allies of al Qaeda and the Taliban and have little time to pursue Bin Laden. David Bier http://www.eurasianet.net

[osint] Eye on Eurasia: FSB makes Muslim enemies:

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=86378 Eye on Eurasia: FSB makes Muslim enemies: [World News]: By PAUL GOBLE TARTU, Estonia, March 15 : The "typically Soviet approach" of the Russian Federation's security agencies is alienating ever more Muslims in that c

[osint] 2 Years After Invasion, Poll Data Mixed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37812-2005Mar15.html washingtonpost.com 2 Years After Invasion, Poll Data Mixed Doubts About War, Optimism for Iraqis By Dan Balz and Richard Morin Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, March 16, 2005; Page A01 Two years after President Bush le

[osint] Secret US plans for Iraq's oil

essional Republicans so they may be trying very hard to discredit or bury this story. Notice the BBC is breaking it, not the U.S. mainstream media, even though Harpers was one of the litigants. David Bier http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm Secret US plans for Iraq

[osint] The Central Bank Wants to Cancel Diamond Exports

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=555218 The Central Bank Wants to Cancel Diamond Exports // Interoffice Debate Kommersant has learned that the Ministry of Justice has turned down a project prepared by presidential order by the Ministry of Finance to cancel quotas on the export of platinum a

[osint] United States Intercepts Russian Missiles

tly became the only port in an Arab nation to join the U.S. cargo container verification and tracking program. David Bier http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=555189 United States Intercepts Russian Missiles // Arms smuggling A huge scandal has flared up in the United States over illegal sh

[osint] Iran Joins Only Two World Powers with Strategic Cruise Missiles

This changes the equation concerning whether Israel will strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Probably there will be no strike unless Israel can destroy the Iranian X-55 missiles first. Post 51757 and URL http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3095253 provide additional data. David Bier http

[osint] Un-Volunteering: Troops Improvise to Find Way Out

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/national/18soldiers.html? March 18, 2005 Un-Volunteering: Troops Improvise to Find Way Out By MONICA DAVEY The night before his Army unit was to meet to fly to Iraq, Pvt. Brandon Hughey, 19, simply left. He drove all night from Texas to Indiana, and on from the

[osint] Questions Are Left by C.I.A. Chief on the Use of Torture (Re-post of 51778)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/politics/18intel.html March 18, 2005 Questions Are Left by C.I.A. Chief on the Use of Torture By DOUGLAS JEHL WASHINGTON, March 17 - Porter J. Goss, the director of central intelligence, said Thursday that he could not assure Congress that the Central Intellig

[osint] Letterman Thankful Kidnap Plot Foiled

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050318/D88TISRG0.html Letterman Thankful Kidnap Plot Foiled Mar 18, 2:39 PM (ET) By JOHN MacDONALD HELENA, Mont. (AP) - David Letterman and his girlfriend thanked law enforcement officials for uncovering a plot to kidnap their 16-month-old son from their Mont

[osint] A Known Unknown Person Tries to Blow up Anatoly Chubais

See post 51802 for the later Reuters take on this story. http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=61 A Known Unknown Person Tries to Blow up Anatoly Chubais // Retired GRU colonel suspected in the murder attempt on the head of RAO UES Ambush Yesterday, just outside Moscow, there was a murder a

[osint] Our Best Weapon Is Democracy

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=555184 Our Best Weapon Is Democracy // The Ukrainian Foreign Minister talks to Kommersant Official Opinion The 61st session of the Human Rights Commission has begun in Geneva. Boris Tarasyuk, the new head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, is taking part in

[osint] ACLU Seeks Records on Use of Patriot Act to Deny U.S. Entry to Prominent Foreign

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17741&c=206 ACLU Seeks Records on Use of Patriot Act to Deny U.S. Entry to Prominent Foreign Scholars March 16, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW YORK -- Citing a serious and growing threat to academic freedom,

[osint] In Schiavo Feeding-Tube Case, Notoriety Finds Unlikely Judge

go we would have seen The Hand Maid's Tale become living reality. But for how much longer? Now the Taliban syndrome is alive, well and increasing its fervent disciples in the United States; encouraged by the actions of Congress and the Florida Legislature. David Bier http://www.nytimes.c

[osint] New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan

http://www.gcn.com/24_5/news/35262-1.html 03/07/05; Vol. 24 No. 5 New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan By Jason Miller and William Jackson GCN Staff New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan The debate over specifications for federal and contractor employee identif

[osint] FATS wins Marine Corps virtual training work

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/25788-1.html 03/16/05 FATS wins Marine Corps virtual training work By William Welsh Senior Writer Firearms Training Systems Inc. has won a $4 million contract from the Marine Corps to provide virtual training systems to improve marksmans

[osint] Rep. Davis takes aim at privacy officer requirement

There goes protection of privacy data by government out the window... http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35305-1.html 03/17/05 Rep. Davis takes aim at privacy officer requirement By Jason Miller GCN Staff Rep. Tom Davis took the first step toward making good on his promise to repea

[osint] On the Loose

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7212049/site/newsweek/?rf=nwnewsletter On the Loose As Europe faces a growing terror threat, security officials say that they have neither the resources nor the legal authority to monitor suspected militants WEB EXCLUSIVE By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Newsw

[osint] Bottom Dollar

Latest in a series of posts on U.S. currency and economic problems. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7170226/site/newsweek/?rf=nwnewsletter Bottom Dollar The greenback's fall is stoking fears of a global crisis. Behind the slide: a world economy wildly out of balance By Robert J. Samuelson Newsweek

[osint] US not finished with Pakistan yet

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC19Df03.html Mar 19, 2005 US not finished with Pakistan yet By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - The United States is exerting maximum pressure on Pakistan to provide a detailed and "authentic" list of all of its nuclear cooperation with Ir

[osint] Attacking the Tehran-Damascus-Hezbollah Axis

http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/commentators/03-2005/Article-20050317-b2048219-c0a8-10ed-0078-529dce62b55e/story.html Attacking the Tehran-Damascus-Hezbollah Axis Patrick Seale Al-Hayat 2005/03/18 Ever since the United States invaded Iraq two years ago -- toppling Saddam Hussein, smashi

[osint] Tending an Oasis of Uprising

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-camp19mar19,1,2739028.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true Tending an Oasis of Uprising Exiled Iranians, fenced in by the U.S. Army in Iraq, harbor a dream of overthrowing Tehran. In the meantime, their yards need watering. By Ashra

[osint] Is there an enemy within?

The British peer's comments are no less applicable to the U.S. And still germaine, though posting was delayed from 050227 til now. David Bier http://politics.guardian.co.uk/attacks/story/0,1320,1426529,00.html Is there an enemy within? Behind laws aimed at perceived threats from Br

[osint] Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Research

ly the conclusions of the report below will most likely languish in limbo for some time; especially in view of the high turnover of IT leadership in DHS. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/19/technology/19computer.html? March 19, 2005 Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Rese

[osint] Bremer labels Zarqawi cells hard to crack

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20040702-122640-7721r Bremer labels Zarqawi cells hard to crack By Rowan Scarborough and Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published July 2, 2004 Abu Musab Zarqawi has set up a network so well organized in Iraq it deployed a Yemeni suicide

[osint] In Iraq, Iranian Kurd Rebels Hope for Their Moment

It would be interesting for Komala to sponsor MEK into its area of Iraq and turn them loose on Iran. //This is the same text as post 51847 which arrived on the message board blank.// http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7944549 In Iraq, Iranian Kurd Rebels Hope for The

[osint] New photofit 'evolves' a suspect's face

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7143 New photofit 'evolves' a suspect's face * 10:00 19 March 2005 * Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition * Paul Marks Half an hour after being mugged, the victim is again staring her attacker in the face. But the assailant has not

[osint] Americans Recover Arafat’s plundered hoard

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1002 Americans Recover Arafat's plundered hoard >From DEBKA-Net-Weekly - March 11 March 20, 2005, 9:01 PM (GMT+02:00) A part of Yasser Arafat's secret hoard - $4 bn - has been documented and accounted for in a painstaking project undertaken by Nige

[osint] Pensioner Gets Ten Days for Attempted Murder of Anatoly Chubais

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=556109 Pensioner Gets Ten Days for Attempted Murder of Anatoly Chubais // Suspect arrested in attempt to blow up the head of RAO UES The Investigation The Meshchansky Court of Moscow has approved the arrest for ten days of Vladimir Kvachkov, a retired colone

[osint] Anatomy of an IT disaster: How the FBI blew it

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/21/12FEfbi_1.html Anatomy of an IT disaster: How the FBI blew it The Bureau's foiled plan for a modern IT infrastructure is a tragic case of project mismanagement By Eric Knorr March 21, 2005 Some FBI agents ruefully refer to the trilogy project, a mass

[osint] Troubled Iraq Attracts Terror Recruits

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=728451&C=mideast Posted 03/21/05 09:04 Troubled Iraq Attracts Terror Recruits By RIAD KAHWAJI, KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait Iraq has become a breeding ground for al-Qaida-like terrorists recruited from Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, according to Arabian Gulf experts

[osint] What About Novak?

http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/050321roco02 What About Novak? By DAVID MARGOLICK For more than 40 years, Beltway pundit Robert Novak has been a scowling bundle of contradictions. Now the high-decibel conservative who exposed Valerie Plame as a C.I.A. agent is at the silen

[osint] The Politics of Ibrahim Parlak

"You better go and round up all those people who fought the apartheid government in South Africa," http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/magazine/20PRISON.html? March 20, 2005 The Politics of Ibrahim Parlak By ALEX KOTLOWITZ This is a story about the trickery of time. Sometimes the world changes

[osint] QUESTIONS FOR JEFF GANNON Blogged Down

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/magazine/20QUESTIONS.html March 20, 2005 QUESTIONS FOR JEFF GANNON Blogged Down Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON Q Should I call you Jim Guckert or Jeff Gannon? My Amex card still comes in the name of James Guckert, but I want to be called Jeff Gannon. That is wh

[osint] In Hong Kong, China Prefers Power to Law

China is not the only large nation that prefers power to law. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/weekinreview/20brad.html March 20, 2005 In Hong Kong, China Prefers Power to Law By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG — From purchases of handheld toys to charters of supertankers, contracts in

[osint] Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees on Hold

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58126-2005Mar22.html washingtonpost.com Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees on Hold Federal Judge Considers Authority of Courts, Need to Notify Lawyers By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 23, 2005; Page A02 A federal ju

[osint] Economists: Federal deficit a bigger risk than terrorism

Another in a series of posts about U.S. economic problems downstream. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/survey/2005-03-21-deficit-threat-nabe_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Economists: Federal deficit a bigger risk than terrorism WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The budget deficit has overtaken terrorism as

[osint] Fake Cable Labeled Writer a Spy for Iraq

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45614-2005Mar17.html washingtonpost.com Fake Cable Labeled Writer a Spy for Iraq By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 18, 2005; Page C01 Someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to produce a document accusing journalist an

[osint] Pull the plug on pandering

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

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.

[osint] Behind Lebanon Upheaval, 2 Men's Fateful Clash

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/international/middleeast/20lebanon.html March 20, 2005 Behind Lebanon Upheaval, 2 Men's Fateful Clash By NEIL MacFARQUHAR BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 19 - On an unseasonably mild day last August, a small group of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's closest political allie

[osint] Trying to Keep Nation's Ferries Safe From Terrorists

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/national/nationalspecial3/20ferry.html March 20, 2005 Trying to Keep Nation's Ferries Safe From Terrorists By ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON, March 19 - It takes a fraction of a second for an explosion to rip open a hole below the waterline of a ferry carrying hundreds

[osint] Taliban Trek Rocky Road Back to Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/international/asia/20afghan.html March 20, 2005 Taliban Trek Rocky Road Back to Afghanistan By CARLOTTA GALL KHOST, Afghanistan, March 15 - Two men sat in the governor's garden recently, in this unruly province bordering Pakistan, smiling and nodding as they ch

[osint] Afghans Get One Election Date and Await Another

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/international/asia/21afghan.html March 21, 2005 Afghans Get One Election Date and Await Another By CARLOTTA GALL KABUL, Afghanistan, March 20 - Afghanistan's much delayed parliamentary elections will be held Sept. 18, over a year after they were originally sche

[osint] A Takeover Roils Japan: Politeness Out, Hostility In

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/24/business/media/24livedoor.html?th&emc=th March 24, 2005 A Takeover Roils Japan: Politeness Out, Hostility In By TODD ZAUN OKYO, March 23 - It has happened before in the United States: a fast-growing Internet start-up sets its sights on an old-line media compa

[osint] A confederacy of shamans

legislation yesterday to take further action in the case. David Bier http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,170,00.html A confederacy of shamans The Republicans have cynical motives for trying to stop Terri Schiavo being taken off life support Sidney Blumenthal Thursday March 24, 2005

[osint] Poll: Keep Feeding Tube Out

"There are no partisan political differences on this issue: majorities of Democrats (89 percent), Republicans (72 percent), liberals (84 percent) and conservatives (76 percent) are in agreement that the government should not be involved. 68 percent of white evangelicals think that Congress and th

[osint] Syria’s Secret War

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17465 Syria's Secret War By Dr. Walid Phares FrontPageMagazine.com | March 24, 2005 Officially, Syria is making plans to pull back its occupying forces from Lebanon. But according to sources inside the "Cedar Revolution," the grassroots

[osint] House OKs Student `Free Speech' Bill

being left wing. David Bier http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050323/NEWS/503230348/1004 Published Wednesday, March 23, 2005 House OKs Student `Free Speech' Bill Detractors say it is geared toward conservative and religious views. By Joe Follick Ledger Tallahassee

[osint] Jordan King Harshly Criticizes Syria

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=17786 Jordan King Harshly Criticizes Syria By Cumali Onal Published: Thursday 24, 2005 zaman.com Jordan King Abdullah asserted that Syria and the Lebanese Hezbollah are trying to dispel the attention focusing on Syria and Lebanon by encouraging t

[osint] The Shia Turn in U.S. Policy

http://www.techcentralstation.com/032405D.html The Shia Turn in U.S. Policy By Stephen SchwartzPublished 03/24/2005 The first quarter of 2005 has seen increasingly dramatic news from the Middle East, but equally significant developments, relevant to the future of Islam and

[osint] Lebanese shop for guns as political tension rises

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23120943.htm Lebanese shop for guns as political tension rises 23 Mar 2005 14:13:05 GMT Source: Reuters By Cynthia Johnston TRIPOLI, Lebanon, March 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese Sunni Muslim militant Mohammed Ala al-Din already has an assault rifle that he sa

[osint] ETA's military chief arrested in French swoop

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=18383&name=ETA%27s+military+chief+arrested+in+French+swoop ETA's military chief arrested in French swoop 24 March 2005 MADRID- French police have arrested the military head of the armed Basque separatist group

[osint] Army Documents Shed Light on CIA 'Ghosting'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61206-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_world washingtonpost.com Army Documents Shed Light on CIA 'Ghosting' Systematic Concealment Of Detainees Is Found By Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 24, 2005; Page A15 Senior defense officials h

[osint] British Panel Criticizes Iraq Planning

http://www.rsicopyright.com/AP/content.html?id=D8913CAG0 British Panel Criticizes Iraq Planning Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 03:38:16 AM By ED JOHNSON The U.S.-led coalition was unprepared for the insurgency that has swept Iraq since the end of the war and a series of mistakes were ma

[osint] Report: U.S. favors Turkmenistan gas

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050324-123210-3260r Report: U.S. favors Turkmenistan gas By Anwar Iqbal UPI South Asian Affairs Analyst Published 3/24/2005 1:19 PM WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- The United States wants India and Pakistan to build a gas pipeline, but instead of Iran it shou

[osint] WMD Commission to Release Tough Findings

http://www.rsicopyright.com/AP/content.html?id=D891KRV80 WMD Commission to Release Tough Findings Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 11:32:10 PM By KATHERINE SHRADER A presidential commission investigating weapons of mass destruction is highly critical of U.S. intelligence agencies' performance on I

[osint] Army Orders Further Involuntary Troop Call-Up

A lot more folks who thought they were out of the military are about to get a paid vacation...in Iraq. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7989189 Army Orders Further Involuntary Troop Call-Up Wed Mar 23, 2005 06:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is orderi

[osint] Assassination, Attacks Overshadow Iraq Political Talks

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8004383 Assassination, Attacks Overshadow Iraq Political Talks Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:52 AM ET By Elizabeth Piper BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents assassinated a senior Iraqi army commander Friday and staged two suicide car bombings, kil

[osint] Bush Signs Law on Release of CIA-Nazi Documents

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8004193 Bush Signs Law on Release of CIA-Nazi Documents Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:52 AM ET CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush signed legislation into law on Friday extending by two years the life of a government panel charged with

[osint] Army Likely Won't Meet Recruiting Goals

plete termination of military service. A really good time to review your military records to make sure you are really officially out of the military. Unless you would like a paid vacation in Iraq... David Bier http://www.rsicopyright.com/AP/content.html?id=D8911E2O0 Army Likely Won't Meet

[osint] 'Faces Of Fallen' Exhibit Opens At Arlington

http://www.rsicopyright.com/AP/content.html?id=D891BV6G0 'Faces Of Fallen' Exhibit Opens At Arlington ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Virginia, March 23, 2005 - The faces remind us of what we have lost. Faces of the Fallen, an exhibition that opened March 22 at the Women in Military Service to Am

[osint] The Geopolitical Influence On Oil Prices

security for the petroleum infrastructure. David Bier http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/24/cz_0324oxan_oilprice.html Global Strategic Analysis The Geopolitical Influence On Oil Prices Oxford Analytica, 03.24.05, 6:00 AM ET Surplus capacity has eroded from an excess of some 6 million barrels per day

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"There are also concerns, expressed by retired US Major General Paul Vallely returning from a recent trip to the Israeli side of the Lebanese border, that the terror group may possess poison gas in the form of munitions evacuated out of Iraq through Syria and into the Bekka Valley. Confirmation

[osint] politically motivated legal actions against Americans abroad.

ivated legal actions against Americans abroad sounds good at home. However, the only Americans accused of war crimes so far are Bush, Rumsfeld and others in the administration associated with the torture accusations. A very tiny group to be basing a veto on. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005

[osint] Pentagon Sees Aggressive Antidrug Effort in Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/politics/25military.html?pagewanted=print&position= March 25, 2005 Pentagon Sees Aggressive Antidrug Effort in Afghanistan By THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON, March 24 - The American military will significantly increase its role in halting the production and sale of po

[osint] The Era of Exploitation

t;. The program has been criticised because of underfunding to date. Now it will only get worse...along with all the other programs to help the poor. Bush is some kind of "compassionate conservative." David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/opinion/herbert25.1.html?hp=&a

[osint] Team Schiavo's Deep Pockets

anti-abortion, right to life and packing the judiciary. Interesting that the Federal appeals court judges that ruled against the Schindlers included judges appointed by Bush41 and Reagan. Perhaps they are now considered too "left wing" for Phlanthropy Roundtable's member

[osint] Bush team theme -- 'We were all wrong'

s belief that severe interrogation methods were right and would succeed now prevents the U.S. from being the standard bearer for human rights in the fight against genocide. Can't take the risk some pesky foreigner might refer Americans to the ICC for war crimes. David Bier http://www.sfgat

[osint] One-Way Planet

One-Way Planet This post can be found at http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=2284 Quote of the day: "I don't think that the world gives us the luxury of picking areas," [Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas] Feith said. "We have interests all over the world. I dare say that if an

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