[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report 31DEC-03JAN [8 News Clippings]

[ASSAM] 03/01/2004 01. Alert sounded in Assam over US tremor warning Guwahati, Jan 2 : The Assam government Sunday sounded an alert asking police, health and civil officials to work out contingency disaster management plans in the event of an earthquake jolting the region, officials said.

[osint] Libya serves as new safe haven for Saddam's lieutenants-December 21

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2004/12_21/me.asp December 21, 2004 Libya serves as new safe haven for Saddam's lieutenants Saddam Hussein may never see the light of day, but his leading aides have found a haven in Libya to fulfill their dream of returning to

[osint] Uri Party leaders resign en masse

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[osint] US plans life imprisonment without trial for terror suspects

US plans permanent Guantanamo jails Julian Borger in Washington Monday January 3, 2005 The Guardian The United States is preparing to hold terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial, replacing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp with permanent prisons in the Cuban enclave and elsewhere, it was

[osint] How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041230.html PBS: I, Cringely -- The Pulpit How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month By Robert X. Cringely A friend of mine is missing in southern Asia. She isn't missing in the sense that anyone saw her swept away by this

[osint] India: Nepal Maoist-KLO-Ulfa nexus 03JAN [2 News Clippings]

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[osint] Global warming? Now that really is fiction

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-525-1422283-525,00.html The Times of London January 02, 2005 Interview: Jasper Gerard meets Michael Crichton Global warming? Now that really is fiction A giant wave envelops a tropical island. Victims scramble for survival. The world watches

[osint] N. Korea sold arms to Moro extremists

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[osint] Bin Laden's warning: obey or die

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[osint] Detainee in 9/11 probe deported to Algeria

Detainee in 9/11 probe deported to Algeria Abdoun was in S.D. jails for more than 3 years By Kelly Thornton UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER January 1, 2005 San Diego Union Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050101--7m1samir.html One of the nation's longest-held

[osint] Secret Meeting, Clear Mission: 'Rescue' U.N.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/international/03nations.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 3, 2005 Secret Meeting, Clear Mission: 'Rescue' U.N. By WARREN HOGE NITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 - The meeting of veteran foreign policy experts in a Manhattan apartment one

[osint] Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?

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[osint] Faith and Force

http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticleid=10695printer_friendly=1 The Ayn Rand Institute: Faith and Force Monday January 3, 2005 By: Peter Schwartz Because religion in politics is incompatible with liberty, weakening the church-state separation promotes the very evil we are

[osint] Greater Government Spending Has Not Enhanced National Security

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[osint] Suicide bomber at U.S. mess hall in Mosul was Saudi medical student

(AP) Arab newspaper: Suicide bomber at U.S. mess hall in Mosul was Saudi medical student By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt The suicide bomber who killed 22 people when he blew himself up in a U.S. mess hall in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was a Saudi medical

[osint] US terror trial for 'Del Boy' Briton caught in FBI sting

US terror trial for 'Del Boy' Briton caught in FBI sting By Bob Graham http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1424405,00.html THE two men who stood in the presidential suite overlooking Newark airport gazed through the window at aircraft landing and taking off. They smiled at the

[osint] Turkmen president terms cooperation with Iran as favorable Ashkhabad

http://www.irna.ir/?SAB=OKLANG=ENPART=_HOMETYPE=HPid=200501031744315 Turkmen president terms cooperation with Iran as favorable Ashkhabad Jan 3, IRNA -- Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov said here Monday that cooperation with Iran particularly in oil and gas sectors is favorable.

[osint] re:Iran VP due in Uzbekistan Tuesday

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_5240.shtml Iran News Jan 3rd, 2005 - 05:11:17 Iran VP due in Uzbekistan Tuesday Jan 3, 2005, 05:10 First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, heading a 60-member political and economic delegation, will pay a three-day official visit

[osint] Russia looks East as West disappoints

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3a2326f4-5d2c-11d9-bb9c-0e2511c8.html Russia looks East as West disappoints By Arkady Ostrovsky Published: January 3 2005 02:00 | Last updated: January 3 2005 02:00 China has an expression to describe its ties with Russia: Politics hot, businesscold. But over the

[osint] Six suspects in foiled 2001 bombing plot on U.S. Embassy go on trial

(AP) Six suspects in foiled 2001 bombing plot on U.S. Embassy go on trial By PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD Associated Press Writer PARIS The trial of six men accused of plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris opened Monday with testimony from the suspected ringleader. Voluble

[osint] Nazi Influence on the Middle East During WWII

Omitted, for some reason, is the interesting fact that al-Husseini was the uncle of Yasser Arafat (birth name Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Hussaeini). Arafat himself goes entirely unmentioned. http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=274t=Nazi+Influence+on+the+Midd

[osint] Burundi sets up new army of rebels and govt troops

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[osint] Six on trial in Paris over US embassy attack plot

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[osint] Ethiopians denounce border talks

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[osint] Papers reveal botched Israeli assassination

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/01010002aaa021cf.upiSys=siteiaFid=SPORTS01Type=NewsFilter=Sports Papers reveal botched Israeli assassination LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Details of a 1974 assassination by Israeli secret services were revealed Saturday by papers released at

[osint] Columbian paper unveils human rights violations in Polisario-controled camps

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[osint] Chinese Man Disarmed Outside United Nations

http://www.wnbc.com/tiny/4040008/detail.html Chinese Man Disarmed Outside United Nations POSTED: 7:42 pm EST January 1, 2005 UPDATED: 7:49 pm EST January 1, 2005 NEW YORK -- Police detained a Chinese man Saturday who approached a security booth outside U.N. headquarters and threatened to kill

[osint] Militants' Campaign Twists Logistics of Iraq Election

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[osint] Attacks hit Iraqi security forces

[Excerpt: As attacks mount before polls scheduled for late January, Iraq's intelligence chief has said more than 200,000 people are active in the insurgency.Gen Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani told the AFP news agency the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq.. He estimated that

[osint] Seven Algerians were killed by gunmen-presumed to have links to al-Qaida organiz

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041230/2004123007.html Seven Algerians were killed by gunmen Algeria, Local, 12/30/2004 Seven Algerian civilians were killed by the bullets of unidentified gunmen presumed to have links to al-Qaida organization in an attack which took place on Tuesday

[osint] American stinginess is saving lives

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/01/04/do0402.xml The Telegraph American stinginess is saving lives By Mark Steyn (Filed: 04/01/2005) A week ago, people kept asking me for my opinion of the tsunami, and, to be honest, I didn't have one. It didn't seem the kind

[osint] The World's Smallest Violin (was Re: OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today - January 3, 2005)

At 4:02 PM -0500 1/3/05, OpinionJournal wrote: The World's Smallest Violin http://www.debkafile.org/article.php?aid=959 Debka.com's Exclusive Middle East sources tell the Israeli Web site that a lawyer for Saddam Hussein has described a conversation with the erstwhile Iraqi dictator: *** QUOTE

[osint] Top Algerian Islamic rebel arrested

http://us.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/03/algeria.security.reut/index.html Top Algerian Islamic rebel arrested Monday, January 3, 2005 Posted: 10:23 AM EST (1523 GMT) ALGIERS, Algeria (Reuters) -- The leader of Algeria's second largest Islamic rebel group has been arrested, the Interior

[osint] Russia: no EU membership

Moscow, 03 January-2005 S. Lavrov: Russia aims no EU Russia does not consider membership in the EU even in theories, stated the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S.Lavrov, in interview to a German newspaper Handelsblatt. [….] Road maps dealing with four areas are a priority recently, and

[osint] re:20 tons of narcotics seized in Iran

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_5229.shtml Iran News Jan 2nd, 2005 - 10:08:01 20 tons of narcotics seized in Iran Jan 2, 2005, 10:01 Local Police personnel nabbed 20 tons of illicit drugs in east of Iran since the beginning of the Iranian calendar year of 1383

[osint] Politics Policies: Bin Laden's trepidation

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[osint] Six injured in grenade explosion in Russia's Chechnya

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/03/content_2410871.htm Six injured in grenade explosion in Russia's Chechnya www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-03 17:53:05 MOSCOW, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- A grenade exploded at a market in Grozny, capital of Russia's republic of Chechnya, injuring six, the

[osint] FBI clears terrorists of shining laser pointers at pilots

Next to last sentence is cute. Bruce http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/03/fbi_laser_terror/ FBI clears terrorists of shining laser pointers at pilots By Ashlee Vance in Chicago Published Monday 3rd January 2005 18:58 GMT Terrorists have not engaged in a nationwide plot to

[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report 02-03JAN [7 News Clippings]

[Nagaland] 01. Prayers at NSCN camp for success of peace parleys with New Delhi: [India News]: Dimapur, Jan 3: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), on the first Sunday of New Year 2005, observed a fast and prayer programme for the success of the ongoing peace talks with the

[osint] Bangladesh: Maoist Insurgency Report 03-04 JAN [5 News Clippings]

04/01/2004 01. Murders cross previous records in Jhenidah 101 in 2004 against 75 in 2003: 50 murders by outlaws The law and order situation deteriorated in Jhenidah district last year, with 101 murders committed during the period against 75 in 2003, according to a high-ranking police official.