[osint] BANGLADESH: General Strike-Day 2- Updtae 30JAN [3News Clippings]

NEWS HEADLINES IN CLIPPINGS 01. Violence mars Bangladesh opposition strike 02. Opposition strike grips Bangladesh for second day 03. Violence mars Bangladesh strike // 30/01/2005 01. Violence mars Bangladesh opposition strike DHAKA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Police beat back

[osint] At Forum, Leaders Confront Annual Enigma of China

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/europe/30forum.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 At Forum, Leaders Confront Annual Enigma of China By MARK LANDLER AVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 29 - In almost every panel discussion at the annual meeting of the

[osint] Under Pressure, Qatar May Sell Jazeera Station

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30jazeera.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 Under Pressure, Qatar May Sell Jazeera Station By STEVEN R. WEISMAN ASHINGTON - The tiny state of Qatar is a crucial American ally in the Persian Gulf,

[osint] Suicide Bombers Strike Several Polling Places in Baghdad

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30cnd-iraq.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 Suicide Bombers Strike Several Polling Places in Baghdad By DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 30 - Iraqis began casting ballots Sunday morning

[osint] Caroline B. Glick: Jewish advocates of the new anti-Semitism

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/printGlick20050129.shtml Townhall.com Jewish advocates of the new anti-Semitism Caroline B. Glick (back to web version) | Send January 29, 2005 The commemorations of the Holocaust this week by world leaders left many of their Jewish observors in

[osint] Forget Armor. All You Need Is Love

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/arts/30rich.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 FRANK RICH Forget Armor. All You Need Is Love JAN. 30 is here at last, and the light is at the end of the tunnel, again. By my estimate, Iraq's election day is the fifth time

[osint] Bush, Anticipating Violence and Low Sunni Turnout, Accentuates the Positive in Iraqi Voting

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30prexy.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 Bush, Anticipating Violence and Low Sunni Turnout, Accentuates the Positive in Iraqi Voting By ELISABETH BUMILLER ASHINGTON, Jan. 29 - President Bush

[osint] The Doctrine That Never Died

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/opinion/30wolfe.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Doctrine That Never Died By TOM WOLFE SURELY some bright bulb from the Council on Foreign Relations in New York or the Woodrow Wilson School of

[osint] The Vote, and Democracy Itself, Leave Anxious Iraqis Divided

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30democracy.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 The Vote, and Democracy Itself, Leave Anxious Iraqis Divided By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 29 - For Ghassan al-Atiyyah, the journey to Sunday's

[osint] Five killed, one arrested in Kuwait clashes

[Excerpt: The incident came two weeks after a shootout between militants and Kuwaiti security forces left one Saudi gunman dead in Umm al-Haiman, south of the capital near the border with Saudi Arabia..That gunbattle, near the largest US military base in Kuwait, came five days after another

[osint] SR-IX: Using the Wrong Tool in the Wrong Place

http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=329print=true Global Politician SR-IX: Using the Wrong Tool in the Wrong Place By Peter Gallo In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) expanded its brief from the fight against money laundering to

[osint] Iraqis show mixed response to polls

[Excerpt: In Latifiya, Mahmudiya and Yusufiya, polling stations have not yet opened their doors, commission spokesman Farid Ayar told reporters.As you know, Latifiya, Mahmudiya and Yusufiya are hotspots. We have allowed residents of these areas to vote in the nearest polling station to the

[osint] Cat And Mouse Game Over Iran

http://www.spacewar.com/news/iran-05c.html Cat And Mouse Game Over Iran by Richard Sale, UPI Intelligence Correspondent New York (UPI) Jan 26, 2005 The U.S. Air Force is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Iran's ayatollahs, flying American combat aircraft into Iranian

[osint] Terrorists are Motivated by Cultural and Religious Factors, Not Poverty

Arab Columnists: Terrorists are Motivated by Cultural and Religious Factors, Not Poverty MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 853 January 26, 2005 Several Arab columnists have recently published articles critical of the view that the main motivation to terrorism is poverty or despair.

[osint] Amid Attacks, a Party Atmosphere on Baghdad's Closed Streets

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30cnd-iraq.html?ei=5094en=562b2d104653f499hp=ex=1107147600partner=homepagepagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 Amid Attacks, a Party Atmosphere on Baghdad's Closed Streets By DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq,

[osint] Reporters' log: Iraqi elections

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/4214707.stm The BBC Sunday, 30 January, 2005, 15:01 GMT Reporters' log: Iraqi elections Voting in Iraq's first multi-party elections in 50 years is under way across the country. Iraqis are turning out amid unprecedented security and threats of attack

[osint] Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in the Iranian Media

Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in the Iranian Media MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 855 January 28, 2005 An increase in antisemitism and expressions of Holocaust denial has been recently observed in the Iranian media, including several television drama series'. The Iranian Foreign

[osint] U.N. watchdog says lacks intelligence on Iran

http://in.news.yahoo.com/050129/137/2jaqn.html Saturday January 29, 9:27 PM U.N. watchdog says lacks intelligence on Iran DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Saturday he lacked useful intelligence on Iran's nuclear programme and urged states

[osint] Bioterrorism War Game Shows Lack Of Readiness

Bioterrorism War Game Shows Lack Of Readiness By John Mintz Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 15, 2005; Page A12 The imaginary patients started stumbling into emergency rooms in Munich and Frankfurt, then Istanbul and Los Angeles, and within hours after the start of a war game

[osint] Iraqis clash at polling station

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/england/manchester/4220437.stm The BBC Sunday, 30 January, 2005, 13:55 GMT Iraqis clash at polling station One man has been taken to hospital after clashes at a polling station in Manchester for Iraq's elections. About 200 demonstrators against the

[osint] Iraqis turn out in huge numbers to vote

Despite the threats, bombings and murders, the Iraqi people show that they cherish their new found freedom. _AOL News - Iraqis Line Up to Vote Despite Suicide Attacks_ (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050130005609990001) Iraqis Line Up to Vote Despite Suicide

[osint] Drifting From Freedom

--- begin forwarded text From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:18:21 EST Subject: Richard Rahn's Drifting From Freedom (The Washington Times) To: undisclosed-recipients: ; The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Drifting from freedom By Richard W. Rahn THE WASHINGTON TIMES

[osint] Climate change 'disaster by 2026'

More pathetic straw-grasping disaster-blather from the green-is-red environmentalism-is-socialism chicken-little sky-is-falling progress-and-freedom-hating self-loathing global-warming-is-anthropocentric crowd... ;-) Cheers, RAH Who wishes Julian Simon was around to make another bet with

[osint] UPI: Ridge backs nat'l standards for drivers' ID

Please find below an example of UPI's continuing coverage of Homeland Security and related issues. A shorter version appeared on A2 of the Washington Times Sunday edition. I hope you find it interesting. You may link to it on the web here: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050130-010122

[osint] In Baghdad Neighborhood, Voting Becomes a Communal Celebration

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/international/middleeast/30cnd-scen.html?ei=5094en=5080245190fec996hp=ex=1107147600partner=homepagepagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 30, 2005 In Baghdad Neighborhood, Voting Becomes a Communal Celebration By DEXTER FILKINS AGHDAD, Iraq,

[osint] VOA News - Iraqi Shi'ites and Kurds Overwhelmingly Attend Polls Despite Violence

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-30-voa34.cfm?renderforprint=1 Iraqi Shi'ites and Kurds Overwhelmingly Attend Polls Despite Violence By Alisha Ryu Baghdad 30 January 2005 Ryu report - Download 322k Listen to Ryu report Baghdad residents line up for vote (Courtesy of MNF-I Public

[osint] Kurds Could Not Wait To Vote

http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=27249 IRAQ: Kurds Could Not Wait To Vote Aaron Glantz ARBIL, Northern Iraq, Jan 30 (IPS) - It is 8.30 in the morning and the roads of Arbil appear for a moment to be eerily silent. Most cars have been banned from the streets of this Kurdish

[osint] Kurds defy threats to exercise hard-won right to vote

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4c5dd486-72d0-11d9-86a0-0e2511c8.html The Financial Times Kurds defy threats to exercise hard-won right to vote Gareth Smyth Altun Kupri Published: January 30 2005 15:20 | Last updated: January 30 2005 15:20 Turnout was high on Sunday morning as the Kurds of

[osint] Kurds Hope Vote Will Ultimately Lead to Independence

My understanding http://www.livejournal.com/users/giantlaser/71679.html is that all the press skedaddled to (A)Irbil, etc., for the election, and now they're all writing incessantly about the Kurds, since there's nothing else for them to write about (if they ever had much to write about in the

[osint] Rather: High Point For U.S.

Wherin the archtype of the Blathering Class discovers Artur Schopenhauer, once again: All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer Theories have four stages of acceptance: i)

[osint] UN anti-terro activities

ËÑÇ¢éÍ¢èÒÇ : UN Report Focuses on Terrorism, Use of ForceÇѹà´×͹»Õ/àÇÅÒ : 6/1/2548 6:39:24·ÕèÁÒ : VOA UN Report Focuses on Terrorism, Use of Force By Andre de Nesnera Washington 05-January-2005 1601 The report is an attempt by the United Nations to address some of the most pressing

[osint] Classified Dutch military documents found on Kazaa

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/30/dutch_classified_info_found_on_kazaa/print.html The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register » Security » Classified Dutch military documents found on Kazaa By Jan Libbenga (libbenga at yahoo.com) Published Sunday 30th January 2005 22:16

[osint] Israeli Invention Detects TATP Explosives

Israeli Invention Detects TATP Explosives Source: Volume 6 Issue 3 Jerusalem, Israel 16 Shevat, 5765 * * January 26, 2005 http://www.gamla.org.il/english * Researchers from Israel's Technion in Haifa have developed a device to detect the kind of

[osint] Briton saw detainees beaten to death

No he didn't. Lying through his teeth. Straight out of the Al-Qaeda training manual!! Briton saw detainees beaten to death From correspondents in London January 31, 2005 From: ONE of four Britons freed last week from detention in Guantanamo Bay described being tortured and

[osint] The danger is hot air, not global warming

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;sessionid=B3SZZSQDGWC3BQFIQMGCM5WAVCBQUJVC?xml=/opinion/2005/01/30/do3001.xml The Telegraph 01/2005) The danger is hot air, not global warming By Ross Clark (Filed: 30/01/2005) To lift Africa from the ravages of poverty and Aids would to most

[osint] Annan's son admits oil sale role

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,12098425,00.html The Australian Annan's son admits oil sale role 31jan05 LONDON: The son of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has admitted he was involved in negotiations to sell millions of barrels of Iraqi oil under the regime of Saddam

[osint] In case you missed it: UPI - Homeland nominee meets with NY senators.

Please find below an example of UPI's continuing coverage of Homeland Security and related issues. I hope you find it interesting. You may link to it on the web here: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050128-122555-6564r If you have any comments or questions about this piece, need any

[osint] Halliburton Will Withdraw From Energy Projects in Iran

Posted by David Bier, CADRE Intel Mgr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Possibly the publicity about a recent announcement that Halliburton had signed a contract worth $300M with Iran to develop an oil field in Iran was too big a stone for Bush/Cheney loyalists to swallow. OR, the Bush administration is

[osint] Moment of truth: making the most of the Freedom of Information Act (the Guardian)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1398909,00.html Moment of truth The web is now the place to find out about government. Michael Cross uncovers the sites making the most of the Freedom of Information Act Thursday January 27, 2005 The Guardian If you're feeling peckish in

[osint] GENERAL'S UP-ARMOR PLEA IGNORED

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001349.html GENERAL'S UP-ARMOR PLEA IGNORED For more than a year, Maj. Gen. William Webster, the head of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, had been asking his bosses for the money to toughen up his armored personnel carriers. And for more than a year,

[osint] Berman on Iran and Palestinian politics in the Washington Times

-- The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com -- Iran filling political vacuum? By Ilan Berman Published

[osint] Pro-U.S. Mayor Has Target On His Back

http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/39526.htm The New York Post PRO-U.S. MAYOR HAS TARGET ON HIS BACK By JOSH WILLIAMS January 30, 2005 -- BAGHDAD - The man replacing the mayor of Baghdad - who was assassinated for his pro-American loyalties - says he is not worried about his ties to

[osint] Today's Burma funded by drugs

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/31Jan2005_news26.php Bangkok Post Monday 31 January 2005 Monday 31 January 2005 Today's Burma funded by drugs Thailand and the United States have taken legal steps against the biggest, richest druglords in Asia. A US federal court accepted a case against

[osint] Jay Bryant: First olive

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jaybryant/printjb20050131.shtml Townhall.com First olive Jay Bryant (back to web version) | Send January 31, 2005 The first one of anything is very expensive. The first Tylenol, the first Corvette, the first personal computer. The next one is a whole lot

[osint] Larry Kudlow: Freedom over cynicism

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/printlk20050130.shtml Townhall.com Freedom over cynicism Larry Kudlow (back to web version) | Send January 30, 2005 When you read that Jordan's King Abdullah is taking steps to organize new elections in his country, with regional election