[osint] Poll shows French cooling on EU treaty

[Excerpt: The poll of 802 people, conducted earlier this week, showed that 51 per cent of respondents would vote No if the referendum were held on Sunday. Support for the Yes campaign slumped 14 points from the previous month to 49 per cent, following a tumultuous spell in French politics.]

[osint] Experts fear French negativism may doom EU constitution

[Excerpt: Meny accused the commission of waving a red flag by supporting what is known as the country of origin principle, which means that a company can trade anywhere in the EU provided only that it obey the rules and regulations of its own country.]

[osint] Diverging Sunni positions in Iraq amid anti-war protests in Europe

[Excerpt: Minas Ibrahim al-Yussufi, secretary general of Iraq's Christian Democratic Party, said his kidnappers demanded the departure of US troops from Iraq. And we, with the Committee of Muslim Scholars, have one simple demand: a timetable for the withdrawal of American forcesSpeaking at a

[osint] US suspends military aid to Nicaragua over missiles

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050319/1/3rd8a.html US suspends military aid to Nicaragua over missiles The United States has decided to suspend military aid to Nicaragua until it destroys all Soviet-made SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, which Washington worries could fall into the hands of terrorists.

[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

[osint] Woman-led Friday Prayer Sparks Furor in US

[Excerpt: “If Islam goes with what you feel, then it is not a religion, it is an option. We are against her because she is trying to offend 1.4 billion Muslims and as a Muslim it is our duty to forbid what we see as evil,” the protester, who refused to be named, told Voice of America radio.“I

[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

[osint] Spain Arrests Syrian in Train Bomb Probe

Spain Arrests Syrian Man in Train Bomb Probe March 18, 2005 Spain Arrests Syrian Man in Train Bomb Probe By REUTERS Filed at 5:24 p.m. ET MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police investigating the Madrid train bombings arrested a Syrian man on Friday on suspicion of recruiting and indoctrinating

[osint] Woman leads Muslim prayer service in New York City (UAE)

[Excerpt: Dismissing criticism by some that the event was little more than feminist rabble-rousing, Asra Q. Nomani, an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter who is the lead organizer of the prayer ceremony, said it's about drawing attention to the inequality Muslim women worldwide face

[osint] Good news: 7 al-Zarqawi insurgents found slain

7 al-Zarqawi insurgents found slain in retaliation for killing By John Ward Anderson The Washington Post BAGHDAD, Iraq - When more than 80 bodies were found last week at four different places in Iraq, a fifth gruesome discovery attracted little notice. In the violent city of Ramadi, a

[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

[osint] Secret US plans for Iraq's oil

[Excerpt: Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's back-channel to Saddam, claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks on US and British occupying forces.Insurgents used this, saying, 'Look, you're losing

[osint] Explosion at Theatre Wounds Six in Qatar

Explosion at Theatre Wounds Six in Qatar By Odai Sirri DOHA (Reuters) - An explosion at a small theater near a British school in Qatar wounded six people attending a play on Saturday, a Qatari official said. There was an explosion in the cafeteria inside the theater building.

[osint] UK police arrest Madrid bombing suspect

UK police arrest Madrid bombing suspect British police have arrested a man wanted by Spanish police over the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people a year ago. Anti-terrorist police arrested Moutaz Almallah Dabas, 39, west of London. Dabas is due to appear at Bow Street Magistrates

[osint] Swedish hostage says no Iraq ransom paid

Right. Like the French and Italians...and there's still ocean front property in Arizona for sale too. Bruce Swedish hostage says no Iraq ransom paid March 20, 2005 - 8:19AM Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format An Iraqi-born Swede released after one month in captivity said his

[osint] SOMALIA: Ethiopia as an enemy is engraved in collective memory of Somalis

And, vice versa. Get over it. Bruce Ethiopia as an enemy is engraved in the collective memory of Somali people By Bashir Goth Al-Jazeerah, March 19, 2005 The newly formed Somali parliamentarian's fist fight over the deployment of Ethiopian troops is a small precedent of what is in store

[osint] Fifty wounded in blast in Qatar

Fifty wounded in blast in Qatar March 20, 2005 - 8:09AM Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format More than 50 people were hospitalised after a blast tore through a theatre during a performance of Shakespeare with about 100 Westerners in the audience, a US military official said. The cause

[osint] PHILIPPINES: The Killing Fields of Central Luzon

The Killing Fields of Central Luzon The murder of another peasant leader in Pampanga – the home province of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo- brings to 13 the total number of orchestrated killings in Central Luzon since the start of the year. Five individuals from the same region have been

[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

[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,

[osint] Tending an Oasis of Uprising

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-camp19mar19,1,2739028.story?coll=la-headlines-worldctrack=1cset=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 Ashraf

[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 British

[osint] Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Research

This illustrates an serious problem in Homeland Security. Most of the Federal databases pertaining to terrorism are classified, so virtually all local first responders and their municipal planners have no access at all or access only to sanitized reports on an untimely basis. To gain

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[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

[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