[osint] Moral Inversion at the New York Times
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5739 Moral Inversion at the New York Times August 6th, 2006 Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times columnist who never apologized for supporting terrorist-funder Sami Al-Arian, now attacks http://select.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/opinion/06Kristof.html Ehud Olmert for defending his people, delivering a stunning first line in his column today: As I see it, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is shooting Israel and America in the feet (and Lebanon in the stomach) each day that he continues his onslaught, with President Bush enthusiastically providing the ammunition. Unless you subscribe to the Times or pay $50 a year for Times Select, you can't read the article. But consistent with fair use copyright limitations, let's examine his contentions. Kristof implicitly says that Israel is metaphorically harming America by responding to Hezbollah attacks. He doesn't explicitly state his rationale, but it may relate to his view that Hezbollah is winning the public relations battle and will end up stronger than ever. Then he counsels the need for a diplomatic settlement and relies on Edward Walker, whom he notes was a former Ambassador to Israel. What he does not note is that Walker was also US Ambassador to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and that he is the president of the Middle East Institute, which is a Saudi-funded think tank. If reasders were informed of these facts. they just might be led to question the objectivity of his views. Regardless of any bias, Kristof's solutions would only worsen the problem of strengthening Hezbollah. Kristof would compel Israel to exchange prisoners with Hezbollah, give up Shebaa Farms, and offer an Israeli promise not to breach Lebanese territory or airspace unless attacked. Furthermore, Hezbollah would commit to becoming a purely political force and to dismantling its militia, with its weaponry going to the Lebanese armed forces. Israel would resume talks with Syria on the Golan Heights, the U.S. would resume contact with Syria, and Syria would agree to stop supplying weaponry to Hezbollah (or allowing it in from Iran). Syria and Hezbollah would then pledge cooperation with a robust international buffer force along the border. Some of this may have to come in stages: for example, with Hezbollah first leaving the border area and then giving up its weaponry. But, it's odd for Israel to hand over Shebaa Farms to Lebanon, since old maps show pretty clearly that it was Syrian. But Syria, seeking to make mischief, has said that it is Lebanese, and it certainly is not Israeli. How would this strengthen Hezbollah and weaken our ally, Israel? Hezbollah would be handed a clear-cut victory. By invading Israel, by attacking, murdering and kidnapping Israeli soldiers from Israeli territory, Hezbollah would receive prisoners held in Israeli jails (including Samir Kuntar, who invaded a kibbutz in Israel in 1983, shooting Danny Haran in the head and then cracking his 4-year old daughter's skull with a rifle butt-killing her). And Israel would give up territory captured from Syria in a war with that nation, showing the Islamic world that a terror group can effect a change in borders. This would be a particularly damaging development since many borders in the region are artificial and the problem of irredentism is ever-present. Islamic extremists aim for the return of a caliphate, which would sweep away all borders and recreate an expansionist Islamic empire. Syria would also gain from this act of terror. Instead of being penalized for supplying arms to Hezbollah and for helping it gain power during Syria's colonization of Lebanon over the last 15 years, Syria would be offered help in regaining the Golan Heights from Israel that it lost in the 1967 War. All that for merely supplying Hezbollah with arms, regardless of the innocent Lebanese killed because of Hezbollah. What would Israel get in return? An international force along the border, promises that Syria would no longer supply arms to Hezbollah, and the evolution of Hezbollah into a political force-stripped of weapons. All these promises have been made before, of course, and a lot of good they did Isarel. UNIFIL existed between Lebanon and Israel and did not stop attacks from Hezbollah. Instead UNIFIL was used by Hezbollah to prevent Israeli responses to its attacks. UN Resolutions are already on the books that required Hezbollah to disarm and become a political force. These Resolutions were agreed to when Israel withdrew from Lebanon. These Resolutions were also ignored by Lebanon and Hezbollah. So what does Kristof offer to all the sides? Syria gets back part of the Golan Heights without any agreement with Israel regarding its demilitarization or cutting off support for terror groups within the region (Don't forget that Damascus is the nerve center for Hezbollah and many other terror groups.) Hezbollah and Lebanon merely can make the same promises that they ignored in previous
[osint] Al-Qaeda member killed, 11 others arrested by US army
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=enDSNO=894091 DSNO=894091 Al-Qaeda member killed, 11 others arrested by US army BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (KUNA) -- A member of Al-Qaeda terrorist organization was killed and 11 others were arrested during a raid on Saturday, the US army on Sunday. In a press release, US army said the raid took place to the north of Baghdad in Al-Taji area that's known for containing a number of elements launching terrorist attacks in central Iraq. Through intelligence efforts, the cell was known for its role in producing bombs and launching attacks against security forces and civilians, added the army. (pickup previous) mhg. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] LTTE mercilessly slaughtered more than 100 Muslim civilians
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/1420 LTTE mercilessly slaughtered more than 100 Muslim civilians - including women and children Sun, 2006-08-06 03:13 Colombo, 06 August, (Asiantribune.com): Over 100 Muslim civilians, including women and children were slaughtered by the Tamil Tiger militants on Friday night at Pachchanoor, alleging them as members of the Muslim armed group 'Jihad.' According to the report, displaced families were fleeing the fighting in Muttur - the government-held town when the Tigers blocked them at Pachchanoor on Friday night and killed over a 100 including women, youth and children. Earlier on 04 August, Rauf Hakeem - Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress publicly raised the issue of missing more than 100 Muslims innocent civilians and alleged that they are being detained by the LTTE. More than 100 innocent youths were detained by LTTE while they were fleeing to safer places. The point where they were kept is still unknown. We urge LTTE to release them immediately. Rauf Hakeem appealed for their release. Muslim sources told that LTTE constantly claimed that they have adequate evidences for the existence of an armed Jihad group in Muttur. According to the civilians, LTTE cadres armed with sophisticated weapons had blocked the way of the fleeing Muslim civilians as they had been moving towards Serunuwara from Muttur area. It is now confirmed that Tiger militants detained the fleeing Muslim civilians and slaughtered them mercilessly alleging them as members of the Muslim armed group called Jihad. A group of civilians who managed to escape the slaughter has reported the incident to the military officials. An immediate search operation is now underway to search and rescue the civilian in the area. Sri Lankan security forces have set off to the particular area to bring the corpses. It is reported that the SLMM and Red Cross are also on their way to the particular area. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Red Cards and Summer Rains
http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=4/b/vii/060820061 Red Cards and Summer Rains By Robbie Friedmann IHC Abstract The world of soccer has a means of dealing with unacceptable behavior, as was the evident during a 2006 World-Cup match, when the French player Zizu, of Algerian extraction, head-butted an Italian opponent for insulting him. Zizu was handed a red card, which meant he had to leave the playing field. No such governing system applies to the real world in which terrorism has so often been allowed free reign. Countries such as France do nothing about murders against Israeli citizens by Arab or Islamic terrorists, although their leaders are quick to threaten the same murderers with massive retaliation if their own civilians are harmed. The IDF's departure from southern Lebanon in September 2000 and the disengagement from Gaza last year have boosted the confidence of Israel's enemies and have made their attacks even more brazen, as evidenced by the recent abductions of Israeli soldiers on Israeli soil. However, this time Israel's response has been far less lenient, and with few exceptions, both public and politicians stand united against the terrorist threat. This cohesiveness and determination must be maintained, now as much as ever before. Israel's future and that of the free world depend upon it. If other countries in the free world do nothing else, they should at least refrain from labeling Israel's reaction as disproportional. _ During the June-July world cup soccer games, many players were yellow-carded (as a warning) and several were red-carded (and thrown off-court). A-dime-a-dozen pundits provided ample - if hollow - narratives about the symbolic importance of soccer: It is a unifying game, it is a divisive game, it is a game that gives an opportunity for lower class players to get out of poverty and heroes to identify with, it is a game that gives the upper class a chance to let off some steam, it is even a game that allows nationalist sentiments to be channeled into the playing field and the energize crazed fans. In short, divinity incarnate. If one wants to find symbolism in soccer, nowhere was it more apparent than in the last minutes of overtime of the cup final game when a talented French player, of Algerian extraction, head-butted an Italian opponent (see tinyurl.com/zbo7t ). He was unceremoniously red-carded on the spot for this despicably unsportsmanlike conduct. Later he explained that the Italian player uttered some unflattering attributes about his mother and sister. Assuming the Italian tried to provoke him, the player, known as Zizu, violated all expected norms and rules by violently attacking the Italian. Namely, he took the law into his own hands, to defend his honor, in front of an estimated 3-billion spectators. And the world be damned. Soccer's red-carding does indeed serve as the sport's criminal justice system, the same way that an officer would arrest anyone who would commit a violent crime. Charges would be filed and due process will ensue. Regrettably, the mechanism available in civic life and in sports, is sourly missing in the international arena. Terrorists have been acting with impunity, not only taking the law into their hands but also glorifying their action as inspired by divine commands and blaming their victims for being the infidel-offender. Unlike Zizu, who has talent on the sports field, the terrorist's talent is channeled into mayhem and destruction. Not into art, construction, or any other acceptable productive activity. Palestinians have perfected terrorism to an unprecedented level. They have specialized in airline hijacking, murdering civilians, sending suicide bombers into the heart of civilian populations, and launching rockets on civilian centers. On 25 June, Hamas terrorists attacked an Israeli army post after crossing the border from the Gaza Strip into Israel via a tunnel. They killed two soldiers, wounded four others and kidnapped corporal Gilad Shalit. Despite the PA not being a state entity, this action clearly constituted an act of war. For almost three weeks Israel has applied pressure on Gaza trying to return the soldier home and at the same time damage the terrorists' infra-structure there to stop the launching of rockets on Israeli territory. Officially Israel has stated it will NOT negotiate with terrorists; this despite reported efforts by various third parties (Egypt, Finland) to serve as intermediaries to secure the release of the kidnapped soldier. Third party efforts thus far have not yielded the desired results as the terrorists, guided by Iran and Syria, want to milk this situation to the best of their advantage - knowing full well the sensitivity for human life in Israel and the west. They also counted on past successes where Israel released hundreds on terrorist in deals it did not negotiate with terrorists. However, unlike in numerous previous instances, this time Israel decided to red-card
[osint] The PressCorpse is getting really rancid...
http://www.americandaily.com/article/14941 The PressCorpse is getting really rancid... By Malcolm http://americandaily.com/author/186 Hedges (08/06/2006) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reuters doctored photos to exaggerate IDF bombings, The NY Times is praising Hezbullah's good deeds and good ol' CNN was caught doing propaganda work for Hezbullah. Ok, so whats new? What's new is that the 'new media' is exposing their tricks and schemes. In the ol' days, what the MSM created or invented was the news. Israel ain't perfect, but it's at least 1000 times better than the offerings brought to the table by Hezbullah, Iran and their ilk. But the candy-a** Liberals and Progressives have on their cheap pink sunglasses and can only see a rosy future if they kiss the rear ends of the UN, Islamic Facists and their hero Communist/Socialist regimes around the world. Refuse to support their political parties, their BS MSM and their UN! Let's make that MSM PressCorpse even more rancid and force the burial. Actually to protect the environment let's demand cremation, the high temperatures could kill all the termites and roaches that infest their operations. If we just bury them, the termites and roaches would come back to haunt us. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060806.html Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley Crawford Middle School Crawford, Texas 9:00 A.M. CDT MR. HADLEY: Good morning. I'd be glad to answer any questions you folks have. Q Steve, how are you going to get Hezbollah to sign on to this cessation of hostilities? MR. HADLEY: The resolution will call for the Lebanese government and the Israeli government to accept the framework of a political arrangement that will be set out in this first resolution. And also, of course, to accept this call for a cessation, a full cessation of hostilities, which means Hezbollah attacks to stop and Israeli offensive operations to stop. It's really going to be the Lebanese government that is going to have to set out and accept the arrangement on behalf of the Lebanese people. As you know, Hezbollah is a part of that government. They will have to take on that responsibility. In addition, of course, we are asking those countries with influence on Hezbollah to send a clear message, and that would be particularly Iran and Syria, to send a clear message to Hezbollah that it needs to accept the will of the international community and support the decision made by the Lebanese government. I think it's interesting if you have a situation where the international community is calling for a full cessation of hostilities supported by the Lebanese government -- it was supported by the Israeli government, and Hezbollah says no, that will tell you something about who wants peace and who does not, and that will be a clarifying moment. I think it's important to say that if, when this first resolution is adopted -- which we hope will be tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday morning -- I don't think you'll see an instantaneous end to the violence. As you know, historically, these cease-fires take some time to go into effect, particularly if, unfortunately, Hezbollah were to reject it. But we would want, in any event, to move towards a second resolution, because everybody, I think, understands how this needs to end up -- which is that the Lebanese government needs to be able to exert it's authority throughout the country; the Lebanese army needs to be able to move south and take control of that territory, which it has not done and has not had for the last several years; and that it is going to need help to do so. And that's what the UNIFIL force, the United Nations force that is now there can do -- but also, the multinational force is so important to strengthen the hand of the Lebanese army when it moves into southern Lebanon, and to give Israel some assurance that if Israel then pulls out, Hezbollah will not come back in. So everybody knows that's where that needs to end up. We need a second resolution to get there, and that's why once the first resolution is adopted, we will try and move very quickly towards a second resolution. Q Steve, is the administration now going to talk to Iran and Syria to make this point, and try to have some back-and-forth with them? As you know, many of your critics say you haven't been talking to your enemies, who actually hold the key to this. MR. HADLEY: Well, in some sense, you know, every time someone like me gets up and talks and says what they've just said, we've sent a message to Syria and Iran. I mean, it's not as if they don't hear what has been said. Secondly, in terms of both of these countries, there are a number of countries that are sending the same message. That's really been an approach we have had both with respect to Syria and Iran, to try and get the international community and as many countries as we can sending the same message to Syria and Iran. In terms of Iran, as you know, we are very anxious to enter into a discussion with Iran on their nuclear program. And we have proposed to do so if they will simply do what the international community, what the Europeans, who have been handling the diplomacy with them have called for, what the IAEA Board of Governors have called for, which is to suspend their nuclear enrichment programs. So we would like very much to be entering into a discussion with Iran on that issue and potentially other issues. But they've got to take a step to show that they are willing to come into compliance with the international community. Q On this particular issue, though, I know Syria says they don't want to be just sent messages, they want to have a conversation about that. Is the administration open to that? MR. HADLEY: Throughout the firs term of this administration and into the second, we have had ongoing, very high-level discussions with Syria. They involved Secretary of State Powell, they involved Deputy Secretary Armitage, they involved Bill Burns, who was then Assistant Secretary of State. Those were a bit interrupted after the murder of Rafik Hariri, and evidence that the Syrian government may have been responsible for that. And at that point, we withdrew our ambassador. But we
[osint] 'Bangladesh sees rising Islamic movement with al-Qaeda link'
http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/08/04/d6080401107.htm 'Bangladesh sees rising Islamic movement with al-Qaeda link' The Washington Post on Wednesday carried a story headlined A new hub for terrorism?: In Bangladesh, an Islamic movement with al-Qaeda ties is on the rise. Following is the full text of the article by Selig S Harrison: While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations that reach into India and Southeast Asia. With 147 million people, largely Muslim Bangladesh has substantial Hindu and Christian minorities and is nominally a secular democracy. But the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) struck a Faustian bargain with the fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami five years ago in order to win power. In return for the votes in Parliament needed to form a coalition government, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has looked the other way as the Jamaat has systematically filled sensitive civil service, police, intelligence and military posts with its sympathizers, who have in turn looked the other way as Jamaat-sponsored guerrilla squads patterned after the Taliban have operated with increasing impunity in many rural and urban areas. To the dismay of her business supporters, the prime minister gave the coveted post of industries minister to Matiur Rahman Nizami, a high-ranking Jamaat official who has helped promote the growth of a Jamaat economic empire that embraces banking, insurance, trucking, pharmaceutical manufacturing, department stores, newspapers and TV stations. A study last year by a leading Bangladeshi economist showed that the fundamentalist sector of the economy earns annual profits of some $1.2 billion. Now the BNP-Jamaat alliance is rigging the next national elections, scheduled for January, to prevent the return of the opposition Awami League to power. Voter lists are being manipulated, and the supposedly neutral caretaker government and the commission that will run the election are being turned into puppets. The BNP argues that coalition rule helps moderates in the Jamaat to combat Islamic extremist factions. But the reality is that Jamaat inroads in the government security machinery at all levels, starting with Home Secretary Muhammad Omar Farooq, widely regarded as close to the Jamaat, have opened the way for suicide bombings, political assassinations, harassment of the Hindu minority, and an unchecked influx of funds from Islamic charities in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf to Jamaat-oriented madrassas (religious schools) that in some cases are fronts for terrorist activity. With some 15,000 hard-core fighters operating out of 19 known base camps, guerrilla groups sponsored by the Jamaat and its allies were able to paralyze the country last Aug. 17 by staging 459 closely synchronized explosions in all but one of the country's administrative districts. When the key leaders of these groups were captured, they were kept by the police in a comfortable apartment, where they were free to receive visitors. A cartoon in the Daily Star of Dhaka on July 24 showed them lounging on a rug, conducting classes in bombmaking. Their fate and present place of confinement is uncertain, and all of the major guerrilla groups are back to business as usual. The bitterness of Bangladeshi politics is often attributed to a personal vendetta between two strong women, Prime Minister Zia and the Awami League leader, Sheikh Hasina Wajed. But the roots of the current struggle go back to 1971, when Bengali East Pakistan, led by the Awami League, broke away from Punjabi-dominated West Pakistan to form the nation of Bangladesh. The Jamaat, which originated in the western wing, opposed the independence movement and fought side by side with Pakistani forces against both fellow Bengalis and the Indian troops who intervened in the decisive final phase of the conflict. For Pakistan's intelligence agencies, especially Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the legacy of the independence war has been a built-in network of agents within the Jamaat and its affiliates who can be utilized to harass India along its 2,500-mile border with Bangladesh. In addition to supporting tribal separatist groups in northeast India, the ISI uses Bangladesh as a base for helping Islamic extremists inside India. After the July 11 train bombings in Bombay, a top Indian police official, K.P. Raghuvanshi, said that his key suspects have connections with groups in Nepal and Bangladesh, which are directly or indirectly connected to Pakistan. A State Department report cited evidence that one of the Jamaat's main allies, the Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami, also headquartered in Pakistan, maintains contact with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Bangladesh Harakat leader Fazlul Rahman was one of the six signatories of Osama bin Laden's first declaration of holy
[osint] Forget Politically Correct - Check out Politically Ignorant
http://www.americandaily.com/article/14931 Forget Politically Correct - Check out Politically Ignorant By Michael http://americandaily.com/author/162 Bresciani (08/06/2006) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] How many Americans know what is really going on in the Middle East? Perhaps Americans are working and playing too hard to get the true picture. What is brewing there comes with no promise to remain over there. Global conflicts don't remain over there anymore in our shrinking world. In August of 2006 CNN News conducted a poll that was meant to see how the average American viewed the Hezbollah. The result would leave anyone with an ounce of political savvy in a state of disbelief. The poll concluded that forty seven percent of those polled think Hezbollah is friendly toward America. Leaving aside the generally accepted idea that our allies' enemies are our enemies you've got to wonder if those polled have a clue. Did the pollsters remind those polled that Hezbollah is solidly backed by Iran. And have those Americans forgotten the Ayatollah Khomeini or the Iranian hostage crisis? Have they forgotten that Iran is openly and defiantly bent on creating enriched uranium from its nuclear facilities to make nuclear bombs with? Have they forgotten all this or did they ever know it to begin with. Did those polled forget that between 1983 and 1985 elements of the Hezbollah were responsible for the bomb that killed over two hundred U. S. Marines in Beirut? Weren't they informed that the Hezbollah car bombed the U. S. Embassy and the embassy's annex? Did the polled know that nearly every suicide bomber that claimed the lives of innocent women, children and tourists at the Israeli border were sanctioned and in some cases paid for by the Hezbollah? The real question seems to be were they informed of anything at all. If those polled attended a class in the area of political science entitled, political savvy 101 and were asked only one question to complete the course how many would pass? The question of course would be what country Iran would use its nuclear bomb on if it had one. They could be given multiple choice answers such as 1.America, 2.Israel, 3.duh. According to the CNN poll one hundred percent of those in that class would be taking the course over. Has life in America become so fast paced that we have no time to pay attention to what is going on elsewhere or doesn't a Super Power need to give any attention to these serious threats perceived only as isolated foreign skirmishes and uprisings? Is the pre 9/11 complacency retuning with a vengeance? It is hard to hit the head of an ostrich from far away but his body makes a great target. One has to wonder if nature endowed the bird with just a pinch more wisdom would he keep his head above ground long enough to hear the gunfire so he could run for cover. Do those polled need just a pinch more wisdom? Hezbollah is just as committed to the demise of the United States as it is to seeing the annihilation of Israel. If nothing else was known about the Hezbollah except that it is a militant Muslim movement how anyone could mistake them for a friend to the west is beyond all reason or human understanding. Are Americans so busy looking for reasons to celebrate the good times and scream out their heehaws that they can't hear the ever deafening sound of those crying out for a jihad? Will the business or the busyness of America make true the saying that the hardest thing for any individual, group or nation to survive is its own success? God forbid. Rev Bresciani has written many articles over the past thirty years in such periodicals as Guideposts and Catholic Digest. He is the author of two books available on Amazon.com, Alibris, Barnes and Noble and many other places. Rev Bresciani wrote Hook Line and Sinker or what has Your Church Been Teaching You, publisher, PublishAmerica of Baltimore MD. He also wrote a book published by Xulon Press entitled An American Prophet and His Message. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that
[osint] Russian President Putain Slams United States
http://www.americandaily.com/article/14930 Russian President Putin Slams United States By Jim Kouri CPP http://americandaily.com/author/145 (08/06/2006) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Russians have allegedly sold weapons to countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and other terrorist-supporting nations. After the US-led invasion of Iraq, Russian-made weapons were found, as well. As a result, the US government placed sanctions against American business dealings with two Russian companies selling arms and weapons systems to Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted the United States on Friday for imposing such sanctions on two Russian corporations. Putin called the sanctions an illegitimate attempt to make foreign companies work by internal American rules, after the US banned all American companies from dealing with two Russian firms that sold hardware to Iran. One of the companies, Rosoboronexport, is headed by Sergei Chemezov, a former member of the KGB who worked with Putin in East Germany during the Cold War. President Putin explains, These sanctions, which the US unilaterally imposes on other countries and their organizations, are an obvious political and legal anachronism. The US Department of State says the companies were helping the Iranians to develop weapons of mass destruction, as well as cruise or ballistic missile systems to compliment its upcoming nuclear power. According to an MSNBC report, the sanctions could have far-reaching implications; U.S. companies such as Boeing, works with Sukhoi in Russia and is a large customer of VSMPO-Avisma, a Russian titanium company, which has been targeted for a takeover by Rosoboronexport. Under the sanctions, no American company can deal with the banned Russian firms for two years. While some observers are criticizing Bush for the ban, it's not the first time Putin has made a move against the US. Recently, President Putin's government forced Russian radio stations to stop broadcasting news reports from the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Ironically, according to the VOA, President Bush praised his Russian counterpart Putin for his helpful role in international diplomacy. The sanctions will be the first time the US government has taken action against the Russians. For many years, government officials turned a blind eye to Russian duplicity. For instance, when the US called for an arms embargo on Iran last April for its defiance on its nuclear programs, the Russians ignored the call. Russia was already in the process of selling Iran 29 TOR M1 mobile surface-to-air missile defense systems and went forward with the sales. The United States had hoped that the United Nations Security Council could impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear programs. It's hardly a surprise that Russia has been reluctant to do so. Why are people so surprised that the Russians are not cooperating? They stand to make a lot of money selling arms and military technology to Iran, especially since they lost a good customer in Iraq, said one intelligence analyst. Russia's arms and technology transfers to Iran have created diplomatic and security headaches for Washington, as Tehran develops some fairly sophisticated military capabilities and builds ballistic missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that threaten US interests and allies in the region. Even more troubling for Washington, the US has been able to do very little about it and its options seem limited. In addition, intelligence experts believe -- as with the Saddam regime in Iraq -- Russian intelligence officers are assisting the Iranians. Jane's Intelligence Review reports that while the KGB was dismantled, the Russians are continuously growing a huge intelligence network that is deeply entrenched in the Middle East. It's believed that Russia is hosting Iranian intelligence officers at their training facilities and academies in order to upgrade their training in intelligence gathering and analysis, covert actions, and strategic planning. In spite of the enormous amount of evidence that Putin's government has repeatedly worked against the United States, the Bush Administration appears to be oblivious to the Russians' duplicity on the world stage. When documents and tape recordings indicated that Russian military officers were in Iraq assisting the Iraqis prior to the US-led invasion, and that their assistance went so far as to provide Iraq's dictator with US invasion plans, the silence in the Bush White House was deafening. The sanctions against two Russian companies may be a good beginning, but that's all it is -- a beginning. Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed Crack City by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university. He's also served
[osint] Analysts Forecast More Terror Threats Including Lone Wolves
http://www.commonvoice.com/article.asp?colid=5570 (This article is based on a lengthy report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Only parts pertaining exclusively to law enforcement personnel and strategies were omitted.) Analysts Forecast More Terror Threats Including Lone Wolves Terrorism is the most significant threat to our national security. In the international terrorism arena, over the next five years, it's believed that the number of state-sponsored terrorist organizations will continue to decline, but privately sponsored terrorist groups will increase in number. However, the terrorist groups will increasingly cooperate with one another to achieve desired ends against common enemies. These alliances will be of limited duration, but such loose associations will challenge our ability to identify specific threats. Al-Qaeda, and Hezbollah, and their affiliates will remain the most significant threat over the next five years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation forecasts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to come, presenting new asymmetric threats to the United States, according to a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police and other law enforcement and security organizations. Although the United States will continue to occupy a position of economic and political leadership -- and although other governments will also continue to be important actors on the world stage -- terrorist groups, criminal enterprises, and other non-state actors will assume an increasing role in international affairs. Nation states and their governments will exercise decreasing control over the flow of information, resources, technology, services, and people. The most significant domestic terrorism threat over the next five years will be the lone actor, or lone wolf terrorist. They typically draw ideological inspiration from formal terrorist organizations, but operate on the fringes of those movements. Despite their ad hoc nature and generally limited resources, they can mount high-profile, extremely destructive attacks, and their operational planning is often difficult to detect. An excellent example of this is the lone gunman -- a Muslim -- who entered a Jewish center in Seattle and killed one woman while wounding five others. Globalization and the trend of an increasingly networked world economy will become more pronounced within the next five years. The global economy will stabilize some regions, but widening economic divides are likely to make areas, groups, and nations that are left behind breeding grounds for unrest, violence, and terrorism. As corporate, financial, and nationality definitions and structures become more complex and global, the distinction between foreign and domestic entities will increasingly blur. This will lead to further globalization and networking of criminal elements, directly threatening the security of the United States. Most experts believe that technological innovation will have the most profound impact on the collective ability of the federal, state, and local governments to protect the United States. Advances in information technology, as well as other scientific and technical areas, have created the most significant global transformation since the Industrial Revolution. These advances allow terrorists, disaffected states, weapons proliferators, criminal enterprises, drug traffickers, and other threat enterprises easier and cheaper access to weapons technology. Technological advances will also provide terrorists and others with the potential to stay ahead of law enforcement countermeasures. For example, it will be easier and cheaper for small groups or individuals to acquire designer chemical or biological warfare agents, and correspondingly more difficult for forensic experts to trace an agent to a specific country, company, or group. In the 21st Century, with the ready availability of international travel and telecommunications, neither crime nor terrorism confines itself territorially. Nor do criminals or terrorists restrict themselves, in conformance with the structure of our laws, wholly to one bad act or the other. Instead, they enter into alliances of opportunity as they arise; terrorists commit crimes and, for the right price or reason, criminals assist terrorists. Today's threats cross geographic and political boundaries with impunity; and do not fall solely into a single category of our law. To meet these threats, we need an even more tightly integrated intelligence cycle. We must have extraordinary receptors for changes in threats and the ability to make immediate corrections in our priorities and focus to address those changes. And, we must recognize that alliances with others in law enforcement, at home and abroad, are absolutely essential. The global Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threat to the United States and its interests is expected to increase
[osint] Out of the ruins
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/15198098.htm?templa te=contentModules/printstory.jsp Out of the ruins In World Trade Center, Oliver Stone (nonpolitically, he says) tells the story of police officers who started Sept. 11 as rescuers - and ended up as survivors. By Steven Rea Inquirer Movie Critic On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, doctors and nurses across New York were called to emergency rooms, in anticipation of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of commuters, office workers, tourists, cops and firefighters who were expected to be pulled from the ruins of the twin towers. But the ERs remained quiet. The medical teams waited. In all, 2,749 people died in lower Manhattan that day. Of those taken from the rubble, only 20 survived. Oliver Stone's World Trade Center is the story of two of those 20: Sgt. John McLoughlin and officer Will Jimeno, both of the Port Authority Police Department. McLoughlin, played by Nicolas Cage, led his team to the site, where the first tower was hit, and where the thwack of bodies hitting the plaza provided an eerie drumbeat to the chaos. McLoughlin, Jimeno (Michael Peña) and three other P.A. officers had collected air tanks in the concourse and headed for the stairs, to save workers who were trapped. Then the building came down. Buried beneath slabs of concrete and steel, in an inferno of smoke and fire, the policemen were seriously injured, immobile, as good as dead. Their rescue - the temptation is to say miraculous - is what World Trade Center is about. Unlike United 93, Paul Greengrass' documentary-like reenactment of the al Qaeda-hijacked flight that ended, fatally, near Shanksville, Pa., Stone's 9/11 film aims to be uplifting. The director sees it as a memorial: To the victims, the first responders, the citizens of 85 countries who died that day. It's about people doing heroic things, good things, helping each other, and above all not letting the fear destroy them, Stone says. These people really behaved well under pressure... . Rescue workers took their lives into their hands and jumped in there. I wanted to honor those feelings, honor those men. The $63 million production, shot last year in New York and on soundstages in Los Angeles, also stars Maria Bello as John's wife, Donna, and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Will's pregnant spouse, Allison. It is based on a script by Andrea Berloff, a heretofore unproduced screenwriter discovered by the film's producers. Berloff spent weeks interviewing the McLoughlins and the Jimenos and others. One of the first questions I asked John and Will and their families when I was hired was, 'Why do you want to do this?' she recalls. And they were very clear. They wanted to pay honor to the men who died with them and the men who rescued them, who risked their lives to save them. (McLoughlin's and Jimeno's story came to the attention of producer Debra Hill, a Philadelphia native who died last year from cancer, in an article in the Philadelphia Daily News.) The right time? There are those who feel that it is too soon to tell - and watch - these stories. United 93, released by Universal in April, made a modest $31.5 million at the U.S. box office. World Trade Center, which cost four times United 93's production budget, has more on the line - for its studio and for its director, whose last film, the historical epic Alexander, was a mega-budgeted bomb. I wasn't looking to do a movie about 9/11 until I got this script, says Stone, on the phone from Atlanta. And maybe for some it is too soon, but I don't think so. Michael Shamberg, who produced World Trade Center with Hill and with his partner, Stacey Sher, draws an analogy to Pearl Harbor: The next year, 1942, there were already seven movies about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he says. I hope we're not going backwards, that five years later we don't want to see an important part of our history documented in such a personal way. Berloff, the screenwriter, completely understands there will be people who aren't ready or willing to revisit the trauma. But that said, she adds, there are a lot of people who are, who want to know this story... . I don't think it's too soon ever to remember how brave these men and women were in New York, and how much they did the right thing. If we only remember it as a day where there was evil, I think we're doing ourselves a disservice. Maria Bello agrees. Interviewed in Philadelphia last week, the Norristown native said she was keen to do the project, in part for the chance to work with Stone and Cage, but mostly because she was in New York herself on 9/11, and witnessed the response firsthand. I was there for a movie premiere on the Upper West Side with my six-month-old baby and his dad, and my mom and dad, she says, recounting a story she has clearly told many times since. I walked out to get a pack of cigarettes at the newsstand and a woman turned to me and said, 'I haven't smoked for 11 years, do you have a cigarette?' And I said, 'Why?' She
[osint] Video, sound advances aimed at war on terror
If someone finds a way to bypass them, they can use the technology against us. You have to expect that enemies will find ways to get around it. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--terrorism-technol08 06aug06,0,5168327.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork Video, sound advances aimed at war on terror By MARK JOHNSON Associated Press Writer August 6, 2006, 8:12 AM EDT NISKAYUNA, N.Y. -- It sounds like something out of science fiction. Researchers at General Electric Co.'s sprawling research center, are creating new smart video surveillance systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. Scientist Peter Tu and his team are also developing programs that can recognize faces, pinpoint distress in a crowd by honing in on erratic body movements and synthesize the views of several cameras into one bird's eye view, as part of a growing effort to thwart terrorism. We're definitely on the cutting edge, said Tu, 39. If you want to reduce risk, video is the way to do it. The threat is always evolving, so our video is always evolving. Scientists at the GE complex, a landscaped, gated campus of laboratories and offices spread out over 525 acres and home to 1,900 scientists and staff, and others in the industry hope to use various technologies to reduce false alarms, cut manpower used on mundane tasks and give first-responders better tools to assess threats. The country's growing security needs also provide an opportunity to boost business. The United States and its allies now face a new Iraq generation of terrorists who have learned how to make explosive devices, assassinate leaders and carry out other mayhem since the U.S. invasion of the country more than three years ago, said Roger Cressey, a former counterterrorism official in the Bush Administration who now runs his own consulting business in Arlington, Va. These people are far more adept and capable in many respects than al-Qaida before 9-11, he said. They don't appear in any no-fly list or terrorism data base. Since 2002, GE has spent $4 billion buying smaller businesses to take a bigger share of the $160 billion global security industry, a market that includes everything from building security to narcotics detection. The company expects $2 billion in revenue from its security businesses this year. That should rise to $2.8 billion in 2009, said Louis Parker, chief executive of GE's security unit. Philadelphia-based Acoustech Corp. and Providence-Based FarSounder Inc. received Homeland Security grants to develop systems that can detect underwater threats such as divers with explosives. Ever since the Department of Homeland Security was put into place, our business has gone up, said James McConnell of Acoustech. The three-person company takes in $500,000 in revenue a year. Systems currently run about $1 million from other vendors so the companies are trying to make systems that would be more affordable for port authorities and other waterfront facilities around the country such as power plants and oil refineries. We've had a lot of customers calling and asking for a solution to the problem, said FarSounder founder Matthew Zimmerman. Such cost-saving measures could benefit New York City, which in June, had its share of federal anti-terrorism grants from the Department of Homeland Security cut by 40 percent to $124.5 million. Cressey said the country has to find the best ways to protect itself and that includes investing in new technologies for things like ports, airports and mass transit systems. The U.S. government is spending $1.1 billion this year to fund anti-terrorism technology research and has spent about $3 billion over the past three years, said Christopher Kelly, a DHS spokesman. At General Electric, researchers are working on software that allows cameras to separately track people and the items they are carrying to help detect when suspicious packages are left in airports, stadiums and other public places. One such system is already being tested using video from London's Victoria train station, part of the transit system hit by suicide bombers in July 2005 in which 52 people were killed and another 740 wounded. Cressey said there are about 30 million video surveillance cameras in the United States shooting about four billion hours of footage every week. Relying more on computers to go through that footage would allow manpower to be better used elsewhere and perhaps lead to faster recognition of possible threats. Among numerous other projects, GE is working on baggage scanners that use advanced X-ray and CT technologies to detect traces of explosives faster and with greater accuracy and shoe scanners that use quadrupole resonance, similar to magnetic resonance imaging, to improve screening of passengers' shoes while they are still on their feet. Still, many officials warn that technology cannot replace humans entirely. You
[osint] Appointment In Damascus -Bob Baer
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14207410/ Appointment In Damascus In March I asked an old friend what he though would happen in Lebanon. 'It's not Syria's problem anymore,' he told me. 'We gave Lebanon to Iran.' By Robert Baer Newsweek International Aug. 14, 2006 issue - In March I ran into an old friend in Damascus, a Syrian businessman close to President Bashar al-Assad. I asked him what he thought would happen in Lebanon. It's not Syria's problem anymore, he told me. You threw us out. We gave Lebanon to Iran. I never thought forcing Syria out of Lebanon had been a good idea. The Lebanese government left in charge was weaker than the one that had been powerless to stop the civil war in 1975. Brutal as its rule had been, it was Syria that put an end to that war with the 1989 Taif accord. Syria kept Hizbullah in check, limiting its parliamentary representation in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 elections. With the Syrian Army gone, I feared, Lebanon would again become a divided and dangerous country. To be sure, Damascus is hardly a benign influence. It arms Hizbullah and harbors violent Palestinian groups. Still, when Syria controlled Lebanon, Damascus was the closest thing America had to a return address for Hizbullah's terrorists. This was never clearer than during the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847. When passengers were about to be executed on the tarmac of Beirut International Airport, President Ronald Reagan appealed to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, who ordered his commanders in Lebanon to gas up their tanks and prepare to crush the militia. Hizbullah released the hostages. There were other occasions. In 1987, after Hizbullah kidnapped ABC correspondent Charles Glass within sight of a Syrian checkpoint, the Syrian Army pulled Hizbullah members out of their cars and beat them. Glass was soon free. When the group kidnapped two U.N. employees in 1988, along with others, Assad threatened to arrest Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, a cleric close to Hizbullah, and hang him. Hizbullah quickly let the captives go. In July 1982, a Lebanese Christian militia kidnapped the Iranian chargé d'affaires, two other Iranian diplomats and a Leba-nese journalist. In hopes of an exchange, Iran's Republican Guards arranged to kidnap David Dodge, the acting president of the American University of Beirut, and smuggle him across the border to Syria and thence to Tehran. Washington protested to Assad, who was furious. Unless Iranian authorities freed Dodge, he told Tehran, Syria would expel the Republican Guards from Lebanon. Needless to say, Dodge soon arrived unharmed in Damascus. As I say, like Saddam Hussein in Iraq, it was the Syrians who kept the lid on Lebanon. So the idea of Damascus's handing its Lebanon portfolio to Tehran sounded like trouble. What happens next, I asked my Syrian contact. He shrugged, then dropped a bombshell. During Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Damascus in January, he claimed, the Iranian president had met a shadowy figure in the terrorist world named Imad Mughniyah, the man widely suspected of kidnapping Dodge and killing U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem during the TWA hijacking, among other bloody episodes. I'd heard this story before. The Mossad was big on it, but I've never quite believed it. The point is that my source did. Essentially, he was telling me he feared that Lebanon was spinning out of controlwith dangerous consequences for everyone, including his own country. Freed from Syria's restraint, Hizbullah might soon be hijacking planes and kidnapping people again. If backed by Iranian radicals, it could go even further. At the time I didn't imagine the full-scale war that has since erupted. But in retrospect, it's hardly surprising. Western diplomats may now seek a ceasefire and send in international peacekeepers. Israel may create an ethnically clean buffer zone along its northern border. But does anyone really believe the violence will stop? Will Iran prove a better safety valve than Syria? Not likely. When the last Syrian tank rattled across the border last year, Syria fell back on a policy of trying to seal itself off from the chaos it could see building around it in Iraq and Lebanon. Bashar al-Assad especially fears the sort of crisis his father confronted in February 1982, when an insurrection backed by the Muslim Brotherhood broke out in Hamah. Assad senior contained it by flattening the town with heavy artillery. Combing through the rubble, the Syrians were astonished to find that the rebels' weapons had come from Lebanon. With no strong central government, it had become a failed state, an open arms bazaar and a haven for terrorists the world over. Today Syria sees history repeating itself, only worse. Baer, a former CIA officer, is author of Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[osint] NYTimes Helps Soften Hezbullah's Reputation
http://www.americandaily.com/article/14940 NYTimes Helps Soften Hezbullah's Reputation By Warner http://americandaily.com/author/72 Todd Huston (08/06/2006) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The New York Times has done it again. In their latest soft selling of the terror organization, Hezbullah, The Times is revealing the kinder, gentler side of the outlaw group to help us all better understand how wonderful they really are. Even the title almost seems nice... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/world/middleeast/06tyre.html?hpex=115483 6800en=343faba722d497c0ei=5094partner=homepage Holding a Gun, Hezbollah Lends a Hand, it read. But wait! Apparently The New York Times thought even that title was too harsh. They later changed the name of the piece to Charity Wins Deep Loyalty for Hezbollah. Best to get that nasty gun word out of there, I suppose. Why, we can't expect people in America to come to love Hezbullah like the TImes does if people think they are somehow connected to guns after all! (If you want to see this amusing transformation, Google the original title and one of the top hits under the old title will take you to the newly titled piece) Along with a nicer title than they started with, the piece details all the wonderful things that Hezbullah does so selflessly for the Lebanese people. From paying for groceries, to paying for health care ... why those nice Hezbullah fellers even helped a shop owner negotiate downward his electric bill that those greedy Syrians were trying to get him to pay. TYRE, Lebanon, Aug. 5 - Hezbollah paid for his wife's Caesarean section. It brought olive oil, sugar and nuts when he lost his job and even covered the cost of an operation on his broken nose. Like many poor Shiites across southern Lebanon, Ahmed Awali, 41, a security guard at an apartment building in this southern city, has received charity from Hezbollah for years. He says he is not a member. He does not even know the names of those who helped him. They are a veritable army of Robin hoods, for sure. They cover medical bills, offer health insurance, pay school fees and make seed money available for small businesses. They are invisible but omnipresent, providing essential services that the Lebanese government through years of war was incapable of offering. The Times then goes on to try and link their presence straight to a faith in Islam itself and warns Israel that it cannot win against them. Their presence in southern Lebanon is so widespread that any Israeli military advance will do little to extricate the group, which is as much a part of society as its Shiite faith. In fact, little mention is made of the terrorism that Hezbullah is responsible for in the piece. Only one mention is made about attacks on Israel and that mention does not mention Hezbullah as being responsible for it. On Wednesday, a mass funeral was canceled. Authorities cited the security situation. Minutes later, the sound of rockets being launched swooshed from an area near where the burial was to have been held. Just some mysterious rockets that suddenly sprang from the ground like a budding flower in Spring Time, I suppose. Worse, the Times furthers the fiction that Hezbullah's social works are separate and unconnected to the terrorism wing of the organization. Now, Hezbollah's military branch is separate from its social works, but in its early days it began together, organizing water delivery for people in Dahiya, the Shiite area in south Beirut, the scene of some of some of the most complete destruction in this war. How absurd. There are no separate parts of Hezbullah. They are part and parcel an organization, funded by Syria and Iran, created solely for the purpose of killing Jews and has been on the USA's list of terrorist organizations for decades. These social woks are merely propaganda meant to further that aim. They are not mere charity meant to help fellow citizens. The Times support of Hezbullah amounts to a support for terrorism and no American institution should offer such support. But, The Times sure makes a great propaganda arm of Hezbullah. Makes you wonder if they are separate from the terrorism wing of Hezbullah themselves? -By Warner Todd Huston Mr. Huston has a keen interest in American history in general and political history in particular and writes for several websites and magazines on both topics. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to
[osint] Islamic Propaganda
NOTE: 1) Islam does not share origins with Christianity or Judaism 2) Allah is not the same God as the Christian or Jewish God, but rather the last of the pantheon of pagan Arabic gods.Allah was the moon god. 3) There are several types of jihad.one a struggle for inner improvement is the Greater Jihad, the Lesser Jihad is holy war for the advancement of Islam. http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060806 http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060806Category=NEWS01; ArtNo=608060368SectionCat=MTCN0301Template=printart Category=NEWS01ArtNo=608060368SectionCat=MTCN0301Template=printart Local Muslims aim to clear up misconceptions about Islam By MICHAELA JACKSON Staff Writer Published: Sunday, 08/06/06 Amid a culture that casually tosses around phrases such as Muslim terrorists and Islamic jihad, more than 50 people gathered yesterday to sort out truth from misinterpretation and find the answer to the question, What is Islam? In a sunlit room with high ceilings and few chairs, local Muslims and interested community members sat cross-legged on the floor and listened intently for more than an hour as leaders of the Islamic Center of Nashville explained their worldview and patiently answered questions about Islam's place in the world. In the midst of political violence in the Middle East, we usually get a good turnout, said Khaled Sakalla, the secretary of the center's board and the chairman of the public relations committee. People hear things (about Islam) on the news, and a lot of unpleasant stories come up, and they want to know more. The confusion about the association of Islam and terrorism is a central reason the center reaches out to educate the community, said Sakalla, a Palestinian who now lives in Nashville. Our main goal for the city of Nashville is that we're hoping that the term 'Muslim terrorist' can be eliminated, because they don't go together. A terrorist is violent and 'Muslim' means peace. You're either a terrorist or a Muslim. You can't be both. Islam shares its origins with Christianity and Judaism, both of which call their believers to worship the one God who they believe created the world. Allah, the Islamic name for God, is at the center of Islam, which is often shrouded in confusion. Allah is not a different God, Sakalla said. Allah is no different from the God people worship here, or worship in Japan. The crucial difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims do not recognize Jesus as the Son of God, but instead as a prophet less powerful than Muhammad, the last messenger of God. Speakers also addressed political questions about the connection of recent Middle Eastern events to practical Islam. The concept of a jihad is often associated with military force, but Imam Abdulhakim Mohamed, the leader of the congregation, said a jihad is any activity done with all of one's might. He said the term jihad is even used when a Muslim is thoroughly explaining Islam to a non-Muslim. What I'm doing right now with you is jihad - without killing you, Mohamed said. Putting yourself in harm's way (for your beliefs) is a last resort, but it's also a religious resort. . I am required religiously to do whatever it takes to practice my faith. Mohamed also explained the difference between the Sunni and Shiite factions of Islam. The difference is rooted in the centuries-old Shiite belief that the head of the Islamic state should be the closest available relative of Muhammad, which stands in opposition to the Sunni belief that the leader should be democratically elected. The rift has grown more complex with time, but the origin of the Muslim sectarianism is political in nature, Mohamed said. Chris Cotten, a master of divinity student at Lipscomb University, said he particularly enjoyed Mohamed's explanation of the Sunni-Shiite split. Cotten said he is not interested in converting to Islam, but he came to the open house to learn more about the religion. They have a real sense of community, it seems to me - a tight sense of identity that Christianity has sort of lost, he said. In the current climate, this is a vulnerable position (for Muslims) to be in, and as a Christian myself, I think it's really important for us to be protective, almost (of the Muslim community). I think that fear gets in our way, even though, as I understand it as a Christian, that's what God would have us to do - to look out for those who are weak and vulnerable. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.
[osint] Iraq war is now about survival - for all
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060806/OPINION/ 60801019/1049 Iraq war is now about survival - for all By Judith S. Yaphe August 6, 2006 When the Iraq war began in March 2003, the American plan was clear. We would eliminate Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction and punish him for refusing to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions and for supporting al-Qaida. We would also reinvent Iraq in our image. It would be democratic and secular, with equal political representation and economic opportunity, respect for human rights, civil liberties, the rule of law and, oh yes, full participation by women and minority groups. It would be quick, painless and simple, and Iraqis would be eternally grateful. But as everyone now knows, Iraqis did not follow our script. They voted along ethnic and sectarian interests and for more, not less, Islam in law and government. Today, Iraq is fast becoming ungovernable. Extremists from Sunni and Shiite communities are trying to turn what had long been a secular, integrated and modernizing society into an ethnic and Islamist paradise that, if achieved, would put even Iran to shame. There is little point in debating whether Iraq is in civil war yet. Random killings, ethnic cleansing by all sides and rampant corruption are pushing society in that direction. Armed militias and vicious gangs kill for profit and pleasure, and occasionally for religion or ethnicity. The real fight is all about power, money and control. Iraqis, not Americans, are the primary targets. Yes, the United States must eventually leave, many Iraqis say, only do not leave us alone with ourselves just now. The danger signs are everywhere. Oil-rich Kirkuk could at any moment explode into Kurd-Arab warfare. Turkey is threatening cross-border attacks to eliminate Kurdish terrorists who are hostile to Turkey, while the Islamic Republic of Iran has shelled anti-regime terrorists in northern Iraq. And sooner or later, Iran will renew its demands for reparations from the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, as well as for territorial guarantees. This could weaken, if not break, the fragile government in Baghdad. If Iraq descends into full-blown civil war - and it is almost there - then militia will fight militia, Sunni will fight Shiite, and Arab will fight Kurd. What then should the U.S. do? Should we admit defeat and go home? Maybe Iraqis are still not ready for democracy. Or maybe there is no such thing as Iraq, only three artificial ministates created by political manipulation, militia terror and ethnic cleansing. American pundits and politicians have sketched out simple exit strategies: partition Iraq into a Sunni-Shiite-Kurd confederation and withdraw our troops; let the Iraqis experience their civil war without us; send in more troops to ferret out terrorists and win the battle for Baghdad. The problem with these strategies is the same: They focus on our needs, our politics, our standards of democracy, our casualties, our potential loss of regional influence and our dependence on oil. But the struggle is no longer just about achieving U.S. goals; it's all about Iraq, and it is all about survival. Latest estimates indicate that 50 Iraqi civilians are killed for every U.S. casualty. Still, I believe that it is in the U.S. interest to see Iraq survive as a united country or we will face chronic instability and Iraq-based terrorists coming to our shores. The truth is, we have few options: - Withdrawal: Pundits and politicians see chaos and want out. I respect those questioning American unilateralist pre-emption strategies. But I worry about the consequences for U.S. interests if we abandon an Iraq we helped create and friends who would be set up for failure in a neighborhood we gas guzzlers love. A bad option. - Send in more troops to win the war: We need to define what winning means and assess the probable costs. Army Gen. John Abizaid, the senior U.S. commander in the Middle East, warned last week that more troops are needed if the battle for Baghdad - and thereby Iraq - is to be won. President Bush promised Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in their meeting Tuesday that U.S. troops would be redeployed from other parts of Iraq, but it is not clear that additional forces won't be needed as well. How long will we be needed in Iraq? No one can say. But it seems to me we still have responsibility for helping Iraq survive what we set in motion three years ago. Surely, we can maintain our security presence, prepare military and police forces to take over security duties, provide training and protection, and help fragile political institutions take root. Sending more troops would be a politically unpopular move, but if U.S. commanders need them to maintain the pressure on terrorists and provide more security, they should have them. - Partition Iraq: This would almost certainly spawn civil war. Iraq's Kurdish, Sunni Arab and Shiite communities are not monoliths; each has its
[osint] Five years after 9/11, country remains divided
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/08/6patriotism.htm l Five years after 9/11, country remains divided Almost everyone's a patriot, but what does that mean? By Mark Lisheron AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, August 06, 2006 This is where we are nearly five years after a terrorist act cost nearly 3,000 lives on American soil. The polls say that Americans remain today as patriotic as they were on Sept. 11, 2001, and that, according to one, the United States is the most patriotic country on Earth. Yet we remain more divided in our definition of patriotism than we were at 8:47 a.m. on that day. From nearly two dozen interviews with citizens, volunteers, military personnel, academics and researchers, one thing is clear: Americans missed the opportunity Sept. 11 presented to claim and hold a common ground on domestic and foreign matters. The war in Iraq showed how fleeting our national unity was after the attacks. The many pundits who predicted that nothing would ever be the same again were almost entirely wrong about America's widening political rift. The war in Iraq, and President Bush's decision to make it the chief battleground in the war on terrorism touched off by the events of Sept. 11, has brought the split into sharp relief. A year ago near Bush's ranch in Crawford, the sides squared off, supporters of Cindy Sheehan, the protesting mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, denouncing Bush and the war, and a flag-waving group denouncing Sheehan and her supporters. No debate, no dialogue, just hostility. For Stavrowsky, Sept. 11 was proof of a nihilistic, violent Islamofascist movement that dragged the United States into a third world war against Islamic extremists dedicated to world domination. The country elected Bush to a second term knowing his commitment to Iraq as the crucial battlefield in the war on terrorism, and Stavrowsky believes dissent doesn't hurt Bush; it hurts our country. I personally believe the dissent about the Iraq war is misguided and dangerous both to our troops and our country, said Stavrowsky, a 53-year-old legal assistant in Austin. I think the best and most effective time to voice protest against a war is at the polling booth, when voting. Santana believes Stavrowsky's views are the danger. Santana, 49, who runs a small Web design business in Austin, calls it false patriotism, using the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq as excuses to condemn anyone who disagrees. In July, she was among some 40 protesters who won a ruling in U.S. District Court saying their rights of free speech and assembly were violated by Austin police April 27, 2001, outside the Governor's Mansion. Although the protest took place months before Sept. 11, Santana said the same principle of patriotism applies to the protests of the Iraq war today. Police shunted her group to a place away from the front of the mansion, where Bush and Gov. Rick Perry were meeting. District Judge Gisela Triana's ruling in their favor proved the sanctity of dissent, Santana said. I think that after a short period of very respectful mourning after 9/11, something developed that is very dangerous, Santana said. You can love this country and love the soldiers fighting this war and disagree with your country and this war. Flying the flag, that most American expression of patriotism, has taken on a political tone, Harvey Kronberg said. A line 70 to 80 feet long formed at the door of Kronberg's store, Austin Flag and Flagpole, an hour before it opened on the day after Sept. 11. Police were needed during rush hour to direct traffic around the line. Two years later, with the country at war, sales slowed, he said, but over the past 18 months they've picked up again. Kronberg, who tracks state politics through his online Quorum Report, has a theory: I think that part of the discussion included conservatives questioning the patriotism of liberals, Kronberg said. I think the moderate left is flying the flag after having their patriotism insulted. The last six months or so I think the handling of the war has become a personal thing. There were many who wrote with hope after Sept. 11 that the attacks would be the unfortunate tool to repair this divisiveness. Richard Harwood began the New Patriotism Project through his Institute for Public Innovation, a research group devoted to developing bipartisan political strategies. His New Patriotism was actually based on very old, very American ideas of the responsibility of citizenship. To engage in devotion to America, Harwood wrote in an Op-Ed essay for July 4, 2002, excerpted by national newspapers, means that each of us must assume, in the words of Woodrow Wilson, a 'posture of ownership.' We must stand as part of public life and politics, not apart from it as mere bystanders, commentators, or spectators. Americans did not heed Harwood's call, he said. In his book Hope Unraveled, published late last year, Harwood contends
[osint] Turkey Demands Action, not Promises
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnewsalt=trh=20060805hn=35379 alt=trh=20060805hn=35379 Iraqi PM Pledges to Stop PKK; Turkey Demands Action, not Promises By Cihan News Agency Saturday, August 05, 2006 zaman.com http://www.zaman.com/ Iraqi President Jalal Talabani pledged once again that the central Iraqi government would order the closure of contact offices for the PKK terrorist organizations across Iraq. Talabani said that the problems between Turkey and Iraq regarding the fight against the PKK terrorist organization should be resolved through dialogue, mutual understanding and international law. Talabani met with Turkish ambassador to Baghdad Unal Cevikoz on Friday evening in Iraq. Talabani and Cevikoz discussed possible measures to be taken against the PKK. Talabani told Cevikoz that a representative of the local Kurdish administration in north of Iraq should be invited to attend a tripartite meeting between Turkey, the US and Iraq regarding the PKK. Turkish ambassador Cevikoz was cold at the proposal. Turkey wants to see concrete action, not promises, from Iraq, Cevikoz told Talabani. Turkey has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to take swift action against the PKK terrorists who hide in northern Iraq and cross into Turkey to carry out terrorist attacks. Turkey had carried out cross-border operations against the PKK in northern Iraq in the past. Some 3500-4000 PKK terrorists are believed to be based in northern Iraq. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] BP Shuts Down Largest U.S. Oil Field
BP Shuts Down Largest U.S. Oil Field ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AFX) - Oil company BP has indefinitely shut down the nation's biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8 percent of U.S. oil production and stoking fears that already high gas prices will shoot up further. Steve Marshall, president of BP Exploration Alaska Inc., said Sunday night that the eastern side of Prudhoe Bay would be shut down first, an operation anticipated to take 24 to 36 hours. The company will then move to shut down the west side, a move that could close more than 1,000 Prudhoe Bay wells. Once the field is shut down, BP said oil production will be reduced by 400,000 barrels a day. That's close to 8 percent of U.S. oil production or about 2.6 percent of U.S. supply including imports, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. BP officials said they didn't know how long the Prudhoe Bay field would be off line. 'I don't even know how long it's going to take to shut it down,' said Tom Williams, BP's senior tax and royalty counsel. The shutdown comes at an already worrisome time for the oil industry, with supply concerns stemming both from the hurricane season and instability in the Middle East. A 400,000-barrel per day reduction in output would have a major impact on oil prices, said Tetsu Emori, chief commodities strategist at Mitsui Bussan Futures in Tokyo. A barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. 'Oil prices could increase by as much as $10 per barrel given the current environment,' Emori said. 'But we can't really say for sure how big an effect this is going to have until we have more exact figures about how much production is going to be reduced.' But Victor Shum, an energy analyst with Purvin Gertz in Singapore, said he expected the impact to be minimal since crude inventories are high. 'So while this won't have any immediate impact on U.S. supplies, the market is in very high anxiety. So any significant disruption, traders will take that into account, even though there is no threat of a supply shortage.' Light, sweet crude for September delivery was up $1.23 to $75.99 a barrel in mid-afternoon Asian electronic trading Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Marshall said tests Friday indicated that there were 16 anomalies in 12 areas in an oil transit line on the eastern side of Prudhoe Bay. Tests found losses in wall thickness of between 70 and 81 percent. Repair or replacement is required if there is more than an 80 percent loss. 'The results were absolutely unexpected,' Marshall said. BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone said Prudhoe Bay will not resume operating until the company and government regulators are satisfied it can run safely without threatening the environment. 'We regret that it is necessary to take this action and we apologize to the nation and the State of Alaska for the adverse impacts it will cause,' Malone said in a statement. The shutdown comes six months after the North Slope's biggest ever oil spill was discovered on a Prudhoe Bay transit line. Some 267,000 gallons of oil spilled. BP installed a bypass on that line in April with plans to replace the pipe. Only one of BP's three transit lines is operating. While BP suspects corrosion in both damaged lines, they can't say for sure until further tests are complete. Workers also found a small spill, estimated to be about 4 to 5 barrels, which has been contained and clean up efforts are under way, BP said. BP puts millions of gallons of corrosion inhibitor into the Prudhoe Bay lines each year. It also examines pipes by taking X-rays and ultrasound images. BP has a 26 percent stake in the Prudhoe Bay field, meaning its own production would be cut by 100,000 barrels a day, or around 2.5 percent of the company's worldwide production, said spokesman David Nicholas. He declined to provide any forecast on the impact of the shutdown on earnings. BP's shares dropped 2 percent to 623 pence ($11.89) on the London Stock Exchange. A prolonged Prudhoe Bay shutdown would be a major blow to domestic oil production, but even a short one could be crippling to Alaska's economy. Alaska House Speaker John Harris said it was admirable that BP took immediate action, although it's sure to hurt state coffers. 'This state cannot afford to have another Exxon Valdez,' said Harris, R-Valdez. The Exxon Valdez tanker emptied 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in 1989, killing hundreds of thousands of birds and marine animals and soiling more than 1,200 miles of rocky beach in nation's largest oil spill. Associated Press Writer Matt Volz in Juneau contributed to this report. http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/i...=35364760889308 http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/i...=35364760889308 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[osint] Steyn: Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced
http://www.suntimes http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn06.html .com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn06.html Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced August 6, 2006 BY MARK STEYN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Disproportion is the concept of the moment. Do you know how to play? Let's say 150 missiles are lobbed at northern Israel from the Lebanese village of Qana and the Israelis respond with missiles of their own that kill 28 people. Whoa, man, that's way disproportionate. But let's say you're a northwestern American municipality -- Seattle, for example -- and you haven't lobbed missiles at anybody, but a Muslim male shows up anyway and shoots six Jewish women, one of whom tries to flee up the stairs, but he spots her, leans over the railing, fires again and kills her. He describes himself as an American Muslim angry at Israel and tells 911 dispatchers: ''These are Jews. I want these Jews to get out. I'm tired of getting pushed around, and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East.'' Well, that's apparently entirely proportionate, so proportionate that the event is barely reported in the American media, or (if it is) it's portrayed as some kind of random convenience-store drive-by shooting. Pamela Waechter's killer informed his victims that I'm only doing this for a statement, but the world couldn't be less interested in his statement, not compared to his lawyer's statement that he's suffering from bipolar disorder.'' And the local FBI guy, like the Mounties in Toronto a month or so back, took the usual no-jihad-to-see-here line. ''There's nothing to indicate it's terrorism related,'' said Special Assistant Agent-In-Charge David Gomez. In America, terrorism is like dentistry and hairdressing: It doesn't count unless you're officially credentialed. On the other hand, when a drunk movie star gets pulled over and starts unburdening himself of various theories about f---ing Jews, hold the front page! That is so totally disproportionate it's the biggest story of the moment. The head of America's most prominent Jewish organization will talk about nothing else for days on end, he and the media too tied up dealing with Mel Gibson's ruminations on f---ing Jews to bother with footling peripheral stories about actual f---ing Jews murdered for no other reason than because they're f---ing Jews. On the other other hand, when the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, announces that if Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide,'' that's not in the least disproportionate.'' When President Ahmadinejad of Iran visits Malaysia and declares, apropos Lebanon, that although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented, well, that's just a bit of mildly overheated rhetoric prefacing what's otherwise a very helpful outline of a viable peace process: (Stage One) Please don't keep degrading our infrastructure until (Stage Two) we've got the capacity to nuke you. Right now, Israel's best chance of any decent press would seem to be if Mel Gibson flies in and bawls out his waiter as a f---ing Jew.'' What can we deduce from these various acts, proportionate and not so? If you talk to European officials, they'll tell you privately that that Seattle shooting is the way of the future -- that every now and then in Seattle or Sydney, Madrid or Manchester, someone will die because they went to a community center, got on the bus, showed up for work . . and a jihadist was there. But they're confident that they can hold it to what the British security services cynically called, at the height of the Northern Ireland ''Troubles,'' ''an acceptable level of violence'' -- i.e., it will all be kept ''proportionate.'' Tough for Pam Waechter's friends and family, but there won't be too many of them. I wonder if they're right to be that complacent. The duke of Wellington, the great British soldier-politician, was born in Ireland, but, upon being described as an Irishman, remarked that a man could be born in a stable but it didn't make him a horse. That's the way many Muslims feel: Just because you're born in the filthy pigsty of the Western world doesn't make you a pig. What proportion of Muslims is hot for jihad? Well, it would be grossly insensitive and disproportionate to inquire. So instead we'll put it down to isolated phenomena like the supposed bipolar disorder of Pam Waechter's killer. In the struggle between America and global Islam, it's the geopolitical bipolar disorder that matters. Clearly, from his own statements about our people, for Pam Waechter's killer his Muslim identity ultimately transcended his American one. That's what connects him to what's happening in southern Lebanon: a pan-Islamist identity that overrides national citizenship whether in the Pacific Northwest or the Levant. Not for all Muslims, but for enough that things will get mighty disproportionate before
[osint] Reuters admits altering Beirut photo
The photographer who sent the altered image is the same Reuters photographer behind many of images from Qana, which have also been subject of suspicions for being staged. http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=30502 Reuters admits altering Beirut photo IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis, 6 August 2006 Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack as a consequence of US blogs, photographers pointing out 'blatant evidence of manipulation.' Reuters' head of PR says in response, 'Reuters has suspended photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to photograph.' The photographer who sent the altered image is the same Reuters photographer behind many of images from Qana, which have also been subject of suspicions for being staged. Yaakov Lappin YNET August 2006 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286966,00.html A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs. The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke and damage. The photograph showed two very heavy plumes of black smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut after an Air Force attack on the Lebanese capital. Reuters has since withdrawn the photograph from its website, along a message admitting that the image was distorted, and an apology to editors. In the message, Reuters said that photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvience. Reuters' head of PR Moira Whittle said in response: Reuters has suspended a photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to a photograph showing smoke billowing from buildings following an air strike on Beirut. Reuters takes such matters extremely seriously as it is strictly against company editorial policy to alter pictures. As soon as the allegation came to light, the photograph, filed on Saturday 5 August, was removed from the file and a replacement, showing the same scene, was sent. The explanation for the removal was the improper use of photo-editing software, she added. Earlier, Charles Johnson, of the Little Green Footballs blog , which has exposed a previous attempt at fraud by a major American news corporation, wrote : This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop clone tool to add more smoke to the image. Johnson added: Smoke simply does not contain repeating symmetrical patterns like this, and you can see the repetition in both plumes of smoke. There's really no question about it. A series of close ups are then posted on the blog, showing that it's not only the plumes of smoke that were 'enhanced.' There are also cloned buildings. The close ups do appear to show exact replicas of buildings appearing next to one another in the photograph. The Sports Shooter web forum, used by professional photographers, also examined the photo, with many users concluding that the image has been doctored. 'Looks so obviously doctored' I'll second the cloned smoke...but it looks so obvious that I don't know how the photographer could have gotten away with it, wrote one user. After further research, Johnson posted a photograph he says is the original image taken before distortions were made, showing much lighter smoke rising. Adnan Hajj, the photographer who sent the altered image, was also the Reuters photographer behind many of the images from Qana - which have also been the subject of suspicions for being staged. Other blogs have also analyzed the photographs, and reached similar conclusions, such as Left Right , which states: The photo has been doctored, quite badly. The author of the Ace of Spades blog wrote: Even I can see the very suspicious clonings of picture elements here. And I'm an idiot. The Hot Air blog also looked at the photo, describing the image as the worst Photoshop I have ever seen. IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Website: www.imra.org.il http://www.imra.org.il [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their
[osint] Surmounting manipulation
The terrorists have coldly played the victim card for years©, shooting at soldiers while hiding behind the backs of women and children© inflating casualty counts, hoping to provoke air strikes and artillery barrages http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060802-085913-2085r Surmounting manipulation By Ariel Cohen, Washington Times, August 3, 2006 Last night, I awoke haunted by images ofchildren's bodies being pulled from the rubble in Lebanon. I couldn't sleep for hours, thinking about the brutality of war and responsibility for the carnage. My heart ached with grief. In any war, mistakes happen, horrible mistakes. This may have been one. But who is the real culprit? International law defines using civilians as human shields as a war crime. Hezbollah is violating Article 58 of Protocol 1, which requires parties to a conflict to Avoid locating military objectives within or near densely populated areas. Israel is within its rights to pursue Hezbollah in populated areas: Article 28 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations. Hezbollah (and Palestinian terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad), routinely commit war crimes by locating their command outposts, weapons and ammo storage, and rocket launchers in residential areas. Terrorists are war criminals, not those who fight them. The current war launched by Hezbollah and Hamas - and their Iranian sponsors - is not just about Israel. Israel is a convenient target in the neighborhood: a Small Satan, a proxy and a symbol of the Great Satan - the U.S. Jihadis openly and repeatedly proclaim to their faithful their double goal: a conversion of the whole Muslim world to their version of Islam, followed by enforced Islamization of the rest of world. In modern jihadi warfare, the United States and its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Israel, are presented as aggressors whenever they are exercise self-defense - not against a religion, but a radical, totalitarian ideology that wants to enslave the world. In that narrative, terrorists are victims. As George Orwell wrote in 1984, War is peace. The terrorists have coldly played the victim card for years - sending kids to throw stones at troops, shooting at soldiers while hiding behind the backs of women and children, wildly inflating casualty counts, hoping to provoke air strikes and artillery barrages to inflame the Arab street and whip up their version of jihad. They also use U.N. peacekeepers as human shields - they did it in 1996 in the same Lebanese village of Qana, and they're doing it this war as well. After rockets and bombs fall, the terrorists invite gullible reporters for a guided tour. They send out town criers ahead of the press tours who voice rehearsed lines for the people to repeat - always against America and Israel - and point fingers. There is more than the cynical use of grief and blood here. Terrorists are redefining warfare in the 21st century. A picture and a sound-bite are as potent as a bullet or a missile. Bloody imagery and scenes of mourning are exploited to gain the sympathy of the world, manipulate the political environment and gain new recruits. Israel and the West may be more militarily potent, but the terrorists outsmart them, getting media and public opinion on their side. And somehow, the U.S. and Israeli military and government keep missing the point and failing to respond effectively. Today, many in the European left and some among their North American counterparts support the causes of Hezbollah and Hamas. This though both radical Islamist organizations spew racist Jew-hatred and advocate a Shariah state (based on Islamic religious law), which denies the rights of women, non-Muslims and homosexuals, to mention a few. In the jihadi scenario, imams are not just in charge of preaching murderous hatred. While Western strategists talk about network-centric warfare, radical Islamists practice it. They operate interconnected networks of jihadi clergy, who act as political leaders, military commanders, ideological commissars, recruiters, fund-raisers and community leaders. The West is handicapped by an apparent inability to understand the many-faceted nature of the radical clerics, like Sheik Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah or Sheikh Ahmad Yassin of Hamas. These are terror leaders and generals, pure and simple, busy radicalizing the home population and pushing Muslim youth toward violent hatred. Clerical disguise was one reason why Israel was summarily condemned for targeting Sheik Yassin, the late spiritual leader of Hamas. Hamas and Hezbollah have deployed educational systems which resemble the Hitler Youth. Kids as young as 4 are brainwashed for murder and for blind obedience to the movement. This is no longer your grandfather's war -- with clearly
[osint] Israel Captures Top Hizballah Operative
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/8/6/102805.shtml?s=alpromo_co de=23C9-1 Israel Captures Top Hezbollah Operative Kenneth R. Timmerman, NewsMax.com, 6 August 2006 JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Israeli government announced today that it captured a key Hezbollah operative during commando raids deep into Lebanon, and that it was currently holding twenty Hezbollah fighters as prisoners-of-war. Over the past week, Israel has conducted two deep-penetration operations behind enemy lines, to attack Hezbollah positions in Tyre and Baalbek where they believed civilians might also be present. Stung by international criticism that it has bombed civilians by accident in Lebanon, we have preferred to risk the lives of our own soldiers than to kill innocents, military sources told NewsMax. The Israeli cabinet met this morning in Jerusalem to get intelligence and operational briefings on the fighting. Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, head of Israeli Military Intelligence, told the cabinet that one of the twenty Hezbollah fighters captured during the commando raids over the past two weeks was a mid-level Hezbollah operative who was personally involved in planning and carrying out the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. The cross-border kidnapping, and Hezbollah's rocket strikes against Haifa later the same day, were the events that sparked the current fighting. Cabinet sources told Newsmax that Israel was hitting all trucks coming from Syria in an effort to prevent Syria and Iran from resupplying Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran is supporting Hezbollah in every way possible, including intelligence and operations, the sources said. Iran was also providing Hezbollah with intelligence on Israel, they added. Until now, the Red Cross has not visited any of the 20 Hezbollah captives, the sources said. Syria has placed its military forces on high alert. To avoid an accidental clash that could lead to war, Israel has let Syria know that it has no intention of attacking Syria, the prime minister's office said. We have had no reaction from the Syrians. However, the official said we know of no reduction in arms shipments from Syria to Hezbollah. Syria and Iran are working in conjunction to supply Hezbollah with weaponry and to keep the terrorist organization from collapsing faced with the Israeli military onslaught. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is now hiding in a bunker, lessening his ability to meet with other Hezbollah leaders. Israeli military intelligence believes that Lebanese public opinion toward Hezbollah has shifted in recent days. Instead of being seen as the defender of Lebanon, Nasrallah is now seen by Lebanese as the destroyer of Lebanon, Maj. Gen. Yadlin told the cabinet this morning. In the deadliest attack in the war to date, more than ten Israeli civilians were killed when a Hezbollah rocket hit the Kfar Giladi kibbutz this afternoon, just south of Metulla, on Israel's border with Lebanon. It was a direct hit on a crowd of people, Maj. Gen. Dan Ronen, the chief of the northern police command, told Israel Army Radio. Rockets also crashed into Haifa and Nahariya along the coast, and into a half dozen smaller cities along the Lebanese border in the north, according to the Jerusalem Post. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Missiles Neutralizing Israeli Tanks
Hezbollah has fired Russian-made Metis-M anti-tank missiles and owns [French]-made Milan missiles Missiles Neutralizing Israeli Tanks AP, 5 August 2006 JERUSALEM, - Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the guerrilla group's deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks. Experts say this is further evidence that Israel is facing a well-equipped army in this war, not a ragtag militia. Hezbollah has fired Russian-made Metis-M anti-tank missiles and owns [French]-made Milan missiles, the army confirmed on Friday. In the last two days alone, these missiles have killed seven soldiers and damaged three Israeli-made Merkava tanks - mountains of steel that are vaunted as symbols of Israel's military might, the army said. Israeli media say most of the 44 soldiers killed in four weeks of fighting were hit by anti-tank missiles. They (Hezbollah guerrillas) have some of the most advanced anti-tank missiles in the world, said Yossi Kuperwasser, a senior military intelligence officer who retired earlier this summer. This is not a militia, it's an infantry brigade with all the support units, Kuperwasser said. Israel contends that Hezbollah gets almost all of its weaponry from Syria and by extension Iran, including its anti-tank missiles. That's why cutting off the supply chain is essential - and why fighting Hezbollah after it has spent six years building up its arsenal is proving so painful to Israel, officials say. Israel's Merkava tanks boast massive amounts of armor and lumber and resemble fortresses on tracks. They are built for crew survival, according to Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-based military think tank. Hezbollah celebrates when it destroys one. A Zionist armored force tried to advance toward the village of Chihine. The holy warriors confronted it and destroyed two Merkava tanks, the group proclaimed on television Thursday. The Israeli army confirmed two attacks on Merkava tanks that day - one that killed three soldiers and the other killing one. The three soldiers who were killed on Friday were also killed by anti-tank missiles, the army said. It would not say whether the missiles disabled the tanks. To the best of my understanding, they (Hezbollah) are as well-equipped as any standing unit in the Syrian or Iranian armies, said Eran Lerman, a retired army colonel and now director of the Israel/Middle East office of the American Jewish Committee. This is not a rat-pack guerrilla, this is an organized militia. Besides the anti-tank missiles, Hezbollah is also known to have a powerful rocket-propelled grenade known as the RPG29. These weapons are also smuggled through Syria, an Israeli security official said, and were previously used by Palestinian militants in Gaza to damage tanks. On Friday, Jane's Defense Weekly, a defense industry magazine, reported that Hezbollah asked Iran for a constant supply of weapons to support its operations against Israel. The report cited Western diplomatic sources as saying that Iranian authorities promised Hezbollah a steady supply of weapons for the next stage of the confrontation. Top Israeli intelligence officials say they have seen Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers on the ground with Hezbollah troops. They say that permission to fire Hezbollah's longer-range missiles, such as those could reach Tel Aviv, would likely require Iranian go-ahead. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your
[osint] Reports Detail Massive Abuses at Dept of Homeland Security
http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=102402 http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=102402d=815h=817f=816d ateformat=%25B%20%25e,%20%25Y d=815h=817f=816dateformat=%25B%20%25e,%20%25Y Reports Detail Massive Abuses at Homeland Security AccountingWEB.com - July 31, 2006 - A congressional report released Thursday slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in hurricane relief and national security money on frivolous purchases and mismanagement of contracts. The report, prepared by staff of the House Committee on Government Reform, echoed an investigative report issued last week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). It highlighted several examples involving the agencies within the massive department formed after 9/11. The Los Angeles Times and the Shreveport Times reported several of the incidents: * The Border Patrol paid $20 million for camera systems that failed to work or were never installed. * A $10-billion border security program meant to track visitors' U.S. entries and departures failed to monitor the departures and was vulnerable to unauthorized access. * The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spent more than $68,000 on 2,000 sets of dog booties for canine units. The booties couldn't be used and remain in storage. * Customs and Border Protection ordered 37 $2,500 rain jackets for agents to wear while training at an agency firing range, which, it turned out, is closed when it rains. * The Secret Service purchased 12 iPod Nanos and 42 iPod Shuffles for training and data storage. * FEMA can't account for 12 of 20 boats its employees purchased for $208,000 per vessel. A similar GAO investigation looked at FEMA's purchase card program, finding that a weak control environment and a breakdown in key controls exposed DHS to fraud and abuse. Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke pointed out that the agency disciplined 70 employees in the wake of the scandal, and said that Comparatively, we're talking about a small number of bad apples. Thursday's Shreveport Times editorial called that a minimization, saying that such explanations no doubt fall on unsympathetic ears among Hurricane Katrina victims. In a measure of how much money has poured out of the department, the report noted that agency spending rocketed from $3.5 billion in 2003, to $10 billion two years later. Over the same period, the percentage of contracts the agency awarded without full and open competition increased from 19 percent to 55 percent, the report said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Hizballah in America
Fund-raisers, surveillants, recruiters, logistics-cells.all are as much terrorists as bomb throwers and assassins. Bruce Nasrallah's Men Inside America Prosecutors suspect Hizbullah has fund-raising cells in the United States, but not terrorists-so far, that is. By Dan Ephron and Michael Isikoff Newsweek Aug. 14, 2006 issue - It began, as the Feds tell the tale, with a run-of-the-mill tax-fraud scheme. Imad Hammoud and his ring of Lebanese Americans from the Detroit area would buy boxes of cigarettes in North Carolina, where the state tax on smokes is among the lowest in the country, allegedly truck the goods back to Michigan and sell them at a profit of more than $10 a carton. Hammoud, an immigrant with ties to Hizbullah, according to an indictment filed with a U.S. district court in Michigan earlier this year, would then wire a portion of the earnings to a member of the group in Lebanon. By 2002, Hammoud and some of his colleagues were believed to be running $500,000 worth of cigarettes a week across state lines and expanding into stolen contraband and counterfeit goods, including Viagra tablets. During a three-month period that year, authorities allege, more than 90,000 Viagra knockoffs were purchased, with a plan to sell them as the real thing. They're small, they're high in demand and they're easily transportable, says Bob Clifford, a senior FBI agent. They're the perfect medium. The Hammoud case is among a handful of money scams uncovered across the country in recent years bearing Hizbullah's fingerprints. Though the revenues are not huge, the cases together underscore a daunting reality: one of the most proficient terrorist groups in the world has at least a small web of operatives in America who, prosecutors believe, are loyal to Hassan Nasrallah. Hizbullah has not targeted Americans since the 1980s, when attacks on a Marine barracks in Lebanon and on the U.S. Embassy there killed more than 300 people. Sometime later, the group apparently made a strategic decision not to tweak the world's only superpower. Law enforcers say there's been no sign the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah, with all the Arab anger it stirs against America, will goad the group into action against the United States. Still, security officials worry that if Hizbullah does one day decide to strike, it can exploit an already-existing network in this country. You often see in these groups that people who deal in finances also have military backgrounds, says Chris Hamilton, who was the FBI's unit chief for Palestinian investigations until last year. The fact is, they have the ability [to attack] in the United States. The FBI has made Hizbullah a central target of its counterterrorism efforts, setting up a unit dedicated to tracking the group and assigning agents to develop sources in Lebanese and other Middle Eastern communities across the country. Clifford, who once headed the unit on Hizbullah and Iran, made his biggest Hizbullah bust six years ago, cracking a North Carolina ring that forged credit cards and laundered money, using some of the profits to buy gear for Hizbullah. The ringleader, Mohammed Hammoud (no relation to Imad), was convicted of providing material support for terrorism and sentenced to 155 years in prison. Although he and his followers were not linked to actual terror attacks, the FBI found evidence they did engage in tactical arms training and would have been ready to strike if told to do so. If they were given an order to conduct an operation in the United States, they would have found a way to do it, Clifford says. What might prompt Hizbullah to issue such an order? American screw-tightening on Iran over its nuclear program, for one. Iran is Hizbullah's main political and financial backer. Some analysts believe the group's deadliest terrorist attacks, including bombings at Israel's Argentine Embassy in 1992 and at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994, were ordered up by Iranian handlers. It would be enough for the Iranian leadership to say the word for Hizbullah to launch an attack, says Congressman Ed Royce, a Republican from California who chairs the House subcommittee on international terrorism and nonproliferation. But Hamilton, who is now a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, says Hizbullah would be more likely to attack Americans abroad. They would go for soft targets in places where they have lots of resources, such as South America or Turkey. Other experts believe Hizbullah would have too much to lose from an attack on American soil. Their fund-raising activities have been very fruitful in the United States, says Dennis Lormel, who was the FBI's section chief for terrorist financing until 2003. With Israel clamping down on their other sources of revenue, it wouldn't make sense for them to wreck their own ability to continue making money here. Support for Nasrallah runs high in Lebanese communities across the country, and it spikes when Israel's
[osint] Inside the plot of the 1998 Embassy bombing
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143956441 Inside the plot of the 1998 bombing _ By Murithi Mutiga The attack on the US embassy in Nairobi was executed in just under 30 minutes. Yet the bombing had been planned for more than four years According to a 3,000-word FBI report on the bombing seen by The Standard, Osama bin Laden dispatched key members of Al Qaeda to East Africa some time in 1993 to early 1994. Among the first to arrive in Nairobi was Wadih El-Hage, a Lebanese Christian by birth, who later became a naturalised American citizen and converted to Islam and was to be the prime mover in the initial stages. El-Hage and his band of militants employed the classic terrorists' tactic of hiding in plain sight. El-Hage set up 'Help Africa People' an NGO based in Nairobi and allegedly originally set up in Germany. House isolated by high walls The NGO, where he rapidly employed his associates, Haroun Fazul and Muhammed Sadiq Odeh, served as a perfect foil for Al Qaeda's activities in Kenya and Tanzania. Another key player in the plot was one Khalid al Fawwaz, who arrived in Kenya in 1993 and set up a dummy business running under the trade name Asma Limited. The plans to attack the US embassy gathered pace around May 1998. Fazul rented a house in the upmarket Runda estate. House number 43, the FBI report notes, was isolated by high walls that surrounded the property, making it nearly impossible for any passerby to observe activity in and around the house. Moreover, the gated driveway was large enough to accommodate trucks, as was the garage. It is believed that the bomb used to destroy the US Embassy at Nairobi may have been constructed and actually stored at this location. Meticulous modification of truck The Dyna truck, which was to carry the deadly payload, had been purchased in July 1998 by two Al Qaeda operatives, Fahid Mohammed Ali and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan. With the truck having undergone meticulous modification at Runda, it was time to perform a dry run on the embassy to ensure the operation went according to plan. On August 4 1998, Saleh and Mohamed Rashed Al-Owhali (who had been sent to Kenya by Osama on August 2 to serve as one of the suicide bombers on the mission) conducted reconnaissance of the US Embassy, in part to finalise the plan concerning the bomb-delivery truck's placement. It was decided, the FBI report says, to locate the truck as close as possible to the rear of the building, instead of attempting to drive it into the embassy's underground garage or place it in the front of the embassy building. Plan to scare away people The previous day, the terrorists had made the final connection between the bomb and the detonation device, which was located in the passenger compartment of the bomb-delivery truck. D-day dawned on August 7. Prior to the bombing, two light colored vehicles exited 43 Runda Estate. In the first, a pick-up truck, was Harun, who led the second vehicle, a truck, containing the passenger Al-Owhali and the driver Azzam to the US embassy. At that time, Al-Owhali was armed with a pistol and a number of homemade stun grenades. Once in the embassy parking lot, Al-Owhali's role was to 'scare away' people in the vicinity of the embassy compound. The objective was allegedly to reduce the number of potential Kenyan casualties. Al-Owhali was also to manually detonate the bomb, in the event that the detonation device malfunctioned. Biggest explosion in Kenya However, upon exiting the bomb delivery vehicle, Al-Owhali forgot his pistol in the truck and was left only with the stun grenades. Instead of returning to the bomb vehicle, Al-Owhali brandished a stun grenade before throwing it in the direction of a security guard. Al-Owhali then fled the scene. At about the same time, Azzam (the driver) manually detonated the bomb. It is believed that Azzam was killed instantly. The bomb caused what the FBI describes as the biggest explosion in Kenya since independence. The principal ingredient in the bomb was about 6kg of TNT mixed with ammonium nitrate. Many of the conspirators still at large Many lives were, however, saved by the bravery of the duty guard at the US embassy that morning, Joash Okindo. Okindo defied orders by Al-Owhali to open the security barrier at the US embassy, meaning the pickup was not able to make a direct hit of the US embassy. If the terror duo had succeeded in getting in, geologists later explained, the impact of the blast would have been akin that of a major earthquake and would have covered a far greater radius of destruction. Eight years down the line, and despite the concerted efforts of Kenyan and international security agencies, many of the conspirators involved in the bombing are still at large. International terrorism campaign Some measure of progress has been made, particularly in Lamu, where the Kenyan and US government have taken a number of steps to improve the economic infrastructure and ensure the likes of
[osint] U.S. Punishes Arms Trader, Sukhoi
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/08/07/001.html U.S. Punishes Arms Trader, Sukhoi By Valeria mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Korchagina Staff Writer Gregorio Marrero / AP A Su-30 fighter jet flying over Fort Tiuna in Caracas during Venezuelan independence day celebrations on July 5. The United States has slapped sanctions on state arms trader Rosoboronexport and jetmaker Sukhoi, accusing them of helping Iran acquire weapons of mass destruction. Officials in Moscow reacted angrily, criticizing Washington for attempting to impose U.S. laws on foreigners. The sanctions on Friday came as relations between Moscow and Washington were strained over a number of other issues, from tensions over the Middle East to frustrations over the United States blocking Russia's World Trade Organization bid to Russian delays in announcing large contracts that U.S. firms hope to win. The United States has been seeking greater help from Moscow in getting Iran to drop its nuclear program, citing fears Tehran is planning to make a bomb. Iran insists its nuclear work is for peaceful purposes only. The two companies denied in statements any wrongdoing, while the Foreign Ministry hinted that a tit-for-tat response would hurt U.S. companies in Russia. The Defense Ministry said the sanctions were likely a response to Russia's arms deal last month with Venezuela. Last Monday, Russia voted for a U.S.-backed United Nations Security Council resolution that called for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program. Questioned about the timing of the trade restrictions, a senior U.S. government official said there was never a good time to impose sanctions, adding: They know the law, The New York Times reported Saturday. In effect, the United States is punishing its own companies by preventing them from working with the most advanced Russian enterprises, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its web site Friday evening. The Foreign Ministry's statement was the first indication of the sanctions, which were not officially announced by the U.S. State Department but were later confirmed by unnamed officials within the department. It was not immediately clear how the sanctions would affect the Russian companies. The sanctions were imposed under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, a law that bars U.S. government agencies from working with companies judged to be aiding Iran in acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The sanctions came into effect July 28, and will last for two years. Of the five other companies put on the State Department's blacklist, two are from India, two from North Korea and one from Cuba, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed State Department official. The sanctions apply to the specific entities and their successors, sub-units or subsidiaries, and not their respective countries or government, Reuters quoted the official as saying Friday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. government had credible information that equipment and materials that could help Iran make weapons of mass destruction had been sent to the country since 1999. The Foreign Ministry on Friday denied that the Russian companies had supplied WMD technology to Iran. We want to especially stress that Russia limits its cooperation with Iran to supplying exclusively defensive weapons that are not capable of destabilizing the situation in the region, the Foreign Ministry said. Late last year, Russia agreed to supply $1 billion worth of weapons to Tehran by 2008, including up to 30 short-range Tor-M1 air defense systems. News of the sanctions came a week after Russia struck a $3 billion arms deal to supply Venezuela with 24 Sukhoi fighter jets and 53 helicopters. There are also plans to build a factory in Venezuela that will produce AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition. The United States put an embargo on arms sales to Venezuela in May. President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, signed the deal in the Kremlin on July 27. Chavez visited Russia as part of a tour that included several nations critical of the United States, including Iran, Cuba and Belarus. Chavez also said he would visit North Korea, but that leg of the trip was later called off. In Tehran, Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talked up the idea of an anti-U.S. alliance. During his tour, Chavez said Venezuela could also supply weapons to friendly countries that also require a minimal level of defense. U.S. annoyance at the arms deal with Venezuela could well be the reason behind the sanctions, the Defense Ministry said over the weekend. The sanctions are apparently a U.S. reaction to the Russian breakthrough on the Venezuelan arms market, the ministry said in a statement, Itar-Tass reported. Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi denied any wrongdoing on Saturday. We haven't shipped any products to that country in the last eight to 10 years, Vadim Razumovsky, spokesman for Sukhoi said Saturday in televised remarks.
[osint] Hawaii simulates terror attack
http://starbulletin.com/2006/08/06/news/story09.html State simulates terror attack A drill next week will tests responses to a nuclear detonation By Gregg K. Kakesako [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]://starbulletin.com/2006/08/0 6/ For 34 straight hours beginning Aug. 15, state Civil Defense planners will be manning the command center inside Diamond Head Crater in an exercise to cope with the effects of the detonation of a low-yield nuclear bomb planted by terrorists. It's one of 15 scenarios -- wiping out 30 percent of the communications in the downtown area and killing 10,000 people -- involving improvised nuclear devices that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency wants states to prepare for, according to Edward Teixeira, state vice civil defense director. The state civil defense's job will be to tie into the various, state, city and non-governmental agencies and to coordinate their efforts, Teixeira added. The mock half-kiloton nuclear explosion would take place at the entrance of Honolulu Harbor and would result in immediate casualties of nearly 400 people within 2,000 feet of ground zero, Teixeira said. But because it will take place near government centers of the state Capitol and City Hall, the electromagnetic pulse could knock down 30 percent of our communications ability, he added. That means not all of our emergency radios and other communications will be operable and we will have to finds ways to communicate using couriers and other means. It will be a test of the continuity of government services. How will government maintain its services? Teixeira said the drill is relevant because such communication loss could occur during any natural disaster like a hurricane and it is something the state must constantly be ready to remedy. We have to constantly enhance our capabilities, Teixeira added. Hopefully, we will never see anything like that that, but we have to be prepared. Coordinating the combined state-county-federal operation will be Maj. Gen. Vern Miyagi, who is the mobilization assistant to Adm. William Fallon, head of Pacific Forces in the Pacific. More than 700 state, city and military planners will participate in the mock exercise, dubbed Exercise A Kele, running Aug. 15-17. Because the state did not want to interfere with the operations of Honolulu Harbor, Bellows Air Force Station will be the stand-in for the harbor. There's a lot of room there and we will be able to simulate search and rescue, decontamination and other operations there, Teixeira said. The Coast Guard will run its operations from the Clean Island Council on Sand Island The Queen's Medical Center also will be utilized. Teixeira, a retired Army colonel who used to work with Pershing nuclear rockets, said the scenario envisions 10,000 casualties during the first 48 hours not only from the immediate blast but also from the nuclear fallout. Teixeira said the nuclear explosion projected in this month's exercise is 100 times greater than the April 19, 1995, terrorist attack where Timothy McVeigh packed 2 1/2 tons of ammonium nitrate, common farm fertilizer, mixed with fuel oil, into a rental truck and parked it next to the federal building in Oklahoma City. The blast tore down half of the building, killing 169 people. No question all of urban Honolulu and maybe even as far as Ewa Beach will feel such a blast, Teixeira said. But in the early moments no one will know whether it was natural or manmade or that it's even nuclear. The blast zone would encompass Sand Island and the Coast Guard Station and the state park located there, he said. The prevailing trades would then take plume out over the ocean moving parallel down the coast to Ewa. Teixeira said the state's nuclear war plans during the Cold War called for the evacuation of Oahu, turning island streets into one-way traffic patterns with people moving to the Windward side. That same plan also called for sending 100,000 people to the Neighbor Islands by military airlift. He noted that the Department of Homeland Security has devised several scenarios for states to use involving the detonation of 10- and 20-kiloton improvised nuclear devices. In 1945 the U.S. dropped a 15-kiloton bomb on Hiroshima and a larger 22-ton kiloton bomb on Nagasaki. The first A-bomb, Little Boy, blasted Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Fat Boy was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. However, for this month's mock exercise, Teixeira said the state chose to test a half-kiloton nuclear device because it is a more plausible weapon a terrorist group might use. An improvised nuclear device of that size may be a more real threat, Teixeira said, and a terrorist group planting it at a harbor is a real possibility. Teixeira said in Hawaiian a can mean hot and fiery, while kele can be translated to mean impurity. There is no Hawaiian word for radiation. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on
[osint] UN Security Council resolution on Iran unacceptable - official
http://en.rian.ru/world/20060806/52312051.html UN Security Council resolution on Iran unacceptable - official 06/08/2006 12:39 TEHRAN, August 6 (RIA Novosti) - The UN Security Council resolution on Iran is unacceptable, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday. The UN Security Council voted July 31 in favor of a resolution to set August 31 as a deadline for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities. If Iran fails to fulfill the UN's demands, economic and diplomatic sanctions may be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Asefi said the resolution did not recognize Tehran's right to civil nuclear technologies. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of major controversy since the beginning of the year, as many countries suspect the Islamic Republic of pursuing a covert weapons program under the pretext of civilian research, despite its claims to the contrary. The Iranian diplomat said Tehran still believed negotiations to be the only way to solve the Iran nuclear problem. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Iran could play oil card if forced on atomic issue
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNewsstoryID=2006 -08-06T083133Z_01_BAN630680_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-NUCLEAR-IRAN-OIL-20060806.XML storyID=2006-08-06T083133Z_01_BAN630680_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-NUCLEAR-IRAN-OIL-20 060806.XML Iran could play oil card if forced on atomic issue Sun Aug 6, 2006 10:31 AM GMT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran does not want to cut oil exports in a dispute over its atomic work but it may have to do so if it feels badly treated by the international community, a senior official said on Sunday. We do not want to use the oil weapon, it is them who would impose it upon us. Iran should be allowed to defend its rights in proportion to their stance, chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani told a news conference. Iran is the world's fourth biggest oil exporter. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Iran Plans to Expand Nuclear Activities
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/08/06/ap2929910.html Iran Plans to Expand Nuclear Activities Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Sunday that Iran will expand uranium enrichment, in defiance of a U.N. Security Council resolution giving the Islamic Republic until Aug. 31 to halt the activity or face the threat of political and economic sanctions. Ali Larijani called the U.N. Security Council resolution issued last week illegal and said Iran won't respect the deadline. We reject this resolution, he told reporters. We will expand nuclear activities where required. It includes all nuclear technology including the string of centrifuges, Larijani said, referring to the centrifuges Iran uses to enrich uranium. He said Iran had not violated any of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, and that the U.N. had no right to require it suspend enrichment. We won't accept suspension, he said. Larijani said the Security Council resolution contradicted a package of Western incentives offered in June to persuade Tehran to suspend its enrichment activities. He reiterated that Iran would formally respond to the incentives package on Aug. 22. Iran has said it will never give up its right to produce nuclear fuel, but has indicated it may suspend large-scale activities to ease tensions with the West. Larijani said the world should blame the United States and its allies for acting against their proposed package and seeking to deny Iran its rights under the NPT. The United States has accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. Tehran maintains its program is peaceful and intended to generate electricity. In February, Iran for the first time produced a batch of low-enriched uranium, using a cascade of 164 centrifuges. The process of uranium enrichment can be used to generate electricity or to create an atomic weapon, depending on the level of enrichment. Iran said it plans to install 3,000 centrifuges at its enrichment plant in Natanz, central Iran, by the end of the year. Industrial production of enriched uranium in Natanz would require 54,000 centrifuges. Hard-liners within Iran's ruling Islamic establishment have called on the government to withdraw from the NPT in response to the U.N. resolution, but the government has not heeded the call. Withdrawal from the treaty could end all international oversight of Iran's nuclear program. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] East and West must beware new Barbarians at the gates
http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?East%20and%20West%20must%20bew are http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.aspx?East%20and%20West%20must%20be wareStoryID=BCC6F11E-F5C1-43D3-8CB8-6EB2199A6372SectionID=1DC16DAD-79A2-42 62-B487-51DC79546E35 StoryID=BCC6F11E-F5C1-43D3-8CB8-6EB2199A6372SectionID=1DC16DAD-79A2-4262-B 487-51DC79546E35 East and West must beware new Barbarians at the gates By Allister Heath 06 August 2006 WALID Phares, the brilliant scholar of terrorism, lived through the worst of times in Lebanon, the country where he was born. At the height of the civil war, he would make the perilous journey out of Lebanon in flimsy vessels that were easy targets for Syria's long-range missiles. In the 1980s, we used commercial ships, with no Navy escort, sometimes under direct artillery action, he recalls. It was in the rather more relaxed setting of London's Savoy Hotel that I met Phares, who now lives in America and has made his name since 9/11 as one of the leading analysts of terrorism. His latest book, Future Jihad: Waging War Against the West, will be published in the UK in the autumn; its superb US edition has become a must-read in foreign policy circles in Washington and for good reason. Talking to Phares, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, made me realise how right Lenin was when he said everything is connected to everything else. What was supposed to be a quick chat about recent events morphed into a lengthy and fascinating seminar about the history of the Islamic world and the theory and practice of jihad across the ages, but still left me hungry for more. The emergence of current strands of Islamic extremism long predates the creation of Israel or the Cold War, Phares explains. He peppers the conversation with Arabic to make his case, which is that today's jihadist movements see themselves as a continuation of the Islamic state and strive for its reestablishment within in its old borders. The abolition of the Caliphate by Ataturk in 1924 freed jihadists from an ultimate Islamic authority for the first time since the seventh century. This unleashed the Saudi Wahhabis, and triggered the creation of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The Afghan battlefield produced a convergence into al-Qaeda, which soon became a rival school of its own. All these groups compete over the best way to re-establish the Sunni Caliphate, held up as the solution to the Muslim world's problems. Meanwhile, the Iranian revolution saw the rise of a Shia jihadism; it too seeks leadership of Islam and to wage war against the infidels. Phares, who advised the UN on disarming Hezbollah, is at his most passionate when discussing his native Lebanon. As long as there is no strategic change in Lebanon, starting with Hezbollah's disarming and having international forces taking the control of the Lebanese-Syrian and Lebanese-Israeli borders, the bombings may give Israel some time, but will eventually transform Lebanon into an extension of Iran, he argues. When Rafiq Hariri, the Lebanese Prime Minister, was murdered in 2005, prompting the Cedar Revolution, one and a half million people - Christians, Druze, Sunnis and even some Shia - marched for democracy, dealing Hezbollah and their Iranian paymasters a devastating blow. It shattered the myth of Syria's brotherly occupation, forced Damascus to withdraw, and proved that only a minority supported Hezbollah. But the jihadists immediately fought back to re-establish the Tehran-Damascus-Beirut axis at the heart of the Iranian regime's blueprint for dominance of the global jihadist movement. Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, struck a deal with Prime Minister Fouad Seniora: three members of Hezbollah joined the cabinet, laying the seeds for disaster. As part of a one-year plan, Hezbollah, perhaps with the help of Syrian intelligence, launched an assassination campaign against politicians and journalists supportive of the Cedar Revolution, convincing most anti-Syrian politicians that any serious opposition to Iran-Syria-Hezbollah would be savagely punished. The government was forced to stall on UN Security Council resolution 1559, which stipulates that all militias should be disarmed, and to sit down instead with Hezbollah to discuss the future of their weapons. Parliament was paralysed with the help of the pro-Syrian speaker Nabih Berri and the Aoun bloc; the allies of Emile Lahoud, the equally pro-Syrian president, were also tapped. Soon, says Phares, the Lebanese army command was intimidated, the Lebanese diaspora divided, pro-Syrian and jihadist networks in Lebanon and within the Palestinian camps reactivated, and weapons distributed to allied militias. Hezbollah's plan was to bring war with Israel back to the forefront of Lebanese politics; eventually, Seniora would be accused of treason and overthrown, and a new, non-Cedar government imposed, realigning the country with Tehran. As to timing, events in the region were crucial: Iran
[osint] 200 Indonesian Jihad Bombers Threaten Israel
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/184198.php 200 Indonesian Jihad Bombers Threaten Israel (Jakarta, Indonesia) Reportedly, in the last several days over 3,000 Indonesian volunteers have signed up to be jihad warriors. From Xinhuanet.com http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/05/content_4923664.htm : A group of 200 men calling themselves members of the Jihad Bombers Force (PBJ) in Pontianak, capital of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, are ready to leave for Palestine and Lebanon to paralyze Israeli vital facilities if the latter fails to abide by a 4-days deadline. We give Israel 4-days deadline as of now to stop its military aggression against Palestine and Lebanon. If this ultimatum is ignored, we will not be responsible for the 200 voluntary jihad bombers who are going to leave for the two Middle Eastern countries, Antara news agency quoted Indonesian Human Rights spokesman Suib Didu as saying in Pontianak on Saturday. He said the jihad bombers would not only launch attacks in Palestine and Lebanon but also in countries allied with Israel. PBJ, eh? I guess http://interested-participant.blogspot.com/ they blow themselves up, stick to the roof and leave a sweet aftertaste. No mention as to whether the jihadists are smooth or crunchy. Levity aside, even though the threat cannot be ignored, the likelihood of the PBJ acting soon seems minimal. From TheJakartaPost.com http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillgen.asp?fileid=20060805172527irec=0 : But it was unlikely the men could actually leave their hometowns in Indonesia's Kalimantan province as they said they had no money, leader, guns or passports. They sound like they're homeless and singing the blues. Nonetheless, over 3,000 young Islamists have registered on a list to fight against Israel. Hopefully, that list is accessible for review, if necessary. One last thing. The ChiCom house organ, Xinhua, states that Suib Didu is a human rights spokesman but fails to mention that he's the former chairman of the Islamic Youth Movement. Trying to put a human rights face on jihad bombers is insulting. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Terrorists planning big hit: 7/11 accused
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1859901.cms Terrorists planning big hit: 7/11 accused MUMBAI: Kamal Ahmed, one of the main accused in the 7/11 serial blasts case, has stunned interrogators with disclosures that a terror module, which has already slipped into the city, is planning a big hit. Since terrorists operate on a need-to-know basis, Ahmed has no clue as to what the big hit would be. Security agencies presume it would be aimed at paralysing the city's economy. Police sources told TOI on Saturday that Ahmed, who was picked up from Bihar, should know what he is talking about since his primary job was to facilitate entry of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists across the Indo-Nepal border and escort them to different locations. In the recent past, he had escorted members of two modules. Some of them were brought by him to Mumbai for executing the train blasts and others were taken to Jalandhar before being brought back to Mumbai. The sources also said a couple of days before the blasts, two Pakistani experts, cooordinating with local mastermind Rahil Shaikh, helped marry the timers to the bombs and instructed local operatives on how to set them so there was no repeat of the incident when a timer failed to work on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai express on February 19. Soon after completing their Mumbai assignment, the Pakistanis were escorted out of the country by Rahil, a former Grant Road resident, who is now in Bangladesh under the protection of Qari Saheb of Harket-ul-Jihad-ul-Islam. We have a fairly good idea of the conspirators involved. What is causing concern is information given by Ahmed about the possibility of a big hit,a senior police officer said. Meanwhile, the Centre may rush para-military forces to assist police in providing security at Ganesh mandaps in Mumbai and Pune. Security agencies have, however, placed Navratri in a higher-risk category as the terrorists have been targeting Gujaratis. About 75 per cent of those killed in the blasts were Gujaratis. Considering that thousands congregate for 'garba', we feel even more security should be provided during Navratri,a police official said. It was also learnt that Rahil's mother had complained twice to the Mumbai police against her own son in the past. Rahil often used to get into fights with family members who he felt were not following pure Islam. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Afghanistan deports Christian Koreans, cancels peace festival
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=100670 Afghanistan deports Christian Koreans, cancels peace festival KABUL: Afghanistan has ordered hundreds of South Korean Christians to leave the country yesterday, accusing them of seeking to undermine Islamic culture and trying to spread Christianity. Members of a South Korean non-governmental organisation, called the Institute of Asian Culture Development, had prepared for a 'peace festival' set for this weekend. A member of the Korean group has said that the festival has been cancelled at the request of the Afghan government, Agence France-Presse reports. Spokesman for the group Sung Han Kang said that Interior Ministry officials said they were being deported for their own protection, not due to security fears. Meanwhile, Interior Ministry spokesman Yousef Stanezai said that although the Koreans came with tourist visas, their activities showed they had a different agenda. The programme was against the Islamic culture and customs of Afghans, he said, adding they have been told to leave the country as soon as possible. The South Koreans came to Afghanistan a month ago to provide computer and business training, medical and dental care and arrange sports activities in five cities, he said. It was rumoured among the people they have plans to convert the people to Christianity, said Faiaz Mhrain, the governor's chief of staff. However, Kang stated that although the Institute of Asian Culture Development has a Christian background, they have no intentions to win converts. In western Herat province, provincial authorities put about 200 Koreans on a bus and deported them to Uzbekistan on Wednesday, a top provincial official said. According to the South Korean-based Institute, some of the visiting Koreans have U.S. or Canadian citizenships, and there were 600 children among the visitors. Kang confirmed the Koreans were deported but said they were sent to Iran. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Bin Laden's deputy announces Egyptian militant group has joined al-Qaeda
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20060805-1719-egypt-al-qaid a.html Bin Laden's deputy announces Egyptian militant group has joined al-Qaeda By Omar Sinan ASSOCIATED PRESS 5:19 p.m. August 5, 2006 CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader said in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network. It was the first time that al-Qaeda has announced a branch in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation. The Egyptian group, Gamaa Islamiya, is apparently a revived version of a militant group of the same name that waged a campaign of violence in Egypt during the 1990s but was crushed in a government crackdown. We announce to the Islamic nation the good news of the unification of a great faction of the knights of the Gamaa Islamiya ... with the al-Qaeda group, Ayman al-Zawahri said in the videotape aired on the Al-Jazeera news network. Al-Zawahri, who is Egyptian, said the Egyptian group was led by Mohammed al-Islambouli, the younger brother of Khaled al-Islambouli, the militant who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1981 and was later executed. The video included a statement by Mohammed al-Hakayma, identified as another top leader of the revived Gamaa. Al-Hakayma was shown talking in a grove of palm trees. A large number of the brothers have decided who are still on the same genuine path of Gamaa Islamiya and its principles, headed by the holy warrior Mohammed al-Islambuli, decided to unite with al-Qaeda, considering it one of the most important seekers of jihad (holy war) of this era, al-Hakayma said. Mohammed al-Islambouli left Egypt in the mid-1980s and was believed to have been in Afghanistan working with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on militant groups. It was not clear how much of a following the new version of Gamaa Islamiya has in Egypt. Its previous incarnation was largely eliminated by the government crackdown, and its leaders later announced a truce from prison. It has not claimed any attacks since a 1997 attack on a pharaonic site in the southern city of Luxor that killed 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians. Rashwan said al-Zawahri's claim was likely just propaganda. This is media talk from Ayman al-Zawahri. The Gamaa Islamiya has its own leadership and they said they have already rejected joining al-Qaeda in the past, he said. Gamaa Islamiya has no command outside Egypt. They have dissolved in Egypt. Egypt has seen a string of terror bombings against tourist resorts in the Sinai Peninsula since October 2004, killing 98 people. Egyptian authorities have said those attacks were carried out by a group calling itself Monotheism and Jihad, with links to Palestinian militants. Many experts believe Monotheism and Jihad is inspired by al-Qaeda and may have some operational links, but the Egyptian government has not announced any connection. The excerpts of the video played by Al-Jazeera did not mention any imminent threats of attacks in Egypt. In the video, al-Zawahri wore a white turban and was in front of a plain black background. Al-Zawahri was once a member of Islamic Jihad, the other main Egyptian militant group that led violence in the 1990s alongside the original Gamaa Islamiya. In the late 1990s, he moved to Afghanistan and joined forces with bin Laden, bringing a number of Egyptian militants with him. In the video, al-Hakayma, wearing glasses and holding an automatic weapon, said former members had decided to revive the group and rejected their jailed leaders' adherence to a truce. He vowed loyalty to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, Gamaa's former leader who is in a U.S. prison after his 1995 conviction in a conspiracy to blow up New York City landmarks. Al-Hakayma was once a second tier leader of the original Gamaa, Montasser al-Zayat, an Islamist lawyer who once represented many militants in court, told Al-Jazeera. It was al-Zawahri's second message in just over a week and his 11th this year. The Egyptian-born militant appeared in a video on July 27 in which he called for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel and to join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques,
[osint] Manila welcomes US move to cut terror funds
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Philippines/10057893.html Manila welcomes US move to cut terror funds By Gilbert Felongco, Correspondent Manila: The government welcomed US efforts to cut money flow to a charity suspected of financing terror attacks in the Philippines and other countries. On Thursday, the US Treasury Department tagged the Philippines and Indonesian department of International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO) as fund-raisers for the Al Qaida terror network and moved to freeze the financial assets of one of its officials for allegedly helping bankroll terror attacks. In a statement, the president's palace in Manila said it will take its cue from the US initiative to cut the terrorist financial lifeline, by tightly monitoring suspicious money transfers. We welcome the US action of cutting the money flow of terrorist cells and we shall maintain our own lawful vigilance against suspicious money transfers that fund the forces of evil, the statement said. The government two years ago had implemented a law against money laundering, one of the aims of which is to cut the financial lifeline of militant groups, suspected terrorist and criminal syndicates. Since its implementation, the anti-money laundering law has been instrumental in stopping the flow of money of crime syndicate groups and the local communist insurgents, but it has yet to prove its effect on militant groups operating in the Philippines under the guise of Islamic charity organisations. On Thursday, the US Treasury Department said any assets found in the United States belonging to Abd Al Hamid Sulaiman Al Mujil, a Saudi national, will be frozen and investigated. The department said Al Mujil provided financial support to the Al Qaida terror network and is considered a major fund-raiser for the Abu Sayyaf and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The department also alleged that, among other things, the IIRO offices in the Philippines raised money for the Abu Sayyaf bandits. The IIRO's offices in Indonesia have funnelled money to foundations affiliated to the JI regional terror network and have helped to finance training facilities for use by Al Qaida associates, the department alleged. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Lead, Follow or Get Out of The Way
http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2006/08/lead-follow-or-get-out-of-the/ Lead, Follow or Get Out of The Way The World Needs to Allow Israel to Pursue the Neutralization of Hizballah By Steve Schippert It was posited in a recent commentary that, contrary to popular opinion, http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2006/08/hizballah-is-on-the-ropes/ Hizballah Is On The Ropes. That is because they are. Yet, if there were one thing that could have been made clearer in that commentary, it would be to stress that Hizballah on the ropes does not mean they are near destruction or elimination. Hizballah is still the fiercest Arab fighting force in the region and still empowered by an intense fanatical ideology. But make no mistake, Hizballah is indeed on the ropes and hoping the bell rings soon. For those who may believe otherwise, even after the context provided in the previous commentary, http://inbrief.threatswatch.org/2006/08/katyusha-rain-civilians-bloodi/ consider today's events. Hizballah political leader, Hassan Nasrallah, pressed for a ceasefire and negotiations, couched as it was in yet another bold threat to Israel and amid further branding of Israel as the aggressors. While they are presently being reduced in both stature and war-making capacity - through in-place bombings and un-replenished consumption - it should not be lost that Hizballah will not be 'destroyed' by this effort alone as Hizballah is representative of a movement, an ideology, an idea. They are, however, in the process of being boxed into two sets of offensive capability as Israel seeks to neutralize their threat to Israeli population centers. The Litani River extends eastward from the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast corner of Lebanon where, like an elbow, it takes a 90-degree turn northward. All along the Litani River, bridges have been targeted creating a natural barrier. To the south lies the operational zone of what can be considered the 'Katyusha Brigades,' with Israel still within the Katyushas' limited range. To the east is the Bekaa Valley, longtime home of the international campus of Terror University and home to Hizballah's 'capital,' Baalbek. In the south of Lebanon, the 'Katyusha Brigades' are maintaining the most visible sign of Hizballah's strengths by relentlessly raining rockets down upon northern Israeli cities. Israel looks to sandwich them between forces on the Litani River and the Israeli border as at least 10,000 IDF troops, complete with artillery and air support, look to squeeze them as they move, clearing the area of rockets, launchers and terrorists. This will be an ugly task and Israeli forces will likely be met with many of the same insurgency tactics employed in Iraq, such as waves of IED attacks on armor and troops. Enter into the equation the brutal close-quarters fighting already displayed by well-trained Hizballah terrorists and it becomes clear that the fight will neither be without cost by any measure nor easy, but one Israel will decidedly win if left unimpeded. The latest spate of Katyusha rocket attacks into northern Israel should not be interpreted as a show of strength by Hizballah as much as it should be viewed as a state of 'use it or lose it' with the coming IDF advance impending. But when the downpour of Katyusha rockets begins to abate into silence, then what? This is when the sum effect of Israel's unrelenting attacks on Hizballah's established infrastructure throughout the other regions of Lebanon, especially the Bekaa Valley, will finally become visible to those currently focused on Katyushas and Beirut. With the Katyushas destroyed or pushed beyond their useful range - with the possible exception of their surviving ZelZal longer-range missiles and any other unknown assets - Hizballah will be reduced to fighting the Israeli troops who come their way specifically looking for that fight. It is in the Bekaa Valley that Israel's second box comes into play. Israel likely seeks to cut off that elbow by taking it on the ground, trapping the 'Katyusha Brigades' to the south and stranding much of the rest of Hizballah's capabilities in the Bekaa Valley above it. It would then become a two-front theater. How - or rather, to what extent - Israel intends to punish Hizballah with any IDF ground assault in the southern Bekaa Valley remains to be seen. Quite possibly, it remains to be determined by the IDF and Israeli leadership as well. Regardless of what they may or may not have decided, the external imposition of a cease-fire may determine that for them. Hizballah is obviously quite anxious for this to finally occur. The irony should not be lost in that, while pressing for a ceasefire and negotiations, Nasrallah framed Israel's assault on Hizballah as a campaign against our cities, villages, civilians, and infrastructure. For it is clearly Hizballah who has been targeting Israeli cities, villages and civilians with incessant rocket attacks upon them with warheads filled with
[osint] 'Hizbullah committing war crimes'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525810863 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525810863pagename=JPost%2FJ PArticle%2FShowFull pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Hizbullah committing war crimes' _ JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 5, 2006 _ Hizbullah must immediately stop firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. Lobbing rockets blindly into civilian areas is without doubt a war crime, said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. Nothing can justify this assault on the most fundamental standards for sparing civilians the hazards of war. Most of the attacks appear to have been directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses, the humanitarian organization's website stated. Since July 12, when Hizbullah captured two IDF soldiers and killed eight, Human Rights Watch researchers have been documenting the war's impact on civilians in Israel and Lebanon, interviewing the witnesses and survivors of attacks, as well as doctors, emergency workers, police, military and government officials. Hizbullah must stop using the excuse of Israeli misconduct to justify its own, said Roth. The organization's Web site recognized that northern Israel had come to a virtual standstill because of Hizbullah's rockets, which were exacting an enormous human and economic toll. Under international humanitarian law - also known as the laws of war - parties to an armed conflict must not make the civilian population the object of attack, or fire indiscriminately into civilian areas. Nor can they launch attacks that they know will cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects that exceeds the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. Such attacks constitute war crimes, the site explained. Several medical and educational institutes have sustained damage from Katyusha attacks. Human Rights Watch researchers visited hospitals in Nahariya and Safed after they were hit. At Nahariya Hospital, rockets had been landing near the hospital since July 12, a hospital spokesperson said. There are no military bases around here; nothing military at all, he said. I believe they know perfectly well they are firing at a hospital. In the absence of troops or military assets inside, hospitals must never be attacked, Human Rights Watch said. Deliberately attacking them is a war crime. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Terrorism - How to combat it?
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_29706.shtml Terrorism - How to combat it? By Justice Gour Gopal Saha Sat, 5 Aug 2006, 10:20:00 Although the world community has so far failed to come to a consensus to give a precise definition to the term terrorism, yet it has come to be passed on as an organised system of violence and intimidation, especially for political ends or religious ostentations. In ordinary parlance, it is understood to denote deliberate and systematic acts of murder, maiming and menacing of innocent men, women and children designed to inspire fear and instability in the society for political or pseudo-religious purposes . Terrorism, both political and religious, in some form or the other, existed at all levels of human civilisation but it never posed any real threat to shake the foundation of the society. But the task for ensuring peace, progress and harmony in the world today has assumed a new character in view of the current rise in acts of terrorism on an unprecedented scale and ferocity, all in the name of religion, The action programmes of the militant fundamentalists clearly indicate a grim prospect for the future of the mankind. In fact, the threat emanating from the coordinated and internationally operated network of religious extremism is a potential one out to destroy the very fabric of the human society and it is dangerously high and perilous to human existence at present than at any other time of recorded history. Thus it calls for immediate attention of the world community to urgently address the emerging menace and deliberate and devise ways and means on a war-footing to contain and combat terrorism in all its manifestations. The gospel of universal brotherhood presupposes peace, fraternity, tolerance and magnanimity and eulogizes the supreme necessity of spiritual and temporal excellence of man and negates all kinds of extremism, violence and intolerance as means of settling disputes. It also stands against all forms of injustices meted out to all sorts of people across the world. Injustices and deprivations, howsoever high and cruel they may be, cannot be obviated by terrorism and violent outbursts. Universally acclaimed fundamental rights such as the right of self-determination or statehood for the suppressed populace cannot be shelved by terming these as internal matters of a state, leaving the struggling people at the mercy of the oppressors and the subjugating predators ,asking them to do their own rounds by peaceful and constitutional means. In such cases, terrorism for political purposes is almost the inevitable consequence arising out of the dominant will and aspiration of the oppressed and subjugated people to make room for their own salvation by having recourse to arms. Insurgency and genuine struggle for emancipation from the yoke of the subjugators and the armed struggle of a bondaged populace cannot be equated by any ethical standard . The international community, particularly the United Nations, cannot avoid their responsibility by acting as idle spectators in such grim and cruel ordeals and indirectly abet the perpetrations of more injustices on peoples struggling for survival and universally acclaimed human dignity. It must be understood in unqualified terms that brute force applied to suppress fundamental human rights and liberty cannot be successful in defeating the indomitable spirit of a people fighting for justice, fair-play and liberty when they are ready to pay any price for it. It is disheartening to notice that some state powers publicly championing the cause of highsounding and lofty idealism, like human rights, rule of law, justice, equity and good conscience and virtues of democracy, very often hide their evil designs to perpetuate their agenda of exploitations and subjugations and this is often regarded as the basic reason for not solving many a intriguing problem affecting the human society, especially when it counters the national interests of the big powers. Men's unsatiable lust for abundance and domination always undermine the indomitable march of the humanity towards a higher plain. It is only true enlightenment that can pave the away for a peaceful and satisfying life on earth. Violence originates from a wounded spirit, spirit burned and blistered and frayed by the frustration and powerlessness, a spirit parched with an unequenched thirst for real meaning of life, a spirit shrivelled and shrunk by feelings of inferiority. The rage that emanates from injured self respect, from humiliation and deprivations and injustices at times erupts as violence. A culture of violence, which delights in crushing and beating others into submission, spreads throughout the society ill-will to dominate the order of the day. The injury inflicted on the human psyche cannot be expected to be cured with only soothing words, acts of parliament, executive and judicial orders. It is possible only through compassion, pure and fraternal feelings
[osint] Islam and Power
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11182278/ Islam and Power Is President Bush's plan to spread democracy turning into a fiasco? It doesn't have to. But it does need to change. By Fareed Zakaria http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4917093/site/newsweek/ Newsweek Feb. 13, 2006 issue - George W. Bush is not a man for second thoughts, but even he might have had some recently. Ever since 9/11, Bush has made the promotion of democracy in the Middle East the center-piece of his foreign policy, and doggedly pushed the issue. Over the last few months, however, this approach has borne strange fruit, culminating in Hamas's victory in Gaza and the West Bank. Before that, we have watched it strengthen Hizbullah in Lebanon, which (like Hamas) is often described in the West as a terrorist organization. In Iraq, the policy has brought into office conservative religious parties with their own private militias. In Egypt, it has bolstered the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest fundamentalist organizations in the Arab world, from which Al Qaeda descends. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror, Bush said last week in his State of the Union address. But is this true of the people coming to power in the Arab world today? This is an issue that deserves serious thought, well beyond pointing to the awkwardness of Bush's position. Bush's prescription is, after all, one accepted by many governments: it is also European policy to push for democratic reform in the Middle East. And in fact, little has happened over the last few months that makes the case for continued support of Muslim dictatorships. But recent events do powerfully suggest that if we don't better understand the history, culture and politics of the countries that we are reforming, we will be in for an extremely rocky ride. There is a tension in the Islamic world between the desire for democracy and a respect for liberty. (It is a tension that once raged in the West and still exists in pockets today.) This is most apparent in the ongoing fury over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a small Danish newspaper. The cartoons were offensive and needlessly provocative. Had the paper published racist caricatures of other peoples or religions, it would also have been roundly condemned and perhaps boycotted. But the cartoonist and editors would not have feared for their lives. It is the violence of the response in some parts of the Muslim world that suggests a rejection of the ideas of tolerance and freedom of expression that are at the heart of modern Western societies. Why are all these strains rising now? Islamic fundamentalism was supposed to be on the wane. Five years ago the best scholars of the phenomenon were writing books with titles like The Failure of Political Islam. Observers pointed to the exhaustion of the Iranian revolution, the ebbing of support for radical groups from Algeria to Egypt to Saudi Arabia. And yet one sees political Islam on the march across the Middle East today. Were we all wrong? Has Islamic fundamentalism gotten a second wind? There are those who argue that the collapse of the Arab-Israeli peace process, the war on terror, and the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq have all contributed to the idea that Islam is under siege-providing radicals with fresh ammunition. This is not, however, a wholly convincing case. For one thing, opposition to the Iraq war is not a radical phenomenon in the Middle East, but rather an utterly mainstream one. Almost every government opposed it. Moreover, the rise and fall of Islamic fundamentalism was a broad and deep phenomenon, born over decades. It could hardly reverse itself on the basis of a year's news. Does anyone believe that if there had been no Iraq war, Hamas would have lost? Or that the Danish cartoons would have been published with no response? The political Islamist movement has changed over the last 15 years. Through much of the 1980s and 1990s, Islamic fundamentalists had revolutionary aims. They sought the violent overthrow of Western-allied regimes to have them replaced with Islamic states. This desire for Islamic states and not Western-style democracies was at the core of their message. Often transnational in their objectives, they spoke in global terms. But it turned out that the appeal of this ideology was limited. People in Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and countless other places rejected it; in fact, they grudgingly accepted the dictatorships they lived under rather than support violent extremism. In this sense, political Islam did fail. But over time, many of the Islamists recognized this reality and began changing their program. They came to realize that shorn of violent overthrow, revolution and social chaos, their ideas could actually gain considerable popular support. So they reinvented themselves, emphasizing not revolutionary overthrow but peaceful change, not transnational ideology but
[osint] Joint anti-terror drive gives mafia the scare
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855791.cms Joint anti-terror drive gives mafia the scare MUMBAI: With the Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh police forces joining hands to fight terror in the 7/11 blasts case, it's definitely bad news for another section of criminals-the underworld. Intelligence inputs with both agencies reveal Mumbai's gangsters use Uttar Pradesh-especially the Lucknow-Gorakhpur belt-to cross the porous Nepal border and reach the relatively safe haven of Kathmandu. Conversely, the cash-rich UP mafiosi wanting to climb the ladder of criminal success seek a base in India's El Dorado-Mumbai. But joint police investigations have led to a win-win situation for both states' forces. Earlier this week, the D N Nagar police and the Special Task Force of the UP police killed dreaded criminal Kripashankar Chaudhary in an encounter. A close aide of UP don Munna Bajrangi, Chaudhary was supervising an extortion racket in Mumbai, besides pumping mafia money into the construction business, officials said. With as many as 36 offences lodged against him, Chaudhary was naturally the most wanted man on the UP police's list. STF officials were closely liaising with the Mumbai police for a month before swooping down on Chaudhary. In fact, they camped in Mumbai for over two weeks, gathering intelligence on Chaudhary, an IPS officer told TOI. In another instance last fortnight, the UP police arrested a bandit from the Chambal ravines who had taken shelter in Borivli for years. The UP police had taken help from the ATS in Mumbai to electronically track Mangli Kevat, who was wanted in over 40 cases including murder and abduction. On the other hand, gangland operatives from Mumbai have started moving up north following a spate of encounter killings in the city. Kathmandu is considered a haven for Mumbai's gangland operatives, so towns like Gorakhpur, with their proximity to the Indo-Nepal border, are where they want to set up new bases,an official said. The STF has a strong network in these towns. Arms providers and sharpshooters for most gangs hail from Uttar Pradesh. A partnership with the UP police means tracing these offenders becomes easier after they commit crimes in Mumbai. The Mumbai crime branch approached us during the Madhur Bhandarkar-Preeti Jaiin case, in which a conspiracy was alleged to bump off the film-maker,said SSP Rajesh Pandey of the STF. An aide of the shooter was holed up in UP and we helped trace him. Pandey cited another case in Ghatkopar three months ago, in which a Bhojpuri singer had been killed in a blast inside a chawl room. Forensic experts found that gunpowder, used for making crude bombs, had caused the explosion. Subsequently, a Ghatkopar police team went to UP and with our assistance nabbed a 30-year-old woman who had brought the explosives from Lucknow,he said. The woman's associates in Mumbai, including the deceased singer, had planned to manufacture bombs. On the terror front, the STF dug up the antecedents of 7/11 blasts suspect Muzammil Shaikh on a request made by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad. Muzammil, a software developer, was educated in a UP college. Muzammil is believed to be a prize catch since he is likely to provide the ATS with important leads on the absconding accused. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Ayatollah: Help Hezbollah for Jihad
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA7B9F098-5A70-4E28-9DDD-789605622 100%7D) http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA7B9F098-5A70-4E28-9DDD-78960562 2100%7D)language=EN language=EN Ayatollah: Help Hezbollah for Jihad Tehran, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Yannati stated supporting the Hezbollah struggle against Israeli aggressions on Lebanon was necessary, and vehemently criticized the UN Security Council for its inaction and passivity. Yannati, who attended Friday prayers in the University of Tehran, asserted the Muslim world should back politically and financially the Lebanese and the Palestinian people, according to IRNA. Every dirham, dinar or rial targeting this cause is the best donation for the jihad (Muslims' holy war) of the God's path, he noted. The ayatollah also lambasted the passive conduct of the UN and the Security Council, which he described as weak and under the influence of the US government, since they are not even able to issue one resolution against Israel. However, they have no problem in condemning Iran and its right to peacefully use nuclear energy, he contended. Ahmad Yannati slammed the UN silence about the Israeli army's onslaught in Palestine and Lebanon, calling to shut down the doors of that organization. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Armed cop who shot terror suspect back at work
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=FD427778X http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=FD427778Xnews_headline=armed_cop_ who_shot_terror_suspect_back_at_work news_headline=armed_cop_who_shot_terror_suspect_back_at_work Armed cop who shot terror suspect back at work Friday, 4th August 2006, 09:45 _ The policeman who shot Mohammed Abdul Kahar was back at work carrying a gun even before the IPCC investigation cleared him, it was revealed today. The officer, known as B6, returned to work at the beginning of July, about a month after the Forest Gate raid. Police were unable to give any information as to why he was allowed to return to work before the results of the IPCC investigation into the shooting were released. A spokesman from the Metropolitan Police said: The officer has returned to frontline duty carrying a gun. He returned approximately four weeks after the incident. I can't comment on the the reasons behind the decision to allow him back to work. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] U-S sanctions seven foreign companies
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=APDate= 20060805ID=5924339 Date=20060805ID=5924339 U-S sanctions seven foreign companies for dealing with Iran http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/inc/news/providerLPredir.asp?Feed=AP WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven foreign companies, including two from India and two from Russia, have been slapped with U-S sanctions for high-tech business dealings with Iran. The action comes at a sensitive time for the Bush administration, which is trying to push a plan through Congress to sell civilian nuclear technology to India. In addition, the U-S is trying to enlist Moscow's help in pressuring Iran and North Korea to abandon their nuclear programs. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Sison inclusion in EU terror list may violate rights
http://services.inq7.net/print/print.php?article_id=13632 Sison inclusion in EU terror list may violate rights -- AI By Nonoy Espina INQ7.net Posted date: August 05, 2006 THE inclusion of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison in the list of terrorists of the European Union (EU) could violate the exiled rebel leader's elementary basic rights Amnesty International (AI) http://www.amnesty-eu.org/ said. The view was contained in AI http://www.amnesty-eu.org/static/documents/2006/AI_response_Green_Paper_Pre sumption_of_InnocenceJune06.pdf 's response to a http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0174en01.pdf Green Paper of the European Commission (EC) on the presumption of innocence. The case of the Philippine national Mr. Jose-Maria Sison illustrates how the decision and procedure to include an individual in the list of terrorist organizations can violate elementary basic rights, including the right to presumption of innocence, the right to due process and the right to defense, AI said. Considering the serious implications of being identified as a 'terrorist,' which include the deprivation of basic individual, social and economic rights (in particular the right to freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, the right to respect of private and family life, the right to basic public services and the right to liberty and to a fair trial), it is crucial that such identification is based on clear evidence that is capable of being challenged, AI said. However, it added, in the EU, it is not at all clear what effective remedy a person or organization has to challenge their publication in the official journal of the European Communities as a 'terrorist' and to seek reparation for the damages that they may suffer as a consequence of that inclusion. The inclusion of Sison in the EU list has led to the freezing of a joint account he held with his wife Juliet de Lima and the termination of his social benefits. The respected human rights organization also concurred with the 2003 position of the EU Network of Independent Experts that freezing the assets of those in the terrorist blacklist affect the presumption of innocence because the freezing of assets prejudges the guilt of persons who have not been convicted of a crime and cannot be reconciled with the right to due process in Articles 6 and 13 in the European Convention on Human Rights. Sison, who has been living in exiles in The Netherlands since the late 1980s, was included in the EU terror list in October 2002 as an individual linked to the New People's Army (NPA), itself listed as a terrorist organization. The EU decision followed earlier moves by The Netherlands and the United States in August of that same year after a lobby by the Philippine government. Sison has contested his inclusion in the terror lists as well as allegations linking him to terrorism. The case is expected to be decided soon by the European Court of First Instance, the Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe, a group organized to help Sison's defense, said in a statement. But although Sison's lawyers have sought access to the documents the Council of the EU based its decision to include the CPP founder in the terror list, these request have been refused each time with the Council claiming that their disclosure could endanger public safety and the international relations of the EU, AI noted. The Council has also described the moves taken against Sison as merely preventive administrative measures to stop the financing of terrorism and combat terrorism, the organization added. AI also raised concerns about disturbing trends which involve unlawful detention, torture or other ill-treatment of persons and disappearances, following reports of extraordinary renditions and the operation of 'black sites' in Europe, involving the extrajudicial detention and transfer of terror suspects from one country to another. It said these latest developments in the field of counterterrorism raise the specter of multiple human rights violations committed outside any legal framework that would make it possible to challenge these violations. We urge the EU to exercise all its political, diplomatic and legal competence and powers to put an end to these practices, AI said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
[osint] The Plot Against America
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/review/06filkins.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/review/06filkins.html?_r=1ref=book soref=slogin ref=booksoref=slogin The Plot Against America Review by DEXTER FILKINS http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/dexter_filkins /index.html?inline=nyt-per When Mohamed Atta http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/mohamed_atta/i ndex.html?inline=nyt-per and his four Saudi confederates commandeered a Boeing 767 and steered it into the north tower of the World Trade Center, they began a story that still consumes us nearly five years on, and one that seems, on bad days, to promise war without end. But the events of Sept. 11, 2001, were in many ways less the start of a tale than the end of one, or at least the climax of one, begun many years before in many different precincts: in the middle-class suburbs of Cairo, in the mosques of Hamburg, in Jidda, in Islamabad, in the quiet university town of Greeley, Colo. In its simplest terms, this is the story of how a small group of men, with a frightening mix of delusion and calculation, rose from a tormented civilization to mount a catastrophic assault on the world's mightiest power, and how another group of men and women, convinced that such an attack was on the way, tried desperately to stop it. What a story it is. And what a riveting tale Lawrence Wright fashions in this marvelous book. The Looming Tower is not just a detailed, heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11, written with style and verve, and carried along by villains and heroes that only a crime novelist could dream up. It's an education, too - though you'd never know it - a thoughtful examination of the world that produced the men who brought us 9/11, and of their progeny who bedevil us today. The portrait of John O'Neill, the driven, demon-ridden F.B.I. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal _bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org agent who worked so frantically to stop Osama bin Laden http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/osama_bin_lade n/index.html?inline=nyt-per , only to perish in the attack on the World Trade Center, is worth the price of the book alone. The Looming Tower is a thriller. And it's a tragedy, too. In the nearly five years since the attacks, we've heard oceans of commentary on the whys and how-comes and what-it-means and what's nexts. Wright, a staff writer for The New Yorker - where portions of this book have appeared - has put his boots on the ground in the hard places, conducted the interviews and done the sleuthing. Others talked, he listened. And so he has unearthed an astonishing amount of detail about Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/z/ayman_al_zawah iri/index.html?inline=nyt-per , Mullah Muhammad Omar http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/muhammad_omar/ index.html?inline=nyt-per and all the rest of them. They come alive. Who knew, for instance, that bin Laden, far from being a warrior-stoic fighting against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, was actually a pathetic stick-in-the-mud who would fall ill before battle? That the combat-hardened Afghans, so tired of bin Laden's behavior, declared him and his Arab associates useless? Or that he was a permissive father and indulgent husband? Or that he is only six feet tall? More important, who knew - I sure didn't - that bin Laden had left behind such a long trail of words? Wright has found them in books, on film, in audio recordings, in people's notebooks and memories. This has allowed him to draw an in-depth portrait of bin Laden, and to chart his evolution from a self-conscious step-child growing up in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, to the visionary cave-dwelling madman who mimics the Holy Prophet in his most humdrum daily habits. Wright takes the title of his book from the fourth sura of the Koran, which bin Laden repeated three times in a speech videotaped just as the hijackers were preparing to fly. The video was found later, on a computer in Hamburg. Wherever you are, death will find you, Even in the looming tower. There is poetry, too. Here is a particularly chilling bit, found on another videotape, which bin Laden had read aloud at the wedding of his 17-year-old son, Mohammed. The celebration took place not long after a pair of Qaeda suicide bombers, riding in a tiny boat filled with explosives, nearly sank the billion-dollar guided missile destroyer Cole. At least with regard to his abilities as an author, bin Laden was unusually modest: he let someone else write the words. I am not, as most of our brothers know, a warrior of the word, he said. A destroyer, even the brave might fear, She inspires horror in the harbor and the open sea, She goes into the waves flanked by arrogance, haughtiness and fake might, To her doom she progresses slowly, clothed in a huge
[osint] We're Losing World War IV
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2EwOWE0ZTA1Y2M1ZTFhN2Q2Y2YwYWM0ZTdhNzM 0ZWY= We're Losing World War IV How to get back to the road to victory. By Barbara Lerner The Shiite mullahs who rule Iran and have seized the leadership of the Islamofascist war against us are as dangerous an enemy as America has ever faced. Although we have chosen to be deaf to them, their war aims have never been secret. They have been shouting them out on the world stage to a billion listening Muslims, ever since they handed us the first of many humiliating defeats in 1979. These Persian mullahs and their followers aim to restore Islamic supremacy in the 21st century by leading all Muslims everywhere to victory in a great global jihad against America, Israel, and what is left of the free world. In the time since their first act of war against us - invading our sovereign embassy territory in Tehran and holding our people hostage for 444 agonizing days - they have made enormous progress towards their goal, despite the double handicap of belonging to a minority Muslim sect and a non-Arab ethnic group. In the 1980s, Iran's mullahs created Hezbollah, a Shiite Arab terrorist group in Lebanon, and used it to drive us from that country the way they drove us from Iran, but this time, they didn't just humiliate us and mock our impotence; they tortured and murdered our embassy people in Beirut, and blew up 241 of our marines. In the 1990s, Iran's mullahs took control of Syria, turning it into a puppet terror state and transit hub, and transformed Hezbollah from a purely local terrorist army into a sophisticated global terrorist network. In this decade, these Shiite mullahs reached across the great Sunni-Shia religious divide, establishing close ties with Sunni terrorist groups like al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood; took control of the Brotherhood's Palestinian branch, Hamas; and reached across the world to forge close military ties with nuclear-armed Asian states like North Korea and oil-rich enemies to our south like Hugo Chavez's Venezuela. Along the way, they pioneered the terrorist arts of airplane hijacking and suicide bombing. And all this time, the Iranians - and their ever-growing legion of followers and fans - have been waging an increasingly successful propaganda war against America, Israel, and the West, among Muslims in the Middle East and far beyond it. Average Americans - if they remember them at all - consider the series of American defeats chronicled above and a host of others as an unconnected jumble of unfortunate events. It's easy to do: Our media treats them that way. Muslim media do not. On the global Muslim media stage, Iran's mullahs and their frontmen look like Islamic conquerors of old, winning victory after victory against both the great and the little Satan, mocking us as impotent cowards, and intimidating and co-opting our already half-dhimmified old-Europe allies. Watching all this, every year more and more Muslims rally to their cause, eager to be on what they see as the winning side. Today, Iran's emboldened mullahs are on a triumphant roll, waging a bloody, three-front proxy war against us, using the Mahdi army to assassinate dreams of peace and democracy in Iraq, using Hezbollah to blow up those same dreams in Lebanon, again, and using Hamas to make a grotesque mockery of them in the Holy Land. Now they threaten to activate Hezbollah terror cells, here in America and throughout the world, to kill and maim us at home and inflict more carnage on our allies. This week, they mocked our efforts to prevent them from becoming a nuclear power, announcing that nothing we do - in the U.N. or elsewhere - will stop them from going nuclear, and sharing their WMDs with other rogue states and Islamofascist terror groups at will. More ominous yet, they threaten to unleash an apocalyptic surprise on us on August 22, the night they believe Mohammed lit up the skies by ascending to heaven from the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Despite all this and more, we have yet to admit that Iran is at war with us, or to seriously consider striking back at her, and, in speaking of our own war aims, we never dare use the v-word - victory - anymore. Instead, we make head-in-the-sand happy-talk about peace, democracy, and ceasefires, rejecting any military action against Iran for fear of widening the war - as if Iran were not already at war with us - and rely on the U.N. and the international community to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions and to prevent her proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, from continuing to bring death and destruction to our smallest, truest, and most vulnerable ally, Israel. In doing this, we ignore two obvious realities: rather than restraining Iran, U.N. heavyweights Russia and China are busy arming her, and the perfidious EU will not even recognize the plain fact that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Instead, these old-Europe allies join with our Islamofascist enemies in demonizing our brave
[osint] Iran leader: Israel's destruction will bring peace
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14164284/ Iran leader: Israel's destruction will bring peace Says elimination would 'cure' Mideast crisis, but calls for cease-fire for now The Associated Press Updated: 5:45 a.m. MT Aug 3, 2006 TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, state-media reported. In a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia, Ahmadinejad also called for an immediate cease-fire to end the fighting between Israel and the Iranian-back group Hezbollah. Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate cease-fire must be implemented, Ahmadinejad said, according to state-run television in a report posted on its Web site. Ahmadinejad and other leaders from the Islamic world demanded a halt to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza and weighed inclusion of Muslim forces in a future peacekeeping operation. Aroused by restive populations back home, and upset with the mounting toll in heavily Muslim southern Lebanon, select members of the Organization of Islamic Conference gathered in special session more than three weeks after the start of the crisis. It was the charismatic figure of Ahmadinejad, his hard-line views on Israel reinvigorated by public backing from Iran's supreme clerical leader, who animated the conference as it strove to get the OIC's voice heard above the diplomatic din. Although the main cure (to the situation) is the elimination of the Zionist regime, in this stage an immediate cease-fire should be implemented, Ahmadinejad, one of the driving forces behind the emergency meeting, told OIC colleagues. Britain and America, as the main associates of the Zionist regime in its offensive to Lebanon, should compensate Lebanon's damages. Those governments should answer for their crimes in Lebanon, he said in his speech, a copy of which was circulated. Summing up the frustration of many across the Muslim world, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia demanded: The question that may come up is why this meeting could not be convened earlier. Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon has killed more than 900 people and wounded 3,000 with a third of the casualties children under 12, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said in a video message to the conference. He said a quarter of the population, or one million people, had been displaced. Among those attending were the president of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, the prime minister of Muslim powerhouse Turkey, and representatives of Pakistan and Egypt. Peacekeeping We must show preparedness to contribute forces for peacekeeping operations under the United Nations banner, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister and host of the conference, said in remarks prepared for delivery in closed session. Malaysia is ready to do that. As their leaders met behind closed doors, OIC diplomats said a draft communique now circulating would seek to place Muslim Blue Helmets under U.N. control. It also calls for an inquiry into possible Israeli war crimes in its campaign against targets in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Many countries have expressed their readiness to send troops under the banner of the United Nations, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told reporters during a break. They asked the OIC to be more active in the peacebuilding process and in the rebuilding of Lebanon after a cease-fire establishes peace, he said of the deliberations so far. In addition, the OIC draft demands an immediate cease-fire, adding to the pressure on Israel and its superpower ally the United States to reverse course and agree to end the fighting first and then deploy peacekeepers. It is unclear whether the Jewish state, as a party to the conflict, or the United States would accept direct Muslim participation in a peace-keeping operation. Many OIC member states do not have diplomatic relations with Israel. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that
[osint] Ballistic Missile Defense and Terror
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5733 Ballistic Missile Defense and Terror August 4th, 2006 Ballistic Missile Defense(BMD) is one of those military assets that - along with the F-22 Raptor, carrier battle groups, and guided-missile subs - have been criticized in recent years as being irrelevant to the new strategic realities of the War on Terror. It's a little difficult to follow the logic here: are there people who really believe that terrorism is the only form of warfare allowed in the 21st century? But after Kim Jong-il's little missile spree, we can be fairly certain we won't hear that one again soon. On the contrary. What the missile incident demonstrates is how important BMD is to any serious terror strategy. First, we need to broaden our understanding of the actual role nuclear weapons play in strategy. Deterrence, in which possession of such weapons acts as a restraint on both sides, is widely understood. But there's another related factor also at work: nuclear weapons as a variant of the fleet in being http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_in_being . Like the huge battleship fleets of the early 20th century that were too valuable to be risked in actual combat, nuclear weapons are useful only when they aren't used. Always offstage, their baleful influence apparent even when not present, nukes extend their power of restraint well beyond the nuclear arena, drawing a line that an opponent's response dare not violate. A nation that cannot carry out a nuclear strike for fear of retaliation is also barred from ordering an invasion, establishing a blockade, or instigating the assassination of enemy leaders. At the same time, activities below those blatant levels are actually encouraged. Nuclear weapons form an umbrella beneath which proxy wars, espionage, and terrorism can readily occur without being directly challenged, so as not to waken the nuclear genie. During the Cold War, the Soviets took advantage of this effect to the hilt, funding proxy wars and subversion in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, triggering crises in Berlin, Cuba, and the Middle East, secure in the knowledge that the U.S. would not go to the mattresses for fear of triggering an open nuclear confrontation. Under those circumstances, if the U.S. wanted to play at all, it had to be on Russia's terms, so the country became involved in a number of operations in areas we probably wouldn't have bothered with otherwise. Simply put, nuclear weapons enable an opponent to raise the nuisance level to the unbearable and beyond without fear of retribution. Which is why people like Kim and the Iranian mullahs want them. Not to fight a war with, or to give to terrorists to set off wherever they please (which is a pretty strange idea, if you think about it), but to act as a protective umbrella for other machinations, the same as they did for the USSR. With nukes and a suitable delivery system (it's interesting how often people overlook that last part), the mullahs will be free to reconstitute Hezbollah, take over Lebanon, move into Iraq in force, and anything else that occurs to them. Kim no doubt has an entire laundry list of plans for East Asia, beginning with South Korea, which if he's wise (I'm aware that's asking a lot) he won't occupy but will instead Finlandize and use as a resource. With nukes as part of equation, who's going to interfere? Europe? The Security Council? The G-8? And that's where BMD comes in. Properly utilized, BMD can create leaks in the enemy's umbrella. The purpose of a missile defense system is not to stop an ICBM attack dead, destroying every last missile and warhead. This is very likely outside of the realm of possibility, a fact that BMD opponents regularly used in their arguments, claiming that if even one warhead got through, it would be too many. (One of those statements of which it's hard to fault the strict logic, while at the same time being aware it's complete nonsense.) BMD systems were actually intended to inject a note of uncertainty into calculations involving a nuclear strike. Under the circumstances of nuclear war, there are targets that must be destroyed to prevent a counterstrike - enemy missile silos, submarine pens, bomber bases. With a BMD system in place, could you be absolutely certain to hit these targets? If you couldn't, you didn't attack. And with the expense involved in maintaining and replacing an ICBM force, eventually you'd give up on them completely and move on to something else. (At least that was the hope.) The point of BMD is to render a sure thing doubtful. Nuclear weapons no longer give carte blanche to their possessors. They no longer provide an unleakable umbrella. This effect is not theoretical, but a matter of record. By the mid-1980s, the only chips the Soviets had left were a huge tank army and 40,000 nuclear warheads. In his epochal http://www.missilethreat.com/resources/speeches/reagansdi.html Star Wars speech of March 23, 1983, Ronald Reagan proposed
[osint] Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines
Bottom line is they make a choice.either loyal Marines or Muslims.can't be both. Bravo to the Marine Corps training if it overcomes Islamic brainwashing. Bruce http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/nyregion/07marines.html?ei=5070en=d49738c 98f6e882eex=1155614400emc=eta1pagewanted=print August 7, 2006 Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines By ANDREA ELLIOTT http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/andrea_elliott /index.html?inline=nyt-per Few people ever see Ismile Althaibani's Purple Heart. He keeps the medal tucked away in a dresser. His Marine uniform is stored in a closet. His hair is no longer shaved to the scalp. It has been 20 months since he returned from Iraq http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ir aq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo after a roadside explosion shattered his left foot. He never expected a hero's welcome, and it never came - none of the balloons or hand-written signs that greeted another man from his unit who lived blocks away. Mr. Althaibani, 23, was the last of five young marines to come home to an extended family of Yemeni immigrants in Brooklyn. Like the others, he grew accustomed to the uneasy stares and prying questions. He learned not to talk about his service in the company of Muslim neighbors and relatives. I try not to let people know I'm in the military, said Mr. Althaibani, a lance corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve. The passage home from Iraq has been difficult for many American troops. They have struggled to recover from the shocking intensity of the war. They have faced the country's ambivalence about a conflict in which thousands of their fellow soldiers have been killed or maimed. But for Muslim Americans like Mr. Althaibani, the experience has been especially fraught. They were called upon to fight a Muslim enemy, alongside comrades who sometimes questioned their loyalty. They returned home to neighborhoods where the occupation is commonly dismissed as an imperialist crusade, and where Muslims who serve in Iraq are often disparaged as traitors. Some 3,500 Muslims have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the United States armed forces, military figures show. Seven of them have been killed, and 212 have been awarded Combat Action Ribbons. More than half these troops are African-American. But little else is known about Muslims in the military. There is no count of those who are immigrants or of Middle Eastern descent. There is no full measure of their honors or injuries, their struggle overseas and at home. A piece of the story is found near Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, where two sets of brothers and a young cousin share a singular kinship. They grew up blocks apart, in the cradle of a large Muslim family. They joined the Marines, passing from one fraternity to another. Within the span of a year and a half, they had all gone to Iraq and come home. Ismile's cousin Ace Montaser sensed a new distance among the men at his mosque on State Street. He described it as the awkward eye. Ismile's older brother Abe, a burly New York City police officer, learned to avoid political debates. Their cousin Abdulbasset Montaser took a different approach. He answered questions about whether he served in Iraq with a feisty, Yeah, we're going to Yemen next! He has helped recruit for the Marines and boasts about his cousin's medal to the neighbors. I want every Muslim in the military to be recognized, said Mr. Montaser, a corporal. If not, people will feel they're not doing their part. Their service bears some resemblance to that of Japanese and German immigrants who fought for the United States in World War II. But for Muslims of Arab descent, the call to serve in Iraq is complicated not only by ethnic ties, but by religion. Islamic scholars have long debated the circumstances under which it is permissible for Muslims to fight one another. The arguments are intricate, centering on the question of what constitutes a just war. In Brooklyn, those fine points are easily lost. Here, many immigrants say that killing Muslims is simply wrong, and they cite the Koran as proof. Their opposition to the war is rooted as much in religion, they say, as in Arab solidarity. The same week that Abe Althaibani headed to Iraq with the 25th Marine Regiment, his wife joined thousands of antiwar protesters in Manhattan, shouting, No blood for oil! It was my people, said his wife, Esmihan Althaibani, a regal woman with luminous green eyes. I went because it was Arabs. Yet the American military desperately needs people like her husband: Arabic speakers with a religious and cultural understanding of the Middle East. They have become crucial figures in Iraq, serving as interpreters, conduits and even buffers between soldiers and civilians. The Althaibanis and Montasers knew they would be useful. They wanted to help bring change to Iraq. They did not know how much the war would change them. Brooklyn to Yemen and Back As boys, the
[osint] News Flash: On Display: N.Korea Claims Capture of U.S. Vessel
On Display: N.Korea Claims Capture of U.S. Vessel -- N. Korea Claims It Has Captured Unmanned U.S. Submersible and Put It on Display in Pyongyang -- ABC News [ http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2281550CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: Egyptian militants deny al-Qaida link
Egyptian militants deny al-Qaida link -- A leader of an Egyptian militant group denied yesterday that it had joined al-Qaida, saying the majority of its members are sticking by a truce they declared almost a decade ago. -- BreakingNews.ie [ http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/08/07/story271021.html ] CNN [ http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/07/zawahiri.alqaeda/ ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: CIA Contractor to Stand Trial in Afghan Beating Death
CIA Contractor to Stand Trial in Afghan Beating Death -- In the weeks after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal stunned Iraq, a story emerged from Afghanistan about a CIA contractor accused of beating a detainee so severely that he later died. -- Fox News [ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207246,00.html ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: Seven ill in letter scare at Palestinian PM office
Seven ill in letter scare at Palestinian PM office -- Seven people in the Palestinian prime minister's office in the West Bank fell ill on Monday after opening a letter containing an unknown substance, government and hospital officials said. -- Reuters [ http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07775339.htm ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: NSA computer operation headed for meltdown
NSA computer operation headed for meltdown -- THE US National Security Agency's computer outfit in Baltimore is burning up so much electricity, officials fear it could brown out its entire operation. -- The Inquirer [ http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33510 ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] 'Improvised' bomb used in attack on BMTA bus
http://www.manager.co.th/IHT/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=949100079 'Improvised' bomb used in attack on BMTA bus By Phoojadkarn Daily 7 August 2006 11:16 The commander of division four of the metropolitan police said yesterday that the police will do their best to investigate the bombing of a Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) joint bus on Saturday night. At 10:40pm on Saturday, Lat Phrao police received a report of an explosion on the number 95 bus, which was then parked in front of Bang Toey temple on Kaset-Nawamin Road. After investigating the bus, scattered pieces of an alarm clock, plaster and plastic bags were found around the rear seats. According to the 32-year-old driver, Jitrakorn Banjonghat, the bus, with about 20 on board, had just left Happy Land Market and was heading to Bang Khen when he heard three blasts. When he turned and saw passengers were hurt, he called the police. Somnuek Nakwichit, 23, who was wounded in both legs, was sent to Lat Phrao hospital along with three other passengers. Other riders suffered minor cuts and bruises. The driver revealed that he saw four suspicious-looking teenage men get on the bus at Happy Land Market and off at the next stop. Division 4 Commander Maj Gen Wittaya Kosiyasathit described the bomb as an improvised explosive device detonated by a clock, which was set to explode at 10.40pm. He said it was likely that the bombers only wanted to threaten those on the bus. At the moment, we are looking into several motives as it might be related to the current conflict between the BMTA buses and joint buses, or a personal conflict with the bus driver. We are doing our best to unwind the case, said the commander. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] The Iran Dilemma
Dilemma? What dilemma? There is no dilemma. Bruce http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/05/the-iran-dilemma/ The Iran Dilemma By Rachel Alexander Critics of the Bush administration who complain that the U.S. is too hawkish toward Iran have no better plan of their own to offer. U.N. member countries who are not on Ahmadinejads top two enemies list care more about oil than whether Ahmadeinejad wants to bomb us. Ironically, although Iran may have temporarily diverted attention from its refusal to comply with nuclear inspections by aiding Hezbollahs attack on Israel, the overall increasing level of violence in the Middle East is building more support for a U.S. or NATO strike against it. War against Israel is inevitably accompanied by attacks on American citizens. In addition to saying that the Holocaust never happened and that Israel should be wiped off the map, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened the U.S., saying that the U.S. should be tried as war criminals in courts. Ahmadinejad reportedly played a role in the kidnapping of hostages from the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979. Critics of the Bush administration who complain that the U.S. is too hawkish toward Iran have no better plan of their own to offer. Many would continue to do nothing, even as violence escalates, deferring to the U.N. and its agencies to negotiate with Iran. The U.N. has a poor record of stopping tyrants. Member countries of the U.N. have different priorities than the U.S. Other countries arent on Ahmadinejads top two enemies list, and as we learned in the past from France, Germany, and Russias vote against the 2003 Iraq War, are more concerned about access to cheap oil than whether someone is plotting to drop nuclear bombs on Israel or the U.S. Ahmadinejad very likely detests the U.S. more than any other country except for Israel. Fortunately, because of the U.S.s strong position, distant proximity, and lack of offensive aggression towards its enemies, it has been able to avoid the prevalent violence Iran engages in with neighboring ethnic minorities in Turkey, Iraq, and Azerbijan. It is short-sighted to do nothing except issue toothless warnings from the U.N., permitting an unstable and extremist dictator to continue enriching uranium that everyone knows is only meant for one thing, to build nuclear weapons intended for its enemies - which could include possible use against the U.S. and Israel. Speculation that Iran is enriching uranium for nuclear energy purposes is naïve at best, underhanded at worst. If that were true, Iran would have properly reported its progress to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Accusations that the U.S. is planning an aggressive neocon strike against Iran are misplaced. There is a difference between planning a preemptive nuclear strike, and preparing a contingency plan ahead of time in case a nuclear strike becomes necessary. Pacifists and critics of the Bush administration conveniently like to confuse the two in order to mislead the public. The Bush administration has already capitulated considerably to world opinion and criticism from the pacifist left by agreeing to negotiate directly with Iran for the first time in over 26 years. It makes no sense that the Bush administration would agree to these talks if it was planning a strike. The administration is going to utmost lengths in order to forestall military action. Bush has learned from Iraq that there is no such thing as a guaranteed quick and cheap intervention. The risk of resulting political and economic damage may not be worth the gamble of a military strike. Republicans cannot afford another mire requiring additional troops while still engaged in Iraq; it would lower morale even further. Gas prices would skyrocket, since Iran has vowed to reduce or cut its oil supply if the U.S. strikes. Although the U.S. does not purchase oil from Iran, the countries that do purchase Iranian oil would be forced to buy oil elsewhere, decreasing the amount of oil available to the U.S., which drives the price up. Intelligence sources recently revealed that Iran has been moving its enrichment programs into urban areas, further reducing the possibility of a U.S. strike. Instead, the Bush administration is prudently taking the middle ground, preparing for the possibility of a military strike while exhausting all realistic negotiating efforts. The U.S. should continue its tough stance, avoiding full recognition of Iran while continuing to freeze its assets and level economic sanctions against it. The U.S. should avoid any region-wide weapons freeze that would affect Israel. Although some claim the U.S. is being hypocritical since it has thousands of nuclear warheads, terrorists and terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and al Qaeda have never abided by international agreements and treaties, so there is no reason to trust them to abide by a regional weapons freeze. The freeze would essentially hand Israel over to terrorists. The U.S.
[osint] Muslims and Bombs on German Trains
Might even wake up the Europeans. Beirut connection means Hizballah which means Iran. Bruce URL: http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,430160,00.html http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,430160,00.html Bombs on German Trains A Middle Eastern Connection? A leak from the investigation into a pair of unexploded bombs found on trains in Germany this week has produced a strange detail -- a bag printed in Arabic. German officials won't confirm anything, but the case has ignited a national debate about rail security. Two suitcase bombs found in German trains early this week have set off a debate on the safety of the German rail system. REUTERS Two suitcase bombs found in German trains early this week have set off a debate on the safety of the German rail system. Two suitcase bombs discovered early this week in western German train stations may be traceable to the Middle East according to Friday reports. Both bombs -- packed in abandoned pieces of luggage and left on separate trains -- were found by officials in lost-and-found centers on Monday and Tuesday. One package allegedly contained a plastic bag printed with Arabic writing. The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the bag came from the Lebanese capital of Beirut, but German officials wouldn't confirm the story. We don't give out details on the results of an ongoing investigation, said Ullrich Schultheis, a spokesman for the German Attorney General's office in Karlsruhe. Railway officials found one suitcase on Monday aboard a regional train in northwestern Germany and unpacked it at the lost-and-found office of the Dortmund station. The other was found Sunday on a train between Mönchengladbach and Koblenz, and unpacked Tuesday at the Koblenz station. The gas-canister bombs in both cases were professionally-built, according to Jürgen Kleis, head of the team of detectives on the case; other sources added that they were filled with too much gas to explode. What isn't clear is how to interpret the plastic bag. Terrorists who want to claim responsibility tend to leave unmistakable clues, say experts, and the bag would have been destroyed in any explosion. The perpetrators may have wanted to leave a false trail to the Middle East, and investigators say they're working on every scenario -- from terrorism to the possibility that someone wanted to blackmail the German rail system. Does Germany need tighter security? Discovery of the bombs this week sparked a nationwide political squabble over security measures on German trains. Politicians from the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) like Albrecht Buttolo, Interior Minister in the eastern state of Saxony, called for more video cameras. Video surveillance and videotaping should be expanded in train stations as well as in trains, he said. We should also look into video surveillance on trams and subway trains. He said another suitcase bomb found unexploded in 2003 at a train station in Dresden -- though ultimately not connected with international terrorism -- showed how vulnerable Germany is. Peter Schaar, Germany's Federal Data Protection Commissioner, said large stations like those in Koblenz and Dortmund already had video cameras. Expanding cameras to all areas -- into public toilets, for example -- would be alarming on constitutional grounds, he said, according to Die Welt. A prominent Green Party parliamentarian, Hans-Christian Ströbele, said, It's been proven for a long time that video surveillance of public spaces doesn't eliminate danger. Deutsche Bahn officials said a regime for scanning every piece of luggage carried by its passengers onto German trains would be impractical. They pointed out that the rail system carries as many people in three days as Lufthansa airlines serves in a year. About 4.3 million people ride 30,000 trains in Germany every day, according to Reuters. msm/reuters/dpa [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of
[osint] White washing Muslims
Interesting that they need white washing! Bruce http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060806-094912-4955r.htm The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com www.washingtontimes.com _ http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060806-094912-4955r.htm White washing Islamists By Joel Mowbray Published August 7, 2006 _ Hiding behind potted plants, Naveed Haq laid in wait for a 14-year-old girl he could use as a hostage. With a gun in her back, he pushed his way past security and through the door. He coldly, deliberately shot six women. When a wounded Pamela Waechter tried to flee up some stairs, he followed her, leaned over a railing and killed her. Are these the actions of a crazy person? A crazy person might cause harm to himself, maybe even someone close to him. Mr. Haq, though, did not know anyone at the Seattle Jewish Federation. He traveled some distance late last month from central Washington, getting there after determining his target following an Internet search for something Jewish. That wasn't all of his planning. Because of Washington law, Mr. Haq waited to purchase his two semiautomatic handguns, picking them up one day earlier. Premeditation is the antithesis of crazy. So why is it that the mainstream media has either ignored or played down this story? The New York Times has written only one story. Ditto for The Washington Post. Both papers buried what little coverage they did offer on page 22 and page 13, respectively. Most of those outlets that publicized the shootings have focused on Mr. Haq's history of mental illness, the most serious of which was bipolar disorder. Great attention has been paid to his apparently having acted alone. And some have reported that sometime last year, the accused murderer was a practicing Christian. In other words, media outlets have spent fantastic energy exploring every possibility -- except the obvious one. Moments after spraying bullets across the offices of the Jewish Federation, he announced, I'm a Muslim-American; I'm angry at Israel. So while Mr. Haq's short-lived apparent conversion to Christianity might be interesting, it neither inspired the murderous rampage nor serves as evidence that something in his Islamic environment did not. Where is the investigation into what messages Mr. Haq heard in his hometown mosque, which was founded by his father? Or how about a look at the culture and attitudes of his hometown Muslim community? No doubt the sensitivities and hang-ups in part prevent such inquiries, but isn't it possible that those issues are ignored out of fear? Having one case of homegrown terror wouldn't just be about the single incident. With over 1,200 mosques in the United States -- and that's not counting the thousands of makeshift ones in homes and storefronts -- the enormity of the potential threat becomes terrifying. How many would need to be bad seeds for another 19 to line up for the glory of killing another 3,000? None of this is to suggest that any mosque is presumptively suspect. That's just one possibility. Incendiary Islamic teachings can be downloaded in the click of a mouse. In the case of Naveed Haq, isn't there just cause to wonder where his mind was poisoned? What Mr. Haq almost certainly would not have heard in a mosque is any call to wage violent jihad or chants of Death to America. Almost no imam would do so after September 11. But what if he had been told that U.S. soldiers were regularly committing atrocities against innocent fellow Muslims in Iraq? Or what if his imam told him that Israel was ethnically cleansing his Muslim brethren? From the records of terror suspects arrested since September 11, a clear pattern emerges: Operatives are inspired most by the belief that Islam or Muslims are under attack. It is indisputable that Mr. Haq was acting in response to perceived wrongs committed against his fellow Muslims in Iraq and Lebanon -- and he blamed Jews. The leader of the now-arrested Canadian terror cell, Imam Qayyum Abdul Jamal, reportedly did not preach violent jihad to his congregation, but he did tell them, among other things, that Canadian soldiers were going to Afghanistan to rape women. Not only does this dehumanize non-Muslim Canadians, but it leaves the clear implication that killing them is not just moral, but obligatory. Someone who digests and accepts such propaganda -- about ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, for instance -- can have one of three possible reactions: 1) becoming tolerant or even supportive of Islamic terror, 2) deciding to join al Qaeda or its ilk in order to defend his Muslim brothers and sisters, or 3) snapping after being overcome with rage at what is happening, and then taking matters into his own hands. Recent college graduate Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar slammed a rented SUV this March into a crowd of students at the University of North Carolina, hitting nine. The Iranian-born
[osint] NATO base in southern Afghanistan hit by 34th rocket attack
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1264ee77-0689-4ad8-bad e-2652859003ae http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1264ee77-0689-4ad8-ba de-2652859003aek=23219 k=23219 NATO base in southern Afghanistan hit by 34th rocket attack, first in 12 days Monday, August 07, 2006 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - The air field where Canadian soldiers are based in Afghanistan has come under another rocket attack Sunday. It was the first such attack since July 25. Three rockets hit Kandahar Air Field close to midnight, bringing to 36 the number launched against the base since Canadian soldiers arrived in February. A NATO official says there were no injuries, and the rockets didn't cause damage to anything significant. A coalition soldier was injured in an attack on July 19 when a single rocket slammed into the camp. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] UPI: Week ahead and Dems using nomination leverage on NSA probe
Two items from UPI's security and terrorism service this morning. The week ahead in homeland and national security is posted at http://homeland-hack.blogspot.com/ And the story Dems using nomination leverage on NSA probe -- a shorter version of which appears on A4 of this morning's Washington Times -- is posted here http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20060806-055206-7562r. The text is also pasted below. If you would like more information about UPI's Security and Terrorism service, or to stop receiving these alerts, please get in touch. Shaun Waterman Dems using nomination leverage on NSA probe By SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Three Democratic senators have said they will block the confirmation of a senior Justice Department official until the administration agrees to let an investigation into its program of warrantless wiretapping go ahead. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Russell Feingold, D-Wisc., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., wrote last week to President Bush saying they believe it would be inappropriate to confirm Steven Bradbury until the investigation is completed and Mr. Bradbury is cleared of any wrongdoing. Bradbury was nominated in January to take over the department's Office of Legal Counsel, the section that provides binding legal advice to the White House and other federal agencies; drafts the attorney general's legal opinions; and adjudicates legal disputes between government departments. But he has been running the office in an acting capacity since last summer, and under his leadership it has mounted an aggressive campaign to defend the legality and constitutionality of President Bush's program of warrantless wiretaps on calls into and out of the United States by people believed connected with al-Qaida or other terror groups. The Office of Legal Counsel, for instance, produced the so-called January 19 White Paper, a document setting out the administration's case that warrantless surveillance of international electronic communications like telephone calls, e-mails and faxes -- even when one end of the conversation was in the United States -- was legal under the president's inherent powers as commander-in-chief and Congress' 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force in the U.S. war on terror. The office was also one of those asked to provide information and documents to an internal Justice Department investigation into the wiretapping program. The three senators, all senior members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, say this indicates that the office was a target of the investigation, which was probing whether any department lawyers had engaged in misconduct when they authorized the program. Since (the probe) was investigating whether (the Office of Legal Counsel) engaged in misconduct while Mr. Bradbury was acting head, we believe it inappropriate to confirm Mr. Bradbury at this time, they write. The Senate rules allow a single senator to effectively block any nomination from getting to the floor. Such a maneuver, known as a hold, can be exercised anonymously, but it has become increasingly common for frustrated Democrats to use the technique as a lever to try to force the administration to cooperate with their oversight requests. Last year, for instance, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., put holds on several nominations, including that of Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, in an effort to force disclosure of documents relating to administration policy on detention and interrogation. Fisher was eventually given a recess appointment. Durbin, Feingold and Kennedy write that they will block the nomination until the investigation is completed and Mr. Bradbury is cleared of any wrongdoing. Justice Department Spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said Sunday it was unfair to say that Bradbury was a target of the investigation because the (wiretapping) program began in 2001 before he was even a government employee. He added it was surprising and unfortunate that the senators had chosen to block the nomination. The letter sets the stage for a direct confrontation with President Bush because the investigation run by the department's Office of Professional Responsibility was closed earlier this year after its investigators were not granted the security clearances they needed to review documents and conduct interviews about the program. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a Senate hearing that decisions about who was granted clearance to review the program were made by the president personally. The Office of Professional Responsibility was created in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Its Web site says its job is to ensure that Department of Justice attorneys continue to perform their duties in accordance with the high professional standards expected of them. The man leading its investigation into the wiretapping, H. Marshall Jarrett, complained that large numbers of other department staff --
[osint] Prosecutor joins FBI, district attorney in Web site investigation
http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/news1.txt Prosecutor joins FBI, district attorney in Web site investigation BY GREGORY OREAR, Managing Editor Published: Thursday, August 3, 2006 3:28 PM CDT http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/news1.eml E-mail this story | Print this page http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/news1.prt KIRKSVILLE - The Adair County prosecutor is working with federal officials on an investigation into death threats allegedly posted on a Kirksville man's Web site. Mark Williams told the Daily Express in an exclusive interview that he met with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and representatives from the United States District Attorney's office this week regarding Alex Linder's Web site, the Vanguard News Network. The Web site was shut down last week after Linder allegedly posted a death against Federal Court of Canada Justice Konrad W. von Finckenstein, members of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman. Williams and federal authorities are now trying to decide if any laws were broken, and if so, which ones. We are trying to figure out if this crosses the line, Williams said. The FBI is going to further discuss the case with the U.S. Attorneys office and they will contact me. Williams and Kirksville Police Chief Jim Hughes both received letters last week from Canadian officials regarding the site. The Canadian authorities who sent us the letter ... they have taken it very seriously, Williams said. And they asked us to investigate it, which we are. The threats were posted after London, Ontario resident Tomasz Winnicki was jailed for nine months for contempt of court. Winnicki had violated a court order from von Finckenstein barring him from posting hate messages. The London Free Press in Ontario, Canada, reported after being informed of the threats, the Internet service provider shut down the main Web site and the VNN forum July 26. However, Linder indicated in an interview this morning that the ISP, Cable Bay, had nothing to do with the site going offline. The P1 service was actually yanked from pressure I think came from Canada, he said. Essentially, you have foreigners messing with our first amendment rights. He also asserted he broke no laws. I'm here, I'm not in jail and I didn't do anything, he said. Linder said this is the 10th time he has had to change sites, and that this time, they have added a number of sites and servers. They can still knock us down, but we can get back up again, he said. Linder said a Web blog version of the Site came back online within three or four days, and the forum site was back this morning. However, as of noon, the forum site in fact was still offline. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] 15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense
15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense By http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/adam_liptak/in dex.html?inline=nyt-per ADAM LIPTAK New York Times August 07, 2006 In the last year, 15 states have enacted laws that expand the right of self-defense, allowing crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to prosecution for murder. Supporters call them stand your ground laws. Opponents call them shoot first laws. Thanks to this sort of law, a prostitute in Port Richey, Fla., who killed her 72-year-old client with his own gun rather than flee was not charged last month. Similarly, the police in Clearwater, Fla., did not arrest a man who shot a neighbor in early June after a shouting match over putting out garbage, though the authorities say they are still reviewing the evidence. The first of the new laws took effect in Florida in October, and cases under it are now reaching prosecutors and juries there. The other laws, mostly in Southern and Midwestern states, were enacted this year, according to the http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/nationa l_rifle_association/index.html?inline=nyt-org National Rifle Association, which has enthusiastically promoted them. Florida does not keep comprehensive records on the impact of its new law, but prosecutors and defense lawyers there agree that fewer people who claim self-defense are being charged or convicted. The Florida law, which served as a model for the others, gives people the right to use deadly force against intruders entering their homes. They no longer need to prove that they feared for their safety, only that the person they killed had intruded unlawfully and forcefully. The law also extends this principle to vehicles. In addition, the law does away with an earlier requirement that a person attacked in a public place must retreat if possible. Now, that same person, in the law's words, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force. The law also forbids the arrest, detention or prosecution of the people covered by the law, and it prohibits civil suits against them. The central innovation in the Florida law, said Anthony J. Sebok, a professor at Brooklyn Law School, is not its elimination of the duty to retreat, which has been eroding nationally through judicial decisions, but in expanding the right to shoot intruders who pose no threat to the occupant's safety. In effect, Professor Sebok said, the law allows citizens to kill other citizens in defense of property. This month, a jury in West Palm Beach, Fla., will hear the retrial of a murder case that illustrates the dividing line between the old law and the new one. In November 2004, before the new law was enacted, a cabdriver in West Palm Beach killed a drunken passenger in an altercation after dropping him off. The first jury deadlocked 9-to-3 in favor of convicting the driver, Robert Lee Smiley Jr., said Henry Munnilal, the jury foreman. Mr. Smiley had a lot of chances to retreat and to avoid an escalation, said Mr. Munnilal, a 62-year-old accountant. He could have just gotten in his cab and left. The thing could have been avoided, and a man's life would have been saved. Mr. Smiley tried to invoke the new law, which does away with the duty to retreat and would almost certainly have meant his acquittal, but an appeals court refused to apply it retroactively. He has appealed that issue to the Florida Supreme Court. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the N.R.A., said the Florida law had sent a needed message to law-abiding citizens. If they make a decision to save their lives in the split second they are being attacked, the law is on their side, Mr. LaPierre said. Good people make good decisions. That's why they're good people. If you're going to empower someone, empower the crime victim. The N.R.A. said it would lobby for versions of the law in eight more states in 2007. Sarah Brady, chairwoman of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said her group would fight those efforts. In a way, Ms. Brady said of the new laws, it's a license to kill. Many prosecutors oppose the laws, saying they are unnecessary at best and pernicious at worst. They're basically giving citizens more rights to use deadly force than we give police officers, and with less review, said Paul A. Logli, president of the National District Attorneys Association. But some legal experts doubt the laws will make a practical difference. It's inconceivable to me that one in a hundred Floridians could tell you how the law has changed, said Gary Kleck, who teaches criminology at http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/florida _state_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org Florida State University. Even before the new laws, Professor Kleck added, claims of self-defense were often accepted. In the South, he said, they more or less
[osint] The Complex Issue of Humanitarian Intervention
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107 http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107ItemID=10714 ItemID=10714 The Complex Issue of Humanitarian Intervention by Peter Watt; August 06, 2006 A few years ago, the sanctimonious Tony Blair lectured us on the new era of humanitarian intervention. Now we would be fighting not for territory but for values, he proclaimed. The governments of Western nations, spearheaded by Britain and the United States, in an about turn, had decided that old-fashioned imperialism was simply out-of-date. Enlightened countries could no longer merely oppress, kill and exploit the world's needy into liberation. They needed to modernise. In the enlightened 1990s military intervention could only be justified on humanitarian grounds. Racism was out, human rights were in. Anything else wouldn't fit with the vacuous image Blair's PR team concocted of Cool Britannia. The shift, of course, had nothing to do with a brave new era of concern for the world's oppressed. Rather, it was the recognition that the neo-imperial powers would have to dress up military action in comfortable liberal language in order to deceive the population to believe the next imperial intervention was justified. Unfortunately, the dim-witted and indignant public just doesn't think much of going to war. Yet spending on PR does provide some dividends, as was proved by the NATO escapade in Serbia. Journalists accepted the Blairite rhetoric - despite its evident contradictions - and parroted them on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 news and in the print media. Leaving aside the fact that NATO action actually made the humanitarian catastrophe worse, the same journalists were blind to the paradox that if the enlightened powers were compelled to act in Serbia, they were not in East Timor where a third of the population had been killed with US/UK support. In the mainstream media it just wouldn't do to mention such inconvenient facts. Similarly, when the US/UK coalition bombed Afghanistan, it was for Afghanistan's own good, we were supposed to believe. Journalists repeated the doctrine and suddenly discovered a hitherto concealed compassion for the women of that country. Writer Arundhati Roy observed sardonically that Bush, Rumsfeld, Blair and company all of a sudden had become feminists! And then, Iraq. When the justifications for war ran out, exposed for the lies they were, the imperial powers could always turn to humanitarian intervention. Amazingly, in the media, there are still slaves to this pathetic dogma, who claim, despite the mountains of evidence to the contrary, that Iraq is better off than it was pre-invasion and that Iraqis are truly savouring the fruits of our Western democracy. A simple test to determine whether or not the Western powers are willing to intervene for humanitarian reasons is revealing. This has been missed, ignored and avoided in the mainstream media, so let's spell it out. Surely, if 'we' intervened in Serbia, Afghanistan and Iraq to save those people from violence and oppression, 'we' should intervene in Lebanon to stop the indiscriminate killing of civilians and decimation of the infrastructure. Yet the response of Blair and Bush has been to rule out any chance of a ceasefire, although Hezbollah has offered one if Israel stops its bombardment and releases kidnapped prisoners. This is not what Bush and Blair want, and it would be foolish to take seriously Condoleeza Rice's gormless ruminations about wanting peace because the invasion of Lebanon is paid for by the United States itself. The US lavishes Israel with $15 million in military aid every single day and the arms, tanks and missiles that are being used to destroy Lebanon come directly from the US, courtesy of the taxpayer. It is now the fourth largest military power in the world with a huge nuclear arsenal - no small achievement for a country about the size of New Jersey. With friends like the government of the United States can anyone seriously believe that Israel is going to get pushed into the sea? America's proxy army in Israel is propped up and armed to the hilt up by the same people who claim to champion peace and democracy. Blair longs for peace, he tells us, but says that it would be wrong to stop the shipment of arms to Israel from the US and continues to authorise the use of Prestwick airport in order to lend a hand in the new arm of America's war. Blair claims a ceasefire must be achieved soon to stop the suffering but lends his undying support to the war's principal aggressors. War is peace indeed. As long as this goes on, the message from Rice, Bush and holier-than-thou Mr Blair is that any ceasefire will have to wait. If the ceasefire is not on both sides, he warns, Israel will continue to take action. That's the reality. Israel, he and Bush remind us, has a right to defend itself. Implicit in this reversal of reality is the view that Palestine and Lebanon don't possess that same right although
[osint] The Elusive Big O (NOT a sex joke!!!!)
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=12182 The Elusive Big O Michelle Moshelian People often talk of the elusive Big 'O'. Typically they refer to orgasms. Personally when I consider the big O, I am thinking of an organism as opposed to an orgasm. The Big 'O' to me is Osama bin Laden. If he was hiding in a house of civilians, would you support the bombing of that house knowing that innocent people would be killed? What if he was hiding out in a school? I am quite sure that a lot of people would definitely be in favor of some 'collateral damage' if it meant getting rid of the big O. The question is how much? It has been some years since 9/11, and there is doubt that anyone will ever catch the big O considering that he has been so elusive thus far. The moral dilemma of what to do if the location of Islamic terrorist numero uno is discovered will probably never be an issue unfortunately. If he were to be assassinated then there is the risk of him becoming a martyr to the oh-so-faithful. If he were tried before a court of law, what punishment could he be given that could possibly serve justice in the eyes of the American people? If he were sentenced to death, would there be the usual candlelight vigils condemning the harshness of death penalty? Let us all hope that these issues will be addressed when the big O is found. When, not if. Now consider Israel's position. For those of the big O's ilk, the U.S. is the big Satan and Israel is the little Satan. And just as the U.S. has its big O, Israel has its little O. Well, in fact, Israel has lots of little Os (none of whose names begin with O as far as I am aware). Though Israel too faces moral dilemmas as to what do regarding leaders of Islamic terrorist groups who are opposed to the country's very existence, they are quite different from those experienced by the U.S. Unlike the U.S., Israel has a pretty good idea where its enemies are located. And Israel also knows that when it does act against these Islamic terrorist leaders, it will face outrage, criticism and condemnation from the wider world. For example, when Israel assassinated the leader of Islamic terrorist group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin in March 2004, the nations of Europe, both individually and as the EU, rushed to condemn Israel for the 'extra-judicial' assassination. Kofi Annan strongly condemned the killing, while the UN Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution also condemning it. A White House spokesman pointed out that Israel has the right to defend itself, but labeled the assassination as 'troubling'. An improvement over Europe, but still an insult considering that Israel is fighting on the front line of the war against terrorism. Jack Straw said that he did not believe that Israel would benefit from killing an old man in a wheelchair, though conveniently omitted any negative comment on British strikes in Iraq. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Prisoners back in jail within hours on repeat offenses
There were also fears that many foreign inmates released could have terror links. http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Italy/10058185.html Prisoners back in http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Italy/10058185.html jail within hours http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Italy/10058185.html 08/06/2006 10:34 PM | The Telegraph Group Limited, Italy: An amnesty that freed more than 5,000 inmates from Italian jails backfired when dozens of the former prisoners reoffended and were back behind bars within hours. The early release scheme, which cuts sentences by three years, was introduced to reduce overcrowding of the prison system which has more than 62,000 inmates 20,000 more than it can handle. Although convictions for Mafia-related crimes, terrorism, rape, paedophilia and people-smuggling are exempt, more than 12,000 prisoners will be released in the next few weeks. But within hours of jail doors being opened dozens of people re-offended. The most serious case was in Udine where plumber Piero Melis, 53, was released from an eight-month sentence for attacking his wife Carla only to be rearrested less than six hours later after allegedly trying to strangle her. There have been dozens of similar incidents. In Sardinia, Massimiliano Formula, 32, and Raimondo Muntoni, 28, were arrested after getting drunk and smashing up a bar in Nouro. Officers called to calm them were attacked before both were back in custody accused of assault, damage and resisting arrest. In Genoa, Milan, Palermo, Rome and Trieste, former prisoners were involved in crimes ranging from assault, breaking and entering, attempted car theft and armed robbery. There were also fears that many foreign inmates released could have terror links. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Bold Distortions and Outright Lies
http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Bold_Distortions_ and_Outright_Lies.asp Bold Distortions and Outright Lies A Reuters photo turns out to be an outright lie, manipulated to make damage in Beirut appear much worse than reality. The conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah has produced some of the most distorted and biased reporting we have seen in years. Despite evidence that Israel is taking unprecedented steps to avoid civilian casualties, some in the media have accused the IDF of using disproportionate force against a harmless civilian population. With little evidence to back up this claim, some are even resorting to outright fraud as in the following case. LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS EXPOSES REUTERS' LIE Little http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21956_Reuters_Doctoring_Photo s_from_Beirutonly Green Footballs is a blog run by Charles Johnson that has frequently been the first to expose media distortions and other breaking news from the Middle East. Knowing just how far dishonest journalists will go when attacking Israel, Johnson was immediately suspicious when he noticed the following Reuters photograph that was sent to media outlets worldwide. Writing in LGF, Johnson claimed: This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop clone tool to add more smoke to the image. Smoke simply does not contain repeating symmetrical patterns like this, and you can see the repetition in both plumes of smoke. There's really no question about it. It's not only the plumes of smoke that were 'enhanced.' There are also cloned buildings. Faced with an onslaught of bloggers taking up the case and demonstrating how clearly the picture had been doctored, Reuters finally came http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286966,00.html clean and admitted that the picture was a lie. Attempting to stop the worldwide distribution, Reuters issued a photo kill and explained to news outlets: PICTURE KILL FOR LBN20 TRANSMITTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1408GMT ON AUGUST 5, 2006. PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE WAS IMPROPERLY USED ON THIS IMAGE. A CORRECTED VERSION WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS ADVISORY. PLEASE REMOVE THE IMAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEMS. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Reuters needs to explain clearly to the public several critical issues: 1. Why did a Reuters photographer manipulate the images to make the damage look more severe than it was; 2. How could Reuters editors not catch the fraud when a blogger and a group of amateur photographers noticed it easily; 3. What steps is Reuters taking to punish those involved in the creation and distribution of this forgery and what Reuters is doing to prevent these hoaxes in the future. You can contact Reuters at a number of e-mail addresses listed here http://today.reuters.com/HelpAndInfo/ContactUs.aspx . TOM GROSS EXPOSES MORE MEDIA MANIPULATION Journalist Tom Gross has published an article in the National http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjVlMmRjNDllNzhkZmE1OWM3NmE1OGQ4OGQxMD A1YjQ= Review entitled The Media Aims Its Missiles. Here is a selection from that article that we find very revealing about the extent the media is being manipulated. A CNN MAN LETS SLIP CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson admitted that his anti-Israel report from Beirut on July 18 about civilian casualties in Lebanon, was stage-managed from start to finish by Hizbullah. He revealed that his story was heavily influenced by Hizbullah's press officer and that Hizbullah have very, very sophisticated and slick media operations. When pressed a few days later about his reporting on the CNN program Reliable Sources, Robertson acknowledged that Hizbullah militants had instructed the CNN camera team where and what to film. Hizbullah had control of the situation, Robertson said. They designated the places that we went to, and we certainly didn't have time to go into the houses or lift up the rubble to see what was underneath. Robertson added that Hizbullah has very, very good control over its areas in the south of Beirut. They deny journalists access into those areas. You don't get in there without their permission. We didn't have enough time to see if perhaps there was somebody there who was, you know, a taxi driver by day, and a Hizbullah fighter by night. Yet Reliable Sources, presented by Washington Post writer Howard Kurtz, is broadcast only on the American version of CNN. So CNN International viewers around the world will not have had the opportunity to learn from CNN's Senior international correspondent that the pictures they saw from Beirut were carefully selected for them by Hizbullah. Another journalist let the cat out of the bag last week. Writing on his blog while reporting from southern Lebanon, Time magazine contributor Christopher Allbritton, casually mentioned in the
[osint] Italy keeps possible CIA kidnap documents secret
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/italy-keeps-possible-cia-kidnap-document s-secret/2006/08/07/1154802782237.html Italy keeps possible CIA kidnap documents secret Italy's government has acknowledged that there are secret documents it cannot declassify related to the alleged CIA kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in Milan, a senior official in parliament said on Sunday. The head of Italy's Sismi military intelligence agency, Nicolo Pollari, has refused to cooperate fully with magistrates investigating a possible Italian role in the incident, saying he was restricted by state secrets, his lawyer told Reuters. At the same time, Pollari has denied any wrongdoing. The head of parliament's intelligence oversight committee, Claudio Scajola, said after a four-hour hearing with Pollari on Sunday the new centre-left government had declined to declassify documentation related to the case. He did not offer specifics. Italian media have reported materials were classified under the previous centre-right government of Silvio Berlusconi, in power in 2003 when radical Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr was allegedly abducted. I asked the prime minister for clarification on this issue and I received an answer that the conditions do not exist to declassify this documentation, Scajola told reporters. Pollari again broadly defended Sismi before the committee on Sunday, saying it would never take part in operations similar to Nasr's alleged abduction. Prosecutors believe a CIA-led team grabbed Nasr off a Milan street, bundled him into a van and flew him to Egypt. Nasr says he was tortured there under questioning and 26 Americans, most believed to be CIA agents, face arrest warrants over the case. Two members of Pollari's Sismi were briefly arrested last month and Pollari is also under investigation. The director of Sismi said he ruled out participation in similar operations by (agents), to have always given very clear orders that no actions be taken that violated the law, said Scajola, a member of Berlusconi's Forza Italia political party. Pollari will go before the committee again on Sept. 19. The committee also intends to hear from the prosecutor leading the investigation. Berlusconi has denied that he or Sismi knew about a plot to kidnap Nasr. One senior Sismi official under investigation, Marco Mancini, has said via his lawyer that the CIA asked Italy to help kidnap Nasr, but it refused because it would be illegal. The Egyptian cleric, now held in a prison outside Cairo, faces an Italian arrest warrant for suspicion of terrorist activity including recruiting militants for Iraq. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Suicide truck bombing kills 9 in Samarra
http://www.kotv.com/news/?108925 Suicide truck bombing kills 9 in Samarra AP - 8/7/2006 8:52 AM BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ A suicide truck bomber struck the provincial headquarters of an Iraqi police commando force north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least nine troops and wounding 10 civilians, police said. Iraqi and U.S. forces also raided a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, triggering a gunbattle that left three people dead, while 12 people were killed in other attacks, including five in a drive-by shooting against a barbershop. The truck carrying vegetables drove through razor-wire barricades around the two-story building of the Interior Ministry's police commandos, which located near an intersection in central Samarra, police Capt. Laith Mohammed said. The building was virtually leveled, said policeman Mohammed Ali, who witnessed the aftermath of the attack. He said three houses nearby were severely damaged and three cars were destroyed. U.S. forces sealed off the area and rescue workers dug through the rubble. Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, was the site of a bomb attack that destroyed a revered Shiite shrine on Feb. 22, setting off a wave of deadly sectarian attacks that pushed the country to the brink of civil war. The bombing was the latest in a series of attacks across northern Iraq in recent days that have tested the capabilities of Iraq's U.S.-trained security forces. In Baghdad, sounds of heavy gunfire and explosions rattled the Sadr City district about 1 a.m. Monday and persisted for more than an hour. Iraqi government television and aides to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said U.S. aircraft attacked buildings in the area. ``We condemn this cowardly, terrorist attack conducted by the U.S. forces in Sadr City,'' said Falah Shanshal, a lawmaker aligned to al-Sadr. ``We demand the government take necessary measures to stop such unjustified aggression and we demand an investigation.'' Col. Hassan Chaloub, police chief of Sadr City, said three people including a woman and a 3-year-old girl were killed and 12 injured in the fighting. He said three cars and three houses also were destroyed. The U.S. military said the fighting started when Iraqi and U.S. forces raided the area to catch extremists suspected of running torture cells. The forces took fire as soon as they arrived and one U.S. soldier was injured, the statement said. The United States recently reinforced its troop strength in the city to try to reclaim the streets from militias _ which include al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, warned recently that if left unchecked, militias could become ``a state within a state'' like Lebanon's Hezbollah and could challenge the authority of Iraq's fledgling unity government. Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, meanwhile, said he discussed with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani a security plan to bring ``fundamental change to the security situation in Baghdad.'' ``There is a comprehensive plan to change the situation significantly prior to Ramadan,'' the Islamic holy month that begins late September, he said. He did not elaborate, but said the plan to be successful will need the cooperation of Iraqi security forces, U.S. forces and the people. ``As the president said, the people of Iraq are tired of terrorism and want peace and security,'' Casey told reporters. The U.S. military recently reinforced its troop strength in the city to try to reclaim the streets from militias. Addressing concerns about the rising power of Shiite militias, Talabani said he has written to al-Sadr ``to control those elements of the Mahdi Army'' who take ``illegal actions.'' He also said he told Casey that ``it is in nobody's interest to have confrontations with the Sadrists.'' Talabani rejected suggestions that the country was sliding toward civil war. ``Sunnis and Shiites are intermingled and their leaders are opposed (to civil war). There are clans that have both Sunni and Shiite members, how can they turn against each other?'' he said. In northern Iraq, police fired in the air to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in Darbandikhan, injuring at least 11 people, provincial government official Othman Haji Mahmoud said. The protesters were demanding better living conditions such as electricity and fuel, the second such protest in two days in the area. In other violence Monday: _ Assailants in two cars sprayed a barbershop in Baghdad with gunfire, killing the owner and four customers. _ Three civilians were killed and 15 injured during clashes in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, after insurgents attacked a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol. _ Gunmen fired at a taxi in the northern city of Mosul, killing two policemen inside. _ Two bodies, handcuffed and shot in the head, were found in western Baghdad. _ Two bombs exploded almost simultaneously in a Baghdad shopping street, wounding 10 people, including a senior police
[osint] News Flash: NEW ISRAELI AIR STRIKES KILL 40
NEW ISRAELI AIR STRIKES KILL 40 -- ISRAELI warplanes have launched a series of deadly strikes in the southern Lebanese border village of Houla, killing more than 40 people, according to Lebanon's prime minister. -- Mirror.co.uk [ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_objectid=17522792method=fullsiteid=94762headline=new-israeli-air-strikes-kill-40-name_page.html ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Madonna's 'crucifixion' in Rome irks the Vatican
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/7982.html# Madonna's 'crucifixion' in Rome irks the Vatican Posted on : 2006-08-07 | Author : Bharat Rathode News Category : Entertainment The need to shock is something that Madonna just can't let go of. The singer, on Sunday, in a concert in Rome, emulated a crucifixion, and also symbolically showed a stand-off between Islam and Christianity while performing the song Forbidden Love. During the song, Madonna danced between two men, one of whom had a Star of David painted on his chest and the other a crescent moon that symbolizes Islam. She also donned a crown made of thorns and was mounted on a cross. Madonna has earlier been accused of blasphemy by the Vatican, and she irked the Pope further when she invited him for her performance. In her quintessential style, Madonna belted out one controversial imagery after another, symbolically showing the Pope's pictures along with those of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Did you know two miracles have taken place in Rome? Italy won the World Cup and the rain stopped before my show, she quipped to the audience. Madonna, who abandoned her Catholic upbringing for Judaism offshoot Cabbala, first invited the wrath of the Vatican in 1989, when her song Like a Prayer showed her trying to seduce a black Jesus. The video also had crosses on fire and statues crying tears of blood. Her latest stunt has irked not only Catholic leaders but also Muslim ones. It is disrespectful, in bad taste and provocative. Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is absurd. Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to blasphemy, said Father Manfredo Leone of the Santa Maria Liberatrice church in Rome. This is a blasphemous challenge to the faith and a profanation of the Cross. She should be excommunicated. To crucify herself in the city of Popes and martyrs is an act of open hostility, said Vatican Cardinal Ersilio Tonino. Italy's Muslim League was also behind the Vatican on this one. I think her idea is in the worst taste and she'd do better to go home, said Mario Scialoja, who heads the Muslim League in Italy. However, Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg defended the act and said, The context of Madonna's performance on the crucifix is not negative nor disrespectful toward the church. Meanwhile, the outrageous acts have failed to dim the singer's popularity. Over 70,000 fans attended the concert and though some were put off by the crucifixion, most dismissed it as quintessential Madonna. The crucifixion was unnecessary and provocative. Because this is Rome, I wish she'd cut it out. But it's Madonna, she's an icon, and that balances out her need to provoke, said Tonia Valerio, a 39-year-old fan. The venue of the performance, Olympic stadium, is two miles from the Vatican. This is the only Italian stop that Madonna's Confessions tour has. More fireworks are expected when the Italian-American singer hits Moscow, where religious leaders have urged Christians to boycott the performance. Madonna will be in Moscow on September 11. This is not the first year this lady has been mixing singing about human passions with Christian symbols - crosses, statues of the Virgin, beads and now it's self crucifixion, said Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, the deputy head of Moscow patriachate foreign relations department. This means the singer needs spiritual assistance, he added. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is
[osint] Steyn: The state as a rootless transient
...the artful invention of the hitherto unknown ethnicity of 'Palestinian'... About time more folks acknowledge that. --S. http://www.jpost. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525818039pagename=JPost/JPA r com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525818039pagename=JPost/JPAr ticle/ShowFull The state as a rootless transient --- MARK STEYN, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 6, 2006 --- One of my favorite all-but-unknown books is The Heart Of Princess Osra, written by Anthony Hope in 1896. Hope hit the big time with The Prisoner Of Zenda and its boffo sequel Rupert Of Hentzau, two rip-roaring yarns in which an English dilettante twice contrives to save from usurpers the throne of Ruritania. The Heart Of Princess Osra is also set in Hope's fictional Mitteleuropean kingdom, but this time a century and a half earlier - the 1730s - and it's not a rollicking adventure but a series of ill-starred romantic vignettes featuring King Rudolf III's younger sister and various unsuitable suitors. Yet it does make you appreciate how fully the author conceived his fictional landscape: Ruritania wasn't merely the setting of a thriller, so why just use it as such? Hope knew its history, its rulers and its laws long before the events of The Prisoner took place. As evidence of that, look no further than chapter one, page one of Princess Osra: Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! The impatient cry was heard through all the narrow gloomy street, where the old richly-carved house-fronts bowed to meet one another and left for the eye's comfort only a bare glimpse of blue. It was, men said, the oldest street in Strelsau, even as the sign of the Silver Ship was the oldest sign known to exist in the city. For when Aaron Lazarus the Jew came there, seventy years before, he had been the tenth man in unbroken line that took up the business; and now Stephen Nados, his apprentice and successor, was the eleventh. Old Lazarus had made a great business of it, and had spent his savings in buying up the better part of the street; but since Jews then might hold no property in Strelsau, he had taken all the deeds in the name of Stephen Nados; and when he came to die, being unable to carry his houses or his money with him, having no kindred, and caring not a straw for any man or woman alive save Stephen, he bade Stephen let the deeds be, and, with a last curse against the Christians (of whom Stephen was one, and a devout one), he kissed the young man, and turned his face to the wall and died. Therefore Stephen was a rich man, and had no need to carry on the business, though it never entered his mind to do anything else... THAT'S PRETTY darn good. There's not another single reference to Ruritanian Jewry in any of Hope's writing, but he's thorough enough in the conception of his fairytale kingdom even to know what the anti-Semitic property restrictions are. The author located Ruritania somewhere between Saxony and Bohemia, though, thanks to the movie versions of Zenda, we tend to think of it as being in the Balkans. But it doesn't matter where you put it, the likes of Lazarus the Jew are long gone from Strelsau's bustling streets. In Roumanian Journey, Sacheverell Sitwell recounted his visit in 1937 to the Bukovina, formerly the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire, then part of Romania, now in the Ukraine. Its capital, Czernowitz, was a melange of Romanians, Ruthenians, Poles, Germans, Armenians and Swabians, but, as Sitwell couldn't help noticing, you'd never know that from a stroll down Main Street: There is not a shop that has not a Jewish name painted above its windows. The entire commerce of the place is in the hands of the Jews. Yiddish is spoken here more than German. Not anymore. The Jews of Czernowitz are dead or fled, as they are from a thousand other cities across Europe. For centuries, the rap against the Hebrews was that they were sinister rootless cosmopolitan types unbound by allegiance to whichever polity they happened to be residing in. So, after the Second World War, the ones who were left became a more or less conventional nation state, and now they're hated for that. But all the hoo-ha about Holocaust denial (and granted, from President Ahmadinejad to Mel Gibson's dad, there's a lot of it about) has obscured the fact that the world has re-embraced, with little objection, an older form of anti-Semitism. Israel is, in effect, subject to a geopolitical version of the same conditions endured by Lazarus the Jew in Anthony Hope's Strelsau. The Zionist Entity is for the moment permitted to remain in business but, like Aaron Lazarus, it's not entitled to the enforceable property rights of every other nation state. No other country - not Canada, not Slovenia, not Thailand - would be expected to forego the traditional rights of nations subjected to kidnappings of its citizens, random rocket attacks into residential areas, and other infringements of its sovereignty. This isn't about who's right and who's wrong: there
[osint] News Flash: Israel shoots down Hizbollah drone
Israel shoots down Hizbollah drone -- Israeli aircraft shot down an unmanned spy plane launched by the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah as it was about to enter Israeli territory on Monday, the Israeli army said. -- Yahoo! (Reuters) [ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/ts_nm/mideast_israel_drone_dc ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: Reuters withdraws all photos by Lebanese freelance
Reuters withdraws all photos by Lebanese freelance -- Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah. -- Reuters AlertNet [ http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07348592.htm ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: Reuters admits to more image manipulation
Reuters admits to more image manipulation -- News organization withdraws photograph of Israeli fighter jet, admits image was doctored, fires photographer. Reuters pledges 'tighter editing procedure for images of the Middle East conflict' -- Ynetnews [ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3287774,00.html ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Arab World Finds Icon in Leader of Hezbollah
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/world/middleeast/07nasrallah.html?the\ mc=th http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/world/middleeast/07nasrallah.html?th\ emc=th Arab World Finds Icon in Leader of Hezbollah By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: August 7, 2006 DAMASCUS, Syria http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritorie\ s/syria/index.html?inline=nyt-geo , Aug. 6 The success or failure of any cease-fire in Lebanon http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritorie\ s/lebanon/index.html?inline=nyt-geo will largely hinge on the opinion of one figure: Sheik Hassan Nasrallah http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/hassan_nas\ rallah/index.html?inline=nyt-per , the secretary general of Hezbollah http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/h/hez\ bollah/index.html?inline=nyt-org , who has seen his own aura and that of his party enhanced immeasurably by battling the Israeli Army for nearly four weeks. With Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon, Sheik Nasrallah can continue fighting on the grounds that he seeks to expel an occupier, much as he did in the years preceding Israel http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritorie\ s/israel/index.html?inline=nyt-geo 's withdrawal in 2000. Or he can accept a cease-fire perhaps to try to rearm and earn the gratitude of Lebanon and much of the world. Analysts expect some kind of middle outcome, with the large-scale rocket attacks stopping but Hezbollah guerrillas still attacking soldiers so that Israel still feels pain. In any case, the Arab world has a new icon. Gone are the empty threats made by President Gamal Abdel Nasser's official radio station during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war to push the Jews into the sea even as Israel seized Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. Gone is Saddam Hussein http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/saddam_hus\ sein/index.html?inline=nyt-per 's idle vow to burn half of Israel, only to launch limited volleys of sputtering Scuds. Gone too are the unfulfilled promises of Yasir Arafat http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/yasir_araf\ at/index.html?inline=nyt-per to lead the Palestinians back into Jerusalem. Now there is Sheik Nasrallah, a 46-year-old Lebanese militia chieftain hiding in a bunker, combining the scripted logic of a clergyman with the steely resolve of a general to completely rewrite the rules of the Arab-Israeli land feud. There is the most powerful man in the Middle East, sighed the deputy prime minister of an Arab state, watching one of Sheik Nasrallah's four televised speeches since the war began, during an off-the-record meeting. He's the only Arab leader who actually does what he says he's going to do. Days after the current war started, he ended a speech by quietly noting that Hezbollah had just attacked an Israeli warship off Lebanon, a feat considered inconceivable for his group. Those who rushed outside saw a glow visible from the damaged vessel offshore, setting off celebrations around Beirut. The departure represented by Sheik Nasrallah his black turban marking him as a sayyid, a cleric who can trace his lineage back to the Prophet Muhammad has been particularly evident in those speeches. He makes no promises to destroy Israel with its superior military might, but to make it bleed and offer concessions. When he says to the people: I am your voice, I am your will, I am your conscience, I am your resistance, he combines both a sense of humility and of being anointed for the task, said Waddah Sharara, a Lebanese sociology professor and a descendant of Shiite clerics. He's like the circus magician who pulls the rabbit out of his hat and always knows exactly who is his audience. Some call it his Disney touch. In many ways, this war is the moment that Sheik Nasrallah has been preparing for ever since he was first elected to run Hezbollah at age 32 in 1992, after an Israeli rocket incinerated his predecessor. In his broadcasts he appears tranquil, assured, sincere and well informed, in command of both the facts and the situation, utterly dedicated to his cause and to his men. He is aloof yet tries to lend his secretive, heavily armed organization an air of transparency by sharing battlefield details. On Thursday, he offered to stop firing missiles if Israel halted its attacks, saying Hezbollah preferred ground combat. Hezbollah's position on any cease-fire, echoed by the Lebanese government, is that none is possible as long as Israeli soldiers remain inside the country. He has all the power; the government has no cards in its hand, said Jad al-Akhaoui, the media adviser to a Lebanese cabinet minister. He keeps saying that he supports the prime minister, but there has been no translation in the field, nothing has stopped. The decision is still Hezbollah's decision. It is not even clear how such decisions are formulated.
[osint] How Syria, Iran armed Hezbollah
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/A\ rticle_Type1c=Articlecid=1154901009777call_pageid=968332188492col=96\ 8793972154t=TS_Home http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/\ Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1154901009777call_pageid=968332188492col=9\ 68793972154t=TS_Home How Syria, Iran armed Hezbollah Israel surprised by the militia's weapons, trainingFighters `nothing like Hamas or the Palestinians' Aug. 7, 2006. 07:29 AM STEVEN ERLANGER AND RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEMOn Dec. 26, 2003, a massive earthquake levelled most of Bam, in southeastern Iran, killing 35,000 people. Transport planes carrying aid poured in from everywhere, including Syria. According to Israeli military intelligence, the planes returned to Syria carrying sophisticated weapons, including long-range Zelzal missiles, which the Syrians passed on to Hezbollah, the Shiite militia group in southern Lebanon. As the Israeli army struggles for a fourth week to defeat Hezbollah before a ceasefire, the shipments are just one indication of how the militia has improved its arsenal and strategies in the six years since Israel abruptly ended its occupation of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah is a militia trained like an army and equipped like a state, and its fighters are nothing like Hamas or the Palestinians, said an Israeli soldier who just returned from Lebanon. They are trained and highly qualified, he said, equipped with flak jackets, night-vision goggles, good communications and sometimes Israeli uniforms and ammunition. All of us were kind of surprised. Much attention has been focused on Hezbollah's stockpile of Syrian- and Iranian-made missiles, some 3,000 of which have already fallen on Israel. More than 58 Israelis have died from them including 12 reservist soldiers, who were gathered at a kibbutz at Kfar Giladi in northern Israel yesterday when rockets packed with anti-personnel ball bearings exploded among them, and three killed last night in another rocket barrage on Haifa. But Israel says Iran and Syria also used those six years to provide satellite communications and some of the world's best infantry weapons, including modern, Russian-made anti-tank weapons and Semtex plastic explosives, as well as the training required to use them effectively against Israeli armour. It is Hezbollah's skilful use of these weapons in particular, wire-guided and laser-guided anti-tank missiles, with double, phased explosive warheads and a range of about three kilometres that has caused most of the casualties to Israeli forces. Hezbollah's Russian-made anti-tank missiles, designed to penetrate armour, have damaged or destroyed Israeli vehicles, including its most modern, the Merkava, on about 20 per cent of their hits, Israeli commanders at the front said. Hezbollah has also used anti-tank missiles, including the less modern Sagger, to fire from a distance into houses in which Israeli troops are sheltered, with a first explosion cracking the typical cement block wall and the second going off inside. They use them like artillery to hit houses, said Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, until recently the Israeli army's director of intelligence analysis. They can use them accurately up to even three kilometres, and they go through a wall like through the armour of a tank. Hezbollah fighters use tunnels to quickly emerge out of the ground, fire a shoulder-held anti-tank missile, and then disappear again, much the way Chechen rebels used the sewer system of Grozny to attack Russian armoured columns. We know what they have and how they work, Kuperwasser said. But we don't know where all the tunnels are. So they can achieve tactical surprise. The anti-tank missiles are the main fear for Israeli troops, said David Ben-Nun, 24, an enlisted man who just returned from a week in Lebanon. The troops do not linger long in any house because of hidden missile crews. You can't even see them, he said. The Israelis say that with modern communications and a network of tunnels, storage rooms, barracks and booby traps laid under the hilly landscape, Hezbollah's training, tactics and modern weaponry explain why they are moving with caution. Hezbollah's fighters number between 2,000 and 4,000, a small army that is aided by a larger circle of part-timers who provide logistics and storage of weapons in houses and civilian buildings. The Israelis say the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has helped teach Hezbollah how to organize itself like an army, with special units for intelligence, anti-tank warfare, explosives, engineering, communications and rocket launching. They have also taught Hezbollah how to aim rockets, make improvised explosive devices and, the Israelis say, even how to fire the C-802, a ground-to-ship missile that Israel never knew Hezbollah possessed. According to intelligence officials in Washington, Iranian air force officers have made repeated trips to Lebanon to train
[osint] Indonesian jihadis set deadline
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20041092-31477,00.htm\ l http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20041092-31477,00.ht\ ml Indonesian jihadis set deadline Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta correspondent August 07, 2006 INDONESIAN protests against the Israeli offensive in Lebanon grew at the weekend, with one of the main organisers, Muslim political agitator Suaib Didu, declaring a deadline of Tuesday for hostilities to cease or I will no longer bear responsibilities for the jihad activities that follow. Mr Didu travelled to the northern city of Pontianak at the weekend to witness a passing-out parade for about 200 young men who say they are prepared to travel to Lebanon to fight against Israeli aggression. The 40-year-old author of provocative books including one titled Radical Islam: Between Jihad and Terrorism, is a player in the Bulan Bintang (Moon and Star) political party, which is positioning itself to challenge President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in national elections in 2009. The agenda of the party -- along with a clutch of other political groups of fundamentalist Muslim leanings -- is for a more stridently Islamic-leaning state than the secular administration that Mr Yudhoyono has been at pains to maintain since he won office in 2004. Mr Didu has previously claimed 217 jihad bombers had left Indonesia to travel to countries that support Israel -- including possibly Australia -- where they would attack Israeli infrastructure. He repeated that claim after Saturday's ceremony, adding that if John Howard did not quickly condemn Israel's military actions against Hezbollah, we have operatives in place who can assassinate him. However, Mr Didu offered no convincing evidence his boast was any more than bravado designed to play to an increasingly restive domestic audience. He insisted his followers have no quarrel with Australia and claimed unspecified third parties just want to make us enemies. He says the jihad bombers who have already been dispatched came to him seeking advice several weeks ago and I told them not to launch attacks in Indonesia, because it has already suffered enough. But he admitted he had urged the young men to choose foreign Israeli-aligned targets to bomb because although there are many ways to practise jihad, including prayer, just praying is no longer enough. He said several of the group had previous experience fighting in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban in 2001. The numbers involved in that expedition, organised by the Muslim Youth Organisation of which Mr Didu was a leader at the time, remain unclear. However, it was unlikely to have been more than a few dozen, and the group has never claimed any significant military achievement. Mr Didu admitted that some of the men on jihad might have had contacts with members of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network who fought in the Middle East in the late 1990s, but insisted his movement does not practise terrorism. Mr Didu's local deputy in Pontianak, one of Indonesia's northernmost major cities on the island of Borneo, said he had gathered the black-clad jihad fighters together on Saturday because they are just angry kids, and my job is to channel that anger. Tens of thousands of Indonesians have gathered in central Jakarta and other Indonesian cities in recent days to declare their opposition to what they see as US support for Israel's military action in Lebanon and Gaza. They gathered again yesterday in their largest show of strength to date, demanding an end to the Israeli offensive and threatening widespread boycotts of US products. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda has admitted the Jakarta Government is unable to stop people from going to Lebanon to join the war, and there is a rising chorus of Indonesian Muslim groups signing up local volunteers for the struggle. However, Vice-President Jusuf Kalla says most of the activity is just talk -- and how can the Government stop people from talking? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes
[osint] Senior Islamic Jihad Terrorist Eliminated
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=109390 http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=109390 Senior Islamic Jihad Terrorist Eliminated 13:27 Aug 07, '06 / 13 Av 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Security forces have disclosed the elimination of a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist in the Jenin-area village of Silat al-Hartia. Participating in the operation on Sunday was the army, Shin Bet General Security Service agents and a special force of Border Police officers. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Tehran and Hezbollah's Secret History
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3id=5884 http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3id=5884 Tehran and Hezbollah's Secret History 05/08/2006 By Ali Nouri Zadeh London, Asharq Al-Awsat- During the student uprising in July 1999 and the violent confrontations that followed between Arab residents of the Iranian city of Ahvaz and the security services, many student leaders and Arab officials in the city spoke about the presence of hundreds of Arab troops within the ranks of the Iranian security forces and the Revolutionary Guards units quelled the protests. At the time, it was thought these Arab troops were members of the Badr Brigade, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq . Yet, many who encountered these foreign soldiers commented on their Lebanese and Syrian accents. The issue remained a mystery until this week, when Ali Akbar Mohatashemi, the former Iranian ambassador to Syria and the founding father of Hezbollah, revealed that members of the Party of God participated in the Iran-Iraq war side by side with the Revolutionary Guards. He described the relationship between Hezbollah and the Iranian regime as much more than the one linking a revolutionary regime with a foreign organization. Hezbollah, he indicated, is one of the institutions of the ruling regime in Tehran and a main element of its military. Mohtashemi, one of Ayatollah Khomeini's students, told the Iranian Sharq newspaper on Wednesday, in a discussion about the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, Hezbollah has a huge arsenal of heavy artillery rockets and missiles, including Katyusha and Zelzal. Israel is 200km long which means that a Zelzal-1 missile, which has a range of 250km, is capable of targeting all of Israel. Hezbollah's continued ability to inflict damage on the Israeli army and to fire its missiles on northern Israel can be attributed, Mohtashemi revealed, to its experience during the Iran-Iraq war. Part of Hezbollah's skill goes back to its experience fighting and training soldiers from Hezbollah fought amongst our troops or separately. After Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, I was very worried about the fate of Lebanon and Syria. At the time, I was the Iranian ambassador in Damascus. I traveled to Tehran and met with Ayatollah Khomeini. He said the only way to repel the Zionists was to mobilize young Lebanese men and train them. A new era started afterward, as Shiaa men underwent military training and Hezbollah was born. We witnessed the resistance kicking out the Israel from Lebanon, after eighteen years of occupation. In the last few years, Hezbollah succeeded in strengthening its political and military presence in Lebanon and the region. It also developed its fighting capabilities and increased its military presence. Today, the areas where Hezbollah fighters and leaders used to live have been destroyed by Israeli warplanes. But, in spite of this, Hezbollah is still capable of firing one missile after another toward northern Israel. According to Mohtashemi, more than a 100,000 Shiaa men have undergone military training since Hezbollah's inception, both in Lebanon and Iran. Hezbollah, the former Iranian diplomat said, did not expect such a ferocious Israeli response. Its leadership expected small operations to hurt its capabilities but not an all-out war. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] News Flash: Lebanon PM revises air raid toll
Lebanon PM revises air raid toll -- Lebanon's prime minister has said only one person was killed in an Israeli air strike that earlier he said had killed more than 40 civilians. -- BBC [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5252842.stm ] News Flash Provided by IntellNet [ http://www.intellnet.org ] -The Intelligence Network -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2300772,00.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2300772,00.html he Sunday Times August 06, 2006 Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa Jon Swain, David Leppard and Brian Johnson-Thomas IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed. A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was no doubt that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported from the Lubumbashi mines in the Congo. Tanzanian customs officials told The Sunday Times it was destined for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and was stopped on October 22 last year during a routine check. The disclosure will heighten western fears about the extent of Iran's presumed nuclear weapons programme and the strategic implications of Iran's continuing support for Hezbollah during the war with Israel. It has also emerged that terror cells backed by Iran may be prepared to mount attacks against nuclear power plants in Britain. Intelligence circulating in Whitehall suggests that sleeper cells linked to Tehran have been conducting reconnaissance at some nuclear sites in preparation for a possible attack. The parliamentary intelligence and security committee has reported that Iran represented one of the three biggest security threats to Britain. The UN security council has given Iran until the end of this month to halt its uranium enrichment activities. The UN has threatened sanctions if Tehran fails to do so. A senior Tanzanian customs official said the illicit uranium shipment was found hidden in a consignment of coltan, a rare mineral used to make chips in mobile telephones. The shipment was destined for smelting in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, delivered via Bandar Abbas, Iran's biggest port. There were several containers due to be shipped and they were all routinely scanned with a Geiger counter, the official said. This one was very radioactive. When we opened the container it was full of drums of coltan. Each drum contains about 50kg of ore. When the first and second rows were removed,the ones after that were found to be drums of uranium. In a nuclear reactor, uranium 238 can be used to breed plutonium used in nuclear weapons. The customs officer, who spoke to The Sunday Times on condition he was not named, added: The container was put in a secure part of the port and it was later taken away, by the Americans, I think, or at least with their help. We have all been told not to talk to anyone about this. The report by the UN investigation team was submitted to the chairman of the UN sanctions committee, Oswaldo de Rivero, at the end of July and will be considered soon by the security council. It states that Tanzania provided limited data on three other shipments of radioactive materials seized in Dar es Salaam over the past 10 years. The experts said: In reference to the last shipment from October 2005, the Tanzanian government left no doubt that the uranium was transported from Lubumbashi by road through Zambia to the united republic of Tanzania. Lubumbashi is the capital of mineral-rich Katanga province, home of the Shinkolobwe uranium mine that produced material for the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The mine has officially been closed since 1961, before the country's independence from Belgium, but the UN investigators have told the security council that they found evidence of illegal mining still going on at the site. In 1999 there were reports that the Congolese authorities had tried to re-open the mine with the help of North Korea. In recent years miners are said to have broken open the lids and extracted ore from the shafts, while police and local authorities turned a blind eye. In June a parliamentary committee warned that Britain could be attacked by Iranian terrorists if tensions increased. A source with access to current MI5 assessments said: There is great concern about Iranian sleeper cells inside this country. The intelligence services are taking this threat very seriously. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the
[osint] Improvised bomb used in attack on BMTA bus
http://www.manager.co.th/IHT/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=949100079 http://www.manager.co.th/IHT/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=949100079 `Improvised' bomb used in attack on BMTA bus By Phoojadkarn Daily 7 August 2006 11:16 The commander of division four of the metropolitan police said yesterday that the police will do their best to investigate the bombing of a Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) joint bus on Saturday night. At 10:40pm on Saturday, Lat Phrao police received a report of an explosion on the number 95 bus, which was then parked in front of Bang Toey temple on Kaset-Nawamin Road. After investigating the bus, scattered pieces of an alarm clock, plaster and plastic bags were found around the rear seats. According to the 32-year-old driver, Jitrakorn Banjonghat, the bus, with about 20 on board, had just left Happy Land Market and was heading to Bang Khen when he heard three blasts. When he turned and saw passengers were hurt, he called the police. Somnuek Nakwichit, 23, who was wounded in both legs, was sent to Lat Phrao hospital along with three other passengers. Other riders suffered minor cuts and bruises. The driver revealed that he saw four suspicious-looking teenage men get on the bus at Happy Land Market and off at the next stop. Division 4 Commander Maj Gen Wittaya Kosiyasathit described the bomb as an improvised explosive device detonated by a clock, which was set to explode at 10.40pm. He said it was likely that the bombers only wanted to threaten those on the bus. At the moment, we are looking into several motives as it might be related to the current conflict between the BMTA buses and joint buses, or a personal conflict with the bus driver. We are doing our best to unwind the case, said the commander. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Tigers massacre over 100 refugees: Lanka
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1045524 http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1045524 Tigers massacre over 100 refugees: Lanka PTI Saturday, August 05, 2006 15:49 IST COLOMBO: Tamil Tigers have massacred over 100 civilians fleeing the fighting between the rebels and the security forces in Sri Lanka's northeast, the Defence Ministry claimed on Saturday. The victims were shot dead as they tried to escape fighting in the Muslim majority town of Muttur in Trincomalee district last night, the ministry alleged in a statement. While displaced families were fleeing Muttur seeking safety, the Tigers blocked them at Pachchanoor area and killed over 100, including women, youth and children during the night of Friday, it claimed. There was no immediate reaction from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) about the allegation. However, Muslim legislators have earlier charged that the Tigers were holding over 100 Muslim civilians who were trying to escape the fighting in Muttur and had asked the rebels to free them. The Defence Ministry said the Tigers had targeted the civilians because they had been providing food to the security forces. These civilians had supported the security forces in providing fish, vegetables and other homegrown products before the conflict began, it said. The Tigers believed the youth in and around Muttur were feeding the security forces with information of Tiger movements and deployments, it added. Military officers in the north-eastern port town of Trincomalee said the civilians had been blocked by the Tigers who allegedly screened them for supposed links with security forces and shot them dead. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Kyrgyzstan: Prominent Imam Killed In Security Raid
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/cbaa48c8-5a0e-41f1-8cd7-adc\ c167463b7.html http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/cbaa48c8-5a0e-41f1-8cd7-ad\ cc167463b7.html Monday, August 7, 2006 Kyrgyzstan: Prominent Imam Killed In Security Raid By Gulnoza Saidazimova mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz imam Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin at his home in Kara-Suu, May 10, 2006] Imam Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin was strident in his criticism of Hizb ut-Tahrir, but officials claim he was a member of the IMU (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, August 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A prominent religious leader known for allowing Islamic radicals to pray alongside other worshippers at his mosque in southern Kyrgyzstan has been killed in a security raid. Muhammadrafiq Kamalov -- also known as Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin -- had defended his practice of allowing suspected members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir to worship at his mosque the town of Kara-Suu. Muslims should pray for the misguided rather than turn them away, he said. But authorities are describing Kamoluddin in death as a member of an Islamist terror group. Official Version Of Events A National Security Service official said today that the imam of Kara-Suu's Al-Sarahsiy Mosque was killed late on August 6 on the outskirts of the nearby city of Osh. Speaking to RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service in Bishkek today, Nurbek Tokbaev said the counterterrorism raid was conducted in cooperation with security services from neighboring Uzbekistan. Tokbaev described Kamoluddin as a terrorist and a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), which has been blamed for a number of violent attacks on government targets. He said two other alleged IMU members were also killed in a firefight with authorities. Around 10:30 p.m. on August 6, 2006, identified members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were squeezed out of a densely populated district of Osh in order to avoid casualties among peaceful civilians, Tokbaev said. After that, officers of the Kyrgyz National Security Service attempted to stop the terrorists' white car, a Daewoo Nexia. However, the persons in the car did not follow [law-enforcement] demands and opened fire with automatic weapons. As a result of return fire, armed terrorists were destroyed by the National Security Service. Tokbaev said the operation was based on reliable intelligence on the presence in Osh of three people from the IMU militant group. He did not elaborate on the other two men's identities beyond saying that they were Tajik citizens. But he said all three of the dead men were involved in a May border incident in southern Kyrgyzstan that claimed several lives in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Tokbaev alleged that the group of militants was preparing to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in Kyrgyzstan. He inventoried items that officials claim Kamoluddin and the others had in their vehicle. When they searched their car, [security forces] found one AK-SU Kalashnikov automatic rifle, three full magazines, 266 cartridges, four RGD-5 hand grenades, one F-1 grenade, one RPK automatic rifle magazine, a road map of Uzbekistan where a number of locations were marked with the word 'jihad,' one pair of army binoculars, extremist religious literature in the Kyrgyz and Uzbek languages, and fake passports, Tokbaev said. Popular Imam Kamoluddin headed a mosque where up to 10,000 people gathered for Friday prayers. He was prominent not only in southern Kyrgyzstan, but also in neighboring countries. His popularity was based in part on his stance over the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir group. Kamoluddin allowed members of Hizb ut-Tahrir to pray in his mosque. Yet he was also highly critical of the group, which seeks to establish Islamic rule through a caliphate. In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL in May, Kamoluddin made his stance clear. Firstly, I am not a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. I don't read their literature, and don't want to [read it], Kamoluddin said. There have been offers made to my family -- to my sons and daughters -- from Hizb ut-Tahrir, but I strictly forbid them [from joining]. But I also do not support the view that Hizb ut-Tahrir are terrorists, enemies of the government, or enemies of the people. And to those who say they aren't Muslims -- they are Muslims. They are a particular group, but they want Islam and they serve Islam. Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir frequently came to his mosque from neighboring countries -- including Uzbekistan, which has jailed the highest number of suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir members. Official Distrust Authorities in Kyrgyzstan, where Hizb ut-Tahrir is outlawed, had questioned Kamoluddin several times in the past. On May 24, Kamoluddin was reportedly detained and questioned by National Security Service forces. He said the officers told him they had evidence of his links to militants behind a deadly cross-incursion into Kyrgyzstan in May. Kamoluddin denied any links to the incident. Security sources reportedly told
[osint] DJ Somali Leaders Reach Consensus On Dealing With Islamists
http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2006\ 08061403Take=1 http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=200\ 608061403Take=1 6 Aug 2006 14:03 GMT DJ Somali Leaders Reach Consensus On Dealing With Islamists Copyright © 2006, Dow Jones Newswires MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP)--Somalia's three top leaders have resolved their differences over how the transitional government should respond to the rise of Islamic militants, who now control most of the country's south, officials said Sunday. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin mediated between the leaders of Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed transitional government after a rift led 40 Cabinet and junior ministers resign since July 27. No details of what the leaders agreed were to be announced before an official presentation to parliament Monday, said Aadan Husein Abdi Risaaq, the director of the presidency. However, the main points of the agreement are that Gedi will appoint within seven days a new Cabinet of 31 members, 31 deputy ministers and 12 state ministers and parliament won't debate a no-confidence vote for six months, an official said. Early Sunday, Seyoum left Baidoa, 240 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. He arrived Saturday. He is the first Ethiopian official to visit Somalia in many years. Ethiopia and Somalia view each other as enemies, have fought a war in 1977 to 1978, but Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf is a longtime ally of Ethiopia. Yusuf and his Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi had disagreed on how to deal with the rise of Islamic courts. Yusuf has the support of parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden. The leaders hugged, kissed and shook hands with the Ethiopian diplomats for their role in solving the problems among the country's top leaders, said Siyaad Ali, an aide of Gedi. Mohamed Sheikh of Aden's office confirmed the three leaders had reached an agreement. On July 30, Gedi survived a no-confidence motion because only 126 lawmakers supported it - 13 short of the number required for the motion to pass. Only 88 lawmakers voted to keep Gedi. Last week, Yusuf said he wanted a government delegation to go to Khartoum, Sudan on Aug. 1 for Arab League-sponsored talks with the Islamists. But Gedi said that the talks have been postponed to Aug. 17. The ministers leaving Gedi's government have all cited his lukewarm support for Arab League-sponsored talks as their reason for resigning. Somalia's transitional government was formed two years ago with the support of the U.N. to help the Horn of Africa country emerge from 16 years of anarchy and violence. The government has a five-year term. Yusuf and Gedi, however, have been unable to assert their authority beyond Baidoa. Somalia hasn't had an effective central government since warlords toppled longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned against each other, plunging the country into anarchy. As Islamic militants seized the capital and much of southern Somalia in recent months, the transitional government could only watch helplessly. The Islamists have been imposing strict religious courts, raising fears of an emerging Taliban-style regime. The U.S. accuses the group of harboring al-Qaida leaders responsible for deadly bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. (END) Dow Jones Newswires August 06, 2006 10:03 ET (14:03 GMT) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL
[osint] Kazakhstan Denies Arming Somali Islamists
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/d926345f-c011-4636-93e8-f06\ 3f1d2c494.html http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/d926345f-c011-4636-93e8-f0\ 63f1d2c494.html Monday, August 7, 2006 Kazakhstan Denies Arming Somali Islamists [Kazakhstan -- Map] (RFE/RL) August 7, 2006 -- Kazakhstan today denied delivering weapons to Somali Islamic militants in Mogadishu. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ilyas Omarov said Kazakh authorities have no knowledge of any such deliveries. He said Astana abides by all of its international obligations, including those implied by UN resolutions banning arms deliveries to the war-torn African nation. Government officials in Somalia last month claimed that two Ilyushin-76 cargo planes bearing Kazakh identification marks had landed at Mogadishu from Eritrea with cargoes of weapons of unknown origin. Both Eritrea and the Somali Islamists who control Mogadishu have denied the reports. (Kazakhstan Today, Interfax-Kazakhstan) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Pakistan: Muslim Cleric Marries Off A Three Month Old Baby Girl
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002718.html http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002718.html August 05, 2006 Pakistan: Muslim Cleric Marries Off A Three Month Old Baby Girl The sickness of Islam, when allowed to be interpreted by unqualified villagers, is made apparent in this story from Dawn http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/05/top12.htm . We have reported earlier on cases of vani and swara, where girls are given away in marriage, often at ridiculously young ages, to act as compensation for the crimes or transgressions of a male relative. Vani was made illegal on January 11 in Pakistan, at the same time as the banning of honour killing, and vani crimes can invoke a 10 year jail sentence. However, so far there has been no successful conviction for vani in the 17 months that the practice was outlawed. In North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), where such practice is common, it is called swara. Dawn reports that yesterday, Peshawar High Court granted bail to five individuals, including a Muslim cleric, who are accused of handing over a three month old baby girl in swara marriage to another family. The cleric solemnised the nikah (betrothal) of Sadaf, the baby, about five months ago in the village of Totalai in Buner district. A police case file had been made on March 10, invoking section 310A of the Pakistan Penal Code. Under Article 247 (3) of the constitution, laws must only apply to these regions if they have been approved by the president and enacted by the NWFP governor. The individuals were granted bail because it was argued that the law had not yet been made to incorporate the provincially Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, though the laws against child marriage should already apply to these regions. The accused individuals were granted bail following two sureties of 100,000 rupees ($1,658). The details, as can be ascertained, are these. Sher Nawaz had discovered his wife, Sardara Bibi, in objectionable position with one of his own relatives, a man named Saleem Khan. As a result, Sher Nawaz divorced his wife. The relationships between the husband's family and Khan's family deteriorated, and a jirga (Muslim village council) was called. The jirga decreed that Saleem Khan's three month old niece Sadaf should be given away in marriage to Zohaib, the nephew of Sher Nawaz, who was himself only a year and a half in age. Saleem Khan's family were also ordered to pay the family of Sher Nawaz the sum of 800,000 rupees ($13,278) in compensation. The compensation was paid, and the betrothal was solemnised. The girl now has no choice in the matter, as nikah is regarded as religiously binding. Only a senior Islamic cleric can dissolve such a betrothal. Sadaf is now expected to consummate the wedding when she attains puberty. Sardara Bibu, the divorced wife of Sher Nawaz, said when she heard of the decision that Saleem Khan had raped her, and told police of the jirga's pronouncement. The people who were granted bail are Mohammad Shamin, Sadaf's grandfather, Fazal Ameen, her uncle, Wali Khan, the father of 18 month old Zohaib, and Mira Khan, a member of the jirga which presided over the issue. The prayer leader who had performed the nikah of the two children was named as Umer Saeed, who also is charged and who received bail yesterday. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Homeland Hack: Al-Qaida's Egyptian merger unpacked; Change afoot at CIS public affairs; FAMS latest
The Homeland Hack's latest posting covers al-Qaida's claims to have merged with an Egyptian jihadi group; the sudden departure of the head of public affairs for U.S. Citizienship and Immigration Services; and the latest twist in the federal air marshal story. Read it at http://homeland-hack.blogspot.com/ If you scroll past the latest posting, you can still find the Hack's guide to the week ahead. Cheerio Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://homeland-hack.blogspot.com/ To be removed, just reply with unsubscribe in the subjectline -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] The Islamic deception
http://www.brookesnews.com/060708tabor.html http://www.brookesnews.com/060708tabor.html The Islamic deception Nathan Tabor BrookesNews.Com http://www.brookesnews.com/index.html Monday 8 August 2006 Google the phrase Muslim violence, and more than 29 million entries pop up. Granted, some of these citations represent violence committed against Muslims, but, unfortunately, quite a few represent violence committed in the name of Islam. This makes me wonder : What does Islam really stand for? I hear a great deal about Muslims who do not believe in violence. Yet, it seems that this is a troubling form of faith that rewards people for committing acts of violence. Imagine if Klansman David Duke claimed he was part of the Ku Klux Klan but was not a racist that he just liked wearing sheets. Wouldn't that be a little hard to accept as a credible concept? While it may seem outrageously politically incorrect to do so, a number of individuals are openly questioning whether the Muslim religion is truly a religion of peace. Some of these individuals are disaffected Muslims who feel as if they were sold a bill of goods by Islamic leaders. They believe they were betrayed and they worry that others may be hoodwinked into believing that the Islamic faith is one of peace, love, and harmony. Islamic regimes have been responsible for major human rights violations, especially against religious minority groups and women. Even some Muslims openly admit the religion has a history of violence at least dating back to the 12th century. While some Muslims have openly called for a peace movement within their religion, the fact of the matter is that, year after year, the news pages are filled with instances of Muslim violence. Another important thing to keep in mind here is that lying is actually sanctioned within the Islamic religion. As Islam spreads throughout the West, Americans need to be particularly vigilant, recognizing the fact that Muslim activists may try to deceive us into believing that they do not endorse violence, when their actions say otherwise. A number of Muslims artfully neglect to mention the more controversial aspects of Islamic writings and teachings. For instance, the Koran is often quoted selectively to indicate that the religion stands for peace and tolerance. But after Mohammed migrated to Medina, the Koran became filled with passages showing not only prejudice and intolerance, but the endorsement of violence. For example, Mohammed, a supposed prophet of peace, commanded his army to kill a Jewish tribe. Obviously, killing is the most extreme form of violence one can engage in, and it is appalling that a religious leader would sanction what can euphemistically be described as ethnic cleansing. The Koran contends that the only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such lines of text could never be confused with the lyrics to Let There Be Peace on Earth. It's hard to reconcile such writings with the popular image of Islam as a peace-loving religion that is being unfairly attacked. The fact is, the media are often complicit in this deception. News reports suggest that violence is perpetrated by extremists or fundamentalists, leading the average Westerner to believe that mainstream Islam does not condone any form of violence. Because of Islam's traditional acceptance of lying, it's entirely possible that, when Islamic leaders speak, they are not speaking the unadulterated truth. In fact, they may say one thing and believe something entirely different. In the end, by their fruits you will know them and, regrettably, the fruits of Islam are often destruction, violence and death. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish
[osint] White washing Islamists
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060806-094912-4955r.htm http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060806-094912-4955r.htm White washing Islamists TODAY'S COLUMNIST By Joel Mowbray August 7, 2006 Hiding behind potted plants, Naveed Haq laid in wait for a 14-year-old girl he could use as a hostage. With a gun in her back, he pushed his way past security and through the door. He coldly, deliberately shot six women. When a wounded Pamela Waechter tried to flee up some stairs, he followed her, leaned over a railing and killed her. Are these the actions of a crazy person? A crazy person might cause harm to himself, maybe even someone close to him. Mr. Haq, though, did not know anyone at the Seattle Jewish Federation. He traveled some distance late last month from central Washington, getting there after determining his target following an Internet search for something Jewish. That wasn't all of his planning. Because of Washington law, Mr. Haq waited to purchase his two semiautomatic handguns, picking them up one day earlier. Premeditation is the antithesis of crazy. So why is it that the mainstream media has either ignored or played down this story? The New York Times has written only one story. Ditto for The Washington Post. Both papers buried what little coverage they did offer on page 22 and page 13, respectively. Most of those outlets that publicized the shootings have focused on Mr. Haq's history of mental illness, the most serious of which was bipolar disorder. Great attention has been paid to his apparently having acted alone. And some have reported that sometime last year, the accused murderer was a practicing Christian. In other words, media outlets have spent fantastic energy exploring every possibility -- except the obvious one. Moments after spraying bullets across the offices of the Jewish Federation, he announced, I'm a Muslim-American; I'm angry at Israel. So while Mr. Haq's short-lived apparent conversion to Christianity might be interesting, it neither inspired the murderous rampage nor serves as evidence that something in his Islamic environment did not. Where is the investigation into what messages Mr. Haq heard in his hometown mosque, which was founded by his father? Or how about a look at the culture and attitudes of his hometown Muslim community? No doubt the sensitivities and hang-ups in part prevent such inquiries, but isn't it possible that those issues are ignored out of fear? Having one case of homegrown terror wouldn't just be about the single incident. With over 1,200 mosques in the United States -- and that's not counting the thousands of makeshift ones in homes and storefronts -- the enormity of the potential threat becomes terrifying. How many would need to be bad seeds for another 19 to line up for the glory of killing another 3,000? None of this is to suggest that any mosque is presumptively suspect. That's just one possibility. Incendiary Islamic teachings can be downloaded in the click of a mouse. In the case of Naveed Haq, isn't there just cause to wonder where his mind was poisoned? What Mr. Haq almost certainly would not have heard in a mosque is any call to wage violent jihad or chants of Death to America. Almost no imam would do so after September 11. But what if he had been told that U.S. soldiers were regularly committing atrocities against innocent fellow Muslims in Iraq? Or what if his imam told him that Israel was ethnically cleansing his Muslim brethren? From the records of terror suspects arrested since September 11, a clear pattern emerges: Operatives are inspired most by the belief that Islam or Muslims are under attack. It is indisputable that Mr. Haq was acting in response to perceived wrongs committed against his fellow Muslims in Iraq and Lebanon -- and he blamed Jews. The leader of the now-arrested Canadian terror cell, Imam Qayyum Abdul Jamal, reportedly did not preach violent jihad to his congregation, but he did tell them, among other things, that Canadian soldiers were going to Afghanistan to rape women. Not only does this dehumanize non-Muslim Canadians, but it leaves the clear implication that killing them is not just moral, but obligatory. Someone who digests and accepts such propaganda -- about ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, for instance -- can have one of three possible reactions: 1) becoming tolerant or even supportive of Islamic terror, 2) deciding to join al Qaeda or its ilk in order to defend his Muslim brothers and sisters, or 3) snapping after being overcome with rage at what is happening, and then taking matters into his own hands. Recent college graduate Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar slammed a rented SUV this March into a crowd of students at the University of North Carolina, hitting nine. The Iranian-born 22-year-old told the 911 dispatcher that he was attempting to punish the government of the United States for [its] actions around the world. In court days later, he said he
[osint] Muslim bigot smears Australians
http://www.brookesnews.com/060708waleed.html http://www.brookesnews.com/060708waleed.html Muslim bigot smears Australians Gerard Jackson BrookesNews.Com http://www.brookesnews.com/index.html Monday 8 August 2006 Waleed Aly, executive committee member of the Islamic Council of Victoria, is the type of Muslim that makes one realise how selective Australia's immigration program needs to be. He is a man that wears a veneer of civilisation beneath which lies the Muslim hypocrisy and contempt for Western values that we have come to expect from Islamic fanatics (War has lured bigots out into the open, 31 July 2006). This was revealed by his contemptible attitude to Israel's response to the murderous attacks on it citizens by Hezbollah terrorists who then used Lebanese civilians as human shields. The result was pandemonium as thousands of Lebanese with Australian passports tried to flee the country. That there were so many Lebanese-borne Australian passport-holders living permanently in Lebanon led some to rightly wonder whether these people were using Australian passports only as a form of insurance. This led Western Australian MP Wilson Tuckey to call for an end to dual citizenship. This was just too much for our ever so tolerant Mr Waleed Aly who accused Australians of creating a new category of person: the pseudo-citizen to whom we owe nothing or at least not a rescue mission from a war zone. Despite his insults Australians are a generous and fair-minded people. Their objections were not to saving people but to those who used Australian passports as a mere convenience. But to Waleed such questioning is a disgusting argument that smacks of narrow-minded parochialism. This is the typical response of a bigot: if you can't beat the argument use ad hominem attacks. Waleed let slip his real feelings when he compared the death of Assaf Namer, an Australian citizen fighting with the Israeli army in Lebanon, to those terrorists whose positions were being blasted by the Israeli Army. That's right, folks, this Muslim hypocrite accused Israel putting at risk the lives of thousands of Australian citizens. That this is what Hezbollah an Iranian terrorist front did by using them as shields, and even trying to stop them from fleeing, is one of those untidy little facts that this poster boy for multiculturalism neglected to mention. Thinking he is as smart as a whip, this genius inadvertently encapsulated the problem we have with Muslim extremists, whose loyalty to Australia is questionable to say the least, with this statement: And if Iran was attacking England, leaving many London-based Australian citizens stranded, it surely would have been. And British-Australians (the largest group of Australians with dual citizenship) would, rightly, be unquestionably Australian. It did not occur to him that readers would notice that England is a democracy while Iran is a murderous theocracy run by a bunch of Islamo-Nazis intent on exterminating Jews. Has he forgotten that Canada and Australia immediately supported England when she declared war on Hitler's Germany? This fact is of profound importance and explains why Australia would still support England if she was attacked by that bunch of Jew-hating fanatics in Tehran and their would-be fuehrer, one of whose favourite people is you guessed it Adolf Hitler. And to think some people acted surprised when this maniac called for the elimination of the Zionist regime, meaning Jews. (Incidentally, these Iranian thugs imprisoned student activist Akbar Mohammadi in Tehran's infamous Evin prison where on 30 July they had him murdered. Now how's that for bigotry, Mr Waleed Aly?) Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's current gruppenführer, stated on 22 October 2002: If they [the Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide. The intent is clear: Hassan Nasrallah and his fellow Islamo-Nazis want to finish Hitler's holocaust. But don't expect Waleed Aly to vigorously condemn these sadistic thugs he's too busy attacking Christian pastors. It is a question of freedom-loving people standing together against a genocidal regime that publicly hangs teenage girls, abuses children, tortures and murders its critics while planning the mass extermination of Jews. That Waleed remains mute on these matters explains why he chose to condemn Israel while ignoring Hezbollah's war crimes. (Perhaps this brilliant legal thinker does not know that it is a war crime to use civilians as human shields). It is clear that the loyalty question is about something else, he said. It sure is, baby. The question is whether the likes of Waleed are loyal to those Western values upon which Australia is built or whether he is loyal to a bigoted and genocidal ideology. Assaf Namer deserves respect because, unlike Waleed Aly, his cause is inextricably linked to the survival of Western values. Showing us just how sophisticated he is Waleed declared that [n]ationalism, though
[osint] Pakistan:Fatwa Bans Women Working With NGOs
http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/137466/1/ http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/137466/1/ Pakistan:Fatwa Bans Women Working With NGOs Ashfaq Yusufzai mailto: 07 August 2006 PESHAWAR, Aug 4 (IPS) - Negative publicity and attacks by Islamist groups on non- governmental organizations (NGOs) working with women have forced several to close their offices and move staff out of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). One of the earliest to leave was Khwendo Kor (Pashtu for sisters' home), an NGO that seeks to raise the status of women by running integrated community-based schools. After an attack on our vehicle in June 2004 in Bannu district that resulted in injuries to a woman teacher, Bushra, we have stopped work there, said Maryam Bibi, chairwoman of the NGO. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] India, Tajikistan sign Anti-Terrorism, Energy pacts
http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2297 http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2297 India, Tajikistan sign Anti-Terrorism, Energy pacts Dated 7/8/2006 India and Tajikistan today signed four bilateral pacts resolving to fight global terrorism and agreed on strengthening cooperation in the fields of energy, science and technology, foreign office consultation and culture. The agreemeents were signed after discussions between Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and visiting Tajikistan President His Excellency Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov in New Delhi on the bilateral, regional and international situation. The bilateral talks between the two head of states lasted more than an hour. President Rahmonov, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday, is on a five-day state visit to India, and he began his official programmes on Monday. He was given a grand ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, which was followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at Rajghat and official talks with the prime minister. The two leaders signed a Joint Declaration resolving to cooperate for boosting bilateral trade and economic cooperation and in the fight against terrorism. The visiting dignitary is scheduled to address a business meeting on Monday organised by the CII/FICCI and ASSOCHAM. He is also scheduled to meet Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayeee. Rahmonov will call on President A P J Abdul Kalam in the evening who will host a dinner for him. On Tuesday morning the Tajikistan president will give an address at the Indian Council of World Affairs on 'Tajikistan and the Vision of Central Asia'. He will later leave for Jaipur and Hyderabad. India and Tajikistan enjoy a close strategic relationship and Tajikistan plays host to India's first overseas military air base. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Hezbollah terrorism must be controlled
http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20060807/Opinion/108070004/-1/O\ PINION http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20060807/Opinion/108070004/-1/\ OPINION Hezbollah terrorism must be controlled Evan Williams August 7, 2006 The Tahoe Tribune's July 31 headline screamed, Israeli attack kills 57, mostly children. It is an accurate statement, however, nowhere in the Washington Post piece does it mention the Israeli explanation that rockets had just been fired from the immediate vicinity of the bombed structure; in fact, Israeli surveillance drone footage appears to verify this claim. Curiously, I have yet to see the emblazoned headline, Hezbollah targets Israeli civilians, women and children or Hezbollah preventing civilians from fleeing Southern Lebanon, wants to use them as human shields. After the same tactics of firing rockets next to a U.N. outpost resulted in the destruction of that outpost and the deaths of four U.N. observers, even the feckless U.N. official, Jan Egelund, stated, ... my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children. War is hell, but civilized societies have established rules for even that. Hezbollah shuns those norms in favor of terrorist tactics that have no regard for any life whatsoever, even their own families and neighbors. Hezbollah fighters (sans uniforms) back a truck out of their garage, fire off a few missiles targeted at Israeli civilians and then pull the truck back in. When the IDF bombs that garage and the house attached to it (wherein the family of that rocketeer trembles in fear) we hear cries of Atrocities! and War crimes! Whose fault is it that innocents die? Who is committing the war crimes? Who initiated this conflict by crossing the Israeli border, attacking an outpost, murdering eight Israeli soldiers and kidnapping two, and then indiscriminately rocketing Israeli cities? The fact is that the good people of Lebanon have allowed, even cultivated, a noxious weed to sprout in their midst. Iranian Revolutionary Guards initiated the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the 1980s and continue to sponsor them; and the region's other primary state sponsor of terror, Syria, supplies and facilitates their operation while protecting Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in Damascus. This ugly weed has flourished in Lebanon to the point where it pervades even the capital, Beirut, and its deluded citizens now gaze upon it as a beautiful flower. As does Israel, we know otherwise. Until 9/11, Hezbollah had been responsible for the murder of more Americans than any other terrorist organization. The current situation in northern and southern Israel was, and remains, inevitable. Even though Israel had withdrawn from the Gaza strip last year, and southern Lebanon years ago, radical Muslims will never be content until they ... wipe Israel off the map. Israel has now learned that you cannot trade land for peace with people who do not want peace, and Islamofascists do not seek coexistence or harmony, but rather world domination ... and, oh yeah ... Death to Israel, death to America! To radical Muslims, Israel is an enigmatic foe they simply cannot resist punching, no matter how dire the consequences. Israel's Islamic neighbors always seem to get the worst of a tangle with the Jewish state, yet they foolishly continue to attack. They are incapable of stifling themselves or learning from their mistakes because they do not function at a logical level. They are driven solely by emotion, by the fiery rage of anti-Semitism, and are thus single-mindedly consumed with the ultimate goal of the destruction of Israel. We are in World War 3, and Israel, our ally, is a primary objective for our common enemy, radical Islam, and its culture of hatred and death. It is indeed tragic that when Israel must defend itself against the evil and noxious weed called Hezbollah countless other innocuous plants fall under the sharp scythe, but Lebanon has no one to blame but itself; it should have tended to its own garden years ago. The message that needs constant reinforcement is if you harbor terrorists in your midst you are equally culpable for their actions, and you will likely share in the violent and just retribution against them. I highly recommend the documentary film, Obsession; it should be required viewing for all Western civilization. However, fair warning, it may cause you some disturbed sleep. It can be viewed online visiting http://video.google.com http://video.google.com/ , and searching for Obsession. - Evan Williams is a regular contributor to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. He is a South Lake Tahoe resident and business owner. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com
[osint] Sci-fi ideas welcome in war on terrorism
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_4146449 http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_4146449 Sci-fi ideas welcome in war on terrorism Researchers make audio, video advances with military in mind MARK JOHNSON The Associated Press NISKAYUNA, N.Y. -- It sounds like something out of science fiction. Researchers at General Electric Co.'s sprawling research center are creating new smart video surveillance systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. Scientist Peter Tu and his team are also developing programs that can recognize faces, pinpoint distress in a crowd by honing in on erratic body movements and synthesize the views of several cameras into one bird's eye view, as part of a growing effort to thwart terrorism. Cutting edge: We're definitely on the cutting edge, said Tu, 39. If you want to reduce risk, video is the way to do it. The threat is always evolving, so our video is always evolving. Scientists at the GE complex, a landscaped, gated campus of laboratories and offices spread out over 525 acres and home to 1,900 scientists and staff, and others in the industry hope to use various technologies to reduce false alarms, cut manpower used on mundane tasks and give first-responders better tools to assess threats. The country's growing security needs also provide an opportunity to boost business. The United States and its allies now face a new Iraq generation of terrorists who have learned how to make explosive devices, assassinate leaders and carry out other mayhem since the U.S. invasion of the country more than three years ago, said Roger Cressey, a former counterterrorism official in the Bush administration who now runs his own consulting business in Arlington, Va. These people are far more adept and capable in many respects than al-Qaida before 9-11, he said. They don't appear in any no-fly list or terrorism database. Since 2002, GE has spent $4 billion buying smaller businesses to take a bigger share of the $160 billion global security industry, a market that includes everything from building security to narcotics detection. The company expects $2 billion in revenue from its security businesses this year. That should rise to $2.8 billion in 2009, said Louis Parker, chief executive of GE's security unit. Philadelphia-based Acoustech Corp. and Providence-Based FarSounder Inc. received Homeland Security grants to develop systems that can detect underwater threats such as divers with explosives. Ever since the Department of Homeland Security was put into place, our business has gone up, said James McConnell of Acoustech. The three-person company takes in $500,000 in revenue a year. Systems currently run about $1 million from other vendors so the companies are trying to make systems that would be more affordable for port authorities and other waterfront facilities around the country such as power plants and oil refineries. We've had a lot of customers calling and asking for a solution to the problem, said FarSounder founder Matthew Zimmerman. Such cost-saving measures could benefit New York City, which in June, had its share of federal anti-terrorism grants from the Department of Homeland Security cut by 40 percent to $124.5 million. Cressey said the country has to find the best ways to protect itself and that includes investing in new technologies for things like ports, airports and mass transit systems. The U.S. government is spending $1.1 billion this year to fund anti-terrorism technology research and has spent about $3 billion over the past three years, said Christopher Kelly, a DHS spokesman. At General Electric, researchers are working on software that allows cameras to separately track people and the items they are carrying to help detect when suspicious packages are left in airports, stadiums and other public places. One such system is already being tested using video from London's Victoria train station, part of the transit system hit by suicide bombers in July 2005 in which 52 people were killed and another 740 wounded. Cressey said there are about 30 million video surveillance cameras in the United States shooting about four billion hours of footage every week. Relying more on computers to go through that footage would allow manpower to be better used elsewhere and perhaps lead to faster recognition of possible threats. Among numerous other projects, GE is working on baggage scanners that use advanced X-ray and CT technologies to detect traces of explosives faster and with greater accuracy and shoe scanners that use quadrupole resonance, similar to magnetic resonance imaging, to improve screening of passengers' shoes while they are still on their feet. Still, many officials warn that technology cannot replace humans entirely. You can't get too reliant on these things, said
[osint] RFID e-passports hacking and terrorism risk says experts
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5199/53/ http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5199/53/ RFID e-passports hacking and terrorism risk says experts [PDF] http://www.itwire.com.au/index2.php?option=com_contentdo_pdf=1id=5199\ [Print] http://www.itwire.com.au/index2.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=519\ 9pop=1page=0Itemid=53 [E-mail] http://www.itwire.com.au/index2.php?option=com_contenttask=emailformi\ d=5199itemid=53 By Stan Beer Sunday, 06 August 2006 Passports embedded with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips can be easily cloned and can potentially make passport holders a target for terrorists, security experts have warned at conferences this week. The Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas has for the past week provided fascinating insights into the security issues of commercial technology such as Mac OS X and Windows Vista from the some of the leading security exponents around the world. In the latest and perhaps most disturbing presentation to date, German researcher, Lukas Grunwald, demonstrated that he could access data from the RFID chip embedded in his own passport and copy it to another RFID chip embedded in a smartcard. One of the most frightening aspects of the demonstration is that Grunwald was able to develop the system to accomplish this task using standard hardware, his own software, with minimal funds and in a few short weeks. Even more frightening, Grunwald was able to demonstrate at the concurrent Defcon conference that the same system could also be used to copy building access cards. Aside from the forgery aspects, which could potentially enable criminals to steal identities and unlawfully gain access to places where they should not be, security experts have raised an even more potentially serious threat posed by e-passports with embedded RFID tags - terrorism. RFID tags can be read wirelessly from a distance. Security specialists have raised the spectre of strategically placed hidden RFID readers being able to recognise passport holders in the vicinity and even what nationality they are. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Saudi-funded charity linked to Bali bombs
As they say, What a surprise. Bruce Saudi-funded charity linked to Bali bombs Cameron Stewart August 08, 2006 SAUDI Arabia has been secretly bankrolling the terror group responsible for killing 92 Australians in the two Bali bombings. US intelligence agencies have confirmed links between a Saudi charity, the International Islamic Relief Organisation, and the Indonesian terror group Jemaah Islamiah. The IIRO is also registered in NSW under the name of Shafiq Rahman Abdullah Khan - a prominent member of Sydney's Muslim community who helps distribute Saudi government funds to Islamic projects in Australia. However, Mr Khan insisted yesterday that the IIRO was not active in Australia. They never did open an office here and I am not representing them, he told The Australian. The IIRO is not listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia, but in 2004 the federal Government warned Saudi Arabia to alert it about all Saudi funds arriving in the country after ASIO expressed concern about how they might be used. The US Treasury last Thursday publicly identified the Indonesian and Philippines offices of the Saudi government-sanctioned IIRO as facilitating fundraising for al-Qa'ida and affiliated terrorist groups. It has also identified a senior IIRO official in Saudi Arabia, Abd Al Hamid Sulaiman al-Mujil, of using his position to bankroll the al-Qa'ida network in Southeast Asia. It describes Mr Mujil as a major fundraiser for JI, the group that carried out the Bali bombings of 2002 and last year. The Australian and US governments have long been concerned about the role played by the Saudi charities in funding terrorist groups, but the US has not openly accused Saudi Arabia of funding JI until now. American academic Zachary Abuza said it was clear that the IIRO was complicit in killing Australians. Saudi charities in Southeast Asia have been the primary conduit of Wahabism and other intolerant interpretations of Islam into the region, Dr Abuza told The Australian yesterday. In Indonesia, the IIRO funded many projects of KOMPAK, a charity that at the very least JI penetrated. At the time of the (first) Bali bombing, four of the 13 branch officers were JI members. The IIRO is an enormous Saudi charity with branch offices in more than 20 countries. It is funded by the Saudi Government and by donations from wealthy private Saudi citizens. Although it also provides genuine charity services, the IIRO is also a vehicle to spread extremist Wahabist interpretations of Islam around the globe. The Saudi Government denies deliberately sponsoring terrorism through the IIRO, but many terror experts and some Western governments believe the Government is complicit in its funding of terror groups. I really cannot imagine that they do not know about this - it is a systemic problem, Dr Abuza said. Speaking about the IIRO, US Under-Secretary for Terrorism Stuart Levey said: It is particularly shameful when groups that hold themselves out as charitable or religious organisations defraud their donors and divert funds in support of violent terrorist groups. There are at least two Saudi charities in Australia: the World Assembly of Muslim Youth and the Muslim World League. Mr Khan said he registered the IIRO in NSW in 1989 at the request of the Saudi charity on the expectation that it would set up an office in Australia. But he said the charity never followed up and so it was not active in this country. Australian terror expert Clive Williams said the US decision to name and shame the IIRO in Indonesia and The Philippines may not achieve anything because it was almost impossible to control how the charity's funds were used. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20054517-2702,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20054517-2702,00.html _ FAIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with Fair Use criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of Fair Use was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. Fair Use legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 establishes four criteria for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies as a fair use. A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four criteria to qualify as an instance of fair use. Rather, fair use is determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use copyrighted material for
