[osint] Kuwait detains soldiers for plot against US forces

[Excerpt: The soldiers, some of whom are high-ranking officers, and several non-Kuwaiti citizens were detained a week ago and are being questioned over an alleged plan to attack U.S. soldiers in Kuwait, the launchpad for the 2003 war on Iraq.] Published: 4/1/2005, 00:00 (UAE) Kuwait

[osint] Muslims vs. Muslims: The Untold Story

Muslims vs. Muslims: The Untold Story By Sherrie Gossett | January 4, 2005 http://www.aim.org/aim_column/2482_0_3_0_C/ Looking back on 2004, much was heard about the alleged desecration of Muslim holy sites by American troops fighting in Iraq. Protests against American troops were held

[osint] Who paid for AQ Khan network?

Author Favors Probe Into Link Between Former BCCI Officials, UBL 'Network' New Delhi The Pioneer (Internet Version-WWW) in English 22 Dec 04 [Article by Wilson John: Who paid for AQ Khan network?] A year ago, around this time, startling revelations were tumbling forth from Washington about

[osint] Bangladesh: Maoist Insurgency Report 06Jan [1 News Clippings]

06/01/2005 Attempt on Journo: Khulna newsmen demand security Our Correspondent, Khulna Khulna journalists, concerned over Tuesday night's bomb attack on Dainik Jugantar Bureau Chief and a former leader of Khulna Union of Journalists, have asked police to step up security measures and demanded

[osint] Bangladesh: Islamist Groups [3 News Clippings]

06/01/2005 Passport forger for terror suspect Hambali held in Thailand: police (AFP) BANGKOK - Thai police have arrested a Bangladeshi man accused of providing top Asian terror suspect Hambali with a fake passport, reports said Thursday. Hoque Sindik, 40, was arrested at a central Bangkok

[osint] INTEL MONEY PIT

INTEL MONEY PIT By RALPH PETERS NEW YORK POST December 14, 2004 -- HAVING worked in in telligence for more than two decades, I was fascinated by all the lying as Congress wrestled with intelligence reform. So much of the intel world is hidden from the taxpayer's view that unscrupulous

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03/01/2005 Manipur - In a strange whirlpool of Cross-Current by R. Upadhyay Manipur literally means a jewel-land, but for a last few decades the glamour of this culturally linked isolated corner of India too fell in the web of insurgency. Whatever may be the reasons behind the evolution of

[osint] Guerillas assault locals in Chechnya's Vedeno district

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10737523 Guerillas assault locals in Chechnya's Vedeno district KHANKALA. Jan 6 (Interfax) - Fighters from a unit reporting to prominent Chechen guerilla leader Shamil Basayev attacked several houses in the Vedeno district to rob their residents,

[osint] New China Defense Policy Focuses Threat on Taiwan

New China Defense Policy Focuses Threat on Taiwan By Benjamin Sand, Beijing VOICE OF AMERICA 27 December 2004 China has threatened to crush Taiwan at any cost if the island declares independence. The belligerent rhetoric is at the center of a new national defense policy. The new 85-page

[osint] Global Trends -- A European Perspective

Israel: Prof Heisbourg Addresses Conference on Global Trends From EU Perspective Herzliyya Institute of Policy and Strategy WWW-Text in English 13 Dec 04 [Address by Prof Francois Heisbourg, director of France's Fondation Pour la Recherche Strategique, at the 5th Herzliyya Conference on Global

[osint] Curious case of Somaliland

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050105-083004-6885r The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Curious case of Somaliland By Richard W. Rahn Published January 6, 2005 What is Somaliland? Don't be embarrassed if you don't know. Very few people know, and that is

[osint] Tin Soldier

http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/1/blake-soldier.asp http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/1/blake-soldier.asp Tin Soldier An American Vigilante In Afghanistan, Using the Press for Profit and Glory By Mariah Blake javascript:openbio('blake_m'); In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces

[osint] TAMIL EELAM: Tigers accuse American Marines of spying

They are terrorists, their accusations are irrelevant. Bruce Tamil Tigers accuse American Marines of spying * US Embassy spokesman says change of plan was function of allocating right resources [AP 06 January 2005] COLOMBO: Two ships full of Marines and heavy equipment steaming towards Sri

[osint] Feds probe attempted explosive purchase

Feds probe attempted explosive purchase http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110slug =Fertilizer%20Explosives By JOHN SOLOMON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities searched Wednesday for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possibly bogus

[osint] ALGERIA: Islamist insurgents kill 18 in army patrol ambush

Reports of the demise of Muslim terrorists clearly premature. Bruce 18 killed in ambush of Algerian Army patrol By Agence France Presse (AFP) Compiled by Daily Star staff Thursday, January 06, 2005 ALGIERS: Islamic extremists killed 18 people when they ambushed an army convoy south of the

[osint] Iran leader urges students to promote culture of jihad and martyrdom

Of course. Bruce Iran leader urges students to promote culture of jihad and martyrdom 05-01-2005 , 09:46 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday stressed that enemies of the Islamic Republic are trying to humiliate and diminish the value of martyrdom and

[osint] Phillips: Dhimmi* Britain

http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/archives/2005_01.html Dhimmi* Britain An article in Muslim Weekly by the Labour MP Mike O'Brien makes crystal clear something that has been apparent for some time for those who have eyes to see. The Labour party is bending over backwards to appease Muslim

[osint] A wave of criticism

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/printts20050106.shtml Townhall.com A wave of criticism Thomas Sowell (back to web version) | Send January 6, 2005 The catastrophic tsunami wave that has devastated so much of southern Asia has even killed more than a hundred people on the east

[osint] A Vacuum in Strategic Thinking

A Vacuum in Strategic Thinking The Honorable J. Ørstrøm Møller In the National Interest Updated 12/3/04 Present day strategic thinking is looked at through the prism of the Clausewitzian model of crisis, conflict, confrontation and ultimately war. The primary power parameter is pursuance of

[osint] We have moles in ZANU PF: Tsvangirai

http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2005/January/January6/7447.shtml We have moles in ZANU PF: Tsvangirai Nelson Banya MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) president Morgan Tsvangirai this week stoked the fires surrounding the unfolding espionage saga by claiming that his party had infiltrated the

[osint] Diplomad: The Dutch get it

http://diplomadic.blogspot.com/index.html ...Now to the EU. The EU could copy the Australian-American model of acting quickly and effectively to save lives, or they could copy the UN model of meeting at a leisurely pace to plan for the possibility of setting up a coordination center that

[osint] A Wake-Up Call to European Leaders

UK Think-Tank Accuses US of Tailoring International Institutions to US Advantage Oxford Oxford Council on Good Governance WWW-Text in English 30 Nov 04 [Commentary by Andre Nilsen: A Wake-Up Call to European Leaders: The Sophistication of US Foreign Policy; Recommendation to the Governments of

[osint] A World Without Israel

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2737 A World Without Israel By Josef Joffe January/February 2005 Imagine that Israel never existed. Would the economic malaise and political repression that drive angry young men to become suicide bombers vanish? Would the Palestinians

[osint] It's odious, and the hell with it

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/jg20050105.shtml I say it's odious, and the hell with it Jonah Goldberg January 5, 2005 Is the United Nations an odious institution? Like a billion other columnists, I recently wrote a column considering the allegation made by a U.N.

[osint] MS-13 Gang background

http://www.antonnews.com/portwashingtonnews/1998/03/06/news/ Port Police Arrest 8 MS-13 Gang Members After surveilling the activities of a local cell of the international MS-13 gang for a year, the Port Washington Police Department (PWPD) Detective Unit arrested eight young Hispanic males

[osint] Terrorism's American Gigolo: Richard Gere's Palestinian Bedfellows

Terrorism's American Gigolo: Richard Gere's Palestinian Bedfellows January 5, 2005 By Debbie Schlussel http://www.debbieschlussel.com/columns/010505p.htm When Richard Gere played an American Gigolo in 1980, who knew he'd actually become one, twenty-five years later? This week, Gere is

[osint] Comparison of North-South Ground Forces' Weapons and Equipment Capabilities

ROK Monthly Compares Military Strengths of ROK, DPRK Seoul Pukhan in Korean 01 Dec 04 pp 152-169 [Second part of an article by Hong So'ng-p'yo, director, Institute of International Information and Economy: Comparison of North-South Ground Forces' Weapons and Equipment Capabilities: Artillery

[osint] Spain Arrested More Than 130 Suspects in Islamic Terrorism in '04

January 6, 2005 Spain Arrested More Than 130 Suspects in Islamic Terrorism in '04 By RENWICK McLEAN ADRID, Jan. 5 - Spain said Wednesday that it arrested more than 130 people last year suspected of involvement with Islamic terrorism, nearly half of them in connection with the March 11 train

[osint] Abu Sayyaf member on US list arrested

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jan/07/yehey/top_stories/20050107to p6.html Friday, January 07, 2005 Abu Sayyaf member on US list arrested ZAMBOANGA: Troops in the Zamboanga peninsula captured Thursday an alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap gang with a $20,000 reward

[osint] EGYPT: Guantanamo prisoner says US sent him to Egypt for torture

Terror Suspect Alleges Torture Detainee Says U.S. Sent Him to Egypt Before Guantanamo By Dana Priest and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A01 U.S. authorities in late 2001 forcibly transferred an Australian citizen to Egypt, where, he alleges, he was

[osint] India: The Tsunami - Some Securuty Aspects

04/01/2005 THE TSUNAMI--- SOME SECURITY ASPECTS by B.Raman Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004, have not received the attention they deserve. 2. The first aspect relates to the fact that areas inhabited by ethnic minorities have been very

[osint] Did Gonzales authorize torture?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6790622/ Did Gonzales authorize torture? In hearing on attorney general nominee, memo on interrogation methods will be a key issue Senate Judiciary Committee members will question White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on Thursday. By Tom Curry National affairs

[osint] Hamas Won Power In West Bank Vote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51690-2005Jan5.html Hamas Won Power In West Bank Vote Local Elections May Prove to Be Harbinger By John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A15 OBEIDIYEH, West Bank -- In this nondescript

[osint] Army Doctors Implicated in Abuse

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51032-2005Jan5.html Army Doctors Implicated in Abuse Medical Workers Helped Tailor Interrogations of Detainees, Article Says By Joe Stephens Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A08 U.S. Army doctors violated the Geneva

[osint] Zimbabwe's Moyo fights exclusion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4151605.stm Zimbabwe's Moyo fights exclusion Information Minister Jonathan Moyo is fighting for his political life Controversial Zimbabwean Information Minister Jonathan Moyo has appealed to the ruling party against being excluded from running in March

[osint] North Korea's Kim: If U.S. Attacks, Take Shelter, and Pictures of Me

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/1/5/154940.shtml Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 3:45 p.m. EST North Korea's Kim: If U.S. Attacks, Take Shelter, and Pictures of Me North Korea has ordered its citizens to be ready for a protracted war against the United States, issuing guidelines on evacuating

[osint] Muslim Nations Stingy with Tsunami Aid

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/1/4/124700.shtml Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 12:43 p.m. EST Muslim Nations Stingy with Tsunami Aid The establishment press has been dutifully chronicling the disaster relief contributions of Western nations in the wake of the South Asia tsunami

[osint] Israel says its willing to transfer security

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/Israel-says-its-willing-to-transfer-security/2005/01/06/1104832241787.html Israel is prepared to hand security responsibility for the Gaza Strip and the main population centres of the West Bank to a newly elected Palestinian leadership as soon as

[osint] Australia increases anti-terror police powers

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/sw/details.cfm?ID=10511 Australia increases anti-terror police powers Australia's police powers were once again widened in the closing days of 2004, when the ruling conservatives were joined by the opposition Labor Party in passing a law allowing police

[osint] Guide for Mexican Migrants Draws Ire

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51680-2005Jan5.html Guide for Mexican Migrants Draws Ire By Mary Jordan Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A15 MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5 -- Mexican officials tried Wednesday to calm a growing furor over a

[osint] NEPAL - Army Raid on Hide-Out Leaves 30 Rebels Dead

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs6.3jan06,1,253182.story?coll=la-headlines-world NEPAL Army Raid on Hide-Out Leaves 30 Rebels Dead From Times Wire Reports Soldiers backed by helicopters raided a communist rebel hide-out in the forests of western

[osint] Arab media report al-Zarqawi’s arrest in Iraq

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10510 Arab media report al-Zarqawi's arrest in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the most wanted extremist militants in Iraq, has reportedly been arrested in the Iraqi city of Baquba, according to the Al-Bayane newspaper published in the United

[osint] Great powers courting volatile Uzbekistan

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10489 Great powers courting volatile Uzbekistan The heart of Central Asia - as its president, Islam Karimov, calls it - Uzbekistan has become an object of interest and contention for world and regional power centers due to its geostrategic

[osint] Hot Spots - 6 January 2005

In case anyone is interested... HOT SPOTS Snapshots of Today's Events Thursday, January 6, 2005 IN TODAY'S ISSUE AMERICAS Argentina Bolivia Mexico ASIA Brunei EUROPE Austria France (Corsica) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Kuwait Yemen SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Zambia GOVERNMENT WARNINGS Palestinian

[osint] Detainee Says U.S. Sent Him to Egypt Before Guantanamo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51726-2005Jan5.html Terror Suspect Alleges Torture Detainee Says U.S. Sent Him to Egypt Before Guantanamo By Dana Priest and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A01 U.S. authorities in late 2001 forcibly

[osint] Agents find illegal aliens inside hay

http://sun.yumasun.com/artman/publish/articles/story_14054.php Agents find illegal aliens inside hay Jan 5, 2005 A tunnel carved out of a truckload of hay covered a number of aliens that U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended. Photo by Jacob Lopez U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday arrested

[osint] IDF troops sue filmmaker over war-crimes charge

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42257 IDF troops sue filmmaker over war-crimes charge While new documentary exposes 'massacre' at Jenin as sham Posted: January 6, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Five Israeli Defense Force

[osint] Tension mounts between Hamas and PA

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printercid=1104895134072 Tension mounts between Hamas and PA Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 5, 2005 As tensions mount between Hamas and Fatah over the effectiveness of firing rockets at Israel, fears are growing for

[osint] The Islamic Army in Iraq: Bold Statements, Empty Threats

http://www.stratfor.biz/Story.neo?storyId=241906 The Islamic Army in Iraq: Bold Statements, Empty Threats January 06, 2005 1755 GMT The militant group Islamic Army in Iraq posted a statement on the Internet on Jan. 3 threatening to launch terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Although this is

[osint] Previously unknown group claims to hold Israeli-American woman who disappeared i

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050105-0550-israel-missingwoman.html Previously unknown group claims to hold Israeli-American woman who disappeared in 2003 By Ramit Plushnick-Masti ASSOCIATED PRESS 5:50 a.m. January 5, 2005 JERUSALEM – A group calling itself The Free People of

[osint] New Palestinian Terrorist Coalition Pinions Abbas

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=961 New Palestinian Terrorist Coalition Pinions Abbas DEBKAfile Special Military Report January 5, 2005, 3:30 PM (GMT+02:00) Transposing South Lebanon to Gaza and Gaza to West Bank The Qassam missiles and mortar shells raining

[osint] Suddenly, Tehran Is Extraditing Wanted Terrorists to Arab Governments

http://www.debka-net-weekly.com/ Suddenly, Tehran Is Extraditing Wanted Terrorists to Arab Governments The Saudis have just experienced two miracles. First, Saudi general intelligence chief Prince Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, described last month by doctors at King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, as being

[osint] Terrorist threat closes UK's embassy in Yemen

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=13342005 Terrorist threat closes UK's embassy in Yemen FOREIGN STAFF BRITAIN closed its embassy in Yemen yesterday due to security concerns and warned that terrorists were in the final stages of planning attacks against Western targets in the Arab

[osint] US steps up pressure on Syria over 'support' for Iraq insurgents

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=13762005 US steps up pressure on Syria over 'support' for Iraq insurgents MARGARET NEIGHBOUR THE White House is considering new sanctions against Syria, to urge the authorities there to crack down on Iraqis within their borders who support

[osint] French Reporter Missing From Baghdad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4716072,00.html French Reporter Missing From Baghdad Thursday January 6, 2005 8:31 PM AP Photo BAG109 By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) - A French reporter and her Iraqi interpreter have gone missing from Baghdad,

[osint] Allah off the Richter Scale

Commentary: Allah off the Richter Scale By Arnaud de Borchgrave UPI Editor at Large Published January 4, 2005 WASHINGTON -- The killer wave that swallowed tens of thousands of Muslims was an act of Allah designed to punish the Christians. So went the convoluted logic of some Muslim imams in

[osint] The Western Encounter with Islam

Useful historical perspective but totally useless conclusion. Bruce The Western Encounter with Islam by Jeremy Black Orbis, Winter 2004 Jeremy Black is professor of history at the University of Exeter and an FPRI senior fellow. His books include Europe and the World 1650-1830 (Routledge,

[osint] Muslims, Arabs wary of U.S. tsunami aid

Fine. Off with the aid, then. Send it to Hindu, Buddhist and Christian areas that aren't that way. http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/01/06/muslims_arabs_wary _of_us_tsunami_aid/ Muslims, Arabs wary of U.S. tsunami aid By Nadia Abou El-Magd, Associated Press Writer |

[osint] U.S. Seeks Man Trying to Buy Fertilizer

http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=251sid=380506 U.S. Seeks Man Trying to Buy Fertilizer Updated: Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005 - 6:11 AM By JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities are looking for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possibly bogus

[osint] Banking for Terror

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12282004/postopinion/opedcolumnists/37292.htm BANKING FOR TERROR December 28, 2004 -- AS the feds chase suspected terrorist finan ciers around the world, they're being outrun by . . . trial lawyers. The tort attorneys, rather than regulators and lawmakers, could

[osint] Tackling a root cause of terrorism

Tackling a root cause of terrorism By Bruce Fein Washington Times Published December 21, 2004 The United States should criminalize a root cause of terrorism: hate speech teaching that indiscriminate murders are morally justified to further a crazed religious, racial, ethnic or political cause.

[osint] Indonesia: Devastation and a Possible Political Boon

http://www.stratfor.biz/Story.neo?storyId=241804 Indonesia: Devastation and a Possible Political Boon January 04, 2005 2359 GMT Summary Although Indonesia suffered the brunt of the Dec. 26 tsunami, the country stands to gain from the disaster. During the relief and recovery efforts, which

[osint] Man of the Year: John O'Neill

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=16489 Man of the Year: John O'Neill By Ben Johnson FrontPageMagazine.com | December 30, 2004 Every year offers a fine wide range of candidates for Man of the Year - even election years. Possible nods could have gone to

[osint] Immigrant Detentions Rise on U.S.-Mexico Border

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNewsstoryID=7259622 storyID=7259622 Immigrant Detentions Rise on U.S.-Mexico Border Thu Jan 6, 2005 05:45 PM ET NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of illegal immigrants

[osint] No Cause for Celebration: Why the Supreme Court's widely praised rulings on enemy combatants undercut civil liberties

http://www.reason.com/0501/fe.hs.civil.shtml January 2005 Civil Liberties and Enemy Combatants No Cause for Celebration: Why the Supreme Court's widely praised rulings on enemy combatants undercut civil liberties Harvey Silverglate If you were relying solely on media accounts for

[osint] Clean Money, Dirty Conscience: Are some Americans guilty of banking while Muslim?

http://www.reason.com/links/links122804.shtml Reason magazine December 28, 2004 Clean Money, Dirty Conscience Are some Americans guilty of banking while Muslim? Jeff Taylor The headline grabbing quirkiness of Yasser Arafat's investment in the American bowling industry demonstrates that

[osint] Suddenly, Tehran Is Extraditing Wanted Terrorists to Arab Governments

http://www.debka-net-weekly.com/ Suddenly, Tehran Is Extraditing Wanted Terrorists to Arab Governments The Saudis have just experienced two miracles. First, Saudi general intelligence chief Prince Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, described last month by doctors at King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, as being

[osint] CANADA: America's first, again

http://www.canoe.ca\NewsStand\Columnists\Toronto\Peter_Worthington\2005\01\0 3\806494.html America's first, again Whenever and wherever disaster strikes on the globe, the U.S. responds immediately with relief and medical supplies as they have in Asia, writes Peter Worthington By PETER

[osint] Hollywood Discovers Radical Islam

Hollywood Discovers Radical Islam By Daniel Pipes http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/authors.asp?ID=2283 FrontPageMagazine.com | January 6, 2005 The war on terror has not been the subject of a single American feature film nor, so far as I know, is there one in the works. But television

[osint] Allawi Again Rejects Calls to Delay Vote

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraqelect6jan06,1,477505.story?coll=la-headlines-world Allawi Again Rejects Calls to Delay Vote # The interim Iraqi prime minister reiterates his commitment to the Jan.30 election, despite persistent violence and pleas from his Cabinet.

[osint] Australian official saw Habib tortured: report

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/06/1104832208379.html?oneclick=true Australian official saw Habib tortured: report January 6, 2005 - 12:49PM An Australian official stood by and watched while US agents tortured and humiliated Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib, a newly released