[osint] Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil as Antiterror Efforts Expand

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil as Antiterror Efforts Expand By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - Somewhere in the shadows of the White House and the

[osint] Divided We Stand

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/opinion/23friedman.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 OP-ED COLUMNIST Divided We Stand By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Paris - There's only one thing you can say about the elections in Iraq: They are either going to be the end of

[osint] US mounts major offensive in Iraq ahead of elections

[Excerpt: Hopefully we'll throw them off, so they can't throw off the election, said Lieutenant Colonel Scott Leith, commanding the US Army's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry from a makeshift base outside the Sunni bastion of Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad.]

[osint] Qatar considers trade deal with US

[Excerpt: Qatar's neighbour, Bahrain has also recently agreed on an FTA with the US, raising concerns among other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, especially Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's Crown prince Abd Allah bin Abd al-Aziz had also boycotted the recent GCC summit in Bahrain

[osint] Iraq’s defence minister wants to hand Chalabi over to Jordan

[Excerpt: Jordanians, who declined to be quoted by name, welcomed Chalabi’s possible hand over, but said they did not wish to interfere in domestic Iraqi election campaign issues. Therefore, they would only accept the politician being handed over by Interpol and not directly from Baghdad.]

[osint] A Coptical Illusion

http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Article%5El1604enPage=EmptyPageenDisplay=viewenInfolet=PrintVersion.jspenDispWhat=objectenVersion=0enZone=Stories; jewsweek: Printer Friendly A Coptical Illusion The Coptics were brought into the national spotlight with the recent murder of a

[osint] Double or Nothing

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5164R=C3CB19DDA The Weekly Standard Double or Nothing From the January 31, 2005 issue: Bush's high-stakes second term. by Fred Barnes 01/31/2005, Volume 010, Issue 19 PRESIDENT BUSH COULD HAVE OPTED for an easy route to

[osint] Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?ei=5065en=da865789fda33413ex=1107061200partner=MYWAYpagewanted=printposition= The New York Times January 23, 2005 Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - Somewhere in the shadows of the

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 20-22JAN [2 News Clippings]

22/01/2005 01. Experts alarmed by extremist tilt in BangladeshAdd to Clippings KOLKATA: Those with any concern for democracy should be alarmed by the condition in Bangladesh. For the country which once fought famously to preserve its language is fast turning into a hub of fundamentalist,

[osint] Zarqawi Captured

Any chance this could be true? http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printercid=1106363885324 The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition Iraq refuses to say if Zarqawi detained Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POSTJan. 22, 2005 Iraq's interior minister on Saturday

[osint] Iranian Agent arrested in Iraq

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42496 Elite Iranian agent arrested in Iraq Admits smuggling insurgents, weapons through border Posted: January 22, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com An agent of Iran's prestigious Jerusalem Force was

[osint] BANGLADESH: The next Islamist revolution?

Bangladesh was supposed to be a model of democratic tolerance. But that was before militants like Bangla Bhai began their reigns of torture and the cry went up for a new Taliban. NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE January 23, 2005 The Next Islamist Revolution? By ELIZA GRISWOLD Before dawn one morning

[osint] Rumsfeld gets vast espionage powers

http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,600106744,00.html Deseret Morning News, Sunday, January 23, 2005 Rumsfeld gets vast espionage powers By Barton Gellman Washington Post WASHINGTON - The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA's historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is

[osint] Pentagon Operating Secret Spy Branch - Report

http://reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=domesticNewsstoryID=7402480 Reuters News Article Pentagon Operating Secret Spy Branch - Report Sun Jan 23, 2005 03:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported

[osint] Global left turn

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/printarticle.php?id=6584category=132issue=496author=AuthKey=b94987a1cd06c6e5f6ccdeb721d19a42 The Prospect Issue 106 / January 2005 Global left turn Martin Wolf and I come from similar backgrounds and agree about much in the globalisation debate. But while he

[osint] U.S. Envoy Acknowledges Iraq Election Woes

[Excerpt: Rebels who have vowed to disrupt the balloting blew up a designated polling station near Hillah south of Baghdad and stormed a police station in Ramadi west of the capital, authorities said. A U.S. soldier was killed Saturday on a security patrol in Mosul, the U.S. command said

[osint] Drug ring blamed in slaying of six Mexican prison workers

[Excerpt: It was unclear why the six were targeted as they got off their work shifts. The victims included a computer systems technician, two electrical technicians, a guard commander and two drivers.The prison employees were handcuffed, blindfolded and then shot to death, Ramirez said. Four

[osint] A great article

_Blood of the Peaceniks_ (http://www.counterbias.com/212.html) CounterBias.com - USA ... While protests prior to the Iraqi invasion seemed unnoticed by the Bush Administration, Saddam, smugly in violation of fourteen UN resolutions, tells a somber ... * * * Rev. Jim Sutter

[osint] Blood of the Peaceniks

http://www.counterbias.com/212.html Blood of the Peaceniks January 23 2005 Counterbias.com Drew Bedson In the West, we understand protestors pretty well, admiring those who have the conviction to go out on a rainy day and do their thing to set this world straight. As a freedom

[osint] Europe: nuke terro links

On Sunday morning two Al-Queda suspects were arrested by German police in Meintz, monitored long time prior to. According to a Federal Attorney, Mr. Kay Nehm, they are Ibrahim Mohamed K., 29 y.o. Iraqi, and Yasser Abu S., 31 y.o. Palestinian having arrived from Libya. In Luxembourg, they

[osint] Web video shows slaying of Egyptian in Iraq

[Excerpt: The video, which was posted on an Islamist Website on Sunday, showed insurgents' growing confidence. The hostage was taken out into a street and shot four times by a masked militant in broad daylight as cars passed by.]

[osint] Militants use web in battle against polls

[They say Iraq should be ruled by Islamic sharia law, which neighbouring Saudi Arabia enforces strictlyCandidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods while those who vote for them are infidels, said the speaker, said to be ZarqawiBin Laden, who has backed Zarqawi as his deputy in

[osint] 649 under-14 girls arrested in Iran capital

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/print.php?storyid=1322 Iran Focus - Women - 649 under-14 girls arrested in Iran capital Sunday, 23rd January 2005 Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 - The commander of Iran's State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years of

[osint] Visionary... and Incendiary

http://www.techcentralstation.com/012105A.html Tech Central Station James Pinkerton Visionary... and Incendiary By James Pinkerton Published 01/21/2005 President Bush's second inaugural address was not only visionary, it was incendiary. By our efforts, we have lit a fire, he

[osint] Mogadishu police chief shot dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/4200083.stm The BBC Sunday, 23 January, 2005, 17:06 GMT Mogadishu police chief shot dead Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead the police chief in the capital, Mogadishu. It is not clear why Gen Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle was targeted, but correspondents suggest it may

[osint] Hamas bomb factory destroyed in Nablus

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printercid=1106450585565p=1078027574097 Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Hamas bomb factory destroyed in Nablus Margot Dudkevitch, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 23, 2005 One of the

[osint] Syrian FM offers complete calm for Israeli retreat

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=530875 w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 03:59 24/01/2005 Syrian FM offers complete calm for Israeli retreat By Nathan Guttman and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents, and Reuters Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk

[osint] Iraq's rendezvous with destiny

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/01/23/iraqs_rendezvous_with_destiny?mode=PF The Boston Globe JEFF JACOBY Iraq's rendezvous with destiny By Jeff Jacoby | January 23, 2005 IDEALLY, Iraq would be holding its first democratic election not next week but

[osint] Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra tackles world peace

24/01/2005 India-born Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra tackles world peace NEW YORK - It’s an incongruous image: Deepak Chopra, leader of a spiritual movement that has introduced millions of Americans to the benefits of positive thinking, waving a cell phone in the air as he lists its capacities