[osint] BANGLADESH: The Bangla Bhai fallout

But Bangla Bhai, the darling of the Rajshahi police and the local politicos alike, returned to reference with a bang, first in a gala world-wide premiere of sorts in the New York Times magazine of January 10, 2005, and then in a counter mob-justice administered to three of the Bangla Bhai

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 26Jan [ 7 News Clippings]

26/01/2005 01. Defiant JMJB keeps on reign of panic AL postpones hartal amid security fears; another JMJB leader held Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi Awami League postponed its half-day hartal in Bagmara upazila yesterday amid a reign of panic as Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) remained

[osint] INDIA: North East Inusurgency Report 25-26Jan [9 News Clippings]

[ASSAM] 26/01/2005 01. Blasts rock Assam, Manipur; soldiers kill two By Syed Zarir Hussain, Indo-Asian News Service Guwahati, Jan 26 (IANS) Explosions triggered by separatists marred Republic Day celebrations in Assam and Manipur Wednesday as soldiers killed two civilians in an apparent faux

[osint] US judge disallows FBI terror evidence

More reasons the judicial process is inappropriate for handling terrorism. Bruce http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/701B9D45-4F31-4EDA-A2E6-73508808FC28. htm US judge disallows FBI terror evidence by Wednesday 26 January 2005 5:21 AM GMT A US judge has refused to let

[osint] U.S. FORCES IN MINDANAO WON'T BE PULLED OUT

http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl101683.htm U.S. FORCES IN MINDANAO WON'T BE PULLED OUT - MALACAÑANG MANILA, January 26, 2005 (STAR) By Marichu Villanueva - Malacañang rejected yesterday calls for Mindanao to be rid of American intelligence operatives who are helping

[osint] US accuses Syrian of funding Al Qaeda, Iraq rebels

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/Ja nuary/middleeast_January704.xml http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/J anuary/middleeast_January704.xmlsection=middleeast section=middleeast US accuses Syrian of funding Al Qaeda,

[osint] Saudi 'Free Officers' Group Threatens To Overthrow Saudi Royal Family

Saudi 'Free Officers' Group Threatens To Overthrow Saudi Royal Family Jihadist Websites -- in Arabic 15 Jan 05 [Report] On 15 January, the Islamic Renewal Organization bulletin board posted a statement dated 4 January that was issued by a new movement in Saudi Arabia called The Peninsula's

[osint] Jihad in Jersey City

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42554 Jihad in Jersey City _ Posted: January 26, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joseph Farah _ C 2005 WorldNetDaily.com I want you to try to imagine how the major media might cover the following story. A Muslim family

[osint] Iraqi Insurgents Attack Polling Stations

[Excerpt: Al-Arabiya television broadcast a videotape showing three men identified by insurgents as election workers who were kidnapped in the northern city of Mosul. The satellite station said the three were abducted by the Nineveh Mujahedeen, which threatened to attack polling stations on

[osint] NYC Subway Signal Room Fire `Purposely Set,'

NYC Subway Signal Room Fire `Purposely Set,' Fire Officials Say Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- New York City fire officials said an arsonist caused a subway blaze Jan. 23 that shut down service on one line and crippled another, causing damage that transit system managers said could take five years to

[osint] The City of Al-Zarqaa in Jordan - Breeding Ground of Jordan's Salafi Jihad Movement

Al-Hayat Inquiry: The City of Al-Zarqaa in Jordan - Breeding Ground of Jordan's Salafi Jihad Movement MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 848 January 17, 2005 The London daily Al-Hayat published a three-part inquiry by correspondent Hazem Al-Amin on the Salafi Jihad movement in Jordan,

[osint] A Necessary Election

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110670702343536269,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 COMMENTARY A Necessary Election By DAN SENOR January 26, 2005; Page A16 An Iraqi campaign ad running right now on al-Arabiyah opens with: Hello, My name is Iyad Allawi, I am

[osint] A New Iraq

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110670693562236263,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 COMMENTARY A New Iraq By FOUAD AJAMI January 26, 2005; Page A16 On the morning after Iraq's elections, we now know, the insurgents will still be with us. And there will

[osint] 'A New Wind' Out of Washington

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110669313853835862,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 EUROPEAN OBSERVER By FRED KEMPE 'A New Wind' Out of Washington January 26, 2005 BRUSSELS -- Search for comments on Europe by U.S. President George W. Bush during his first

[osint] Ending tyranny is the best way to spread wealth.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110006207 OpinionJournal - The Real World WSJ Online THE REAL WORLD Bush's War on Poverty Ending tyranny is the best way to spread wealth. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST Amid the hubbub that followed

[osint] In Guantanamo, Prisoners Languish In Sea of Red Tape

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110670361491836170,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 PAGE ONE Detention Plan In Guantanamo, Prisoners Languish In Sea of Red Tape Inmates Waiting to Be Freed Are Caught in Uncertainty; Improvising Along the Way A Split Over

[osint] Cracks in the Chinese Wall

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110671549118636405,00.html The Wall Street Journal January 26, 2005 COMMENTARY Cracks in the Chinese Wall By EMILY PARKER January 26, 2005 China's leaders may have convinced themselves that the country's relatively new, albeit unbalanced,

[osint] Bush Nominates Deputy At Homeland Security

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A33674-2005Jan24?language=printer Bush Nominates Deputy At Homeland Security By John Mintz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 25, 2005; Page A13 President Bush yesterday nominated an executive with a leading engineering company to be the

[osint] Fuel drums found in suspect car outside Australian embassy

Nicely handled by Australian security! Bruce Baghdad is a very dangerous place, he said. Fuel drums found in suspect embassy car January 26, 2005 - 3:42PM The AGE Australian troops found several fuel drums in a car which stopped outside the embassy in Baghdad, resulting in a

[osint] Kuwait prosecutor questions 16 suspected militants

[Excerpt: They are being investigated over two gunbattles with police this month which left two security officers and two gunmen deadSome have been accused of direct involvement, others with possession of illegal arms, links to planned terror campaigns, membership of a banned group or

[osint] Britain to end policy of jailing terror suspects without trial

[Excerpt: The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 allows foreign nationals to be jailed indefinitely without charge or trial if the home secretary rules they are suspected of involvement in international terrorism, and they opt not to be deported to their home country.. It was

[osint] Sharon Gambles on Abbas by Capitulating to Hamas’ Terms

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=971 Sharon Gambles on Abbas by Capitulating to Hamas' Terms DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis January 26, 2005, 2:39 PM (GMT+02:00) Put the war on hold! Under the bewitching spell of a week-long temporary and partial lull in Palestinian terrorist

[osint] Syrian president pits Russia against US

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/#10640 Syrian president pits Russia against US ISN SECURITY WATCH (26/01/05) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on Moscow on Tuesday to play a bigger role in international affairs, expressing hope that his country's Cold War patron would balance US

[osint] Clam as anti-terrorism agent?

http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050126/OPINION04/101260050/-1/opinion Clam as anti-terrorism agent? Published: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 The sea holds many possibilities for medical science. It's not for nothing that the Marine Biological Laboratory, in Woods Hole

[osint] Britain Announces Sweeping New Anti-Terrorism Powers

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=574ncid=732e=9u=/nm/20050126/wl_nm/security_britain_dc Britain Announces Sweeping New Anti-Terrorism Powers World - Reuters By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced sweeping powers Wednesday to impose house arrest on terrorism

[osint] Pakistan hands terrorism suspect to US

http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket7st/basket7st1106716287.aspx Pakistan hands terrorism suspect to US Wednesday January 26, 2005 07:11 - (SA) ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has given US officials custody of a key Al-Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 bombing of US embassies in

[osint] Feds: Chinese immigrants aboard small plane had no connection to terrorism

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050125-1554-plane-immigrants.html Feds: Chinese immigrants aboard small plane had no connection to terrorism By T.A. Badger ASSOCIATED PRESS 3:54 p.m. January 25, 2005 SAN ANTONIO – Four suspected illegal immigrants from China who were detained

[osint] University chosen to help lead terrorism research

http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/01/26/41f71efe79fe2 University chosen to help lead terrorism research Of 27 applicants, university one of seven picked by Jared A. Favole January 26, 2005 What four months ago seemed unattainable for criminology and criminal justice

[osint] Anti-terrorism program begins

http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/012505n_antiterror Anti-terrorism program begins By Mary F. Albert | Staff Writer Published on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 URL: http://www.examiner.com/article/index.cfm/i/012505n_antiterror S.F. AIRPORT -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security

[osint] Bush's Delicate Dilemma On Darfur

http://www.sudan.net/news/posted/10918.html Bush's Delicate Dilemma On Darfur [ Latest News From Sudan At Sudan.Net ] News Article by IPS posted on January 26, 2005 at 09:45:30: EST (-5 GMT) Bush's Delicate Dilemma On Darfur Inter Press Service (Johannesburg) January 25, 2005 By Jim Lobe -

[osint] Iran refuses to scrap nuclear programme

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/today/international_s3.php Iran refuses to scrap nuclear programme DAVOS: Confidential talks between European powers and Iran are deadlocked on the key issue of uranium enrichment, with Iran refusing to consider scrapping such programmes, according to a

[osint] Recent Speeches by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD85405 Special Dispatch Series - No. 854 January 27, 2005 No.854 Recent Speeches by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei The following are links to clips from the MEMRI TV Monitor Project of speeches by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, followed

[osint] Syria left with few options under US/Israeli pressure

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/today/analysis_s3.php Syria left with few options under US/Israeli pressure Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad kicked off a three-day state visit to Russia this week. Before departing on the trip, Assad rejected reports that Damascus was seeking to acquire SS-26

[osint] Hakim in Iraq: The man who would be king

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/today/analysis_s2.php Hakim in Iraq: The man who would be king By Rory McCarthy in Baghdad: One of the most senior politicians in Iraq has promised a radical change in the country's security forces after the January 30 election and said officers with Baathist links

[osint] BBC Apology on Iran

http://globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=3048 BBC Apology on Iran 'I accept that it would have been better to have said alleged nuclear threat. I am sorry that my wording was not as precise as it could have been. - James Robbins, BBC diplomatic correspondent. by: David Cromwell David

[osint] EU calls on Iran to dismantle to fuel cycle work - diplomat

http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050126165326.wvltnll8.xml EU calls on Iran to dismantle to fuel cycle work - diplomat 01-26-2005, 16h53 VIENNA (AFP) - The EU has called on Iran to dismantle its nuclear fuel cycle activities, hardening its earlier stand that Iran should only

[osint] BBC Apology on Iran II

http://globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=3048 BBC Apology on Iran II We are grateful to both Helen Boaden and James Robbins for such a gracious response. The problem, however, is not imprecise use of language but a deep pro-establishment bias within the BBC. It is a bias that leads

[osint] EU calls on Iran to dismantle nuclear fuel cycle work - UPDATE Article layout: r

http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnewsarticleid=5179325subject=generalaction=article (AFX UK Focus) 2005-01-26 16:26 GMT: EU calls on Iran to dismantle nuclear fuel cycle work - UPDATE Article layout: reformatted (Updates to add further background) VIENNA (AFX) - The EU has called on Iran

[osint] Qaddafi: “North Korea’s Nuclear Issue should be Resolved Libyan Style”

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=05biid=2005012794788 Qaddafi: North Korea's Nuclear Issue should be Resolved Libyan Style JANUARY 26, 2005 22:53 by Hyong-gwon Pu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi said on January 25 (local time) that Libya provided

[osint] ‘Iran nuclear enrichment unacceptable’

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/January/middleeast_January735.xmlsection=middleeastcol= `Iran nuclear enrichment unacceptable' (Reuters) 26 January 2005 VIENNA - France, Britain and Germany have told Iran it would be unacceptable for Tehran to keep

[osint] Probe under Way into U.S. Marines Helicopter Crash Deaths

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4051852 6:43pm (UK) Probe under Way into U.S. Marines Helicopter Crash Deaths By David Stringer, PA in Shaibah, southern Iraq img Investigations were under way tonight into a helicopter crash which killed 31 US Marines in Iraq's western desert. US

[osint] Israel Warns of Nuke Development in Iran and Syria

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-26-voa20.cfm Israel Warns of Nuke Development in Iran and Syria By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 26-January-2005 Pace report - Download 557k Listen to Pace report Israel is warning of attempts by Syria and Iran to develop nuclear capability along with

[osint] Allawi warning on coalition exit

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=95722005 Allawi warning on coalition exit LUKE BAKER IN BAGHDAD AND FOREIGN STAFF IRAQ'S interim prime minister warned yesterday that talk of coalition troops withdrawing from his country on any set date was futile and dangerous, as

[osint] Oman arrests 300 suspects, seizes arms: report

[Excerpt: The information, published on its front page and attributed to the papers correspondent in Muscat, also said there were rumours of explosions on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, which began last Thursday.]

[osint] Salafi Jihad

Salafi Jihad http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/ An examination of the ideology that has inspired the global jihad and the emergence of its most dangerous incarnation. When Gilles Kepel was researching a book about the origins of the global jihad movement back in the

[osint] Homeland Security secrets caught in the web

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10651 Homeland Security secrets caught in the web White House press photo ISN SECURITY WATCH (20/01/05) - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears to have inadvertently published a batch of confidential daily briefing papers on the

[osint] Tamil Tigers draft child troops

Tamil Tigers draft child troops BBC January 26, 2005 Tamil Tiger recruits The Tigers regularly deny they recruit underage fighters The United Nations children's fund, Unicef, says Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have recruited 40 child soldiers since December's tsunami. At least three

[osint] Analysis of US media coverage in Iraq

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453389.068057.html Media's coverage has distorted world's view of Iraqi reality By LTC Tim Ryan SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Editors' Note: LTC Tim Ryan is Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, First

[osint] Terrorist financing

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/finance.html A look at the challenges facing European and American officials as they struggle to crack down on terrorist financing. Within two weeks of the 9/11 attacks, President Bush, in an executive order, linked a company

[osint] PBS: Technology and Terrorism

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/tech.html For all the fear that cyber terrorists will turn the Internet into a weapon of mass disruption, many intelligence experts contend the Web is most effective (or detrimental) as it was designed to be -- as a way to

[osint] PBS: Al Qaeda Today

Al Qaeda Today http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/ Former CIA caseworker Dr. Marc Sageman explains how Al Qaeda has evolved from an operational organization into a larger social movement, and the implications for U.S. counterterror efforts. Nearly seven years have passed

[osint] Terrror Chronology

chronology - the plots by zachary k. johnson Nizar Trabelsi is a former professional soccer player turned Islamic militant who planned to blow up a NATO airbase in Belgium. Here is a close examination of his case, which provides a glimpse at the challenges facing counterterrorism officials.

[osint] How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet

www.terror.net How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet internet image This al Qaeda website image claims responsibility for attacks in Kenya and the United States. Summary * The great virtues of the Internet—ease of access, lack of regulation, vast potential audiences, and fast flow

[osint] Homeland Security secrets caught in the web

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10651 Homeland Security secrets caught in the web White House press photo ISN SECURITY WATCH (20/01/05) – The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears to have inadvertently published a batch of confidential daily briefing papers on the

[osint] Clarke likely to free 12 foreign terror suspects held without trial

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=ZTCWAMRBITJNHQFIQMGSM5WAVCBQWJVC?xml=/news/2005/01/26/nguan26.xmlsSheet=/news/2005/01/26/ixnewstop.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=113231 Clarke likely to free 12 foreign terror suspects held without trial By Philip Johnston, John Steele

[osint] Western state building in the Muslim world

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10642 Western state building in the Muslim world If the world's current dependence on oil continues to grow many Muslim states will assume greater clout in world affairs, making it harder to treat each of them separately as distinct identities

[osint] Mexico may ask international courts to block Arizona law

Mexico may ask international courts to block Arizona law Associated Press Jan. 26, 2005 02:12 PM Arizona Republic MEXICO CITY - Mexico may turn to international courts in an effort to block a new Arizona law limiting services to illegal immigrants, Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto

[osint] ANALYSIS: Pakistan may face lengthy conflict on Afghan border

Pakistan may face lengthy conflict on Afghan border 26/01/2005 By Amir Zia QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces, already stretched battling Islamic militants and guarding the Indian frontier, could be sliding into a protracted separatist conflict in a key province bordering

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report [2 News Clippings]

01. Two killed in 'crossfire' Mob lynches 2 outlaws Staff Correspondent, Khulna An outlaw leader and a highwayman were killed in 'crossfire' with police yesterday in Khulna and Naogaon. Angry mobs also killed two outlaws in Bagerhat the same day. Dipankar Sarker, 35, a listed criminal and a

[osint] PAKISTAN: Balochistan sliding into protracted ‘separatist’ conflict

27/01/2005 Balochistan sliding into protracted ‘separatist’ conflict (Reuters) QUETTA — Pakistani forces, already stretched battling militants and guarding the Indian frontier, could be sliding into a protracted separatist conflict in a key province bordering Afghanistan, military officials and

[osint] ASSESSMENT: Maoism In India And Its Appearance In Nepal

India is a regional hegemonic power and Nepal and Nepalis have to live with that. India's position on the armed maoist insurgency in Nepal is not static. Initially India considered this Nepal's internal problem. Maoists used the open boarder between Nepal and India very effectively for shelter,