[osint] The suicide bomber's mission

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
The suicide bomber's mission The suicide bomb is a terrifying phenomenon but also a mysterious one, and as Joanna Bourke explains, most of our assumptions about it are wrong penDemocracy 14 - 6 - 2005 This morning, 14 June 2005, media headlines tell a series of melancholy and not untypical stori

[osint] Resistance bombards US base near al-Fallujah at noon Thursday.

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Thursday, 23 June 2005. Al-Anbar Province. Al-Fallujah. Resistance bombards US base near al-Fallujah at noon Thursday. Iraqi Resistance forces fired a barrage of Grad rockets into the US base west of al-Fallujah at 12 noon Thursday. An Iraqi contractor collaborating with the Americans who was o

[osint] THAILAND AIMS TO KILL REBELS IN MUSLIM SOUTH

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Then maybe someone will actually start fighting to win this war. Bruce Anyone thinks the Thai Military cannot do this is living in LA-LA Land. Tough, deadly and not afraid to fight if the government really wants to eliminate the Muslim Terrorist hire Thai Mercenaries to do it. They will find a fe

[osint] China: Sumarine Launched Missile Test Successful

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
U.S.: China Successfully Launches Missile By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 22, 5:56 PM ET The missile, the JL-2, was launched at sea westward toward a target on a test range inside the country, said the official, who discussed foreign military developments on the condit

[osint] Was Aslan Maskhadov Involved in the Moscow Hostage Crisis?

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Was Aslan Maskhadov Involved in the Moscow Hostage Crisis? by Ralph Davis and Robert Ware Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 16:3 (September 2003) pp 66-71 Who was behind the Nord-Ost hostage drama in Moscow in October 2002? Chechen commander Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility, but Russia

[osint] Authorities arrest illegal aliens with hazmat licenses

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
And they've had them for how long? And how many others were NOT found? Bruce Authorities arrest illegal aliens with hazmat licenses By DAN CATERINICCHIA Associated Press Writer CHICAGO Authorities arrested six illegal immigrants and were looking for 10 more who managed to get Illinois c

[osint] 'Dutch Terrorism Suspect Linked to Film-Maker's Murder'

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
'Dutch Terrorism Suspect Linked to Film-Maker's Murder' By Neville Dean, PA A suspected Dutch terrorist recruiter arrested in London allegedly had links to a group accused of murdering the film-maker Theo Van Gogh, a court heard today. Rachid Belkacem, 32, who is wanted by authorities in t

[osint] Suspect on trial was leader of cell in Germany that sent fighters to Iraq

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Official: Suspect on trial was leader of cell in Germany that sent fighters to Iraq By ROLAND LOSCH Associated Press Writer MUNICH, Germany An Iraqi charged with raising money and recruiting members for an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida to fight U.S. forces in his homeland was the leader of th

[osint] Dutch arrest suspected member of Hofstad terrorist network, prosecutors say

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Dutch arrest suspected member of Hofstad terrorist network, prosecutors say THE HAGUE, Netherlands Dutch police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of belonging to the terrorist network believed to be behind the killing last year of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, prosecutors said Thursd

[osint] They look at the burns and are silent

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
They look at the burns and are silent http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/591219.html By Amira Hass "It has to be something cooked up by the Shin Bet security services." That was the reaction of several people when the Israeli media reported on a young woman from the Jabaliya ref

[osint] Simplot ends production, sales of fertilizer used in explosives

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Simplot ends production, sales of fertilizer used in explosives SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Wednesday, June 22, 2005 * Last updated 5:47 p.m. PT By JOHN MILLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BOISE, Idaho -- An Idaho agribusiness conglomerate has stopped making the kind of fertilizer used in the 1995

[osint] Author renounces 'Anarchist Cookbook'

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
First of all, the formulas in it are screwed up and risk as much damage to the "anarchists" as to their target and secondly, it's been published and it is all over the internet and you don't put genies back into bottles. Bruce This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the artic

[osint] Terror plot for financial chaos

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Wonder what a ground based EMP would do to the NYSE? -Bruce Terror plot for financial chaos By Keith Moor June 24, 2005 From: Stock Exchange / Ian Currie Watched ... the Melbourne Stock Exchange was a prime target.

[osint] TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR ATTACKING ISLAMIC CENTER

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
And this garbage is coming from the MPAC, one of scores of groups under the facist cult of Islam whose own "holy book" instructs them to go out and kill and "smite their heads from their shoulders" all non-Muslim, non-believers - unless, of course, they can be converted (in which case they becom

[osint] Symbolic Lynching Resolution Forced Concrete Political Choice

2005-06-23 Thread David Bier
Recruitment of blacks is way down and this Republican symbolic politics message does not help. Blacks and other minorities are rapidly associating the Iraq war with Republican politics and backing away. It is time for Bush43 and other Republicans to engage in some political symbolism positive to

[osint] Man accused of involvement with Dutch terror group to fight extradition

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Man accused of involvement with Dutch terror group to fight extradition By SARAH BLASKOVICH Associated Press Writer LONDON A Dutch man arrested in Britain and accused of involvement with the alleged terrorist organization the Hofstad group said Thursday he would fight extradition to the Netherla

[osint] Britain's senior police officer calls for recruitment of 2,000 more Muslim officers

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Height of self-destructive stupidity.bin Laden will rolling with laughter in his bed in Iran! He apparently is not aware that it is a mortal sin for a Muslim to betray another Muslim to a non-Muslim.the sinner will go to Hell.and Muslims believe this, literally. -Bruce Britain's seni

[osint] Confidential data from nuclear plants leaks onto Net from virus-infected computer

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Confidential data from nuclear plants leaks onto Net from virus-infected computer, company says TOKYO Confidential data for several Japanese nuclear plants was leaked onto the Internet when a worker's computer loaded with file-swapping software was attacked by a virus, a company said Thursday.

[osint] Beheadings aimed at driving Buddhists out of southern Thailand, officials say

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Beheadings aimed at driving Buddhists out of southern Thailand, officials say By SUTIN WANNABOVORN Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand A series of gruesome beheadings and other killings in southern Thailand are part of a campaign by Islamic separatists to scare off the minority Buddhist po

[osint] FW: UK Terror Suspect in Mexico Is Simply a Tourist

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
UK Terror Suspect in Mexico Is Simply a Tourist By REUTERS Filed at 11:09 p.m. ET MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A man arrested in Mexico and named as a key terrorism suspect with possible links to the Sept. 11 attackers, is in fact a tourist who poses no security risk, red-faced Mexican authorit

[osint] Terrorist Justifications for Kidnapping and Murder

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Terrorist Justifications for Kidnapping and Murder Thursday 23 June 2005 Mshari Al-Zaydi http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?id=546 In the latest news from Iraq , US military sources have discovered a torture center where severely beaten detainees were kept in dire conditions and found a ma

[osint] A New Alpine Melt Theory - more global warming debunking

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,357366,00.html A New Alpine Melt Theory By Hilmar Schmundt The Alpine glaciers are shrinking, that much we know. But new research suggests that in the time of the Roman Empire, they were smaller than today. And 7,000 years ago they

[osint] US grad students more hostile to Israel

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
The Jerusalem Post June 23, 2005 Study: US grad students more hostile to Israel by Gary Rosenblat (JTA) http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid =1119406734591&p=893688901 A new survey of attitudes toward Israel among graduate students at top US univers

[osint] Senate Bill Would Grant FBI Unlimited Access To Gun Sales Records

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Pl #102, Springfield VA 22151 Phone 703-321-8585 | FAX 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org/ Thursday, June 23, 2005 Registration leads to confiscation. We all know that, and that is why GOA has vehemently opposed all attempts by government forces to c

[osint] Fatah operatives continue to dispatch teenagers to terrorist missions

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Special Information Bulletin [] Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S) June 19, 2005 Fatah operatives in Nablus continue to dispatch teenagers to terrorist missions, including suicide bombing attacks. Th

[osint] IRAQ: INSURGENTS' HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism &loid=8.0.177662212&par=0 IRAQ: INSURGENTS' HOLY WAR MAP ON INTERNET Baghdad, 16 June (AKI) - Muslim militants seeking to join the fighting in Iraq against the

[osint] When good news is bad news

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050621-123005-2934r When good news is bad news By Wesley Pruden Published June 21, 2005 - Here we go again. Maybe. Some of the naysayers among us -- the hirsute dregs and burnt-out leftove

[osint] Prophet of Decline: An interview with Oriana Fallaci.

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
CITIZEN OF THE WORLD Prophet of Decline An interview with Oriana Fallaci. BY TUNKU VARADARAJAN NEW YORK--Oriana Fallaci faces jail. In her mid-70s, stricken with a cancer that, for the moment, permits only the consumption of liquids--so yes, we drank champagne in the course of a three-hour inte

[osint] Action stations

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_pfv.php?id=6284 Action stations Mark Steyn New Hampshire There’s a moment in the new Batman (reviewed elsewhere in these pages) that made my ears prick up almost as much as those on top of the dark knight’s cute little Bat-mask. Bruce Wayne has just bumped

[osint] Radical Islam as its Own Cure?

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18491 Radical Islam as its Own Cure? By Daniel Pipes FrontPageMagazine.com | June 21, 2005 I admire the work of Reuel Gerecht, an insightful and prolific writer on matters Middle Eastern, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Inst

[osint] Chairman Cox: Responder Preparedness Must Include Prevention Training

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
FYI. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050623/dcth034.html?.v=17 Daniel J. Sullivan Community Research Associates, Inc Http://www.community-research.com 625 North Washington St. Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 562-1011 Fax: (703) 519-4510 Mo

[osint] Reuters: Aid worker shot in Indonesia's Aceh, rebels blamed

2005-06-23 Thread Dietmar Muehlboeck
Aid worker shot in Indonesia's Aceh, rebels blamed 23 Jun 2005 06:47:56 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds police, Hong Kong Red Cross comments) By Dean Yates BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, June 23 (Reuters) - A woman aid worker was shot in the neck in Indonesia's Aceh overnight, prompting the United Nations and

[osint] Berman on Iranian elections in the Baltimore Sun

2005-06-23 Thread Ilan Berman
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-op.iran23jun23,1,261097.story?coll=bal-pe-opinion Radical rebound in Iran By Ilan Berman June 23, 2005 THREE YEARS ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a relative political unknown in Iran. But now, the 49-year-old hard-liner - a former com

[osint] NEW SUCIDIDE UNIT-----FORMED------AL QAEDA

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
NEW SUCIDIDE UNIT-FORMED--AL QAEDA CAIRO, Egypt - Iraq's most feared terror group said Tuesday that it has formed a unit of potential suicide attackers who are exclusively Iraqis, an apparent bid to deflect criticism that most suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners. Al-Qaida in Iraq annou

[osint] The Joys of Islam

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
This article appeared in the 'Guardian' a very left wing/liberal news paper, its interesting but not for the reasons they published itwhat is shows is the true nature of Islam and Islamic 'culture' read it carefully...let your mind linger on the details and try to imagine the events described.

[osint] DHS Probes Bank Chairman's Terror Links - and Names Prove Troublesome

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
DHS Probes Bank Chairman's Terror Links - and Names Prove Troublesome By Justin Rood, CQ Staff http://page15.com/2005/06/dhs-probes-bank-chairmans-terror-links.html A multimillion-dollar deal between a U.S. telecommunications firm and a Middle Eastern investment bank has been held up for more

[osint] Paris: Looted Art Said Used to Fund Terrorists

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Looted Art Said Used to Fund Terrorists By SOPHIE NICHOLSON Associated Press Writer 7:20 AM PDT, June 23, 2005 PARIS - Money from the sale of stolen artifacts in Iraq is being used to fund terrorist activity there, the director of Iraq's National Museum told experts at a UNESCO meeting Thursda

[osint] How Britain and Iraq are linked by a death route for bombers

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
June 22, 2005 How Britain and Iraq are linked by a death route for bombers By Michael Evans, Defence Editor BRITAIN and other European countries are contributing to a production line of young suicide bombers who are recruited by a network of radical Islamic midd

[osint] Swiss prosecutors have decided to pursue a criminal case against a Saudi businessman

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Antiterror Victory? Swiss prosecutors have decided to pursue a criminal case against a Saudi businessman accused by the United States of financially supporting Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Michael Isikoff and Mark

[osint] Ecuador Cocaine Ring Linked to Hezbollah

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Ecuador Cocaine Ring Linked to Hezbollah Join Together 6/22/2005 A cocaine-smuggling operation in Ecuador may have been selling drugs to raise money for the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, the Associated Press reported June 22. The

[osint] Australia warns on Sabah kidnaps

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Australia warns on Sabah kidnaps SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Australia has issued a travel warning over possible terrorist kidnappings from Malaysian coastal resorts, islands and dive sites off the east coast of Sabah. The government said Australians in Malaysia should exercise a high degree

[osint] "A Madrassah in Bridgeview, Illinois"

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
A Madrassah in Bridgeview, Illinois by Daniel Pipes FrontPageMagazine.com June 20, 2005 http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2696 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18479 Islamic schools constitute perhaps the least known area of Muslim institutional life in the Unit

[osint] Islamic schools redefine English language

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Islamic brainwashing. Bruce Islamic schools redefine English language JYOTI PUNWANI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1150220,curpg-3.cms TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 10:09:13 AM MUMBAI: If A can be for Arjun and B for Brahma, A can also be for

[osint] Australia Raids Homes to Thwart Terrorist Attacks

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
June 23, 2005 Australia Raids Homes to Thwart Terrorist Attacks By REUTERS Filed at 4:15 a.m. ET MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian authorities raided four homes in Melbourne, officials said on Thursday, as media reported an investigation that Islamic extremists could be planning attacks on land

[osint] HIZB UT-TAHRIR: "Revolution without bullets or ballots"

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Insightful Islamic propaganda... Bruce Jun 24, 2005 Revolution without bullets or ballots By Syed Saleem Shahzad [From: Asia Times] KARACHI - From the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, there are violent reactionaries in the Muslim world who will kill and get killed, but beyond th

[osint] Terror swoop by ASIO in Melbourne

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Terror swoop by ASIO (6/23/2005): Terror swoop by ASIO Martin Chulov and Cameron Stewart June 23, 2005 COUNTER-terrorist officers have raided at least four Melbourne homes after uncovering evidence that Islamic extremists were planning attacks on prominent city landmarks. The raids followed a

[osint] Scientists Discover New Stealth Feature on HL Hunley

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Scientists Discover New Stealth Feature on HL Hunley By Raegan Quinn Navy News Service June 21, 2005 CHARLESTON, S.C. - Conservators of the Civil War submarine H. L. Hunley, working with the Naval Historical Center (NHC), discovered a previously unknown stealth feature called a deadlight wh

[osint] O'Connor, Not Rehnquist?

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/758akmdq.a sp O'Connor, Not Rehnquist? And Gonzales to replace O'Connor? by William Kristol 06/22/2005 5:40:00 PM Warning: THIS IS SPECULATION. Obviously, I think it's somewhat well-informed speculation, or else I wouldn't

[osint] Chinese Oil Giant in Takeover Bid for U.S. Corporation

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Chinese Oil Giant in Takeover Bid for U.S. Corporation By DAVID BARBOZA and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN CNOOC's bid for Unocal signals the first big takeover battle by a Chinese company for an American corporation. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/business/worldbusiness/23unocal.html?th&em c=th Chines

[osint] New militant threat from Iraq

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
It is not a "new" threat and this is a simple restatement of the obvious: "Those jihadists who survive will leave Iraq experienced in and focused on acts of urban terrorism" -Bruce New militant threat from Iraq BBC June 23, 2005 The insurgency in Iraq is creating a new type o

[osint] Dutch terrorism suspect arrested

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Dutch terrorism suspect arrested A 32-year-old Dutch man wanted in the Netherlands on suspicion of raising his "own private army" has been arrested by anti-terrorism police in east London. Racid Belkacem was arrested in a street in Whitechapel following an extradition request from the Dut

[osint] US to Ship 50,000 Tons of Food to North Korea

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Aid and comfort to the enemy. Bruce US to Ship 50,000 Tons of Food to North Korea By David Gollust VOA NEWS Washington 22 June 2005 The United States said Wednesday it will provide 50,000 metric tons of food aid to North Korea. The State Department said the decision is based on need, and not

[osint] Entire Swiss Rail Network Halted

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Here we go again.. Lots of unexplained power failures and train "incidents".. ".could not recall a failure on a similar nationwide scale before and the incident was described as "absolutely extraordinary". http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15703430%255E23109 ,0

[osint] Mexico: Border Police in a Vanishing Act as Military Takes Control

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
June 16, 2005 Nuevo Laredo News Border Police in a Vanishing Act as Military Takes Control Nuevo Laredo officially celebrated its 157th anniversary this week amid military occupation. Mexican soldiers and personnel from the federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) and Federal Preventive P

[osint] ALGERIA: YEMENI AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS ARRESTED

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
ALGERIA: YEMENI AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS ARRESTED http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.179013632&par=0 Algiers, 21 June (AKI) - The Algerian authorities have arrested six Yemeni students they su

[osint] Skyscrapers Advised to Move Command Posts

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Skyscrapers Advised to Move Command Posts By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Investigators probing the collapse of the World Trade Center are suggesting that rescuers responding to future emergencies in skyscrapers should not set up command posts in the lobby. The recommend

[osint] Defeating IEDs Demands Going After Munitions Source

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Defeating IEDs Demands Going After Munitions Source By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo., June 22, 2005 - "There's no silver bullet" for dealing with improvised explosive devices killing and wounding U.S. troops in Iraq, the chief of staff for the Army En

[osint] World at Risk for Major Attack

2005-06-23 Thread Bruce Tefft
Study: World at Risk for Major Attack _View opinions on this and other stories._ (http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/reader_opinion) Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:05 PM CDT WASHINGTON - The world faces an estimated 50 percent chance of a nuclear, biological, chemical or radiolog