[osint] US Realignment With Sunnis Is Far Advanced

defending democracy and oil against those pesky, election-winning Shiites and al-Qaeda too. Maybe...but al-Qaeda is already moving its cadres out of Iraq back to Afghanistan to support the Taliban so their intelligence on this is probably better than ours. David Bier http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp

[osint] Iraqi militants active in Afghanistan

There is a big group coming from Iraq, Azad said in a satellite telephone interview with the Associated Press. They're linked to Al Qaeda and have fought against US forces in Iraq. They have been ordered to come here. Many are suicide attackers. http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/03/top16.htm February

[osint] Bungled Peace-Building Opens Door to Terrorism

There is a great fear that unstable states and post-war societies provide an ideal breeding ground for terrorist training and activity, said Albrecht Schnabel, a senior fellow with the Research Programme on Human Security in Bern, Switzerland. Yet almost three years after the toppling of Saddam

[osint] CIA Expands Use of Drones in Terror War

and those darn treaties that the U.S. Constitution makes the supreme law of the land so that CICBush43 can ignore them...just like Nixon. David Bier http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-predator29jan29,0,5819230.story?coll=la-headlines-world From the Los Angeles Times THE NATION CIA

[osint] Afghanistan battle leaves 25 dead

Abdul Qoudoas, the district chief of Musa Qala, was killed by Taleban fighters fleeing after a 12-hour battle in the neighbouring Sangeen district. Helmand's deputy governor told the BBC that at one point, he and 100 soldiers were surrounded by 200 Taleban.

[osint] Gun battle in Taliban stronghold

the Taliban, augmented by al-Qaeda small unit leaders, is building up forces and establishing bases in the Helmand province and surrounding areas in anticipation of the arrival of British troops. David Bier http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702514,00.html Gun battle in Taliban stronghold

[osint] Good Hamas, Bad Hamas…

him to do (or not do as with torture) certain things, and right afterward issuing a signing statement saying he would only comply with the law he just signed if it was in his interest to do so. David Bier http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1142 Good Hamas, Bad Hamas… DEBKAfile Exclusive

[osint] Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee

Well, I didn't like what Mr. Rove said, because it frames terrorism and the issue of terrorism and everything that goes with it, whether it's the renewal of the Patriot Act or the NSA wiretapping, in a political context, said Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican.

[osint] Your Taboo, Not Mine

for a collision of civilizations. David Bier http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1156609,00.html Sunday, Feb. 05, 2006 Your Taboo, Not Mine The furor over cartoons of Muhammad reveals the zealot's double standard By ANDREW SULLIVAN The iconic image of last week was in the Gaza Strip

[osint] Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy

on industrialists who build nuclear power plants and his oil patch buddies who will continue to earn gigantic profits out of our pockets for many decades. David Bier http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1704954,00.html Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy · 15-year limit set

[osint] Unrest in Nigeria's Delta region could fuel rise in oil prices

for efficiency and get ready for lower home thermostat settings here in Bushworld. David Bier http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/world/13786888.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 03, 2006 Unrest in Nigeria's Delta region could fuel rise in oil prices By Shashank Bengali Knight Ridder Newspapers PORT

[osint] Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.

... David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701913_pf.html Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C. By Thomas B. Edsall and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, February 8, 2006; A03 Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was elected

[osint] Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry

, regardless of Rove's threats to blacklist Republicans who do that because she is probably already on it from opposing other Bushworld proposals. It is Darwin's rules after all...and impeachment actions do start in the House. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/politics/08nsa.html February

[osint] Gonzales on warrantless wiretaps: we wanted something even worse

And, if Bush is so eager to attack judges who legislate from the bench, can't the Senate go after him for judging from the Oval Office? Definitely, opposition to the NSA spying is not confined to those pesky liberals. David Bier http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/2006/02/07.html#a709 Gonzales

[osint] Fatah gunmen abducted the Egyptian naval attachéto put Hamas leaders on the spot

The day after the Hamas election victory last month, 50 Egyptian military instructors departed the Gaza Strip as a safety precaution and because they judged hopeless any chance of training or setting up any Palestinian unit that they could control. http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1868

[osint] Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen suddenly throws open Jericho lock-up

Abu Mazen thus renews Yasser Arafat's revolving-door policy for terrorists... http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1869 Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen suddenly throws open Jericho lock-up and frees 56 convicted terrorists February 9, 2006, 3:11 PM (GMT+02:00) Among the men freed

[osint] Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information

...Cheney authorized Libby to release additional classified information, including details of the NIE, to defend the administration's use of prewar intelligence in making the case for war. A defendant can make a claim that he is just a victim of Washington politics or doing the bidding for someone

[osint] IRAQ: Suspected bird flu case appears in south

, the strain will not mutate into a human-to-human version any time soon as it would be all to easy to reach America and Western Europe via returning military personnel. Then we will all be fighting a war. David Bier http://web.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?ArticleNr=9258LangNr=12LNNr=28RNNr=70

[osint] Mehlis Report on the Hariri assassination II

In late October 2005, the commission was approached by another new witness, who has submitted a comprehensive and coherent statement regarding plans to assassinate Mr. Hariri. The witness has been assessed to be credible and the information he has submitted to be reliable. The information is

[osint] Cheney Spearheaded Effort to Discredit Wilson

. Wilson. I probably shouldn't judge him. I have no idea who hired him. Given the facts that have come out, much to Cheney's chagrin, that statement is just simply incredible. David Bier http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020906J.shtml Cheney Spearheaded Effort to Discredit Wilson By Jason Leopold

[osint] DeLay Rejoins House Appropriations Committee

set of appointments would be hard to uncover, short of finding out a bank robber was put on a banking regulatory commission. They are doing everything possible to ensure DeLay gets reelected; conviction or no conviction in his Texas trial. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/politics

[osint] Bush Offers Details of 2002 Plot in Defense of Terror Strategy

the intercept of hijacked aircraft in early 2002 than in September, 2001. Although CICBush43 later deemed him fully qualified to be promoted up one star and put in command of NORTHCOM which is responsible for Homeland Security. Another day in Bushland. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09

[osint] Italy may put CIA agents on trial in absentia

set by the Italian courts. Even their status here might change, depending on who gets elected or appointed to what. And, depending on what the other european authorities do, the operatives might have lots of company in that limbo. David Bier http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type

[osint] Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data

lawsuits and motions like crazy to overturn verdicts and throw out evidence that might be tainted by illegal wiretaps. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020802511.html Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data Program May Have Led

[osint] US plans massive data sweep

agency in the act besides NSA to mount a massive data mining program to monitor you and me; not just terrorists. Guess they have to be ready in case one of us common folk go postal. David Bier from the February 09, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0209/p01s02-uspo.html US plans

[osint] What if we promise not to show the records to Karl Rove?

It's interesting and disappointing that other search engines would provide this material. It's what we've been worried about all along. The fact that Google is refusing the subpoena...my initial reaction is three cheers for Google. But there is a sidebar to this. Part of the reason these problems

[osint] “We come to power with gun in hand!”

The Palestinian rifle proved its power to evict the Jews from the Gaza Strip when Israel carried out its evacuation, Meshaal declared. Unless we use force, no one will talk to us. At this moment, Palestinian government belongs to the force whose platform pledges warfare.

[osint] Three more lawmakers linked to Abramoff

We can't ask the most vulnerable Republican incumbent member of Congress in the House to put something in writing that can be made public, Volz wrote. The congresswoman's office has already put the request in and you would think that would be enough!!!

[osint] Abramoff's Charity Began at Home

with that picture? Looks like a real Boehner to me... David Bier http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-charities11feb11,0,5568579.story?coll=la-home-headlines From the Los Angeles Times Abramoff's Charity Began at Home The lobbyist admits he used nonprofits to evade taxes, pad his pockets

[osint] Bush Reveals Rationale Behind Surveillance

his oath, but actions speak louder than lip service. David Bier http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=1603961 Bush Reveals Rationale Behind Surveillance In Candid Remarks to Fellow Republicans, Bush Talks About Rationale Behind Surveillance By JENNIFER LOVEN The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE

[osint] General faults U.S. on Iraqi military

Iraqis cheering them on. And that new Iraqi army? It is finally growing now but is so sectarian that its primary fate will be to provide the U.S. trained and armed cadres for the Shiite and Kurd forces in the slowly arriving civil war. Another day in Bushworld... David Bier http://www.iht.com

[osint] UAE Co. Poised to Oversee Six U.S. Ports

and their connections to DP World or UAE? David Bier http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060211/ports_security.html?.v=2 UAE Co. Poised to Oversee Six U.S. Ports Saturday February 11, 9:41 am ET By Ted Bridis, Associated Press Writer Company From United Arab Emirates Poised to Oversee Six American Ports Due to Sale

[osint] Made-in-Canada threat worries CSIS

. military tactics as demonstrated daily in Iraq. David Bier http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1139611813114call_pageid=968332188854col=968350060724 Made-in-Canada threat worries CSIS Feb. 11, 2006. 01:00 AM MICHELLE SHEPHARD STAFF

[osint] The Shoe (Bomb) on the Other Foot

with the law requiring one. David Bier http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11279032/site/newsweek/ The Shoe (Bomb) on the Other Foot President Bush's revelation about a foiled bomb plot shows the dangers of declassification for purely partisan purposes. WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY By Jonathan Alter Newsweek Updated: 6

[osint] Intelligence, Policy,and the War in Iraq

In the wake of the Iraq war, it has become clear that official intelligence analysis was not relied on in making even the most significant national security decisions, that intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made, that damaging ill will developed between policymakers

[osint] Republican Speaks Up, Leading Others to Challenge Wiretaps

I think the argument that somehow, in passing the use-of-force resolution, that that was authorizing the president and the administration free rein to do whatever they wanted to do, so long as they tied it to the war on terror, was a bit of a stretch, she said. And I don't think that's what most

[osint] CIA chief sacked for opposing torture

...he opposed detaining Al-Qaeda suspects in secret prisons abroad, sending them to other countries for interrogation and using forms of torture such as water boarding, intelligence sources have claimed. Since the appointment of Goss, the CIA has lost almost all its high-level directors amid

[osint] Revealed: the terror prison US is helping build in Morocco

The construction of the new compound, run by the Direction de la Securité du Territoire (DST), the Moroccan secret police, adds to a substantial body of evidence that Morocco is one of America's principal partners in the secret rendition programme in which the CIA flies prisoners to third

[osint] First Photo of Bush and Abramoff

for CICBush43 when he was the governor of Texas so it would be surprising if he did not know Abramoff. A photo gallery including the subject photo is available at the Time orginal story URL for those wishing to view the photo. David Bier http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1158908,00.html

[osint] Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn

Iran is prepared to launch attacks using long-range missiles, secret commando units, and terrorist allies planted around the globe in retaliation for any strike on the country's nuclear facilities, according to new US intelligence assessments and military specialists.

[osint] Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say

the dots concerning the Iran program and its attempts to obtain Niger uranium. Interesting that there WAS an internal damage assessment but it was never provided to Congress as required. Porter Goss appears to be covering for either Cheney, CICBush43, or both. David Bier http://rawstory.com/news

[osint] Senators concerned over CIA leak report

I don't think anybody should be releasing classified information, period, whether in the Congress, executive branch or some underling in some bureaucracy, said Allen, who appeared with Reed on Fox News Sunday. I think this calls into question in terms of Fitzgerald's investigation of the conduct

[osint] Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over Inherent Presidential Powers:

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to offer what may have been the weakest legal argument for presidential power to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance since Nixon's Justice Department invoked the views of King George III. King George III's

[osint] Inquiry Into Wiretapping Article Widens

to a declared war against Iran with suspension of Americans' civil rights by what will then (at present there is NO Constitutionally declared war and thus no wartime powers) be a legitimately wartime president. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/politics/12inquire.html?_r=2adxnnl=1oref

[osint] For one Marine, torture came home

...young Afghans — some visible in blue jumpsuits in his photos — had been rounded up and brought to the site by a CIA special operations team. The CIA officers made no great secret of what they were doing, he said, but were dismissive of the Marines and pulled rank when challenged. Jeff said he

[osint] The Fallen Legion

of Iraq and its adverse impact on the war on terror are particularly enlightening. This is the first of what now amounts to a three part, but open ended series. David Bier http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=28817 Tomgram: Nick Turse, Casualties of the Bush Administration

[osint] Re: Declaration of War (a reminder)

The Congressional authorization was NOT a Declaration of War under the U.S. Constitution but merely a bill authorizing force against al Qaeda and anyone who supported their attack on the United States. David Bier --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _President Signs

[osint] Re: Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry

-33FD2D80FD2CSectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE Ms. Wilson et al could rightfully say: How was I supposed to know?, David Bier --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, David Bier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ms. Wilson, who was a National Security Council aide in the administration of President

[osint] Re: definition of declaration of war

. But in law, as in artillery, accuracy counts... David Bier --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _Legal Definition of 'Declaration Of War'_ (http://www.lectlaw.com/def/d108.htm) DECLARATION OF WAR - An act of the national legislature, in which a state of war

[osint] The Taliban's bloody foothold in Pakistan

If this military strategy is implemented it would have serious consequences for the allied forces in Afghanistan, especially at a time when they are mounting pressure on Iran, commented an intelligence analyst. However, the Taliban made tall claims about winter suicide attacks, but barring a few

[osint] Department of Justice concedes it can begin to release internal warrantless surv

...the Justice Department on February 10 conceded in federal court that it could begin releasing as early as March 3 the internal legal memos relied on by the Bush administration in setting up the controversial National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program.

[osint] Bomb Kills Four U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

with the Tamil Tigers arms network. David Bier http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060213/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan;_ylt=ApvmsGPNw0wliKu6l9yoRhus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE- Bomb Kills Four U.S. Troops in Afghanistan By DANIEL COONEY, Associated Press WriterMon Feb 13, 4:11 PM ET A bomb killed

[osint] Lawyers group slams Bush on eavesdropping

We hope the President will listen, association president Michael Grecco told reporters after the more than 500 members of its policy-setting body passed a resolution saying that both national security and constitutional freedoms needed to be protected. We do not say surveillance should be

[osint] Why U.S. Intelligence Failed, Redux

ideological hatred; which has certainly blossomed, along with al Qaeda, in Iraq since 2003...fully focused...at us. David Bier Why U.S. Intelligence Failed, Redux By Robert Parry February 13, 2006 Paul Pillar, the CIA's senior intelligence analyst for the Middle East from 2000 to 2005, has written

[osint] Editorial: Was this sale a con job?

Pillar coordinated U.S. intelligence on the Middle East until last year and has had a 28-year distinguished career in intelligence. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=401223 Editorial: Was this sale a con job? From the Journal Sentinel Posted: Feb. 13, 2006 Paul Pillar's bombshell

[osint] New Palestinian Authority now in 'axis of evil': Mofaz

Mofaz said the so-called axis began with 'Iran, moving to Hezbollah in Lebanon, then on to Hamas in the Palestinian areas.' The Israeli defence minister appropriated the term coined by US President George Bush in 2002 that he originally used to denote Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

[osint] The Wrath About Khan

. Reelection came in higher priority than successfully exploiting a turned Al Qaeda HUMINT resource to track down Bin Laden and his chief lieutenants. David Bier http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0531,mondo1,66448,6.html Mondo Washington The Wrath About Khan Plame's not the first spy outed

[osint] Dating Cheney's Nuclear Drumbeat - Framing the Plame Case

What still remains to be fully grasped, however, is the wider pattern of propaganda that underlay the administration's war effort -- in particular, the overlapping networks of relationships that tied together so many key figures in the administration, the neoconservatives and their allies on the

[osint] Novak Recycles Gannon on 'Plame-gate'

Right-wing columnist Robert Novak’s new attack on former Ambassador Joseph Wilson †that he was “discarded a year ago by the Kerry presidential campaign” †recycled a disputed report from Talon News correspondent Jeff Gannon, who was unmasked earlier this year as a pro-Republican operative

[osint] Void at Justice

“In my weekly meetings with DOJ [the Department of Justice] we often discussed DOD [Department of Defense] techniques and how they were not effective or producing [intelligence] that was reliable,” the e-mail reads. The agent then listed a number of Justice Department Criminal Division

[osint] When They Knew

...sources tell TIME some White House officials may have learned she was married to former ambassador Joseph Wilson weeks before his July 6, 2003, Op-Ed piece criticizing the Administration. That prospect increases the chances that White House official Karl Rove and others learned about Plame from

[osint] Insurgents Using Bigger, More Lethal Bombs, U.S. Officers Say

Bomb-making techniques used by the anti-Israeli militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon have increasingly begun appearing in roadside bombs in Iraq. A senior American commander said bombs using shaped charges closely matched the bombs that Hezbollah used against Israel.

[osint] Trading Cricket for Jihad

Ideologically, Islamic neofundamentalism occupies the same militant space that was once occupied by Marxism. It draws the same sorts of recruits (educated second-generation immigrants, for example), uses some of the same symbols and vilifies some of the same enemies (imperialism and capitalism).

[osint] Iraq’s Anbar Province Becomes al Qaeda’s Springboard against Middle East and Eur

...Zarqawi’s claim to Anbar, which ranges from the environs of Baghdad to the Syrian, Jordanian and Saudi borders, as al Qaeda’s first solid territorial base since the loss of Afghanistan in 2001. Since the Jordanian terrorist planted his following there, al Qaeda has sent suicide killers for

[osint] Out of Necessity and in Style, Iraqis Connect to Cellular Age

(an indicator the unit is on the move). Time enough for troops to use the phones (gingerly and carefully) when they return from an operation. David Bier http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cellphones5aug05,0,3580717.story?coll=la-home-world Out of Necessity and in Style, Iraqis

[osint] Al Qaeda terror threat diverts four Israeli cruise ships

The Turkish authorities reported that local cells linked to al Qaeda had planned car bomb attacks on the Israeli tourists when they disembarked at the harbor terminal and boarded the buses picking them up for trips. http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=478 Al Qaeda terror threat diverts four

[osint] Al Qaeda to West: It's about policies

By linking the bombings to Iraq, he basically sent the message that no matter what Blair says, Iraq is the reason, says Bob Ayers, a counterterrorism expert at Chatham House, a think tank in London. He's calling Blair a liar. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0805/p01s02-woiq.html Specials

[osint] Al-Qaeda 'blames Blair for bombs'

They're terrorists and they're killers and they will kill innocent people... so they can impose their dark vision on the world, Blair has brought you destruction to the heart of London, and he will bring more destruction, God willing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4745639.stm Al-Qaeda

[osint] Rumsfeld: London Attacks Not Retaliation

? David Bier http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5190211,00.html Rumsfeld: London Attacks Not Retaliation Thursday August 4, 2005 8:46 PM By RYAN PEARSON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday rejected as ``nonsense'' the notion

[osint] Mideast-bound commanders in Germany get advice from Iraqi officials

“The Iraqi army is not just personnel and weapons, it is actually different systems,” he said. Some of those systems are active and running smoothly, some are still in their infancy, he said. But even though there has been frustration and plodding progress in some areas, Kadir said, the Iraqi

[osint] Afghanistan Agrees To Accept Detainees

be important for some U.S. officials and personnel from the military and CIA. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080402125_pf.html washingtonpost.com Afghanistan Agrees To Accept Detainees U.S. Negotiating Guantanamo Transfers By Josh White

[osint] Saudis alerted Britain to looming London attacks: Sunday papers

There were reports passed on to your authorities several months ago (in April-May) in general terms of a heightened expectancy of attacks on London, said the ambassador, a former chief of Saudi intelligence

[osint] Novak Apologizes for Swearing on CNN Air

Appears Mr. Novak is feeling the heat of the Plame investigation. Perhaps the special prosecutor has not let him entirely off the hook after all. Nor was he getting any relief during the CNN program with a copy of Who's Who on the table ready for Carville to quiz Novak about. David Bier http

[osint] Chechen Siloviki Become Allah’s Warriors

“We made it clear for the heads of defense and law enforcement agencies [representatives of the Chechen Interior Ministry and commanders of special units were present at the session] that those who kill innocent people must be stopped †either lagged or eliminated by any possible means. We have

[osint] WHISTLE-BLOWER FACES FBI PROBE

Mike Lynn, a former researcher at Internet Security Systems, or ISS, said he was tipped off late Thursday night that the FBI was investigating him for violating trade secrets belonging to his former employer. Lynn resigned from ISS Wednesday morning after his company and Cisco threatened to sue

[osint] U.S. OFFERS NORTH KOREA EVIDENCE THAT NUCLEAR SECRETS CAME FROM PAKISTANI'S NETW

In February, North Korea declared for the first time that it was a nuclear weapons state. It said it had re-processed 8,000 fuel rods, turning them into weapons fuel. There has long been a dispute about a second nuclear program, one the United States alleges that North Korea began in the 1990's,

[osint] The soldiers who took part in the surveillance operation that led to de Menezes’

The soldiers who took part in the surveillance operation that led to de Menezes’s death included men from a secret undercover unit formed for operations in Northern Ireland, defence sources said. Known then as 14 Int or the Det, it is reported to have formed the basis of the Special

[osint] IS YOUR PRINTER SPYING ON YOU?

No law regulates what sort of documents the Secret Service or any other domestic or foreign government agency is permitted to request for identification, not to mention how such a forensics tool could be developed and implemented in printers in the first place. With no laws on the books, there's

[osint] THE GROWING LONDON-AFRICA CONNECTION

If people flee to southern Africa, it is because there is an infrastructure there that can hide, move and protect them. One does not wander into Zimbabwe and Zambia in the hope of finding those things. The infrastructure exists as a safe harbor and arriving there is not an accident. Zambia has

[osint] THE JIHADIST MOVEMENT AFTER LONDON

...the attacks in London suggest that a new generation of Salafi-Jihadists is emerging which do not belong to any recognizable networks and are not necessarily rooted in specific countries. There are two contentions here: first, unlike the earlier generation of Salafi-Jihadists, many of the new

[osint] THE MUSLIM MIND IS ON FIRE

I fear those naïve Muslims who think that they are beating the West have now achieved their worst crime of all. The West is now going to war against not only Muslims, but also, sadly, Islam as a religion. In this new cold and hot war, car bombs and suicide bombers here and there will be no match

[osint] FBI TRANSLATION BACKLOG GROWS

... Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said in a report. The FBI's collection of audio material continues to outpace its ability to review and translate all that mate-rial, Fine said. His findings were similar in a July 2004 audit, except that he said the FBI now does a bet-ter job prioritizing its

[osint] WHEN A BRITON BLOWS UP A BRITON

Israel is the immediate suspect in any mass terror attack in the world. Either it initiated the attack itself, as is commonly claimed in the Arab media, or it knew in advance but did not prevent it, as in the conspiracy theories that abounded after September 11, or its bad behavior in the

[osint] ISLAMIST TERRORISM IN THE SAHEL: FACT OF FICTION?

There are enough indications, from a security perspective, to justify caution and greater Western involvement. However, the Sahel is not a hotbed of terrorist activity. A misconceived and heavy handed approach could tip the scale the wrong way; serious, balanced, and long-term engagement with the

[osint] Inquiry Into Lobbyist Sputters After Demotion

In 2002, Abramoff was retained by the Superior Court in what was an unusual arrangement for a public agency. The Times reported in May that Abramoff was paid with a series of $9,000 checks funneled through a Laguna Beach lawyer to disguise the lobbyist's role working for the Guam court. No

[osint] Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says

in Iraq against U.S. troops. Meanwhile, the shaped charges keep coming... David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/06bomb.html?themc=th August 6, 2005 Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 - Many of the new, more sophisticated roadside

[osint] Al-Qaeda attack foiled

...Turkish security forces arrested the members of an al-Qaeda cell, comprised mostly of Turkish citizens, in Alanya on Thursday. They also found a boat docked in the harbour and loaded with 400kg of TNT, which was to have been used against the Israeli tourists.

[osint] Families Learn of Recruiters' Lists -- and How to Opt Out

Under the education bill signed by President Bush in 2002, military recruiters must be granted the same access to high school facilities as colleges and prospective employers †from setting up informational booths in the lunch room to handing out T-shirts to pique students' interest.

[osint] China and India bury hatchet

India's response to fear of encirclement is evident in recent summit talks with the Chinese. First, it is boosting economic ties with China. Second, it is emphasising relations with the US. Third, it is stepping up ties with other east Asian countries to counter China's growing commercial reach.

[osint] Exclusive: CIA Commander: U.S. Let bin Laden Slip Away

Berntsen says he had definitive intelligence that bin Laden was holed up at Tora Bora—intelligence operatives had tracked him—and could have been caught. He was there, Berntsen tells NEWSWEEK. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8853000/site/newsweek/ Exclusive: CIA Commander: U.S. Let bin Laden Slip

[osint] Monkey See, Monkey Do

of Intelligent Design. And I would hope that the schools educating American children would teach science to them instead of a belief system that dooms them to non-technical occupations and eats away the National Security of this nation. David Bier http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8853604/site/newsweek

[osint] Mishandling the China Challenge

The Bush administration does not seem to know how to handle this new challenge. Donald Rumsfeld, fresh from wrecking U.S. -European relations over the last three years, has decided to try his hand at Asian affairs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8853602/site/newsweek/ Mishandling the China

[osint] Of the Many Deaths in Iraq, One Mother's Loss Becomes a Problem for the Presiden

...Ms. Sheehan said she broke in and told Mr. Bush that Casey was her son, and that she thought he could imagine what it would be like since he has two daughters and that he should think about what it would be like sending them off to war. I said, 'Trust me, you don't want to go there', Ms.

[osint] War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S.

In my estimation, [in the event of] a biological, a chemical or nuclear attack in any of the 50 states, the Department of Defense is best positioned -- of the various eight federal agencies that would be involved -- to take the lead, said Adm. Timothy J. Keating, the head of Northcom, which

[osint] Electronic passports set to thwart forgers

The e-passport initiative has its roots in legislation passed by Congress in May 2002 to improve border security. It called for 27 countries whose citizens don't need visas for entry into the USA to convert to electronic passports by October 2004. Congress has since delayed the deadline until

[osint] U.S. spotted Qaeda cell before 9/11

More than a year before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a U.S. military intelligence unit identified four future hijackers as likely members of a cell that Al Qaeda was operating in the United States, according to a former defense intelligence official and a Republican member of Congress. The

[osint] Bush Is No Nixon

They were nice men. I told them Iraq was not a threat to the United States and that now people are dead for nothing. I told them I wouldn't leave until I talked to George Bush. I want to ask the president, 'Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?' Last week, he said my son died for a

[osint] Bomb cache found in Iraq believed to be from Iranian Revolutionary Guard:

We believe they came from Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The find is significant not only because of the Iranian connection but also because it indicates manufactured bombs are now being introduced in a conflict that has seen the widespread

[osint] U.S. forces rely on dogs to detect bombs in Iraq. Insurgents rig them with explo

Before, they used to use car bombs. Now they are using people and animals, said Col. Adnan Jaboori, a spokesman for the interior minister. They are finding new ways to use remote-control technology.

[osint] Michael Schwartz on Iranian Ironies

...as of late summer 2005, the Pentagon, under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, was drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan mandates a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both

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