[osint] Vote-rigging 'mastermind' is found shot dead at home

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/print.cfm?id=1469732004referringtemplate=http%3A%2F%2Fthescotsman%2Escotsman%2Ecom%2Finternational%2Ecfmreferringquerystring=id%3D1469732004 print close Tue 28 Dec 2004 Vote-rigging 'mastermind' is found shot dead at home CHRIS STEPHEN IN KIEV A UKRANIAN

[osint] Blast kills many in Baghdad raid

[Excerpt: The blast was set off by remote control as police were inside. The building and several other houses were flattened..The incident, late on Tuesday, ended a day of unrelenting violence in Sunni Muslim areas north of Baghdad.]

[osint] Tsunami

Click the link for a rather riveting series of pictures. http://coreykoberg.com/Tsunami/ These were taken by my former roommate's co-worker who was visiting Thailand. I think it shows the force of the water more than anything I've seen on TV so far and how truly unaware people were of the

[osint] Blue: The Next Orange?

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110006082 ? ? OpinionJournal WSJ Online THE REAL WORLD Blue: The Next Orange? Forget reform. The U.N. needs regime change. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST UNITED NATIONS--The advance of liberty and its

[osint] Tony Blankley: Americans pass gut check

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/printtb20041229.shtml Townhall.com Americans pass gut check Tony Blankley (back to web version) | Send December 29, 2004 Osama Bin Laden is getting positively chatty these days. He has released his third video in as many months -- this time

[osint] Joel Mowbray: Is it Oslo mania all over again?

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/joelmowbray/printjm20041229.shtml Townhall.com Is it Oslo mania all over again? Joel Mowbray (back to web version) | Send December 29, 2004 HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - The spirit of peace can arise again, said Terje Rod-Larsen, the United Nations' top representative

[osint] Linda Chavez: Good vs. Evil

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/printlc20041229.shtml Townhall.com Good vs. Evil Linda Chavez (back to web version) | Send December 29, 2004 Coming as they did within hours of each other, two news stories defined the differences between America and its enemies. In the wake of

[osint] Director of Analysis Branch at the C.I.A. Is Being Removed

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/national/29intel.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times December 29, 2004 Director of Analysis Branch at the C.I.A. Is Being Removed By DOUGLAS JEHL ASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency's analytical branch is being

[osint] Jonah Goldberg: Kofi's stingy uncle

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/printjg20041229.shtml Townhall.com Kofi's stingy uncle Jonah Goldberg (back to web version) | Send December 29, 2004 As of this writing the death toll in Asia from the killer tsunami exceeds 50,000. Almost immediately, the United States put

[osint] Yushchenko Seeks to Bar Rival's Cabinet From a Meeting

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/international/europe/29ukraine.html?th=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times December 29, 2004 Yushchenko Seeks to Bar Rival's Cabinet From a Meeting By C. J. CHIVERS IEV, Ukraine, Dec. 28 - Tensions and risk flared anew in Ukraine on Tuesday after

[osint] Iraq Sunnis fear bombs not bin Laden on poll day

[Excerpt: It makes no sense to put your life in danger to vote when the Americans will put whoever they want in power anyway, said Mohammed, a Baghdad resident who refused to give his full name, on Tuesday Whatever Bin Laden says, people had already made up their minds not to vote. I

[osint] Former US attorney general joins Saddam defence team

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2004/December/focusoniraq_December239.xmlsection=focusoniraq Khaleej Times Online Former US attorney general joins Saddam defence team (AFP) 29 December 2004 AMMAN - Former US attorney general and left-wing activist

[osint] Another Moderate Muslim Group

Another Moderate Muslim Group By http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/authors.asp?ID=2283 Daniel Pipes FrontPageMagazine.com | December 29, 2004 Muqtedar Khan of the Brookings Institution has announced, in a recent http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_25-12-2004_pg3_3 article

[osint] Terror Case Against 7 Men Underway in Cambodia

(12/29/2004): THE WORLD Terror Case Against 7 Men Underway in Cambodia From Associated Press December 29, 2004 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutors opened their case Tuesday against seven men accused of plotting to bomb Western targets in Cambodia, but three of the key suspects - including

[osint] Attack With Dirty Bomb More Likely, Officials Say

Attack With Dirty Bomb More Likely, Officials Say By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A06 Often called a weapon of mass disruption, not destruction, a dirty bomb -- which uses conventional explosives to spread radioactive material -- causes far

[osint] Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say

Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A01 Of all the clues that Osama bin Laden is after a nuclear weapon, perhaps the most significant came in intelligence reports indicating that he received

[osint] Asia's Top Terror Suspect Hambali Tried

December 28, 2004 Asia's Top Terror Suspect Hambali Tried By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:04 p.m. ET PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Asia's top terror suspect, the al-Qaida linked Islamic militant Hambali, was put on trial in absentia Tuesday along with other suspects on charges of attempted

[osint] Colombia Cartel Suspect Is Seized

(12/29/2004): THE WORLD Colombia Cartel Suspect Is Seized From Associated Press December 29, 2004 BOGOTA, Colombia - Police captured a reputed leader of the Norte del Valle drug cartel Tuesday in a U.S.-backed effort to dismantle the gang. Dagoberto Florez was on a most-wanted list of

[osint] False friends

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney1.asp Dec. 28, 2004 / 16 Teves 5765 Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. False friends During the recent presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry assailed President Bush for alienating key U.S. allies, evidence he maintained of the incumbent's

[osint] In war on terrorism, U.S. drafts shops to be on guard

--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:07:46 -0800 To: R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Vinnie Moscaritolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: In war on terrorism, U.S. drafts shops to be on guard In war on terrorism, U.S. drafts shops to be on guard By Steve Johnson Knight

[osint] LAX Preps Against Shoulder-Fired Missiles

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_airports_story.jsp?id=news/LAX 12214.xml LAX Preps Against Shoulder-Fired Missiles By Kimberly Johnson 12/21/2004 08:23:53 AM Perimeter and air patrols are being beefed up at Los Angeles International as defense against possible

[osint] Early data on Asian quake went unnoticed in Vienna [eurocrats on vacation]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/nuke.html Early data on Asian quake went unnoticed in Vienna By Thomas Fuller International Herald Tribune Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Early on Sunday morning, powerful computers in a Vienna office building received seismic data on the

[osint] Terrorist: West must stop equating Jihad with terrorism

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=88520 Coming from a bin Laden ally and terrorist this is rich! Bruce West must stop equating Jihad with terrorism: Fazl Wednesday December 29, 2004 (1414 PST) ISLAMABAD, December 30 (Online): Maulana Fazlur Rehman, opposition leader in the Lower

[osint] Agencies Clash on Fingerprint Database

://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20041229/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/finge rprints_database_5 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM

[osint] Failed bomb attack a terrorist plot - Aglipay

Failed bomb attack a terrorist plot - Aglipay By Christina Mendez The Philippine Star 12/29/2004 The bomb planted at the G-liner passenger bus on Christmas Eve in Manila could have killed all its passengers had it not been discovered an before its timed explosion, Philippine National Police

[osint] Asia Vigilant for Terror Attacks

, Jasbant Singh in Kula Lumpur and Denis Gray in Bangkok contributed to this report. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20041229/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_ter rorism_2 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http

[osint] Deconstructing the Bin Laden Tapes

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6766600/site/newsweek/ Deconstructing the Bin Laden Tapes The messages are coming more frequently now and have a new tone. Does that mean a new U.S. attack is imminent? WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Newsweek Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET Dec.

[osint] Sex for Food

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB110428235654211678,00.html The Wall Street Journal December 29, 2004 REVIEW OUTLOOK Sex for Food December 29, 2004; Page A8 Two years after the charges first surfaced, Kofi Annan has finally admitted that U.N. peacekeeping troops sexually

[osint] Most Russians miss Soviet Union

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-025404-5878r.htm December 29, 2004 Most Russians miss Soviet Union Moscow, Russia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Two-thirds of Russians miss the Soviet Union and are sorry it is gone, Interfax news agency reported Wednesday. A new opinion poll from

[osint] Iraqi police face new terror threat as 30 die in booby-trapped house

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1419007,00.html The outlook from the US military is almost as bleak. Brigadier-General Jeffery Hammond, deputy commander of US forces in Baghdad, said that extremists would step up their strikes in the run-up to elections on January 30. The Iraqi

[osint] In Iraq, a clear-cut bin Laden-Zarqawi alliance

Much ado about absolutely nothing. Bin Laden and Zarqawi have been allied, and Zarqawi a member of al-Qaeda for years. This changes nothing. Bruce http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1230/p01s03-woiq.html?s=hns from the December 30, 2004 edition (Photograph)

[osint] Traitorous US Lawyer Helped Spread Terror Message

It's worth remembering that Lynne Stewart was put on the blind Sheikh's case by Ramsey Clark...another anti-American, pro-Marxist, pro-Islamic terror supporter. Bruce http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNewsstoryID=7201856 US Lawyer Helped Spread Terror Message - Prosecutor

[osint] Iran Gholam Shire'i questioned secularism in France

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/printer_5170.shtml Iran Gholam Shire'i questioned secularism in France Persian Journal Iran News Iran Gholam Shire'i questioned secularism in France Dec 29, 2004, 12:39 Iran majlis speaker Gholam Adel known as Gholam Shire'i in majlis Wednesday

[osint] Muslims claim unfair treatment at border

Sounds like they're getting very fair treatment, considering their support of a hostile, terroristic, political ideology. Bruce (AP) Muslims claim unfair treatment at border By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. An Islamic civil rights group Wednesday accused U.S. border

[osint] The how-to of terror: al-Qaeda bulletin revealed

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Global-Terrorism/The-howto-of-terror-alQaeda-bull etin-revealed/2004/12/30/1104344900198.html The how-to of terror: al-Qaeda bulletin revealed December 30, 2004 - 11:27AM A new US government intelligence bulletin describes in the greatest detail yet

[osint] U.S. Politician Targets Immigration

http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=26850 CHALLENGES 2004-2005: U.S. Politician Targets Immigration William Fisher NEW YORK, Dec 29 (IPS) - The law to revamp U.S. intelligence services was passed at the 11th hour in the last Congress partly because of a deal that deleted many contentious

[osint] Risks, Benefits and the Terror War

http://www.techcentralstation.com/122904F.html Tech Central Station Risks, Benefits and the Terror War By Charlotte Wuerzig Published 12/29/2004 Doubts about the Terror War have taken the strangest forms of late. Many who are against the war in Iraq and critical of the War on Terror have

[osint] The Training Iraqis Diversion: A Dangerous Idea

http://www.techcentralstation.com/122804A.html Tech Central Station The Training Iraqis Diversion: A Dangerous Idea By Uriah Kriegel Published 12/28/2004 It appears to have become a consensus among congressmen, opinionados, and the like chatterers that the training of Iraqi soldiers is

[osint] Two terror suspects, civilian killed in shootouts in Saudi capital

[Excerpt: The gunman opened fire from the car he was driving and hurled a bomb at security men, slightly injuring four of them, said a ministry statement reported by official media. Security forces at the scene chased the car and encircled it, trading fire with the driver, who

[osint] Judge orders deportation of Kurdish restaurant owner accused of terrorism

Good riddance, and the Turks will know what to do with him. Bruce http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-21/110435904326 060.xml http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-21/11043590432 6060.xmlstorylist=newsmichigan storylist=newsmichigan

Re: [osint] In war on terrorism, U.S. drafts shops to be on guard

At 9:51 PM -0500 12/29/04, David Bier wrote: URL please. It's all over the place. Google is your friend? http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/12/27/news/business/monbiz02.txt :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting

[osint] Soros foundation charged in Kazakhstan with tax evasion

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35365 Turkish Press Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Soros foundation charged in Kazakhstan with tax evasion AFP: 12/28/2004 ALMATY, Dec 28 (AFP) - The Open Society Institute of billionaire US financier George Soros has been charged with tax evasion in

[osint] Blasts rock Saudi capital

[Excerpt: The car was forced down a road leading to a tunnel and blew up, wounding several people, the spokesman said..The explosion occurred between the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Interior, ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Turki told CNN..Local television

[osint] Navy SEALs Sue Associated Press Over Iraq Photos

http://www.sierratimes.com/rss/newswire.php?article=/nm/20041229/us_nm/media _ap_dctime=1104329151f eed=iraq Navy SEALs Sue Associated Press Over Iraq Photos Posted: Wednesday December 29,2004 - 06:05:51 am By Ben Berkowitz LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Six Navy SEALs and the wives of two