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Posted on 11/01/2006 8:20:24 PM PST by nwctwx
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REPORT - SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Weekly Piracy Report
7-13 November 2006
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 7 to 13 November 2006.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty one incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.
The IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks on Ships from January to September 2006 is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.
Suspicious crafts
None reported during the week.
Recently reported incidents
08.11.2006 at 0202 LT in position 06:41.4S - 039:20.7E, 6 miles off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
One robber boarded a container ship waiting to embark pilot. Alert crew raised alarm and the robber escaped empty handed.
08.11.2006 at 0302 UTC in position 21:52N - 091:40E, Kutubdia Roads, Bangladesh.
Ten robbers armed with steel bars and knives in a wooden boat boarded a bulk carrier at the stern. They broke into lockers and stole ship's stores. D/O raised alarm and robbers escaped. Local authorities informed.
09.11.2006 at 0200 UTC in position 08:45.8S - 013:16.8E, Luanda Anchorage, Angola.
Two robbers in a small open boat boarded a LPG tanker at the forecastle. They broke into bosun’s store and compressor room. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers escaped with ship’s equipment.
13.11.2006 at 0010 UTC in position 05:36.4N - 000:02.9E, Tema Outer Roads, Ghana.
Ten robbers armed with knives boarded a refrigerated ship at anchor.
They overpowered a crew member and assaulted him. However, he
managed to raise the alarm and alerted other crew.
Robbers jumped overboard and escaped in a small boat with stolen items.
PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=58628
Warden Message: Santo Domingo Demonstrations November 16-17
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Americas - Dominican Republic
16 Nov 2006
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Related Reports
3 Nov 2006
Warden Message: Santo Domingo Demonstrations November 7
30 Aug 2006
Warden Message: Dominican Republic Dengue Outbreak
1 Aug 2006
Warden Message: Tropical Storm Chris Approaching the Dominican Republic
1 Aug 2006
Warden Message: Haitian Border Crossing Near Jimani Off-Limits Due to Gang Activity
2 Jun 2006
Warden Message: OAS General Assembly in Santo Domingo
U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo issued the following Warden Message on November 16, 2006:
The U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens in the Dominican Republic that a transportation strike is scheduled to take place November 16-17 throughout the country. The strike is being organized by Central Nacional de Transportistas Unificados (CNTU) one of the largest transportation unions in the country. The planned strike will likely affect access to services of public transportation throughout Santo Domingo, including taxi service.
American citizens are advised to avoid demonstrations that may be held in support or protest of labor disputes, and are also encouraged to avoid any large crowds during active demonstrations. We wish to remind U.S. citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence. U.S. citizens are urged to avoid the areas of demonstrations, and to exercise caution if within the vicinity of any protests. Since the timing and routes of marches and demonstrations are always subject to change, U.S. citizens should monitor local media sources for new developments.
For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the current Worldwide Caution Public Announcement, Travel Warnings and Public Announcements can be found. Up to date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). American citizens traveling or residing overseas are encouraged to register with the appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate on the State Department's travel registration website at https://travelregistration.state.gov.
For any emergencies involving American citizens, please contact the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, Office of Citizens' Consular Services, César Nicolás Penson and Máximo Gómez. Telephone: (809) 221-2171
This warden message remains in effect until Saturday, November 18, 2006.
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http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=58627
Criminal Incidents Around Kigali Club
Safety and Security
Sub-Saharan Africa - Rwanda
16 Nov 2006
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19 Oct 2006
Warden Message: Embassy Kigali Advises on DRC Elections
21 Jul 2006
Warden Message: Upcoming Elections in DRC
12 Jul 2006
Crime in Rwanda: Second Quarter of 2006
7 Jul 2006
Kigali, Rwanda: 2006 Crime and Safety Report
The Regional Security Office at U.S. Embassy Kigali released the following Security Notice:
Over the last couple of months, there have been several incidents in and around the Cadillac Nightclub.
Two embassy employees were pick-pocketed inside the club.
An embassy employee reported an approach by an individual seeking a close personal friendship. Several aspects of this encounter were suspicious.
A Kenyan citizen had a cell phone physically taken from him outside the club.
A British citizen was the victim of an assault and robbery. This person was wrestled to the ground by an attacker who approached from the back.
An embassy employee was assaulted and robbed by five individuals while repairing a flat tire on his vehicle.
RSO recommends that you remain extra vigilant and aware of your surroundings at all times when frequenting this area, especially during the hours of darkness.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Fri Nov 17 2006 03:42:14 GMT-0800.
Worldwide Caution
October 11, 2006
ON THE NET...
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=Wanted_Terrorist
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm
RECAP:
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jihad
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http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/26sep06-salafy_forums.html
http://www.sofir.org
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http://www.jihadwatch.org
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http://www.memri.org/jihad.html
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=9
http://www.memrifilms.org/
http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&scoring=d&q=female+%2B+bombers&btnG=Search+News
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http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/472376p-397332c.html
"Jihad's femmes fatales"
Women terrorists real threat, sez NYPD
BY ROBERT F. MOORE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "That's not a pregnant belly - that's a bomb.
The NYPD is warning business owners to be on the lookout for female jihadists who can hide explosives by faking pregnancy or sweet-talk their way past security officers.
"The threat posed by women is real, and it can't be overlooked," Rachel Weiner, an NYPD intelligence specialist, said at a security conference yesterday.
The warning was not in response to a threat against any specific targets in the city, but a general caveat for private security in light of the radicalization of women in other parts of the world."
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http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=6&aid=64395
"Law Enforcement
NYPD Holds Conference On New Tactics Terrorists Use"
November 16, 2006
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http://www.nysun.com/article/43574
Opinion
Comment
"Using Palestinian Women as Bombs"
By CLARA BEYLER
November 15, 2006
That's the general impression up here.
Soy Ingredient in Chocolate Making Source of Hershey Contamination
Josh Pringle
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Hershey Canada says it is working to reopen its plant in Smiths Falls.
The plant has been closed since fears of salmonella contamination surfaced last week.
The company now says a soy ingredient used in chocolate making was the source of the contamination.
Two dozen chocolate bars and candies were voluntarily recalled last weekend because of the scare.
Hershey says soy lecithin was the contaminant, as it tested positive for salmonella.
A spokeswoman says according to the supplier, this ingredient was shipped exclusively to the Smiths Falls plant, though Hershey has not revealed the supplier's identity.
There were no illnesses reported.
The company has temporarily laid off most of its employees in Smiths Falls due to the production shut down.
That's what I was thinking, too, but of course, no confirmation yet.
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THANKS for the Hershey update.
So now we know.
Thanks for following it all the way through, fanfan.
My pleasure.
:-)
Snip: Nasiri says French intelligence sent him to London, to work with the British, spying on extremist clerics. But no one, he says, was paying attention to what he was reporting. Disgusted, he says, he quit. And it is this failure to listen, Nasiri tells us, is what prompted him to bypass intelligence agencies and write his book.
Snip: That's not a pregnant belly - that's a bomb. The NYPD is warning business owners to be on the lookout for female jihadists who can hide explosives by faking pregnancy or sweet-talk their way past security officers.
Terrorist cell dismantled in Casablanca
Snip: Moroccan security services dismantled a terrorist cell called Jamaat Attawhid Oua Al Jihad Fi Al Maghrib, Aujourd'hui Le Maroc reported on Thursday (November 16th). The newspaper quoted police sources as saying that 13 suspects were arrested. Attawhid is the second terrorist cell dismantled since August after Ansar el Mehdi.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2154
Iraqi Forces Capture Terrorist Cell Leader, Seize Weapons
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2006 – Iraqi security forces captured a terrorist cell leader, found a large roadside bomb before it could be used, and seized a large weapons cache over the last two days, military officials in Baghdad reported today.
Special Iraqi Security Forces, with coalition advisors, captured the leader of a terrorist cell responsible for attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces during a raid in the Arab A’Jabur area, south of Baghdad, Nov. 15.
The terrorist cell is linked to al Qaeda in Iraq, and is responsible for kidnappings, murder, home invasions, rape, illegal storage of arms and explosives used in attacks, and planting improvised explosive devices and car bombs, officials said.
Iraqi forces conducted a helicopter air assault and detained the terrorist. Operations caused minor damage, officials said, but there were no Iraqi force or coalition force casualties. An Iraqi civilian suffered minor cuts and abrasions during the operation and was treated by coalition force medics.
Yesterday, special Iraqi forces seized a large improvised explosive device and weapons cache inside a mosque during a raid targeting roadside bombers near the Baghdad International Airport.
Coalition troops saw several persons placing an IED, but were unable to capture them before they fled into a nearby mosque compound. Coalition forces cordoned the compound while an Iraqi force with coalition advisors entered the compound, consisting of a mosque and two houses, to look for the men.
Iraqi forces were unable to locate the individuals, but uncovered multiple hidden storage areas containing a large cache of IEDs, weapons and explosives. Weapons and related material were found in the houses, the compound area and in the mosque itself, officials said.
Iraqi forces found two vehicles prepared for use as car bombs, as well as pre-made IEDs and a suicide vest.
Continued search of the compound revealed several anti-tank mines, electrical initiation systems for IEDs, a mortar system and ammunition, several assault rifles and ammunition, several machine guns, pistols and a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher and ammunition.
Coalition forces destroyed the two vehicles, along with a moped found to have protruding wiring and munitions hidden within it. An anti-tank mine with anti-handling mechanisms was also destroyed on-site. Coalition forces confiscated the remaining weapons and material.
No IEDs or munitions were destroyed within the mosque itself, officials emphasized, adding that no damage was done to the mosque and that there were no Iraqi civilian, Iraqi forces or coalition forces casualties.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
Thanks to bitt for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740390/posts
"Iraq Survey Group Takes Washington, D.C. by Storm [FReeper Kristinn Leads the Charge!]"
Move America Forward & Free Republic ^ | 11/17/2006 | Kristinn Taylor
Posted on 11/17/2006 10:31:04 AM PST by Impeach98
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2160
"With Ongoing Terror Fight Overseas, NORTHCOM Focuses on Homeland"
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2006
Cindy's Opinion: I guess France is trying for the Darwin award and/or maybe they want to make STUCK ON STUPID their official motto.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740520/posts
French UN troops prepare guns against Israeli jets in Lebanon
AFP ^ | November 17, 2006 | Nayla Razzouk
Posted on 11/17/2006 2:04:32 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
French UN anti-aircraft batteries have taken "preparatory steps" to respond to Israeli jets violating Lebanese airspace, despite global criticism of such incursions.
"The anti-aircraft unit of the (French) battalion took initial preparatory steps to respond to these actions," Milos Strugar, spokesman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) told AFP on Friday.
He said "UNIFIL observed and reported 14 Israeli air violations this morning, on November 17, 2006, and 11 of these violations occurred in the area of operation of the French battalion with UNIFIL."
UNIFIL Force Commander General Alain Pellegrini "strongly protested to the Israeli authorities and asked them to cease these actions which are unacceptable and in violation of Resolution 1701," the spokesman said.
Strugar said the French battalion took action to respond "in accordance with UNIFIL rules of engagements and UN Security Council Resolution 1701."
"They stipulate that in implementing their mandate, all UNIFIL troops may exercise the inherent right of self-defence and take all necessary action to protect UN personnel, facilities, installations and equipment," he said.
Strugar said the overflights took place in the central sector of southern Lebanon where the multinational UNIFIL force was boosted to more than 9,000 troops after the Israeli-Hezbollah war in July and August.
"In one instance, two Israeli F15 jets flew over the area at low altitude and high speed," he said.
"At the same time, two Israeli reconnaissance RC12 aircraft were circling above the headquarters of the French battalion located in Jabal Marun," east of the southern port city of Tyre, he said.
When asked about Friday's overflights, an Israeli military spokesman in Jerusalem said only: "We don't elaborate on aerial activity".
On October 31, the French UNIFIL forces came within seconds of firing at Israeli aircraft when they overflew UN positions in southern Lebanon, sparking an official complaint from Paris against the overflights.
But French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on November 13 that Israeli warplanes had stopped buzzing French troops in southern Lebanon, following two close incidents in the area.
Ignoring harsh international criticism, Israel has vowed to continue the overflights, claiming they were needed to monitor alleged arms smuggling by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
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