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ping to February!
Thank you nw.
I do appreciate it.
TGIF!
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Thanks for the ping, Ian. Thanks to you, Cindy and all of the outstanding linkers/researcher/educators on these threads.
BTTT!
Thank you!
Thanks for all of the information and linking about Iran on your blog. Did you just start that December 7, 2007?
Applause!
An effective program I wish had been launched early on in Afghanistan, is a rational public works program, whose purpose is to hire every available person to rebuild their nation.
Afghanistan has such a small typical wage that vast numbers of people could have been hired to do this in parallel with military operations.
There are any number of nation-building objectives that would be met in the process, such as the creation of a national banking system, the creation of tens of thousands of small businesses with micro-loans, the repair of old infrastructure and the building of new.
And especially, to replace some of the tribalism with a sense of nationalism, uniting a very fractured country.
In many ways, such a public works program would be military activities by other means, in that it would accomplish many military goals in the process. This effectiveness of this has been demonstrated countless times in Iraq.
At the beginning, it would be a systematic process completely run by Americans, but teaching a new generation of management by younger Afghanis, not yet exposed to the endemic corruption, mismanagement, and sectarianism of their elders. Many would barely be high school age.
Much of their instruction would be anti-corruption indoctrination, plain and simple. To not just be rigidly honest themselves, and to insist on it in others, but to see it as a patriotic duty. To build an intolerant culture of honesty and efficiency.
It would be many years before such a generation is ready to lead, but at least one would be waiting in the wings, armed not just with a better way, but the understanding of why it is a better way.
Thank you, Ian. For some reason I think this may be an eventful month.
Thank you. Lurking but still here.
I be here!
I was wondering where you were!!!!!!!!
A mere thank you seems insufficient - but thank you anyway Ian!!!!!!
Yes, the original board began July 2007 and Iran in the global jihad section began December 7, 2007.
FWIW:
An Al Qaida Internet site reported last week that terrorists are planning a major attack in the United States in the coming weeks. The Jan. 12 posting titled “A Large Operation in America, God Willing,” stated that the upcoming attack was imminent. Other participants chastised the writer for tipping Al Qaida’s hand.
Counterterrorism analysts said the threat could be real or Al Qaida deception designed to test U.S. security by announcing an planned attack and observing the level of increased security.
For those seeking more information, the author of the posting said they should be patient but assured forum members that “the lions have taken off and you will see [the proof] in the coming weeks.” “We ask God to guide the aim of the jihadists and to grant them success in the revenge campaign for Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi,” the message said.
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http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2008/02/gertz-al-qaedalarge-operation-in.html
Thanks Oorang for the fyi.
A metallic beer barrel containing 30kg of the explosive material ammonal (ammonium nitrate) was found this morning on a path in the Andra Mari district of Getxo (Vizcaya).
At this stage it is believed that the explosives were due to be picked up by ETA activists, and it is possible that the barrel itself - which was fitted with a detonator cord that was not connected to a detonator - was designed to have provided the casing for a bomb.
A local man, who first spotted the device last night, contacted the Local Police this morning. The device was rendered safe by regional police bomb squad experts - who arrived at the scene at 12.30pm - and has now been removed for forensic analysis.
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/14421/30kg-explosives-found-in-beer-barrel
Bomb Threat Evacuates Part Of Danville (California)
February 1, 2008
Part of Danville was evacuated on Friday afternoon because of a report of a bomb like device, authorities said. The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office was responded to an initial report of a "gun incident" near Diablo Road and El Cerro, according to the sheriff's office.
Someone called authorities about a gun in the 800 block of Diablo Road around 12:30 p.m., according to Sheriff Spokesman Jimmy Lee. He said police came across bomb making materials and called the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad to the scene.
The surrounding area including some local schools were evacuated, according to Lee. Lee said he does not believe anyone has been arrested in the case. Chopper 11 was over the scene and showed police barricades shutting down Diablo Road. Traffic moved slowly by the scene where a fire truck, police cars and a mechanical robot examined the area.
http://www.nbc11.com/newsarchive/15199404/detail.html
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Thanks Oorang for the fyi.
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Largest Terrorist Forum: Situation in Iraq is Very Difficult, Weapons are Few, Men Are Fewer
February/2/2008 | jveritas
Posted on 02/01/2008 8:33:51 PM PST by jveritas
In a very surprising thread posted tonight on Ekhlaas terrorist forum, the largest terrorist forum on the internet, the author of the thread was calling for urgent help to the terrorists in Iraq. He said that the last bastion controlled by the terrorists in Baghdad has fell in the hands of the US and Iraqi forces. He described the situation in Iraq as very dangerous and very difficult. He said that weapons are few but men are even fewer.
This thread on Ekhlaas terrorist forum is a very surprising admission of defeat and confirms without any doubt that they are running out of terrorists males in particular the foreign non Iraqi terrorists who used to conduct massive suicide terrorist attacks. Today we saw the terrorists using two mentally retarded women to unwillingly conduct terrorist attacks in Baghdad market by detonating them from a distance. Just six months ago the terrorists were saying that they must never use women in “Jihad”, in the last few weeks we have seen more suicide terrorist attacks conducted by women and now we are seeing them using mentally handicapped women to do their evil deeds.
In December 2007, I posted a thread on Free Republic about a speech by Al Qaeda spokesman in Iraq admitting that no more than two hundreds foreign terrorists were left in Iraq Al Qaeda Confession: Only 200 Foreign Terrorists are left in Iraq . His statement caused a lot of angst among the terrorists forum, but it now appears that surprisingly his admission was truthful.
We are winning this war against Al Qaeda in Iraq and we are winning it big. The terrorists have been utterly defeated and driven out of Anbar, Baghdad, and Diyala. Their remaining and defeated forces fled to Northern Iraq, and to the City of Mosul in particular where the Iraqi and US troops are going to conduct an eminent decisive attack against them.
God bless our brave troops.
PS: Ekhlaas terrorist forum is a password protected so even if I give the link to the thread you will not be able to access it until your register and wait for activation of your account. The Ekhlaas terrorist forum is hosted by an Internet Service Provider called Hivelcoity.net/NOC4 Hosts located in Tampa Florida
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Weapons Trader Allegedly Tied to China, Iran
abc ^ | Jan. 31, 2008 | By JASON RYAN
Posted on 02/01/2008 9:15:30 PM PST by Flavius
weapons trader wanted by multiple federal agencies for allegedly selling sensitive technology to Iran was arrested late last month, court documents and a U.S. government official confirm to ABC News.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
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http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/February/08_nsd_083.html
Director of Singapore Firm Arraigned on Charges of Illegally Exporting Controlled Aircraft Components to Iran
BROOKLYN, NY – Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Darryl W. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced that the director of a Singapore-based aviation company was arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn on charges that she illegally exported controlled U.S. military aircraft components and shipped commercial aircraft components to Iran. Woodford pleaded not guilty and was ordered to be detained without bail by United States Magistrate Judge Viktor Pohorelsky.
Laura Wang-Woodford, a U.S. citizen who serves as the director of Monarch Aviation Pte, Ltd. (“Monarch”), a Singapore company that has imported and exported military and commercial aircraft components for more than 16 years, was arrested on December 23, 2007, at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Hong Kong. Wang-Woodford and her husband Brian D. Woodford, a U.K. citizen who served as chairman and managing director of Monarch, were charged in a 20-count indictment returned in the Eastern District of New York on January 15, 2003. Brian Woodford remains a fugitive.
The indictment charges the defendants with one count of conspiring to export aircraft parts to Iran and 15 counts of exporting aircraft parts to Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA); one count of conspiring to export defense articles without a license and two counts of exporting and attempting to export defense articles without a license, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); and one count of conspiring to launder the proceeds of the unlawful export of defense articles. If convicted of the charges, the defendants face a maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment for each count of violating IEEPA, ten years’ imprisonment for each count of violating AECA and ITAR, and 20 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to launder money.
According to the indictment, between January 1998 and February 2000, the defendants exported controlled U.S. commercial aircraft parts from the United States to Monarch in Singapore and then re-exported those items to a company in Tehran, Iran, without obtaining the required U.S. government licenses. As part of the charged conspiracy, the defendants falsely listed Monarch in Singapore as the ultimate recipient of the parts on export documents filed with the U.S. government. The aircraft parts allegedly exported to Iran include aircraft shields, shears, “o” rings, and switch assemblies.
The indictment further charges that the defendants arranged for the illegal export of U.S. military aircraft components, designed for use in Chinook military helicopters, to Monarch in Singapore without first obtaining the required license or written approval from the U.S. government. Specifically, the defendants caused a U.S. company to falsely identify these components in export documents filed with the U.S. government as civilian components that did not require export licenses.
The indictment also charges the defendants with conspiring to transmit funds from Singapore to Cincinnati, Ohio, with the intent to promote the illegal export scheme, in violation of federal money laundering statutes.
As set forth in the government’s detention letter filed today, at the time of her arrest in San Francisco, Wang-Woodford possessed catalogues from a Chinese company, the China National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (“CPMIEC”), containing advertisements for military technology and weaponry. The products advertised include surface-to-air missile systems and rocket launchers. CPMIEC has been sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control, as a specially designated Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferator. All United States persons and entities are prohibited from engaging in business with CPMIEC.
“We will not waver in our efforts to protect the public from the national security threat posed by those who would profit from the illegal export of U.S. military technology,” said United States Attorney Campbell. Mr. Campbell thanked the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agencies responsible for conducting the government’s investigation.
“We have a long memory when it comes to those accused of profiting from the trade of sensitive commercial and weapons technology to state sponsors of terror,” said Assistant Attorney General Wainstein. “This prosecution and other recent export cases should serve as warning to others who would jeopardize America’s security through illicit transfers of U.S. technology.”
“Enforcement of our export controls with respect to Iran remains an important priority of this Administration,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement Jackson. “Monarch is a significant diverter of aviation components to Iran.”
“Transshipment and false labeling schemes like those charged in the indictment have the potential to harm our country,” said Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Myers. “Today’s action shows that U.S. law enforcement will relentlessly pursue those who hide behind an international corporate veneer to smuggle sensitive weapons and commercial technology, and we will bring them to justice.”
The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel S. Silver and Cristina M. Posa.
The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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January 30, 2008
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BOSNIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY
TO PROVIDE FRAUDULENT LICENSES
AT WEST PLAINS SCHOOL
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to participating in a conspiracy to provide fraudulent commercial driver’s licenses to large numbers of Somali and Bosnian nationals.
Adil Majlovic, 21, a citizen of Bosnia who resides in Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge James C. England this morning to the charge contained in a Sept. 20, 2007, federal indictment.
By pleading guilty today, Majlovic admitted that he was involved in a mail fraud conspiracy from April 1, 2003, to Feb. 6, 2006, that defrauded others by denying the public the right of honest services of contract employees of the state of Missouri. The conspiracy involved fraudulent testing for commercial driver’s licenses on the part of the South Central Career Center Truck Driver Training School (SCCC) in West Plains, Mo.
Majlovic assisted the conspiracy by traveling to West Plains in December 2005 and participating in a scheme by co-defendants Orbin Dale May, 64, of West Plains, and Ernest Arnel White, also known as Mustafa, 50, of Kansas City, to simulate a driving test in order for White to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) by fraudulent means. May was employed at SCCC (at that time a division of the West Plains R-7 School District) to train truck drivers and administer CDL driving tests. White operated Muslim Brothers and Sisters (MBS), a trucking company that operated a truck driving training school in Kansas City, which directed individuals to SCCC in order to obtain a Missouri CDL.
Majlovic also attempted to arrange for White to train students that he directed to White’s school. Majlovic had reason to believe, based upon the circumstances, that the CDL driving tests these students would take would be improperly administered by May.
Majlovic is the seventh co-defendant to plead guilty to his role in the conspiracy.
White pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy. White admitted that he had an agreement with May that May would give incomplete or inadequate driving tests to MBS students, fraudulently certify that the students had legitimately passed the driving test, and mail the certifying documents to the Missouri Department of Revenue. May also provided students with a copy of the certifying document, which they could use to obtain the CDL from the Missouri Department of Revenue. White paid May $300 to $500 for each student that May passed in this way.
May pleaded guilty on Nov. 9, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy. May admitted that he gave incomplete or inadequate driving tests and fraudulently certified that applicants had legitimately passed the driving tests. During the course of the conspiracy and in furtherance of the conspiracy, May submitted fraudulent CDL forms, indicating that applicants had successfully completed the competency test, to the SCCC office, which then mailed them to the Missouri Department of Revenue. May would provide the applicant with a copy of the certifying document that could be used to obtain the CDL at a Missouri Department of Revenue office.
May also admitted that he received additional payment (above that which was required under law) to administer the tests, in order to ensure that applicants passed the CDL driving test.
Howard E. Schneider, 41, of Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy. Schneider is the owner of H.E. Schneider Trucking Company in Kansas City, Kan., and involved in the operation of Muslim Brothers and Sisters.
Schneider admitted that he assisted co-conspirators in directing individuals to SCCC in order to fraudulently obtain commercial driver’s licenses. Schneider also took the CDL driving test at SCCC on Jan. 24, 2005, and knew that the test was not legitimately administered.
Abdulfatah Osman Farah, 25, a citizen of Somalia living in Kansas City, pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy.
Farah admitted that he obtained a CDL after testing at SCCC on Dec. 28, 2004. According to the plea agreement, May administered the CDL driving test. While Farah took two of the three portions of the driving test, White drove the tractor trailer in order to assist Farah in successfully completing the last portion of the driving test. May then certified that Farah had passed his driving test, and sent a copy of the certifying document to the Missouri Department of Revenue.
Afterward, Farah assisted White in taking students to SCCC in order to obtain a CDL in the same way. On several occasions, Farah simulated a driving test with May’s assistance, in order to help those students pass the CDL test.
Ahmed Muhidin Sharif, 29, a citizen of Somalia living in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty on Nov. 9, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy.
Sharif assisted White by transporting students from Muslim Brothers and Sisters truck driving school to SCCC, knowing that May would fraudulently administer the competency tests. Sharif made about 15 trips in which he transported 70 to 80 students of Somali descent to West Plains in order to fraudulently obtain CDLs. Sharif knew that the tests were being fraudulently administered by May, and observed May give incomplete or inadequate CDL driving tests to the students.
Abdiwahab Mohamud Mohamed, 38, a citizen of Somalia living in Minneapolis, Minn., pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2007, to his role in the conspiracy.
Mohamed, who had fraudulently obtained a CDL after purportedly testing at SCCC, directed students from the state of Minnesota to SCCC in order to obtain fraudulent CDLs. Mohamed was directed to White by an acquaintance in Minnesota who informed him that White’s school would only cost $800, as opposed to the $5,000 for a legitimate CDL school in Minnesota. White took Mohamed to SCCC, where he was tested by May. Mohamed, who had never d
