DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "REVIEW PROVIDES DETERRENCE, ARMS REDUCTION ROADMAP" by Jim Garamone (SNIPPET: "The Nuclear Posture Review is a roadmap for reducing America’s nuclear arsenal while maintaining an effective deterrent, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said at the Pentagon today.") (April 6, 2010) (Read More...)
SPACE DAILY.com: Tehran - "IRAN SPEEDBOAT THREATENS U.S. CARRIER?" (SNIPPET: "Iran's reported acquisition of a record-breaking British speedboat has raised fears it plans to arm it with high-speed Russian torpedoes to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier in hit-and-run raids if Iran is attacked because of its nuclear program.") (April 5, 2010) (Read More...)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: London - "AL-QAEDA URGES UK FANATICS TO BUILD DIY CRUISE MISSILES" (SNIPPET: "The same site was used to explain how to bring down a jet before former London student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a passenger jet over Detroit on last year's Christmas Day.") (April 4, 2010, 10:30 IST) (Read More...)
(AP) via YAHOO!: Brownsville, Texas - "MEXICAN HELICOPTER SPOTTED IN TEXAS AIRSPACE" (SNIPPET: "...several people reported seeing the aircraft on Sunday flying over an RV park near Zapata..." SNIPPET: "A Mexican military helicopter was also spotted March 10 over Zapata County.") (April 2, 2001, 9:38 am ET) (Read More...)
BBC NEWS: "PUTIN SIGNS ENERGY DEALS WITH CHAVEZ ON VENEZUELA VISIT" (SNIPPET: "Mr Chavez said Russia had agreed to help Venezuela with a nuclear power plant and on building a space industry.") (PAGE LAST UPDATED APRIL 3, 2010, 04:54 UK) (Read More...)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: IRAN GETS PARTS NEEDED FOR URANIUM ENRICHMENT" (SNIPPET: "According to the Wall Street Journal, Javedan Mehr Toos, an Iranian procurement firm linked to the Islamic Republic's enrichment program, has been able to acquire critical valves and vacuum gauges made by a French company formally owned by US industrial conglomerate Tyco International.") (Published April 3, 2010, 09:53/Israel News) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "HIZBUL ISLAM SPOKESMAN INVITES BIN LADEN TO SOMALIA" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Hizbul Islam and Shabaab are considered the two top Islamist insurgent groups in Somalia. While Shabaab is widely recognized as having close ties to al Qaeda, many counterterrorism analysts and African experts consider Hizbul Islam a domestic, nationalist insurgency with no links to foreign terror groups. But Hizbul Islam is a radical Islamist group whose top leader has ties to al Qaeda. The group is led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is wanted by the US for his links to al Qaeda. He is also on the United Nations terrorist sanctions list, again for his ties to al Qaeda." SNIPPET: "Last September, Aweys advocated more suicide attacks in the country, just days after suicide bombers struck an African Union base in Mogadishu.") (April 3, 2010, 7:00 pm) (Read More...)
BREIBART.com (AP): Washington - "OFFICIALS SAY NEW CHECKS SET FOR TRAVELERS TO U.S." (SNIPPET: "Travelers from 14 countries that have been home to terrorists will no longer automatically face extra screening before they fly to the U.S.") (April 2, 2010, 12:05 am) (Read More...)
OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletins - Report - Mozambique: "Warden Message: MAPUTO (MOZAMBIQUE) BOMB THREAT" (SNIPPET: "This Warden Message alerts U.S. citizens that at approximately 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 there was a small explosion near the South African Airways office on Avenida Zimbabwe. It appears that an explosive device was attached to a parked motorcycle and detonated remotely. There were no serious injuries or deaths. However, several vehicles were damaged, as well as the wall of a private residence. There is no indication that U.S. citizens or any expatriates were targeted. There has been no claim of responsibility.") (April 1, 2010) (Read More...)
TREAS.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - TG-621: "TREASURY DESIGNATES TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES Treasury Targets Financier of al Qai'da in Iraq, Islami Jihad Union Member" (SNIPPET: "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today targeted the financial and support networks of al Qai'da in Iraq (AQI), al-Qai'da and Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) by designating two Europe-based individuals for providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism under Executive Order 13224. Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al-Dulaymi was designated for providing financial, material, or technological support to AQI, and German national Atilla Selek, a member of the IJU recently sentenced to serve five years in prison, was designatedfor his involvement in an IJU plot to target U.S. military personnel stationed in Germany.") (April 1, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES: "CIA SAYS ACLU-BACKED PLAN ENDANGERED GITMO OFFICERS" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "A team of CIA counterintelligence officials recently visited the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and concluded that CIA interrogators face the risk of exposure to al Qaeda through inmates' contacts with defense attorneys, according to U.S. officials. The agency's "tiger team" of security specialists was dispatched as part of an ongoing investigation conducted jointly with the Justice Department into a program backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The program, called the John Adams Project, has photographed covert CIA interrogators and shown the pictures to some of the five senior al Qaeda terrorists held there in an effort to identify them further.") (March 31, 2010) (Read More...)
ZIMTELEGRAPH.com - ZIMBABWE TELEGRAPH: Harare - "U.S. HANDS OVER LABORATORY FACILITIES TO ZIMBABWE" by Tapiwa Makore (SNIPPET: "The facility will enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare to offer clinical and diagnostic testing as well as research on indigenous/exotic agents which may cause serious disease after inhalation, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), typhoid (Salmonella Typhi), anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) and the H1N1 virus.") (March 30, 2010) (Read More...)
POST AND CHRONICLE.com: "SPECIAL U.S. PRISONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: LAWSUIT" (SNIPPET: "U.S. prison units specially designed to muzzle communications by inmates considered extremist are unconstitutional and discriminate against Muslims, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the Center for Constitutional Rights.") (Published March 30, 2010) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "CAUCASUS EMIRATE LEADER TAKES CREDIT FOR MOSCOW SUICIDE ATTACKS" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Doku Umarov, the emir of the al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate, took credit for the suicide attack in a video released on the Internet. The video was published on Youtube by Kavkaz Center, the pro-jihadist website that focuses on the jihad in the Caucasus. Umarov previously described Kavkaz as "our Mujahideen website, the State website."") (March 31, 2010, 12:34 pm) (Read More...)
GSN MAGAZINE.com: "DHS' PROGRESS IN FEDERAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PLANNING" by Louis Chunovic (SNIPPET: "The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report, redacted before publication, that addresses DHS' efforts to develop incident management plans associated with the 15 existing National Planning Scenarios." SNIPPET: "The OIG's summary of the scenarios follows...") (March 26, 2010, 03:03 pm) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com: "MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES ARE RETURNING TO TERROR UPON RELEASE" by Diane Macedo (SNIPPET: "Senior U.S. official confirms new addition to growing list of more than 100 released Guantanamo Bay detainees who have returned to terrorism") (Updated March 29, 2010) (Read More...)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "'New START' a step in wrong direction" by Chad Groening (SNIPPET: "A National defense analyst says President Obama's decision to sign a new Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia is misguided because it will weaken the U.S. and make its enemies stronger." (March 29, 2010, 4:00 am) (Read More...)
INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "HE HAD A BLOG...he said a lot. Then he went to Somalia to joint the jihad, and now he's dead." (March 28, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Inside The Ring: "CYBER COMMAND DELAYED" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "As threats to Pentagon computer networks from foreign governments, criminal organizations and private hackers continue to grow, the Senate Armed Services Committee is holding up creation of a new Cyber Command.") (March 25, 2010) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Fars, Iran, March 25, 2010"): "Ahmadinejad Slams West for Supporting Israel" (SNIPPET: "Referring to moves made by the "Zionist regime" at Al-Aqsa mosque, Ahmadinejad said, "With every step it takes, this regime is drawing closer to death and nonexistence.") (Posted March 26, 2010) (Read More...)
EXAMINER.com: "PELOSI CELEBRATES APPROVAL OF FINAL HEALTHCARE BILL THAT SLAPS TAXES ON DISABLED AND CHILDREN" by Anthony G. Martin (SNIPPET: "Like a drunken captain of a sinking ship who celebrates the fact that the crew was saved at the expense of the passengers, including the women and children, Nancy Pelosi hailed the approval of the final version of ObamaCare. The bill slaps heavy taxes on medical devices and prosthetics used by veterans, the elderly, the disabled, and even children.") (March 26, 2010 2:08 am) (Read More...)
AFP via Google.com: "GATES EXPRESSES 'CONCERN' OVER IRANIAN DRONES" (SNIPPET: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern Thursday over Iran's aerial drone program, saying the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists.") (March 25, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "REPORT: PENTAGON HASN'T MET MAIN THREATS Pirates, Mexican drug runners, Islamic terrorists on list" by Ben Conery (SNIPPET: "Somali pirates, Mexican drug smugglers and Islamic terrorists are the types of groups that pose the greatest threat to the United States in the coming decades and, according to a report released on Tuesday, the Pentagon is not adapting quickly enough to stop them.") (March 24, 2010) (Read More...)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT blog: "REPORT: EXPLOSIVE IMPLANTS A NEW TERROR THREAT" (SNIPPET: "According to the SUN, MI5, Britain's intelligence agency, has also determined that doctors may be sewing similar bombs into the buttocks of some male militants.") (March 24, 2010, 4:15 pm) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL: "FORMER GITMO DETAINEE TARGETING AFGHAN CHARITIES" by Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "A former Guantanamo detainee transferred from the detention facility to Afghanistan on Dec. 19, 2009, has already returned to the Taliban's ranks, according to multiple intelligence officials contacted by the Long War Journal. The former detainee was identified in documents produced at Guantanamo as Abdul Hafiz (as well as an alternative name, Abdul Qawi) and given an internment serial number of 1030.") (March 24, 2010, 8:26 am) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "FORMER GITMO DETAINEE LEADS TOP TALIBAN COUNCIL" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has named two new leaders to replace the head of its leadership council, who was detained in Pakistan earlier this year. One of the two new leaders was released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in 2007. Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir and Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansur have been named by Omar to replace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a Taliban operative named Abu Zabihullah told Newsweek." SNIPPET: "Zakir is a former detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility who was released by the US in December 2007 and sent to Afghanistan, where he was subsequently released by the Afghan government. Zakir, whose real name is Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, quickly rejoined the Taliban and took over operations in the strategic Afghan South.") (March 23, 2010) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "PENTAGON LOOKS TO 'PHASE IN' MISSILE DEFENSE" by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden (SNIPPET: "Based on the Pentagon's September 2009 review of U.S. ballistic missile defenses, military officials want to harness technology for a more flexible and adaptive defense architecture, the principle deputy defense undersecretary for policy said." SNIPPET: "In the case of Iran, it's "highly unlikely" that the threat of Iranian missiles will be reduced or become obsolete, he said. Because of this, the United States will employ a global force-management process to ensure missile defenses are tailored to meet threats in various regions, Miller said.") (March 23, 2010) (Read More...)
ABC.net.au - ABC NEWS: "TERRORIST ON AUSTRALIAN PASSPORT FLEES KENYAN POLICE" (SNIPPET: "It is believed police suspect Hussein Hashi Farah is an operative of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, which has links to Al Qaeda and is waging a war with the Somali government. He was arrested when he crossed the border from Uganda to Kenya.") (March 22, 2010) (Read More...)
CSMONITOR.com - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "JIHAD JANE CASE SUGGESTS RISING THREAT FROM ONLINE 'JIHOBBYISTS'" by Michael B. Farrell (SNIPPET: "Aaron Weisburd of the Society for Internet Research, which monitors online Islamic extremism, said, "The problem is that the term jihobbyist conveys the notion that these guys are not serious...." "In fact what these guys are doing," he wrote on his blog, "is marking time while waiting for the opportunities and associations to appear that will allow them to become real jihadis."") (March 19, 2010) (Read More...)
Online.INDIANA GAZETTE.com (THE DENVER POST): "SECURITY EXPERTS: DON'T BLAME INTERNET FOR JIHAD JANE AND OTHER RECENT TERROR SCARES" by Michael Booth (SNIPPET: "It's not the Internet. It's the unstable surfer at the keyboard that constitutes the threat.") (Published March 13, 2010) (Read More...)
SEATTLE TIMES.com: "'BIZARRE' TANKER TWIST: RUSSIANS WILL BID AGAINST BOEING FOR AIR FORCE CONTRACT" by Rami Grunbaum (SNIPPET: "Kirkland acknowledged it faces "significant hurdles ... there are obvious security issues, there are sanctions and restrictions on buying things from Russia."") (March 19, 2010) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "PROGRESSIVE CONTROL-FREAKS" -Commentary by Henry Lamb (SNIPPET: "Whether they are called Democrats, socialists, Marxists or progressives, the current leadership in Washington has but one goal: control. The current leadership has demonstrated its belief that government must control virtually every facet of the economy, of politics and the life of every citizen. With unprecedented arrogance...") (March 20, 2010) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Arlington, VA. - "GUARD MUST MAINTAIN READINESS, MCKINLEY SAYS" by Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill, National Guard Bureau (SNIPPET: "The advisory panel is assessing how the Defense Department can support civil authorities for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives incidents in the homeland.") (March 19, 2010) (Read More...)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials: "TO REPEAT: DOCTORS COULD HANG IT UP" (SNIPPET: "Health Overhaul: We were harshly criticized last September for an IBD/TIPP Poll that showed 45% of doctors would consider leaving medicine if a health care takeover passed. A new poll has vindicated our findings.") (March 17, 2010) (Read More...)
USTREAS.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - Press Release - TG-594: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES GAZA-BASED BUSINESS, TELEVISION STATION FOR HAMAS TIES" (SNIPPET: "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Islamic National Bank (INB) of Gaza for being controlled by Hamas, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and for providing financial services to Hamas members and employees, including members of the organization's military wing. Treasury also today designated Al-Aqsa Television, a television station in Gaza financed and controlled by Hamas.") (March 18, 2010) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "CENTCOM LOOKS BEYOND IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PETRAEUS SAYS" (SNIPPET: "Petraeus called Iran the "primary state-level threat" in the Middle East. He told the panel that Iran undermines security throughout the region in its efforts to gain nuclear weapons, which threatens a broader arms race, and uses its paramilitary force to influence Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Gulf region. Petraeus confirmed that President Barack Obama "has not taken the military option off the table" with regard to Iran. "No one can say Iran has not had every opportunity possible to them," he said. "Our hand was outreached, and they didn't grasp it. The focus is shifting to what is known as a pressure track, but I don't want to get ahead of the administration."") (March 16, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: KIEV - "IRAN'S LINK TO CHINA INCLUDES NUKES, MISSILES" by Reuben F. Johnson (SNIPPET: "Recent developments in Iran confirm that China is providing Tehran with critical defense technologies and weapons systems, including some that violate stated Chinese policies aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation.") (March 17, 2010) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Washington - "'Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea'" (SNIPPET: "That's why law enforcement officials should be targeting the ideology and the belief-system. But they aren't. And they won't.") (March 20, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: Peshawar, Pakistan - "TALIBAN INTERNET RECRUITING THROUGH THE EYES OF A DETAINEE" by Sara Carter (SNIPPET: "The young Taliban detainee, shackled at the wrists, with his head covered with a black canvas bag, was chillingly clear about his life's mission: "The Taliban have only one objective: to continue killing the Americans." The tools this particular terrorist had adopted to accomplish that goal were not suicide bombs or sniper rifles, but laptop computers and other high-tech equipment. The purpose of his Taliban cell was to reach potential recruits online over the Internet.") (March 16, 2010) (Read More...)
DAWN.com: "U.S. PERSONNEL FACING THREAT, AMBASSADOR TELLS FM" by Mohammad Asghar [Pakistan] (SNIPPET: "The US ambassador has expressed concern over 'security threats' to American personnel in Pakistan and said that any attack on American diplomats in Lahore might have 'alarming' effects on bilateral relations. According to sources, Ambassador Anne W. Patterson has written a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, saying that she is concerned about some media reports in which residences leased by some Americans in Lahore have been identified. She termed the reporting 'irresponsible' and said it was posing threats to US citizens living in the provincial capital. She said the US mission in Pakistan had been receiving information about terror threats from various sources, including its own intelligence.") (March 15, 2010) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "GATES, MULLEN TO JOIN U.S. DELEGATION TO MEXICO" by Donna Miles (SNIPPET: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Mexico City next week as part of a U.S. delegation focused on helping the Mexican government fight drug-trafficking cartels and other security threats.") (March 19, 2010) (Read More...)
