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“U.S. ‘Ready, Willing, Able’ to Assist Pakistan, Gates Says”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2008
blog:
http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2008/01/23/fbi-whistleblower-sibel-edmonds-defies-gag-order/
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23 Jan 2008
“FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Defies Gag Order
By Annie Jacobsen in category Government Secrecy, U.S. Homeland Security”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=china
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China hints at new air-launched missiles
Janes Defence Weekly ^ | 25 January 2008 | By Robert Hewson
Posted on 01/25/2008 3:58:47 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
China hints at new air-launched missiles
By Robert Hewson
25 January 2008
A series of images released via the Internet has revealed a number of new Chinese air-to-air missile (AAM) programmes; Jane’s has identified three new strands in Chinese AAM development including enhanced versions of existing weapons and hitherto unknown designs.
While very little information accompanies the images, they appear to confirm several anticipated trends in Chinese AAM technology, including advanced, agile dogfight weapons and extended-range ramjet propulsion systems.
In one image a pair of small AAMs are seen carried on shoulder launchers above an SD-10 (PL-12) active radar-guided missile: this is the first time such a ‘three-shot’ pylon has been seen on a Chinese combat aircraft. The weapons are carried by a Xian JH-7A strike aircraft - the first time that platform has been seen with such sophisticated AAMs.
The new small AAMs - if that is what they are - are unusual as they are not fitted with an infrared (IR) seeker. Both items instead have radomes, suggesting they might be active radar-guided weapons like the SD-10.
Russian specialist seeker design house AGAT has developed a special, miniaturised version of its 9B-1103M seeker to fit such small-diameter missiles. The 9B-1103M-150 has a 150 mm wide antenna and AGAT representatives have told Jane’s that it was produced in response to specific customer interest from outside Russia. AGAT declined to identify that customer.
(Excerpt) Read more at janes.com ...
Early morning check to see how the Middle East peace process is going.
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3498707,00.html
“Sources: Kfar Etzion terrorists released by Israel last week”
SNIPPET: “Palestinian sources tell Ynet terrorists who were killed after infiltrating yeshiva were recently freed after serving two years in an Israeli prison for attempting to steal weapons from IDF base. Search for gunmen behind Shoafat shooting attack continues”
Ali Waked and Efrat Weiss
Published: 01.25.08, 11:53 / Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The two terrorists who were killed Thursday evening after breaking into a yeshiva in the settlement of Kfar Etzion were released from an Israeli prison last week, Palestinian sources in Hebron told Ynet.
According to the sources, the terrorists were identified as relatives Muhammad and Mahmoud Sbarana, both 20-year-old Hamas members from the village of Beit Omer, near Hebron.
The terrorists, armed with a gun and a knife and dressed in uniform, threatened the students and the instructors with the weapons before being shot to death by the yeshiva’s instructors, two of whom were lightly injured while struggling with the terrorists.”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201070791262&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
JPost.com » Middle East » Article
Jan 25, 2008 10:44 | Updated Jan 25, 2008 11:26
“At least 10 killed in Beirut blast”
By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number were wounded in an explosion on a main road in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Local networks say that the device was a stationary bomb weighing around 40kg.
It is currently thought that the probable target of the attack a senior Lebanese police officer involved in recent clashes with the Palestinian al-Qaeda-linked Fatah Al-Islam group in the northern Lebanon town of Nahr el- Bared.
Lebanese media reported that he was killed in the blast.
Lebanon has been hit by a series of explosions, some of them political assassinations, amid a deepening 14-month political crisis.”
Having some knowledge about the background and poor bedrock the dam sits on, they are wasting their time as it stands a good chance of failing on its own.
LAHORE: The Interior Ministry has warned the provinces that 13 suicide bombers have entered Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore from the NWFP and may carry out attacks in these cities, reported a private TV channel.
According to Geo News, the ministry revealed in a letter written to the provinces and law-enforcement agencies that terrorists have formed a new organisation by the name of Al-Quds Army and that 13 of its newly trained suicide bombers have entered major cities for their subversive activities.
According to the channel, the ministry has also warned law-enforcement agencies and the provinces that two extremists of Maulana Fazlullah’s Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi have entered Sindh and Balochistan.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/01/25/story_25-1-2008_pg7_56
Increased Security Threat from Egypt after Border Breach
18 Shevat 5768, January 25, '08
As a result of the demolition of the separation wall between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday, police and military forces have increased security measures along the Israeli border with Egypt. Israelis visiting the Sinai Peninsula have been instructed to return home immediately.
Hundreds of thousands of Arabs from the Palestinian Authority in Gaza have entered Sinai since Wednesday morning. According to Israeli intelligence assessments, it is likely that PA terrorists have taken advantage of the It is likely that PA terrorists have taken advantage of the border breach.
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Thanks Godzilla.
Yes, I have read reports of concern regarding that dam.
“Terrorism in a Networked World”
David Cameron • Michael Chertoff • Tzipi Livni • Ahmed Rashid • Kenneth Roth
Moderated by • John Chipman
Thursday 24 January
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Extremist groups, particularly Islamic ones, are using the Internet and new media as a tool for getting across messages as well as for recruitment and training. How effective is Internet-inspired terrorism? What are the stakes for dealing with it? Should the US, Europe and other countries crack down on chat rooms, which radicalize adherents or should they use them to foster more positive relationships with their own Islamic communities?
Some of the insights from this session:”
ABC News has learned that the manhunt that began in Spain for suspected terror cell members has now extended to France and other European Union countries.
The attorney general in Spain said today that there are three cell members they are urgently searching for and that the missing members could be suicidal terrorists with a mission to attack somewhere outside of Spain.
Investigative sources tell ABC News the cell members are Spanish residents, including both nationals and foreigners. They are believed to have recently traveled to Spain from Waziristan, Pakistan, an area known as a hotbed for al Qaeda training and Taliban resurgence.
Excerpted
Thanks Oorang and not surprising.
blog:
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003952.html
January 24, 2008
“Germany: Al Qaeda-Linked Islamist Jailed”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On July 8, 2006 a man of Moroccan descent was arrested at Hamburg train station. He was only named as “Redouane E.H.”, then aged 36. He was said to have had links to an individual called Said Bahaji, who was an associate of the 9/11 “Hamburg Cell”. Bahaji had fled Germany eight days prior to 9/11.
Redouane E.H. was a resident of Kiel in northern Germany. Between 1996 and 2004 he attended the University of Kiel. At the time of his 2006 arrest, prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Frake Scheuten said that several addresses in Kiel had been searched.
Scheuten said: “The accused had numerous contacts with the international network of violent jihadis, among other places in Syria, Algeria and Iraq.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Judge Hohmann said that Redouane E.H.’s conviction was the first to have been made in Germany based on the evidence provided by internet conversations. During the trial, Redouane E.H. had told the court of code words that were used in these conversations, such as “taxi driver” to refer to a suicide bomber.”
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“The UN Human Rights Council: Antisemitism as Human Rights”
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The UN Human Rights Council: Antisemitism as Human Rights
Sri Lankan UN Representative Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka, January 23, 2008, Geneva
Sixth Special Session of the Council Convened to Condemn Only Israel (less)
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http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=13969
“Russia fights threat of imminent terrorist attack
The FSB said it had received information indicating that “terrorists had been preparing a series of attacks on administrative buildings, police and citizens in public places on the territory of Ingushetia.””
Friday, January 25, 2008 By RIAN
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A counter-terrorist operation has been launched in parts of the Republic of Ingushetia due to the threat of an imminent large-scale terrorist attack, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.
The FSB said it had received information indicating that “terrorists had been preparing a series of attacks on administrative buildings, police and citizens in public places on the territory of Ingushetia.””
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48767
Coalition Troops in Iraq Capture 12 Suspected Terrorists
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2008 – Coalition troops in Iraq captured seven suspected terrorists during operations today in Baghdad and Beiji, military officials said.
In Baghdad, coalition forces captured a wanted individual allegedly involved in the facilitation of weapons, improvised-explosive-device materials, vehicles, and suicide bombers for use in al Qaeda in Iraq attacks. Reports indicate the suspect also is linked to foreign terrorist-facilitation networks, including several terrorists currently operating outside of Iraq.
In Beiji, coalition forces captured two wanted individuals and four additional suspects. One of the wanted individuals reportedly is a leader of an al Qaeda-affiliated media and propaganda network. The other wanted individual was captured at a follow-on location and is believed to be an al Qaeda sniper-cell leader. Both wanted individuals are linked to numerous terrorist leaders in the region, including the senior leader of the Beiji network.
During another anti-insurgent operation in the Beiji area, two suspected terrorists were detained while coalition forces targeted an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq member associated with terrorist media and propaganda operations.
Also today, coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists during an operation in Mosul.
Yesterday, northeast of Samarra near the Hamrin Mountains, coalition forces targeted a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq associate who allegedly serves as an interrogator at a terrorist prison and training camp in the region. Reports indicate the individual facilitates weapons purchases and fighter movements in the area.
Intelligence reports led coalition forces to a location where the targeted individual was believed to be operating and they engaged, killing one armed terrorist and destroying a vehicle.
Also yesterday, coalition forces captured five suspected insurgents near Baghdad. One detainee is believed to be an al Qaeda in Iraq cell leader. Reports indicate the suspected terrorist was responsible for an Oct. 30 car-bomb attack that targeted a coalition forces patrol. The detainee also is linked to trafficking weapons throughout the southern Baghdad region and reportedly was planning an attack in the capital city area. Four other suspected terrorists also were captured during the operation. Coalition forces also captured two wanted individuals yesterday in Mosul.
“We will continue to pursue al Qaeda in Iraq and other extremists wherever they take sanctuary,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “Their indiscriminate attacks and oppressive practices will not be tolerated, and we stand committed with Iraqi security forces to end their campaign of terror.”
In Jan. 21 Iraq operations:
— Coalition troops and concerned local citizens discovered and destroyed 30 improvised explosive devices and some weapons caches during operations conducted south and southeast of Baghdad. Among the IEDs found, 16 were pressure-plate activated, seven were command-wire activated, one was an explosively formed projectile, or EFP, and one consisted of various explosives. Eleven weapons caches were found. One cache contained 20 IEDs, plus 83 57 mm rounds and 70 60 mm rounds. Additional caches contained various munitions ranging from 57 mm rounds to 125 mm artillery rounds as well as IED-making materials.
— An Iraqi special weapons and tactics team from Haditha captured four suspected terrorists in Barwanah during the unit’s first solo operation. The Iraqi SWAT team had participated in four other operations accompanied by U.S. special operations troops as advisors.
In other Iraq news, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers announced they’d cleared a key travel route between Baghdad and Baqouba of IEDs during operations this month as part of Operation Phantom Phoenix. The area of the road between Khan Bani Saad and Baqouba had been so heavily covered in IEDs that vehicles had to take other routes to travel between Baghdad and Baqouba, officials said.
“This was a hugely successful brigade-level operation planned and led by the Iraqi army,” said Army Lt. Col. Marshall Dougherty, a U.S. commander who participated in the operation. “The (Iraqi) commander laid out his plan and asked us to provide assets to support his effort such as helicopters, close-air support and artillery.”
Coalition and Iraqi forces also killed an estimated 41 al Qaeda in Iraq operatives. In addition, Iraqi and U.S. troops found and cleared 12 booby-trapped houses and 11 car bombs, found six weapons caches, and detained nine suspected al Qaeda operatives.
On Jan. 20, U.S. soldiers liberated two local Iraqis who had been kidnapped and tortured for 11 days. Ongoing operations in the area include clearing roadside bombs, repair of the highway and the standing up of concerned local citizens’ groups.
“This is another example of the Iraqi army increasing their capacity and taking the lead in making their country safer,” Dougherty said.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/01/suicide_bombers_and_work_accid_1.asp
“Suicide Bombers and Work Accidents”
(January 24, 2008)
blog:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/01/taliban_pakistani_tr.php
“Taliban, Pakistani troops clash in Darra Adam Khel”
By BILL ROGGIO
January 25, 2008 11:42 AM
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48772
“Ops Chief Briefs Support Groups on Military Efforts Worldwide”
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2008
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“Questions for the Pentagon [More on the Firing of the Islamic Expert]”
National Review Online ^ | January 25, 2008 | Claudia Rosett
Posted on 01/25/2008 12:13:06 PM PST by PurpleMan
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