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“New York Times Outs CIA Operative”
NewsBusters.org ^ | June 22, 2008 - 10:12 ET | Mick Wright |
Posted on June 22, 2008 8:49:33 AM PDT by TexasCajun
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In an astonishing stroke of irony, the New York Times has outed the name of the CIA operative who interrogated 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, over the objections of CIA Director Michael V. Hayden and a lawyer representing the operative.
Agency officials and legal counsel told the Times that publishing the agent’s name would “invade his privacy and put him at risk of retaliation from terrorists or harassment from critics of the agency.””
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50278
Forces Detain Suspects, Seize Weapons Caches in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2008 – U.S. and Iraqi forces discovered and confiscated weapons caches and captured insurgents during ongoing operations over the past several days in Iraq.
In Baghdad today, Iraqi police seized an explosively formed projectile and several machine-gun rounds during operations in the New Baghdad district.
In another operation, police uncovered a weapons cache in New Baghdad consisting of mortar rounds, a rocket, an artillery round, a number of machine-gun rounds, a mortar base plate, a telescopic sight, explosives, a night vision device and a rocket sled. Iraqi soldiers later confiscated several AK-47 rifles, two magazines and a grenade in the Sadr City district.
In other news, the court martial for Alaa “Alex” Mohammad Ali, a contractor charged with aggravated assault, is scheduled to begin today at the Camp Victory courthouse. Ali allegedly stabbed another contractor Feb. 23 at an outpost near Hit, Iraq. This is the first time a civilian is to be tried by court martial under a 2006 amendment to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Section 552 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2007.
In June 21 operations:
— Iraqi police seized two explosively-formed projectiles during an operation in Adhamiyah, Iraq. Later, a Sons of Iraq leader from Jihad turned in two rocket-propelled grenade rounds, five rocket-propelled grenade boosters and more than 1,600 machine-gun rounds to U.S. soldiers.
— U.S. soldiers detained a suspected Special Groups criminal during an operation in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
— U.S. and Iraqi soldiers seized a number of weapons caches in Baghdad. The caches contained mortars, mortar and artillery rounds, several AK 47 rifles, two sniper rifles and a light machine gun.
— U.S. soldiers found weapons and detained a suspect during operations in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The cache yielded mortar rounds, a rocket-propelled grenade, mortar tubes, radios, a rifle and other items.
In June 20 operations:
— Iraqi and coalition forces seized three caches and detained two suspects during operations in Amarah, Iraq. Wiring, cells phones, rocket-propelled grenades, and bomb-making material and other items were discovered during the raids.
— Five suspected extremists were detained by Iraqi security forces in Amarah. Two of the suspected militants were wearing women’s clothing at the time they were detained.
— U.S. soldiers disrupted efforts by Special Groups criminals to emplace improvised explosive devices, killing six of the suspects and wounding another during a joint operation in eastern Baghdad.
— Iraqi security forces seized 19 weapons caches during anti-insurgent operations in Amarah. The caches contained hundreds of rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds, anti-tank mines, small-arms ammunition, and other ordnance.
— Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers seized several weapons caches during operations in Baghdad. The caches yielded: explosively formed projectiles, artillery rounds, rifles, mortar rounds, machine guns, pistols, and other ordnance.
— U.S. soldiers and Iraqi security forces found several weapons caches in Baghdad’s Rashid district and detained two suspects.
— U.S. soldiers captured four suspected bombers during a route-clearance mission south of Tikrit, Iraq. The four individuals were observed digging alongside a road. All tested positive for explosive residue.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50279
Coalition Troops Kill Militants During Afghanistan Operations
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2008 – Coalition forces killed and captured a number of militants in Afghanistan over the past three days.
On June 21, Coalition forces conducted precision air strikes in Afghanistan’s Khost province, targeting a Taliban commander involved with improvised explosive devices, foreign-fighter operations and weapons smuggling.
The strikes were called when group of several militants were observed moving through a mountainous area in the Spera district. Intelligence reports indicated that a senior terrorist network commander was present within the group.
On June 20, several militants were killed and three others were detained during a coalition forces operation in Kapisa province. During a search of several compounds in the Tagab district, armed militants attacked the coalition forces, who responded with small-arms fire, killing the militants. Several AK-47 rifles, vests and ammunition were discovered during the search.
In June 19 operations, Afghan security forces and coalition troops killed several militants in Helmand province’s Nahr Surkh district. The militants were killed after they’d been observed emplacing roadside bombs.
Several militants were killed by Afghan and coalition forces in Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar province. The militants had attempted to ambush a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol. The patrol engaged the militants, killing several.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)
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Bahrain arrests Qaeda suspects: police (Financiers)
AFP ^ | 6/21/08
Posted on June 22, 2008 3:05:16 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
MANAMA (AFP) — Police in Bahrain said on Saturday one man was arrested and another freed on bail after they were accused of cooperating with and funding a foreign terrorist group, a reference to Al-Qaeda.
One suspect had delivered funds “to a foreign group that uses terrorism to reach its aims” and that his beliefs “could affect security,” according to a public prosecution statement.
“The first suspect has admitted delivering money to that group abroad, while the second has denied it... Both suspects have been accused of cooperating with a terrorist group abroad and financing a terrorist group.”
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“Jewish teen brutally beaten in apparent anti-Semitic attack in Paris”
By Reuters
Tags: Jews, Anti-Semitism, France
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The young man, identified as Rudy Haddad by one Jewish organization, was attacked by youths of African origin, a police source said, and the National Agency of Vigilance Against Anti-emitism said he had been attacked with iron bars.
Police said five youths had been held for questioning, and one police source told Reuters the victim was suffering “serious neurological problems.””
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“Jun 22, 2008 15:15 | Updated Jun 23, 2008 1:19
“French Jew seriously hurt in Paris attack
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The teenager’s father told RTL radio that his son was in a coma. The Paris hospital network said the teenager was in intensive care at the Cochin Hospital in Paris. The family’s identity was not released as the teenager is a minor.
France has western Europe’s largest population of both Jews and Muslims. The nation has faced a surge in anti-Semitic crime in the last decade.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060140.htm
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Police Say Muslim Villagers attack Christians after Disappearance of Muslim Convert
By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — An Egyptian police official said security forces have clashed with hundreds of angry Muslims who attacked houses and shops owned by Christians in a tiny farming village south of Cairo.
According to a story by the Associated Press (AP), the clashes took place late Friday after the disappearance of a young woman who had converted to Islam in the village of al-Nazalah. Egypt has seen several incidents of violence between Muslims and Christians in recent weeks.
The AP reported the police official said officers fired tear gas at, and scuffled with, about 1,000 Muslims who had accused Christians of kidnaping the female Muslim convert to force her to return to Christianity.
The AP said he spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
A village priest told the AP that Muslim residents also threw Molotov cocktails at Christians.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060138.htm
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Gunmen Kidnap At Least Nine Christians in NW Pakistan
By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Unidentified gunmen kidnapped nine Pakistani Christians on Saturday in an attack on a religious gathering in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
“The gunmen came in six vehicles and attacked the house where the Christian people were praying and took away at least nine people with them,” a senior police official, Imran Shahid, told Reuters reporter Faris Ali.
Reuters reported that some local residents said over two dozen people had been kidnapped in the attack in the Danishabad area of Peshawar city, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
According to Reuters, there was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the area is close to the Khyber tribal region where Islamist militants have been active in recent months. The region is also notorious for smugglers and bandits.
Reuters reported that Pakistan has seen a wave of militant violence; most of it in the northwest and the adjoining lawless tribal belt on the Afghan border, since the middle of the last year, but minority Christians have not been overtly targeted as such.
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060132.htm
Friday, June 20, 2008
Pastor Beaten; Police Look the Other Way
Gospel for Asia
For Immediate Release
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) — Gospel for Asia missionary Govind Ram and members of his congregation ask for prayer as they are appealing to their Superintendant of Police for protection. This request comes after local policemen did nothing to protect them from a group of 50 fanatics who, on June 15, savagely attacked the Christians.
Govind was in his church conducting a service when the fanatics came inside, dragged him and his wife outside and began beating them in front of their congregation. Several of the believers tried to help their pastor, but the extremists just beat them, too. The police were summoned, but the officers stood by watching, apparently powerless to control the mob of angry anti-Christians.
“The believers, who ran to help the pastor, were also beaten up in the presence of the policemen,” GFA’s correspondent wrote. “Meanwhile, the police disappeared in the crowd without taking any action or protecting the pastor and the believers.”
After the incident, the extremists warned Govind not to continue ministering in the village, or face “dire consequences.”
Govind and some believers from his church went to police authorities to request future protection, but they were turned away. Their next step is to lodge a formal request with the Superintendent of Police.
Govind and the Christians in his village urgently request prayer that the authorities and local police will act justly and agree to help the persecuted believers. They also ask for prayer that God will give them wisdom and courage to stand firm in these turbulent times.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A female suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded 40 Sunday when she detonated her explosives in a crowded area of central Baquba, police there said. A woman reacts as she views the scene of a Sunday suicide bombing in Baquba.
Police, women and children were among the casualties, according to the Diyala Military Operations command. The attack happened near the main government complex in Baquba on a street that security officials had sealed off last week. Only official vehicles were being allowed in the area; civilian vehicles without special clearance were prohibited.
More than 20 female suicide bombers have carried out attacks in Iraq this year, a number much higher than in previous years. According to the U.S. military, women carried out eight bombings in 2007.
Excerpted
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/?iref=mpstoryview
Journalists held for reporting on Taliban
Sunday, June 22, 2008
PESHAWAR: Police in the Shabqadar area of Charsadda district detained 15 local journalists on Saturday for reporting on Taliban activities.
Ahmad Ali, one of the arrested journalists, told Daily Times by telephone that they had received several warnings from DSP Ihsanuddin to refrain from such reporting. The journalists were later freed, but said they would remain in the police station until DSP’s transfer.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/06/22/story_22-6-2008_pg7_7
Thanks Oorang.
I’ll link to those articles.
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Pakistan's Khan says no links to Swiss nuclear experts
Sunday June 22, 2008
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, on Sunday denied that Islamabad or his laboratory were linked to alleged plans found on Swiss engineers to make nuclear weapons. The Swiss government revealed last month that three engineers were found with "detailed plans of how to make nuclear weapons" when they were arrested four years ago on suspicion of smuggling nuclear secrets to Libya.
Khan told Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag that although he knew the engineer -- named by the paper as Urs Tinner -- and his two sons for more than 30 years, the plans were not connected to his programme. "Pakistan and the Khan Research Laboratories have absolutely nothing to do with whatever Tinner or his sons had on their computers," he told the newspaper in a written interview. "I have known the Tinner family since 1976 and would not hesitate for a moment to stick my hand in the fire for them," Khan added.
The three engineers were arrested in Germany in October 2004 and then extradited to Switzerland in May 2005. The father was released in 2006 but his two sons are still in prison.
The Swiss government faced a storm of criticism after revealing it had destroyed the documents last November "to prevent them falling into the hands of a terrorist organisation or non-authorised state." Politicians as well as a judge criticised the government over its decision, with a judge calling the action "outrageous".
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Pakistan_s_Khan_says_no_links_to_Sw_06222008.html
U.S. nuke spotters sent to China before games
Friday, June 20, 2008
The Bush administration has dispatched a secret team of nuclear specialists to China in response to Chinese concerns that terrorists may attempt to set off a radiological bomb during the Beijing Summer Olympics, The Washington Times has learned.
The Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) was sent on Chinese intelligence indicating that any attack likely would involve a radiological device - a conventional explosive laced with radioactive material to enhance its effect - said Bush administration officials familiar with the security efforts.
The NEST deployment was disclosed as China announced this week that it is conducting a citywide drill in Beijing to test responses for a radiological bomb attack. It could not be learned whether the NEST unit will participate in the drill. The deployment to China is unusual. NEST units usually deploy to areas in the United States and use highly classified equipment and techniques.
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http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/20/us-nuke-spotters-sent-to-china-before-games/
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“Qaida al-Jihad (as-Sahab): “Somalia - No Peace without Islam” by Abu Yahya al-Libi”
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Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
June 22, 2008
“Using civilians as human shields: ten Palestinians killed and several dozens (including women and children) injured in Beit Lahiya as a result of a “work accident”: an explosion flattened the house of Ahmed Hamouda, a senior Hamas operative in the northern Gaza Strip”
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“Title of Video: IAEA Director-General Dr. Muhammad Al-Baradei: Iran Can Produce Enough Enriched Uranium for a Nuclear Bomb in Six Months to a Year”
“Clip #1797 Broadcast: June 20, 2008”
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