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A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP article: "ARMED MEN SEIZE SCHOOL IN RUSSIAN REGION ON NORTH OSSETIA, REPORTS SAY" (September 1, 2004) (Note: Ongoing Updates) (Read More...)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS: "RUSSIAN TERROR LINK - BWIA Jet on Islamic Website" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The image showing a BWIA Lockheed L 1011 Tri Star with the wing and fuselage exploding, was posted on August 25. It bears reference to Chechyna's 10-year war with Russia seeking independence. BWIA decommissioned the L 1011, along with three others, a few years ago. They have been replaced by the Airbus A340.") (September 6, 2004) (Read More...)
There has been other earlier articles about the ethnicity of the terrorist hostage takers, (you may want to look at them), but here is the most current article I can find at the moment:
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200409/200409070043.html?
"Ethnic Koreans Among Hostage Takers in Russia"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MOSCOW -- It has been confirmed that among the terrorists who took hostages at a school in North Ossetia, Russia, there were some Korean-Russians (Goryeo-in in Korean), greatly shocking expatriate Koreans residing in Russia and the Korean-Russian community. Anxiety is increasing among them that they may become victims of terrorism targeting non-Caucasians committed by skinheads and gangs.
“Although they were not Korean citizens, as they were ethnic Koreans, we are taking additional measures such as requesting their precise identity from authorities."
As both of the Russian words referring to a Korean-Russian and a [South/North] Korean is the same -- “Kareiski” -- and the foreign news agencies are translating that word into “Korean” in their news coverage, the embassy considers that more accurate and swift work of identity confirmation should be carried out, in order to prevent a plunge in the national image of Korea and Korean expatriates in Russia.
Earlier, Russian news agency RIA Novosti, quoting Sergei Fridinsky, deputy prosecutor general for the Southern Federal District, reported Monday afternoon (local time) that, “The attackers are composed of diverse nationalities and there were Chechens, Tatars, Kazakhs and even Koreans among the attackers.’"
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory says five workers have been fired as part of the ongoing security and safety scandal.
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"in July, federal agents arrested an Egyptian man in Miami on charges that he ran a smuggling ring based in the Middle East and Latin America. Ashraf Ahmed Abdallah, 34, was charged with directing migrants from Egypt and neighboring countries to travel to Latin America, and from there to Guatemala, the base of the smuggling operation, where they would be transported through Mexico for entry into the United States."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/09/15/national1839EDT0780.DTL
AP NewsBreak: "Five fired in Los Alamos lab scandal"
MARY PEREA, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
(09-15) 16:20 PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) --
(That's no joke.)
Do they know something we don't know? :-)
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Yup, I completely concur. And aren't both the Daisy Cutter and MOAB designed to be dropped "reatrded" in that they both require some sort of either 'cute or guidance fins, which also slows their descent? I'm not sure that any of our bombers would be capable of dropping something with a 'chute or especially large fins.
I think this was an accident, pure and simple. BUT if I were thinking of some sort of ordnance, I might be considering a propane bomb. I don't know the exact nomenclature, but a buddy of mine described them as being very effective in underground "spaces" like a tunnel complex or caverns. The device is long and cylindrical and pointed on one end. It is designs to be nose heavy and penetrate into the space (meaning that the area penetrated can't be really DEEP). Then the outer case splits apart and releases a large amount of propane gas. On a timer (giving the propane time to disseminate) the secondary trigger is activated and the propane explodes over a large area. I'm told the concussion alone is enough to kill over a half mile from point of detonation underground. I would think that the possibility of creating secondary explosions is rather high. BUT I still think this was an accident borne of incompetence.
I dunno, but I'd personally like for them to be at a "fever pitch" because folks operating in that arena of emotionalism quite often make stupid mistakes.
It's about time someone did something there to show they are serious about cleaning up their act concerning security issues.
Iran News
Iran Navy commander: "Enemy Has Resorted to Psychological Warfare"
Sep 15, 2004, 11:13
The enemy has resorted to "psychological warfare" against Iran, said Commander of Navy Forces Rear Admiral Abbas Mohtaj on Tuesday.
Exploiting widespread propaganda on the internet, the enemy has attempted to achieve its objective by damaging "our self-confidence", added Mohtaj, speaking during the induction ceremony of the new commander of Mullah Khomeini Navy University in the northern city of Nowshahr.
"In this situation, it is critical that we uphold our values, trust in God and keep our self-confidence," he stressed. Mohtaj said, "Training the souls of military forces should take precedence over developing their skills."
In the ceremony, Mohtaj thanked Ali-Asghar Solatiyan, Former Commander of Mullah Khomeini Navy University, for his services and introduced Mohammad-Taqi Fani as the new commander of the university.
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_3777.shtml
Russia's Foreign Minister tells USA to mind its own business
Convicted murderer erroneously released from prison in Philadelphia
Japan moving toward calling China a military threat
Rumsfeld complaining Al Jazeera reporters / Iraq media receiving terror tip-offs
Vatican document misused by Kerry supporters
House workers busy giving themselves a raise - no time to secure borders when paychecks are at issue
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Hackers Join Homeland Security Effort
By Adam Tanner
09/15/04 7:45 AM PT
The Idaho cyber security effort is part of the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to boost defenses against possible attacks of all kinds. The group seeks a delicate balance between encouraging key parts of the U.S. economy to boost their cyber security without inspiring any nefarious acts.
Jason Larsen types in a few lines of computer code to hack into the controls of a nearby chemical plant. Then he finds an online video camera inside and confirms that he has pumped up a pressure value.
"It's the challenge. It's you finding the flaws," he said when asked about his motivation. "It's you against the defenders. It comes from a deep-seeded need to find out how things work."
Larsen, 31, who wears his hair long and has braces on his teeth, is a computer hacker Latest News about hacker with a twist. His goal is not to wreak havoc, but to boost security Relevant Products/Services from IBM eServer xSeries Systems for America's pipelines, railroads, utilities and other infrastructure, part of a project backed by the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Idaho lab last month launched a new cyber security center where expert hackers such as Larsen test computing vulnerabilities. Spread across 890 square miles in a remote area of eastern Idaho, INEEL gives experts access to an entire isolated infrastructure such as the one Larsen hacked into.
"I don't think people have an understanding of what could be the impact of cyber attacks," Paul Kearns, director of INEEL, told Reuters. "They don't understand the threat."
Not Prepared for Cyber Terrorism
In recent months, U.S. security officials have warned that the nation is not prepared against cyber terrorism.
"I am confident that there is no system connected to the Internet, either by modem or fixed connection, that can't be hacked into," said Laurin Dodd, who oversees INEEL's national security programs.
He added that only a computing system totally isolated from the outside, such as that used by the Central Intelligence Agency, would be immune to hacking.
Another problem is that many once-isolated systems used to run railroads, pipelines and utilities are now also accessible via the Internet and thus susceptible to sabotage.
"More and more of these things are being connected to the Internet, so they can be monitored at corporate headquarters," said Dodd, INEEL's associate lab director. "It is generally accepted that the August blackout last year could have been caused by that kind of activity."
"Most people think risk in this area is not going to result in thousands of deaths," he continued. "If somebody could wreak havoc in the financial system by getting into computers and as a result people lost confidence in the financial system, that could be pretty consequential."
Added lab director Kearns: "That's what al Qaeda is all about." (sniipped)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Hackers-Join-Homeland-Security-Effort-36612.html
YEMEN
280 Yemeni Al Qaida Suspects Pledge to Renounce Violence
from Gulf News on Wednesday, September 15, 2004
By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent Sanaa: A Yemeni committee in charge of conducting dialogue with Al Qaida suspects and other religious extremists announced yesterday it had convinced 280 of them to renounce their ideas and join the mainstream.
Judge Hamoud Al Hetar, chairman of the five-member religious scholars committee, said that the outcome of the fourth round of dialogue with the misguided young people from six governorates Sanaa, Taiz, Hudiedah, Hudhra-mout, AlBeidha, and Ibb was positive. He said that the talks included 107 youth some of those who came back from Afghanis-tan and 176 from those belonging to the armed group "Believing Youth" of Hussain Badr Al Deen Al Houthi, a Shiite cleric who led a three-month rebellion in northern Yemen before being killed by troops last week.
"They pledged to give up violence, extremism, and terrorism and abide by the law, respect Muslim and non-Muslim rights," said Al Hetar who did not set a date for their release from detention. He however said the dialogue would continue in the coming days.
Al Hetar made it clear that it was agreed upon with the extremists to respect the rights of non-Muslims, and not to attack the interests of the countries that signed conventions and treaties with Yemen.
He added that such a dialogue has opened the door for hope for these misguided youth.
Crackdown, dialogue help combat terror
The Yemeni Minister of Interior Rashad Al Alimi said the government has been adopting a successful policy to dry up the springs of terrorism. He said that 'cracking down on terrorists, arresting them, and putting them on trials" was the first part of that policy.
Cooperation "Conducting dialogue with terrorists and cooperating with brotherly and friendly countries, led to drying up the sources of terrorism ," Al Alimi said during a regional symposium on "Terror and Maritime Piracy" in Sanaa on Monday. Copyright Al Nisr Publishing LLC
http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?KEY=7E4356444657&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820#
I understand U2 is a music group, but I don't believe I have ever heard their music before.
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