Wowser MamaDearest. Thanks for this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659022/posts?page=124#124
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SHIPPING CONTAINERS can hold some interesting items.
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41236-1.html
07/03/06 -- 04:14 PM
"Policy group urges RFID to thwart terrorists"
By Alice Lipowicz, Contributing Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Use of radio frequency identification tracking technologies and 24-hour remote sensor systems on shipping containers not only would boost port security but also would have significant commercial benefits, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California.
The government should encourage such dual-use technologies, for both security and commercial gain, because such investments are the most likely way to improve port security, the study said.
“Profit-seeking investments by private-sector shippers, carriers and port operators to enhance the efficiency of the global containerized supply chain may do more to prevent terrorist groups from using container shipping as a conveyor of weapons of mass destruction than will investments targeted at the outset specifically to the security threat,” the study said."
Thanks to Fair Opinion for starting this thread:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660079/posts
"U.S. Navy says al Qaeda poses major threat from sea"
Reuters ^ | Stefano Ambrogi | July 3, 2006
Posted on 07/03/2006 11:27:03 PM PDT by FairOpinion
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LONDON (Reuters) - The threat of an al Qaeda attack from the sea remains an "absolute concern" and could intensify as operations on land are countered, the U.S. Navy's top commander in the Gulf told Reuters on Monday.
Since the September 11 attacks on the United States, governments and security experts have repeatedly voiced fears about the vulnerability of the maritime industry, which carries more than 90 percent of the world's traded goods.
"I don't think there is any question that as we thwart their attacks and disrupt their operations on land, that we should expect them to turn to the sea," Vice Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, who is in charge of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said in an interview.
"It is something that is an absolute concern and focus for us, and I will not rest easy in this job (until it is checked)," he said, speaking by telephone from Manama in Bahrain.
Walsh said al Qaeda, which is well known to have a maritime arm, was very adept at blending into the maritime environment."