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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Perhaps this is happening
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed
Has Al Qaeda Changed its Base? An official who is a close observer of the Al Qaeda network believes that the organization has begun to shift its activities to Yemen, in addition to its strong presence in Iraq. The movement’s migration from Afghanistan is practically aiming to surround the Gulf region, which Al Qaeda considers its first and last goal.
The recent thwarted operations in Saudi Arabia and the arrests of terrorist cells is primary evidence that Al Qaeda has expanded, and perhaps shifted, its activities, which indicates that we are about to enter a third stage of the war on terror. The battle began early in Saudi Arabia but Al Qaeda suffered successive defeats and was thus forced to spread its wings abroad. It seems that after having been restricted, it has decided upon a change in strategy.
The aforementioned official believes that Yemen may replace Afghanistan as the incubator to breed, rally and train [terrorists]. In practice, Yemen could become the new Al Qaeda base a label once reserved for Afghanistan. The official’s assumptions were confirmed by new activity carried out in the rugged mountains of Yemen that proved to be testing even for the skilled Yemeni forces that best knew their land.
This was evident through the battles with the al Houthi groups that fortified their strength in the mountains over several months and inflicted damage on government forces. Although the Yemeni authority was able to weaken these groups, prevent their expansion and foil any influence of al Houthi members on the center of the capital and other major cities in Yemen, defeating them proved to be a very difficult matter.
If Al Qaeda has really decided to shift its center and perhaps its headquarters to the mountain peaks of northern Yemen, then we are facing a new challenge and a new phase in combat. Since it was first established, Al Qaeda has been targeting the most important country, namely, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in general as it is aware of the fact that Saudi is to the region what the heart is to the body.
Also, despite its success of spreading chaos and destruction in Iraq, Algeria, Britain and other places, it has still failed to achieve the symbolic significance, popularity and influence that it has been aspiring to since the mid-1990s. Al Qaeda believes that Yemen is an easy country; drawing evidence from the organization’s frequent ability to hide in its mountains and exploit the existing tribal dissidents, in addition to the poverty of its economy and population density. As such, Yemen is fertile ground for the breeding of new generations of Al Qaeda cells or an alternative haven to the desolate, remote and blockaded areas of Afghanistan.
The results of this grave analysis are that the Yemeni authorities should act as a targeted regime just as Al Qaeda had targeted the Afghan regime and instigated conflict among its tribes, setting it ablaze and causing extensive foreign intervention.
Saudi Arabia, the country that is most targeted by terrorists, also has no choice other than to prepare for a new bout of terrorism that requires increased efforts in curbing potential financers who raise funds under the pretext of charitable work, and local instigators who are recruiting young men under various Islamic banners such as Iraq and Kashmir.
Perhaps the proposal of electronic [identity] cards for the entire population should be a priority and should be applied quickly. The truth is that the Saudi Ministry of Interior is one of the most advanced governmental institutions with respect to modern technology, not only in achieving security objectives but also in providing its various civil services. This is a compelling subject that deserves further examination in another article.
Posted by GS Don Morris, Ph.D.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Khatami, Rafsanjani headline new coalition to counter Ahmadinejad
Daily Star in Lebanon:
Iranian reformists Friday announced a coalition inspired by former President Mohammad Khatami to win back Parliament and save Iran from the “crisis” they said was created by his successor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The coalition brings together 21 moderate parties, including the allies of ex-presidents Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashemi Ranfsanjani, to fight conservatives in the legislative elections on March 14, officials said.
“The country is in serious crisis. All parties agree that they should restore the Parliament’s position and curb the government’s inexpert activities,” said spokesman Abdollah Naseri.
Officials said the guiding light of the coalition was Khatami, president from 1997-2005, who in recent weeks has broken two years of virtual political silence to lambast Ahmadinejad in a series of speeches.
“Khatami was behind this coalition. He is one of the pillars of consolidating reformists for the next election,” another spokesman, Morteza Haji, told the news conference.
The coalition includes the largest reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front, and the Executives of Construction Party, founded by ex-cabinet members from the 1989-1997 presidency of the pragmatic Rafsanjani.
It is also joined by Khatami’s party, the Association of Combatant Clerics, and the Organization of Islamic Revolution Mujahideen, whose members served as key lawmakers in the previous Parliament.
The other major pro-reform party, the National Confidence Party, headed by former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi, will have about 80 percent of its candidates in common with the broad coalition, Naseri said.
Reformists, who had the majority in the previous Parliament, are concerned about a repetition of the February 2004 polls, which suffered a low turnout and saw thousands of their candidates banned from standing by the conservative electoral watchdog, the Council of Guardians.
“The Council of Guardians cannot tighten the space in a way that a real competitive election does not take place,” Haji said, referring to the powerful clerical body which vets all candidates running for public office.
He added that “Karroubi, Khatami and Rafsanjani are lobbying with high ranks of the Islamic Republic to guarantee the health of the election and remind the council it is not to make decisions on behalf of people.”
The reformist camp is banking on a high turnout, hoping that frustration with the government’s economic policies will carry them to the March polls - seen as crucial for the future political direction of Iran.
Many have complained that Ahmadinejad has provided excess rhetoric and few of the domestic reforms he promised during his campaign.
“The government has intensified most internal and international crises in the past two years because there is not a strong and watchful parliament,” Naseri said.
“The back-breaking inflation is felt by people and will be a serious reason to vote,” he said.
On March 14, reformists will be challenged by conservatives, who have formed a united front of their own, bringing together Ahmadinejad loyalists and traditional conservative factions.
After Khatami’s 1997 presidential victory, reformists held a powerful position in Iranian politics before they started losing to rival conservatives in 2002 in municipal, parliamentary and presidential polls. They made a comeback in last year’s municipal elections, when they formed a similar coalition drawing up a unified list of candidates.
Attacks on Ahmadinejad have increased of late, with some even claiming that the all powerful Council of Guardians had begun certain wresting certain power from the leader.
On Tuesday, Hassan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator and head of a powerful think tank affiliated with Ranfsanjani’s Expediency Council, offered a blistering critique of Ahmadinejad’s foreign and domestic policies. “A strategy of letter-writing and slogans cannot be an appropriate strategy for us to follow,” he said. - Agencies
Posted by GS Don Morris, Ph.D.
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Israel rules out attacks by Hezbollah, Syria in 2008: report
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Israel’s Aman military intelligence does not think that Syria or Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia will carry out a largescale offensive against Israel in 2008, an Israeli daily said on Sunday.
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Syria-Iraq pipeline will reopen within 2 years Open this result in new window
Khaleej Times - 54 minutes ago
DAMASCUS, Syria - A pipeline linking Iraq’s northern oil fields with Syria’s Mediterranean coastline will be operational within two years but needs repairs in Iraq, Syria’s oil minister said Sunday after meeting with a visiting Iraqi delegation.
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Bush: Syria must release arrested opposition activists
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 14 1:55 PM
US President George W. Bush called on Syria Friday to immediately release dozens of opposition activists reportedly arrested this week amid events marking International Human Rights Day.
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Iraq keen to deepen ties with Syria - deputy PM Open this result in new window
China Daily - Dec 15 6:37 PM
DAMASCUS - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Ahmed Saleh said here Saturday that his country is keen to deepen ties with Syria in all fields, the official SANA news agency reported.
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Survey: Many Iraqis in Syria fled during U.S. troop buildup Open this result in new window
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Dec 14 9:26 AM
CAIRO, Egypt— One in five Iraqi refugees in Syria has been tortured or suffered from other violence, and more than a third fled their homeland between July and October, at the height of the U.S. troop buildup that was intended to quell sectarian violence in Baghdad, preliminary data from a new United Nations study show.
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Grim past, dim future for Iraqi exiles in Syria Open this result in new window
The Sacramento Bee - Dec 15 12:27 AM
CAIRO, Egypt – One in five Iraqi refugees in Syria had been tortured or suffered from other violence in Iraq, and more than a third fled their homeland between July and October, at the height of the U.S. troop buildup that was meant to quell sectarian violence in Baghdad, preliminary data from a U.N. study show.
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Bush: Syria must release arrested opposition activists Open this result in new window
Middle East Times - Dec 14 6:57 PM
US President George W. Bush (R) stands next to Vice president Dick Cheney as he speaks in the Rose Garden. Bush called on Syria Friday to immediately release dozens of opposition activists reportedly arrested this week amid events marking International Human Rights Day. (AFP Saul Loeb)
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Challenged, Syria Extends Crackdown on Dissent Open this result in new window
New York Times - Dec 13 6:58 PM
Syria escalated a crackdown on dissent a week after critics elected a leadership committee in an unusually direct and public challenge to President Bashar al-Assad?s authority.
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Release political prisoners, Bush tells Syria Open this result in new window
Khaleej Times - Dec 14 9:16 PM
WASHINGTON—US President George W. Bush demanded on Friday that Syria release jailed activists and political prisoners.
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Zawya - Dec 14 11:08 PM
BEIRUT: This week’s blows to the political and security situation in Lebanon reflect the unraveling of the budding diplomatic ties between Syria and the West in recent weeks, a number of political analysts told The Daily Star on Friday.
News Stories for “Iran”
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Israeli team in US to counter new Iran assessment: press
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An Israeli delegation is holding a series of meetings in the United States to argue that Iran still seeks nuclear arms despite a US intelligence report to the contrary, a daily said on Sunday.
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Chris de Burgh to perform in Iran: promoter
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Irish singer Chris de Burgh, famed for his hit “The Lady in Red”, is to give concerts in Iran next summer as part of a collaboration with an Iranian rock group, their manager said on Sunday.
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Iran says to discuss Iraq “terrorist groups” with U.S. Open this result in new window
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 3:06 AM
Iran said on Sunday it wanted to discuss the activities of “terrorist groups” when it next holds talks with the United States about boosting security in Iraq.
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Iran to let missing US man’s wife visit Open this result in new window
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 3:20 AM
Iran will allow an American woman to travel to Tehran to get information about her husband, a former FBI agent who was last seen at a resort island off the country’s southern coast, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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Israel officials in US to discuss Iran Open this result in new window
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 2:57 AM
Israeli intelligence officials are in the U.S. trying to convince the Bush administration that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapons — contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials said.
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Iran says no date fixed for atom plant completion Open this result in new window
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 1:17 AM
No date has been fixed for completing Iran’s first nuclear power plant but Russia is serious about finishing the long-delayed project, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Iran protests to Azerbaijan over spy trial
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 12:32 AM
Iran angrily protested to Azerbaijan on Sunday and summoned its ambassador over “baseless” accusations that Iranian secret services were plotting a coup in the former Soviet republic.
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Israel coming to U.S. to argue Iran still trying to develop nuclear arms Open this result in new window
USA Today - Dec 15 10:39 PM
Israel has dispatched an unscheduled delegation of intelligence officials to the U.S. to try to convince it that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapon contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials say.
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Israel: US report on Iran may spark war Open this result in new window
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 15 7:45 PM
Israel’s public security minister warned Saturday that a U.S. intelligence report that said Iran is no longer developing nuclear arms could lead to a regional war that would threaten the Jewish state.
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Israel Officials in US to Discuss Iran Open this result in new window
ABC News - Dec 16 12:02 AM
Israeli Delegation Heads to US to Argue That Iran Still Seeking Nuclear Arms
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$2 billion to upgrade Cuba’s transportation system over 5 years Open this result in new window
NBC 15 Mobile - Dec 15 10:03 AM
Cuba will spend more than $2 billion over five years to upgrade its dilapidated public transportation system, state media reported Saturday.
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Cuba proyecta $2.000 millones para modernizar transporte Open this result in new window
El Paso Times - Dec 15 10:08 AM
LA HABANA—Cuba invertirá unos 2.000 millones de dólares a lo largo de cinco años para reestructurar su transporte, uno de los sectores más golpeados por la crisis económica y que suele ser un reclamo permanente de la población.
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Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended Open this result in new window
Washington Post - Dec 15 5:16 PM
The Bush administration has told a federal judge that its 2005 destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes did not violate a court order because the captives in question were being kept in secret prisons at the time, not at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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CUBA PUBLIC LIBRARY TO OBSERVE HOLIDAYS Open this result in new window
The Canton Daily Ledger - Dec 14 10:58 AM
CUBA — Spoon River Public Library District will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, as well as for maintenance and cleaning, from Sunday, Dec. 23 through Wednesday, Dec. 26 and Sunday, Dec. 30 through Wednesday, Jan. 2.
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U.S. personalities condemn blockade against Cuba Open this result in new window
People’s Daily - Dec 13 9:46 PM
Over 500 U.S. artists, writers and academics wrote to President George W. Bush to urge him to end the decades-long blockade against Cuba, Cuban daily Granma reported Thursday. They also urged the president to eliminate obstacles imp ...
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End failed trade ban with Cuba Open this result in new window
The Florida Times-Union - Dec 14 9:32 PM
ST. AUGUSTINE - Recently, at the home of former St. Augustine Mayor Len Weeks and his wife, Kristy, I witnessed an evening of camaraderie and humanitarianism.
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America’s new talk policy with ‘rogue’ states opens door for Bush’s successor Open this result in new window
International Herald Tribune - Dec 16 4:06 AM
The morphing of the White House from imperial protector of U.S. presidential exclusivity to sending Christmastime greetings to North Korean dictators will leave the next president with a lot more legroom.
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Justice Dept.: Back off on CIA tapes Open this result in new window
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 3:35 AM
The controversy over destroyed CIA interrogation tapes is shaping up as a turf battle involving the courts, Congress and the White House, with the Bush administration telling its constitutional coequals to stay out of the investigation.
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CUBA PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HOLD TEA FOR PATRONS Open this result in new window
The Canton Daily Ledger - Dec 13 11:28 AM
CUBA — Spoon River Public Library in Cuba will host a Patron’s Appreciation Tea during regular library hours Monday through Wednesday, Dec. 17, 18 and 19.
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Cuban Embargo Switch Echoes Huckabee’s Immigration Shift Open this result in new window
AG Weekly - Dec 15 10:18 AM
MIAMI - As governor of Arkansas five years ago, Mike Huckabee joined a bipartisan chorus of politicians who concluded that the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba was bad for businesses.
News Stories for “gangs”
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Squad targeting travelling gangs Open this result in new window
BBC News - 54 minutes ago
A pilot project targeting gangs of travelling criminals who prey on the elderly or vulnerable is being extended.
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Gangs ditch tattoos, go for college look Open this result in new window
MSNBC - Dec 16 12:27 AM
Facing harsh crackdowns by government security forces and citizen vigilante groups, Central America’s gangs are trying to lower their profile.
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Keeping teenagers in school called pivotal in keeping them out of gangs Open this result in new window
The Palm Beach Post - Dec 15 9:33 PM
How do you keep teenagers from joining violent street gangs?
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Hugs not gangs and violence - Agencies, non-profits urge more after-school programs Open this result in new window
Brooklyn Graphic - Dec 16 1:12 AM
More after-school programs may be the answer to reduce the presence of gangs in schools.
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National gangs invading Va. Shore, police say Open this result in new window
The Daily Times - Dec 15 1:35 AM
CAPE CHARLES — Law enforcement officials in Cape Charles are certain well-organized, national gangs have come not only to the Shore, but also to the bayside resort town.
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Bogus council road gangs warning Open this result in new window
BBC News - Dec 14 4:26 AM
Road gangs falsely claiming to be council workers target homeowners and businesses, warns a local authority.
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Day-lewis Almost Lost Movie Son Over Gangs Open this result in new window
ContactMusic - Dec 14 7:04 PM
The parents of young star DILLON FREASIER almost pulled the 10year-old out of DANIEL DAY-LEWIS’ new film after seeing his big screen father in GANGS O
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Law enforcement officials study why youths join gangs Open this result in new window
Sampson Independent - Dec 15 8:46 PM
CLINTON — While law enforcement officials representing the most prestigious of local, state and federal agencies offered a plethora of information and statistics on everything gang-related at a conference in Clinton earlier this week, it was a gang counselor who brought the bottom line — why youths join them and this problem is even being faced.
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The rise of the suburban high: Gangs are setting up cannabis farms in prosperous neighbourhoods Open this result in new window
Evening Standard - Dec 15 4:45 PM
The view over the detached houses off Nottingham Road on the outskirts of the Derbyshire town of Ripley takes in mature, well kept gardens with their brimming shrubberies and rows of clipped holly and fir.
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The rise of the suburban high: Gangs are setting up cannabis farms in prosperous neighbourhoods Open this result in new window
Daily Mail - Dec 15 1:23 PM
The view over the detached houses off Nottingham Road on the outskirts of the Derbyshire town of Ripley takes in mature, well kept gardens with their brimming shrubberies and rows of clipped holly and fir. But there is an exception - a burned-out house is evidence of a cannabis farm
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Containment Of Jamaican Gangs Is Not A Solution Open this result in new window
Scoop.co.nz - Dec 15 12:04 PM
* How much of the violence in Jamaica is gang-related and how much is politically-motivated?
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Police take fight to central N.M. gangs Open this result in new window
KOB-TV Albuquerque - Dec 15 9:30 AM
Drug paraphernalia, an assault riffle, and meth—these were just some of the things taken off the street by a gang task force Friday in Valencia County.
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Resident advocates programs to keep kids away from gangs Open this result in new window
Daily News Journal - Dec 14 1:02 AM
Patterson Park Community Center should allow more activities for children to keep them away from gangs, a community advocate told Murfreesboro officials Thursday.
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Cops: Red bandanas, crimes, but no gangs Open this result in new window
Baltimore Examiner - Dec 15 6:19 AM
Despite three recent crimes involving attackers wearing red bandanas in downtown Towson, Baltimore County police say they don’t have a gang problem in the county’s crown jewel.
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Salsa Dancers Hope Smooth Moves Inspire Others Open this result in new window
The Tampa Tribune - Dec 15 9:12 PM
To those who practice, salsa is more than just a dance. Luis Eduardo Hernandez sees it as a way to keep youths away from drugs and gangs in his native Colombia. Kiki Kakoullis, 25, and Eli Kostova, 17, have watched it unify and socialize people in their native Bulgaria.
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Detective: Gang injunction working in SM Open this result in new window
North County Times - Dec 15 7:36 PM
VISTA — Reports of gang-related crime in San Marcos plummeted in the two weeks since county prosecutors sought court-ordered restrictions for 93 documented members of one of the city’s gangs, a gang detective said Friday.
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Gangs’ revenge threat after killing Open this result in new window
Stuff - Dec 13 8:11 AM
Community leaders were patrolling Porirua suburb Cannons Creek last night as gangs threatened to “avenge the death of our fallen uso [mate]”.
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Parents’ watchful eyes the best deterrent of street gangs Open this result in new window
Contra Costa Times - Dec 13 3:42 AM
A PARENT SEMINAR was held the other evening in Dublin to raise awareness about gangs in the city. Gangs in Dublin? Our little corner of suburbia isn’t some gang hotbed, is it?
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Crime gangs make billions from Bulgaria sex slaves
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 8:08 AM
The trafficking of Bulgarian women as sex slaves brings in about 1.8 billion euros ($2.6 billion) a year for the gangs behind it, making it the country’s most profitable criminal activity, a report said on Wednesday.
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Gangs’ use of fear slows down justice Open this result in new window
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Dec 15 3:09 AM
It has been barely two weeks since former Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, 24, was shot and killed at his suburban Miami home as part of a botched burglary. Already, four suspects have been rounded up, charged and scheduled for arraignment Dec. 21.
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Gang Fight Shuts Down School Open this result in new window
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara - Dec 13 4:46 PM
A Santa Maria school was locked down today after a gang fight got out of hand. Police say right after the lunch hour a Guadalupe gang began assaulting Ernest Righetti High School students and not letting them to pass certain properties, which the claim as theirs.
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Boy Recovering From Serious Injuries After Gang Shooting Open this result in new window
KGTV San Diego - Dec 15 4:09 PM
A 17-year-old boy is recovering Saturday from being shot in a possible gang fight in the Talmadge area.
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Reaction to the lockdown at Santa Maria’s Righetti High School Open this result in new window
KSBY San Luis Obispo - Dec 14 7:41 AM
A parent speaks out after a gang fight at Righetti High School in Santa Maria.
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ABC SIX NEWS was at a special meeting tonight to hear residents express their growing concerns Open this result in new window
KAAL Austin - Dec 13 8:59 PM
(KAAL)-— Rochester Police say gang numbers are on a rise, and now safety is becoming as issue. “He said, you better go in and call 9-1-1, there’s going to be a gang fight.” Mary Clark has witnessed gang violence in her own front yard last year.
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Noise complaint leads to imbibing citations Open this result in new window
The Daily Sentinel - Dec 14 9:00 PM
Furnishing alcohol to a minor, 2800 block of Pearl Street. After responding to a noise complaint, several minors were seen consuming alcohol and were given citations.
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Napa man, 19, shot in head Open this result in new window
Vallejo Times-Herald - Dec 10 4:40 PM
NAPA - A 19-year-old man is clinging to life at a Santa Rosa hospital after being shot in the head during an alleged gang fight late Saturday.
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Suspected Gang Members Arrested Open this result in new window
Santa Barbara Independent - Dec 13 12:32 PM
Santa Barbara police arrested suspected gang members in two separate incidents on 12/7.
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Harris County a leader in trying teens as adults Open this result in new window
KHOU - Dec 13 5:11 AM
Some question whether it’s the right approach, or if it’s just passing the buck.
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Man Clinging To Life After Alleged Gang-Related Shooting Open this result in new window
KTVU 2 San Francisco - Dec 09 6:32 PM
NAPA — A 19-year-old man is clinging to life at a Santa Rosa hospital after being shot in the head during an alleged gang fight late Saturday night in Napa.
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Life Saving Reunion Open this result in new window
WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg - Dec 12 4:20 PM
A little girl who became the face of gang violence in Lancaster says thank you to the doctors who saved her life.
Student Arrestedby Peggy Sinkovich
Was Andrew Culver’s email to The Church of Satan truly a threat? Or a call for help, or a prank? That’s exactly what Cortland and Bazetta police are trying to determine tonight. .
The one paragraph email, police say Culver sent from his home computer on December 12th states he wants out of the “Christian world” and needs to kill. He also went on to say he will kill his grandparents and wants the church to employee him as an unholy warrior.
The email immediately caught the attention of Peter Gilmore of the Church of Satan. Gilmore says his church is a religion of anti-Christian atheists who do not actually believe in God, Satan, or an afterlife and do not condone violence.
Gilmore says the recent acts of violence among teens has been increasing and he didn’t want more to take place so as soon as he read the email he turned it over to the FBI.
The FBI then contacted the local police.
Cortland Police Chief Gary Mink and Bazetta Chief Chuck Sayers say they became concerned due to last week’s church shootings in Colorado and the words Culver used in the computer message.
Police said other concerns were the fact that Culver, enrolled early in the Army and has already completed basic training. Culver also put in his email that his grandfather is a retired police officer and that he has access to guns.
Andrew’s grandfather says his grandson has lived with him for two years and he doesn’t believe the boy is a threat. He thinks the email was just a hoax.
Police say when they arrested Culver, he told them the email was a joke but would not answer any other questions.
Culver turned 18 today.
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Stolen Data Update
At a press conference Wednesday, Governor Ted Strickland updated situation on stolen state employee data.
More than three times as many taxpayers are affected by last month’s theft of computer storage device than officials had previously thought bringing the total to more than 786-thousand. Governor Strickland, at a news conference today, emphasized that there’s no evidence the information has been accessed, following the theft. Every state employee and welfare recipient , and some lottery winners are information also contained on the device.
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RAND Study Outlines Passenger-Rail Systems Which Cost-Effectively Prevent Terrorist Attacks Open this result in new window
Medical News Today - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
A RAND Corporation study issued today gives rail security planners and policymakers a framework to develop cost-effective plans to secure their rail systems from terrorist attacks.More than 12 million Americans travel on passenger-rail lines each weekday, and because of its open nature, rail transit is considered an attractive terrorist target. [click link for full article]
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Ankara has massed up to 100,000 troops near the mountainous border with northern Iraq [Reuters] Open this result in new window
Aljazeera - 11 minutes ago
Turkish military aircraft have attacked Kurdish fighters across the border in the mountains of northern Iraq, Turkey’s General Staff has said in a statement.
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County well prepared for disaster Open this result in new window
Leader-Telegram - Dec 13 10:06 PM
Though Eau Claire County may seem like an unlikely target for a terrorist attack, that hasn’t stopped community leaders from planning how to respond to such an incident.
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Basque separatists attack court building - Summary Open this result in new window
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Bilbao, Spain - The Basque separatist organization ETA on Sunday detonated a bomb at a court building in the northern Spanish town of Sestao, near Bilbao, the Basque Interior Ministry said. Nobody was injured in the blast, according to the ministry. ...
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Cong publishes Jaish chief’s ad to target BJP Open this result in new window
Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Dec 14 6:43 AM
With just a day remaining for the second phase of Gujarat polls, Congress on Friday attacked the ruling BJP by issuing an advertisement carrying the photograph of Masood Azhar — who was released by the NDA government in Kandahar a few years ago. “Remember that black day, when a BJP-led NDA government’s minister went to release terrorist Masood Azhar to Kandahar instead of hanging him,” the ...
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Turkey bombs n.Iraq, woman killed - Iraq officials Open this result in new window
Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 16 5:00 AM
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes targeting Kurdish rebels bombed villages deep in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing one woman and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, local officials said.
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‘The Ultimate Soft Target’ Open this result in new window
Newsweek - Dec 13 9:13 AM
Algeria’s latest suicide bombing did more than claim dozens of lives. How the attack could affect the United Nations.
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Turkey bombs n.Iraq, woman killed - Iraq officials Open this result in new window
AlertNet - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Source: Reuters (Updates with NTV report on number of planes, paragraph 3) By Sherko Raouf SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes targeting Kurdish rebels bombed villages deep in northern Iraq on ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 16 2:47 AM
Turkish warplanes bombed villages deep in northern Iraq early on Sunday, killing one woman and wounding two other people in one of the heaviest raids against Kurdish rebels in months, local officials said.
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Private broadcaster CNN Turk quoted unnamed Turkish military sources denying that Iraqi villages had been targeted. If the death of the woman is confirmed it would be the first since Turkey stepped up artillery bombardments and airstrikes on suspected PKK bases in the Qandil mountains in October.
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Ex-convicts plead guilty to planning terrorist attacks against U.S.-based targets Open this result in new window
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Dec 15 12:50 AM
Levar Haley Washington was finally free on parole after years in prison for robbery _ but unbeknownst to authorities, the Muslim convert was already plotting more serious crimes.
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On target: Punjab’s dera heads Open this result in new window
The Times of India - Dec 13 2:09 PM
Others on the hitlist were two SGPC members and All-India Anti Terrorist Front chief MS Bitta.
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UN death toll in Algeria raised to 17 Open this result in new window
Ararat Advertiser - Dec 15 10:27 AM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to “spare no effort” to ensure security for United Nations staff around the world as the world body raised the death toll in the terrorist bombing of its offices in the Algerian capital to 17.
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Humane Society’s bear poll slightly off target Open this result in new window
Baltimore Examiner - Dec 14 4:34 PM
You have to hand it to the Humane Society in its objection to bear hunting. Well, maybe not. We can applaud its recent Annapolis protest at the Governor’s Mansion that was done legally. It did not have protesters in the field during the hunt. That’s good.
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icTheWharf - Dec 15 6:20 AM
Nearly 10,000 Scots have been searched by transport police since the terror attack on Glasgow Airport in June. Officers have stopped 9,994 people and searched 4,636 vehicles at train stations across Scotland since July 1 up to Friday December 14.
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Strategy Page - Dec 15 2:07 AM
December 15, 2007: In Iraq, terrorist car bomb use is only about a third of what it was when the surge offensive began last Spring.
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Finding link to anthrax, professor set NAU apart Open this result in new window
The Arizona Republic - Dec 15 11:44 PM
Professor Paul Keim made a significant discovery that catapulted his career from niche researcher to the equivalent of a scientific rock star.
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EARTHtimes.org - Dec 13 2:56 AM
New Delhi - At least five people were killed and four others injured in a bomb attack on a passenger train in India’s restive north-eastern state of Assam on Thursday, officials said. Railway authorities said an explosion occurred at 1 am on the New ...
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The United Nations has raised the death toll for its staff in the terrorist bombing of its offices in the Algerian capital to 17.
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BBC News - Dec 15 8:10 AM
More than 14,000 people and vehicles have been searched by British Transport Police in Scotland since July.
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Hit-and-run driver strikes 5 kids
Article Created: 12/14/2007 10:02:06 PM PST
FONTANA - A hit-and-run driver struck five children after school was dismissed Friday afternoon.
Fontana police and Fontana school police officers responded at 1:50 p.m. to the area of Miller and Alder avenues after receiving a call to an injury accident.
San Bernardino County firefighters arrived to find five juveniles with minor injuries, fire Dispatch Supervisor Tom Barnes said.
The children were all treated on scene. Firefighters waited until parents arrived to take them home.
Israel Garcia, who lives in the 17700 block of Miller, said he has seen several accidents at the corner because it is a four-way stop.
Most happened at night, he said.
Garcia thinks a stop light should be installed at the intersection.
Jay Lopez, a tow-truck driver who works in the area, said children from the middle and high schools often are not very careful when crossing the streets. They realize the cars have to slow down, so they will just walk out without looking, he said.
“I’ve had a couple of close calls,” Lopez said.
No information was immediately available on the hit-and-run vehicle.
- jannise.johnson@dailybulletin.com
Planned Madrid peace gathering collapses before even taking offf
Planned Madrid peace gathering collapses before even taking off
By Yoav Stern Haaretz 16 December 2007
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/934767.html
MADRID - An investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars, loads of
time
and countless attempts at intensive Spanish-brokered talks between
Israelis
and Palestinians went down the drain this past weekend, when a peace
gathering that was supposed to be held here collapsed before it could
even
get started. Spanish organizers grew tearful as they realized there was
no
possibility of bridging gaps between the various groups and of reaching
even
minimal discussion among the hawks - mostly members of the leftist camp
in
their countries.
The Forum for a Just Peace in the Middle East was supposed to convene
over
the weekend in a town near Madrid called Alcorcon, with the backing of
leftist parties and labor organizations. It was meant to be Spain’s
contribution to promoting talks between the sides. Advertisement
Spain, officials emphasize, is very interested in being involved in
advancing the peace process. Its foreign minister, Miguel Moratinos,
who is
handling the matter personally, said this week: “We managed to send men
to
the moon, but not to resolve this conflict. We must move forward.” But
it
looks like the failure of this forum will be laid at his door. The
background to this failure involves a struggle between the government
and
leftist organizations over responsibility for holding the meeting.
Contrary to the usual Mideast scenario, this time the camps did not
divide
along national lines. There were Israeli Jews and Palestinians in both,
but
ones who hold completely different positions. The conflict between the
camps
revolves around the question of a worthy end to the conflict: a
two-state
solution or one state for two peoples.
In Israeli political terms, representatives of the Zionist center and
left
faced off against radical leftist activists, who were horrified at the
prospect of having to talk to those they view as “representatives of
the
occupation.” Yael Lerer, founder of Andalus Publishing and an activist
in
the Balad party, who was invited to address the forum, told Haaretz
that she
views the people from Peace Now and the Labor Party as another arm of
the
occupation, and therefore unacceptable for dialog.
“It is a huge problem when the heads of the organization do reserve
duty in
the territories and belong to [Labor Party leader Ehud] Barak’s camp
and
then come to Europe and present themselves as belonging to the peace
camp.
This is not a camp that wants a just and genuine peace,” she said.
Delegates from the Zionist left said yesterday that they do not rule
out
talking with anyone on the other side.
The Palestinian side also divided into two groups: those who boycotted
the
Israeli presence at the forum and were busy throughout with internal
discussions; and those in the mainstream, who are willing to talk to
delegates from Zionist parties to advance the establishment of a
Palestinian
state.
In lieu of the forum schedule, the latter went on tours of Madrid along
with
their Israeli colleagues.
Israeli Arabs played a key role in the Palestinian camp, spearheading
opposition to the official Israeli and Spanish involvement. Amir
Mahoul,
general secretary of Ittijah, the umbrella organization of Arab civil
groups
in Israel, led the fight against turning the forum into an
establishment
affair. He called for an end to the influence of Israel and the Zionist
lobby in Europe and the world.
Abd Anabtawi, spokesman for the Israeli Arabs’ Higher Monitoring
Committee,
accused Israel’s Foreign Ministry of sabotaging the event. According to
Anabtawi, if the various United Nations resolutions do not constitute
the
basis for peace, there will be only one solution: establishing a
secular
democratic state in all of Palestine. He rejected the claim that making
peace requires negotiating with centrists in Israeli and Palestinian
societies.
Acknowledging that this forum lacked any force to impact the situation
in
the Middle East, Anabtawi blamed Israel for the lost chance to enlist
more
European support for the Palestinians. “Israel must not force its
position
on us and on civil society in Spain. The forum was liquidated, murdered
in
fact, by Israel,” he said.
[2002 History]
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=351
Hadayat Belonged to Egyptian Jihad, al Qaeda’s Operational Arm
DEBKAfile’s Counter-Terror Sources
July 5, 2002, 11:39 AM (GMT+02:00)
Hashem Mohamed Hadayat, 41, who gunned down Yakov Aminov, 46, and Vicky Hen, 25 – both from Los Angeles - on the 4th of July at the El Al terminal of Los Angeles, and wounded 7 others, is revealed by DEBKAfile’s intelligence and counter-terror sources as a Muslim extremist. During his ten years in the United States, he was a secret operative of the Egyptian Jihad who maintained undercover links to the same Jihad cell in Brooklyn, New York, as the “blind sheikh” Abdul Rahim Rahman and Ramzi Yousef. Both are doing time for perpetrating the first attack on the New YorkWorldTradeCenter in 1993.
Hadayat is also believed to have abetted a previous, contrived airline disaster: On October 31, 1991, an Egyptair Boeing 767 Flight 990, which also took off from Los Angeles airport, never reached its destination of Kennedy, New York. The plane plunged into the Atlantic off the Nantucket Island, Mass. coast, killing all 217 passengers and crew. In a special probe, the US National Transportation Safety Board found that the copilot Gameel el-Batouty was at the controls when the plane went into its dive. His voice was recorded shouting, “I put my faith in Allah!”
The report held back from referring more directly to the Egyptian copilot’s responsibility for the crash.
Our sources affirm that Hadayat, who lived in Irvine, California, 70 km south of Los Angeles, knew Batouty well. There are also indications that, in the years 1998 and 1999, Hadayat was in touch with a group of high Egyptian air force officers and helicopter pilots posted at the time at Edwards Base north of Los Angeles. They were there to learn how to install command and control centers in Egypt’s air defense systems, operate anti-air missile batteries and fly Apache gunships. Most of those officers were on the doomed Egyptian airliner after completing their courses.
Although the long-delayed US Transportation Board report never referred to the presence of this high-ranking Egyptian air force delegation on the flight, DEBKAfile’sWashington sources reported at the time that most of the investigators were satisfied that Batouty could not have seized control of the Boeing 767 without the aid – certainly the compliance - of those officers.
Two years ago, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak exerted all his influence on President Clinton to keep the federal board’s findings out of its published report and, above all, the fact that a group of Egyptian air force officers was on the plane. He warned that citing the Egyptian copilot as deliberately causing the crash would have a negative effect on Egyptian-US relations.
The report therefore fell short of clear conclusions.
Hadayat’s murderous attack on El Al flight 106 passengers points back to the Egyptair 990 disaster of 1991, reviving the many questions left open by that earlier, half stifled inquiry, which carefully stepped round any suggestion of terrorism. It also raises the question of how many sleeper cells the Egyptian Jihad, al Qaeda’s primary operational arm, maintains in American cities.
Hadayat struck the El Al ticket line on his 42nd birthday. The initial FBI inquiry found through records of his fingerprints at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which issued him with a limousine license, that he was married with at least one child, and had lived in Irvine for the last two years, working on a green card.
Since the attack, the possibility that he arrived in America as a sleeper terrorist must be seriously addressed. US investigators realize he was not a lone operative and are seeking his accomplices in such matters as setting up the hit, providing the guns he carried and intelligence on the security situation at the Tom Brady terminal.
DEBKAfile’s Middle East intelligence sources report that early Friday, Egyptian intelligence officers picked up Hadayat’s relatives and associates in Cairo, to try and trace the identities of his fellows in the American Jihad cell.
[Google Alerts pulled this under U.S. cells]
5 injured in helicopter crash in Peruvian jungle
A helicopter rented by an oil company crashed on Thursday in Peru’s
Amazon jungle area, leaving five people injured, police said.
The accident occurred near Curaray river close to the border with
Ecuador, some 1,500 km northwest of capital Lima.
Preliminary investigation showed the helicopter, which was rented by
Barrick oil enterprise, had five people aboard, including three
passengers and two crewmembers. The injured have been transferred to hospital
for medical treatment.
Police said they are investigating the accident.
Source: Xinhua
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20071216.aspx
Gangbusters United
December 16, 2007: American police working gang-activity details have compared notes with those working counter-terrorism and noted an interesting pattern. The gang specialists had experienced a lot of Crips and Bloods (the two largest “national” street gangs) “wannabes” showing up in the last few years These are usually guys walking around pretending, using gang signs, and so on. Often kids from good neighborhoods get involved, because they want to seem tough. A lot of mouth, but no action. But in some other cities, groups like these have sometimes become more and more violent, as they compete for prestige. And occasionally the real Crips or Bloods show up and take over the operation, often with some casualties among the less enthusiastic wannabees.
The counter-terrorism experts are noting a similar phenomenon at work with Islamic radicals. Think about most of the frustrated, and unsuccessful, Islamic terror attacks here and in other countries. A lot of them were by guys who just started out huffing and puffing. But this led some to get more radical, and maybe hatch a plot. But because they lacked training or skills, the law busts most of them pretty quickly. Of course since there are a lot of wannabees out there, some groups may actually carry out an effective attack, by luck as much as by skill, such as the London bombers. So far, apparently, al Qaeda has never actually managed to co-opt a wannabee group, aside from those that were already independent terrorist movements before September 11, 2001, like the Algerian Islamic terrorists.
Wannabe gangbangers have been around longer than young Moslems pretending to be jihadis (”Holy Warriors”), so the counter-terrorism people are taking a closer look at the experience of the “gang squads” in large city police departments. Apparently, keeping track of wannabee activity of any sort can have considerable payoff later on, if you know what to look for, and when to make your move.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20071214.aspx
The Billion Dollar Blueprint Mystery
December 14, 2007: There is a nasty situation is developing between India and Russia, and apparently it’s all because of some lost blueprints. It goes like this. Russia and India have a $1.5 billion deal, which sold an unfinished Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov, to India, and included a Russian shipyard performing $700 million worth of repairs, modifications and upgrades. Another $800 is to be spent on aircraft, weapons and equipment. Russia now wants a lot more money, while India insists on getting what the original contract called for.
While the carrier is in Russia, India, which has already paid the Russians half a billion dollars, insist that they now own the ship. Russia has been scrambling to explain their sudden demands for more money, and has now admitted that the cause of the problem is, well, no one can find the blueprints for the Admiral Gorshkov, which entered service in 1987. The ship was built in Ukraine, which became an independent nation in 1991. After independence, the blueprints for the Admiral Gorshkov went missing, but no one noticed.
The Admiral Gorshkov was inactivated in 1996 (too expensive to operate on a post Cold War budget). The Indian deal was made in 2004, and the carrier was to be ready by 2008. But a year ago reports began coming out of Russia that the shipyard doing the work, Sevmash, had seriously miscalculated the cost of the project. The revised costs were now more like $1.1 billion for the $700 million refurb. The situation has since gotten worse, with Sevmash now saying that it will cost over $2 billion to refurbish the carrier. The Indians are not happy, and expects the Russian government (which owns many of the entities involved in the project) to make good on the original deal. The problem is this. The shipyard estimated the costs of doing the refurbs, not having the blueprints handy. When shipyard engineers took a close look at the Admiral Gorshkov, they realized that their estimates were much in error.
Given that India currently has $10 billion worth of Russian military items on order, and has been Russia’s biggest, and most profitable customer for military equipment for decades, the Gorshkov is looking to be an error of gigantic proportions. The boss of Sevmash, when the Gorshkov deal was negotiated, has been fired and is under criminal investigation, on suspicion of financial mismanagement (separate from mistakes made in estimating contract costs for the Admiral Gorshkov work). To make matters worse, the additional work required on the Gorshkov has caused Sevmash to turn down lucrative commercial projects (like offshore oil platforms.)
The Indian government has told the Indian Navy that no more money will be forthcoming, and that Russia must comply with the original contract. The Russians, however, complain that the Indians demanded, after the contract was signed, substantial changes that were not in the contract. These changes greatly increased the cost of the work. The Indians accuse the Russians of not planning the refurb carefully. Now we have an admission that there are no blueprints, and it will cost millions to recreate the plans. Without blueprints, you can’t really do a lot of work on a major warship.
[I laughed and cussed, at this muslim ‘New Trend’ magazine, that says it is peaceful...........]
Muslim viewpoint on our news.
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Student Charged With Bomb Threat
WDSU - New Orleans,LA,USA
... 18, on two counts of communicating a threat on Monday. Eight
juvenile
girls were also arrested after a bomb threat at Opelousas Junior High
School.
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Heritage High bomb threat offender released from jail
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA
A Lynchburg woman who called in a bomb threat to Heritage High School
in
September is out of jail after receiving a suspended sentence Friday.
...
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Second boy charged in bomb threat
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
by BARBARA MILLER, Of Our Lebanon County Bureau A second boy was
charged
today in connection with the bomb threat made to Lebanon Middle School
Tuesday ...
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Parents cite bomb threat
Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
Many parents of students at Gore Hill Elementary School in Leamington
are
keeping their children home today due to a note about a bomb going off
this
...
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Bomb threat forces evacuation at Wal-Mart
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
Shoppers and staff were evacuated from Wal-Mart in Bayers Lake Business
Park late Thursday night after someone phoned in a bomb threat. ...
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Petrol bomb threat
Blackburn Citizen - UK
By Telegraph newsdesk A 25-YEAR-OLD man threatened to petrol bomb his
ex
partner’s home if police didn’t get there before him. ...
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13-year-old charged in Holland Patent bomb threat
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
The charges stem from an investigation of a bomb threat that was
reported
at approximately 9 am Thursday at the Holland Patent Middle School,
troopers said. ...
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Bomb Threat Called Into Clermont Bank
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA
Dozens of police officers swarmed a Bank of America building in Lake
County
Friday night after someone called in a bomb threat. Investigators said
it
all ...
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Bomb threat disturbs Waynesboro Elementary celebration
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg,PA,USA
A bomb threat at a Waynesboro elementary school disrupted classes and
the
school’s Grandparent’s Day celebration today. Pennsylvania State Police
searched ...
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Student arrested for making bomb threats
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
Eight juvenile girls were also arrested after a bomb threat at
Opelousas
Junior High School. Seven of the eight girls were released on bond, ...
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Chaos ensues after alleged bomb threat at Sandusky High
Sandusky Register - OH, USA
... and parents were fighting for their children after Sandusky High
School
was evacuated this afternoon following what was believed to be a bomb
threat. ...
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Teen arrested after false bomb threat
A teenager is arrested after a bomb threat in the Holland Patent school
district.
http://www.news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=130037
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Lynchburg Woman Pleads Guilty to Calling in Bomb Threat
A Lynchburg woman who called in a bomb threat to her child’s school
pleaded guilty Friday morning, but she’s already served her sentence.
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1207/480667.html
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State Police charge 13 year old with bomb threat at Holland Patent ...
REMSEN - State Police in Remsen have charged a 13 year old juvenile for
falsely reporting a bomb threat at 9 am Friday morning at Holland
Patent Middle School.
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/12515916.html
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Petrol bomb threat
A 25-YEAR-OLD man threatened to petrol bomb his ex partner’s home if
police didn’t get there before him.
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/blackburn/display.var.1905526.0.petrol_bomb_threat.php
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University of Minnesota Police seek public’s help in identifying ...
The University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) is seeking the
public’s help in identifying the person who they believe made a bomb
threat involving Willey Hall on Dec. 5.
http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?from=uns&ID=4390
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Posted 14:05 by John
ETA set off a small bomb in front of the courthouse in the Basque town of Sestao; the building was damaged but no one was hurt. The terrorists called in a warning before the bomb went off.
Meanwhile, ETA declared war on Spain again over the weekend, sending out a press release saying it was willing to attack Spanish law enforcement officers “at any time and at any place.” It referred to the murders of the two Civil Guards in France as “executions.” Yeah, you bastards, that’s exactly what ought to happen to you scumbags after you get convicted, and there’s no need to be finicky about the methods. Perhaps public guillotining, or maybe the good old Chinese bullet in the neck in a football stadium.
The fact that Zap actually thought he could trust these vermin and negotiate with them demonstrates his extremely bad judgment. And I suppose the deal for a truce in Catalonia that Carod-Rovira and ERC made with ETA at the secret meeting in Perpignan is now off.
Dumb Catalan media mess: The government of the Valencian Country, or Valencian Community, or whatever the hell the official name is for the autonomous region encompassing the provinces of Castellón, Valencia, and Alicante, has closed down TV3’s broadcast station in Alicante. Here’s the deal: According to very confusing laws, each autonomous region has the right to set up its own government-controlled TV channel. However, no region has the right to broadcast its channel into another region, since that would be unfair competition for that region’s own public TV. No, it really doesn’t make sense to me, either.
So TV3, apparently without even a by-your-leave from the Valencia regional government, set up a broadcast transmitter to send out TV3’s signal in Valencia. And the Valencian government has called bullshit on that and ordered them to stop.
Naturally there’s politics behind this, too. TV3 is Catalan nationalist; no one disputes that. In Valencia, however, the majority feeling is anti-Catalanist and pro-Spain, as is shown by the PP’s electoral domination of the region. TV3 frequently criticizes the Valencian regional government and those Valencians who don’t like the idea of a “Paísos Catalans” (Greater Catalonia) that includes Valencia.
TV3 complained, of course, calling the Valencian Generalitat’s decision “a hostile act, deplorable, and unnecessary,” and accusing it of playing to the gallery for electoral purposes. However, the TV3 spokeswoman had to admit that they had no legal right nor permission to broadcast in Valencia. TV3 wants to make an arrangement by which it would broadcast in Valencia in exchange for the Valencian regional station, Canal 9, being allowed to broadcast in Catalonia. The Valencian government does not consider this a high priority.
My opinion? If I were Valencian I would prefer to have as many free TV channels as possible, including TV3, even though I probably wouldn’t want to watch anything on it but the football.
Spanish regional nationalists are currently confused about what to think over Bolivia. It seems that the country’s six richest provinces, the ones that are mostly mestizo, Spanish-speaking, and in the lowlands, and whose chief city is Santa Cruz, have declared their own autonomy from the Bolivian central government in La Paz. The Bolivian government is run by radical populist Evo Morales, whose support base is in the four poorest provinces, mostly Indian, Quechua and Aymara-speaking, and in the highlands.
Now. Your Spanish regional nationalists make a big deal out of what they call “self-determination,” a concept the hapless Woodrow Wilson foisted on the world in the notorious Fourteen Points. So theoretically they would support the Santa Cruzans in their quest for autonomy. But they’re also Third World leftists, and they think Evo Morales is Jesus, or at least St. Paul, and they worship Indians (oops, sorry, the indigenous peoples) and hate evil Spanish conquistadores, and they’re trying to blame Western companies like Repsol for stirring up the Santa Cruzans.
Result? Cataloony cognitive dissonance.
Alleged former terrorist Moammar Gadafi is in Spain. He gets to meet with both King Juan Carlos and Zap. He was greeted at the airport with full honors of state by defense minister Alonso. That’s disgusting. This guy is a mass murderer. (Anyone else remember Lockerbie?) Sure, we have to deal with him, but we don’t have to kiss his ass.
Crazy Muslim shit. It seems that the FC Barcelona coat-of-arms logo, which includes a small red cross on a white background, the Cross of St. George, Catalonia’s patron saint, is not acceptable in Muslim countries. So what they’ve been doing with it in some of these places (Saudi Arabia and Algeria) is reducing the cross to a vertical red line. There are Muslims so ridiculously sensitive that they censor a football team’s logo!
The club has responded that as far as they know, all the official shirts they sell everywhere in the world have the full, uncensored club logo. Any shirt with only a red bar is a pirate copy, they claim.
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LOL...and he comments on a lot of odd things that are happening, like the hospital fire.