Posted on 07/28/2008 8:37:15 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1071.htm
July 8, 2008
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Treasury Designates Iranian Proliferation Individuals, Entities
Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four individuals and four entities for their ties to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
“Iran’s nuclear and missile firms hide behind an array of agents that transact business on their behalf,” said Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “As long as Iran continues to engage in such deceptive practices, companies and banks must exercise extraordinary vigilance to avoid participating in illicit transactions.”
The individuals designated today include Dawood Agha-Jani, Moshen Hojati, Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi, and Naser Maleki. The entities designated today include Shahid Sattari Industries, Seventh of Tir (a/k/a 7th of Tir), Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries Group (AMIG), and Parchin Chemical Industries.
This action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13382, an authority aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters, and at isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial systems. Designations under E.O. 13382 are implemented by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the State Department, and they generally prohibit transactions between the designees and U.S. persons, and freeze assets the designees may have under U.S. jurisdiction.
The Annex to E.O. 13382, issued by President George W. Bush in June 2005, designated the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), the Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG), and the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) as entities of proliferation concern.
The AEOI, which reports directly to the Iranian President, is the main Iranian
organization for research and development activities in the field of nuclear technology, including Iran’s centrifuge enrichment program; it also manages Iran’s overall nuclear program. The AEOI is identified in the Annex to United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1737 for its involvement in Iran’s nuclear program.
Dawood Agha-Jani is being designated because he acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the AEOI. Agha-Jani was listed in UNSCR 1737 for his involvement in Iran’s nuclear program, and identified as the head of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at Natanz. Natanz, which is subordinate to the AEOI, is Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility. The PFEP is a test facility that has the capacity to hold 1,000 centrifuges.
Moshen Hojati is being designated because he acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the AIO and the Fajr Industries Group. The AIO, a subsidiary of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, is the overall manager and coordinator of Iran’s missile program. AIO oversees all of Iran’s missile industries. Its subsidiaries, SBIG and SHIG, were both identified in the Annex to UNSCR 1737.
Hojati has been linked to the AIO since at least 2001, serving in various capacities. Hojati was listed in UNSCR 1747 for his involvement in Iran’s ballistic missile program, and identified as the head of the Fajr Industries Group, an entity identified in the Annex to UNSCR1737 and designated by OFAC under E.O. 13382, on June 8, 2007, for being owned or controlled by the AIO.
Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi is being designated because be acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, SBIG. As the head of SBIG, Ketabachi plays a key role in SBIG’s day-to-day affairs. Ketabachi is also active in negotiating the procurement of equipment for SBIG.
Naser Maleki is being designated because he acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, SHIG. Maleki has been identified in UNSCR 1747 as the head of SHIG and an Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) official who oversees work on the Shahab-3 ballistic missile program.
Also designated today is Shahid Sattari Industries, an entity which is owned or controlled by, and acts or purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, SBIG. Shahid Sattari Industries is involved in the manufacturing and maintenance of ground support equipment for SBIG.
The other three entities designated today, Seventh of Tir (a/k/a 7th of Tir), Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries Group (AMIG), and Parchin Chemical Industries, are owned or controlled by, or act or purport to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO). The U.S. Department of State designated DIO under E.O. 13382 on March 28, 2007, for engaging or attempting to engage in activities or transactions that materially contributed to or pose a risk of materially contributing to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery. DIO also is identified in the Annex to UNSCR 1737.
AMIG was listed in UNSCR 1747 for its relationship with Seventh of Tir, which it controls. Seventh of Tir has been involved in a variety of international transactions related to weapons procurement. UNSCR 1737 described Seventh of Tir as a subordinate of DIO, widely recognized as being directly involved in Iran’s nuclear program. Seventh of Tir has been connected to Iran’s centrifuge development program.
Parchin Chemical Industries is an element of DIO’s chemical industries group and is identified in the Annex to UNSCR 1747. As a subordinate of DIO, Parchin acts on behalf of DIO, importing and exporting chemical goods throughout the world. In April 2007, Parchin Chemical Industries was identified as the final recipient of sodium perchlorate monohydrate, a chemical precursor for solid propellant oxidizer, possibly to be used for ballistic missiles.
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REPORTS
* Fact Sheet on Iranian Designations
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1075.htm
July 10, 2008
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Treasury Targets Rami Makhluf’s Companies
Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today added Syriatel, Syria’s largest mobile phone operator, and Ramak, a chain of Syrian duty free stores, to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. All property and interests in property of these entities are blocked as a result of the direct or indirect ownership interest of at least 50 percent by Rami Makhluf in each entity.
“Rami Makhluf uses his access to high-level Syrian Government insiders to enrich himself at the expense of the Syrian people,” said Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). “We will continue to target Makhluf and his commercial empire as well as others who follow in his footsteps.”
Makhluf was designated on February 21, 2008 pursuant to Executive Order 13460, which targets individuals and entities determined to have contributed to, or to have benefited from, the public corruption of senior officials of the Syrian regime.
Makhluf, a maternal cousin of Syrian president Bashar al-Asad, has exploited his relationships with Syrian regime members to amass his commercial empire. Makhluf has manipulated the Syrian judicial system and has used Syrian intelligence officials to intimidate business rivals.
Pursuant to E.O. 13460, any assets in Syriatel’s or Ramak’s names held in the United States or within the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked, and U.S. persons, therefore, are prohibited from engaging in business or transactions with Syriatel or Ramak.
President George W. Bush issued E.O. 13460 on February 13, 2008 to take additional measures to address the threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by certain conduct of the Government of Syria.
This new authority builds on E.O. 13338, which was issued by President Bush in May 2004, by targeting activities that entrench and enrich the Syrian regime and its cohorts thereby enabling the regime to continue to engage in threatening behavior, including actions that undermine efforts to stabilize Iraq. Corruption by the regime also reinforces efforts that deny the people of
Syria political freedoms and economic prosperity, undercut peace and stability in the region, fund terrorism and violence, and undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon.
Identifying Information
RAMAK
AKAs:
Ramak Duty Free Shop Ltd
Ramak Duty Free Shops Ltd.
Ramak Duty Free Shops - Syria
Ramak Duty Free
Ramak Firm for Free Trade Zones
Addresses:
Ramak Duty Free Shop Ltd., Free Zone Area, Jamarek, PO Box 932,
Damascus, Syria
Ramak Duty Free Shops - Syria, Al Rawda Street, PO Box 932,
Damascus, Syria
Abu Ramana Street, Rawda, Damascus, Syria
Damascus Duty Free, Damascus International Airport, Damascus, Syria
Dara’a Duty Free, Naseeb Border Center, Dara’a, Syria
Aleppo Duty Free, Aleppo International Airport, Aleppo, Syria
Jdaideh Duty Free Complex, Jdaideh Yaboos, Damascus, Syria
Ramak Duty Free Shop Ltd., Bab el Hawa Border Center, Aleppo
Ramak Duty Free Shop Ltd., Lattakia Port, Lattakia
Ramak Duty Free Shop Ltd., Tartous Port, Tartous
Telephone:
+963 11 2139222
+963 11 2138990
+963 11 2114666
Email:
dam.d.free@net.sy
Website:
http://www.ramakdutyfree.net
SYRIATEL
AKAs:
Syriatel Mobile Telecom SA
Syriatel Mobile Telecom
Syriatel Mobile
SyriaTel Mobile Telecom
Address:
Doctors Syndicate Building, Al Jalaa Street, Abu Roumaneh Area,
PO Box 2900, Damascus, Syria
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http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1085.htm
July 17, 2008
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Treasury Targets Al Qaida-Affiliated Terror Group in Algeria
Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four leaders of al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist organization that has carried out numerous attacks in Algeria. On July 3, 2008, these four individuals were added to the United Nations Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama Bin Laden, al Qaida, and the Taliban.
“Algeria has shown remarkable courage in the face of horrifying terrorist attacks against its people,” said Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). “The four terrorists that we have targeted today are among the most culpable for this violence, as leaders of al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb. We are proud to support the efforts of Algeria and the world community to combat this deadly threat and we will continue to do so.”
AQIM carried out three attacks east of Algiers in early June 2008, including a bombing near a train station that killed a French national. In February 2008, AQIM kidnapped two Austrian tourists in Tunisia and has issued demands to the Austrian government for their release. In April 2007, AQIM bombed both the Algerian prime minister’s office and police facilities in Algiers. AQIM conducted dual bombings in December 2007 of two United Nations offices and the headquarters of Algeria’s Constitutional Council.
AQIM, which was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), merged with al Qaida in September 2006. GSPC was one of the sixteen entities originally named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to E.O. 13224 on September 24, 2001. GSPC was added to the U.N. list on October 6, 2001. AQIM was designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on February 21, 2008 and was added to the U.N. list on April 26, 2007.
Identifier Information
SALAH GASMI
AKAs:
Salah Abu Muhamad
Salah Abu Mohamed
Bounouadher
DOB:
l3 April l97l
POB:
Zeribet El Oued, Biskra, Algeria
Gasmi is the head of AQIM’s information committee and is responsible for developing statements, circulating claims of responsibility for terrorist activities, and creating videos for AQIM.
As AQIM’s representative to the media, Gasmi issued AQIM’s claim of responsibility for its kidnapping of the Austrian hostages. Gasmi is one of the principal figures negotiating with the Austrian government for the release of the hostages. He represents AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel’s interests in the negotiations. Droukdel was added to the U.N. list on August 27, 2007 and was named an SDGT by the Treasury Department on December 4, 2007.
Gasmi also directs AQIM’s internet communications with al Qaida senior leadership.
YAHIA DJOUADI
AKAs:
Yahia Abu Amar
Abu Ala
Abou Alam
DOB:
1 January 1967
POB:
M’Hamid, Sidi Bel Abbas, Algeria
Djouadi is based in northern Mali and serves as the leader of AQIM in Africa’s Sahara-Sahel region (also known as the AQIM South Zone). He is responsible for managing AQIM members in the South Zone and was actively recruiting Mauritanians as of early 2008.
Djouadi provided financial and operational support to a Moroccan AQIM-affiliated extremist who planned to establish an AQIM support base in North Africa.
Djouadi headed the AQIM military committee prior to his appointment as AQIM South Zone Emir.
AHMED DEGHDEGH
AKAs:
Abd Al Illah
Abu Abdallah
DOB:
17 January 1967
POB:
Anser, Jijel, Algeria
Deghdegh is AQIM’s finance chief.
Deghdegh has relayed AQIM messages in ongoing hostage negotiations; as AQIM’s designated negotiator, Deghdegh communicated stipulations for the release of the hostages and issued ransom demands.
Deghdegh has acknowledged that AQIM has worked to undermine the interests of countries that support U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
ABID HAMMADOU
AKAs:
Abid Hamadu
Abdelhamid Abu Zeid
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
Youcef Adel
Abu Abdellah
DOB:
12 December 1965
POB:
Touggourt, Ouargla, Algeria
Hammadou is the deputy leader of AQIM’s Tarek Ibn Zaid battalion and is based in northern Mali.
Hammadou was involved in kidnapping the Austrian tourists for AQIM in February 2008.
In 2003, Hammadou participated in the kidnapping of 32 foreign tourists in Algeria by the GSPC, AQIM’s predecessor organization. Hammadou was appointed by regional AQIM leader al-Para to lead the Tarek Ibn Zaid battalion, which carried out the kidnapping (El Para, AKA Saifi Ammari, was named an SDGT on December 5, 2003). Hammadou and other members of the battalion received part of the ransom paid to liberate the tourists and allegedly used the funds to purchase weapons.
In June 2005, Hammadou led a unit of AQIM operatives in an attack on a Mauritanian military outpost that killed fifteen soldiers and wounded at least another fifteen.
Hammadou established a camp for AQIM recruits in northern Mali that included training in combat techniques, making and defusing bombs, and guerilla tactics.
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[I would tell them to burn the credit cards and turn off the TV, granny]
Treasury Will Consult on Baseline Survey of Adult Financial Literacy
July 7, 2008
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Treasury Will Consult on Baseline Survey of Adult Financial Literacy
Washington – The Treasury Department announced a new research initiative today to examine financial literacy among U.S. adults and how they fare in handling their finances. The study, conducted with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation, is the first of its kind to focus on adult consumers at both state and national levels.
The President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy recommended that the Department consult on the project during the Council’s February 2008 meeting. Preliminary survey data is expected to be released to researchers and the general public in early 2009.
“The field of financial education in America is in its adolescence. By learning what Americans know, think and feel about money we can better help them, while moving our nation’s financial education efforts toward maturity,” said Dan Iannicola, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education and executive director of the President’s Advisory Council. “Equipping Americans to make good financial decisions is always important, but in challenging economic times it matters even more.”
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation – the largest foundation dedicated to investor education – will design, fund and conduct the survey, with input from Treasury. Survey working group partners include Dartmouth College Professor Annamaria Lusardi and a team from Applied Research and Consulting, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
“We look forward to consulting with Treasury on this inaugural national survey,” said Mary Schapiro, a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy who is also Chairman of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Foundation and CEO of FINRA. “The survey will be unique in its scale and in its focus on the combined effect of knowledge, skills and attitudes on the behavior of adult consumers in the U.S., and will be invaluable in informing a wide range of financial education efforts now and in the future.”
“The Council is pleased that Treasury will be consulted on this important project,” said Tahira Hira, chair of the President’s Advisory Council’s Research Committee and a professor at Iowa State University. “”There is so much we still don’t know about how Americans handle their money, how they make decisions, how they learn, how they want to learn, what brings about changes in their financial behavior. We hope this study will help answer this and many other questions.”
For additional information on Council activities, visit www.treas.gov/financialeducation. Information on the FINRA Foundation may be found at www.finrafoundation.org.
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Electoral Monitors Are Western Spies–Russian Official
http://www.theotherrussia.org/2008/07/24/electoral-monitors-are-western-spies-russian-official/
Russia’s elections agency has information that some international
elections monitors from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in
Europe (OSCE) are agents of the Western intelligence agencies. Igor
Borisov, a member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), announced
the finding during a live interview on the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
“There is such information,” he said. “I cannot speak specifically.”
According to Borisov, agents “came to Yugoslavia, Georgia, Ukraine.”
“The result is known to all,” he said, apparently referring to bloodless
“color revolutions” which took place in those countries. The CEC member
added that “today there is absolutely no democracy in the OSCE.” Borisov
went on to say that monitors from the West have exerted political
pressure on Russian election officials.
Russia has been critical of European electoral monitors, while observers
have complained of increasing efforts on the part of authorities to
stymie their work. In February, the OSCE cancelled its missions to the
Russian presidential election citing interference from authorities. A
December 2007 mission was critical of the way Parliamentary elections
were handled.
Government critics have pointed out widespread electoral violations in
Russia and have suggested that the results of both Parliamentary and
Presidential elections were largely falsified. One computer expert
created statistical models indicating that results were most likely
“rounded up” by local electoral commissions.
The OSCE has denied that it has any intention of politicizing electoral
monitoring missions.
Still, Borisov was starkly critical of the organization in a separate
interview with the Vesti news program on July 20th. “The OSCE proclaims
its adherence to democratic principles and methods,” he said, “but it
works in a different way.
“Russia is trying to rescue the international election monitoring
institute,” he went on. “We suggest clear-cut principles of election
monitoring: transparency, collegiality, impartiality, respect for
sovereign rights of a host country and so on. Everyone, including our
Western partners, agree with that.”
Borisov’s statements come simultaneously with a new proposal by the CEC
to drastically reform the OSCE. As the Gazeta.ru online newspaper
reports on July 23rd, Russia suggested sweeping reforms at an OSCE
electoral monitoring conference, which took place from July 21st to the
22nd in Vienna.
Alexander Ivanchenko, the head of the Russian Center for Electoral
Techniques Training within the CEC, noted one proposal that would
effectively shut out Western European observers altogether:
“Participation in international election monitoring should only be open
to representatives of countries whose laws contain provisions on the
institution of international observation and have an established
practice of inviting international observers to monitor their own
elections.”
Russia takes an active role in its own international monitoring
projects, and will send a mission to monitor the US presidential
election this fall.
HOW TERRORIST GROUPS END
Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG741.pdf
Canada bus attack leaves man decapitated
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 31, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Bus-Stabbing.html
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba (AP) — A man aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly
stabbed and then decapitated a fellow passenger, witnesses said Thursday.
The man was arrested for the killing, which occurred Wednesday night aboard
a bus traveling from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Royal
Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.
Authorities declined to name the attacker and victim, and provided no other
details about the attack.
But passenger Garnet Caton said the victim was stabbed dozens of times by
the man sitting next to him. The passenger then severed the man’s head with
a large knife.
‘’We heard this bloodcurdling scream and turned around, and the guy was
standing up, stabbing this guy repeatedly, like 40 or 50 times,’’ Caton said
from a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba, where he and other passengers had been
taken to rest.
‘’There was no rage or anything. He was like a robot, stabbing the guy.’’
Caton said passengers raced from the bus but then he, the bus driver and a
trucker at the scene re-boarded to see what was happening.
Caton said he saw the suspect had the victim on the floor of the bus and
‘’was cutting his head off and pretty much gutting him.’’
continues.
Horror on Canadian Bus as Man Beheaded
By REUTERS
Published: July 31, 2008
Filed at 5:12 p.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-bus.html
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A man sleeping on a Greyhound bus as it
rolled across the Canadian Prairies was killed and decapitated by his
seatmate as horrified passengers fled to safety in the night, witnesses and
police said on Thursday.
“All of a sudden, we all heard this scream, this bloodcurdling scream,” said
Garnet Caton, who was sitting just in front of the victim on the bus. Caton
said that when the attack was over, the knife-wielding killer displayed his
victim’s severed head to the onlookers.
continued....
College student arrested at Logan after 9-11 reference
By Scott J. Croteau TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
A Worcester-born college student now living in California is facing criminal
charges in a Boston court today for holding up a Delta airlines flight for
three hours after he stuck a sticker claiming “9/11 was an inside job” on
the plane’s bathroom sink, according to authorities.
This occurred before takeoff. He later ran off the plane.
continued.
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August 1, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Iraq) Kirkuk blast kills three Iraqi soldiers
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928601&Language=en
Iraq forces arrest five in Al-Qaeda offensive — in Diyala province
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestdiyalaqaeda_080801094604;_ylt=AqC9j65PYhMhRa6Eq85QpbZX6GMA
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August12.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
(Iraq) Official: Suicide bombers wound 3 Iraqi soldiers — north of Baghdad — also two insurgents killed in Umm Tabija and six AQ captured
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-01-Iraq-suicide-bombers_N.htm
(Iraq) Report: Al Qaida Maintains Foreign Presence In Iraq
http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1121-Al-Qaida-Maintains-Foreign-Presen.aspx
Iraq: Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr warns against security pact with US
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2384470238
(Afghanistan) NATO says 4 soldiers killed in east Afghanistan — 4 soldiers, one civilian killed in Kunar province, 1 soldier killed in Khost province
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_1;_ylt=AsClS0IpMqsljXolMJEIe0zOVooA
Pakistanis aided attack in Kabul, U.S. officials say
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/01/asia/01pstan.php
— U.S. Ties Pakistani Intelligence to Attack in Kabul
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755998577303583.html?mod=rss_whats_news_asia
Pakistan denies ISI behind Indian embassy attack - in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_spy_service;_ylt=AjDVvLf9M0QbiBv3KPLjWJS9IxIF
— PM Gilani confident ISI contains no pockets of Taliban sympathy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg1_1
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban abduct two Pakistani soldiers: official - in Khar in Bajaur Agency
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August27.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_kidnapping_1;_ylt=AuaFoQuMSodemxzll8.Nr7nzPukA
(Pakistan) FATA: Frontier Corps (FC) vacates Ladha Fort in S Waziristan — Taliban demands conversion to medical facility
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_2
http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/01/top7.htm
(Pakistan) Islamabad put on alert as army takes on militants
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Islamabad_put_on_alert_as_army_takes_on_militants/articleshow/3312065.cms
(Pakistan) NWFP: Explosives seized from vehicle in Charsadda — on Peshawar-Islamabad road
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_3
(Pakstan) NWFP: Death toll in Pakistan’s Swat Valley clashes rises to 70
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August23.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg1_8
(Pakstan) NWFP: Mortar shells kill 18 civilians in north - updated death toll on Thursday attacks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2384322190
(Pakstan) NWFP: Peshawar police set up 20 checkposts to avert Taliban attacks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_16
(India) Ahmedabad blasts: Two more arrests made — believed to be linked with a Gujarat blasts suspect
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ahmedabad_blasts_2_more_arrested/articleshow/3314021.cms
(India) Ahmedabad blasts: terrorist car license number investigation (my title)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Car_bombs_and_licence_number_game_/articleshow/3312491.cms
(India) New Delhi: Letter warns of blasts at Patiala House court
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Letter_warns_of_blasts_in_Delhi/articleshow/3315482.cms
(India) Interpol bureaucracy stymies terror sleuths — believe attacks masterminded from Pakistan and Bangladesh
— but Interpol “red corner’ notices come back “denied due to lack of ‘personal details’”
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=233241&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22
(India) Terror plots being hatched in prisons
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080059590
(India J&K) Curfew clamped in Jammu as violence escalates
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Curfew_clamped_in_Jammu_as_violence_escalates/articleshow/3315385.cms
(U.S.) Defense rests case in first Guantanamo trial — Salim Hamdan trial
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/ts_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc_7;_ylt=AkcLTCKZhOBLTmSH8u9Pt68Tv5UB
(U.S.) Emerson Exposes Radical Ties of State Department Outreach Partners
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/735
— including State Dept grants to ISNA’s “Citizen Exchange Project”
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/367653.aspx
http://www.isna.net/Interfaith/pages/Citizen-Exchange.aspx
— Full Testimony of Steven Emerson - July 31, 2008
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/356.pdf
Also:
— State Dept. Awards Grant to Group with Possible Ties to Terrorist Fundraisers
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/367653.aspx
— State Department Responds About Relationship with ISNA
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/386058.aspx
(U.S.) Not Everyone’s Happy About Proposed Libya-U.S. Terrorism Settlement
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/07/31/not-everyones-happy-about-proposed-libya-us-terrorism-settlement/
— Congress Sends Libya Terror Compensation Agreement to Bush
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aT7Taxq_HEyM&refer=home
(U.S.) Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in — Bruce E. Ivins
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_us/anthrax_scientist
— LA Times report
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anthrax1-2008aug01,0,2864223.story
— Anthrax scare: Fear by mail in a season of terror
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hysteria01-2008aug01,0,3695480.story
US agents can seize travelers’ laptops: report
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August17.xml§ion=theworld
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103030.html?hpid=topnews
(U.S.) Guantanamo: Detainee assaults commander
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_admiral_assaulted_1;_ylt=Am_KE6ndwyrobV340vO.bJMTv5UB
(U.S.) Interagency military cooperation just the first step
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/aug/01/interagency-military-cooperation-just-the-first-st/
— report
http://pnsr.org/web/module/press/pressID/106/interior.asp
(UK) Jury fails to agree verdict in trial of trio accused of helping 7/7 bombers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037192/BREAKING-NEWS-Jury-fails-agree-verdict-trial-trio-accused-helping-7-7-bombers.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/01/july7.uksecurity
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/01/jury.terror.ap/index.html
(UK) 7/7 bombing victims to get Hyde Park memorial
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/europe/EU-Britain-Bombings-Memorial.php
(Iran) EU awaits Iran nuclear response, not watching clock
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August10.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
— Saturday deadline ultimatum eases for Iran in nuclear showdown
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080801084034;_ylt=AhwoE8iditVwdiCf4TnC38JSw60A
‘Syria willing to cut ties with Iran’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331165943&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Lebanon) Hizbollah ‘stronger than before’ and ready to strike Israel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/2484324/Exclusive-Hizbollah-stronger-than-before-and-ready-to-strike-Israel.html
(Lebanon) Sectarian tension hangs over north Lebanon city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/wl_nm/lebanon_north_dc_1;_ylt=Amh31gmJ2PKLRxsy4FBYfQbagGIB
Hamas arrests more Fatah leaders in Gaza, Fatah reports
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/news/Palestinians-Gaza.phphttp://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928560&Language=en
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331166225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) Police raise alert level in Jerusalem following intel on planned attack
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331161368&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Somalia) Bomb kills Ugandan peacekeeper in Somalia
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia.php
(Somalia) Report: Leaders Decry Killing, Abduction of Aid Workers
http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310954.html
Yemen Demands More U.S. Security Aid
http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1125-Yemen-Demands-More-U-S-Security.aspx
Russian security man killed, other wounded North of Russian Caucasus — in the Republic of Ingushetia
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928621&Language=en
Philippine troops clash with Communist rebels, killing 6
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/asia/AS-Philippines-Communist-Rebels.php
(Philippines) Mindanao groups, Pimentel seek disclosure of govt deal with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/110874/Mindanao-groups-Pimentel-seek-disclosure-of-govt-deal-with-MILF
(Philippines) Mindanao: four Christians killed, a fifth missing
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12883&size=A
Australian terror suspect loses court appeal — “Jihad Jack” Joseph Thomas
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August7.xml§ion=theworld
(Sri Lanka) Terrorism high on SAARC summit agenda
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terrorism_high_on_SAARC_summit_agenda/rssarticleshow/3312283.cms
(Sri Lanka) Fresh fighting kills 27 in Sri Lanka ahead of South Asian summit
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August26.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
— see also Reuters report
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL326991.htm
(North Korea) US says delisting North Korea from terror list conditional
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus_080801014326;_ylt=Ao735Z_7aTg.8qGLcqvgZ8iCscEA
China military in massive Olympics security role
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_security_2;_ylt=AhKhkgbQRnsh5ef4rfHplbYTv5UB
Other News:
(U.S.) Sharia: Islamic Finance Conference in New York
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=2620
http://shariahfinancewatch.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/islamic-finance-conference-in-new-york-alert/
Sharia: Beyond the transaction in Islamic wealth management
http://www.asianinvestor.net/article.aspx?CIaNID=81499
http://shariahfinancewatch.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/a-commentary-by-a-pro-islamic-banking-executive-who-attend-the-dubai-world-islamic-funds-conference-buyer-beware/
(Afghanistan) Jihadists threaten to murder lawyer defending Afghan against blasphemy charge
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022031.php
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/islamists-threaten-to-murder-lawyer-defending-pervez-882627.html
(Pakistan) UN takes notice of honour-killings in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_7
(Pakistan) Kidnapped girls, converted and married by Muslims, entrusted to assistance center
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12893&theme=5&size=A
(India) Youth killed for marrying Muslim
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/youth-killed-for-marrying-muslim.aspx
— “he disclosed his religious identity in an inebriated state”
— “village court never agreed to their inter-religion marriage”
(India) Mumbai cops get lessons on understanding Muslims
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_cops_get_lessons_on_Muslims/articleshow/3312231.cms
(Jordan) Sister shot in ‘honour’ killing
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24115111-23109,00.html
(Indonesia) Christian students driven out by Muslims find refuge in parliament
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12901&theme=5&size=A
— “Suspicions: the attack by radical Muslims was maneuvred by a company that wants to take possession of the
area where the evangelical institute of theology lies.”
(UK) Lessons on Islam for hospital staff
http://www.thestar.co.uk/rotherham/Lessons-on-Islam-for-hospital.4339407.jp
Sweden: Islamic bank considers opening branch
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-islamic-bank-considers-opening.html
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2226953
Canada Muslim sensitivity training
http://www.passengerterminaltoday.com/news.php?NewsID=7168
(U.S.) San Francisco Muslim who ran people down in SUV ruled insane, won’t go to prison
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022032.php
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/31/BA02122UTG.DTL&tsp=1
(U.S.) Oklahoma: Muslim girl files complaint against store in Tulsa — says Abercrombie & Fitch refused to hire her
because she wears a head scarf
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=8772225&nav=menu410_3
(U.S.) ACLU wants less security at Democratic meet
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/01/ACLU_wants_less_security_at_Democratic_meet/UPI-53081217595144/
(U.S.) Washington Post Co. Reports Second-Quarter Loss of $2.7M
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080101000.html?hpid=moreheadlines
(Kenya) Obama-backed ally forged pact with radical Muslims
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71143
(China) Hong Kong refuses entry to 2 democracy activists
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/asia/AS-Hong-Kong-Activists-Blocked.php
(Brazil) Turkish Mohammed Dali Carvalho dos Santo: British girl’s Brazilian lover ‘took pictures as he chopped up her body’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1040212/British-girls-Brazilian-lover-took-pictures-chopped-body.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4437661.ece
Against Nazi News:
Poland remembers 1944 Warsaw Rising against Nazis
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/31/europe/EU-Poland-Warsaw-Uprising.php
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Man kills teens at Wisconsin swimming hole: police
Fri Aug 1, 11:23 AM ET
Police said on Friday they captured a man suspected of killing three teenagers when he shot at a group of people near a popular swimming spot in Wisconsin’s north woods.
“We believe we have the suspect we have been looking for all night,” said Jerry Sauve, chief deputy at the Marinette County Sheriff’s Department.
A man described by witnesses as wearing camouflage clothes and carrying a rifle emerged from a wooded area along the Menominee River on Thursday and opened fire on a group of young people near the swimming spot under a railroad bridge.
continued.
Man arrested in river ambush on 3 Wis. swimmers
By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press Writer 55 minutes ago
A dragnet ended Friday with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a river. Three were killed and another wounded.
Scott J. Johnson, 38, was in camouflage as he walked out of some woods near the scene of the shooting and dropped his weapon as officers approached, said Jerry Sauve, chief’s sheriff’s deputy in Marinette County.
Johnson, from the nearby town of Iron Mountain, Mich., had not been formally charged and it was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.
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Graffiti vandals turn violent in LA
By THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 44 minutes ago
One man got stabbed. Another got shot in the chest. A 6-year-old boy was temporarily blinded when he was spray-painted in the face.
And they were the lucky ones among those who have had run-ins with graffiti “crews,” or gangs.
Over the past 2 1/2 years in Southern California, three people have been killed after trying to stop graffiti vandals in the act. A fourth died after being shot while watching a confrontation between crews in a park.
“We have seen a marked increase in these graffiti-tagging gangs taking to weapons and fighting to protect their walls, their territory, their name,” said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Robert Rifkin.
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Police identify Canadian bus attack suspect
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer 44 minutes ago
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker.
Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton, Alberta, has been charged with second-degree murder. He shuffled into the courtroom Friday in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba with his head bowed and feet shackled.
He did not reply when the judge asked him whether he was going to get a lawyer, and only nodded slightly when asked whether he was exercising his right not to speak. He was not required to enter a plea.
The prosecutor asked for a psychiatric assessment, but the judge said he wanted to give Li a chance to meet with his lawyer. Li’s next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Police identify Canadian bus attack suspect
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer 48 minutes ago
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker.
Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton, Alberta, has been charged with second-degree murder. He shuffled into the courtroom Friday in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba with his head bowed and feet shackled.
continued.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_eu/spain_heroin_bust;_ylt=Apmx08KiqhNe__zMtGstmoN0bBAF
Spanish police seize 700 lbs of heroin, arrest 5
Fri Aug 1, 11:04 AM ET
Spanish police say they have seized 700 pounds (315 kilograms) of heroin and arrested five people.
A police statement Friday said four Turks and one Romanian were arrested in an operation at a sports marina in the northeastern port of Sitges, close to Barcelona.
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http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/amerithrax080108.htm
Press Release
U.S. Department of Justice
For Immediate Release
August 1, 2008
OPA
(202) 514-2007
TDD (202) 514-1888
www.usdoj.gov
Statement by the Department of Justice on the Anthrax Investigation
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) today announced that there have been significant developments in the investigation into the 2001 anthrax mailings, which killed five individuals and injured 17 others. In particular, we are able to confirm that substantial progress has been made in the investigation by bringing to bear new and sophisticated scientific tools.
We are unable to provide additional information at this time. The Department, the FBI, and the USPIS have significant obligations to the victims of these attacks and their families that must be fulfilled before any additional information on the investigation can be made public. In addition, investigative documents remain under court seal. We anticipate being able to provide additional details in the near future.
Additional Information on the Investigation
The investigation known as “Amerithrax” is one of the most complex and comprehensive ever conducted by law enforcement. Over the past seven years, the Amerithrax Task Force, which is comprised of 17 FBI Special Agents and 10 U.S. Postal Inspectors, has executed approximately 75 searches and conducted more than 9,100 interviews in the relentless pursuit of the perpetrator of these attacks.
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08-680
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/topten_080108.htm
For Immediate Release
August 1, 2008
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 1, 2008
1. Atlanta: Registe Added to FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Michael Jason Registe, of Columbus, Georgia, wanted for the murder of two individuals in 2007, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Registe is also wanted on an unrelated charge of aggravated assault in Columbus, Georgia, for a shooting that occurred in 2005. A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for any information leading directly to his arrest. Full story
2. Anchorage: U.S. Senator Indicted on False Statement Charges
United States Senator Theodore F. Stevens of Alaska was charged in an Indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia with seven counts of making false statements related to Stevens’ financial disclosure forms. The seven-count Indictment charges Sen. Stevens, the former chairperson of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, with engaging in a nearly eight-year scheme to conceal his receipt of more than $250,000 in things of value from VECO Corporation, formerly a multi-national oil services company based in Alaska, and Bill J. Allen, the Chief Executive Officer of VECO at the time. Full story
3. New York: Private Banker Arrested In Argentina on Charges Of Embezzling More Than $5 Million From Bank Clients
Hernan Arbizu was arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and 15-count Indictment was unsealed charging him with the embezzlement of more than $5 million dollars from the accounts of bank customers at UBS AG and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Full story
4. FBI Headquarters: FBI Warns of Storm Worm Virus
The FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, known as malware. These e-mails direct e-mail recipients to click on a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook, a popular social networking website. Clicking on the link downloads malware onto the Internet connected device, causing it to become infected with the virus and part of the Storm Worm botnet. Full story
5. Washington D.C.: U.S. Army Officer Pleads Guilty in Iraq Wire Fraud Scheme
Debra Harrison, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, pleaded guilty to honest services wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority - South Central Region in Al-Hillah, Iraq. Full story
6. Tampa: Four Charged in $82 Million Mortgage Loan Fraud
A 47-count Indictment was returned charging four individuals with conspiracy, making false statements in connection with bank loans, a scheme to defraud seven FDIC insured banks, and money laundering. The defendants conspired to obtain $82,790,000 in loans from seven financial institutions in the Tampa/Sarasota area by making false statements to those banks. Full story
7. Miami: Italian Company and Executives Strike Plea Agreement in Worldwide Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
Manuli Rubber Industries SpA, a marine hose manufacturer based in Milan, Italy, and Robert L. Furness, the former president of the company’s former Plantation, Florida-based subsidiary have agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $2 million in criminal fines for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices, and allocate market shares of marine hose sold in the United States and elsewhere. Furness has agreed to serve 14 months in prison and pay a $75,000 criminal fine. Additionally, Giovanni Scodeggio, an Italian citizen who is the manager of Parker ITR S.r.l.’s Oil & Gas Business Unit, another marine hose manufacturer located in Veniano, Italy, has also agreed to plead guilty for participating in the same conspiracy. Full story
8. New York: Genovese Family Associate Found Guilty of $50,000 Extortion
Angelo Nicosia, an associate of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra, was found guilty of extortion and extortion conspiracy after a one-week jury trial. According to the Indictment and the evidence at trial, Nicosia was an associate in the crew of Genovese Family capo Angelo Prisco. Nicosia was hired as a sub-contractor on a construction job, and later claimed that the contractor owed him thousands of dollars for work that he had not actually completed. When the contractor resisted making payment, Nicosia and other Genovese associates repeatedly threatened the contractor until he paid them $50,000. Full story
9. Washington Field: Former Airline Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing Conspiracy
Timothy Pfeil, the former highest-ranking cargo executive in the United States for SAS Cargo Group A/S (SAS), a Scandinavian-based airline, has agreed to plead guilty and serve six months in jail for participating In a conspiracy to fix prices for air cargo rates. According to court documents, Pfeil conspired with competitors to fix the rates charged to U.S. and international customers on air cargo shipments, in violation of the Sherman Act. In July 2008, SAS pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $52 million criminal fine for conspiring to fix prices on air cargo rates. Full story
10. New York: Former Owner of Coletronic Computer, Inc. Sentenced for Trafficking Counterfeit Cisco Systems Products
Charles Lacy-Thompson, the former owner of Coletronic, Computer, Inc., was sentenced to 30 months in prison for trafficking in counterfeit Cisco Systems, Inc. products. He was also ordered to pay $2.2 million in forfeiture and restitution. Full story (pdf)
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2367824,00.html
Libya, Russia discuss nuke deal
31/07/2008
Moscow - Libya is negotiating with Moscow to buy Russian weapons and for
the construction of a nuclear power station, the countries’ prime ministers
said on Thursday.
“The Libyan leadership confirmed its interest in acquiring high-quality
products from the Russian defence industry,” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax and ITAR-TASS after a meeting with
Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi.
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Iran’s Web of Influence in the U.S.
By
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/authors.aspx?GUID=b819d8f2-dd1e-4bd7-a578-31db22c643d1
Hassan Daioleslam
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, August 04, 2008
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9D2A15BB-9D0B-4969-A95A-701B3C4DC72D
In a recent article, Joseph Klein discussed1 in details the hundreds of
millions of dollars in United Nations’ aid to Iran. These funds are mostly
financed by U.S. contributions. In Tehran’s corrupt system, it is hard to
imagine that even a small portion of these resources reach the intended
target population.
But, how can a wealthy country manage to confront the US and the UN, and at
the same time be the recipient of West’s generous support? The credit for
that goes to Tehran’s effective web of influence in the US. Here is a
glimpse at the web:
* Siamak Namazi, is the managing director of Atieh enterprise in Iran.
This company is owned by Namzi family, an influential player in Irani’s oil
and financial Mafia.
* Baquer Namazi, is Siamak’s father and a former UN high level
officer. Namazi and an active Iranian deputy minister, founded a false flag
NGO (Hamyaran) to monitor and control other Iranian NGOs .
* Baquer Namazi, arranged for Siamak Namazi and Trita Parsi to present
the roadmap for establishing the Iranian Lobby in the US.
* Trita Parsi the president of the Iranian lobby organization NIAC has
been the recipient of close to $200,000 congressionally appropriated funds
through National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to spend it in Iran on
organizations under Baquer Namazi’s control.
* NED has also provided funding for Tehran based Siamak Namazi
(himself an affluent executive in Iran) for a fellowship in the US.
* Siamak Namazi elaborated on why and how the Iranian regime should
implant Tehran friendly experts in key positions in the US and inside the UN
to influence policy.
* Siamak Namazi co-founded an organization (I-AIM) to recruit
influential Iranian-Americans. One of his major partners in these
activities is Ali Mostashari.
* Ali Mostashari has been working at key UN positions in charge of
$1.2 billion in annual UN aid to the third world countries.
* Iranian regime (Which is in control of close to $100 billion in oil
income) has been the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars of UN
aids.
* Baquer Namazi is a major player in many of the associated
organizations that benefit from UN aid.
Are you shocked?
Building Iran’s web of influence in the US
Atieh Bahar is an influential enterprise in Iran which along with some of
the notorious factions of the regime is a partner and/or contractor in major
oil, industrial or financial projects of the country. Siamak Namazi, is the
managing director of this company which his family owns.2
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Khartoum has total access to intelligence in South Staff writer
aJUBA (17th July) the director for security and intelligence in the ministry in an interview at the closure of a four day workshop organised by the Swiss Security System Reform Team has revealed that ‘Khartoum intelligence’ have unwarranted “access to secret intelligence†in southern Sudan. Mr. Daniel Lual Deng admitted “At the time being we can not avoid it, the Khartoum Intelligence have total access to our intelligence information; whatever they collect, they can accessâ€.
Daniel Deng Lual was part of the high profile members of the security intelligence who were invited to attend a workshop under the auspices of the Swiss Foreign Affairs Ministry and the GOSS Ministry of Regional Corporation. “Security is determined by the type of system used: dictatorial, direct democracy or Jeffersonianâ€, Daniel stated. He observed that the security system used by the previous governments in Southern Sudan were anything but democratic, and the source of their guidelines and security policy came from the centre of dictatorial coup remnant in Khartoum.
However, he said that the current security system in the South is geared towards “Doing everything in our [SPLA and all southerners] power to protect the CPAâ€. He explained that this situation should instead encourage policy makers to urgently sit together and devise a security policy for the state.
The question of overlapping roles of the different security organs is also understood from a different viewpoint by the Intelligence strongman. “These are consequences of war, people were divided randomly into prisons, civil service, police and others remained in the army. What is important is that all these persons are SPLA which is the mother unit of allâ€, Deng argued. He said that it is not overlapping of duties, but “Competition for protectionism†because everybody wants to protect the CPA. “We are competing entities in protecting the CPA, that is why you find the army and police interfering with the others work.
He also feared that the widening orientation gap between the security agencies and the local communities they serve “We have not defined the roles and responsibilities of each agency.
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