Posted on 07/28/2008 8:37:15 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
Is U.S. Bioterror Attack Just A Matter of Time?
The overriding question is whether the U.S. is “ready” for a bioterror attack. The answer could well rely on the “other” question of what bio-agent and what’s the source? In 1991, 40,000 Russian scientists dispersed throughout the World, with knowledge of what the U.S.S.R. was doing in chemical and biological weapons. The question is to whom did they sell their knowledge? Some believe former Soviet scientists sold technology to countries like Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Lurking is the spectre of al-Qaeda, a group that the Pentagon says continues to pursue biological weapons.
Another scenario is an outbreak of a pandemic. How would the U.S. deal with an infectious disease outbreak? The picture, despite reassurances, is not pretty. Until now, the U.S. has experienced two major biological attacks.
In 1984, the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers attempted to take over the town of the Dalles, Oregon by contaminating salad bars in the town. In 2001, there was the as yet unsolved mystery of the anthrax letters that killed five people.
But the question of bioterrorism extends to potential threats against our food supply and our clean water resources. It also extends to the threat of outbreaks of diseases in our animals populations. Here, the concern are diseases that attack animals but that can jump to humans. These are referred to as zoonotic diseases. The World Health Organization defines zonnotic diseases as:
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http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1283.htm
November 20, 2008
HP-1283
Treasury Targets Somali Terrorists
Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated three members of al-Shabaab, a violent and brutal extremist group in Somalia.
“Today’s action targets three leaders of al-Shabaab, an al Qaida-linked terrorist group that uses lethal tactics to undermine peace and civil society in Somalia,” said Adam Szubin, director of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. “These terrorist commanders have had direct involvement in the kidnappings and cold-blooded murders of numerous Somali officials and civilians and they should be cut off from the world’s financial system.”
Al-Shabaab has used intimidation and violence to undermine the Somali government and threaten civil society activists working to bring about peace through political dialogue and reconciliation. It has claimed responsibility for shooting Deputy District Administrators in Somalia and for several bombings and shootings in Mogadishu targeting Ethiopian troops and Somali government officials.
In addition to attacks that have killed or wounded various Somali government officials, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the February 6, 2008 bombings in Boosaaso, Puntland, which killed 22 Ethiopian civilians and wounded 66.
Further, a number of al-Shabaab members are affiliated with al Qaida, and many of al-Shabaab’s senior leaders are believed to have trained and fought with al Qaida in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Department of State named al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on February 26, 2008.
Today’s action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. Any assets these individuals hold under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the designees.
Identifying Information
AHMED ABDI AW-MOHAMED
AKAs:
Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohammed
Muktar Abdulrahim Abuzubair
Shaykh Mukhtar
Abu Zubeyr
Godani
Godane
DOB:
10 July 1977
POB:
Hargeysa, Somalia
Nationality:
Somali
Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed is the founder and a current leader of al-Shabaab. He claimed his group was responsible for the May 2007 assassination of a judge in Beledweyne, Somalia, and in March 2007 he coordinated attacks on Ethiopian troops in Somalia. Aw-Mohamed has also served as a conduit for financing to al-Shabaab.
ISSA OSMAN ISSA
AKA:
Musse
Abdullah Bur
Abdullah Atto
Abdala Sudani
Afadey
DOB:
1973
POB:
Malindi, Kenya
Nationality:
Kenyan
Issa Osman Issa has a leadership role in al-Shabaab and has served as a commander of al-Shabaab forces in Somalia.
In late April 2007, Issa led a militia assault against Mogadishu’s Basil Hotel, which was often frequented by Ugandan peacekeepers. He also was reportedly involved in recruiting an individual to carry out a successful April 2007 suicide attack against the Ethiopian military presence in Afgooye, Somalia.
Before al-Shabaab’s creation, Issa was one of the operatives who fired the surface-to-air missiles used in the failed 2002 attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner in Mombasa, Kenya. Issa was also involved in the planning of the near-simultaneous attack in 2002 against the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala, Kenya, in which a vehicle-borne explosive device struck the hotel, killing 12 and injuring 40.
MUKHTAR ROBOW
AKAs:
Mukhtar Ali Rubu
Mukhtar Abdullahi Ali
Mujahid Mukhtar Robow Ali
Shaykh Mukhtar Robo Ali
Abu Mansur
Abu Mansour
DOB:
1969
ALT. DOB:
10 October 1969*
POB:
Xudur, Somalia
ALT. POB:
Keren, Eritrea*
Nationality:
Eritrean*
National ID No.:
1372584, Kenya*
Passport No.:
0310857, Eritrea, issued 21 August 2006, expires 20 August 2008*
*This identifying information is derived from an Eritrean passport issued under the alias name of Mukhtar Abdullahi Ali.
Mukhtar Robow serves as al-Shabaab’s spokesperson, communicating to the press and public on its behalf. He has also served as al-Shabaab’s spiritual leader and as its military commander in Southern Somalia.
As an al-Shabaab military commander, Robow has targeted Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Ethiopian and African Union troops in Somalia. In December 2007, Robow’s al-Shabaab forces attacked military bases of the Somali government forces, Ethiopian forces and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. In addition, Robow and former al-Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayrow (deceased) were responsible for the November 2006 suicide attack against a TFG checkpoint in Baidoa, Somalia. The attack killed at least eight and wounded four.
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1284.htm
November 20, 2008
HP-1284
Treasury Designates al-Qaida in Iraq Facilitator
Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Redouane El Habhab, a Germany-based terrorist financier and facilitator who has provided financial support and other services to al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI).
“We must remain vigilant in our efforts to shut every funding stream terrorists and their supporters exploit to carry out attacks in Iraq and around the world,” said Adam Szubin, director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. “The power and reach of the UN’s counterterrorism authorities continue to be critically important tools to shut down financing conduits wherever they may develop.”
Redouane El Habhab has supported AQI financially, through payments to the group, and logistically, by facilitating the smuggling of “violence prone activists” into Iraq.
On January 24, 2008, the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court in Germany convicted Habhab of having provided support to a foreign terrorist organization and sentenced him to a five year, nine month prison term. Habhab initially appealed his sentence; however, he subsequently withdrew this appeal, and he remains in prison in Lübeck, Germany. On November 12, 2008, Habhab’s name was added to the Consolidated List of the U.N. 1267 Committee, which obligates all U.N. member states to freeze his assets and prevent his travel.
Redouane El Habhab was designated today under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. Any assets Redouane El Habhab holds under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him.
Identifying Information
REDOUANE EL HABHAB
Nationality:
German
DOB:
December 20, 1969
POB:
Casablanca, Morocco
German Passport:
1005552350
German Federal Identity Card:
1007850441
Address:
Iltisstraße 58, 24143 Kiel, Germany
Press Releases: Joint Statement by the United States and Brazil Announcing the Expansion of Cooperation on Biofuels to Advance Energy Security and Promote Sustainable Development
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:09:14 -0600
Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 20, 2008
Joint Statement by the United States and Brazil Announcing the Expansion of Cooperation on Biofuels to Advance Energy Security and Promote Sustainable Development
Following is a joint statement by the United States and Brazil announcing the expansion of cooperation on biofuels to advance security and promote sustainable development.
Begin Text:
Today, the U.S. and Brazilian governments announced an expansion of cooperation on biofuels under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2007 to advance their shared goals of energy security, sustainable development, and environmental protection.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, meeting at the International Biofuels Conference in São Paulo, unveiled plans of the two governments to expand scientific collaboration in biofuels and to work with five new countries in Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean interested in developing their domestic biofuels industries.
Bilaterally, Secretary Schafer and Minister Amorim welcomed an agreement signed on October 3, 2008 between the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Petrobras’ Center for Research and Development (CENPES) to accelerate the development and integration of next generation biofuels feedstock, production, and distribution systems in the U.S. and Brazil. This cooperation is the result of the reciprocal scientific exchanges and high-level visits that have occurred over the last year under the aegis of U.S.-Brazil biofuels cooperation.
In Third Countries, the governments announced new partnerships with Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal. These new partners, along with the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, and St. Kitts and Nevis, comprise a total of nine partner nations to benefit from U.S.-Brazil biofuels collaboration. In the initial tranche of countries, the United States, Brazil, and MOU partners (IDB, OAS, and UN Foundation) have obligated over $4.3 million across twelve projects that are underway. All partners are working to develop local biofuels industries to reduce dependence on imported fuels and promote sustainable development.
Globally, members of the International Biofuels Forum (IBF) are advancing the commoditization of biofuels through cooperation on technical standards. To promote biofuels sustainability, the United States and Brazil, working through the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), are developing a methodological framework to assess biofuels’ greenhouse gas emissions and benefits, as well as voluntary, science-based sustainability criteria and indicators.
Finally, Secretary Schafer and Minister Amorim highlighted the key role private industry will continue to play in spurring innovation in biofuels technologies, and in bringing the needed investment to grow the global market. The Private Sector Advisory Board to the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Steering Group is discussing a partnership that will accelerate the integration of next generation biofuels technologies in U.S. and Brazilian markets.
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New Report Calls Nuclear Terrorism Serious Risk
By Meredith Buel
Washington
19 November 2008
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A new report says the world still faces a serious risk that terrorists could obtain a nuclear bomb and urges President-elect Barack Obama to make reducing that risk a top priority of U.S. security policy and diplomacy. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington.
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The new report, called “Securing the Bomb 2008,” says major progress has been made to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism.
The report warns, however, there are still major gaps in these efforts and says the risk of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapon remains unacceptably high.
The author of the report, Harvard professor Matthew Bunn, says the potential for a disastrous attack is very real.
“That would incinerate the heart of a major city,” he said. “It could turn the center of Washington, D.C. or the center of Manhattan into a smoking, radioactive ruin that would be unusable for decades to come. That would have profound and catastrophic affects on our society, really reverberating around the world.”
The study is the seventh annual report from Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and was commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonproliferation group based in Washington, D.C.
The report details a series of events around the world in recent years it says highlights the risk of poor security at nuclear installations.
These include an armed break-in at a South African site with hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium, the arrest of a Russian colonel for soliciting bribes to overlook violations of nuclear security rules and the increasing terrorist threats amid the ongoing strife in Pakistan.
The report says the materials for a nuclear bomb exist in hundreds of buildings in dozens of countries.
Professor Bunn says there are currently about 130 research reactors around the world that still use highly enriched uranium for fuel.
“I think they are a quite serious concern because many of these facilities have very minimal security measures,” he said. “Some of them are on university campuses and other locations where it is really not plausible that you would ever have the kind of security that in my view is required when you are talking about potential nuclear bomb material.”
The report says there has been progress in the former Soviet Union in recent years. It says U.S.-sponsored security upgrades have been completed for 75 percent of the buildings that contain weapons-grade material and for about 65 percent of Russia’s nuclear warhead sites.
The study says major issues remain, however, ranging from insider theft and corruption to chronic underinvestment in nuclear security.
The report also recommends expanding efforts to secure nuclear materials in China, India, Pakistan and South Africa.
The study contains an agenda for the next U.S. president to prevent nuclear terrorism and Professor Bunn says President-elect Barack Obama needs to accelerate efforts to combat the threat.
“They really need a comprehensive strategy to prevent nuclear terrorism, starting with locking down nuclear stockpiles all over the world, making sure that every nuclear weapon, every kilogram of plutonium or highly enriched uranium, wherever it may be, is secure and accounted for,” he said.
Professor Bunn says the Obama administration should appoint a senior White House official, with direct access to the President, to supervise all efforts focused on preventing nuclear terrorism.
http://voanews.com/english/2008-11-20-voa57.cfm
EU Opens Online Library
By Lisa Bryant
Paris
20 November 2008
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The European Union has launched a vast online library offering people across the globe access to millions of books, movies and other items from the 27-member block. Lisa Bryant has more on Europe’s efforts to showcase its cultural heritage - via the Internet.
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Call it the 21st century version of the famous Alexandria library that served as a hub of knowledge in ancient times. Europe is offering a similar trove of information via the Internet - allowing users to access tens of thousands of paintings, books, manuscripts, sound recordings, newspapers and other items from across the European Union.
European Commission spokesman Martyn Selmayr says the Europeana digital library is planning to expand enormously in the years to come.
“Today its just the beginning,” he said. “We have two million objects today on Europeana - cultural objects which exist in digital form. Our objective is to have by the year 1010, 10 million digitized objects available from all over Europe and they will be offered in 23 languages so that everybody around the world has access to these cultural heritages of the European Union member states.
That includes digitalized representations of masterpieces from the Louvre museum in Paris or manuscripts of composers like Beethoven - or books from libraries around Europe - although only a small fraction of the region’s 2.5 billion books will be available online in the coming years.
The project is one way to showcase the European Union - this time through its cultural heritage.
“On the one side it shows that Europe is made up not of a single unified culture but that it has 27-member nations and each one of them has a very long history,” said Selmayr. “It also shows what we have in common and gives the perspective of the neighbors.”
“For example, the fall of the Berlin Wall - very important for German history and also for European history - is something you can find on Europeana in the form of a film that is today stored in the French national audiovisual institute. Germans, Hungarians, British citizens and also Americans can see this big event, but through the eyes of French citizens,” he continued.
Those who want to check out the new European library can click on http://dev.europeana.eu/.
http://voanews.com/english/2008-11-19-voa54.cfm
Mexico Arrests Interpol Liaison in Drug Probe
By VOA News
19 November 2008
Mexican authorities have arrested a senior police official for allegedly working with drug cartels.
The arrest Tuesday of Ricardo Gutierrez Vargas, Mexico’s representative to the international police force, Interpol was part of a probe into leaks of information to drug gangs.
Mexico has seen increasingly brutal drug-related violence, which has claimed thousands of lives.
In Tijuana, federal agents and military forces are temporarily replacing hundreds of police officers responsible for patrolling the crime-ridden border town. Five-hundred police officers were sent to training and will undergo background checks.
Earlier this month, the top officer of Mexico’s federal police force, Gerardo Garay, stepped down following allegations senior officers had helped drug traffickers.
President Felipe Calderon has deployed about 36,000 troops around the country to battle violent drug gangs.
More than 4,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico this year. Much of the violence takes place in northern Mexico, where traffickers smuggle drugs over the border into the United States.
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L.A.’s Los Altos High School under lockdown Open this result in new window
Los Angeles Times - Nov 20 10:00 AM
Officials call the procedure ‘routine’ as search warrants are served in nearby Hacienda Heights. Sheriff’s officials said Los Altos High School was under “routine” lockdown this morning as search warrants were being served to assault suspects in nearby Hacienda Heights.
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High School Lockdown Lifted After Fight Open this result in new window
WBNS-10TV Columbus - Nov 19 2:09 AM
UPDATED: East on Arcadia High School was under lockdown on Tuesday after a fight broke out inside the building. Get details.
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Columbia River HS reopens after lockdown Open this result in new window
The Columbian - Nov 20 10:13 AM
Columbia River High School was placed under lockdown this morning while authorities responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a nearby home.
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Lockdown is lifted at 4 Hacienda Heights schools Open this result in new window
Los Angeles Times - Nov 20 10:30 AM
Officials said the procedure was ‘routine’ as search warrants for two robbery suspects were served nearby. Four schools were under “routine” lockdown this morning for nearly five hours as deputies attempted to serve search warrants to a pair of robbery suspects in nearby Hacienda Heights.
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13WHAM Rochester - Nov 20 8:49 AM
Rochester, N.Y. — East High School is under a two-hour delay Friday morning for students, so staff can attend a meeting before school begins. A handgun was found during a...
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Litchfield County Times - Nov 18 8:15 AM
WARREN - Warren Elementary School went into lockdown Monday afternoon as police searched for a witness connected to a fatal shooting in Southbury.
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One school in Montgomery County remains under lockdown Thursday as police continue a massive manhunt for two bank robbery suspects.
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HAMILTON, Mass. — Officials locked down a local high school as a precaution Monday afternoon.
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WCMH Columbus - Nov 18 9:44 AM
East High School was on lockdown for a period of time Tuesday after a two-student fight.
“Argentina: Rudderless,” Report to the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, September 9, 2008:
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/argentina/rudderless.pdf
FINANCIAL CRISIS, MIDNIGHT RULEMAKING, AND MORE FROM CRS
Some more reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not
been made readily available to the public include the following.
“The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for
U.S. Policy,” November 18, 2008:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34742.pdf
“China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United
States,” updated November 17, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22984.pdf
“Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of
2008,” updated November 13, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RL34740.pdf
“The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil:
Issues and Analysis,” October 31, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34730.pdf
“Russia’s Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the
United States,” updated November 5, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34512.pdf
“’Political’ Activities of Private Recipients of Federal Grants or
Contracts,” October 21, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34725.pdf
“Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations,” updated November 3,
2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34473.pdf
“Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress,” November 12, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34745.pdf
“Homeland Emergency Preparedness and the National Exercise Program:
Background, Policy Implications, and Issues for Congress,” November 10,
2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34737.pdf
“Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New
Administration,” November 18, 2008.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34747.pdf
Mystery Meat Dumped In Town Common
Residents Concerned Meat May Be Poisoned
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The most recent deposit consisted of a large piece of raw, unwrapped meat, along with what appeared to be a liver and some bones on Tuesday.
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and 3443 shows the Treasury targeting terror financers with Kenyan ties.
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November 21, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Al-Qaeda) Video Download of Zawahiri’s Latest Message - Laura Mansfield
http://www.lauramansfield.com/dr.ayman.rmvb
(Iraq) Three killed in S. Baghdad blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1954862&Language=en
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2729908335
(Iraq) U.S. to begin using search warrants in Iraq
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/21/us-to-begin-using-search-warrants-in-iraq/
(Iraq) Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_458
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/21/Thousands_protest_security_pact_in_Baghdad/UPI-74421227273193/
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/November/middleeast_November415.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
(Iraq) UK troops to withdraw from Iraq in New Year
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1954872&Language=en
(Iraq) Al-Qaeda has been ‘dramatically’ reduced in Iraq: US general
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5acQAkGrKmxn69nV2JS4O922M8g
(Iraq) U.S. Treasury Designates al-Qaida in Iraq Facilitator - Redouane El Habhab
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1284.htm
(Afghanistan) Suicide bomb attack kills 3 in Afghanistan - in Shajoy district of Zabul province
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/21/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
(Afghanistan) Hamid Karzai: While the ‘war on terror’ is being fought in Afghan villages, underlying causes are left unaddressed”
-— which Karzai views as “desperation,” “poverty,” “extremism” and “radicalism,” never once mentioning Islamic supremacism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/13/afghanistan-terrorism-al-qaida
(Afghanistan) International Herald Tribune supports negotiations with Islamic supremacists
-— IHT: “we agree that there should be a serious effort to win over lower-level militants and tribal leaders”
-— IHT alleges some Islamic supremacists support Taliban because they have “no choice”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/21/opinion/edtalib.php
Pakistan: Al-Qaeda-friendly militants operating in Karachi, warns top advisor
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2730297499
(Pakistan) NWFP: At least 10 die in Pakistan blast - Dera Ismail Khan
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/21/At_least_10_die_in_Pakistan_blast/UPI-23111227266549/
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1954885&Language=en
— Blast at cleric’s funeral kills 6 in Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_146;_ylt=AoMlZ7.lv0qf3pwOU8SOQqABS5Z4
(Pakistan) NWFP: Captors suspect Canadian ‘a spy’
— Jihadists continue to hold Beverley Giesbrecht aka Khadija Abdul Qahaar of Jihad Unspun
— defended by friend Glen Cooper as “a reporter with a different perspective, not a propagandist”
http://www.thestar.com/article/540878
(Pakistan) NWFP police foil 75 terrorist attacks in 10 months
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\21\story_21-11-2008_pg7_49
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban commander ‘killed in Bajaur’ - Shah Khaled
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2729908542
(Pakistan) FATA: Suicide attack on mosque: Lashkar chief eliminated
http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/21/top3.htm
(Pakistan) FATA: 44 Taliban killed, Mohmand braces for new offensive - update on Thursday report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\21\story_21-11-2008_pg1_1
(Pakistan) US strikes inside Pakistan intolerable, says Gilani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\21\story_21-11-2008_pg1_5
(Pakistan) Dr AQ Khan files petition against his detention
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\21\story_21-11-2008_pg7_10
(India J&K) Over 47,000 killed in two decades of terrorism in J&K
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Over_47000_killed_in_two_decades_of_terrorism_in_JK/rssarticleshow/3740606.cms
http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=612163
(U.S.) Fort Dix trial: Paintball focus of arguments in Fort Dix plot
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081121/NEWS01/811210378/1006/rss01
(U.S.) Fort Dix informant wraps up testimony — Mahmoud Omar
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081121_Fort_Dix_informant_wraps_up_testimony.html
(U.S.) Holy Land trial may have lasting effects
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/112108dnmetholyland.3d785d4.html
-— Al-Arian’s defense attorney William Moffitt tells Dallas Morning News:
“I suspect that they will be viewed much the same way that Mandela was
viewed by the black South African population – as freedom fighters who have dedicated their lives to the liberation of Palestine”
-— Dallas Morning News: “Local Democratic activist Hadi Jawad said
that the Holy Land case has disrupted Muslims’ ability to give zakat, charitable alms required of Islam.”
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Judge orders release of 5 Algerian terror suspects at Gitmo - U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon
— includes Lakhdar Boumediene, Mohamed Nechla, Hadi Boudella
(aka Boudella Al Hajj), Mustafa Ait Idir, Saber Lahmar (aka Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar)
— sixth petitioner Belkacem Bensavah believed to be “close to an al-Qaida operative”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_ot/guantanamo_detainees
— Leon’s court order:
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2004cv1166-276
-— 5 Gitmo detainees blame arrest on ‘political game’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_algerians
-—— Pentagon and Justice Departments reviewing the decision
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bosnia: Wife urges Algerian Guantanamo inmates’ release after US judge’s ruling
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2730204727
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Gitmo judge tosses out detainee’s 2nd confession — Mohammed Jawad
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/780984.html
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Indonesia wants access to jailed terror suspect — Hambali, also known as Riduan Isamuddin
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081121/tap-as-indonesia-us-terror-chief-64ed358.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/781693.html
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Conservatives call on Bush to free Muslim Uighurs
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/780752.html
(U.S.) Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/20/pentagon-cyber-siege-unprecedented-attack/
(UK) Mohammed Asha terror trial: ‘I’m responsible for Islamist documents’
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/m-responsible-Islamist-documents/article-488148-detail/article.html
(UK) Nail bomber blames ‘war on Islam’ — Exter’s Nicky Reilly aka Mohammed Rasheed aka Mohammed Rashid Saeed Alim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7741766.stm
-— White Muslim convert who bombed restaurant blamed Britain’s ‘war on Islam’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3497287/White-Muslim-convert-who-bombed-restaurant-blamed-Britains-war-on-Islam.html
-— Background on Nicky Reilly
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/05/nicky_reilly.html
(UK) Judge refuses to delay sentencing of failed Exeter suicide bomber — Exter’s Nicky Reilly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/21/terrorism-bomber-exeter-aspergers
U.K. Blacklists Terror License Plates
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,455832,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3494156/Registration-plates-spelling-out-terrorism-religion-and-sex-banned.html
(UK) British Prison Scraps Comedy Course for Al Qaeda Terrorist - Zia Ul Haq part of Dhiren Barot Jihadist gang
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,455830,00.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1955875.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5206722.ece
(UK) ‘Firebomb’ After BNP Members Leak — in West Yorkshire
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081121/tuk-firebomb-after-bnp-members-leak-45dbed5.html
Iran accuses IAEA of ‘2-sided stance’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404798145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Lebanon) One killed, three injured in N. Lebanon shooting
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1954862&Language=en
(Lebanon) Hezbollah’s foundation is built on youth
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/mideast/lebanon.php
— Mahdi Scouts: “as a Hezbollah official walks to a podium and addresses
them with a Koranic invocation”... the boys chant in unison: “You are our leader! We are your men!”
— “Women, who play a more prominent role in Hezbollah than they do in
most other radical Islamic groups, are especially important in creating what is often called ‘the jihad atmosphere’ among children”
(West Bank) IDF troops thwart West Bank stabbing attempt
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404793674&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas Becomes Directly Involved In Attacks
http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,2060-Hamas-Becomes-Directly-Involved-I.aspx
Hamas, Israel trying to rewrite truce
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/20/hamas-israel-trying-to-rewrite-truce/
(Gaza) ‘No immediate plans to topple Hamas’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404783836&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) Rocket, mortar-rounds launched from Gaza on S. Israel - spokesman
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1954957&Language=en
-— Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/November/middleeast_November410.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
(Saudi Arabia) Terror financing runs wild in Saudi Arabia — Kingdom cracks
down on violence at home, ignores help flowing to outside groups
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81555
(Somalia) Is Somalia on the verge of an Islamist takeover?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081121/tpl-us-somalia-conflict-scenarios-sb-81f3b62.html
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=27879
Somalia Capital Clashes Kill At Least 20-Witnesses — Mogadishu
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081121\ACQDJON200811211238DOWJONESDJONLINE000682.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=2nd%20UPDATE:Somalia%20Capital%20Clashes%20Kill%20At%20Least%2020-Witnesses
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/21/15_die_in_Somalia_insurgent_attack/UPI-33611227270480/
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/21/africa/AF-Somalia.php
(Somalia) Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_af/piracy
(Somalia) Reuters: “Islamists on trail of Somali pirates”
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5163217/islamists-on-trail-of-somali-pirates/
— Telegraph: “Somali piracy: Islamic militants ‘attack’ pirates over hijacked Saudi tanker”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3495978/Somali-piracy-Islamic-militants-attack-pirates-over-hijacked-Saudi-tanker.html
— November 19, 2008 - Somalia: Pirates ‘working with Islamists’
-— BBC report: “Somali pirates have been accused of forming what is described
as an ‘unholy high seas alliance’ with some of the country’s Islamist insurgents.”
-— “Jane’s Terrorism and Security Monitor says certain insurgents are using
pirates to smuggle weapons and supplies and help provide bases in return.
The London-based newsletter says pirates are also training Somali hardliners in naval tactics.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7737375.stm
(Somalia/U.S.) U.S. Treasury Targets Somali Terrorists - three members of al-Shabaab
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1283.htm
-— Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohammed, Osman Issa, Muhktar Robow
Ethiopia Arrests Members of Underground Islamic Jihad Group
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/ICCnews/newsdetail.php?newscode=8953&title=ethiopia-arrests-members-of-underground-islamic-jihad-group-
(Algeria) Study: Fewer terror attacks in Algeria this year
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/21/study-fewer-terror-attacks-in-algeria-this-year/
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/21/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php
(Libya) US sends first ambassador to Libya in 36 years
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November1530.xml§ion=international
— Libyan security officials to visit Washington
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/20/africa/AF-Libya-US.php
German al-Qaeda suspect extradited from Turkey — Attila S.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3626620,00.html
French charge suspected Basque terrorist leader
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_basque_terrorism
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/21/europe/EU-France-Basque-Terrorism.php
(Kosovo) Three Germans arrested over bomb attack in Pristina
http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/Three-Germans-arrested-over-bomb-attack-in-Pristina-.html
(Philippines) Mindanao civilians take up arms - due to attacks from Moro Islamic Front (MILF)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/da92b4a5206d1ddd8255c2b12f690c9c.htm
— MILF wants DILG chief to clarify issue on arming civilians
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/134993/MILFs-wants-DILG-chief-to-clarify-issue-on-arming-civilians
(Indonesia) Something wrong when a government lets terrorists become celebrities
http://narromine.yourguide.com.au/news/world/world/general/something-wrong-when-a-government-lets-terrorists-become-celebrities/1355904.aspx
Australian police to lift curbs on Gitmo convict - David Hicks
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/779682.html
Sri Lanka military says it captured rebel airstrip
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/21/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php
Other News:
MEMRI Generates Debate Between Arab Reformists and Extremist Islamist Sheikhs Over Call to Kill Mickey Mouse
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212308
Iranian TV Campaign Against Western Fashion In Iran
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212208
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1919.htm
(UK) Birmingham Post: “Islamic finance has right idea” — by Fiona Thomson
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/business-comment/more-business-comment/2008/11/20/islamic-finance-has-right-idea-65233-22304715/
— Comments: illustrates that state of dhimmitude in UK
(UK) ‘Firebomb’ After BNP Members Leak — in West Yorkshire
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081121/tuk-firebomb-after-bnp-members-leak-45dbed5.html
US seeks 300 billion dollars from Gulf states: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/bs_afp/financeeconomyusgulf_081120072928
(U.S.) Michael Jackson has ‘converted to Islam’
-— “and changed his name to Mikaeel, according to reports”
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24684859-7484,00.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1954666.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1088225/Michael-Jackson-Muslim-changes-Mikaeel.html
(U.S.) A Napolitano Nomination Could Signal Shift in Focus at Homeland Security
-— CQ: “could signal a shift in focus away from the war on terror and toward domestic concerns, especially immigration”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20081120/pl_cq_politics/politics2989141
-— Matthew Levitt of Washington Institute for Near East Policy praises nomination for executive experience
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20081120/pl_cq_politics/politics2989141
-— Matthew Levitt has history of calling for negotiations with Islamic supremacists
that he calls “political Salafists” and praises “counter-radicalization” tactics which tolerate Islamic supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/The Way Back from Islamism.htm
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/leaked_data_on_radicalization.php
(U.S.) The Pros and Cons of Keeping Robert Gates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081121/us_time/08599186103800
-— Gates “War on Extremism” isn’t a concern
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/
-— June 2008 - U.S. National Defense 2008 document (PDF)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf
(U.S.) Florida school board chooses not to reappoint Hamas supporter to “diversity committee”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023585.php
http://www.americansagainsthate.org/press_releases/PR-Badran_Not_Reappointed.php
(U.S.) Sergeant Said to Misuse Terror-Watch Database — Haytham Khalil
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/nyregion/21sergeant.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
(U.S.) Citi shares sink despite Saudi prince’s investment
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081120/citigroup_investment.html
(U.S.) Ohio: Man arrested in Bengals’ stadium bomb threa
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27841930/
Italy: Islam at the centre of the debate in World Philosophy Day 2008
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2730060397
Netherlands: Schools should be more alert to honor violence
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/netherlands-schools-should-be-more.html
Denmark: US ambassador and mosque visits
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/denmark-us-ambassador-and-mosque-visits.html
(Belgium) Brussels: Allah Ackbar
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/brussels-allah-ackbar.html
(Belgium/France) Eid: Lack of sheep, slaughterhouses
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/eid-lack-of-sheep-slaughterhouses.html
Commentaries:
Al Qaeda’s Message: We Will Not Stop Waging Jihad With Obama in the White House - by Walid Phares
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/WP-Zawahiri-and-Obama.html
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/11/phares-zawahiri-oboma/
Al Qaeda Message Fails the Test
http://www.newsweek.com/id/170054
(U.S.) CAIR: Big on the Gimmes - by IPT News
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/862
Goodbye, First Amendment? - by Robert Spencer
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023587.php
Against Nazi News:
(UK) Bid to extradite Holocaust denier dropped — Fredrick Toben
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24687885-23109,00.html
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Student Wounded In Ga. Univ. Shooting
Savannah State University Locked Down
POSTED: 11:33 am PST November 21, 2008
UPDATED: 11:48 am PST November 21, 2008
A student was shot and wounded Friday at a dormitory at Savannah State University.
University spokeswoman Loretta Heyward said the shooting happened between 11 a.m. and noon Friday at the historically black college on Savannah’s south side.
She said campus officials don’t have more details.
continued...
kdwn.com on the radio news:
The 5th body has been found in Las Vegas in the last 2 weeks.
At least 3 have been burned, after murder, plus 2 they say were murder/suicide.
No details have been released.
On the one found today by accident, in the desert, what makes it interesting to me, is the fact it was found near the “Henderson Airport”.....
The Henderson Airport, is where the plane departed from a couple days ago, that was dropping parts of itself in Kingman yards....and had to land at the Kingman Airport.
granny
Thank you Calpernia for getting the news on its way to others.
Smiling at you and waving howdy.
Thank you, you are welcome to the thread anytime.
I just posted a large collection of the news headlines.
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/topten_112108.htm
For Immediate Release
November 21, 2008
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 21, 2008
1. Pittsburgh: Agent Killed in the Line of Duty
Special Agent Samuel Hicks was fatally shot while executing a federal search warrant associated with a drug distribution ring. Full story
2. Reward Increased for Operation Backfire
The FBI and the ATF announced an increased reward for information regarding four domestic terrorism fugitives. Full story
3. Boston: State Senator Indicted
Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was charged with eight counts of attempted extortion. Full story (pdf)
4. Washington Field Office: Tax Auditor Pleads Guilty
El-Hadj Drame, a tax officer with the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue, pled guilty to accepting a bribe. Full story
5. Kansas City: Operation Suspicious Minds Nabs 23
Twenty-three defendants were charged with drug trafficking conspiracies as well as immigration and firearms violations as a result of an extensive investigation involving federal and local law enforcement. Full story
6. New York: Police Sergeant Charged
New York Police Department Sergeant Haytham Khalil was charged with accessing the FBI Terrorist Watch List without authorization. Full story (pdf)
7. New York: Pastor Convicted
William H. Spencer, the pastor of the House of Truth in California, was convicted for bankruptcy fraud. Full story (pdf)
8. Omaha: Prosecutor Pleads Guilty
Former Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Jeffrey Richard Tekippe pled guilty to the possession of stolen firearms. Full story
9. Philadelphia: Two Charged with Illegal Trading with Iran
Mohammad Reza Vaghari and Mir Hossein Ghaemi were charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Full story
10. Washington Field Office: Attorney Indicted
Michael Miltry Hadeed, Jr. was indicted in connection with an on-going investigation of a large-scale immigration fraud scheme. Full story
Silicon Valley Engineers Face Sentencing For Economic Espionage
Posted on: Friday, 21 November 2008, 14:34 CST
Two men from China face sentencing today after pleading guilty to
economic espionage against the United States.
The two engineers – Fei Ye, a citizen of the U.S., and Ming Zhong, a
permanent U.S. resident – each face a maximum of 30 years in prison
after confessing to stealing microprocessor designs from their Silicon
Valley employers in 2006. The duo planned to smuggle the designs to
China to launch a government-sponsored startup company there.
continued, also comments on other cases....
Listen to the latest edition of our “Inside the FBI” podcast, which focuses on Operation Backfire and eco-terrorism.
The podcast is available on iTunes at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=284702151.
You can also listen to it on the FBI website at http://www.fbi.gov/inside/inside.htm.
[I did not listen to it, as my internet connection is flakey right now...granny]
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