Zaman (pro AKP muslim party) Aug 01, 2008
An overview of AK Party history, closure case process
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149053&bolum=100
A brief summary of important dates and developments leading to the
establishment of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK
Party) in 2001 and the launch of a closure case against it this year
that was rejected by the nation’s highest judicial body on Wednesday.
1: Aug. 14, 2001: AK Party is founded
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Zaman (pro AKP muslim party) Aug 01, 2008
[NEWS ANALYSIS] Governing AK Party was not shut down, but may have been
incapacitated
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149085&bolum=100
The decision of the Constitutional Court to not close down the Justice
and Development Party (AK Party) was welcomed by people who were
expecting an inescapable closure decision that was already normalized in
the public consciousness.
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Putin, Medvedev Diverge as Protege Shows He Isn’ta `Puppet’
Bloomberg - USA
1 (Bloomberg) — The honeymoon between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may be over. Medvedev’s implicit accusation ...
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Public unconvinced President Medvedev is Russia’s real leader
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - Less than 10% of Russians see President Dmitry Medvedev as the true leader of the country, according to a July opinion poll ...
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Poll says Russians feel ex-president Putin is still calling the shots
The Canadian Press - MOSCOW
Putin turned the presidency over to Dmitry Medvedev in May and immediately took up the post of prime minister. The poll by the independent Levada Centre ...
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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: BRUSH FIRE THREATENS BARONA INDIAN RESERVATION
August 1, 2008 (4:22 PM) — Fire crews are battling a roughly 100-acre brush fire off El Monte and Willow roads in the Lakeside area that is moving toward Barona Indian Reservation, according to Cal Fire. Homes have been evacuated on Blue Sky Ranch Road . According to a Cal Fire spokesman, ground and air crews are making good progress in putting out the blaze.
Log on to http://www.cbs8.com/ for further details on this story.
[San Diego news:]
http://www.10news.com/news/17060224/detail.html
Con Man Poses As Water Employee In Escondido
POSTED: 5:59 am PDT August 1, 2008
UPDATED: 6:16 am PDT August 1, 2008
ESCONDIDO — Escondido police searched Friday for a con man who posed as a city water employee and threatened to turn off a resident’s water if a cash payment wasn’t made immediately.
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http://www.10news.com/news/17047652/detail.html
Attempted Copper Thefts Delay Cancer Therapy
POSTED: 4:49 am PDT July 31, 2008
VISTA, Calif. — Sheriff’s deputies searched Thursday for a would-be thief who dismantled copper plumbing at a private outpatient clinic in Vista, forcing about 60 cancer patients to skip radiation therapy, a newspaper reported.
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http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/107632.htm
[Note the end, reads as though this is an alert, lots of photos at link..granny]
Fact Sheets: MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition)
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:29:57 -0500
Fact Sheet
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Washington, DC
July 31, 2008
MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition)
Two insurgents in Iraq with SA-7b and SA-14 MANPADS. [Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityCountering the proliferation of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) is a top national security priority of the United States. MANPADS, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, in the hands of criminals, terrorists, and other non-state actors pose a serious threat to passenger air travel, the commercial aviation industry, and military aircraft around the world (over 40 civilian aircraft have been hit by MANPADS missiles since the 1970’s). The United States and other concerned countries have recognized this and taken steps to counter this threat. After the November 2002 attempted shoot-down by terrorists of a civilian airliner in Mombasa, Kenya, the United States redoubled its efforts to keep MANPADS from falling into the wrong hands, and is working closely with numerous countries and international organizations to keep the skies safe for all. With U.S. assistance, this cooperation has led to the destruction of over 26,000 excess, loosely secured, illicitly held, or otherwise at-risk MANPADS since 2003.
The White House launched an initiative in late 2002 to prevent the acquisition and use of MANPADS by terrorists and other non-state actors. At the direction of the White House, the U.S. Department of State, supported by the U.S. Department of Defense, leads the United States’ international efforts on this critical issue. Within the Department, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and the Bureau for International Security and Nonproliferation have the lead responsibility in this area.
This updated fact sheet provides a brief description of MANPADS, their origins, examples of MANPADS attacks on civilian aircraft, and highlights some of the United States’ efforts to cooperate with other countries to counter the threat.
WHAT ARE MANPADS?
Man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), commonly described as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, are surface-to-air missiles that can be carried and fired by a single individual or carried by several individuals and fired by more than one person acting as a crew. Most MANPADS consist of: 1) a missile packaged in a tube; 2) a launching mechanism (commonly known as a “gripstock”); and 3) a battery. More modern MANPADS also contain a separate missile ejection motor. The tubes, which protect the missile until it has been fired, are normally disposable. Rudimentary sights are mounted on the tube. The missiles themselves are usually comprised of a flight motor, a warhead, a control section and a guidance section that directs the missile toward the targeted aircraft. A single-use battery is typically used to power the missile prior to launch.
MANPADS launch tubes typically range from about 4 feet to 6 1/2 feet (1.2 to 2 meters) in length and are about 3 inches (72 millimeters) in diameter. Their weight, with launcher, ranges from about 28 pounds to just over 55 pounds (13 to 25 kilograms). They are easy to transport and conceal. Some of the most commonly proliferated MANPADS can easily fit into the trunk of an automobile.
Photo of MANPADS
Photo of MANPADS ,SA-14,
There are three main types of MANPADS: 1) Infrared (IR) seekers that hone in on an aircraft’s heat source, usually the engine or the engine’s exhaust plume; 2) Command Line-of-Sight (CLOS) systems whereby the MANPADS operator visually acquires the target aircraft using a magnified optical sight, and then uses radio controls to guide the missile into the aircraft; and 3) Laser Beam Riders in which the missile flies along the laser beam and strikes the aircraft where the operator has aimed the laser.
MANPADS were designed to be used by legitimate national military forces to protect their troops and facilities. With their relatively short range, MANPADS are regarded as the last missile-based air defense available to protect against aerial attack, to be deployed in tandem with gun-type systems that seek to defeat attacking aircraft by destroying them with a barrage of projectiles. They can attain a speed of about twice the speed of sound and strike aircraft flying at altitudes up to approximately 15,000 feet (4.57 kilometers) at a range of up to 3.2 miles (5 kilometers).
Although superficially similar in appearance, MANPADS should not be confused with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). RPGs are also portable and shoulder-fired. However, RPGs are unguided weapons designed primarily to be used against ground targets and are generally ineffective against aircraft, except at very close range. Some RPG attacks on low-flying aircraft have been mistaken for MANPADS attacks.
Iraqi Security Force member performs a foot patrol, armed with an RPG. [Photo: Courtesy of a U.S. Marine Corps
Iraqi insurgent firing a MANPADS. [Photo: Courtesy of U.S, Department of Homeland Security]
WHEN HAVE MANPADS BEEN USED AGAINST CIVIL AVIATION?
Since the 1970s, over 40 civilian aircraft have been hit by MANPADS, causing about 28 crashes and over 800 deaths around the world. The following list is a sample of reported incidents involving civilian aircraft. All of the incidents listed below, except the Mombasa incident, took place in zones of conflict.
A DHL Airbus air cargo jet with left wing on fire returns to the airport in Baghdad to make a controlled landing shortly after being hit by a MANPADS fired by an Iraqi insurgent. Fortunately, there w
* March 12, 1975
A Douglas C-54D-5-DC passenger airliner, operated by Air Vietnam, crashed into inaccessible, hostile Vietnamese territory after being hit by a MANPADS. All six crew members and 20 passengers were killed in the crash.
* September 3, 1978
An Air Rhodesia Vickers 782D Viscount passenger airliner crash landed after being hit by a MANPADS fired by Zimbabwe Peoples Revolution Army rebels. Four crew members and 34 of the 56 passengers were killed in the crash. 10 survivors were shot to death afterwards.
* December 19, 1988
Two Douglas DC-7 spray aircraft, chartered by the U.S. Agency for International Development to eradicate locusts, en route from Senegal to Morocco, were struck by MANPADS fired by POLISARIO rebels in the Western Sahara. One DC-7 crashed killing all 5 crew members. The other DC-7 landed safely in Morocco.
* September 22, 1993
A Tupolev 154B aircraft operated by Transair Georgia was shot down by Abkhazian rebels, crashed onto the runway and caught fire, killing 108.
* April 6, 1994
A Dassault Mystère-Falcon 50 executive jet carrying the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi and its French flight crew was shot down over Kigali, killing all aboard and sparking massive ethnic violence and regional conflict.
* October 10, 1998
A Boeing 727-30 Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises airliner was downed over the Democratic Republic of the Congo jungle by Tutsi rebels, killing 41.
* December 26, 1998
A United Nations-chartered Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was shot down over Angola by UNITA rebels, killing 14.
* January 2, 1999
A United Nations Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules transport was shot down by UNITA rebels over rebel-held territory in Angola, killing 9.
* November 28, 2002
Terrorists fired two MANPADS at an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-3E7 with 271 passengers and crew as it took off from Mombasa, Kenya. Both missiles missed.
* November 22, 2003
A DHL Airbus A300B4-203F cargo jet transporting mail in Iraq was struck and damaged by a MANPADS. Though hit in the left fuel tank, the plane was able to return to the Baghdad airport and land safely.
* March 23, 2007
A Transaviaexport Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane was shot down over Mogadishu, Somalia, killing the entire crew of 11.
MANPADS Attacks on Civil Aircraft Since 1975
WHO MAKES AND POSSESSES MANPADS?
Some 20 countries have produced or have licenses to produce MANPADS or their components. These include Bulgaria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Japan, the Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
It is estimated that over 1 million MANPADS missiles have been manufactured worldwide since they were first produced in 1967. The United States believes that most of these systems are either in national inventories or have been destroyed. However, in many cases, these systems have not been accounted for properly.
MANPADS are found in the stockpiles of many countries around the world, including those of manufacturing military nations. The United States believes that thousands are outside of the control of national governments and a number of terrorist organizations, including al Qaida, have MANPADS in their possession. The total number of MANPADS remaining in the global inventory is difficult to estimate with precision because the destruction of MANPADS systems—either by warfare, accident or systematic demilitarization—is not always tracked or publicized. Even more uncertain is the number of operational systems within that total inventory, as a number of variables—age, storage conditions, and quality of maintenance—influence the life-expectancy of such systems. Even vintage systems may remain functional long after their projected life-span, particularly if properly stored and maintained.
Given the unique threat posed by MANPADS to aviation due to their ease of use, relatively small size and portability, the United States exercises strict controls over production, storage, and transportation of its MANPADS. The U.S. exercises diligence when selling them to other governments in order to ensure that they are properly secured and not sold or transferred to others without prior consent.
The black market cost of MANPADS can vary widely, ranging from as little as a few hundred dollars, to several thousand dollars, depending on the model and its condition. Given the relatively low cost of some of these systems, there is a heightened risk for acquisition by terrorists or other non-state actors.
WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES DOING TO COUNTER THE PROLIFERATION OF MANPADS?
On January 24, 2008, the White House announced that in keeping with the priority placed on this issue, President Bush had accorded the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., who serves as the Department of State’s Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jan/99683.htm). Special Envoy Bloomfield leads the interagency task force that is implementing the United States International Aviation Threat Reduction Plan — a component of the broader National Strategy for Aviation Security— to protect global aviation from MANPADS. The Special Envoy engages high-level foreign government officials on U.S. efforts to reduce the worldwide threat from excess, loosely-secured, or otherwise at-risk MANPADS.
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA, www.state.got/t/pm/wra) manages the United States program to eliminate or better secure excess, obsolete, loosely secured, or otherwise at-risk MANPADS that could fall into the hands of non-state actors. WRA assists countries to secure their stockpiles, to maintain reliable inventories of their systems, and/or to destroy those MANPADS stocks that are not needed for national defense. Many MANPADS currently retained in national stockpiles are aged and obsolete, hence are relatively ineffective against modern military aircraft, but could still pose a threat to slower-moving civilian aircraft.
The Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction (CATR, http://t.state.gov/t/isn/bureauorg/ocatr.htm) in the Bureau for International Security and Nonproliferation works through bilateral and multilateral engagement, with an emphasis on responsible export controls, to prevent illicit transfers of MANPADS or the technology to produce the weapons.
The U.S. Department of Defense supports international negotiations by providing expertise on the proper management and control of MANPADS in foreign holdings, and by enforcing stringent physical security and accountability for MANPADS in U.S. possession. The Department of Defense established the Golden Sentry program to monitor the end use of MANPADS sold through Foreign Military Sales to ensure that they are not diverted for unauthorized use. Golden Sentry is supported by the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA, http://www.dtra.mil/salw), and the U.S. Army.
MULTILATERAL EFFORTS. Under the auspices of the Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction, the United States has worked in a number of international fora to obtain agreement with countries to strengthen controls over the export of MANPADS and to enhance weapons stockpile security. Over 95 countries have agreed to adopt measures that ensure the standards established are put in place.
At the June 2003 G-8 Evian Summit, leaders agreed to a U.S.-initiated MANPADS Action Plan that includes the following measures:
* provide assistance and technical expertise for the destruction of excess MANPADS;
* adopt stringent national export controls on MANPADS and their essential components;
* ban transfers of MANPADS to non-state end-users; MANPADS should only be exported to foreign governments or to agents authorized by a government;
* exchange information on uncooperative countries and entities;
* examine for new MANPADS the feasibility of adding specific technical performance or launch control features that preclude their unauthorized use; and
* encourage action in the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Aviation Security Working Group on MANPADS (ICAO Resolution A-35-WP/50).
The G-8 continued to actively focus on implementation of these measures through 2004 and, in 2005 and 2006, the U.S. provided G-8 leaders with the implementation status of the MANPADS Action Plan. To date, preliminary discussions on possible MANPADS-specific agenda items are underway between the Department of State and its G-8 counterparts.
In December 2003, the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (http://www.wassenaar.org/), the first multilateral institution covering conventional weapons and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies, adopted strengthened guidelines for control over MANPADS transfers (http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/othr/misc/82052.htm). These guidelines detail how countries will evaluate exports of MANPADS; conditions they will set for recipients to receive the systems; and how systems will be stored, transported, used, inventoried, and inspected.
Similar guidelines were adopted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in May 2004 (http://www.osce.org/documents/html/pdftohtml/2965_en.pdf.html). Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) adopted these guidelines in November 2004. In June 2005, the 35th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) also adopted similar guidelines in Resolution AG/RES 2145 (XXXV-O/05; http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/62391.htm).
The United States is continuing efforts in all of these and other regional fora to emphasize the need for implementation. The United States has submitted to the Wassenaar Arrangement and the OSCE a detailed paper on how the United States controls MANPADS. Since then, over half of the participating states have submitted papers on their MANPADS control. In addition, the MANPADS guidelines were updated at the 2007 Plenary.
On February 18, 2005, the United States announced the start of a NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund Project to help Ukraine destroy stockpiles of its excess munitions, small arms, light weapons, and MANPADS (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/42472.htm).
BILATERAL COOPERATION. United States bilateral efforts are focused on regions and countries where there is a combination of excess MANPADS stocks, poor control, or a demonstrable risk of proliferation to terrorist groups or other undesirable end-users. The United States works with countries whose MANPADS might be vulnerable to develop a nonproliferation strategy to reduce stocks, secure remaining weapons, and ensure that the host governments have in place appropriate policies and procedures for controlling exports.
On February 24, 2005, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov signed the “United States-Russia Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-portable Air Defense Systems” (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/42647.htm) in Bratislava, Slovakia to facilitate mutual destruction of obsolete or excess MANPADS, exchange information on controlling MANPADS including improving measures to enhance physical security, and to share information about MANPADS sales and transfers to third countries.
A group of Chechen separatists pose with MANPADS.
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement uses the Non-proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related (NADR) Small Arms and Light Weapons Destruction Program funds (www.gao.gov/new.items/d04521.pdf) to:
* destroy obsolete MANPADS which have little military value but could be lethal against global aviation in the hands of terrorists; and
* improve physical safety and security as well as standards of inventory control and accountability of MANPADS that may be needed for legitimate self-defense purposes to ensure that remaining stocks are not stolen or illicitly transferred.
Since 2003, the U.S. Department of State has enabled the destruction of nearly 26,000 MANPADS in 25 countries in Africa, Central America, Eastern Europe, and South East Asia.
MAG ,Mines Advisory Group, America and the Burundian Army worked together under a U.S. Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement grant to safely destroy over 100 excess MANPADS in Bu
A few examples of some successes illustrate the Department of State’s extensive efforts. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement assisted Bosnia and Herzegovina in destroying its government-held stockpile of almost 6,000 MANPADS between 2003 and 2004, helped to destroy 45 MANPADS in Liberia in 2003, and helped Cambodia to destroy its entire stock of 233 MANPADS in 2004 as well as better secure other weapons kept for its national defense purposes. To date, PM/WRA has facilitated Hungary’s destruction of over 1,500 MANPADS, Macedonia’s destruction of 156 MANPADS, and Montenegro’s destruction of 1,500 MANPADS, and has funded the securing of over 100 MANPADS in Afghanistan as part of a broader weapons collection and destruction effort in that country.
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement’s MANPADS programs are supported by the DTRA’s Small Arms and Light Weapons Branch, which provides physical security and stockpile management seminars and assessments. DTRA’s programs orient host nation experts to international best practices, assess current host nation practices, and offer tailored advice to countries on how to better secure their MANPADS and other weapons retained for national defense purposes. All of this assistance is offered at little or no cost to the host nation. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement can, in some cases, provide technical and financial assistance to implement DTRA’s recommendations. Assistance may also be provided to countries at the request of the United States’ Geographic Combatant Commanders or other elements of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS, www.dhs.gov) supports international efforts, and has established an International MANPADS Assist Visit (MAV) program within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA, www.tsa.gov). This program assists host nations in conducting vulnerability assessments to identify potential launch areas around their international airports, and develop mitigation strategies to counter the threat. Since 2003, TSA has assisted 23 countries in conducting 29 MAVs.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
If you have information concerning the illegal possession of MANPADS, immediately contact the appropriate law enforcement authorities in your country.
Americans who are living or traveling overseas who wish to report the illicit possession of or location of illicitly-held MANPADS should contact the Regional Security Officer (RSO) at the nearest U.S. Embassy, or the Legal Attaché at the specific U.S. Embassies listed on this website www.fbi.gov/contact/legat/legat.htm, as soon as possible.
In the United States, American citizens, other residents, and visitors who have knowledge about the possession or location of illicit MANPADS, both in the United States or in other countries, should immediately report this information to the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by telephone, or by e-mail using this web tip sheet: https://tips.fbi.gov/. Or, they may telephone the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) at this toll-free number: 1-888-ATF-BOMB (or 1-800-283-2662).
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17072819/detail.html
2 Dead After SUV Drives Wrong Way
Police Investigate 5-Car Accident
Paula Vargas, Contributing Editor
POSTED: 10:04 am MDT August 2, 2008
UPDATED: 1:22 pm MDT August 2, 2008
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Police said witnesses reported seeing an SUV driving northbound on Santa Fe which swerved into the southbound lane on Santa Fe and collided head-on with several other vehicles.
“He just swerved over into the southbound lane and ended up cutting right in front of all the traffic as soon as it got close to him,” said Laura Scott, who witnessed the accident. “He hit the green car and we saw an explosion of debris and saw him flip up into the air and spin around. He ended up landing on the red car and then rolled from there onto the guardrail.”
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[On the scanner at one of the scan denver.net links, this morning, I heard an Officer say [with strong feelings]
“this is no ‘accident it was___’, “
I couldn’t understand what he meant, as it went garbled, now that I read the article, I begin to understand.
One of the Officers said that the speed was 75 to 80 miles per hour.
Police in Denver and Las Vegas were busy last night, more arrests than usual and more calls answered, both were short on officers and some calls were 2 hours waiting for an officer to arrive.
If we do not have enough Officers for a Friday night in a town, what happens when something big comes down?
granny
http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=4031341
VIDEO: Naked Man Carjacks a Bus
Witnesses tell police the nude man punched out the glass door of the bus, climbed on board and took control of the wheel.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
VIDEO: Naked man ‘busjacks’ driver
Las Vegas police have arrested a man, who allegedly carjacked a bus driver while naked.
Witnesses tell police the nude man punched out the glass door of the bus, climbed on board and took control of the wheel.
The driver of the bus suffered a cut to his face, but managed to jump off the bus. There were no passengers aboard the handicapped CAT bus at the time of the incident.
Police arrested Charles Sell minutes later. They say he appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
Sell was booked for Grand Larceny Auto and Robbery.
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http://www.850koa.com/pages/gunnybob.html
To listen to Freeper Gunny Bob program on air, go to above page.
Also note his topics on Obama and the democrat’s convention.
So far I can’t get his programs to play, but am attempting to.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/wisconsin_shooting
Woman says man held in Wis. shootings raped her
By JAMES A. CARLSON, Associated Press WriterSat Aug 2, 1:38 PM ET
A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain.
The woman said she told her parents about the assault, and they reported it to authorities. She said officers came to her home late Thursday, mentioned the shootings that occurred earlier that day along a riverbank in the town of Niagara — near the same spot where she claimed to have been sexually assaulted — and asked her to describe her attacker.
The suspect, whom the woman described as a casual friend, was arrested Friday after he emerged from the woods following an all-night manhunt.
Scott J. Johnson, 38, is expected to appear in court Monday or Tuesday, Marinette County Chief deputy Jerry Sauve said Saturday. He said it wasn’t yet clear if charges would be filed before that court appearance.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/maui_spy_case;_ylt=ApYjh4SQITt.bMnrjgEj4I5H2ocA
Hawaii man accused of helping China design missile
By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago
Cheryl Gowadia couldn’t figure out why FBI agents in riot gear, guns drawn, were storming her home on Maui’s tranquil North Shore.
At first, she thought they might be after the man building a pond in her backyard. Instead, she was stunned to learn they wanted to question her husband, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer.
“This came out of nowhere,” Gowadia said.
A week later, on Oct. 13, 2005, agents arrested Noshir Gowadia, a native of India who received a Ph.D. at 15, on suspicion he sold military secrets to China.
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In Chengdu in 2003, Gowadia allegedly gave Chinese engineers and officials classified information about missile exhaust systems that emit little heat and thus are hard to detect. The city is home to the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, which created the J-10, a state-of-the-art fighter plane China unveiled last year.
Prosecutors allege Gowadia pocketed $110,000 over two years for his exhaust nozzle design.
He’s also accused of attempting to sell classified stealth technology to the Swiss government and to businesses in Israel and Germany.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/overturned_missile
ND towns unfazed by ICBM rocket booster in ditch
By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press WriterSat Aug 2, 3:23 PM ET
There’s plenty to talk about at the weekly women’s coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned.
“We talked about the oil boom, weddings — everything under the sun,” Arlene Zacher said Saturday. “But nobody ever mentioned that missile. I guess that shows that people aren’t worried about it — I’m certainly not.”
The Air Force said a truck carrying the booster for a Minuteman III overturned Thursday a few miles east of Parshall in northwest North Dakota, but there was no danger to the public.
The truck and booster rocket, which is 66 feet long and weighs 75,000 pounds, were still sitting along the road Saturday, under armed guard.
“The scene is still in the assessment phase,” said Maj. Laurie A. Arellano, an Air Force spokeswoman. “It’s still on its side in the ditch.”
Arellano said the wreck would stay there for a least a few more days.
“It has to be 100 percent stable for movement. It’s not a quick process — we have to make sure everything is stable first,” Arellano said.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts
Syrian President’s Top Aide Assassinated
ArutzSheva ^ | August 3, 2008 | Hana Levi Julian
Posted on Sunday, August 03, 2008 12:31:31 AM by ScaniaBoy
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian President Bashar Assad’s top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources.
Suleiman, who was also Syria’s liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous.
Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to prevent publication of the news. The country’s Albawaba newspaper, which reported the incident, speculated that Israel might have been behind the killing.
Both Albawaba and the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper raised the issue of last February’s assassination of Hizbullah second-in-command Imad Mughniyeh, who died in a car bombing in Damascus. Syria blamed Israel for the killing, but Jerusalem denied any involvement.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1071194.html
Cities of Light ambitious or just crazy?
Multi-billion-dollar plan envisions 100 cities
From The Economist
Sun. Aug 3 - 5:34 AM
One of Osama bin Laden’s many half-brothers, Tarek bin Laden, this past week signed a deal with tiny Djibouti which might — or might not — mark the start of one of the world’s boldest engineering projects.
Djibouti’s president, Ismael Omar Guelleh, promised bin Laden 500 square kilometres of land to start building Noor City, the first of a hundred Cities of Light the vast Saudi Binladen Group plans around the world.
“A hope for all humanity, the first environmental city of the 21st century,” gushed the promotional video at the signing. The audience, mostly American military contractors near retirement age, clapped enthusiastically. Engineers elsewhere say the scheme is a fantasy.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24117303-401,00.html
Lost MI5 fax ‘could have stopped bombings’
By Lucy Ballinger and David Williams in London
August 03, 2008 03:29am
Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
A CHANCE to stop the 7/7 London bombers who killed 52 people and
injured hundreds more may have been missed when a secret services fax
to police went missing.
Looks interesting, turned up in a google alert and I had not heard of it before...
granny
Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board » Titanic Books
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5671/5671.html?1217733635#POST237589
[What does this mean? The title caught my eye...granny]
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=726615
Agricultural Jihad Ministry teams up with UNIDO
TEHRAN, Aug. 3 (MNA) – The Iranian Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have teamed up for joint implementation of agricultural projects in the conversion, processing, and complementary industries.
“Expanding cooperation with UNIDO so as to develop agricultural projects in the conversion, processing, and complementary industries is a must for the Islamic republic of Iran,” Iran’s Agricultural Jihad Ministry Conversion, Processing, and Complementary Industries Department Director Ali-Reza Pourbasir said on Sunday, IRIB reported.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries and economies in transition in their fight against marginalization.
UNIDO mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment. Furthermore, the Organization enhances cooperation at global, regional, national and sectoral levels.
RVA/MRK
END
MNA
http://www.defense-update.com/analysis/analysis_020808_olympics.html
Who threatens the Beijing Olympics?
By David Eshel
A mere week is left before the Beijing Olympics open and global counter terrorist organizations are on high alert. Especially jittery must be the Chinese security officials and they should have every reason to be so. Just two weeks ago, on July 23 an apparent terrorist group released a video taking responsibility for bus bomb blasts a few days before in the southwestern city of Kunming that killed two people. The group also claimed as its own, another attack in Shanghai that killed three people last May. In the video, the group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party, apparently a Uighur Muslim separatist organization, pushing for independence for China’s far western region of Xinjiang, threatened more attacks, including during the Beijing Games that run from Aug. 8-24. “Our aim is to target the most critical points related to the Olympics, the group warned.
Although the Chinese government has assured its people and the Olympic community, that heavy security will ensure secure games, there is sufficient concern over a possible “repeat performance” of the notorious 1972 Munich Massacre, in which eleven Israeli athletes were murdered by the PLO Black September terror movement.
Chinese security forces practicing emergency anti-terror training in Xinjiang, China.But for Chinese security, the Olympic terror threat could well be homegrown. This year, among the potential troublemakers which Chinese security specialists have identified are Tibetan separatists, who staged occasionally violent protests last spring. Tian Yixiang, head of the Beijing Olympic Games Security Protection Coordinating Group, said the top “terror” threats to the August Games come from Uighur militants campaigning for independence for Xinjiang in China’s far northwest, from Tibetan independence groups, and from followers of the banned Falun Gong sect. Tian, who has rarely given public comments on preparations for the Games, said a failed bomb attack on a plane in Xinjiang in March and anti-Chinese unrest across Tibet that same month, “amply showed that they are scheming to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games”.
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is a separatist Muslim group operating in China’s western Xinjiang province. ETIM is the most militant of the various groups in the Xinjiang region that demand separation from China and the creation of an independent state called East Turkestan. The Xinjiang region is a vast, thinly populated region that shares borders with several countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. The ETIM is one of the more extreme groups founded by Uighurs, the Turkic-speaking ethnic majority in Xinjiang, seeking an independent state called East Turkestan. The Uighurs is an ethnic minority group numbering about 8 million of the 19 million people in Xinjiang. Their ethnicity, language, and culture is more similar to the Turkic peoples of neighboring Central Asian republics.
China has long viewed the ETIM and similar groups as a threat to its territorial integrity, and after the attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001, executed a harsh crackdown on the region by increasing its military presence, detaining suspected members, and limiting religious rights. Chinese authorities blame separatist groups, including ETIM, for more than 200 terrorist attacks since 1990, resulting in 162 deaths and more than 440 injuries.
Uighur extremist elements have been involved in two recent incidents reported by the Chinese authorities from that region. The first incident took place at Urumqi, the capital of the province, on January 27,2008. Chinese security sources mentioned an exchange of fire between the police and some Uighur extremists when the police raided a hide-out of a suspected sleeper cell of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Being a suspected associate of Al Qaeda with close links to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) or Group, another Uzbek group, these people are dangerous.
While the objectives of the IMU may be regional and confined to Uzbekistan and other Central Asian Republics and Xinjiang, those of the IJU are global in proportion. The IJU projects itself as a global jihadi organization with no specific ethnic identity. A second incident was reported to have taken place on board a Chinese commercial plane flying from Urumqi to Beijing on March 7,2008. Security guards traveling on board the plane overpowered two suspected Uighur extremists, who tried to create a violent incident. The Chinese media has regarded the incident as an attempted terrorist strike. Apparently, the plane made an emergency landing in the northwestern city of Lanzhou. The two persons, already overpowered by the security guards, were handed over to the local police for interrogation. No reports have been available over the outcome and official sources attempted to minimize the affair.
China Spares no Expense to Safeguard the Games
With security of the Games as its paramount concern, China’s efforts - ranging from putting surface-to-air missiles around Olympic venues such as the Bird’s Nest stadium and Water Cube aquatics center, include the planned closure of Beijing’s international airport during the opening ceremony - are turning this year’s Olympics into the most security-focused Games in history. To ensure security, Beijing already held a series of anti-terrorist drills in June aimed at dealing with possible bomb or chemical attacks, as well as attempts to kidnap athletes. Now the capital is preparing to deploy more than 100,000 police, army troops, and trained volunteers around the capital. Police checkpoints have been set up along major roads to check identity cards for those trying to enter Beijing and primarily the Olympic Games compounds. Armed police with bomb-sniffing dogs now patrol the city’s railway and subway stations. An additional 2,000 security guards as well as 200 X-ray machines are in the capital’s 93 subway stations watching for guns, knives, explosive or flammable liquids. Even chemical substance monitoring systems seem to have been installed in focal places.
Meanwhile, Beijing has placed 300,000 surveillance cameras throughout the capital to monitor any suspicious activities. Access to all Olympics venues is being constantly screened, with everything from standard metal detectors to technology for fingerprint and iris scanning. China will spend a record $6.5 billion on surveillance equipment.
Chinese security authorities will also employ drones to patrol for security threats throughout the Olympics games, said a state media report that called it the country’s first “known” use of such aircraft. Indeed, drones were among three dozen other “anti-terrorism weapons” to be employed to maintain security during the Beijing Olympics that were put on display in the eastern city of Jinan in Shandong province. Other security measures employed include remote-controlled bomb disposal robots and battery-powered two-wheel segway vehicles to be used by armed police on patrols. With every hour remaining before the start of the games, tension in China and not only in Beijing itself is rising constantly. Will the terrorists strike?
Chinese anti-terror units training in Xinjiang, China 2007.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4449148.ece
From The Sunday Times
August 3, 2008
Beijing Olympics: the spying games
There’s more to the imminent Olympic Games in Beijing than meets the
eye. So what’s hidden behind the slogan of One World, One Dream?
Isabel Oakeshott, Michael Sheridan and Flora Bagenal in Beijing
Two weeks ago, the Whitehall mandarins, ministerial aides and
officials who will be in Beijing when the Olympic Games open on Friday
were summoned for what they thought would be a series of pro-forma
chats with MI5. What they heard was hair-raising.
http://www.hudson. org/index. cfm?fuseaction= publication_ details&id=5710
Turkey’s Islamists Inspire a New Climate of Fear
By ZEYNO BARAN
August 2, 2008; Page A11
Istanbul
This week’s verdict by Turkey’s Constitutional Court — which rejected an attempt to ban the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) for undermining the country’s secular foundations — has been hailed by the U.S. and the EU as a great step forward for democracy and rule of law. Fair enough. Banning a party that last year renewed its mandate in office with 47% of the vote would have been a huge setback for Turkey. But that doesn’t mean we should all sigh with relief and conclude that liberal democracy is flourishing under the Islamic-oriented AKP’s rule.
Government surveillance of AK Party critics and leaks to media of personal phone conversations have created a climate of fear. There is concern among some liberals that the country is becoming a police state. The foundation of a healthy democracy — the right to dissent and hold an elected government accountable — is gradually being undermined.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056010/posts
Chavez: Russian jets can repel attack on Venezuela
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/3/8
Posted on Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:22:33 PM by SmithL
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says 24 Sukhoi fighter jets have been delivered to Venezuela — and are ready to defend his country from “imperialist” aggressions.
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August 2 and 3, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Al-Qaeda) No evidence of al Qaeda No. 2’s illness or death, U.S. says
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/01/alzawahiri/index.html
Iraq annouces Diyala al-Qaida arrests
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/03/Iraq_annouces_Diyala_al-Qaida_arrests/UPI-45041217771123/
(Iraq) 15 killed in Iraq bomb blasts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080803201446
Iraqi troops capture suspected Shiite militiamen — who recently returned from Iran
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_raids_1
(Iraq) U.S. Plans Abrams Sale To Iraq
http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1134-U-S-Plans-Abrams-Sale-To-Iraq.aspx
(Iraq) Air force looks to a new drone to keep peace in Iraq
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August58.xml
(Iraq) Car Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?ref=world
Iraq’s scientists still under threat — assassins targeting university professors
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093206539
(Iraq) FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 3
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080803/tpl-uk-iraq-developments-43a8d4f.html
(Iraq) US military says 10,000 detainees freed in Iraq
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jONZ7MJxkF08VG5R99y2bzRB4hIA
Iraq says 265 arrested in anti-Qaeda offensive
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQeOXaL2YilfThWHbKVqg4EEJdAw
(Iraq) Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD92A6QVO0
(Iraq) Three Iraq soldiers killed in Kirkuk
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq2-2008aug02,0,2929739.story
(Afghanistan/UK) British Muslims ‘fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/2485750/British-Muslims-fighting-with-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html
(Afghanistan/UK) ‘UK Muslims fighting alongside Taliban’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_25
(Afghanistan) Over a dozen militants killed in Afghanistan clash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_8
(Afghanistan) Al-Qaida says 4 leaders killed in Afghanistan — including senior commander Abu Khabab al-Masri
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_commanders_killed_2
— see Andrew Cochran’s July 28th post
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/abu_khabab_almasri_al_qaeda_ma.php
(Afghanistan) German forces find huge weapons cache in Afghanistan
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3533484,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
(Afghanistan) Bomb hits U.S.-led convoy outside Kabul, at least 1 dead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300156.html
(Afghanistan) Aid workers freed in Afghanistan
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=640085
(Afghanistan) As the Fighting Swells in Afghanistan, So Does a Refugee Camp in Its Capital
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
(Afghanistan) 2 French aid workers held in Afghanistan released
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_as/france_afghanistan_aid_workers;_ylt=AoDJddhdqE4waWmi3N04eP5vaA8F
(Afghanistan) Bride, groom among 13 killed in Afghan blast: police
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iP3C2FqHbMaLHpLctn_iAq4dho1Q
(Afghanistan) Militants killed in airstrike
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFe9VrkeBadyOY1LD56eF1eEdH7w
Afghanistan, Pakistan Agree To Joint Action On Terrorism
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQDJON200808030753DOWJONESDJONLINE000263.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Afghanistan,%20Pakistan%20Agree%20To%20Joint%20Action%20On%20Terrorism
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Child soldiers trained by the Taliban to kill British soldiers
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/2008/08/02/child-soldiers-trained-by-the-taliban-to-kill-british-soldiers-115875-20681500/
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Karzai says terrorism gaining deep roots in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBOM28172120080802
(Pakistan) Update: Pakistani Taliban deny Zawahri death report
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL765720080802
(Pakistan) 1 Pakistan Soldier, 15 Militants Dead In Swat Valley-Military
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQDJON200808031305DOWJONESDJONLINE000290.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=1%20Pakistan%20Soldier,15%20Militants%20Dead%20In%20Swat%20Valley-Military
(Pakistan) Bomb Kills 6 Pakistani Police Officers — in Mingora
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?ref=world
(Pakistan) Roadside bomb kills 8 policemen in NW Pakistan
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL15598220080802
(Pakistan) Relations between ISI and CIA souring?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Relations_between_ISI_and_CIA_souring/rssarticleshow/3320344.cms
Pakistan may step up action against insurgents — Proposals include sending a commando unit near the Afghan border
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-uspakistan3-2008aug03,0,1889275.story?track=rss
Pakistan PM says Indian accusations hurt peace process — denies involvement with attack on India’s Kabul embassy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300326.html
Pakistan To Investigate Indian Embassy Attack
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQRTT200808030557RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0014.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Pakistan%20To%20Investigate%20Indian%20Embassy%20Attack
(Pakistan) PM’s visit to US puts fight against terrorism on solid footing: Boucher
http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=11530
(Pakistan) Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_2
(Pakistan) Posters slamming ‘Talibanization’ appear in Karachi areas
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_38
(Pakistan) Update: 80 die in Swat valley Army ops
http://howrah.org/World/21092.html
Pakistan to ‘weed out’ Taliban sympathizers in govt
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=233501&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
(Pakistan) Rogue Pakistan spies aid Taliban in Afghanistan. Bush warns of ‘serious action’ after
evidence of agents masterminding deadly embassy bombing.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4449330.ece
(India) Terror strikes have not dampened tourists’ spirit, feels industry
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080453100700.htm
(India) Togadia for stronger anti-terror law
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080803/812/tnl-togadia-for-stronger-anti-terror-law_1.html
(India) Terror suspect detained in Rajasthan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_suspect_detained_in_Rajasthan/rssarticleshow/3321195.cms
(India/Pakistan) Update: India says Pakistan to probe Indian embassy bombing
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34797020080802
(India/Kashmir) Two militant hideouts busted in J-K
http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=103393
(India) Karnataka will invoke tough terror law, says CM. low-intensity crude bomb was found Friday night at Channapatna.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Karnataka_will_invoke_tough_terror_law_says_CM/articleshow/3319107.cms
(U.S.) Verdict due in US trial of bin Laden’s driver — Salim Hamden
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/pl_afp/usattacksjusticetrialguantanamo_080803072818
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden driver could stay indefinitely at Gitmo
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver;_ylt=AlfIpIJuiwMGdtmIUl7svly3IxIF
(U.S. Gitmo trials) Hamdan Seen as ‘Not Fit’ for Terror - Khalid Sheik Mohammed wrote jurors that
Salim Ahmed Hamdan a low-level support staffer and “primitive”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080100982.html?hpid=topnews
(U.S.) Convicts at Guantanamo will be jailed apart
http://www.miamiherald.com/1218/story/627232.html
(U.S.) Two sides of scientist emerge after suicide - Bruce Ivins
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/anthrax.suspect/index.html?iref=newssearch
(U.S.) Scientists Question FBI Probe On Anthrax — Ivins Could Not Have Been Attacker, Some Say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201632.html
(U.S.) Suicide Latest Twist in 7-Year Anthrax Saga
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=5501166
(UK) Prince Harry’s security raised following al-Qaeda threat
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Prince_Harrys_security_raised_following_al-Qaeda_threat/rssarticleshow/3321191.cms
(UK) Spy-in-sky patrols over British cities in hunt for Taliban fighters
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1041011/MI5-launch-spy-sky-UK-manhunt-British-Taliban-fought-Afghanistan.html?ITO=1490
(UK) Blair: Inter-faith dialogue does address root causes of terrorism
http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20294
(Iran) Israel’s collapse achievable: Ahmadinejad
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-5839.html
Iran accuses arrested Baha’is of Israel links: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/ts_nm/iran_arrests_dc_2
(Iran) Sanctions may be in store if Iran rebuffs nuclear offer
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10075585.shtml
Iran rejects deadline over nuclear proposal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2488879/Iran-rejects-deadline-over-nuclear-proposal.html
(Iran/Syria) Syria leader in Iran as nuclear deadline looms
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL27319220080802
(Syria) Senior officer found shot dead in Syria: reports — Brigadier General Mohammad Suleiman
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/wl_nm/syria_officer_dc_1
Syria arrests man cleared of Madrid bombing
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August43.xml§ion=middleeast
(Lebanon) Top Hezbollah commander: We’re stronger, ready for war
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007771.html
Lebanon backs Hezbollah’s arms
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/24329&Itemid=1
(Gaza) 9 people killed, scores hurt as Hamas fights Fatah clan
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_1n3gaza.html
(Gaza) Hamas arrests Fatah men forced back to Gaza
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/ts_nm/palestinians_israel_gaza_dc_2
(Gaza) Hamas ‘closing in on bombing suspects’
http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20310
Gaza Strip clan leader says he will return to enclave
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223207,extra-gaza-strip-clan-leader-says-he-will-return-to.html
(Gaza) Update: Nine killed, 95 hurt in Hamas-Fatah violence in Gaza
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/?iref=mpstoryview
(Gaza) 150 Fatah supporters enter Israel after Hamas takes over east Gaza
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/?iref=mpstoryview
(Gaza) Five Palestinians killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gay_sdgZ5lydYok99GA6kk4OXDDw
(Gaza) Three dead in fresh Gaza clashes
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_ZlYIXsbxxlhdgqPgV5422IJPTQ
(Gaza) Hamas shuts down Gaza radio station
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5902133/Hamas-shuts-down-Gaza-radio-station
(Gaza) Hamas says it is closing in on bombing suspects
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_hamas_raid;_ylt=AonhGWRtudbULG6ZOR__0FdvaA8F
(West Bank) Unknown assailants hurl brick at car in West Bank, injuring 7-year-old Palestinian girl
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007770.html
(Israel/Syria) Syria closes in on peace deal with Israel
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4449488.ece
Israel set to free 5 Palestinians in final stage of prisoner swap with Hezbollah
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007795.html
(Egypt) As Tensions Rise for Egypt’s Christians, Officials Call Clashes Secular
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/world/middleeast/02egypt.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
(Africa) FACTBOX-Hunted al Qaeda militants in Africa
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3126272.htm
(Somalia) Witnesses Say Bomb blast kills 15 in Somali capital
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Somalia-Explosion.html?ref=world
Algeria car bomb wounds 21, ministry says
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L376946.htm
(Nigeria) Militant turf war spreads to main Nigerian oil city
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL230215
(Zimbabwe) Explosion rocks main police station in Harare
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080802/wl_nm/zimbabwe_blast_dc;_ylt=An9IgFK37WaWtMnrC6m0c..96Q8F
(Russia) Attack in Russia’s south leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August128.xml§ion=theworld&col=
(Russia) Police officer killed in militant attack in North Caucasus
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080802/115528098.html
(Turkey) Five Killed by PKK in Clashes in Southeast Turkey, Sabah Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNOUKIhz1Lg8&refer=home
Turkish army says eight Kurd rebels killed in clash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/wl_nm/turkey_rebels_clash_dc_1
Turkey Arrests Suspects in Bombings
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/03/europe/03istanbul.php
(Georgia) 6 Die as Georgia Battles Rebel Group — South Ossetia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/03/europe/03georgia.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300160.html
(Bosnia) How Karadzic stirred global Islamic terror - genocide in the 90’s opened the door to Al Qaeda and Bin Laden
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4453728.ece?openComment=true
(Spain) Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_eu/spain_basque_prisoner;_ylt=AkkOWzvAuEsz8IxpU3WXGC5vaA8F
(Philippines) Most-wanted Abu Sayyaf man captured — Ahmad Edris
http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=221380
(Philippines) Bullet-riddled bodies found on Philippines hostage island: police
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hy5AI0esqu0oUeAc_NCoHVfA3r8Q
Thai troops occupy 2nd temple on Cambodian border
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_thailand_temple_dispute_1
(Australia) Terror takes its toll — questions arise about the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police force at counterterrorism
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24122155-28737,00.html?from=public_rss
(Sri Lanka) 16 killed in Sri Lanka battles as summit continues
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/03/16-killed-in-sri-lanka-battles-as-summit-continues/
(Sri Lanka) 20 killed in fierce fighting in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s military stormed the Tamil Tiger rebels’ de-facto capital in the north of the island.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0802/breaking42.htm
South Asia leaders call for action against terrorism, more trade
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_thailand_temple_dispute_1
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