Racial or religious groups could be picked out for hi-tech airportchecks: UK 01 Jan 2010
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Racial or religious groups could be picked out for hi-tech airport
checks<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/01/racial-religious-groups-ai
rport-checks> --Whitehall says passenger profiling 'in the mix' 01
Jan 2010 The government could allow hi-tech security searches at
British airports that focus on people who fit a particular profile,
prompting fears that particular racial and religious groups will
face increased scrutiny, it emerged today. A Whitehall source told
the Guardian passenger profiling was "in the mix" of the review
into airport security ordered this week by Gordon Brown after the
failed attempt to blow up a transatlantic jet on Christmas Day. The
development came as airline industry chiefs warned it would be
impossible to screen all travellers with a new generation of body
scanners the government now wants introduced at airports.
Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the
FBI'<http://www.legitgov.org/northwest_bomb_plot_oddities.html> 31
Dec 2009 Following up on a visit from FBI officials about an
eyewitness account first described to
MLive.com<http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/12/flight_253_pass
enger_says_at_l.html>, Michigan attorney Kurt Haskell described the
visit in comment sections across MLive on Wednesday. Haskell and
his wife, Lori, were aboard Flight 253 when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
allegedly tried to destroy the plane. They say another man tried
to help Abdulmutallab board the plane in Amsterdam.
Iraqi prisoners 'were sexually humiliated by female British
soldier'<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6973482.ece>
--Fourteen new cases of sexual abuse have been made against a
secretive British Army interrogation unit 02 Jan 2010 A female
British soldier is accused of sexually humiliating and abusing
prisoners in Iraq in a series of claims about British troops in
Basra, The Times has learnt. Five former detainees have made specific
allegations against a female interrogator they knew as "Katy". The
claims are among 14 new cases brought against a secretive British
Army interrogation unit. These bring to 40 the total of pending
British court cases by former Iraqi detainees.
Guantanamo closure fizzled by 'terror
threats'<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115133§ionid=3510203> 01
Jan 2010 Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US are urging
the Obama administration to reconsider its plan to close the
Guantanamo prison as the nation faces new 'terrorist threats.'
President Obama has already announced that he will fail to live up
to his promise to close the notorious detention center within one
year of his reign at the White House. Now faced by the reality that
almost half of the remaining Guantanamo detainees are from Yemen
and that the Christmas Day "jet bomber", Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab,
has allegedly received training in Yemen, congressional leaders and
government officials are urging the president to abandon plans to
close the prison or to suspend any transfers of prisoners to Yemen.
Iraq bomb plotters recruited in US-run prison:
police<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpRuRNxDY0iP93_b8r2
X0vMxdg-g> --'The convicts were recruited by the terrorist organisation
during their detention in Camp Bucca.' 31 Dec 2009 Two men on death
row for masterminding an Al-Qaeda truck bombing that killed 88
people on June 20 were recruited in a US-run prison camp, a senior
Iraqi police commander said on Thursday. Adnan Jassim Ali al-Hamdani
and Hawas Falah al-Juburi were among three people sentenced on
Tuesday to death by hanging for their part in the bombing in the
predominantly Shiite Turkmen town of Taza in northern Iraq which
also wounded 265 people, according to a police toll.
Taliban infiltrator who killed 7 from CIA wore Afghan
uniform<http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/81543.html> 31 Dec
2009 A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors
mercenaries and wounded six others at an isolated CIA base in eastern
Afghanistan Wednesday was a Taliban infiltrator dressed in an Afghan
Army uniform, according to U.S.
officials and a Taliban claim of responsibility. An eighth American,
a civilian, was also killed. The victims were working out Wednesday
evening when the bomber stepped into the outpost's gym and triggered
his explosive vest, the Taliban and U.S. military officials said
Thursday.
'The CIA considers contractors to be officers.' [CLG considers them
to be terrorists.] Source: 2 killed in Afghanistan bombing were
security
contractors<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/31/afghanistan.us.ca
sualties/index.html> 31 Dec 2009 Two of the seven CIA officers
killed Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack on a U.S. base in
Afghanistan were contractors mercenaries for Xe, a private security
firm formerly known as Blackwater, a former intelligence official
said Thursday. A current intelligence official confirmed to CNN
that the casualties included a mix of people -- CIA staff and
contractors. The CIA considers contractors to be officers.
Pakistan Taliban: CIA traitor carried out deadly
attack<http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-01-pakistan-cia-attack_N.ht
m> 01 Jan 2010 The Pakistani Taliban claimed Friday that they used
a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing that killed
seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge for a top
militant leader's death in a U.S. missile strike. Qari Hussain, a
top militant commander with the Pakistani Taliban, said militants
had been searching for a way to damage the CIA's ability to launch
missile strikes on the Pakistani side of the border.
CIA base attacked in Afghanistan supported airstrikes against
al-Qaeda,
Taliban<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR200
9123100541.html> 01 Jan 2010 The CIA base attacked by a suicide
bomber in Afghanistan this week was at the heart of a covert program
overseeing strikes by the agency's remote-controlled aircraft along
the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, officials familiar with the
installation said Thursday. The assailant, wearing an explosives
belt under his clothes, apparently was allowed to enter the small
base after offering to become an informant, according to two former
agency officials briefed on the attack.
C.I.A. Takes On Bigger and Riskier Role on Front
Lines<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/world/asia/01khost.html>
--Over the past year, the C.I.A. has built up an archipelago of
firebases in southern and eastern Afghanistan. 01 Jan 2010 The
deaths of seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives at a remote
base in the mountains of Afghanistan are a pointed example of the
civilian spy agencys transformation in recent years into a paramilitary
organization at the vanguard of Americas far-flung wars.
Even as the C.I.A. expands its role in Afghanistan, it is also
playing a greater role in quasi-military operations elsewhere, using
drone aircraft to launch a steady barrage of missile strikes in
Pakistan and sending more operatives to Yemen to assist local
officials in their attempts to roll back boost Al Qaedas momentum
in that country.
France Televisions journalists 'kidnapped in
Afghanistan'<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/france-television
s-journalists-kidnapped-in-afghanistan/story-e6frf7k6-1225815167385>
01 Jan 2010 Suspected Taliban militants [aka Blackwater] have
kidnapped two French journalists working for France's public
television broadcaster and three Afghan companions in the east of
the war-torn country, a colleague says.
Gunmen snatched the group as they were travelling about 60km from
the Afghan capital, a French journalist working with them said. The
journalists' employer, public broadcaster France Televisions, did
not formally confirm their abduction.
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in
2009<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115136§ionid=351020403> 01
Jan 2010 The US-led war in Afghanistan has killed more than 1,440
civilians this year -- a figure almost equal to the US-led coalition's
overall death toll over eight years of the hostilities. Afghanistan
Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) reported the fatalities,
saying that 40 percent of the deaths had been caused by the foreign
forces.
In Afghanistan, roadside bomb attacks kill
9<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115139§ionid=351020403> 01
Jan 2010 Roadside bomb attacks have killed at least nine people in
Badghis and Khost provinces in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban
claimed responsibility for the Friday bomb attack in Badghis province
that killed two women and three men, including their driver.
British bomb-disposal soldier killed in
Helmand<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-bombdisposal-s
oldier-killed-in-helmand-1855390.html> 02 Jan 2010 An Army bomb-disposal
engineer has become the latest British soldier to die in Afghanistan,
taking the death toll for 2009 to 108 - the highest number to die
in action in a single year since the Falklands conflict in 1982.
The soldier, from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal),
Royal Engineers, died from his injuries after a blast at a base in
Sangin in Helmand.
Police: Suicide bombing kills 88 in NW
Pakistan<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan> 01
Jan 2010 A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle
in a crowd of people watching a volleyball tournament in northwest
Pakistan, killing 88 people in the deadliest attack in the country
in more than two months. The attack in Lakki Marwat city on Friday
appeared to be retaliation against residents who formed militias
to drive militants out of the area and a meeting of anti-Taliban
leaders being held nearby may have been the actual target, police
said. No group claimed responsibility for Friday's blast. [Right,
because we all know who did it. Only Blackwater terrorists would
attack a group of people watching a volleyball game. See: Allegation:
Blackwater hiring youths in Peshawar to carry out attacks and suicide
bombings<http://www.legitgov.org/price_obusha_afpak_war_031009.html>
31 Dec 2009.]
Iraq threatens action after Blackwater case
collapses<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/01/iraq-us-blackwater-case
-trial> --Officials and relatives of 17 Iraqis killed in Baghdad
react with fury to US judge's decision to dismiss all charges 01
Jan 2010 Iraqi officials and relatives of 17 Iraqis who were killed
in a crowded Baghdad square in September 2007 in an allegedly
unprovoked shooting spree by Blackwater private security guards
mercenaries reacted with fury today to the decision by a US federal
judge to dismiss all charges against five of the guards. A spokesman
for the Iraqi government said the collapse of the case in the US
courts would lead to an intensified criminal prosecution of Blackwater
through the Iraqi legal system.
Technicality clears Blackwater
mercenaries<http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=583818> 01 Jan
2010 Five operatives from US security firm Blackwater have been
absolved over the killing of 17 Iraqis in 2007. While the five, who
had been contracted to defend US diplomatic personnel, were accused
of opening fire on a crowd in Baghdad, District Judge Ricardo Urbina
ruled the US Justice Department had used evidence against the men
that prosecutors were not supposed to have presented. The disputed
evidence concerned statements the guards gave to State Department
investigators, who promised not to use them in a criminal case [to
purposefully destroy it].
Iraq oil contract goes to Angola's
Sonangol<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8435151.stm> --Previous
contracts went to companies including
Shell<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8407274.stm>, CNPC and
Lukoil 30 Dec 2009 The Angolan state-owned oil company, Sonangol,
has signed two initial oilfield deals in Iraq. The two, the Qayara
and Najmah oilfields, are in Nineveh province, known as one of the
most dangerous regions of the country.
Sonangol will be paid between $5 and $6 a barrel, one of the highest
fees awarded in Iraq's oil deals.
NBC News: Toxic water in
Iraq<http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/2120353.aspx>
--Hundreds of National Guardsmen potentially exposed to toxic
chemical at Iraq water treatment plant in 2003 30 Dec 2009 Throughout
2003, after the combat phase of the Iraq War had ended, [It did?]
the U.S. military and defense contractors raced to try and fix
destroy Iraq's infrastructure [so Bush's cronies could get billion$
to rebuild that which they destroyed]. Some Army National Guardsmen
are suing defense contractor KBR because of alleged exposures to a
toxic chemical at one such industrial worksite in Iraq.
Report: IDF strikes 'militant targets' in
Gaza<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1139336.html> 02 Jan 2010
Israeli war jets and tanks struck several targets in the Gaza Strip
Friday night, wounding at least five people, witnesses and medical
sources said. Witnesses said Israeli F16 fighters fired two missiles
and tanks fired two shells that landed at empty areas east and
northeast of Gaza City. They said huge explosions were heard in the
area.
Ex-Homeland Security chief head said to abuse public trust by touting
body
scanners<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR20
09123102821.html> 01 Jan 2010 Since the attempted bombing of a U.S.
airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael
Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for
the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports.
What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his
security consulting agency, includes a client that manufactures the
machines. An airport passengers' rights group on Thursday criticized
Chertoff, who left office less than a year ago, for using his former
government credentials to advocate for a product that benefits his
clients.
Napolitano announces international airport security
campaign<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/74041-homeland-secu
rity-dept-to-launch-international-airport-security-campaign> 31 Dec
2009 The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced it
would launch a campaign next week to strengthen security screening
procedures at a host of international airports. The effort is part
of the White House's heightened response to a Christmas Day attempt
to bomb Delta Flight 253 in Detroit, a flight that originated in
Amsterdam.
Police chief in airport scanner
demand<http://www.scotsman.com/news/Police-chief-in-airport-.5950478.jp> 01
Jan 2010 Scotland's top anti-terror police officer has called on
the government to introduce full-body scanners in the country's
airports to thwart would-be suicide bombers. Allan Burnett, head
of counter-terrorism for the Association of Chief Police Officers
in Scotland, said the alleged attempted bombing of a United
States-bound airliner seven days ago put the case for the controversial
scanners beyond dispute.
TSA withdraws subpoenas of travel
bloggers<http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/01/tsa.travel.bloggers/> 01
Jan 2010 Just days after serving subpoenas to two travel bloggers,
the Transportation Security Administration withdrew the subpoenas
late Thursday, saying its investigation into how the bloggers
received a sensitive security directive "is nearing a successful
conclusion." With little explanation, the TSA withdrew subpoenas
of bloggers Steve Frischling and Christopher Elliott seeking
information on how they obtained a December 25 security directive.
The directive, which had been sent to every airline and airport in
the United States, ordered precautions after the failed terrorist
attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney
Frank<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a48c8UpUMxKQ> By
David Reilly 30 Dec 2009 Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up
with H.R.
4173<http://financialservices.house.gov/Key_Issues/Financial_Regulatory_Refor
m/FinancialRegulatoryReform/Bills_as_reported/hr4173.pdf>, the
financial-reform legislation passed earlier this month by the House
of Representatives... For all its heft, the bill doesnt once mention
the words "too-big-to-fail," the main issue confronting the financial
system... Instead, it supports the biggest banks. It authorizes
Federal Reserve banks to provide as much as $4 trillion in emergency
funding the next time Wall Street crashes.
So much for "no-more-bailouts" talk. That is more than twice what
the Fed pumped into markets this time around. The size of the fund
makes the bribes in the Senates health-care bill look minuscule.
Polar bears face extinction within the
century<http://www.sidewaysnews.com/environment-nature/polar-bears-face-extin
ction-within-century> 01 Jan 2010 As we enter 2010, Sideways News
looks at the 10 most endangered species we need to save, according
to the World Wildlife Fund annual list of animals to watch... Used
as the "poster boy" for global warming, the polar bear has been in
the Endangered Species Act in the US since 2008. The greatest
conservation challenge to the polar bear is ecological change in
the Arctic due to climate change. The WWF believes that unless the
warming trend ceases, the 20,000 to 25,000 bears in existence today
are likely to be extinct within the 21st century.
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Previous lead stories: CIA suicide bomber was invited on base,
report
claims<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6918912/CIA
-suicide-bomber-was-invited-on-base-report-claims.html> --The bomber
had been invited onto the base and had not been searched. 31 Dec
2009 The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote
base in south-eastern Afghanistan was being courted as an informant
and had been invited onto the base, according to a report. The CIA
said on Thursday a further six agents had been injured in the attack.
On Thursday night it was reported that the bomber had been invited
onto the base and had not been searched. A former senior intelligence
official told the Associated Press that the man was being courted
as an informant and that it was the first time he had been brought
inside the camp.
Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including
children<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article69716
38.ece> 31 Dec 2009 American-led troops were accused yesterday of
dragging innocent children from their beds and shooting them during
a night raid that left ten people dead. Afghan government investigators
said that eight schoolchildren were killed, all but one of them
from the same family. Locals said that some victims were handcuffed
before being killed. Western military sources said that the dead
were all part of an Afghan terrorist cell [yeah, the eight-year-olds]
responsible for manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
which have claimed the lives of countless soldiers and civilians.
[They don't "hate us for our freedoms." They hate us for our war
crimes. --Lori Price]
Airline bomber suspect studied in
Houston<http://www.legitgov.org/northwest_bomb_plot_oddities.html> 31
Dec 2009 The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb an airliner on
Christmas Day over Detroit attended an intensive, Islamic education
seminar in Houston last year designed for top student scholars, an
organization confirmed Wednesday. Shaykh Waleed Basyouni, vice
president for the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston, said 23-year-old
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was living in London in the summer of
2008 when he attended the nonprofit institute's annual "IlmSummit"
with about 150 other students.
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