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Archive for September, 2010
Overview of Potential threat: Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Threat Watch on 4/Sep/2010 16:48
“If Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda — or the dictators of North Korea or Iran — had the ability to destroy America as a superpower, would they be tempted to try?
Wouldn’t that temptation be even greater if that result could be achieved with a single attack, involving just one nuclear weapon, perhaps even one of modest power and relatively unsophisticated design?
And, what if the attacker could be reasonably sure that the United States would not know who was responsible for such a devastating blow?
Enhanced Marksmanship Program Shoot
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 3/Sep/2010 21:29
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A Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participates in an enhanced marksmanship program shoot aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49). Harpers Ferry is part of the Denver Amphibious Ready Group conducting a fall patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Wahl
Reconnaissance SPIE Exercise
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 3/Sep/2010 21:26
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Marines from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit remain suspended from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced) during a Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction exercise in Djibouti, March 24. Various non-infantry Marines received the opportunity to participate in the SPIE exercise for their first time. The 24th MEU Marines performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises alongside the French and Djiboutian military throughout their visit in Djibouti. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven month deployment aboard Nassau Amphibious Ready Group vessels as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. Photo by Sgt. Alex C. Sauceda
Egyptian Mosque Investor contributed to Terror Group – thought it was a Charity.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 19:01
MYFOXNY.COM – Fox 5 News reported Thursday that one of the financial backers of the Islamic mosque and cultural center project in Lower Manhattan once contributed to a terror group, although the investor says the contribution was made because he thought he was giving money to a harmless charity.
One of the key players in Sharif El-Gamal’s Mosque near Ground Zero is Egyptian born businessman, Hisham Elzanaty. Fox 5 News has learned exclusively and confirmed with Mr. Elzanaty’s attorney that Elzanaty made a “significant investment†in the development of the mosque near Ground Zero.
Jack: I’m sure it was an honest mistake. Why would he lie? (taqiyya!)
No, really, how could he know, since nearly every Islamic terror group out there masquerades as a charity?
Ciudad Juarez: a murder every three hours.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:55
“Eighteen persons were murdered in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday, and there have been 336 homicides in that city during the month of August, a new record. Juarez has now had 2,027 such deaths so far this year.
In contrast, the first monthly record kept, which dates to 1995, shows that 34 persons died in August of that year, and that the entire year’s record of homicides then reached 294. Currently, a homicide takes place every three hours.”
Cartels use ultra-light aircraft to smuggle drugs into the United States
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:49
“Mexico’s federal Public Security Agency reported that criminal cartels have adopted the use of ultra-light aircraft to smuggle drugs into the United States.
These aircraft have a 100 kilo payload and can land in unpopulated or vacant areas where they are awaited by other persons. They can also fly at heights that preclude both visual and radar detection.
The cost of the aircraft is relatively small in comparison with the price of drugs, so they are sometimes abandoned within the U.S. A kilo of drugs increases in value from 8,000 dollars in Mexico to 30,000 after it crosses the border, thus resulting in a profit of more than 2 million dollars per 100 kilo load.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: They Poured Gasoline on Him and Lit a Match
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:40
They Took Him Out of the Vehicle, Poured Gasoline on Him, and Lit a Match
http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n1762169.htm
While more than 2,030 homicides have taken place in Ciudad Juarez during this year, the state attorney general prosecutors have only been able to find suspects in 67 of those cases, that is, one in every hundred. This is seen as a motivating factor for others to commit crimes, since the local perception is that killing has no consequences here.
Jesus Camarillo, a law professor at the University of Ciudad Juarez, said in an interview that, “In civilized societies, every conflict must be resolved by a third party, which is the State, now practically excluded, and then the conflict is resolved by private vengeance, and that is what we see presently: a state of barbarism, because the state’s presence is totally excluded, since there is no one to challenge crimes, no one to investigate them.â€
In Mexico, Central American Immigrants are a business worth $3 billion dollars per year
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:25
Coffins containing the remains of 72 immigrants massacred in Tamaulipas. (AP)
“Immigrants are a business worth $3 billion dollars per year, which is divided up amongst the criminal cartels and corrupt police forces, both in the US and in Mexico. To cross to the other side they pay between $4,000 and $15,000 dollars.
Often, it is only the principle of martyrdom that drives the “American dream,” which has already been achieved by (in addition to tens of millions of Mexicans) a million Hondurans, two million Salvadorans, and three million Guatemalans who send about $10 billion dollars in cash remittances to their families in their countries of origin every year.
La Barbie confesses
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:20
“On August 31 Mexican authorities arrested Edgar Valdez Villarreal, a.k.a. La Barbie. His nickname (he was said to resemble Ken the Barbie doll, with light skin and green eyes) was given by his football coach at United High School in Laredo, Texas, where he was born.
At the time of his arrest there was a $2.4 million reward offered by the Mexican government for information leading to his arrest, and a $2 million reward offered by the U.S. for information leading to his capture. He was indicted in the U.S. in June of 2010 for cocaine trafficking, and was indicted by the federal government of Mexico in 2002 for conspiring to distribute marijuana.
Mexican authorities claimed they had been hot on his tail for about a year, barely missing him on some occasions, while sometimes capturing some of his accomplices.
He was arrested under unclear circumstances in the city of Lerma, or possibly Santa Fe (reports were contradictory), in the State of Mexico, near the border with Morelos.
La Jornada newspaper in Mexico City reported that rumors were circulating among persons close to the government that Valdes had become an informant for the DEA at least eight months ago, and that he turned himself in and will become part of a witness protection program when extradited to the U.S.”
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: Three dead bodies found behind shopping center
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 3/Sep/2010 18:16
“Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.- Three dead bodies were found in the early morning hours before dawn behind the shopping center near Tecnologico and Ejercito Nacional.
There were indications they had been tortured before being executed. A sign painted on the chest of one of the bodies said “For being extortionists.” The men had duct tape wrapped around their heads and plastic neckties.
About 500 yards away another dead body, this one wrapped in black garbage bags, was found with a message, “For kidnapping,”
Is US Intel Helping in the Capture of Drug Cartel Bosses?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:09
Are US agencies providing intel or direct leadership in helping Mexican Military track down all these Cartel bosses in Mexico?
Video here:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/is-us-intel-helping-in-capture-of-capos.html
27 people killed in Nuevo León, several miles from the Texas border.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 3/Sep/2010 18:06
“At least 27 people were killed Thursday in a clash between members of the Mexican Army and an armed group that occurred in the state of Nuevo León, several miles from the Texas border
According to preliminary reports, no bodies have been identified, and it is alledged that the dead gunmen belonged to the Los Zetas criminal organization.
Three soldiers were reported injured in the clash and an undertermined number of kidnap victims were freed. More than 25 weapons and multiple grenades and 23 vehicles were reported seized.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/
Taliban Attack on Quetta Shia rally kills 60
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 17:17
“In the second instance of sectarian violence this week, 60 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a suicide attack on a Shia rally in Quetta. The suicide bomber was apparently part of the procession and detonated the bomb upon reaching Meezan Chowk in the heart of the city.
As in the case of the attack on a Shia procession in Lahore on Wednesday, unrest broke out as members of the gathering fired in the air and set vehicles afire. They even clashed with the police, already on alert in the restive province. According to the police, participants in the procession had been warned of a possible attack and advised to take an alternative route.
While claiming responsibility for the Lahore attack, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had warned of more attacks on Shias everywhere. But till late evening no one had claimed responsibility for the Quetta attack.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article611574.ece
Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan
Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
The drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq has served to shift attention toward Afghanistan, where the United States has been increasing its troop strength in hopes of forming conditions conducive to a political settlement. This is similar to the way it used the 2007 surge in Iraq to help reach a negotiated settlement with the Sunni insurgents that eventually set the stage for withdrawal there. As we’ve discussed elsewhere, the Taliban at this point do not feel the pressure required for them to capitulate or negotiate and therefore continue to follow their strategy of surviving and waiting for the coalition forces to depart so that they can again make a move to assume control over Afghanistan.
Indeed, with the United States having set a deadline of July 2011 to begin the drawdown of combat forces in Afghanistan — and with many of its NATO allies withdrawing sooner — the Taliban can sense that the end is near. As they wait expectantly for the departure of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan, a look at the history of militancy in Afghanistan provides a bit of a preview of what could follow the U.S. withdrawal. Read the rest of this entry »
America to Islam: your actions are so loud, we can’t hear your words.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Sep/2010 23:55
Dear Islam:
You tell us that the Quran does not command you to be intolerant or violent towards non-Muslims. Citizen Warrior is not so sure your actions back that up:
“Muslims do obviously believe [the Quran commands you to be intolerant or violent towards non-Muslims], and they are using the Quran to justify their violence against non-Muslims all over the world, and they have been doing so for 1400 years.
It has been such a consistent theme, a web site keeps track of all the violence committed in the name of Islam around the world, and has been doing so since 9/11.
As of today, September 2nd, 2010, fifteen thousand, nine hundred and sixty-six attacks on non-Muslims have been committed since 9/11, and most of these attacks have killed and wounded many people.
[for the latest stats go here]
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks
The latest Ramadan numbers?
Ramadan 2010 Scorecard
| Day 22 | In the name of The Religion of Peace |
In the name of All Other Religions |
| Terror Attacks | 154 | 1 |
| Dead Bodies | 640 | 1 |