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ANA Commando
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Dec/2010 22:18
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An Afghan National Army Commando checks his communication in preparation for an Afghan National Army-led counter-narcotics operation in northern Zabul, April 10. The Afghan National Army-led narcotics operation, in concert with Drug Enforcement Administration and assisted by U.S. Special Operations Forces, was to investigate the presence of facilities and re-engagement with villages in the province. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW) Jeremy L. Wood) (Released)
ANA Special Forces
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Dec/2010 22:16
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Afghanistan National Army Special Forces soldier looks down his sights to fire his M-4 Carbine rifle accurately at his target at Forward Operating Base Price, Afghanistan, Oct. 7. Weapon training is one of the many training elements the ANASF uses to keep skills sharp. The ANASF practiced tactical movements and firing with accuracy during their weapons training. Photo by Staff Sgt. Rasheen Douglas
Kutschbach, Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Dec/2010 22:15
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International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces fire a 81mm mortar at an insurgent position from Forward Operating Base Kutschbach, Afghanistan, Nov. 18. The ISAF SOF fired mortars to drive back insurgents attacking an Afghan Security Forces checkpoint.
10 children rescued from smugglers in Phoenix
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Dec/2010 22:09
A member of the Phoenix Police Department S.W.A.T. team stands in front of a home where 10 juveniles were rescued at a suspected drop house Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in Phoenix.
PHOENIX — Ten children have been rescued from human smugglers who threatened to rape and kill some of them if their parents didn’t pay more money for their entry into the U.S., authorities said Friday.
The smugglers threatened to rape and kill three El Salvadoran sisters ages 12, 14 and 16 if their mother didn’t pay them $10,000, Arizona Department of Public Safety Capt. Fred Zumbo said.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5576566-10-children-rescued-from-smugglers-in-phoenix
WikiLeaks Reveals Hostilities Between Russia and Georgia
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 3/Dec/2010 16:09
Wired’s Danger Room reports that Russia may have been secretly trying to destabilize Georgia before the battle in 2008.
The brief shooting war between Russia and Georgia in 2008 was just the final, action-packed scene of a years-long drama. As the U.S. Embassy in the Georgian capitol of Tblisi saw it, Moscow spent much of the previous decade destabilizing the former Soviet republic, using “missile attacks and murder plots,†natural-gas “sabotage†and support to Georgian separatists.
Attacks on Nuclear Scientists in Tehran
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 3/Dec/2010 14:15
Attacks on Nuclear Scientists in Tehran is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Ben West
On the morning of Nov. 29, two Iranian scientists involved in Iran’s nuclear development program were attacked. One was killed, and the other was injured. According to Iranian media, the deceased, Dr. Majid Shahriari, was heading the team responsible for developing the technology to design a nuclear reactor core, and Time magazine referred to him as the highest-ranking non-appointed individual working on the project.
Official reports indicate that Shahriari was killed when assailants on motorcycles attached a “sticky bomb†to his vehicle and detonated it seconds later. However, the Time magazine report says that an explosive device concealed inside the car detonated and killed him. Shahriari’s driver and wife, both of whom were in the car at the time, were injured.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of town, Dr. Fereidoon Abassi was injured in a sticky-bomb attack reportedly identical to the one officials said killed Shahriari. His wife was accompanying him and was also injured (some reports indicate that a driver was also in the car at the time of the attack). Abassi and his wife are said to be in stable condition. Abassi is perhaps even more closely linked to Iran’s nuclear program than Shahriari was, since he was a member of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and was named in a 2007 U.N. resolution that sanctioned high-ranking members of Iran’s defense and military agencies believed to be trying to obtain nuclear weapons. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome Home Blog – celebrating the return of our armed forces
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Dec/2010 01:10
“Regardless of political stance, no one can deny the joy felt upon seeing your loved ones return home safely — WelcomeHomeBlog.com is a site celebrating that amazing feeling. Visit daily for heartwarming stories, videos and pictures of members of our courageous armed forces returning home to their families and friends.”
Massad Ayoob considerations in carrying a second firearm
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 29/Nov/2010 22:52
Dstance Threat – how close can an assailant get before you need to take action?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 29/Nov/2010 22:48
Net Centric Warfare Webinar
Posted by Gary in Comms, Threat Watch, Training on 29/Nov/2010 17:29
Coevolution of NCW: Challenges with Cyberspace and Organizational Development
This FREE webinar will be on:
Thursday, December 16, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Presenter: Maj. Trisha Carpenter
The U.S. military is facing an entire new front in warfare, the cyber domain. Controlling and dominating this new technological theater is becoming critically important as U.S. Military leadership relies heavily on computer networks to communicate, gather INTEL, and even launch weapons and coordinated strikes. At the same time the military is striving to perfect the concept of Net Centric Warfare to effectively use technology to gain advantage and superiority over enemy forces. Two main obstacles may stand in the way of a successful transformation from the current haphazard state of cyberspace operations to a more productive future state required of Network Centric Warfare (NCW). The first obstacle is the military’s lack in knowledge of cyberspace operations. The second obstacle is the difficulty in understanding organizational change. This Webinar first presents a working definition of NCW to show how cyberspace and organizational change are related in the form of coevolution. It then discusses the organizational growth challenges faced by any organization operating in this domain, with a focus on the security missions likely to be given to cyber commands.
In this webinar participants will learn:
• An Operational Illustration of NCW
• Key Challenges in Cyberspace:
• Technical Environment: Cyber Triad
• Non-Technical Environment: Organizational Design
The Swiss vote to deport Criminal Foreigners.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion, Threat Watch on 28/Nov/2010 20:32
“GENEVA — After heated debate and a campaign utilizing controversial “black sheep†posters, Switzerland’s far-right party won voters’ support in a referendum Sunday that calls for the automatic deportation of foreigners who are convicted of serious crimes.”
What resonated with voters were contentions that foreigners accounted for a disproportionate share of Swiss crime. Christian Blocher, the People’s Party leader, asserted at a debate at Geneva University during the campaign that foreigners make up 22 percent of the resident population but account for 54 percent of convictions for grievous bodily harm and 62 percent of robbery convictions. “Prisons do not stop crimes,†he said. “The only way to go about it is to force them to leave the country.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/europe/29iht-swiss.html?_r=1
The question I have is, why would this cause heated debate? If you come to our country, then commit a serious crime, you’re out of here.
What’s complicated about that?
Portland Bomb Plot Thwarted
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 27/Nov/2010 01:40
From OregonLive.com:
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born U.S. citizen, was arrested at 5:42 p.m., 18 minutes before the tree lighting was to occur, on an accusation of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
“This defendant’s chilling determination is a stark reminder that there are people — even here in Oregon — who are determined to kill Americans,” said Oregon U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton. “The good work of law enforcement protected Oregonians in this case — and we have no reason to believe there is any continuing threat arising from this case.”
Since the perpetrator was naturalized I would like him stripped of his citizenship.
Oops – NATO hands big bucks to shopkeeper posing as Taliban commander
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 25/Nov/2010 19:09
“It sounds like the plot from a spy novel or James Bond film.
But NATO chiefs in Afghanistan have been severely embarrassed by a shopkeeper who fooled them into thinking he was a Taliban commander during secret peace negotiations.
Astonishingly, the ruse went on for two months, during which time the ‘contact’ was paid a substantial sum of money.
He was also flown on a British military plane to three meetings designed to end the insurrection.
Despite suspicions about his identity, nobody disputed his claim to be Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, one of the Taliban’s most senior leaders.
It was only months later — and after the handover of piles of cash to keep him coming back — that an old friend of Mr Mansour said they had the wrong man.
They now believe he was nothing more than a shopkeeper from the Pakistani city of Quetta.”
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2010/11/taliban-mansour-leaders
Military waging war on snakes in Guam – with air drops of poisoned mice
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 25/Nov/2010 19:04
“The United States military is waging war in the Pacific on invading jungle snakes – by dropping dead mice stuffed with household headache remedies on them from helicopters.
Stars and Stripes reports on the airborne murine drug-zombie campaign being waged around US bases on the tropical island of Guam. Guam has been plagued since World War II by an invasion of brown tree snakes, which have swarmed through the local jungles eating everything they can catch and wiping out several kinds of bird.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/23/pacific_zombie_mouse_paratroops/