- Home
- Open Sources
- Diplomatic File
- Crisis File
- Focus
- Special Files
- Free Newsletter
- Subscribe
- Feedback / Contact
Crisis File, October 26, 2006
OSINT - Powered Offsite Daily Report
Afghan
civilians reported killed in Nato airstrike
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Afghan officials and villagers
claimed today that more than 60 civilians were killed in Nato airstrikes on
Tuesday night that coincided with a major Islamic festival.
Terrorism
has become a hydra-headed monster: PM
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Describing terrorism as
the most dangerous threat and a hydra-headed monster, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Thursday asked police personnel to gear up to meet challenges to internal
security.
Chemical
theft 'not linked to terrorism'
offsite - 10/26/2006 - The theft of ammonium nitrate
from a train near Newcastle was not linked to terrorist activity, Australian
Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said today.
Like
Rumsfeld said in 1984, fighting terrorism requires patience
At lunch Monday with a small group of columnists, Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld handed us a speech he'd delivered in 1984 on the occasion of his receiving
the George Catlett Marshall Medal.
Justice
minister to review changes to anti-terrorism law
offsite - 10/26/2006 - The federal government will
review a court ruling that struck down part of the Anti-terrorism Act and then
decide if an appeal is necessary, Justice Minister Vic Toews says.
UPA
short-sighted on terrorism issue: BJP
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Accusing the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government of vacillating on the issue of terrorism, the Bharatiya
Janata party (BJP) on Wednesday alleged that the myopic mismanagement in pointing
out Pakistan's role
EU members share intelligence on terrorism
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Britain and five key European partners have signaled their determination to share intelligence on liquid explosives, Islamist websites and other threats in a bid to pre-empt future terrorist attacks.
Burundi
intelligence involved in killings-watchdog
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Burundian intelligence agents
have executed at least 38 people and arbitrarily detained hundreds in the past
year, a rights watchdog said on Wednesday, urging the government to prosecute
those who committed abuses.
Second
contingent of Spanish troops leave for Lebanon
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Spain More than 400 Spanish
soldiers flew to Lebanon on Thursday to join the UN-led peacekeeping mission
monitoring the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
Israeli
army denies shooting at German vessel in Lebanon
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Israel Air Force (IAF) warplanes
did not fire at German navy vessel patrolling the Lebanese coast, an Israel
Defense Forces (IDF) spokeswoman told Xinhua on Wednesday.
Australia
Pledges More Aid to Lebanon
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Children and health services
will benefit from an additional $11 million to assist with recovery and reconstruction
efforts in Lebanon, the Australian foreign minister has announced.
Argentinian
prosecutors charge Iran, Hezbollah over 1994 bombing
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Federal prosecutors in Argentina
have formally charged the government of Iran and the Shia militia group, Hezbollah,
with bombing a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires 12 years ago.
Deadly
Hezbollah chess match
offsite - 10/26/2006 - When the recent Israeli-Hezbollah
war ended, the United Nations' newly organized human rights council, pressed
by its Islamic members, spent its first two sessions criticizing Israel for
allegedly causing heavy civilian casualties.
Hezbollah
Reiterates Call For National Unity
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Hezbollah once again called
for a national unity cabinet for Lebanon, calling it a "serious option
it is useless to try to avoid.
Ziegler
calls for UN intervention in Darfur
offsite - 10/26/2006 - The United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Switzerland's Jean Ziegler, has demanded the
UN intervene in western Sudan's Darfur.
Russia
opposes resolution against Iran
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Russia's foreign minister
on Thursday signalled Russian opposition to a draft UN Security Council resolution
proposed by European nations that would impose sanctions on Iran over its disputed
nuclear program, news agencies reported.
Iran
summons envoys of Belgium, Finland
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Following an invitation
extended to the president of the terrorist Mujaheddin Khalq Organization (MKO),
Maryam Rajavi, to visit and speak before the Belgian Senate, the ambassadors
of Belgium and Finland in Tehran
Italian
speaker urges expansion of ties with Iran
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Speaker of the Italian Chamber
of Deputies Fausto Bertinotti called for expansion of Tehran-Rome wide-ranging
ties particularly in the area of parliamentary affairs, IRNA reported.
Argentinian
prosecutors charge Iran, Hezbollah over 1994 bombing
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Federal prosecutors in Argentina
have formally charged the government of Iran and the Shia militia group, Hezbollah,
with bombing a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires 12 years ago.
Condoleezza
Rice backs Iran sanctions
offsite - 10/26/2006 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice urged the UN to adopt sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme. "For
the international community to be credible, it must pass a resolution now
North
Korea Warns South Over Backing US Sanctions
offsite - 10/26/2006 - North Korea said it will
make South Korea ``pay dearly'' should it join United Nations sanctions imposed
on the communist country for ignoring international demands and carrying out
a nuclear test on Oct. 9.
S.Korea
takes first step in sanctions on North
offsite - 10/26/2006 - South Korea announced on
Thursday it would ban the entry of North Koreans who are part of Pyongyang's
nuclear weapons program, the first step taken by Seoul to adhere to UN sanctions.
Hu,
Chirac Want Diplomacy for North Korea Standoff
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Chinese President Hu Jintao
and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac agreed to use diplomatic channels
to resolve the North Korea nuclear crisis.
China,
France "seriously concerned" about North Korea
offsite - 10/26/2006 - China and France jointly
expressed "serious concern" on Thursday over the North Korean nuclear
test crisis, saying the row should be resolved through urgent diplomacy.
North
Korea Has 50 Kg of Plutonium
offsite - 10/26/2006 - The South Korean military
believes North Korea possesses about 50 kilograms of plutonium, enough to
make six to seven nuclear bombs, a lawmaker said yesterday.
Sentencing
in Terror Plot
offsite - 10/26/2006 - A man linked to plotters
who allegedly hoped to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings pleaded
guilty today to a federal weapons charge.
A
somber Bush rejects timeline for Iraq pullout
offsite - 10/26/2006 - President Bush admitted
Wednesday that neither he nor the American people are satisfied with the course
of the war in Iraq, but he again rejected calls to set a withdrawal timetable,
calling it a sure route to defeat.
Arab
press gloomy over US Iraq plans
offsite - 10/26/2006 - Newspapers in the Arab world
doubt any good can come from any possible rethink of US policy in Iraq, following
President Bush's speech expressing dissatisfaction with the situation in the
country.