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Posted on 06/10/2004 2:28:29 PM PDT by JustPiper
Ok. Sorry about all that.
Found on the same site as your Mobility-2004 strategic exercises article:
http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=44176
NATO, Russia to hold terrorism-at-sea war game
June 10, 2004 Posted: 09:48 Moscow time (05:48 GMT)
NATO and Russia will join forces this month to test their response to an attack by terrorists involving oil rigs, hostages and mass casualties in the Baltic Sea, alliance officials said on Wednesday. Diplomats said the June 22-25 war game underlined that cooperation between the former foes was thriving despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to skip a NATO summit in Istanbul the following week.
Roughly 1,000 people from NATO's 26 nations, its 20 Euro-Atlantic partnership countries and Russia will take part in the one-day exercise at sea which will be followed by a brainstorming session in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. "NATO and Russia will exercise together how to respond to a mass casualty and environmental disaster situation caused by a terrorist attack," an alliance official said.
"It will identify where we have shortfalls...look at existing procedures and best practices and, if needed, suggest areas for further cooperation in emergency response that might be developed." He declined to give details of the fictional scenario.
A NATO-Russia Council was set up in 2002 for cooperation between the Cold War enemies on post-September 11, 2001 security issues such as terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Critics say the forum has yielded few concrete results, largely because of stubborn mutual suspicions. These were exposed again this year when NATO gained seven new members, including the former Soviet Baltic republics.
Diplomats said Putin had probably turned down an invitation to the Istanbul summit because he did not want to appear to be giving his blessing at the first top-level meeting of the enlarged alliance. This month's NATO-Russia exercise follows one in 2002 in which the two sides tested their response to an attack on an industrial installation. "This is a substantial exercise...which demonstrates how much we can do together," said the official.
UNITED NATIONS -- Equipment and material that could have been used to produce banned weapons and long-range missiles have been removed from Iraqi sites since the war started and shipped abroad, the head of the U.N. inspectors office told the Security Council on Wednesday....
:) So what are you hearing about this weekend. Have you heard of anything like a lot of increased chatter?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151485/posts
California Researchers Accidentally Exposed to Live Anthrax
AP ^ | june10, 2004
Posted on 06/10/2004 9:48:11 PM EDT by nuconvert
California Researchers Accidentally Exposed to Live Anthrax
Paul Elias/Associated Press
Jun 10, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - At least five workers developing an anthrax vaccine at a children's hospital research lab in Oakland were accidentally exposed to the deadly bacterium because of a shipping mistake, officials reported Thursday. Officials with the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute said none of the researchers has shown symptoms of infection since the first exposure about two weeks ago, but each is being treated with precautionary antibiotics.
The researchers believed they were working with syringes full of a dead version of anthrax, hospital spokeswoman Bev Mikalonis said. Instead, they were shipped live anthrax by a lab of the Southern Research Institute in the Frederick, Md., Mikalonis said.
Anthrax produces severe flu-like symptoms in most of its victims. If inhaled, ingested or otherwise introduced into the body, it can kill.
Other workers may also have been exposed while the researchers handled the live anthrax, Mikalonis said, a possibility that federal, state and local officials - including the FBI - are investigating.
Now that is spooky. Beware of false labels.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0607/web-oracle-06-10-04.asp
Thursday, June 10, 2004
DHS Issues Oracle Warning
BY Florence Olsen
Homeland Security Department officials used the National Cyber Alert System this week to warn users of critical security vulnerabilities discovered in Oracle Corp.'s E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle 11 applications.
The DHS alert warned that unauthorized but knowledgeable persons with Web browser access to unpatched versions of the Oracle software can exploit the vulnerabilities to execute destructive structured query language procedures inside the applications.
Oracle has provided a patch that users can download to close the security holes for the software versions named in the alert. Earlier versions have not been tested for the vulnerability because Oracle is no longer providing patches for the older versions.
Applications making the vulnerability list include Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and 11.5.1 through 11.5.8 and all releases of Oracle 11 applications. Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.9 and later versions are not vulnerable.
According to Integrigy Corp.'s Stephen Kost, a security expert who discovered the vulnerabilities, the unpatched Oracle database applications are open to malicious exploits known technically as SQL injection attacks.
The DHS alert warns that "exploitation may lead to compromise of the database application, data integrity or underlying operating system." No operating system is immune.
Oracle databases and applications are widely used throughout the federal government. The Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, among others, use the Oracle E-Business Suite for managing their business operations.
For everyone who was asking about Father Martin the other day...I found this link in my bookmarks. It answers a lot of questions people were asking. I am surprised this article is still up.
http://www.unitypublishing.com/Newsletter/jul22_99.html
We have a finite number of weapons in the inventory. Every single one is assigned to a target. The evaluation criteria take into account military threat, political damage, economic damage, cultural and religious significance and population centers. It is a VERY thorough evaluation.
It was my personal policy to never peruse the weapons or targets lists while I worked on the project. I suspect both lists are in a constant state of re-evaluation.
Perhaps you are the wrong person to ask . . . as I recall, I think you are a defender of the Masons. But I wonder if this judge is a Mason.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151495/posts
Brothers Charged With Sending Computers to Syria, Libya Overwhelmed by Export Rules, Lawyers Say
AP ^ | june10, 2004
Posted on 06/10/2004 10:00:01 PM EDT by nuconvert
Brothers Charged With Sending Computers to Syria, Libya Overwhelmed by Export Rules, Lawyers Say
David Koenig/Associated Press
Jun 10, 2004
DALLAS (AP) - Attorneys for five Middle Eastern brothers accused of shipping computers to countries that help terrorists said Thursday their clients were small businessmen who were overwhelmed by complicated export regulations. Defense lawyers also suggested the men were singled out for criminal prosecution because they are Muslims. One asked for a mistrial when a federal prosecutor mentioned nationality and religion in his opening statement, but the judge denied the request.
Ghassan Elashi, Bayan Elashi, Basman Elashi, Hazim Elashi and Ihsan Elashyi are being tried on 25 felony counts, including money laundering and making illegal shipments of computers to Libya and Syria in the 1990s.
This fall the men are expected to be tried on separate charges that they used their computer business, InfoCom Corp., to help funnel money to a top leader of the militant group Hamas. The Hamas leader is married to a cousin of the men - she was also a defendant in the terrorism-funding case - and is believed to be living in Syria.
Authorities allege the men also helped run a Muslim charity that gave money to the wives and children of Palestinian suicide bombers. The government shut down the group in December 2001.
In the prosecution's opening statement Thursday, Justice Department attorney Barry Jonas told jurors that the men and their company violated laws designed to prevent products with possible military uses from being sent to countries that support terrorism.
Jonas said the men shipped computers to Malta and Italy, knowing they were headed to customers in Libya, and also made shipments to Syria without proper licenses. He said they also lied about the destinations and contents of the shipments on documents required by U.S. authorities.
Richard Anderson, attorney for Basman Elashi, said other U.S. companies shipped to both countries and that export regulations were too complex for a small business to understand.
Before the 2001 terror attacks, Anderson said, one of the required export documents at the heart of the government's case "was just another piece of paper to fill out."
Marlo Cadeddu, representing Ihsan Elashyi, said one of the brothers' Libyan customers lied by telling them he was from Malta.
The trial was scheduled to resume Monday. Lawyers estimated it would last two to three weeks.
AMAZING....
By Kaushik Kapisthalam FrontPageMagazine.com | June 10, 2004
Amidst the media hype here over the Iraq prison scandal and the Presidential election campaign, alarming developments in Pakistan have slipped under America’s radar. For starters, on May 27, 2004, Pakistan’s President Gen. Pervez Musharraf disclosed in an interview with the Pakistan based Geo-TV network that a few “low level” Pakistani Air Force and Army soldiers had conspired with a Pakistani Al Qaeda mastermind in the two attempts to assassinate him late last year...
After what happened today with the poor, persecuted Muslim student in Idaho, why are we even wasting our resources on these turd heads?
Thanks JP,
jerseygirl,
You could be right about Dimitri D's prophecies. I pray not. Some people think not likely for 4-5 years. I'm not so sure about that. Would be delighted if it were not for 10-20 years! Seems highly unlikely to wait that long.
What do I know.
Blessings,
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 10, 2004
Directly on the heels of news that the House of Saud has decided to “crack down” on one of its most notorious “charities," a freshly released poll shows nearly half of Saudis support the views and propaganda of Osama bin Laden...
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13732
Look to the state that assigned the judge for the motive.
That was my tag line for 6 months untill this past weekend when RR passed.
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