Posted on 17 December 2009.
Senior U.S. defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted video feeds by intercepting unprotected communications links in some of the remotely flown drone aircraft systems by using $26 software that could be purchased online. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as SkyGrabber from the Russian company Sky Software to regularly capture UAV-drone video feeds. The U.S. government has known about the security breach flaw since 1993 in Bosnia, but a laptop confiscated from a Shiite militant last December contained drone feed evidence.
Newer ‘Reaper’ model drones are being developed and delivered to the military at about $10 to $12 million dollar per aircraft, which will also have to be retrofitted to provided a secure video communications link.
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Posted on 16 December 2009. Tags: Iran, long-range missile, missile, missile test, Sajji, Sajji1, Sajji1-2, SajjiI, SajjiI-2, solid fuel missile
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Wednesday it successfully test fired an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel missile, which is claimed to be faster and harder to shoot down. The high-speed, surface-to-surface missile with a range of 1,200 miles would serve as a “strong deterrent” against any possible foreign attack.
Wikipedia: SajjiI (Sajjil-2) | Iran
SOURCE: FOXNews: Iran Test-Fires Its Longest-Range Missile
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Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, suicide bomb, suicide car bomb, suicide car bombing, terrorist bomb
DEC 15 2009 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — A suicide car bombing in an elite neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan killed at least eight people and wounded at least 40. A man drove a car to a checkpoint near the Heetal Plaza Hotel in Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan district of the city — a bomb in the car detonated and exploded.
Wikipedia: Kabul | heetalplazahotel.com
SOURCE: Bloomberg.com: Car Bomb Kills Eight in Elite Kabul Neighborhood (Update1) …
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Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: detainees, enemy combatants, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay Detainees, Illinois, Thomson, Thomson Correctional Center
Administration officials as well as Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn are expected to make an official announcement at the White House that Guantanamo Bay detainees will be transferred to an underutilized high-security prison in Illinois. GOP Rep. Mark Kirk, who is running for President Obama’s former Senate seat, believes moving Guantanamo detainees to Illinois will put the state at greater threat for terrorist attacks.
Closing Guantanamo is a top priority for Obama, and he signed an executive order hours into his presidency directing that the process of closing the prison begin. Obama has said he wants terrorism suspects transferred to American soil so they can be tried for their suspected crimes.
Prisoners: 100 of the worst of the worst are expected to be transferred to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois.
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Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: arrest, Bombay, Canadian, Chicago, Chicago terror suspect, India, Mumbai attack, Mumbai India, Mumbai terror attack, Pakastani, Pakistan, secret audio recording, secret audio tape, surveillance, Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, terror suspect
Chicago travel agent Tahawwur Hussain Rana Rana and terror suspect David Headley, 49, had advance knowledge of last year’s deadly three-day attack on Mumbai, India, according to newly filed documents by federal prosecutors in Chicago.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana Rana is heard on a secret tape recording admitting that he knew Pakistani terrorists were going to assault hotels and public buildings according to the government. The FBI were following the men through the summer months 2009.
Wikipedia: Mumbai Attack November, 2008 | David Headley | Tahawwur Hussain Rana Rana
SOURCE: ABC 7 Chicago: 2nd Chicago terror suspect knew of Mumbai attack …
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Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: Climate, COP15, Copenhagen, Group of 77
The divide between rich and poor countries boiled over Monday when negotiators for the Group of 77 — which represents developing countries as well as large emerging economies such as Brazil, India and China — walked out of the negotiations in the morning. ‘Inadequate aid offers from rich countries.’
WIKIPEDIA: Group of 77, COP15 — 15th Conference of the Parties
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal Tensions Increase as Poor Nations Stage a Protest
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Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: airport screeners, airport screening, Internet gaffe, online gaffe, security breach, standard operating procedures, TSA
Confidential 93-page checklist manual for TSA airport screeners posted online. Document doesn’t show how to get around security measures.
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Posted on 13 December 2009. Tags: assault, attack, fracture, injuries, injury, Italy, Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi
SUN DEC 13 2009 MILAN, ITALY — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy suffered two broken teeth, a minor nose fracture and lacerations to his lip after being struck by a man who through a souvenir model of the city of Milano’s cathedral. Massimo Tartaglia, 42, charged with throwing the souvenir.
Wikipedia: Silvio Berlusconi | Google: Silvio Berlusconi
SOURCE: BBC News: Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi is bloodied by attack …
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