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The Update 01 June 2011 the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) Subscriptions Available Only from Update@Ctnews.Org The Update 01 June 2011 The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) Subscriptions available only from [email protected] General security, policy 1. Inspectors pierce Iran’s cloak of nuclear secrecy; Gates: Hezbollah could threaten US ships 2. Iranian national pleads guilty in plot to illegally export missile components and radio test sets to Iran 3. DOD announces charges sworn against 5 detainees allegedly responsible for 9/11 attacks 4. 2 Iraqis indicted in KY for conspiracy to kill Americans abroad, providing material support to terrorists 5. Chicago trial: 1st week reinforces ISI suspicions; Headley: Plot to kill head of Lockheed 6. Lawyers for Viktor Bout seek dismissal of charges that he conspired to sell weapons to terrorist group 7. U.S. yanks diplomat from Bahrain after he's threatened 8. US Supreme Court: Ashcroft didn't violate U.S. laws in al-Kidd case 9. Somali couple charged in San Antonio with lying; Gov’t says couple tried to thwart terror investigation 10. 'Libyan adventure' for Canadian racists 11. Muslim convert arrested in 'South Park' case 12. Connecticut resident charged in NYC with manufacturing and distributing explosives Air, rail, port, health & communication infrastructure security 13. Cyber combat: Act of war: Pentagon sets stage to respond to computer sabotage with military force 14. Lockheed says it thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack; Hackers said to be emboldened 15. UCLA's 'Global Bio Lab' to speed testing in disease outbreak Financing, money laundering, bribery, fraud, identity theft, civil litigation 16. Chiquita sued over Colombian paramilitary payments 17. U.S. fines bank officials for money-laundering lapses Border security, immigration & customs 18. Canada’s border workers push for biometric screening in perimeter security plan with U.S. 19. Vancouver-Iranian gun trafficker sentenced to six years in U.S. prison International 20. Advisers urge military to rely less on drones, more on human expertise; Taliban's new tactic: High- profile inside jobs 21. Former Pakistani navy commando arrested in sweep for attack suspects; Pakistani journalist found dead after writing about links between the Pakistani military and Al-Qaeda 22. 2 bomb attacks by al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants wound 5 Philippine soldiers 23. Imam wants sharia law introduced in Australia, but A-G says no way 24. Former Aussie terror suspect Zaky Mallah sacked for YouTube videos of restricted areas 25. NZ firms linked to money laundering 26. U.S. concerned over Libya weapons reaching al Qaeda; Qaeda has sleeper cells across W. Africa 27. Yemeni military battles opponents on two fronts 28. French prosecutor opens probe into Morocco attack that left 17 dead 29. Report: Over 400 al-Qaida terrorists in Sinai; Hezbollah salutes Egypt’s decision to open Rafah crossing 30. Egypt’s Christians fear violence as changes embolden Islamists 31. Iran cleric: Killing Israeli children OK; Iran temporarily denies Merkel overflight rights 32. Danish court finds Chechen guilty for attempted bombing of Danish newspaper; 12 year sentence 1 33. UK launches probe into alleged bribery of Saudi officials by UK-based unit of EADS 34. Muslim teen 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest' in the Ukraine 35. Prosecutors release $33M seized from Vatican Bank in money-laundering probe Comment / analysis 36. State Dep’t 2011 Int’l Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Vol. 1: Drug & Chemical Control; Vol. 2: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Country Database 37. Khaled Abu Toameh: Moderate Arabs and Muslims Under Threat 38. Bari Weiss: The Weekend Interview of Bernard Lewis: 'The Tyrannies Are Doomed' 39. Wall Street Journal editorial board: Red Ghost Over China: Maoism makes a comeback 40. IPT News: Jihad in the Digital Age 41. Michael Fechter: The World According to Amir Mertaban 42. Raymond Ibrahim: Raped and Ransacked in the Muslim World The Investigative Project on Terrorism Update is designed for use by law enforcement, the intelligence community and policy makers for non-profit research and educational use only. Quoted material is subject to the copyright protections of the original sources which should be cited for attribution, rather than the Update. Our weekly report, "The Money Trail," derived from our Update, is a compilation of materials on terror financing and other related financial issues. THE AMERICAS GENERAL SECURITY, POLICY 1. Inspectors Pierce Iran’s Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy By WILLIAM J. BROAD New York Times May 31, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31nuke.html The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what it calls ―possible military dimensions‖ of Iran’s nuclear program, clarifying the central issue in the long clash between Tehran and the West over nuclear technology. The nine-page report raised questions about whether Iran has sought to investigate seven different kinds of technology ranging from atomic triggers and detonators to uranium fuel. Together, the technologies could make a type of atom bomb known as an implosion device, which is what senior staff members of the I.A.E.A. have warned that Iran is able to build… The new report includes some of the technical evidence behind that charge. It describes the sources of the information as ―many member states‖ as well as its own efforts. Nuclear experts assume that much intelligence comes from Israel, the United States and Western Europe, though the I.A.E.A. in total has 151 member states. U.S. military needs flexibility due to poor predictions, Gates says "We have never once gotten it right," defense secretary says Across-the-board cuts would "hollow out" department, Gates says Even well-designed smaller military will "go fewer places and be able to do fewer things," he says Iraq will continue to need some help, Gates says By Charley Keyes, CNN Senior National Security Producer May 24, 2011 -- Updated 2047 GMT http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/24/gates.speech/index.html IPT NOTE: Video link of Sec'y Gates' speech at AEI is posted at http://www.aei.org/event/100419. Text of speech is posted at http://www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1570. Full transcript with Q&A posted on NEXIS. Washington (CNN) -- With just weeks before he bids farewell to Washington, Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tuesday fired off a final barrage in the budget battles, saying keeping quiet would be "managerial cowardice." He called for maximum flexibility for future American forces, pointing out in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute -- a think tank whose experts often strongly oppose any defense cuts -- that the U.S. has consistently failed to predict what is just over the horizon… Gates pointed to the Mideast radical group Hezbollah, armed with more missiles and rockets than most states, possibly armed with chemical or biological warheads. Hezbollah cruise missiles could threaten U.S. ships with anti-ship 2 missiles with a range of 65 miles… Gates, however, did list priorities: How both to build the force, with the addition of key weapons, as well as to achieve the $400 billion of cuts over the coming 12 years... American Enterprise Institute (Defense Spending) Speech, As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, DC, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) http://www.defense.gov/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1570 2. IRANIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY IN PLOT TO ILLEGALLY EXPORT MISSILE COMPONENTS AND RADIO TEST SETS TO IRAN United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, TUESDAY MAY 31, 2011 Press contacts: AUSA Patrick Pope (312)353-1980; Randall Samborn (312)353-5318 http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2011/pr0531_01.pdf CHICAGO — An Iranian national who maintained a residence and business in California pleaded guilty today in Federal Court here to two felony charges stemming from his efforts to illegally export missile components and radio test sets from the United States to Iran, via the United Arab Emirates. The defendant, Davoud Baniameri, 38, of Woodland Hills, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to export goods and technology to Iran without a license or approval from the U.S. Department of Treasury, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of attempting to export defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List from the United States without a license or approval from the U.S. Department of State in violation of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA)… 3. DOD Announces Charges Sworn Against Five Detainees Allegedly Responsible for 9/11 Attacks U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release No. 458-11 May 31, 2011 http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=14532 The Department of Defense announced today the office of military commissions prosecutors have sworn charges against five individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. The prosecutors have recommended that the charges against all five of the accused be referred as capital. Capital charges may only be pursued with the convening authority’s approval. Under rules governing military commissions, the accused will have the right to counsel learned in applicable law relating to capital cases. The charges allege that the five accused were responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks on New York, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pa. that occurred on September 11, 2001. Those attacks resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people... 4. Two Iraqi Nationals Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Kentucky Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Tuesday, May 31, 2011 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/May/11-nsd-701.html http://louisville.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/lo053111.htm IPT NOTE: Court documents are posted at http://www.investigativeproject.org/case/545 WASHINGTON -- An Iraqi citizen who allegedly carried out numerous Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks against U.S.
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