The Daily Update

The Daily Update 14 December 2010 The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) www.investigativeproject.org Subscriptions available only from [email protected] NOTE: The next Daily Update will be circulated during the week of 21 December 2010

General security, policy 1. U.S. and Allies plan more sanctions against Iran; Unwanted Iran brokers: US irked by overeager Swiss 2. Russia has put its forces on alert because of increased tension on the Korean Peninsula; China says N. Korea agrees on need to ease tensions 3. Maryland terror suspect ordered held until trial; new details of bomb plot revealed 4. Accused terrorist, Mohamed Harkat, also accused of cheating 5. Feds to halt GPS tracking of terror-linked felon, Semi Osman 6. 26/11 suspect Rana's Chicago status hearing cancelled

Air, rail, port, health & communication infrastructure security 7. MTA plans to increase the number of NYC buses fitted with security cameras 8. US senator calls for hearings on plane registry 9. Charlotte airport and TSA confirm investigation of security breach of stowaway 10. Modern eye on NY Midtown’s diamond trade

Financing, money laundering, fraud, identity theft, civil litigation 11. Treasury targets Hizballah financial network; Accused Hezbollah cell leader in US court to reduce 155-year sentence in 2002 smuggling case 12. Ohio terror victim's family proves right to punitive damages from Iran 13. FBI agents search four Henderson, NC convenience stores 14. Treasury targets financial network of Colombian drug lords allied with the FARC

Border security, immigration & customs 15. WikiLeaks: Mexico can't control border; Cartels targeting pickups 16. Canada close to deal with U.S. on border security; customs officers want guns while on raids 17. RCMP reportedly set to charge suspected migrant smugglers 18. Syrian man caught at the Canada-U.S. border near Vancouver with $800K in undeclared gold coins given conditional discharge

Other items 19. Justice Dep’t files religious discrimination lawsuit against Illinois school district on behalf of Muslim teacher over her request for unpaid leave to go on hajj

International 20. Arrests made in Afghan attack that killed 6 U.S. troops; Propping up a drug lord, then arresting him 21. Al-Qaida affiliate: Stockholm blasts mark "new era in our jihad" 22. Pakistani forces 'hamper' US embassy; U.S. cable cites impediments 23. Willie Brigitte has been released from French prison on good behavior, despite having served less than half his sentence for plotting to bomb Australia’s nuclear reactor. 24. Australian police discover pictures of bin Laden at home linked to a new bikie gang called Soldiers of Islam, whose members include former Iraqi soldiers 25. Detective 'implicated' as terror-raid story source

26. Indonesian cleric Ba'asyir charged with inciting terrorism; 'assembling al-Qaeda network intent on carrying out Mumbai-style attack' on Western targets 27. More Christians flee Iraq after new violence 28. Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show 29. Hamas reaches out, tries to shore up popularity 30. Stockholm suicide bomber studied in UK; police hunt accomplices after 'mystery cough' on tape 31. WikiLeaks: UK drive to tackle Islamists made 'little progress' 32. German police mount raids on Salafist networks in three states

Comment / analysis 33. NYPD CT Bureau: Sweden’s First Suicide Bomber Strikes During Christmas Shopping Season 34. IPT News: The Jihadist Social Network Underworld 35. Patrick Dunleavy: It's not entrapment 36. Emerson Vermaat: Christian Asylum Seekers in Holland Intimidated by Muslims and the Widespread Trouble with Muslim Immigrants 37. Claudia Rosett: Gaza Flotilla Shakedown 38. Daniel Pipes: Pouring cold water on WikiLeaks

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THE AMERICAS

GENERAL SECURITY, POLICY

1. U.S. and Allies Plan More Sanctions Against Iran By DAVID E. SANGER New York Times December 11, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/world/middleeast/11nuke.html WASHINGTON — President Obama’s chief nuclear adviser said Friday that the United States and its allies planned new sanctions in an effort to test ―Iran’s pain threshold‖ and force the country into suspending its production of nuclear fuel. The adviser, Gary Samore, made his comments three days after talks with Iranian officials adjourned with no progress. By increasing the economic pressure, White House officials say, they hope to raise the cost to the Iranian leadership of letting the talks drag on. But it is possible, some concede, that the Iranians could react by pulling out of the discussions. The talks, held this week in Geneva, were the first in a year, and are supposed to be followed by more meetings next month, probably in Turkey…

The Unwanted Iran Brokers US Irked by Over-Eager Swiss Diplomats By Mathieu von Rohr SPIEGEL ONLINE 12/14/2010 11:24 AM http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,734392,00.html In 2006 and 2007 Swiss diplomats tried to usher the Americans and Iranians to the negotiating table. Recently published US diplomatic cables show how deeply the Swiss initiative irked Washington -- and how Bern refused to give up despite repeated requests from the US. That US diplomats posted in Bern were upset by the efforts of Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey to intervene in the conflict surrounding Iran's nuclear program in 2006 and 2007 and force themselves on the United States as an intermediary is well known. But just how upset has now become clear from the confidential diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks…

2. Russian forces on alert over Korea tension-report December 14, 2010 6:17am EST Reuters

2 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BD1PZ20101214 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has put its forces on alert in the country's far east because of increased tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Interfax news agency quoted the top military commander as saying Tuesday. "Without a doubt, we have taken measures to increase the combat-readiness of our forces," military General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov said, Interfax reported. He said the military was "continuing to monitor" the situation. Makarov spoke a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his visiting North Korean counterpart that Moscow was "seriously concerned about the growth of military and political tension on the peninsula," according to the ministry. Russia shares a short border with North Korea and has expressed concern over its nuclear and missile tests…

China Says North Korea Agrees on Need to Ease Tensions Stephanie Ho 14 December 2010 VOA News http://www.voanews.com/english/news/--111843184.html Beijing - China says a top diplomat forged an agreement with North Korea on easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and restarting six-party nuclear disarmament talks. As tensions continue on the Korean peninsula, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Beijing and Pyongyang have agreed to show restraint. Jiang, who was giving information on Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo's trip to North Korea last week, says the two sides agreed to avoid taking steps that would further escalate tensions, and will work to safeguard peace and stability on the peninsula. She said the two sides also agreed to push forward the six party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear arms programs…

3. Terror suspect ordered held until trial New details of bomb plot revealed; defense attorney calls case entrapment By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun 3:11 PM EST, December 13, 2010 www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-martinez-20101213,0,4478304.story A federal judge in Baltimore ordered that a 21-year-old Woodlawn man be held until his trial in connection with a foiled jihadist plot to kill American soldiers using a car bomb. During a hearing Monday, new details about the allegations against Antonio Martinez were revealed, as well as his likely defense – that he was entrapped. Martinez, who also went by Muhammad Hussain, was arrested last week as part of an FBI sting operation, after attempting to detonate a phony car bomb — supplied by undercover agents — at a military recruiting center in Catonsville. During the hearing, prosecutor Christine Manuelian outlined what happened on the day of the planned bombing. Martinez was videotaped, she said, and shown "grinning from ear to ear" shortly before beginning his alleged mission. Martinez's attorney, Joseph A. Balter, said his client was entrapped, a defense he is likely to develop further...

4. Accused terrorist also accused of cheating Andrew Duffy, Postmedia News · Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 http://www.nationalpost.com/Accused+terrorist+also+accused+cheating/3972130/story.html The federal case against Mohamed Harkat makes him out to be not only a terrorist, but also a dishonest schemer who sought to marry a woman in Algeria, cheat his way to a taxi licence and collect government benefits to which he was not entitled. Those allegations -- they were never proven in court -- are contained in legal disclosures made to Mr. Harkat as part of his security certificate case. Federal Court Justice Simon Noel made them public last week in ruling against a defence motion to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process. To support his contention that Mr. Harkat had enough information to properly defend himself, Judge Noel detailed the legal disclosure in the case. It offers new details about Mr. Harkat's life in Canada…

5. Feds to halt GPS tracking of terror-linked felon By Mike Carter Seattle Times Monday, December 13, 2010 - Page updated at 11:01 PM http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013672942_semi14m.html The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to drop efforts to use GPS to track the whereabouts of a convicted felon with ties to Islamic terrorism who has been ordered deported but has nowhere to go. Instead, Semi Osman has agreed to stay in touch with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials through other, unspecified but less-restrictive means, according to a source familiar with the outcome of the case who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. ICE, meantime, will continue to try to find a country that will take the 40-year-old Osman, who was a key player in the failed 1999 effort by

James Ujaama and others to establish a terrorist training camp on a ranch in south-central Oregon, according to the source…

6. 26/11 suspect Rana's hearing cancelled Indo-Asian News Service Chicago, December 14, 2010 First Published: 10:53 IST(14/12/2010) http://www.hindustantimes.com/26-11-suspect-Rana-s-hearing-cancelled/Article1-638144.aspx A status hearing of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, set to go on trial in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb 14, has been cancelled. The US attorney's office confirmed cancellation of Monday's hearing behind closed doors to address the defence request to know what evidence the government deems classified, but gave no reason. However, February trial of Rana, a Chicago businessman, before US district court judge Harry D Leinenweber remains on track. The trial is expected to take a month. Rana, 49, and Pakistani American Headley, who has confessed to his role in the November 2008 attacks that killed 166 people, were indicted Feb 15 for their "roles in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies"…

AIR, RAIL, PORT, HEALTH & COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY

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7. Bus cameras expanding By TOM NAMAKO New York Post Last Updated: 9:52 AM, December 13, 2010 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bus_cameras_expanding_xyrl7CMWYy2BS2fvH1MCpK The MTA plans to increase the number of city buses fitted with security cameras, The Post has learned. Beginning in the spring, nearly 400 buses will be equipped with the surveillance systems, and if the program is successful, the number could grow to 1,150 buses, according to agency documents. The project would be completed in 2014. At first, the cameras will be placed on buses along routes only in Manhattan. Later, they will be installed around the city on what are considered the most dangerous routes in the system... A contract worth nearly $10 million will likely be awarded to a Florida company, UTC Fire and Security, to install the cameras. The equipment will cost about $18,000 per bus and images will be uploaded from the vehicle at the depots. When the MTA tried to launch a similar program several years ago, the contractor unexpectedly went out of business and the plan fell apart.

8. US senator calls for hearings on plane registry Associated Press DECEMBER 10, 2010 11:46 P.M. ET. http://wtop.com/?nid=111&sid=2195551 NEW YORK — The chairman of the Senate subcommittee overseeing aviation said Friday he would recommend holding congressional hearings on aircraft registration after The Associated Press reported the Federal Aviation Administration was missing data on one-third of U.S. planes. "We need to find out why, and how it can be brought back to have a registry that has credibility," said North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat. The FAA says as many as 119,000 of the 357,000 U.S.-registered aircraft have "questionable registration" due to missing paperwork, invalid addresses and other paperwork problems. In reports in 2007 and 2008, the agency warned that the probblem was causing loopholes that terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminals might exploit. It was concerned that a criminal might use a U.S. registration, known as an N-number, to slip by computer systems designed to track suspicious flights…

9. Airport And TSA Confirm Investigation Of Fallen Boy Brien Blakely FoxCharlotte.com Story Created: Dec 13, 2010 at 11:35 PM EST http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7390

CHARLOTTE, NC - Fallout from a boy fallen from the sky. Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and TSA both confirming an investigation of a security breach, after Masschussets investigators say a Charlotte teen stowed away in the wheel well and died in a plane from Charlotte…

Airport Security Scrutinized After Breach Dead Teen Likely Fell From Plane, Investigators Say POSTED: 6:18 pm EST December 13, 2010 http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/26122214/detail.html BOSTON -- Security at the nation's airports is being scrutinized after a teenager managed to stow away on a commercial jet before his body was found in a Milton neighborhood last month…

10. Modern Eye on Midtown’s Diamond Trade By Jessica Firger Wall Street Journal December 13, 2010, 3:55 PM ET http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/12/13/a-modern-eye-on-midtowns-diamond-trade/? The Diamond District on 47th Street now has a set of high-tech security cameras paid for with an anti- terror grant watching over business. There’s no meat left to pack in the Meatpacking District. The garmentos who gave the Garment District its name have become scarce. Big financial firms quit the Financial District years ago. While many of Manhattan’s industry-namesake areas have changed, the Diamond District — so far, at least — is forever. But the high-security mindset of 21st century hasn’t completely bypassed the diamond dealers of Midtown. An umbrella organization for businesses in the district recently activated an advanced video-surveillance system to monitor the block. The project, which had been in the works for 15 years, was finally made possible with a $75,000 counter-terrorism grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The businesses chipped in an extra $25,000… The area is home 25 jewelry exchanges that hold more than 2,000 independent vendors, according to Grumet. With sales receipts totaling $6 billion each year, the Diamond District is the second largest business improvement district in the world…

FINANCING, MONEY LAUNDERING, FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT, CIVIL LITIGATION

11. Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network US Department of the Treasury Press Release 12/9/2010 http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg997.aspx WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury targeted Hizballah’s financial network today by designating Hizballah fundraisers Ali Tajideen and Husayn Tajideen for providing support to Hizballah. Today’s designees are the brothers and business partners of Kassim Tajideen, an important financial contributor to Hizballah, who was designated by Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in May 2009 pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. Today’s action also targeted a network of businesses that are owned or controlled by the Tajideen brothers operating in The Gambia, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and the British Virgin Islands. Also designated today for providing support to Hizballah was Bilal Mohsen Wehbe, a Hizballah member who has served, at the request of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, as Hizballah’s chief representative in South America. Today’s actions were taken pursuant to E.O.13224, which targets for sanctions terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism, isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial systems. Hizballah is among the most dangerous terrorist groups in the world…

Accused Hezbollah cell leader in court Lawyers: 155-year sentence in 2002 local smuggling case unfair. By Gary L. Wright Posted: Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 Charlotte Observer http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/12/13/1907342/accused-hezbollah-cell-leader.html Mohamad Hammoud has spent 10 years behind bars for conspiring to aid Middle Eastern terrorists. The 37-year-old suspected leader of a Hezbollah cell in Charlotte has 145 years left on his sentence. But Hammoud is fighting to get out of prison now. His attorneys will try to persuade U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen at a hearing Wednesday to slash Hammoud's sentence to time served - or at least to no more than 15 years in prison... Hammoud should not be sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison because of what his lawyers say are irrational fears about him and Hezbollah…

12. Judge Avoids 'Excessive' Damages in Terror Case By TIM HULL Courthouse News December 10, 2010 http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/12/10/32506.htm IPT NOTE: The Beer opinion is posted at https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2008cv1807-26. The opinion in the cited Khobar Towers case [Rimkus v. Iran et al] is posted at https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi- bin/show_public_doc?2008cv1615-18, (CN) - A federal judge said Iran must pay punitive damages to the relatives of an Ohio man killed in a Jerusalem suicide bombing, though he indicated the award will likely be less than the family's request for $300 million. The mother and siblings of Harry Beer, one of 17 people killed in the suicide-bombing of a bus in 2003 by Hamas, won a $13 million compensatory judgment against Iran in 2008. A doctor who witnessed the bombing testified that Beer survived "in great pain" for a few hours before dying on the way to the hospital, according to the ruling. The district court in Washington, D.C., awarded Beer's family $13 million in compensatory damages, finding that Iran had provided support and encouragement to Hamas and was legally responsible for Beer's death. The court rejected the Beer's request for $300 million in punitive damages, however, because the law at the time did not allow such awards. Beer's family renewed their claim after the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act in 2008, which created a new state-sponsored terrorism exception allowing victims of terrorist acts to recover punitive damages…

13. FBI agents search four Henderson convenience stores Posted: December 9 Updated: December 10, 2010 WRAL (Raleigh, Durham, Fayettville, NC) http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8755545/ Henderson, N.C. — Agents with the FBI and the North Carolina Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement searched four convenience stores and a house in the Henderson area Thursday, but they declined to say why. Abdo Saleh, who owns two of the stores, said the agents were investigating food stamp fraud and stolen cigarettes…

14. Treasury Targets Financial Network of Colombian Drug Lords Allied with the FARC US Department of the Treasury Press Release 12/14/2010 http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1002.aspx WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated 20 individuals and 25 entities as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). OFAC designated these individuals and entities because of their ties to previously-designated SDNTs Daniel Barrera Barrera and Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero Castillo, who are among the most wanted drug traffickers in Colombia today. As a result of today’s action, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with these entities and individuals and any assets the designees may have under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen. OFAC designated drug trafficking partners Daniel Barrera Barrera (a.k.a. ―El Loco Barrera‖) and Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero Castillo (a.k.a. ―Cuchillo‖) as SDNTs pursuant to the Kingpin Act in March 2010. At the time OFAC also designated 29 individuals and 47 entities associated with the traffickers. Daniel Barrera Barrera and Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero Castillo maintain a partnership with the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), a narco-terrorist organization identified by the President as a kingpin pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2003. Barrera Barrera also faces narcotics-related criminal charges in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York...

BORDER SECURITY, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS

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15. Document: Mexico can't control border by Diana Washington Valdez \ El Paso Times Posted: 12/13/2010 12:00:00 AM MST http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16843454

The Mexican government has no control of its 577-mile border with Guatemala, where arms, drugs and immigrant smugglers appear to have free rein, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable disclosed recently by WikiLeaks. The document says that Mexico does not have enough resources to patrol the border. "Limited resources also undermine the effort: while there are 30,000 U.S. CBP officers on the 1,926-mile Mexican/U.S. border, only 125 Mexican immigration officials monitor the 577-mile border with Guatemala," the document states. "The weakness of the state (Guatemalan government), the pervasive violence, the widespread corruption, and the country's strategic location for drug trafficking are creating a very dangerous cocktail." The state of lawlessness in Guatemala is such that residents rely on the Zetas instead of police to provide security, the released documents say. The Zetas, who formerly worked for the Gulf cartel, are reported to be making inroads in Chihuahua state. Several U.S. documents leaked to online whistleblower WikiLeaks mention diplomats' interest in the drug trade and drug corruption in Latin America and the Middle East. In another recent document, U.S. diplomats voiced concerns that Mexican drug dealers could end up buying certain high-tech weapons that Russia had sold to Venezuela. Such weapons are capable of shooting down U.S. combat helicopters…

Cartels targeting pickups By Jason Buch Published: 12:00 a.m., Monday, December 13, 2010 San Antonio Express-News http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Cartels-targeting-pickups-877368.php The Ford F-Series is the most popular truck in South Texas, and its Super Duty models happen to be the pickup favored by drug traffickers across the Rio Grande. Laredo police broke up two auto theft rings this year targeting F-250s and F-350s for delivery to criminal organizations in Mexico. One of the rings stole vehicles from as far north as San Antonio. Texas law enforcement officials first noticed in the 1980s that vehicles stolen in San Antonio, Houston and Dallas were ending up in the hands of Mexican drug trafficking organizations, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, but the practice has increased in the past three years. Sgt. Eddie Garcia of the Laredo Police Department's auto theft division said pickups are a favorite of drug cartels for obvious reasons: The vehicles are big, can stow plenty of contraband and can handle going off-road in the South Texas and northern Mexico back country…

16. Feds close to deal with U.S. on common border security By DAVID AKIN, Parliamentary Bureau Chief Toronto Sun Last Updated: December 10, 2010 4:26pm http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/12/10/16506821.html OTTAWA – The federal government is expected to announce a deal early in the new year that will set up a list of ―trusted shippers‖ - a process proponents say will speed up the movement of goods and services across the border without sacrificing security concerns. The economy-boosting deal was to be announced before Christmas, QMI Agency has learned. But it now appears set to be signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington in January…

Customs officers want guns while on raids Joint operations with police carry high risks and little notice, argues union representing border guards By Chris Cobb, Postmedia News December 13, 2010 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Customs+officers+want+guns+while+raids/3967353/story.html The Customs and Immigration Union is going to Federal Court in an effort to win the right to carry firearms on joint operations. The guards, trained to use weapons, say they need to be armed when taking part in search operations with police because typically they haven't a clue what type of situation they're walking into. "We had a drug search with Montreal police and all we were told about the operation was that it was 'a bar', " said Ron Moran, president of the 4,800-member union. "When our officers got there it was a bar owned by the Hells Angels." The situation is typical, said Moran, because police forces calling in customs officers for their search skills are loathe to reveal details of a raid until just before it happens out of fear of tipping off suspects and jeopardizing the operation...

17. RCMP reportedly set to charge suspected migrant smugglers Stewart Bell, National Post · Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7391 The RCMP is preparing to lay charges against several alleged migrant smugglers who helped bring 76 Sri Lankans to the British Columbia coast last fall, according to two sources briefed on the investigation. The

7 sources said the pending criminal charges concern suspected organizers of the voyage of the Ocean Lady, which was intercepted in Canadian waters on Oct. 17, 2009, after crossing from Malaysia. ―Until charges come out, we don’t talk about things like that,‖ Constable Michael McLaughlin, an RCMP spokesman in B.C., said on Monday. He denied charges were close. ―Charges are not imminent.‖ But one source said that during a recent briefing a senior RCMP officer said the case had already been sent to Crown prosecutors, who reviewed it and sent it back to police for follow-up work. Another source said charges were expected sometime around Christmas. The charges would be the first to result from intensive Canadian police investigations that are probing the smugglers suspected of ferrying 568 Sri Lankan migrants across the Pacific aboard two frail cargo ships…

18. Failed $800K coin smuggler avoids jail Last Updated: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | 6:14 AM PT CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/13/bc-gold-coins-border-sentence.html A Syrian man caught at the Canada-U.S. border near Vancouver last year with nearly a million dollars — most of it in undeclared gold coins — has been given a conditional discharge. Khaled Nawaya, was charged after border agents found $800,000 worth of coins, which he had failed to tell them about. Nawaya, 35, had told the agents he was bringing in only $10,000 cash. They searched him and his vehicle and found about $100,000 in currency and the coins. His sentence includes one year on probation and 100 hours of community service. Nawaya, a former flight instructor in the U.S. who had intended to take up residence in Canada, spent six weeks in jail after his arrest at the border in October 2009 and was also investigated for possible links to terrorist groups..

Other items

19. Justice Dep’t Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Berkeley School District in Illinois US Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Monday, December 13, 2010 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/December/10-crt-1432.html WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department today announced it has filed a lawsuit against Berkeley School District, Berkeley, Ill., alleging that the school district violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of Safoorah Khan, a Muslim teacher at McArthur Middle School. The government’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, alleges that Ms. Khan requested an unpaid leave of absence in December 2008 to perform Hajj, a pilgrimage required by her religion. According to the complaint, Berkeley School District denied Ms. Khan’s request because the purpose of her leave was not related to her professional duties nor was it leave for any of the specific purposes set forth in the Professional Negotiations Agreement between the district and the teachers’ union. The United States further alleges that, because Berkeley School District denied her a religious accommodation, the district compelled Ms. Khan to choose between her job and her religious beliefs, and thus forced her discharge...

ASIA / PACIFIC

20. Arrests made in Afghan attack that killed 6 U.S. troops Deadliest attack this month By Rahim Faiez Associated Press 6:21 p.m., Monday, December 13, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/13/arrests-in-afghan-attack-that-killed-6-us-troops/ IPT NOTE: The DOD release identifying the troops is posted at http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=14136 KABUL, Afghanistan | Several suspects have been arrested in a suicide attack that killed six U.S. troops when an explosives-packed minibus blew up at the entrance of a joint NATO-Afghan base in southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. NATO spokesman German armyBrig. Gen. Josef Blotz said that several arrests had been made Sunday night for the blast, which was the deadliest attack on coalition troops this month… NATO has declined to identify the victims' nationalities, but an Afghan army official in southern Afghanistan said on Monday that the six were Americans. He spoke on the condition of

8 anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about NATO casualties… Two weeks before that attack, insurgents killed five U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan…

DOD Identifies Army Casualties U.S. Department of Defense News Release No. 1141-10 December 14, 2010 http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=14136 The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of six soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Dec. 12 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were: Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii; Cpl. Willie A. McLawhorn Jr., 23, of Conway, N.C.; Spc. Patrick D. Deans, 22 of Orlando, Fla.; Spc. Kenneth E. Necochea Jr., 21, of San Diego, Calif.; Spc. Derek T. Simonetta, 21, of Redwood City, Calif.; Spc. Jorge E. Villacis, 24, of Sunrise, Fla. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. For more information, media may contact the Fort Campbell public affairs office at 270- 798-3025.

Propping Up a Drug Lord, Then Arresting Him By JAMES RISEN New York Times December 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/world/asia/12drugs.html WASHINGTON — When Hajji Juma Khan was arrested and transported to New York to face charges under a new American narco-terrorism law in 2008, federal prosecutors described him as perhaps the biggest and most dangerous drug lord in Afghanistan, a shadowy figure who had helped keep the Taliban in business with a steady stream of money and weapons. But what the government did not say was that Mr. Juma Khan was also a longtime American informer, who provided information about the Taliban, Afghan corruption and other drug traffickers. Central Intelligence Agency officers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents relied on him as a valued source for years, even as he was building one of Afghanistan’s biggest drug operations after the United States-led invasion of the country, according to current and former American officials. Along the way, he was also paid a large amount of cash by the United States. At the height of his power, Mr. Juma Khan was secretly flown to Washington for a series of clandestine meetings with C.I.A. and D.E.A. officials in 2006. Even then, the United States was receiving reports that he was on his way to becoming Afghanistan’s most important narcotics trafficker by taking over the drug operations of his rivals and paying off Taliban leaders and corrupt politicians in President Hamid Karzai’s government…

21. Al-Qaida Affiliate: Stockholm blasts mark "new era in our jihad" by IPT News • Dec 13, 2010 at 6:24 pm http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/12/al-qaida-affiliate-stockholm-blasts-mark-new-era An audio recording featuring a leader of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) threatened NATO- member countries and warned Monday that the recent suicide and car bombing in Sweden were "only the beginning of a new era in our jihad." In the two-minute recording, ISI "War Minister" Abu Suleiman al- Nasser told NATO countries to "withdraw their troops from Afghanistan immediately and unconditionally," and ordered them to "stop their war against Islam." Should the countries not follow these demands, warned Nasser, "You'll have no security" and "should expect that we will strike at the heart of Europe." The ISI praised Saturday's car bombing and suicide attack, publishing a picture of the suspected bomber Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. The ISI's threat should be taken seriously considering its recent history of terrorist attacks...

22. Pakistani forces 'hamper' embassy U.S. cable cites impediments By Rowan Scarborough The Washington Times 8:47 p.m., Sunday, December 12, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/12/pakistani-forces-hamper-embassy/ Pakistan's military and intelligence service took the extraordinary action of going to war against the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad this year, harassing employees, sabotaging contracts and denying the purchase of protective gear. A secret cable sent by the embassy to Washington outlines a bizarre situation: Pakistani security forces, which receive billions of dollars in U.S. aid and who are supposed to be allies in a war against Muslim extremists, put the embassy under a sort of siege. "The military and intelligence

9 establishment has taken steps since spring 2009 to hamper the operations of the embassy," the cable states. "Some of these problems have recently abated in response to our repeatedly raising them with the highest levels of the Pakistani government. However, we expect we will have to continue to push back against such impediments for the foreseeable future."…

23. Terrorist allowed to walk free early Lucy Carne From: The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) December 12, 2010 12:00AM http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/terrorist-allowed-to-walk-free-early/story-fn6e0s1g-1225969456098 AUSTRALIA'S most notorious terrorist, Willie Brigitte, has been released from prison on good behaviour, despite having served less than half his sentence for plotting to bomb the nation's nuclear reactor. The Caribbean-born Muslim convert, who lived in Sydney, was sentenced in France in 2007 to a maximum nine years in prison for joining an al-Qaeda-backed Pakistani terror cell that had conspired to blow up the Lucas Heights nuclear plant, the national electricity grid and/or a military base. But The Sunday Telegraph has learnt the 42-year-old extremist walked free from a French prison on September 25. He had most recently served time at the La Sante prison, in central Paris, where he was jailed alongside the former military dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, according to La Sante sources. The French Justice Ministry also confirmed that Brigitte had been freed…. The convicted terrorist, who is married to the former Australian Army reservist, Melanie Brown, is now expected to travel to the Middle East to pursue his religion...

24. New bikie gang called Soldiers of Islam is gaining momentum on the Gold Coast By Greg Stolz From: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) December 13, 2010 1:01AM http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7382 POLICE have discovered pictures of Osama bin Laden at a Gold Coast home linked to a worrying new bikie gang called Soldiers of Islam, whose members include former Iraqi soldiers. Photos of the fugitive al-Qaeda leader were found recently at the home of a gang member during a criminal investigation. Soldiers of Islam, also known as Sons of Islam, is believed to be an offshoot of outlaw bikie gang the Bandidos, which has a clubhouse at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. Sources say the gang, comprising young Muslim men who sport "SOI'' tattoos, has sprung up on the Glitter Strip relatively recently. While only small in membership, the gang is coming under increasing attention from police investigating bikie links to crimes involving drugs, guns and violence… "They are associated with the Bandidos. Some of the members are ex-Iraqi soldiers with weapons training, so it's quite a worry.''…

25. Detective 'implicated' as terror-raid story source Adrian Lowe The Age (Melbourne) December 15, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/detective-implicated-as-terrorraid-story-source-20101214-18wt7.html A JOURNALIST from The Australian newspaper revealed his alleged source for a report about impending anti-terror raids in Melbourne, a court has heard. The journalist, Cameron Stewart, ''implicated'' a Victorian detective senior constable in a statement to the Office of Police Integrity, a magistrate said. The detective, Simon Artz, has been charged with leaking details of the raids to Stewart in the days leading up to the raids... Chief Commissioner Simon Overland was infuriated that some editions of the newspaper were available for sale at 1.30am on the morning of the raids, scheduled for dawn on August 4 last year… Artz, 40, faces eight charges including unlawful disclosures, attempting to mislead the Director of Police Integrity and supplying incorrect or misleading information to an investigator. The prosecution yesterday lost a bid to prevent the cross-examination of several witnesses in the case...

26. Indonesian cleric Ba'asyir facing terrorism charges BBC News 13 December 2010 Last updated at 05:32 ET http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11980870 Police in Indonesia have charged radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir with inciting terrorism, a crime that carries the death penalty. Mr Ba'asyir was arrested in August in a raid linked to the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh. Prosecutors said they hoped to go to trial "very quickly". Mr Ba'asyir previously served 26 months in jail before being cleared of involvement with Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group behind the 2002 Bali attacks. The 71-year-old was imprisoned for conspiracy over the bombings, in which 202 people died. However, his conviction was overturned and he was released in 2006. He has been described as the spiritual leader of JI, which has links to al-Qaeda - a claim he denies…

Radical Indonesian cleric 'assembling al-Qaeda network intent on carrying out Mumbai-style attack' Abu Bakar Bashir, a radical preacher initially linked to the 2002 Bali bombings but later released, was assembling a network of Indonesian militants intent on carrying out Mumbai-style suicide attack on western targets, according to anti-terror police. By Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok 1:53PM GMT 14 Dec 2010 The Daily Telegraph (London) http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7392 The 72-year-old arrested in August was said to be the leader of a network dubbed "al Qaeda in Aceh" and had allegedy recruited some of the most wanted Islamist militants in the country to conduct a new style of jihad. Bashir was handed over to prosecutors on Monday in preparation for his trial early in the new year on multiple charges of inciting terrorism.… Bashir has always denied being the spiritual leader of JI, though he has spoken in praise of "holy warriors". In recent years he founded Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), a radical but ostensibly legal group calling for an Islamic state in Indonesia, a country of 240 million Muslims. It is JAT leaders that police say were secretly financing and organising the network unearthed after a terrorist training camp was discovered in Aceh in February...

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27. More Christians Flee Iraq After New Violence By STEVEN LEE MYERS New York Times December 13, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling to protect them. The flight — involving thousands of residents from Baghdad and Mosul, in particular — followed an Oct. 31 siege at a church in Baghdad that killed 51 worshipers and 2 priests and a subsequent series of bombings and assassinations singling out Christians. This new exodus, which is not the first, highlights the continuing displacement of Iraqis despite improved security over all and the near-resolution of the political impasse that gripped the country after elections in March. It threatens to reduce further what Archdeacon Emanuel Youkhana of the Assyrian Church of the East called ―a community whose roots were in Iraq even before Christ.‖ Those who fled the latest violence — many of them in a panicked rush, with only the possessions they could pack in cars — warned that the new violence presages the demise of the faith in Iraq. Several evoked the mass departure of Iraq’s Jews after the founding of the state of Israel in 1948...

28. Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show Leaked cables show UK diplomats were reluctant to give pontiff credit for release of 15 sailors held for a fortnight in 2007 guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 December 2010 21.30 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/10/pope-british-sailors-iran-wikileaks The pope intervened to help gain the release of 15 British sailors captured by Iran three years ago, according to a confidential briefing prepared for President Obama. This unexpected picture of the links between the head of the Roman Catholic church and religious fundamentalists in Tehran comes from a "scene setter" for Obama's then forthcoming visit to Rome, compiled in June 2009 by Julieta Noyes, deputy chief of mission to the Vatican...

29. Hamas reaches out, tries to shore up popularity By IBRAHIM BARZAK ASSOCIATED PRESS December 13, 2010 10:16 a.m. PT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1107ap_ml_hamas_charm_offensive.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Gaza's ruling Hamas movement has politicians sweeping streets to show community spirit, activists distributing chocolates and cards signed "from Hamas with love" and police officers visiting homes and schools to soften the often harsh image of the security forces. The Islamic militants - who mark the anniversary of their movement's 1987 founding on Tuesday - say the outreach is simply a way to reconnect with Gazans after more than three years in sole control of Gaza. They deny they have been losing ground, though one poll suggests support for the group has been slashed in half since its 2006 election victory… 11

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30. Sweden's First Suicide Bombing by IPT News • Dec 12, 2010 at 8:47 am http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/12/sweden-first-suicide-bombing An email received by Swedish news agency TT warned "now your children, daughters and sisters die like our brothers' and sisters' children die." Shortly afterwards, one person was killed and two were injured in Sweden's first terrorist attack Saturday evening. "Our actions will speak for themselves, as long as you don't stop your war against Islam and degrading the prophet and your stupid support of that pig [Muhammad cartoonist Lars] Vilks…" an audio file attached to the email said. The joint suicide attack and car bombing targeted Drottninggatan, the Swedish capitol's busiest shopping district. The scene of Christmas shoppers fleeing in panic was a new sight for Sweden, which in October raised its terror alert from low to "elevated" over concerns about "a shift in activities" among local extremist groups. It was the first time the country's authorities had been on such a high level of alert...

Stockholm bomber: police hunt accomplices after 'mystery cough' on tape Police are investigating whether Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly had accomplices, amid suspicions that a cough heard on his audio message may have been made by someone else. By Martin Evans, in Tranas, Gordon Rayner and Andy Bloxham 1:10PM GMT 14 Dec 2010 The Daily Telegraph (London) http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7393 Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, killed himself and wounded two people in a botched attack in the Swedish capital on Saturday afternoon. The Swedish authorities said the failing bombing appeared "well-planned" and they are working on the assumption that the Iraq-born Bedfordshire University graduate was helped by others. Police are now minutely examining material left by the bomber for clues about his accomplices. This includes an audio message emailed to police and a Swedish news agency before the attack in which a man thought to be Abdulwahab warns that "we are for real and do now exist among you Europeans". There is speculation among counter-terrorism experts that a cough on the recording, believed to have been sent from the extremist's mobile phone, may have been made by another person. Swedish officials said yesterday that Abdulwahab apparently carried out his mission alone but had backing from others... In other developments: …

Swedish Blast Suspect Left Recordings Warning of Strikes in Name of Islam By Josiane Kremer and Janina Pfalzer - Dec 13, 2010 9:36 AM ET Bloomberg News http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7394 The man who killed himself in bomb blasts that Swedish police are treating as the country’s first brush with terror left recordings warning of strikes to defend Islam against the ―war being waged‖ on it… Police are assuming there was ―some sort of mistake‖ that led to the early detonation of one of the bombs that killed the suspect, said Tomas Lindstrand, chief prosecutor on security issues at the International Prosecution Chamber, at a news conference in Stockholm today. ―It’s not too far-fetched to assume he was on his way to a place where he would find as many people as possible.‖ …

Q+A: Sweden blast attacker: A case of a "lone wolf?" Sun, Dec 12 2010 By William Maclean, Security Correspondent Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BB0U320101212 … Here are questions and answers about possible perpetrators and tactics favored by militant groups...

Sweden suicide bomber: terrorist who dreamed of Judgment Day on Facebook The suicide bomber who tried to cause carnage in Stockholm followed a series of fundamentalist Islamic websites including one preparing for the Day of Judgment. By Caroline Gammell and Richard Spencer 7:25AM GMT 13 Dec 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7395 Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly was also a regular user of the social networking site Facebook. He was searching online for a second bride when he killed himself. The Iraqi-born father of two described himself 12 as a Sunni Muslim who hoped any potential wife would be a ―strong believer‖ striving for ―jannah‖ – paradise. Among the sites he was interested in on Facebook was Yawm al-Qiyaamah, which means Resurrection Day; The Day of Judgment… The image used to illustrate the site, which has more than 8,000 followers, is an inferno engulfing Tower Bridge as a tidal wave swamps one side.

Sweden Terrorist Had Three Sets Of Bombs Alison Chung, Sky News Online 5:41pm UK, Monday December 13, 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7396 A suicide bomber who targeted Christmas shoppers in Sweden carried three sets of bombs and is believed to have had accomplices as the attack was "well planned". Swedish investigators say they are "98%" sure that Taimur Abdulwahab al Abdaly - an Iraqi-born Swede who moved to the UK nine years ago - was behind Saturday's twin bomb attack...

Stockholm bomber was thrown out of Luton mosque for trying to recruit extremists The Stockholm bomber was thrown out of a mosque in Luton three years ago following a row over his extremist beliefs, it has emerged. The Daily Telegraph (London) Gordon Rayner, Andy Bloxham and Laura Roberts 13 Dec 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7381 Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, tried to recruit other Muslims to share his fanatical views when he was given a chance to preach at the Luton Islamic Centre. Sources there said he then turned his attention to trying to recruit students by giving sermons at the Islamic Society of the University of Bedfordshire, of which he was a graduate…

Stockholm bomber: family blame Britain for radicalisation The family of the Stockholm suicide bomber last night blamed Britain for his transformation from an “ordinary teenager” to an al-Qaeda fanatic. By Martin Evans in Tranas, Gordon Rayner and Andy Bloxham 10:08PM GMT 13 Dec 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/7397 Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly showed little interest in religion as he was growing up in Sweden, channelling his energies into sport and partying. But after he began attending Bedfordshire University in Luton ―everything changed‖ as he became a strict Muslim with increasingly extremist views, even naming his baby son Osama in honour of the al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden…

Swedish Bombing Suspect’s Drift to Extremism By RAVI SOMAIYA New York Times December 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/world/europe/14suspect.html?hpw LONDON — Those who knew the prime suspect in the Stockholm bombings described him as highly intelligent as a child in Sweden, but stubborn and often in trouble. Those who prayed and studied with him in England, where he attended college from 2001 to 2004 and reportedly lived until weeks before the attack, spoke of a friendly associate who fervently sought an audience for increasingly extremist views but was quick to anger and slow to forgive… As investigators searched properties in Sweden and England, piecing together the details of the failed terrorism plot, a portrait began to emerge of the suspect, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, a disaffected Iraqi Swede who had studied in Britain and whose final statements hint at a link to the insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq…

31. WikiLeaks cables: Drive to tackle Islamists made 'little progress' Critical verdict on efforts to engage with Muslim communities published as police investigate UK links of Stockholm bomber Nicholas Watt and Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 December 2010 21.30 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/13/wikileaks-cables-uk-muslim-communities Britain made "little progress" in reaching out to Muslim communities despite investing "considerable time and resources" after the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, US diplomats concluded in cables passed to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. A powerful critique of the government's efforts to engage with British Muslims, outlined in a cable published as police investigate the UK connections of the Stockholm suicide bomber, shows the US embassy in London concluded that both sides often appeared far apart…

32. Raid on Islamic Groups in Germany By ALAN COWELL and MICHAEL SLACKMAN New York Times December 15, 2010 (hard copy) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/world/europe/15germany.html BERLIN — The German Interior Ministry mounted simultaneous raids in three states on Tuesday against what it called Salafist networks suspected of seeking the imposition of an Islamic state in an apparent sign of growing concern over the radical messages of some Islamic groups. The raids, in Bremen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia, were not linked to a recent terror alert reportedly inspired by phone calls from a man who said he wanted to quit working with terrorists and who warned of a pending Mumbai-style attack, the interior ministry said. The ministry statement said the raids were directed at two groups — Invitation to Paradise in the cities of Brunswick and Mönchengladbach and the Islamic Culture Center of Bremen on the North Sea coast. The two groups work closely together and share the same ideology, according to a security official quoted by The Associated Press. The authorities are seeking to outlaw both groups. The statement said the groups were suspected of opposing constitutional order by seeking to ―overthrow it in favor of an Islamic theocracy.‖ One of the leaders of the Invitation to Paradise group had called for the imposition of Sharia law, the statement said, adding that the raids had been carried out under Germany’s laws of association…

COMMENT / ANALYSIS

33. Sweden’s First Suicide Bomber Strikes During Christmas Shopping Season Information Cutoff: 9:00 P.M. on December 11, 2010 NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau Terrorism Threat Analysis Group Open Source Assessment Free registration required https://www.nypdshield.org/public/signup.aspx

34. The Jihadist Social Network Underworld IPT News December 10, 2010 http://www.investigativeproject.org/2398/the-jihadist-social-network-underworld

35. It's not entrapment By PATRICK DUNLEAVY New York Post December 13, 2010 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/it_not_entrapment_TfrUeWOUaKsiegLkrKTXgJ Patrick Dunleavy is the former deputy inspector general of the New York State Department of Corrections and author of "The Fertile Soil of Jihad."

36. Christian Asylum Seekers in Holland Intimidated by Muslims and the Widespread Trouble with Muslim Immigrants By EMERSON VERMAAT December 7, 2010 http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/4667 Emerson Vermaat, a law graduate (State University of Leiden, the Netherlands) is an investigative reporter specialized in terrorism and crime. Website: emersonvermaat.com.

37. Gaza Flotilla Shakedown Posted By Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report in Pajamas Media On December 13, 2010 @ 12:32 am http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/gaza-flotilla-shakedown-continued/

38. Pouring Cold Water on WikiLeaks by Daniel Pipes National Review Online December 14, 2010 http://www.danielpipes.org/9182/wikileaks-arab-leaders Mr. Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.