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Thursday, March 13, 2014
New report by David Kilcullen and others regarding Aleppo Syria
I have been reviewing the report and this is the first of my summary of findings regarding the report.
- The center of Aleppo was not rebelling against the regime, so the rebels took the fight to those areas. The center of the city is now the most fought over and the residents movement is now very restrictive.
- Regime forces control about 45% of Aleppo. The Syrian Air Force Intelligence oversees regime-controlled areas away from the front lines. The Republican Guard is deployed to protect some of Aleppo’s most tense front lines.
- Bread in regime held areas is about 1/3rd to 1/5th the cost compared to rebel held areas.
- 40% of the people feel that “no one” represents them,
- Al Qaeda-affiliates remain strong in Aleppo. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS controls 1/3rd of all opposition held neighborhoods. Their checkpoints are the most restrictive and intimidating, residents avoid these checkpoints as much as possible.
- There is 62 different CSO’s Civil Society Organizations acting within Aleppo.
- ISIS Controlled the Aleppo national Hospital for the entire period of the survey until January 8th 2014, when rebel forces stormed the Hospital to release several hundred of their brothers in arms who had been imprisoned by ISIS. Since the takeover stories have emerged about the brutality of ISIS
- The Busiest checkpoints are regime held. At each of these checkpoints approximately 35,000 – 45,000 people cross each day. As many as 60% do so to buy foodstuffs. Opposition held areas have banned people from regime areas to buy foodstuffs in rebel held areas. Many of these people cross to visit family, receive salaries, and even to pay their utility bills.
- The areas with the highest crime are in the rebel held areas.
- The rebels control most of the north, north eastern, eastern and southeast areas of Aleppo
- The Syrian regime controls the west and into the center of Aleppo
- North of Aleppo is Turkey. This is where most of the weapons are flowing from to supply all of the various rebel groups. Also foreign fighters enter via Turkey into Syria north of Aleppo.
- The rebels are supported by various domestic and foreign Islamic charities.
- The ISIS is back by al Qaeda and it gets its money from various sources around the world. The main backers are wealthy Arab Sunni’s in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt.
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Evan F. Kohlmann, a terrorism researcher and a consultant
The Real Online Terrorist Threat
Evan F. Kohlmann
From Foreign Affairs, September/October 2006
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Summary: Fears of a "digital Pearl Harbor" -- a cyberattack against critical infrastructure -- have so preoccupied Western governments that they have neglected to recognize that terrorists actually use the Internet as a tool for organizing, recruiting, and fundraising. Their online activities offer a window onto their methods, ideas, and plans.
Evan F. Kohlmann, a terrorism researcher and a consultant to the Nine/Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, is the author of "Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network." He runs the Web site www.globalterroralert.com.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
The United States is gradually losing the online war against terrorists. Rather than aggressively pursuing its enemies, the U.S. government has adopted a largely defensive strategy, the centerpiece of which is an electronic Maginot Line that supposedly protects critical infrastructure (for example, the computer systems run by agencies such as the Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration) against online attacks. In the meantime, terrorists and their sympathizers, unhindered by bureaucratic inertia and unchallenged by Western governments, have reorganized their operations to take advantage of the Internet's more prosaic properties.
The U.S. government is mishandling the growing threat because it misunderstands terrorists. For more than a decade, a host of pundits and supposed experts have traded in doom-and-gloom predictions that cyberterrorists would wreak havoc on the Internet -- or, worse, use computer networks to do damage in the offline world (for instance, by hijacking systems that control the water and power utilities of major metropolitan areas). Such warnings were bolstered by the occasional acts of terrorist groups such as the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has staged dramatic but ineffectual cyberattacks, such as its hacking into the Indian army's Web site in 2000. Although such incidents had only symbolic impact, they scared technophobic Western policymakers. Fearful of a digital Pearl Harbor, governments embarked on a frantic campaign aimed at "locking doors." As the former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke explained, Washington's strategy has been simple: keep terrorists from breaching sensitive government networks.
In truth, although catastrophic computer attacks are not entirely inconceivable, the prospect that militants will be able to execute them anytime soon has been overblown. Fears of such science-fiction scenarios, moreover, have led policymakers to overlook the fact that terrorists currently use the Internet as a cheap and efficient way of communicating and organizing. These militants are now dedicated to waging an innovative, low-intensity military campaign against the United States. Jihadists are typically organized in small, widely dispersed units and coordinate their activities online, obviating the need for a central command. Al Qaeda and similar groups rely on the Internet to contact potential recruits and donors, sway public opinion, instruct would-be terrorists, pool tactics and knowledge, and organize attacks. The RAND Corporation's David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla have called this phenomenon "netwar," which they define as a form of conflict marked by the use of "network forms of organization and related doctrines, strategies, and technologies." In many ways, such groups use the Internet in the same way that peaceful political organizations do; what makes terrorists' activity threatening is their intent.
To counter terrorists, the U.S. government must learn how to monitor their activity online, in the same way that it keeps tabs on terrorists in the real world. Doing so will require a realignment of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies, which lag behind terrorist organizations in adopting information technologies. At present, unfortunately, senior counterterrorism officials refuse even to pay lip service to the need for such reforms. That must change -- and fast.
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Monday, June 4, 2007
Christians in great danger 50% (400,000) are displaced
3% of Iraqi population are Christian, thats about 800,000. Ok I hope the below article will wake some anti-war Christians or even average citizens up to understand what may and is happening. First what is happening is the terrorist (this is mainly al Qaeda) have decided to start attacking Christians in Iraq. Attacks on Christians have not been an issue until recently. Most crimes against Christians were kidnappings. Most kidnappings ended in return of the family member. This caused about half to move to the safer and more religious tolerant Kurdistan areas in north Iraq for safety. But now al Qaeda has plans to not only displace the Christians but to wipe them of the face of the earth. They have begun attacks on Christians and Christian leaders. Most intelligence agencies will admit this is an attempt to oust the Christian and work to create an all Muslim terrorist state. The children and followers of John the Baptists live in the east in a beautiful area of Iraq on the river in the map below. Muslim extremists are on a genocidal mission and I hope the News media wakes up soon.
"Click map to view larger view and various maps"
I am writing this article in hopes that people will understand that the terrorists have the same goals as the WW2 Nazi regime. I grew up in a town that when I was in High School there was and still is Neo Nazi gangs. Most of my encounters with them were attached in many ways to the music business. But trust me they "the music business" is only around it for money and not thinking that they are wrecking the faith of Americans citizens and empowering the terrorists. In some towns near me they have also had problems with Neo Naziâs (basically anarchists) in the Police Departments. A Neo Nazi is a prime example of an easy target person for al Qaeda and other terrorists to turn into extremist, terrorist, or even suicide bombers. I think we may want to get tough on gangs here in America. I believe that America will be further infiltrated just as France and Britain in the past.
The signs are here FBI is catching more and more American citizens committing treasonous acts. We need to be tough on prosecutions to set examples.
If you are wondering why I mention Nazisâ and compare them to Islamic Extremists and Terrorist? Well then I can teach you a ton. Hitler hired, appointed, and dictated investigators, who traveled the world before WW2 for Hitlerâs cause to find religious propaganda. Hitler (and of course his experts) cited the lands in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as holy lands and home of the Arian race and that the Germans were direct descendents of the pure race. Hitler saw Jews as an impure race that was a wrath and a blemish on the world, and a threat to Hitlerâs power
Also Pakistan translates to âPure Nationâ. This caused a lot of the fighting between India and Pakistan what with the split of the original India nation and the pakistan name.
Afghans take pride in being descendants of the Aryans, or to be more precise: Ariana - the Greek pronunciation of the ancient Avestan Airyanem Vaejah or the Sanskrit "Aryavarta", Land of the Aryans. Today this Old-Persian, and Avestan expression is preserved in the name of the Afghan national airline, Ariana Airlines. The term 'Ariana Afghanistan' is still popular amongst many people in the country.
So basically we got a ton of teens and more who want to be little Hitlerâs running around and liberals want us to do what? They want us to put our hands in our pockets and look away and then hope it wonât happen to us here? Wake up read the FBI articles, it is like all the nut jobs stopped taking their meds and are crawling out of the closets.
Until we start to win the Propaganda war and expose these Al Qaeda and other terrorists for the liars and thieves, and murderers, which will not stop until the world is ashes. - Ian Bach
I was inspired to write the above info after I read this
article at Iraq Solidarity Campaign
A Catholic priest and three of his assistants were shot dead overnight outside a church in northern Iraq, the local police commander said.
Brigadier-General Mohammed al-Wagaa, police chief in the divided northern city of Mosul, said the cleric and his colleagues had been shot dead outside the Holy Spirit church in the Nur district.
"They finished mass ... and the four of them got into the priest's car to drive away. After they had gone about 100m a car cut them off. Four armed men got out and shot them dead," he said.
The Catholic news agency Asianews identified the victims as 31-year-old Father Ragheed Ganni and his three assistants.
Last month, the leaders of Iraq's Christian minority called on the country's beleaguered government to protect their community from attacks by al-Qaeda-inspired Muslim extremists.
In a joint statement, Patriarch Mar Dinka IV of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldaean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel Delly of Babylon said Baghdad's remaining Christians were facing persecution.
They blamed the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, an alliance of Islamist insurgent groups that serves as an al-Qaeda front, for much of the violence.
"Christians in a number of Iraqi regions, especially those under the control of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, have faced blackmail, kidnapping and displacement," the May 10 statement said.
Before the US-led invasion of March 2003, there were estimated to be about 800,000 Christians in Iraq, about three per cent of the otherwise largely Muslim population, living mainly in urban centres such as Baghdad.
Although there were some attacks on churches in the immediate aftermath of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Christians were not especially targeted while rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim factions went to war.
As a relatively wealthy community, however, many Christians fell prey to kidnap and ransom gangs and many - probably more than half - of them have fled the country or moved to the relative safety of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Now there are reports that Salafist groups such as al-Qaeda, fundamentalists who believe Islam can be renewed by returning to the values of the era of the Prophet Mohammed, are targeting Christians on purely sectarian grounds.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent bipartisan government agency, last month voiced concern at the deteriorating situation for freedom of religion and belief in Iraq.
Christian communities now face the threat of eradication in their historic homelands in Iraq under pervasive and severe violence and discrimination at the hands of both government and non-government actors, it warned.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Internet scammers and hate mailers
The kid above was of Palestinian decent and lived in Serbia for a while the moved around probably after getting into AL Qaeda. He went to Canada, Briton, various European countries and even the USA where he tried to obtain bomb making materials.
I have heard more and more stories about military or pro Americans supporting the troops from home being harassed. There is no doubt that most are just some dumb angry person with nothing better to do. However the story is much bigger. There is many people living in America who are angry liberals, anti-government, anarchists, and Muslims who know how to wage Internet war. The main attack they have outlined is propaganda and the spreading of lies. I have seen many people and cases of people using false Identifications, often stolen or counterfeited. This is a widespread problem. So before you send a message, comment, instant message, or email be sure who it is youâre communicating with. Check their friendâs lists and their bio info. If no info forget it. Click their friendâs pages to see what they are talking about and where they live and what their likes are. If you get hate mails or other harassment notify your friend and report it. Have friends report it if it happens to them.
One way to avoid the hate mails is do not send hate mail or send comments on pages that you donât like. Also use ignore when you find someone bad. Also make sure to note the name send it to me so I can add it to a watch list.
Thanks all, god bless, and best wishes,
Ian Bach
Here is a list I have begun on possible fakers who are not in the military and may have alteier motives.
(please note the links, emails, and contact names listed below have not been confirmed as hackers or terrorists. However, to enable our readers to be aware of the possiblity of hate mails or viruses we have chosen to share this knowledge.
SUSPECT FAKE MILITARY yahoo IDs
John
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-Vx0odXMhdLaAiQ74vIIZzw8-?cq=1&inv=VhZL.VZgLv4-
List of Liberals (or wanabie ones or fake ids) spreading hate to good people
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-3u2J2GcmeqKTcV41xP1AEF8M#ymgl-guestbook
Suspects and Virus spreaders
we are not sure of persons http addy yet but im hunting wabbits hehe. -------If someone calling emselves "Ashley Marc James" wants to add you to their list dont accept it. Its a virus. Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds them you will get it too. It is a hard drive killer.
Suspect hacker. Ashley Marc James suspected Email Below (please dont email this guy or you give your computer ID away and will likely be hacked)
google name
This is the name of the photo album
hoanggiason - another suspect fakers pics...
more to come....
Here is a list of bad weeb yahoo 360 users (well bad in my view)
Link below is to one of the Blogs by James he has a science blog and a politics blog. Both have some really uniformed theories. He thinks tthe war is about oil. He wants to impeach bush. and some of his science ideas are about as smart as a rat in a maze. He promotes people to send letters / emails to congres and senate. These email templayes he haas people send would make Taliban and al-Qaeda proud. He plays into the propaganda and lies of terrorists and is so unamerican it makes me sick. He wants to impeach Bush and is using a lot of lies (lies originaly created by terorist but some dumb people still believe these lies) to encourage people to send emails to congress and senators to impeach bush also to stop wirer tapping. His name is James?? hmm could it be the Ashley marc james Dude?? I dono...
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-YW18nxE7eqtd0CMJGCB94Xu4
If he is in your group I would delete him. he also has another ID one is science (laughs - this guy is no scientist) other is politics (total liberal or a terrorist or anarchist?) be sure and stay safe. read the blogs of people in your group and read them as often as you can. Be sure you know who your friends are.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
People Who Feed Off Anarchy in Somalia Are Quick to Fuel It
GALKAYO, Somalia â Beyond clan rivalry and Islamic fervor, an entirely different motive is helping fuel the chaos in Somalia: profit.
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The New York Times
Profiteers in cities like Galkayo see the government as a threat.
A whole class of opportunists â from squatter landlords to teenage gunmen for hire to vendors of out-of-date baby formula â have been feeding off the anarchy in Somalia for so long that they refuse to let go.
They do not pay taxes, their businesses are totally unregulated, and they have skills that are not necessarily geared toward a peaceful society.
In the past few weeks, some Western security officials say, these profiteers have been teaming up with clan fighters and radical Islamists to bring down Somaliaâs transitional government, which is the countryâs 14th attempt at organizing a central authority and ending the free-for-all of the past 16 years.
They are attacking government troops, smuggling in arms and using their business savvy to raise money for the insurgency. And they are surprisingly open about it.
Omar Hussein Ahmed, an olive oil exporter in Mogadishu, the capital, said he and a group of fellow traders recently bought missiles to shoot at government soldiers.
âTaxes are annoying,â he explained.
Maxamuud Nuur Muradeeste, a squatter landlord who makes a few hundred dollars a year renting out rooms in the former Ministry of Minerals and Water, said he recently invited insurgents to stash weapons on âhisâ property. He will do whatever it takes, he said, to thwart the governmentâs plan to reclaim thousands of pieces of public property.
From Ian Bach 4-25-2007