March 2010
DOD BRIEFING: Iraqi Forces Capture Suspected...
American Forces Press Service 5:10PM (PST) BAGHDAD, Feb. 28, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member believed to be responsible for numerous assassinations during a joint security operation conducted southwest of the Iraqi capital yesterday. Intelligence reports indicate terrorists increasingly are staging politically motivated assassinations and violent...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
By JPOST.COM STAFF 28/02/2010 20:36 Ahmadinejad says Israel’s existence is “an insult to all of humanity.”
In a rant that reeked of old-fashioned anti-Semitism, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the “Zionist regime” was seeking to control the world. Addressing the International Conference on National and Islamic Solidarity for...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
by Maayana Miskin 28 FEBRUARY, 2010 4:50PM (PST) (IsraelNN.com) Brigadier-General Hossein Salami of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that Iran has the power to cut Europe’s energy supply. The warning was issued as European leaders prepared to debate sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. “Iran sits on 50 percent of the world’s energy, and if it wants,...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
by Maayana Miskin
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 4:40PM (PST)
(IsraelNN.com) Israel’s ambassador to Spain, Rafael Shotz, has been receiving hate mail from Spanish schoolchildren. Dozens of letters sent from pupils include statements such as “Mr. Ambassador, how many Palestinians did you murder today?” but Israeli officials suspect a hate campaign is behind the letters. Another letter writer...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
by Maayana Miskin
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 4:39PM (PST)
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas announced Sunday that it would extend the detention of Paul Martin, a British reporter and filmmaker arrested in Gaza two weeks earlier. No charges against Martin have been made public. Martin was arrested while in court to testify on behalf of an Arab friend accused of “collaboration with Israel.” One Arab-language...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Suspected CIA...
February 28, 2010 2:54 p.m. EST
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — The man believed to be the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees and contractors last year appears in a newly released video, claiming to have tricked Jordanian intelligence officers as a double agent. The 43-minute video, posted on various Islamic radical Web sites Saturday, shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal...
February 2010
FBI BRIEFING: ABD AL AZIZ AWDA WANTED for...
RACKETEERING INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION (RICO); INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION IN AID OF RACKETEERING; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER PERSONS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY ABD AL AZIZ AWDA
Aliases: Sheik Odeh, Abdel Aziz Odeh, Abd Al Aziz Odeh, Abed Al Aziz Odeh, Abu Ahmed, Sheik Awda, Fadl Abu Ahmed, Al Sheik, The Sheik, Mawlana DESCRIPTION Date of Birth Used: December 20, 1950 Hair: ...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Cyber Security Task...
FROM SECURITY WORLD NEWS 28 FEBRUARY, 2010 11:45AM (PST)
With social networking website Facebook reaching more than 350 million users, it is expected that 2010 will take such trends to new heights – and the cybercriminals know it. That’s why McAfee Labs foresees an increase in threats related to social networking sites. In addition, they predict threats to banking security and...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 10:40AM (PST)
From the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism Dr. Ely Karmon - ICT Senior Researcher In recent weeks, top officials in Syria and Lebanon, and the head of Hezbollah, have warned that Israel is preparing to attack them. The declarations have been greeted by denials from Jerusalem, but the atmosphere remains tense, and the Arab leaders have guaranteed...
GCIS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Marines,...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
9:52 AM (PST) MARJAH, Afghanistan — More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay for the next several months to help ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said Sunday. Two Marine battalions, along with their Afghan...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (TID): 21st Century...
February 28, 2010 By Rick Rozoff (The Intelligence Daily) — With the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms expiring last December 5 and its successor held up almost three months in large part because of U.S. missile shield provocations in recent weeks, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is forging ahead with the formulation...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
By Tom Evans, CNN February 28, 2010 12:11 a.m. EST (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday for new sanctions against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, encouraging the financial pressure to continue “until it becomes effective.” But he warned that sanctions won’t be successful unless Russia and China back them, adding “we recommend to...
ATF BRIEFING: ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Gun...
20 Firearms Stolen From Licensed Dealer BALTIMORE — Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Theresa R. Stoop of the Baltimore Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the burglary of The Bank, a federally licensed firearms (FFL)...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 (TJP) — Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar over the weekend told Der Spiegel that he has quit the team negotiating with Israel on a prisoner exchange deal to secure the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit.
The senior Hamas official told the German paper that he had reached the decision after Israel backed out of commitments reached in the talks. “When [Prime...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Tsunami Update): Japan...
February 28, 2010 4:47AM PST (CNN) — Tsunami warnings were canceled for all countries Sunday, a day after a deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile, forecasters said. “This bulletin is issued as advice to government agencies,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in its cancellation advisory. “Only national and local government agencies have the...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (African Directorate): ...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — Islamist militants in Somalia are stopping convoys of food reaching more than 360,000 displaced people, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says. The agency says trucks travelling from the capital Mogadishu to camps in Afgoye have been stopped by armed men. Insurgent group al-Shabaab says the WFP is ruining local farming by forcing Somalis to rely...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — British police officers are in Israel to investigate the use of fake British passports by suspects in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. They will interview six British-Israeli nationals whose identities were stolen by the suspected killers. The officers said the men were being treated as potential witnesses to a crime and not as suspects. It is...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM BRIEFING (European...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — One of the top leaders of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in north-western France, the Spanish interior ministry has said. Ibon Gogeascotxea was arrested with two other suspected Eta members in a French and Spanish operation in Normandy. A militant group fighting for an independent Basque homeland, Eta has been blamed for more than...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Kremlin says police...
28 FEBRUARY, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday called for police reform to help beat the “tumour” of Islamist violence in Chechnya and neighbouring regions on Russia’s southern flank.
Medvedev arrived by helicopter for an unannounced visit to Nalchik, the main city in the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria. Medvedev has described a...
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GCIS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Troops Clear...
Saturday, February 27, 2010 MARJAH, Afghanistan — Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan’s dangerous south. Although Marines say their work in Marjah isn’t done, Afghans...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: More than 2 million...
February 27, 2010 Santiago, Chile (CNN) — More than 2 million people were affected by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile early Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised news conference. At least least 214 people were killed in the quake and the resulting tsunami, which ravaged parts of the Chilean coast and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean. A...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 'Iran challenges...
By E.B. SOLOMONT, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 27 FEBRUARY, 2010 WASHINGTON – Defense Minister Ehud Barak stressed the need for tough sanctions against Iran as he wrapped up meetings with senior American officials, even as the two allies have disagreed on the severity of punitive measures in recent days. “What is really needed is significant sanctions, effective ones, within a time limit,” he said...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
by Maayana Miskin
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 (IsraelNN.com) A Fatah conference held this week in Ramallah included a speech in praise of terrorists. A member of Fatah’s central committee, Mahmoud el-Aloul, said Fatah would continue to honor Arabs who died fighting Israel and commemorate their attacks. El-Aloul, formerly the governor of Shechem, said Fatah would endeavor to pass the...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Tsunami warning center...
HONOLULU — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has canceled its tsunami warning for Hawaii, with the state apparently escaping the roiling waves unscathed. Gov. Linda Lingle says no damage has been reported in any county. Tidal surges were observed Saturday along the coasts but did not roar ashore. She’s calling it “a great day now that it’s over.”
FEDHEALTH ALERT: Two killed in Argentina...
DISPATCHED FROM FEDHEALTH TO GCIS INTELCENTER February 28, 2010 - 9:14AM A 6.0-magnitude earthquake killed two people in Argentina on Saturday just hours after a massive quake struck off Chile leaving hundreds feared dead and setting off a tsunami, a doctor said. An eight-year-old child and a 70-year-old man were killed when the quake struck in Salta province in Argentina’s mountainous...
GCIS TSUNAMI UPDATES (HAWAII): Tsunami expert:...
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A official at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says Hawaii “dodged a bullet” after a major earthquake sent powerful waves roiling around the Pacific. It still will be about an hour before officials will be willing to give an all-clear in Hawaii, but there were no immediate reports of major damage around the Pacific rim. just tidal...
GCIS EMERGENCY UPDATE: Chile earthquake update:...
February 27, 2010 6:31 p.m. EST Ongoing developments in the Chilean earthquake and the tsunami warnings that followed. All times are local in Chile, which is two hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the United States, and in Hawaii, which is five hours behind EST. (CNN) — 1:30 p.m. HST — An official with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says that Hawaii has “dodged...
FEDHEALTH / GCIS EMERGENCY BRIEFING (UPDATE): ...
From Thelma Gutierrez, CNN February 27, 2010 5:46 p.m. EST Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) — The first waves of a tsunami from a massive earthquake in Chile have hit the Big Island of Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The increasing wave heights began shortly around 11:15 a.m. local time (4:15 p.m. EST), more than five hours after alarms sounded to warn of a tsunami...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (TSUNAMI WARNING...
LA TIMES REPORT
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 2:14PM (PST) Reporting from Seattle - Hawaiian authorities were rushing to evacuate up to 100,000 residents and tourists from low-lying coastal areas Saturday morning as an estimated 3-to-8-foot tsunami raced toward the islands at the speed of a jet plane. Radio stations were broadcasting civil defense alerts, and sirens sounded in the early-morning...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (TSUNAMI WARNING):...
From Thelma Gutierrez, CNN February 27, 2010 4:57 p.m. EST Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) — Residents scrambled to stock up on water and food Saturday as sirens blared across the islands ahead of a predicted tsunami, hours after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile. The sirens sounded at 6 a.m. local time (11 a.m. ET) to warn of a tsunami triggered by the earthquake, which killed at least...
FEDHEALTH / GCIS EMERGENCY UPDATE: All Eyes On...
UPDATE: All Eyes On Hawaii, Tsunami To Hit 4 P.M. EST February 27, 2010 1:47 PM (PST) Quake Tsunami Alert Sirens sounded early Saturday morning across Hawaii, warning people of a possible tsunami and telling people to in coastal areas to evacuate. The sirens sounded at 6 a.m. local time (11 a.m. ET/1600 GMT) to warn of a potential tsunami triggered by a 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile....
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
By JPOST.COM STAFF 27/02/2010 13:35
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Iran recently moved almost its entire stockpile of low-enriched uranium to an above-ground facility, The New York Times reported on Saturday. According to a recent report by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, roughly 4,300 pounds (1,950kg) of low-enriched nuclear fuel was moved all at once from storage deep underground to a...
ATF BRIEFING: Federal Arrest Warrant and Search...
FROM THE ATF TO GCIS INTELCENTER 27 FEBRUARY, 2010 SAGINAW, Mich. — Special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and detectives from the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) on February 22, 2010, arrested an individual identified as Joshua BRUFF of Owosso, Mich, for alleged violations of federal firearms laws. ATF Agents, SCSO detectives, investigators...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (European Directorate):...
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — Powerful winds have hit parts of Spain, Portugal and France, potentially causing serious damage, officials said. As winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) lashed parts of Spain, the interior minister warned people to stay inside, avoid driving and postpone walks. However the country’s meteorological agency said the storm would be brief. Portugal’s...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Russia blames Nato...
By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes 27 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — The head of Russia’s federal drug control agency has accused Nato of not doing enough to curb the production of heroin in Afghanistan. Victor Ivanov said at least 30,000 people died in Russia every year from heroin, 90% of it from Afghanistan.
He blamed the Obama administration for ending a military drive to destroy...
FEDHEALTH / GCIS EMERGENCY UPDATE: California...
February 27, 11:57AM (pst) The federal government this morning issued a tsunami alert for coastal areas of California. Large waves were caused by the large earthquake that struck Chile. “This earthquake has generated a tsunami which could cause damage to coastal regions in a warning or advisory,” the The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. “The waves are expected to...
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02/27/10
LOS ANGELES — As California fell under a low level Tsunami Warning today, following the earthquake that devasated Chile, the Director of Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, a security and intelligence network firm, was out and about in the rain going door to door…
FEDHEALTH GCIS EMERGENCY UPDATE: California...
February 27th, 2010 10:43 AM (PST) FROM THE GCIS INTELCENTER — After the Chile 8.8 Earthquake incident earlier today, we are back on the latest California Tsunami Warning 2010 Update, The strong shaking that occured in Chile brought about a huge and a possible tsunami directing to the Pacific, It has chances that California and Hawaii are the possible places that this California...
FEDHEALTH / GCIS EMERGENCY BRIEFING UPDATE:...
February 27, 2010 12:41 p.m. EST Santiago, Chile (CNN) — A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing at least 122 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin. Warning sirens were sounded in Hawaii at 6 a.m., although any possible tsunami would not strike for several hours. Tsunamis can travel at 400...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (Middle East...
by Maayana Miskin (IsraelNN.com) Jewish and human rights groups are gearing up to counter “Israel Apartheid Week” events next week. “Apartheid Week” is an annual event organized on college campuses in the United States, Canada and elsewhere by extreme anti-Israel groups. The week-long event includes lectures and exhibits aimed at convincing students that Israel is a racist, colonial state....
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING (European Directorate):...
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, embroiled in two trials for fraud, has likened Italian prosecutors and judges to the Afghan Taliban. He told a rally in the northern city of Turin that they were waging a subversive, political campaign to bring down his government. He spoke after a UK lawyer accused of taking a bribe from him had the conviction...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 02/27/10: Turkey...
27 FEBRUARY, 2010 BBC REPORTS — Two retired Turkish generals have been charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the government, reports say. Cetin Dogan, former head of Turkey’s First Army, and Engin Alan, a former special forces commander, were both remanded in custody pending trial. They are the most senior of 33 suspects charged so far over the alleged plot. The...
FEDHEALTH/GCIS EMERGENCY ALERT UPDATE: TSUNAMI...
Hawaii under tsunami warning, emergency response plans underway By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 27, 2010; 11:18 AM State officials in Hawaii have activated their emergency response plans to prepare for a possible tsunami caused by the massive earthquake in Chile, an official said Saturday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning - its highest...
FEDHEALTH/GCIS EMERGENCY ALERT: TSUNAMI WARNING
Tsunami evacuation instructions Feb 27, 2010, 8:09 AM (PST) The following guidelines should assure an orderly evacuation of tsunami evacuation zones and keep roadways open for evacuees and emergency vehicles: * When a tsunami warning is issued and/or evacuation is directed by the Department of Emergency Management (DEM): * If located outside a tsunami evacuation zone, stay outside of the...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERT: Tsunami Warning
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 345 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010 HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HUMPBACK WHALE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. PHZ121-280215- ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL- 345 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010 …TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY… .TODAY…EAST WINDS 10 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT IN THE...
FBI BRIEFING: WANTED: JAMAL SAEED ABDUL RAHIM for...
DAMAGING AN AIRCRAFT; UNLAWFUL PLACING OF A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE ON AN AIRCRAFT; PERFORMING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL ON AN AIRCRAFT; HOSTAGE TAKING; MURDER OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES; ATTEMPTED MURDER OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES; CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO UNITED STATES NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ASSAULT ON A...
GCIS EMERGENCY ALERT UPDATE: Huge Earthquake...
Updated: Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:33AM (PST) This image shows the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake relative to Santiago, Chile, the capital of the country. (Image is courtesy of USGS) A very strong earthquake rumbled offshore of Maule, Chile, early this morning. According to USGS, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck around 3:30 a.m. (1:30 ET). The earthquake generated a...
GCIS EMERGENCY ALERT UPDATE 02/27/10: 8.8...
February 27, 2010 An 8.8 earthquake has struck near Concepcion, Chile, early on Saturday, the USGS reported, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital of Santiago. UPDATE: A tsunami warning was issued early on Saturday for Chile and Peru and a tsunami watch was issued for Ecuador, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported, after a massive earthquake in Chile. A...
GCIS EMERGENCY BRIEFING: Hawaii Officials to...
Saturday, February 27, 2010 EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hawaii officials are planning to evacuate coastal areas and residents living in flooding zones as soon as the sun rises in the islands Saturday. Hawaii braced for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning — its highest...
