Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2945-1003080033-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 24392 invoked by uid 510); 14 Oct 2001 17:20:17 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 14 Oct 2001 17:20:17 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2945-1003080033-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n28.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Oct 2001 17:20:33 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 14 Oct 2001 17:20:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 65469 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2001 17:20:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 14 Oct 2001 17:20:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 14 Oct 2001 17:20:30 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id KAA17016 for iwar@onelist.com; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:20:30 -0700 Message-Id: <200110141720.KAA17016@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:OSAC.Global.News.for.Sunday,.October.14,.2001] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OSAC Global News for Sunday, October 14, 2001 Anti-U.S. rampage kills hundreds Sunday, October 14, 2001 CNN Hundreds of people have been killed in religious clashes after anti-U.S. protests turned violent, sources have told CNN. The demonstrations against the U.S.-led missile strikes on Afghanistan began peacefully on Friday but spiralled into a killing spree during Saturday, CNN's Lagos bureau chief Jeff Koinange said. Some of the unrest in the mainly Muslim city of Kano in northern Nigeria was attributed to traditional Muslim-Christian tensions, he added. Most of the slaughtered were Christians, with many more injured. Non-Muslims fled to police stations and army barracks, where they huddled for safety after dozens of churches were set on fire. Some residents were being ferried in buses under military escort to Sabon Gari where most non-Muslim immigrants live. Community leaders said rioters killed at least six female secondary school students who were on their way to sit university entrance exams. A curfew had been in effect from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time on Saturday, and police have been ordered to shoot-to-kill any curfew violators. Military tanks were patrolling the streets. Koinange said: "The death toll is in the hundreds, officials say, despite a curfew, which people have ignored." He added the military were overwhelmed, seemingly unable to control the rampage. More soldiers were being sent to the city, but it mirrored a similar incident last week when the army delayed sending any forces in the belief that they could control the situation. A Sabon Gari resident speaking by telephone told Reuters news agency: "As I speak with you now, I can see a body burning in the street. "He appears to be a Muslim who strayed into Sabon Gari." Koinange said it was unclear what had sparked the killings, but added Muslims had been "agitated" for several weeks. Nigeria's population of about 120 million is split almost evenly between Muslims and Christians. Although Saturday's violence was linked to the bombardment of Afghanistan, it followed a familiar pattern of deadly religious clashes that have rocked Nigeria over the past two years, killing thousands. The introduction of Islamic sharia law in some northern states triggered Muslim-Christian fighting in cities in the region. ______________________________________________ Copyright 2001 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. An AOL Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. CANADIAN CONSUL-GENERAL AND HIS WIFE INJURED IN ARMED ROBBERY Sunday, October 14, 2001 South China Morning Post The Canadian Consul-general and his wife were hurt during a scuffle with a knife-wielding Vietnamese man in an attempted robbery early on Saturday, police said. Anthony Burger, 57, and his wife, Pamela Deacon, 54, suffered minor hand injuries when a Vietnamese man broke into their residence and attacked them with a knife taken from their kitchen, police spokesman Chris Choi said. Three policemen also had minor hand and leg injuries in a fight with the 33-year-old man, whom the police identified only by the surname, Lau, outside Burger's home shortly after the attempted robbery, Mr Choi said. Lau was arrested and has been taken into custody, he said. Mr Burger, his wife and the three policemen were sent to hospital for treatment and were later discharged. ______________________________________________ Copyright 2001. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND KILL PALESTINIAN MILITANT ACCUSED OF ORGANIZING DISCO BOMBING Sunday, October 14, 2001 ABC News A Palestinian militant accused of organizing a suicide bombing at a disco that killed 22 people was shot and killed by Israeli forces Sunday at his home in the West Bank. The shooting of Abed-Rahman Hamad, a regional leader of the radical Islamic group Hamas, raised tensions and threatened to complicate efforts to shore up an unsteady Mideast truce. Hamas immediately vowed to strike against Israel. However, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Cabinet ministers he was prepared to ease some security restrictions against Palestinians. Israel and the Palestinians planned security talks Sunday night, and if the meeting goes well, Israel said it was prepared to withdraw tanks and troops from parts of the volatile West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli forces took over two hilltop Palestinian neighborhoods in Hebron two weeks ago following repeated shootings against Jewish settlers in the center of the city. The Palestinians say they expect Israel to take a number of steps to ease travel restrictions. Sharon has been reluctant to take such measures, saying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has not done enough to crack down on Palestinian militants. "The guiding principle is that wherever there is quiet, and the quiet continues, we will remove the (restrictions)," said Sharon spokesman Raanan Gissin. But he also warned, "if the shooting is resumed, we will return immediately." Hamad was hit by two bullets while standing on the roof of his house in the town of Qalqilya, along the border between Israel and the West Bank. Palestinian authorities said they were unsure why he was on the roof. An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged Israel was responsible. Sharon's office released a statement saying Hamad orchestrated the June 1 suicide attack at a Tel Aviv disco that killed 22 people, mostly Israeli teen-agers. Hamad was responsible for other deadly attacks and was organizing more, Israel said. The shooting marked a return to Israel's policy of targeted killings. Over the past year, Israel has carried out dozens of such attacks against Palestinian militants suspected of violence against Israelis. Sunday's shooting was the first targeted attack since a cease-fire was declared Sept. 26. The United States has been urging restraint on both sides as the Americans attempt to build support for their anti-terror campaign in Arab and Muslim countries. "The assassination today is a clear indicator that all the Israeli claims that they want to achieve peace and uphold the cease-fire are just lies," said Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo. "The Palestinians have to be aware that we should not trust their promises." Hamas, meanwhile, said it would strike against Israel for the shooting of Hamad. "Resistance against this ugly aggression is the only language which can be used, and there is no doubt that Hamas will react to this ugly assassination crime in good time," said Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a senior Hamas leader. Several thousand Palestinians attended Hamad's funeral on Sunday afternoon. Gunmen fired into the air and some mourners carried leaflets that read, "Revenge, revenge," and "No to the cease-fire." Hamas has carried out multiple suicide bombings against Israel, including the disco bombing, the deadliest single attack in the current round of Mideast fighting. The group has refused to honor the cease-fire and has claimed responsibility for attacks in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. Arafat has demanded that Hamas and other militant groups observe the truce. However, Israel has said that Arafat must do more, including arresting suspected militants. Israel had named Hamad as one of the militants it wanted arrested by Arafat's Palestinian Authority. The Palestinians had arrested Hamad, but then released him about a month ago, Israel said. ______________________________________________ Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright 2001 ABCNEWS Internet Ventures. ONE ISLAMIC RADICAL DIES AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN ANTI-US PROTEST Sunday, October 14, 2001 Agence France Presse One protester was shot dead and hundreds of others arrested Sunday as Islamic radicals tried to march on an airfield being used by US forces in southwestern Pakistan. Police said they were forced to fire live ammunition and tear gas in self defence after thousands of protesters angrily reacted to efforts to stop them converging on the airbase here, near the Afghan border. "The protesters tried to break the police picket and also fired on police," police spokesman Mohammad Riaz told AFP. "In retaliation, police fired back." Riaz said three police officers and eight protesters were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after clashes at a roadblock in the outer district of Shikarpur. Altif Hussein, a doctor at Jacobabad Civic Hospital, said one protester, aged about 35, died from bullet wounds. However Hussein said he did not have the chance to thoroughly inspect the victim because dozens of infuriated protesters arrived at the hospital and demanded the body. "They were very angry and took the body back as soon as I issued the death certificate," Hussein said. The Islamic fundamentalist party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), which has close links to the ruling Taliban militia in Afghanistan, organised Sunday's protest. Despite the arrest of two of its leaders, the JUI has organised a series of rallies over the past week against the US-led air assault on the Taliban and Pakistan's support of the military action. The protesters Sunday were aiming to march on the airbase, one of two which Pakistan has allowed US forces to use for logistical support and search and recovery operations for troops or pilots downed in Afghanistan. Pakistan has also offered the use of its air space and intelligence, but insists that no US combat operations will be launched from its territory. US cargo planes and helicopters have been seen landing at the airbase here in recent days. Witnesses have also reported seeing US personnel exercising within the perimeter. Police sources said they had arrested at least 400 Islamic radicals who were trying to march on the base Sunday. But JUI spokesman Abdul Ghafoor claimed more than 2,000 people had been arrested. "The police are arresting anyone with a beard," Ghafoor said. Despite the crackdown, Ghafoor said 4,000 militants had gathered in the city centre and still intended to march to the airport. However he played down speculation the intention was to storm the airport. "We will be peaceful. We do not want to indulge in any violence," he said before the violent clashes at Shikarpur. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has offered his full support to the US-led war on terrorism and Washington's efforts to snuff out alleged terrorist networks in Afghanistan. But he has been called a "criminal" by religious fundamentalist leaders, who blame Israel for the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington and advocate the introduction of Taliban-style Islamic law in Pakistan. ______________________________________________ Copyright 2000 AFP. All rights reserved. All information displayed in this section (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the contents of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presses. Copyright 1994-2001 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. PEACE RALLY IN INDIA DRAWS 70,000 PEOPLE Sunday, October 14, 2001 Reuters About 70,000 people staged a peace rally Sunday in the east Indian city of Calcutta in the country's biggest anti-American protest so far. The demonstration in the West Bengal capital, organized by the state's ruling Left Front coalition government, drew members of leftist groups and unions as well as intellectuals and students. The protesters were drenched by rain as they shouted "We want peace not war," "Stop the terrorism against Afghanistan" and chanted slogans attacking President Bush. "All of us should unite against terrorism and imperialism," Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who was among the marchers, told Reuters. "A war is no solution to any problem." The protesters marched more than 7.5 miles through the city, entertained by performers singing anti-war folk songs. Police estimated the crowd at 70,000. "This rally is in the interests of civilization," Biman Bose, the chairman of the Left Front, wrote in the Bengali daily "Ganashakti,"the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The Indian government was one of the first countries to throw its support behind the U.S. war on terrorism following last month's suicide air attacks on the United States. India's mainstream communists, who number about 40 in the country's 545-member lower house of Parliament, have criticized the government for supporting the United States. There have also been protests by Muslims, who make up about 12 percent of the country's billion-plus population, against the U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan. ______________________________________________ Copyright Reuters 2001. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. TEN ABU SAYYAF REBELS KILLED AS SOLDIERS RESCUE FOUR PHILIPPINE CAPTIVES Sunday, October 14, 2001 Agence France Presse At least 10 Muslim Abu Sayyaf gunmen were killed in clashes with Philippine soldiers in the southern island of Basilan, where four Filipino hostages were rescued on Sunday. But the rebels still hold nine Filipinos and American Christian missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham in Basilan's rough jungle terrain. The skeletal remains of a third American, Guillermo Sobero of California, were found last week, months after the rebels said they beheaded him as an "independence day" gift to the government in June. The Americans were seized in May from a beach resort along with a group of Filipinos, most of whom have been freed allegedly after ransom payments. Soldiers caught up with the main Abu Sayyaf group in the village of Lumbang in Basilan's Lantawan town before dawn Sunday, triggering a running gunbattle. Hostages Joel Guillo, Reynaldo Ariston, Ruben Baldesamos and Rodrigo Solon were rescued as the firefight, which also wounded two soldiers, raged. A seven-year-old boy was also killed while his father and a woman and her son were wounded as the fleeing rebels indiscriminately fired on a cluster of huts, the military said. "Initially, 10 Abu Sayyaf were reported killed, but there could be more Abu Sayyaf casualties in the frontlines," armed forces southern command chief Lieutenant General Roy Cimatu said. In Manila, armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Edilberto Adan said the rescue was a "positive development" and showed that soldiers were getting better at familiarizing the terrain. He said civilians had been providing government intelligence with information on the whereabouts of the group. The military expects "a big accomplishment by way of recovering (the remaining) hostages and inflicting heavy casualties on the terrorist group" in the coming days, Adan said, adding that troops were on heightened alert for retaliatory actions, The rescued captives were taken to an army headquarters just outside Isabela, the capital of Basilan, where they ate corned beef and rice for their first real meal in months. They were later debriefed and underwent medical tests. They looked haggard and wore faded jeans as they tearfully embraced their relatives who had flocked to the camp to meet them, officials said. "Reunions like these are very emotional, but we must not forget that their recovery came about with a heavy prices, a lot of them (soldiers) were wounded to effect this rescue," Adan stressed. One of the freed captives said Burnham and his wife appeared to be weak and mentally drained. "Martin Burnham is being tied up every night. He is the only one being heavily guarded. Both his hands are tied while Gracia is always crying. They are very weak," said Joel Guillo, a hospital worker seized by the rebels in a June raid in the mostly Christian town of Lamitan. "Life in the mountain is harsh, we had to eat bananas if we could not find rice. We walked endlessly, but Jesus Christ saved us. I wish this never happens again to us and our families," he said. The three other hostages were among more than a dozen plantation workers seized by the Abu Sayyaf. The rebels have beheaded at least 14 other Basilan captives in retaliation for President Gloria Arroyo's military assault. More than 5,000 troops are scouring Basilan in an offensive that has left scores of casualties on both sides. The Abu Sayyaf was formed in the early 1990s with seed money from Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. Lieutenant General Cimatu said the hostages told the debriefing that two Yemeni nationals had stayed with the Abu Sayyaf in the past two months. The Yemenis were seen leading the Abu Sayyaf in celebrating after the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, he said. ______________________________________________ Copyright 2000 AFP. All rights reserved. All information displayed in this section (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the contents of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presses. Copyright 1994-2001 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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