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Threat
Assessment for pre-Election US and South Florida
Based on the number of casings and arrests both here
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The
Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation
The Central Question If we look at the development
of warfare in the modern era, we see three distinct generations. In the
However, third generation warfare was conceptually developed by the German
offensive in the spring of 1918. It is now more than 70 years old. This
suggests some interesting questions: Is it not about time for a fourth
generation to appear? If so, what might it look like?
These questions are of central importance.
http://www.wepinet.com/a4-wekt-fourth-generation-warfare.htm
Kidnapping
Investigations
Crisis negotiation teams can
assist law enforcement agencies to successfully resolve kidnapping cases.
By Toni Marie Chrabot and Winnie D. Miller
Undoubtedly one of the most traumatic experiences a family can face, a
kidnapping also severely challenges the law enforcement agency responsible
for successfully resolving the situation. In such difficult circumstances,
however, agencies can turn to an effective aid-crisis negotiation teams.1
These teams fill a unique and effective role that ultimately benefits the
on-scene commander, investigative personnel, and the victim family. The true
value of a crisis negotiation team's assistance, however, often does not
become apparent until the kidnapping ends. The grandson of an 88-year-old
victim shared his thoughts about how an FBI crisis negotiation team helped
him endure his grandmother's kidnapping. He believed that the negotiators who
remained with him during the 2-day ordeal were extremely valuable because of
the information they provided, along with their experience, knowledge, and
wisdom. He stated, "I had that [experience, knowledge, and wisdom] at my
fingertips. I had answers to my questions in regard to how I might negotiate,
how the transaction might happen, how the transfer might go down, what to
say, how to personalize my messages, how to communicate effectively."
One of the crisis negotiation team's primary responsibilities in any critical
situation is to support the overall investigative effort. In the case of a
kidnapping, the crisis negotiation team works closely with the victim family
members. The team establishes a negotiation operations center, makes
assessments of family members, and guides and supports them through what is
likely their darkest hour. The team, using its negotiation training, develops
strategies to reduce the subject's expectations, to respond to threats and
demands, and, most important, to seek the safe return of the victim.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/0823kidnap.html
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BREAKING NEWS FOR THE
PROFESSIONAL
Two arrested on terror financing charges
Two men are in custody and a Syrian-based leader of the Palestinian Islamic
fundamentalist group Hamas has been indicted in a terrorism investigation
involving a scheme to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hamas from
Muslims in the
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/20/terror.financing.indictment/index.html
Sex Offenses
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) presents Recidivism of Sex Offenders
Released from Prison in 1994, which features data on the rearrest,
reconviction, and reimprisonment of 9,691 male sex offenders, including 4,295
child molesters, who were tracked for 3 years after their release from
prisons in 15 states in 1994. The 9,691 individuals comprise two-thirds of
all male sex offenders released from prisons in the
Equipment
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) presents Hand-Held Metal Detectors
for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection, which establishes
performance requirements and testing methods for active hand-held metal
detectors used to find metal weapons or metal contraband carried on a person
or concealed by a nonmetal object. It contains definitions to help readers
use and understand the specifications and provides field testing procedures
for and mechanical drawings of several potentially dangerous test objects.
This guide is available electronically at http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/200330.pdf
Soldiers donate blood for anthrax treatment
Government to develop medicine from vaccinated troops
They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way,
soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future
anthrax victims by donating their blood.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5773248/
Truck Bombs Favored in Terrorists'
Arsenal
Truck bombs (search) aren't a new terror weapon of choice, but since they're
fairly easy to make, deadly and extremely destructive, they're certainly one
of the most effective.
"It is the definite, definite weapon of the next attack," said
Juval Aviv (search), president and CEO of Interfor, Inc., an international
corporate intelligence and investigations firm. "This is the easiest one
to do - this is a weapon they've been using for 35 years all over the world
and is extremely successful."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128626,00.html
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Shrine standoff appears near
resolution
Al-Sadr loyalists move to hand control to moderate Shiite leader
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685031/
The power of Muqtada al-Sadr
How, and why, one man is flustering a superpower
Who is Muqtada al-Sadr? As the standoff in
He is charismatic, the son of a revered Shiite cleric killed by Saddam
Hussein in 1999.
But at 31, al-Sadr is considered more of a politician than a respected
religious leader.
"In terms of the senior clergy, he is just in his diapers. But that is
not really what counts. "He comes from the Sadr family and his father
was murdered by Saddam Hussein, so he inherits the legitimacy," says Dan
Brumberg, a
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5763631/
Did the 9/11 hijackers act alone?
Commission's report cites 'worrisome' links to three
Hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi land in
After almost three years, neither the FBI nor the 9/11 commission knows what
the two hijackers, who spoke very little English, were doing during that
time.
Still, unanswered: did the hijackers have a support network in the
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5613882/
Terrorists Eyeing Military
Recruiting Sites
The FBI has received information that U.S. Armed Forces recruiting facilities
could potentially be the target of a terrorist attack, sources familiar with
the threat told FOX News Friday.
However, the threat information is uncorroborated and unsubstantiated, one
law enforcement official warned.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129580,00.html
Civilians Prepare Troops for
Some unique training is taking place on the hills of
Civilians, who are paid $11.25 an hour, dress up in traditional Arab garb
while taunting and tricking troops in a fake Iraqi town.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128862,00.html
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FRANKS REVIEW
Neil
Roberts Warrior Knife
It's a rare occasion that I am willing to write up a
review on a piece of equipment without having used it in any way: but this
week's item just wasn't something I could abuse. The Neil Roberts Warrior
Knife is a limited edition commemorative knife dedicated to the memory of the
first SEAL to die in action in
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/0823frank.html
Frank Borelli
frank.borelli@us.army.mil
frankborelli@comcast.net
CHAPLAINS CORNER
TO AND FOR PEACE
KEEPERS OF THE MILITARY AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL OF THOSE IN THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ALL
WHO CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WELFARE.
INTRIGUING/TEDIOUS......
Intrigue - v.t. - to fascinate; to arouse interest in, to puzzle.
Tedious - a. - wearisome; protracted; irksome.
Today as I read the newspaper... listened to media news... watched old
movies... one thing became obviously clear and re impressed upon me. Good
news does not
sell nor does it collect ratings...
THE GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY IS THAT ALL OF YOU WHO READ THIS MESSAGE
ARE THERE TO READ IT!
SOME OF THE BAD NEWS FOLLOWS...
PoliceOne.com
OFFICER DOWN
25-Year
So. Fla. Deputy Killed, 1 Wounded in Child Porn Raid - 08/19/2004 Todd Fatta
- [Fort Lauderdale, Florida]
Ind. Officer Killed, 4 Others Injured; Suspect Shot to Death - 08/18/2004
Timothy Laird - [Indianapolis, Indiana]
South Carolina Officer killed - 08/16/2004
Captain Myers - [
Beaufort Deputy Murdered -
Rob Odam - [
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COALITION TROOPS KILLED 5
POLISH - 2
BRITISH - 1
DUTCH - 1
UKRANIAN - 1
U. S. TROOPS KILLED SINCE MARCH '03 - 970
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ALL TOGETHER TOTALS 256 FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW OF IN JUST ONE WEEK...
SOMEWHERE OVER 1000 PEOPLE GREATLY AFFECTED BY JUST THE NEWS LISTED ABOVE
ABOUT THE WOUNDED AND KILLED.
MULTIPLY HOW MANY ARE AFFECTED BY THE 6000 WOUNDED
PLUS THE BALANCE OF THOSE KILLED IN
OFFICERS INJURED AND KILLED JUST THIS YEAR AND THE TOTAL PEOPLE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THESE STATISTICS SOARS TO OVER 150,000
PEOPLE! PAIN, DESTRUCTION, DIFFICULTY LIVING WITH/IN THE AFTERMATH
AND OTHER PROBLEMS UNIQUE TO EACH SUFFERER TOO NUMEROUS TO KNOW OR TO COUNT
ALL MELD INTO THIS TOTAL AND INCREASE THE COST IN HUMAN SUFFERING TO
PROPORTIONS TOO ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TO CONTEMPLATE.
ALL OF THIS FROM THOSE NUMBERS QUOTED...
I WONDER HOW MUCH HIGHER THEY WOULD BE IF YOU WERE NOT WHERE
YOU ARE TODAY... AND WERE YESTERDAY... AND ALL THE YESTERDAYS OF
YOUR PEACE KEEPING/PEACE MAKING CAREER... HOW HIGH???
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In this business upon which we are engaged I find it both intriguing and
tedious... Intriguing how few appreciate our being there... Tedious how many
complain that we are there or that we do what has to be done in a
manner unpleasing to them...
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Be
Blessed(a condition to be envied by the world).
Be Successful. Be SAFE.
VSP ALUMNI 757-431-2190
Chaplain D.R.Staton, VBPD (Don, C1)
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