December 20, 2004
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**FROM THE EDITOR:**

Good Morning,
This is the Christmas issue and I believe it is the perfect time to pause and remember all our men and women overseas. These professionals, whether active duty, contractor or civil service are executing lawful orders each and everyday. They are the proof that America is the greatest country in the world. So as you spend time with family, opening packages and playing outside say a little prayer for all of the great people that are working to keep us all safe.

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QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.

Colin Powell

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Al Qaeda's next target?

Europe, World

Provided by The Terrorism Research Center http://www.terrorism.com
Europe seems increasingly likely to be the target of the next major Qaeda attack, a trend that could intensify when scores of Qaeda-affiliated militants who left European countries to fight in Iraq return home, several top terror analysts said. Europe is vulnerable in ways that the United States is not, said many of those attending what was described as the largest conference ever on Al Qaeda, the group behind the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=WarReports&file=index&view=110

EXCITED DELIRIUM AND ITS CORRELATION TO SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH PROXIMAL TO RESTRAINT

A Review Of The Current and Relevant Medical Literature
Victoria Police Department
By Sgt Darren Laur
The purpose of this paper is to shed some light, create meaningful dialogue, and encourage further scientific and medical research into the multi-factoral issues surrounding sudden and unexpected death proximal to restraint. Although a rare occurrence in Canada, sudden and unexpected death proximal to police use of force and restraint is a reality that is gaining more and more public attention not just in our country, but internationally as well. Often, the causes of these deaths are attributed by some in the media, special interest groups, and the general public to a specific force option used by police during arrest (Taser, pepper spray, physical restraint), due to the fact that their proximity to death make a cause and effect correlation easier to accept and understand, even when these same force options have been medically discounted as contributing to the cause of death later at autopsy. Looking for causation in sudden and unexpected death proximal to restraint is an emotionally charged subject, which up until very recently had very few answers. However, based upon both the scientific research and the medical literature reviewed for this paper, the writer will be
Read more here> http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/1220sudden.pdf

SUPPLIES AWAY: CopterBox Airdrop Delivery System

By David Crane
Editor, DefenseReview.com
For troops in the field, replenishing supplies can be the biggest hurdle of them all -- a hurdle which may disappear with the help of the new CopterBox delivery system.
http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_CopterBox,,00.html

BREAKING NEWS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL

Casino fined for security camera ogling
New Jersey (AP) -- Women, beware: Those "eye in the sky" surveillance cameras used by casinos don't just look for card cheats and crooked dealers.
Sometimes, they look for low-cut blouses.
New Jersey casino regulators fined Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino $80,000 Wednesday for using surveillance cameras to spy on female employees and customers sitting at casino tables or riding escalators.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/15/sneaky.surveillance.ap/index.html

Newark Airport Screeners Spot -- Then Lose -- Fake Bomb
Baggage screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport spotted -- and then lost -- a fake bomb planted in luggage by a supervisor during a training exercise.
Despite an hours-long search Tuesday night, the bag, containing a fake bomb complete with wires, a detonator and a clock, made it onto an Amsterdam-bound flight. It was recovered by airport security officials in Amsterdam when the flight landed several hours later.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/3999360/detail.html

Toy Guns Pulled From N.Y. Costume Shops
Thousands of toy guns have been pulled from the shelves of costume shops across the state as part of a settlement between the New York attorney general's office and two national wholesalers. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had accused the wholesalers of distributing more than... http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041219/D872VEJO2.html

Historic security planned for Bush inauguration
Authorities preparing for the worst at next month's ceremony
President Bush will be sworn in next month for a second term amid the tightest security in inaugural history, with police planning to search every one of the tens of thousands of people expected to line the parade route. Behind the scenes, thousands of specialized law enforcement and military personnel will stand ready to respond to any emergency
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6734761/

Federal laws increasingly target local crimes
Virginia gun cases highlight trend toward tougher prosecution
A federal judge yesterday sentenced an Alexandria, Va., man to life in prison for the shooting death of a Treasury Department employee, one in a growing number of cases in which prosecutors are using tougher federal laws to target traditionally local crimes.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema imposed the sentence on Joseph E. Williams for last year's execution-style slaying of Gail Collins, 48, his neighbor. No gun was ever found and there were no witnesses, making it difficult to prosecute Williams on state murder charges.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6730533/

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Beyond the Rim
From the beach at Santa Monica on a clear day in fall, with 3,000 miles of this country invisible at one's back, the Pacific horizon is a precisely etched line empty of event and set in alluring color. But beyond the rim lie two things now tightly interwoven: China, and the destiny of the United States.
There never was and never will be a "unipolar" world. The existence of one pole being conditioned upon the existence of another, the notion of such a thing is as sloppy conceptually as the thinking of the "leading international relations specialist," recently quoted in the Washington Post, who lamented that "The border . . . is becoming a dividing line."
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110290142784998081-IBjgoNglah3o5yvZ32HcKiHm4,00.html

White House wants plans for GPS shutdown
Global Positioning System would be disabled during crisis to keep enemies from using it
President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the White House said Wednesday.
Any shutdown of the network inside the United States would come under only the most remarkable circumstances, said a Bush administration official who spoke to a small group of reporters at the White House on condition of anonymity.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6720387/

Iraqi insurgents changing tactics effectively
U.S. military sees attacks increasing in frequency, complexity
A bomb blast Wednesday at the gate of one of Shiite Muslims' most holy shrines in Karbala, Iraq, killed eight Iraqis and wounded 32 more. It was an apparent assassination attempt by Sunni insurgents against a senior Shiite cleric. The attack comes exactly one month after U.S. military officials claimed their assault on Fallujah had broken the back of the insurgency.
But Wednesday, U.S. military officials conceded that, far from broken, the insurgents are actually getting better at devising new, more efficient methods of killing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6719821/

Saudi Al Qaeda Urges Attacks on Oil Facilities-Web
An Internet statement purportedly from the Saudi wing of al Qaeda has urged guerrillas to attack oil facilities in the world's biggest crude exporter.
"We call on all the mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula to unify their ranks... and target the oil supplies that do not serve the Islamic nation but the enemies of this nation," said the statement from the Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, which was dated Dec. 18.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041219/2004-12-19T113156Z_01_N19314612_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-SAUDI-OIL-DC.html

Najaf, Karbala Car Bombs Kill at Least 60
Car bombs tore through a Najaf funeral procession and Karbala's main bus station Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 120 in the two Shiite holy cities. In Baghdad, gunmen launched a bold ambush, executing three election officials, in their campaign to disrupt next month's parliamentary ballot.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041219/D872UBO80.html

FRANKS REVIEW

UnderCover Comfort: More Than A Hidden Holster

By: Frank Borelli


Awhile back I did a couple of reviews on Under Cover Comfort products: they make an excellent t-shirt in both crew and v-neck that is capable of carrying weapons on either side. They also make a wonderfully warm polar fleece hoody with concealed holster pockets right in front so you can actually have your gun in your hand as you walk. What was new to me, and a pleasant surprise, is their Optimum Tactical Performance (OTP) Training Armor - what I'll refer to as Undercover Training Suit or UTS (simply because I can track my own acronyms better).

Bear in mind as you read through this that I've been a force-on-force instructor for about ten years. I was never a big believer in wearing body armor when performing Simunitions or Paint Ball training to minimize discomfort. That very discomfort is what increases the learning curve because, well, when you do something wrong and get shot it HURTS. That's the point. So I actively discouraged my student officers from wearing body armor. Long sleeve shirts, gloves, groin protection (because we don't want it to hurt THAT bad), neck protection and a full face mask that preferably encircled the head.

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/1220frank.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.

THE GIFT...

Following are some very well done messages authored by others. Please read
them and you will see why I used the term "THE GIFT"... BECAUSE THEY SPEAK
OF THE GIFT EACH OF YOU GIVES TO ALL THE REST OF US... YOU EVEN GIVE "THE GIFT" TO EACH OTHER... QUITE OFTEN.
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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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