| From The Editor July 3, 2006 |
Editor's NoteAs Americans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July, Blackwater USA wishes to thank all men and women in uniform for the sacrifices they continue to make in the preservation of our freedom. |
| QUOTE OF THE WEEK |
| We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin Franklin |
| PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES, EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS |
Saudi Arabia Detains 43 Suspected MilitantsThe recent arrests and killings of more than 40 militants in Saudi Arabia is continuing testament of the capabilities of the Saudi security forces, who have hunted, pursued, killed, and captured militants in the Kingdom with such a dogged persistence that the once fearsome al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been unable to pull off a major attack in almost two years. At the same time, the repetitive emergence of new militants in the country shows that Saudi Arabia still has much reform to do of its educational, cultural, and religious environment.See Terrorism Research Center Weekly Analysis and Review Panama Canal Security ThreatPanamanian authorities briefly detained two Iranian reporters for possessing extensive video analysis and photographs of the Panamanian Canal. The Iranians, employees of Iran's state broadcaster, were released several hours later and have not been charged with any wrongdoing. Terrorism Research Center The Jihadi Next Door?Were the consequences of underestimating terrorists neither so grave nor so fresh, it would be tempting to look at the seven men indicted on conspiracy charges for plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and laugh. Not so much at the suspects--five American citizens, a legal immigrant from Haiti and an illegal Haitian national, all of whose hardscrabble bios make them seem more sad than sinister--but at those who considered them a real threat to wage, as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales put it, "a full ground war against the United States." FBI deputy director John Pistole conceded that the men, part of a Miami group called Seas of David, were "more aspirational than operational," and its aspirations reeked of ineptitude. When alleged ringleader Narseal Batiste, 32, presented an FBI informant he thought was an al-Qaeda operative with a list of materials necessary for jihad, it did not include explosives. Instead Batiste asked for $50,000, radios, uniforms and steel-toed boots. Was the plan to blow the Sears Tower up or kick it down?Time Magazine |
| BREAKING NEWS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL |
US, Canada Crack Brazen Drug-Smuggling NetworkU.S. and Canadian authorities have cracked a smuggling network that used aircraft and delivery spots in remote western parks to ship tons of drugs over the border, officials said on Thursday. Pilots taking advantage of the sparsely populated border between eastern Washington state and British Columbia made brazen daylight deliveries in the wilderness, carrying potent "BC Bud" marijuana to the United States and cocaine into Canada, police said.Full Story Stolen Laptop With Veterans' Data RecoveredA stolen laptop computer containing sensitive information on more than 26 million U.S. military veterans and service members has been recovered and a preliminary review indicated no data was taken, the FBI and Veterans Affairs Department said on Thursday. The laptop and the external hard drive taken in early May from a VA employee's residence in suburban Washington were recovered, authorities said.Full Story NYPD Names New Anti-Terrorism ChiefA former deputy homeland security adviser to President Bush has been named counterterrorism chief for the New York Police Department, officials said Monday. Richard Falkenrath, who served at the White House until May 2004 before becoming a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, "brings outstanding and impressive academic credentials to this important post," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement.Full Story FBI strategy: Strike earlyTerrorism charges against seven Florida men whose plans to blow up the Sears Tower and other targets barely extended beyond the talking stage represent a strategy of fighting terror by pre-empting possible attacks rather than allowing them to incubate into more concrete plots, federal authorities said Friday. The turn to early intervention comes as law-enforcement officials increasingly worry about the involvement of "homegrown terrorists," suspects who are not members of Al Qaeda but are inspired by its violent message and may be exceedingly difficult to detect because they do not stand out the way foreigners might.Full Story |
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Iraqi Leader: Losing War Isn't An OptionIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in remarks published Sunday that losing the fight against terrorism would mean the end of Iraq as a country. Al-Maliki also told the independent Kuwaiti daily, Al-Qabas, that his government knows "terrorists are infiltrating from Afghanistan to Iraq through Iran." He said that although he was not "blaming the Iranian government for that, we call on it to control its borders."Full Story Iraqis Say US Exit Plan Should Await SecurityNews of a possible US military reduction in Iraq, beginning as early as this fall, is being met in Baghdad with the deep skepticism of a war-weary people who have witnessed many other American exit plans go unfulfilled. Most Iraqis want an end to the 127,000-strong US presence, which they consider an occupation. But they are concerned, too, that Iraqi forces, while growing in size and capability, still can't cope with the insurgency and sectarian killings that have killed tens of thousands of Iraqis.Full Story Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghan AttackU.S.-led forces bombed Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Sunday after two British soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were killed in an attack on a base. The U.S.-led force has in recent weeks launched a major offensive in the volatile south aimed at stemming the worst Taliban violence since the hardline Islamists were ousted in 2001 for refusing to give up Osama bin Laden.Full Story Osama Addresses Militants in Iraq, SomaliaAl-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden urged Iraqi militants in an Internet message Saturday to continue fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, or else "all the capitals in the region will fall to the crusaders." The message from bin Laden also endorsed Abu Hamza al-Muhajer as the new leader for his terror network al-Qaida in Iraq, succeeding Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed last month in a U.S. airstrike.Full Story |
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Mirror Image Training: Training to Combat TerrorismMirror Image is a tactical and strategic training course developed and owned by the Terrorism Research Center. TRC instructors have trained hundreds of military personnel that are subsequently deployed to active combat operations, as well as large numbers of first responders, law enforcement, and security professionals. Mirror Image is an intensive one-week classroom and field-training program, designed to realistically simulate terrorist recruiting, training techniques, and operational tactics. During the course, participants will receive insight into the mindset and rationale of the terrorist through hands-on experience with the methods and means terrorist employ, education about terrorist ideologies and the cultural dimensions that influence their decision making process. Military, law enforcement, intelligence, and security professionals will, in turn, be able to see themselves as the terrorists see them and understand the weaknesses in their own environment that the terrorists will seek to exploit, and which all too often they miss. Armed with these insights participants will leave the course better able to anticipate, prevent and respond to multiple terrorist threats.September 17-22, 2006: Blackwater Training Center Moyock, NC A detailed brochure may be downloaded at: www.terrorism.com Registration form can be downloaded here: www.terrorism.com Questions on TRC training, please contact Betty O'Hearns-Hines, Training Coordinator for the Terrorism Research Center. Email: betty@terrorism.com Phone: (727)360-4302 voice or (727)409-1754 |
| FRANKS REVIEW |
Service Equipment ReviewBlackHawk Law Enforcement GearA few years back BlackHawk Industries became BlackHawk Products Group. The change was the result of company leadership that realized no one group of individuals could do everything the right way - it would take a team of teams. The BlackHawk Products Group (BPG) "family" is up to twelve teams now, and one of them is BlackHawk Law Enforcement. Drawing on the experience of veteran law enforcement professionals, and combining that with a state-of-the-art research & development group, BlackHawk Law Enforcement has produced a new line of duty gear that integrates the best characteristics of contemporary gear and improves upon some of the less desirable traits. To the eye it looks just like other duty gear: black nylon. But you have to look deeper than that (and I had to try it for myself to become a believer) to see what it's really.Full Story Can Be Viewed At: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/evals/footwear/bhwarriorwear.htm Recreational Equipment ReviewAmerican Pro Diving CenterIf you've never been to Crystal River, Florida - which is geographically right next to Ocala, Florida, and spent some time in the water with the manatees, you really should grab the chance. The first time I got to dive with these "gentle giants" was in 1990 and my very first view of one was as it swam over me and it's shadow blocked out the sun. With no clue (at that time) as to their actual size, I thought a whale was swimming past and it scared the you know what out of me. Since then - becoming a little more educated and experienced - I've enjoyed diving in the Ocala area a couple more times. To enjoy the hot spots of diving you need to use a dive shop / operation that knows where is good and where isn't at the various times of year. American Pro Diving is just that kind of shop.If you've never been to Crystal River, Florida - which is geographically right next to Ocala, Florida, and spent some time in the water with the manatees, you really should grab the chance. The first time I got to dive with these "gentle giants" was in 1990 and my very first view of one was as it swam over me and it's shadow blocked out the sun. With no clue (at that time) as to their actual size, I thought a whale was swimming past and it scared the you know what out of me. Since then - becoming a little more educated and experienced - I've enjoyed diving in the Ocala area a couple more times. To enjoy the hot spots of diving you need to use a dive shop / operation that knows where is good and where isn't at the various times of year. American Pro Diving is just that kind of shop.Full Story Can Be Viewed At: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/recevals/campback/uarmor.htm |
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...
exists because of you and your predecessors. If it were not for the
soldier, sailor
and law enforcement this nation would still be a colony of another
nation... or maybe
the indians would have won and we would not even be here.
In 1492 Columbus sailed West to find a shorter way to the East Indies.
Instead he
discovered a group of islands that came to be called the West Indies.
In 1607
English settlers and explorers landed on the shores of this city that
came to be
called Virginia Beach... then they sailed inland and established
Jamestown. The
Plymouth colony and the Mayflower Compact followed soon after and we
took root
as a New World. Colonies spread inland from many spots on the East
coast of this
New World and the settlers came to exhibit a new attitude of desiring
freedom from
the taxes and troops of an absentee king and the idea of a new nation was
germinated.
The colonists fought many times in many places to bring us into being as
a nation
within itself independent from the government of a far away nation... or
any other
nation that had thoughts of taking over and subjugating these fiercely
independent
people. These settlers wanted to determine their own destiny as a
people and as
a nation... a war of revolution was fought... fought through much
hardship and
privation... and won, defeating the greatest army in the world with aide
from the
French who were no longer our enemies but our allies.
Full Story Can Be Viewed At: http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2006/article/070306chaplain.html |
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