Dunno if it was posted, but I've read it somewhere.
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Dunno if it was posted, but I've read it somewhere.
This I would gather is the very network that bred (and I do mean "bred") Barack Hussein Obama. It's not that difficult to follow their strategy play by play. It concerns me that the establishment is reticent or even unwilling to label the revolutionary movement for what it is: a threat to the sovereignty of the United States, its people and its governmental system. Could it be that most of our leaders are ignorant of these developments beyond words?Quote:
According to Chandler, there is a vast network in America that aims to bring down the capitalist system, destroy the U.S. Constitution, and break up the federal system by getting control of the government.
I don't believe most of our leaders are ignorant of these developments. I believe they naively assume that those of us who point out the facts are uneducated idiots, incapable of examining the source information and coming to an intelligent conclusion along these lines. Therefore, we are simply kooks who are "trying to start something".
Some of this stuff is simply beyond words or explanation.
The fact is there IS network of socialists and related communists living in this country who are more and more apt to admit themselves as being what they are, anti-capitalism and anti-American.
We have been warning about this a long time on this site and no one wants to take us seriously. Until there are those who are serious about changing the government back to the way it should be, limited and with less power over people than it has now, the trend - and ultimate take over will continue unabated.
The Left is rolling over the country. Look at the articles posted in the past few days about trying to bring gun control about by doing less than proper things like executive orders, and hidden amendments to other bills, like the Patriot Act for instance.
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-World-R...owViewpoints=1
Kindle version for those with a Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Party-H..._bxgy_b_text_b
Probably want this one too.
Is Obama Planning to Lose World War III?
May. 24 2011 - 11:41 pm | 7,716 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
By BILL DAVIDOW
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In a cyberwar fought in an Internet-driven, overconnected world, things get turned upside down. The best offense is a defense. If a cyber-attacker disables your military command and control system, shuts down and catastrophically damages your power grid, makes your telecommunication system non-functional, and cripples your financial system, there isn’t much left to fight with.
Think of what the state of the country would be without these systems. Without power and telecommunications, there would be no logistic systems, supermarket shelves would be empty, credit cards wouldn’t work and money would be unavailable from ATM’s. Water would stop flowing to your home, and since gasoline would be unavailable from electric powered pumps, your car would not work. Among the other systems subject to attack: pipelines, sewage, and water supply. You get the idea.
If President Obama and the rest of our nation’s leaders aren’t actively implementing our cyber-defenses, they are implicitly planning to lose World War III.
For a long time I thought the idea of software designed to cause great physical damage to systems was fanciful. Then I came across a story in Thomas C. Reed’s 2004 book, At the Abyss: An Insider’s History of the Cold War. Reed was a former Secretary of the Air Force and told a story about a massive, three-kiloton explosion of a Soviet pipeline–the most massive non-nuclear explosion ever observed from outer space.
According to Reed, Russian agents stole software used to control the pipeline. As it happened, the CIA had anticipated the theft and deliberately programmed the software to go haywire. Sure enough, in 1982, when the Soviets deployed the stolen software, the pumps kepts pumping while valves were shut, producing pressure in excess of those the pipeline joints and welds could stand. The massive explosion soon followed.
I certainly hope there will never be a third world war, but I know there will be an increase in cyber-warfare, cyber-terrorism, cyber-crime, and cyber–vandalism. One only has to read the newspapers to be convinced that such incidents are on the rise.
In early 2007, Estonia came under cyber-assault. Estonia is one of the most Internet-dependent countries in the world. Ninety-six percent of its banking transactions are online. Citizens pay for parking using their cell phones. The attacks first targeted government sites and then were used to knock news sites offline. They culminated on May 10 when Hansabanka, the country’s largest bank, was forced to shut down its online operations shutting down ATM’s and severing the bank’s connections to the rest of the world.
South Korea has been attacked on numerous occasions. In 2009 a series of DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks were launched against government, news media, and financial web sites. More attacks occurred early this year. The April 12 attack paralyzed the Nonghyup Bank network for a week. The attacks were believed to have been originated by the North Koreans.
On April 19, 2011, Sony began investigating a cyber-attack that was a “very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber-attack designed to steal personal and credit card information for illegal purposes.” Sony discovered that credit card data and email addresses had been stolen from 77 million user accounts. Further investigation revealed that information was stolen from another 24.6 million online gambling accounts.
These assaults take two general forms. The first are attacks from the outside and usually take the form of DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. In these attacks, an unauthorized remote user seizes control of thousands of computers and orders these “zombies” to flood websites with millions of messages. The overloaded systems become saturated and can no longer carry out routine operations. This type of attack brought down the Hansabanka and Nonghyup Banks.
The second form of attack is far more dangerous. The attacker gets inside the system and seizes control of the system operation or disables the system. The attacker may plant a “logic bomb” that will wake up on command or at some time in the future and might erase the system or perform some function that will injure the system under its control.
Stuxnet is a worm that was introduced into the Siemens programmed logic controllers at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Iran. It is believed the worm rapidly cycled the centrifuges to 1410 cycles per second and then slammed on the brakes, slowing them to 2 cycles. The rapid deceleration tore centrifuges apart. The same type of logic controller is used in numerous SANDA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems in nuclear power and chemical plants. In a nuclear plant, such a logic bomb could cause a meltdown.
It is also possible for an attacker to use software trap doors to seize control of a command and control system and cause it to issue orders. In this scenario, troops might be ordered to attack the wrong target.
We are planning to lose World War III because we are unwilling to aggressively confront the cyber-defense issue. Confronting it is inconvenient, costly, involves regulation, and gives the government a potential window into our private lives.
But in an overconnected Internet-driven world, we must think about our current systems differently.
Here’s the problem we face: The Internet was never designed to be secure. It was designed by academics to serve the needs of trusted colleagues. While it will be impossible to make any system no matter how carefully conceived entirely secure, it is inconceivable that the existing Internet and systems based on it can be made more than marginally secure. This is not to say that the security of these systems cannot be improved.
The current activity of cyber-criminals offers convincing evidence that existing systems can be easily penetrated, and many of those systems have already been compromised. Infected computers and portable memory devices may have already introduced malware to numerous existing systems. The structure of the Internet makes it virtually impossible to identify the source of a well-executed attack.
My guess is that we can improve existing systems enough so they can continue to serve the Public and Private system users but that the current system can never be made secure enough to protect Secure and Mission Critical systems.
It is critical that we protect to the highest degree possible our Mission Critical systems. Among them are military command and control systems, systems controlling financial networks and the transfer on money within the network, networks that control our electric power. And, to a lesser extent, we need to protect other systems as well.
A few suggestions: We should consider physically disconnecting our Mission Critical systems from external networks. We should consider requiring all major ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) to install the capability to do deep packet inspection. In the case of a DDOS attack, these systems could quarantine the packets used to barrage and choke Internet systems. And we should give regulatory agencies the power to impose certain standards for cyber-security on businesses.
Doing these things will be expensive and create many inefficiencies. Many businesses will oppose these actions.
Liberals and conservatives alike will worry about the potential loss of privacy and government intrusion into our lives that could result from the abuse of information collected with deep packet inspection. But realistically, it is hard to see many businesses and utilities going to the trouble and inconvenience of taking these types of actions unless they are forced to do so.
In an Internet-driven, overconnected world, power has become asymmetric. Small groups can do immeasurable amounts of damage with relatively small efforts.
Right now our country is the most vulnerable and most tempting target for cyber-terrorists and criminals. We have a highly developed physical and commercial infrastructure that is heavily dependent on the Internet. We cannot function if the Internet is shut down.
North Korea is possibly the country best positioned to attack us. They can launch cyber-attacks but their national infrastructure is so primitive that there is nothing for a cyber-warrior to attack. Cyber-terrorist are in a similar position. They have no banks or power stations for us to disable.
Our Defense Department is probably in a position to launch the most devastating and comprehensive cyber-attacks of any nation.
Unfortunately, those attacks will not do much to defend many of our important systems. Probably all of them are not secure enough to withstand a sophisticated assault.
So let’s get on with building the type of offense an Internet-driven, overconnected world requires. The new rule for that environment is “The best offense is a superior defense.” Relying as we currently do on having the best offense is a plan for losing World War III. Let’s start playing defense.
http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/77628/
Ukraine to take part in Russia-Belarus joint maneuvers
26.08.2011
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Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Gen. Nikolai Makarov has said that this year Ukraine will for the first time participate in the Russian-Belarusian military exercises Union Shield-2011.
"With great pleasure I want to announce that for the first time in the post-Soviet time, a unit (an airmobile unit) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will take part in the joint maneuvers," Makarov told journalists on Friday.
He noted that Russia and Ukraine participate in the annual joint naval exercise Farvater Mira (Fairway of Peace). "I think it's time to go to a new level of cooperation," he added.
The Russian-Belarusian military drills, known as Union Shield-2011, will take place from September 16 until September 22, and will involve some 12,000 servicemen, among them 7,000 from Russia and 5,000 from Belarus, as well as up to 50 airplanes and helicopters and 200 units of military hardware, including 100 tanks, Makarov said.
The joint exercises will be conducted at the Gorokhovetsky training ground in Nizhny Novgorod region and the Ashuluk training ground in Astrakhan region.
The program of the maneuvers was prepared by the General Staffs of Belarus and Russia together with the Staff of the Western Military District, he said.
http://www.debka.com/article/21292/
Up to 89 US special troops injured in Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan
DEBKAfile Special Report September 11, 2011, 1:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
A suicide bomber blew up a truck packed with 9,000 kilograms of explosives at the entrance to a NATO Combat Outpost Sayed Abad base in central Afghanistan's Wardak province Saturday, Sept. 10. The attack took place as America marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11and New York and Washington DC were on terror alert for a vehicle-borne strike.
The base targeted serves US Special Forces in Afghanistan. The ISAF (NATO) communiqué reported that at least 77 servicemen were injured in the attack at the compound entrance without explaining the almost 24-hour delay in its publication. The US Army spokesman Maj. David Eastburn later reported "89 wounded in action." There were no details of the injuries excepting that "all are being treated and none is immediately life threatening."
US sources said the injury toll was one of the worst for foreign forces in a single incident in the decade-long war.
The statement added: "The impact to the compound is readily repairable and operations are continuing."
An Afghan police officer and four civilians were killed, including a girl in a village half a mile away from the blast, and two Afghan police officers and an intelligence officer wounded.
The Taliban statement said the attack was carried out by a Paktia resident from east Afghanistan who "blew up his truck stuffed with some 9,000 kilos of explosives" and that at least 50 US soldiers were killed or seriously injured. Local witnesses were quoted as seeing helicopters landing at the blast scene and taking off more than 16 times airlifting corpses and casualties.
DEBKAfile's military sources add: The Sayed Abad region is the scene of the Talban missile ambush which downed a US Chinook on Aug. 6 causing the deaths of 30 Americans, 6 of whom were members of the Seals unit which killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2. Seven Afghan army commandos and a local translator died in the helicopter crash.
The US reported at the time that the Seals aboard the Ch-47 were not necessarily members of Bin Laden hit team.
DEBKAfile's military sources: Talban has focused its most recent campaign on US special operations forces who are bearing the brunt of the Afghanistan war.
At a conference on terrorism in Washington, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to the US and the US, said the Obama administration should have used the bin Laden killing to declare victory and quickly withdraw from Afghanistan. Today, it faces an increasingly nationalist uprising.
The conference was held last week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies for the 9/11 commemoration.
The Saudi prince said: "The killing of bin Laden has not gotten the accolades it deserves... It would have been the perfect moment when your president can say we've done it... this is the timetable that we've set for withdrawal of troops... But it hasn’t happened that way."
He went on to say: "I don't mean withdrawing your embassy, your economic aid or your other support, but having troops on the ground in Afghanistan has never succeeded."
He warned that the Afghan people will not accept foreign troops... It's not just the Pashtuns who are fighting back against the Americans, now it is gaining a nationwide complexion."
Asked if US efforts toward talks with Taliban leader Mullah Omar would bear fruit, the Saudi prince replied: "I think now frankly Mullah Omar is extraneous... He is probably somewhere in Pakistan, not even in Afghanistan and it is becoming more of a national resistance movement to the presence of foreign troops. So Mullah Omar will be one of many... conducting the resistance."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...78A11U20110911
Truck bomb wounds 77 foreign troops in Afghanistan
By Emma Graham-Harrison
KABUL | Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:19am EDT
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a truck of firewood attacked a NATO base in central Afghanistan, killing four civilians and injuring 77 foreign troops a day ahead of the tenth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, NATO and Afghan officials said on Sunday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombing, which came hours after the insurgent group slammed the United States for dragging Afghanistan into war following the attacks in the United States.
An 8-year-old boy was among those killed in the bombing at a NATO combat outpost in Wardak province, about 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Kabul, the governor's office said in a statement. Fourteen civilians were also wounded.
None of the injuries to Afghans or foreigners were life-threatening, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said in a separate statement about the attack in Sayed Abad district of Wardak.
"The majority of injured ISAF personnel will likely return to duties shortly," ISAF said in a statement, adding that although the entrance and perimeter wall of the base had been damaged, the barriers had now been repaired.
In a statement emailed to media, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the truck used in the attack was packed with 9 tonnes of explosives and more than 100 foreign troops were killed or wounded.
Doctor Muslim, the governor of Sayed Abad district, said the blast had also badly damaged the buildings that house the district government, and his cook was among the dead.
"The blast was so powerful that it knocked me down from my bike," said Khan Mohammad, a farmer who was passing by at the time of the attack.
The windows and doors of more than 100 shops and houses were damaged in the explosion, the governor's office said.
"A big cloud of smoke rose to the sky and foreign troops' helicopters were landing and taking off in the base for more than five hours after the blast," said Abdul Karim, a shopkeeper.
WARDAK
Last month, militants shot down a helicopter in Wardak province, killing 30 U.S. troops, most of them elite Navy SEALs, in the deadliest attack on U.S. troops since the war began ten years ago.
Violence has escalated across the country, including in provinces surrounding the capital such as Wardak, raising concerns about security in Kabul.
While foreign military casualties hit record levels last year -- and 2011 has been almost as bloody -- civilians continue to bear the brunt of the costly and increasingly unpopular war.
A roadside bomb in the northern Kunduz province killed five civilians on Sunday, including three children. On Saturday another bomb killed six civilians including two women, underscoring the risk to civilians.
But the Taliban in a statement issued hours before the truck bombing blamed the United States for causing bloodshed in Afghanistan.
"Each year, the 9/11 reminds the Afghans of an event in which they had no role whatsoever, but, using this as a pretext and a clout, the American colonialism shed blood of tens of thousands of miserable and innocent Afghans," Mujahid said.
Afghans have an "endless stamina for a long war," he warned and asked foreign nations to press the United States to stop attacking the country.
But U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the attacks in New York and Washington said the United States will remain engaged in Afghanistan.
"We are and will remain committed to Afghanistan and the region. We are in this for the long haul. We are transitioning security responsibility to Afghan forces, but transition does not mean disengagement," Crocker said.
In July, foreign troops began the first phase of a gradual process to hand security control to Afghan soldiers and police. The handover is due to be completed by the end of 2014.
NATO troops remain in Wardak, the scene of the latest attack, which is not among the areas earmarked for transition in the initial stage.
(Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi in Kabul and Obaid Ormur in Logar province, writing by Sanjeev Miglani)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...78B61S20110913
Taliban attack Afghan capital's embassy district
By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi
KABUL | Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:36am EDT
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Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a rocket-propelled attack in Kabul September 13, 2011. REUTERS-Omar Sobhani
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A damaged vehicle is seen after a rocket-propelled attack in Kabul September 13, 2011.
(Reuters) - Taliban suicide fighters launched an attack on central Kabul on Tuesday, taking over a multi-storey building under construction near the diplomatic district in the Afghan capital and firing rockets in the direction of several embassy and NATO compounds.
The assault was the second major Taliban attack in the city in under a month after suicide bombers targeted the British Council headquarters in mid-August, killing nine.
Loud explosions were interspersed with gunfire through the early afternoon, and at least two rockets landed in the upmarket Wazir Akbar Khan district, home to the U.S., British and many other embassies.
One hit a school bus, but it appeared to have been empty at the time of impact. Four wounded civilians had been taken to hospitals, a deputy health minister said.
Two NATO helicopters circled the building in central Abdul Haq square, which the attackers had taken over. The Taliban said the group was armed with rocket propelled grenades, suicide vests and AK-47s.
"The primary targets of the attackers are the intelligence agency building and a ministry," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location. He later said they were also attacking the U.S. embassy and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Shafiullah, an agent from the National Directorate of Security who was working near the scene of the attack, said the attackers were firing rockets toward the U.S. embassy and other targets.
A U.S. embassy spokesmen said all staff had taken shelter.
"Right now the embassy is in duck and cover," U.S. embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall said. "We're still assessing the situation." Sundwall said he was not able to confirm witness reports that a sniper was firing into the embassy.
Police and other security officials blocked roads around the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic missions, and said there were five attackers.
"There are five attackers involved but I can not give you more details because the operation is ongoing," said Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul's Criminal Investigation Unit.
Violence in Afghanistan is at its worst since U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban government in late 2001, with high levels of foreign troop deaths and record civilian casualties.
Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural center in the Afghan capital in mid-August, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from British rule.
In late June, insurgents launched an assault on a hotel in the capital frequented by Westerners, killing at least 10.
(Writing by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Check out Center 2011, which kicked off today with CSTO members, and Union Shield. The timing of these exercises is of interest, as are the participants. Since they are not massing troops on NATO's border no one seems to be paying much attention, yet it would not be a long trip through Iran, into Turkey, then down into Israel. All this during the time that the Palestinians are confidently demanding a state from the UN with East Jerusalem as it's capitol, and have even been found celebrating the outcome prematurely last weekend in downtown DC. I hope that never happened but the timing of this military exercise is very suspicious. At least to me.
http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/kaz...n/1933615.html
'Center-2011' military exercises started
[19.09.2011 14:34]
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Kazakhstan, Astana, Sept. 19 / Trend A. Maratov /
The large joint strategic exercises "Center-2011" have been launched in Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan today, the Kazakh Ministry of Defense said.
The exercises will continue until September 26. They aim to develop a unified approach towards creating, operating and using troops (the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force and the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region) in case of armed conflicts in the region.
About 12,000 servicemen and 1,000 units of weapons, military and special equipment including 100 tanks and 50 planes, and 10 combat vehicles are planned to be involved in the exercises from the CSTO member-states.
The "Union Shield 2011" exercises are being conducted in the Russian firing ground Ashuluk. The main efforts are focused on joint actions of the Belarusian and Russian sides of a joint regional air defense system.
The "Union Shield" and "Center-2011" exercises have common topics and tasks. They involve all participants - Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine, the report said.
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China, Russia pledge to further military cooperation
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201...156687_11n.jpg Guo Boxiong (R), Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission, meets with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on bilateral military relations in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 23, 2011. High-ranking military officials from China and Russia held talks here Friday, pledging to further step up bilateral military cooperation between the two countries. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
MOSCOW, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- High-ranking military officials from China and Russia held talks here Friday, pledging to further step up bilateral military cooperation between the two countries.
During an official visit to Moscow, Guo Boxiong, Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission, met with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on bilateral military relations.
Guo noted that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, adding that the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership have maintained the momentum of a robust growth.
He stressed that Chinese President Hu Jintao's successful visit to Russia in June and the consensus reached by both countries' leaders during Hu's visit have determined the future direction of the development of bilateral ties and laid solid political foundations for the further promotion of military relations between the two countries.
Under the current complicated and changeable international situation, the strengthening of pragmatic military exchanges and cooperation between the two sides is of great significance, Guo said.
He added that China have been always seeing military relations with Russia a priority in its foreign military contacts and is willing to endeavor with the Russian side to actively implement the consensus reached by Chinese and Russian leaders, boost bilateral military cooperation in all fields, and push the relations between the two armies to a new high.
Serdyukov extended warm welcome to Guo and recalled his visit to China in last November. He said bilateral ties between Russia and China have achieved unprecedented development and there are still huge potentials in bilateral cooperation.
Serdyukov said Russia will work together with China to further promote bilateral military relations.
Senior Chinese military official meets Putin
Putin extended warm welcome to Guo and spoke highly of the steady development of relations between Russia and China, saying the two countries have witnessed frequent exchanges of high-level officials and expanding cooperation in all fields.
The two sides have also had close coordination on international issues and contributed to international and regional security, he added.
Putin appreciated the military exchanges and cooperation between Russia and China, saying he hoped the two countries could endeavor together to further promote the friendship and cooperation between the two armies.
The visiting Chinese official said this year marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good- Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, which is of significance to the two countries and the world.
During the last decade, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership has undergone unprecedented development, Guo said, adding that bilateral cooperation also has yielded good results with China and Russian maintaining close coordination and collaboration on international issues.
The development of Sino-Russian ties have brought tangible benefits to both countries and their peoples, Guo said.
The relations of mutual benefit between the two armies have been playing an important role in the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, he added.
Thanks to the efforts from leaders of both countries, relations between the two armies have been developing steadily in recent years, enriching the connotations of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, Guo added.
He pledged that China is willing to abide by the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation to further promote the all-round and multi-level cooperation between the two armies.
Guo also noted China would like to endeavor with Russia to push the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new height and contribute to world peace and common development.
Earlier on Friday, Guo also held talks with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on bilateral military ties.
22 arrested in Azerbaijan in plot on US, Israeli embassies
Published March 14, 2012
| FoxNews.com
Officials in Azerbaijan have arrested 22 people suspected of plotting attacks on the American and Israeli embassies in the capital Baku, the Agence France Presse is reporting.
The plot was reportedly on behalf of Azerbaijan’s neighbor, Iran, according to the national security ministry.
"Twenty-two citizens of Azerbaijan have been arrested by the national security ministry for cooperating with the Iranian Sepah," the ministry said, referring to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, according to AFP. "On orders of the Sepah, they were to commit terrorist acts against the US, Israeli and other Western states' embassies and the embassies' employees."
The ministry said in a statement to AFP that those arrested were recruited beginning in 1999 and trained at military camps in Iran to gather information on foreign embassies and organizations in Azerbaijan. Their training included weapon use and spy techniques to stage attacks, according to the AFP.
"Firearms, cartridges, explosives and espionage equipment were found during the arrest," the statement said.
In the past few months, a series of arrests have been made in Azerbaijan with alleged connections to Tehran.
The former Soviet nation of Azerbaijan is reported to have purchased hundreds of millions of dollars to weapons from Israel, allegedly angering Iran, the AFP reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03...eli-embassies/
Yeah, we shouldn't worry about people like that, OVER THERE. They can stay OVER THERE and we can stay over HERE and there won't be any more problems.
Right Michael?
Hello!? An attack on a US Embassy IS OUR FUCKING PROBLEM.
This one was averted. By the Azerbaijanis.
What part of America FIRST don't YOU understand?
I'm beginning to think the "trigger" will not be a nuke any more:
World's most sophisticated cyber weapon burns computers in Middle East
Published May 29, 2012
The Wall Street Journal
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May 28, 2012: A screenshot from researchers at Kaspersky Labs shows the code behind The Flame, called " the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed." (Kaspersky Labs)
Computer malware described as "the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed" has been uncovered in computers in the Middle East and may have infected machines in Europe, according to reports from antivirus researchers and software makers in Russia, Hungary and Ireland.
The malware, dubbed Worm.Win32.Flame, is unusual in its complexity, size and the multitude of ways it has of harvesting information from an infected computer including keyboard, screen, microphone, storage devices, network, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB and system processes.
The malware is called "Flame" by Kaspersky Labs, a Moscow-based antivirus software maker, but also known as sKyWIper by the Hungarian Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS Lab).
'A nation state sponsored the research that went into it.'- Kaspersky Labs
Both Kaspersky Labs and CrySyS Lab said it was likely the malware was developed by a government-sponsored entity.
"The geography of the targets [certain states are in the Middle East] and also the complexity of the threat leaves no doubt about it being a nation state that sponsored the research that went into it," Kaspersky Labs said in a report.
"The results of our technical analysis supports the hypotheses that sKyWIper was developed by a government agency of a nation state with significant budget and effort, and it may be related to cyber warfare activities," a CrySyS Lab report said. "Arguably, it is the most complex malware ever found."
Although the virus has just been detected, there was evidence that it may have been in operation for at least two years.
Vitaly Kamluk, chief malware expert for Kaspersky Labs, said there were many pointers to it being a weapon, not the least of which was how highly-targeted it was. According to their investigations, only 382 infections have been reported, 189 of which were in Iran, and the malware targeted individuals rather than organizations.
Kamluk said the malware was most likely introduced by a USB stick or other removable drive. Once injected, the malware would contact one of the many command and control servers around the world and download additional modules as needed.
It used the same technique as Stuxnet, an earlier highly sophisticated malware, to seek out other machines to infect.
"Unlike Stuxnet," said Kamluk, "[Flame] was much more sophisticated and not simply trying to infect every machine." He said the malware was also able to find out information about other devices around it.
While the finger of suspicion for Stuxnet was pointed at a number of suspects, including both U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies, Kamluk said there was no evidence to suggest who might be responsible for Flame, and it was pure speculation to attribute blame.
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