Breaking News on Terrorism

The insurgents have struck a rocket shell near to a place of carrying out of press conference of the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon in Iraq. As it has become known, nobody has suffered in result of this incident.
The attack has occurred during Ban Ki-moon’s and Iraq Prime Minister’s conference for journalists near the Prime-Minister’s office in the so-called “green zone”. As the Associated Press, referring to present on a place of events of own correspondent, informs, Ban Ki-moon has had time to be covered behind a tribune.
The Iraqi Prime minister has declared, that “nothing terrible has happened”, and press conference has been again proceeded in some minutes.
As it was formed later, a rocket shell in 1 meter diameter and 50 meters from a building, where the conference has been held, has occurred.
What really warns is that the building of the American embassy and a number of offices of the Iraq government are also settled down near to a place of incident.
It is worth of mentioning that Ban Ki-moon is now making his second large foreign trip as the Secretary General. The United Nations chief has chosen the Near East, because, as he said, “the situation with safety in this region is one of the most important for today of the international questions “.
In the end of March 2007, Ban Ki-moon is to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories with the purpose of affording the renewal of the Palestine-Israeli peace process.
Meanwhile today it was not the first incident, connected with an attack on employees of the United Nations Organization. Earlier, the four armed Palestinians in masks have grasped the United Nations’ car in Gaza. The driver has not suffered.
 

India has refused from the USA’s offer on carrying out of joint secret operations against insurgents of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) terrorist grouping, operating in state of Jammu and Kashmir. The refusal has followed in spite of the fact that actions of this organization create the most serious threat to the safety of India.
As it has been published in today’s “Times of India” issue, Indian special services sources explain this decision by reasons of national safety and negative experience from contacts with the American colleagues-professionals.
It has also been emphasized, that refusal of interaction with the prospecting US organizations is caused by fears of probable attempts of Washington to rehire employees of the Indian special services and to make them flight to America. Similar precedents have already taken place in the recent past.
As “Times of India” quote, India and the USA are now far from carrying out of joint operations including penetration into terrorist groupings.
As the Indian newspaper writes, LeT carries out functions of Al-Qaeda’s “representative” in India. Indian and American special services approve that its insurgents are involved in last, to the bloodiest, acts of terrorism in the Indian Territory.
LeT is an extremist grouping and it is considered as the militarized wing of the Pakistan fundamentalist radical organizations.
LeT was established in 1980; however it started its harmful activity in India since 1993. Pakistan experts quote that in the end of 90th, the group was one of the most influential among militarized organizations.
The grouping proclaims the uniting of Moslems all over the world. The majority of its members have experience of operations in Afghanistan.
 

In connection with fourth anniversary of the beginning of war in Iraq Georges Bush has made the application, having declared, that the consequences of premature leaving of the American armies from Iraq “might be catastrophic” for safety of the USA.
The US President has emphasized not months, instead of days or weeks be required for the success, but those American militaries, who are in Iraq now, are observing a number of encouraging attributes and there still much to do there.
The Chief of the White House has also criticized the bill on obligatory withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by autumn, 2008, which is being considered by the American Congress now.
President Bush has also emphasized that it can seem, that “going home” would be the best variant for the US government. Nevertheless, the President has also stressed that from his point of view the consequences of such strategy would be catastrophic for the American safety.

The La Repubblica’s journalist Daniel Mastrogiacomo, kidnapped on March, 5th 2007 in Afghanistan, has been released today. Such information was given today by the Associated Press, referring to the application of the Italian Ministry on Foreign Affairs.
It is worth of mentioning that there were messages that talibs have released Daniel Mastrogiacomo and hiss translator, however the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy has declared, that it cannot confirm this information yet. As the representative of the Italian foreign policy department has declared, while the journalist will not be transferred in hands of the Italian authorities or Emergency humanitarian organization, they cannot declare with confidence that is realized.
According to insurgents, the Italian journalist has been transferred to the local tribes’ leaders after two members of “Taliban” movement have been released from prisons. However the kidnappers have declared that the Italian citizen could be kidnapped again if the authorities would not release one more member of the “Taliban” grouping.
Observers believe, that the Afghani government in exchange for freedom of the Italian journalist has promised to set free three insurgents of the “Taliban” movement, arrested by the central authorities.
Daniel Mastrogiacomo has been kidnapped in Helmand province.

About 350 people and 6 American soldiers have been poisoned by toxic chlorine in result of acts of terrorism in Iraq. Such data have been presented today by the US command.
Acts of terrorism have been accomplished at once in two Iraq cities -Fallujah and Ramadi.
Both of acts of terrorism have occurred on March, 16th. In Fallujah the attack was carried out by two terrorists-condemned men. They have undermined themselves together with lorries full of chlorine in different areas of the city.
The first explosion has occurred in the south of the residential area, the second one has been done near to the house of one of local political leaders, who repeatedly expressed his uncooperative altitude to Al-Qaeda’s activity. Details of incident in Ramadi are not informed.
It is worth of mentioning that the chemical weapon becomes popular among the Iraq terrorists. So, since the end of January 2007 there have been accomplished three acts of terrorism with use of chlorine. As a result of last act of terrorism more than 150 people have suffered.
Acts of terrorism with the chemical weapon can become a serious problem in Iraq. Chlorine can be easily bought, as it is hardly probable not household chemist material, which is, for example, used for clearing and water disinfecting.
At the same time chlorine is very dangerous. Even the small amount of this substance at inhalation can lead to the death.

France’s Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin considers that the United States should disengage the armies from Iraq within this year.
In France’s prime minister’s opinion, the situation in Iraq becomes “even more menacing” if not to develop the plan of overcoming of crisis that assumes, particularly, in defining final terms of withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq. Dominique de Villepin said that he considers that it should occur within a year. According to France’s prime minister’s words this will allow Iraqis to feel, that the future of their country in their hands, and will give them back them a feeling of their national sovereignty.
Acting at Harvard University’s School of management, the chief of the French government has emphasized that true force of the USA “does not consist only in its army”.
According to the prime minister’s words, in 20 century the USA were the guarantor of protection of human rights for the world, however war in Iraq became a turning point which has changed former representations about America. Thus the prime minister of France has noted that the Iraq military campaign has impaired a little image not only of the USA, but also of the West as a whole. Dominique de Villepin said that it is a high time for the USA and the Europe gain again the respect and admiration of other people.
Dominique de Villepin also considers that it is necessary to involve Iran and Syria in settlement of a situation in Iraq. Thus he has emphasized, that a leading role in this process should be played by the USA. At the same time the prime minister of France has recognized, that the Europe should also take up the certain obligations on the prompt returning Iraqis to normal life.
 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of Al-Qaeda’s leaders, considered the main organizer of acts of terrorism on September, 11th, 2001, has also incurred the responsibility for murder of the Wall Street newspaper in Pakistan in 2002. This information comes from the Pentagon’s steno gram concerning the first hearings of affairs of some former prisoners of CIA’s confidential prisons in September 2006, being forwarded to camp on the basis of US Naval Forces in Guantanamo (Cuba).
In total this group has 14 people, considered as Al-Qaeda’s leaders and other extremist organizations. Hearings on Mohammed’s case and his two accomplices have been held last Saturday in Guantanamo prison. Yesterday the American Ministry of Defense has promulgated the first part of decoding evidences of Mohammed’s native in Kuwait, a part of which has not been published for reasons of preservation of state secret and maintenance of interests of national safety of the USA. This document testifies that Mohammed has recognized the fault for preparation of actions on September, 11th, 2001 and thirty other large terrorist sorties, including explosion of a disco on island Bali in 2002, which led to the death of 202 people.
Besides Mohammed approved, that he developed plans of attempt at former presidents of the USA, a detonation of powerful explosives in Panama Canal, London airport and New York stock exchange. According to the official representative of military department of the USA, a part of Mohammed’s evidences, in which he incurs the responsibility for journalist’s murder, has not been promulgated at once as the American authorities informed of it the relatives of the journalist. Mohammed who has been seized in Pakistan in March, 2003, has declared that he has decapitated the journalist with his own hands.

The so-called “left” Arabian states which are based on the laicized basis, unlike the “right” Islamic states, are the most inconvenient opponents for the USA in the Arabian world.
Since times of the “cold war” the USA rendered feasible support to the Islamic extremist organizations, using them in spheres of influence of the USSR. In particular, it was most brightly shown during campaign of Soviet Union in Afghanistan, where the network of the extremist organizations, which later have joined in mojahed resistance, has started its radical activity.
After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the civil war in the country ended that one of the mojaheds’ groupings - “Taliban” - has grasped the control over mostly territory of Afghanistan, has been again started.
After acts of terrorism on September, 11th the USA in the chapter of a coalition have intruded in Afghanistan in spite of the fact that “Taliban” denied the cooperation with Al-Qaeda - another extremist organization, incurred the responsibility for acts of terrorism, and has even offered to give out Bin Laden  and other terrorists’ leaders. But the war proceeded, - the terrorism became only an occasion for intrusion of the USA and the countries-allies into Afghanistan. And if to consider, that Bin Laden (and, probably, other Al-Qaeda’s leaders) was trained in training camps of mojaheds in Pakistan, organized not without the US CIA’s help, a role of Islamic terrorism in the modern world becomes so obvious.
In global sense of Islamic terrorism is a political technology. The purpose is the increase of military power and influence of the USA in global prospect. The myth about the Arabian Islamic terrorism, as to the unique form of resistance is created. It is easier to justify the expansion by struggle against terrorism, than, for example, protection of the economic interests in region, struggle for resources and ways of their delivery, etc. And the tendency to consider the East in spirit of “radicalism” (the preconvinced attitude of Europeans to cultures and traditions of east colonies as to barbarous even more), in modern mass-media, helps to create such myth.

Israel has no other choice but to take the Iranian threat seriously and to take care of that Teheran has not received means for its realization.
Such application was made by the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference in Washington.
During live translation of his speech from Israel, Olmert has emphasized, that it is for the first time after the Second World War that the United Nations member publicly supports destruction of other state. The Israeli Prime-Minister meant numerous applications of the president of Iran, calling to “erase” Israel from the political card of the world.
In his speech Olmert has told that the countries, interested in safety of Israel, in safety of Persian gulf and stability in all Near East, should recognize the necessity of the American successes for Iraq and responsible, scheduled leaving from this country.
The Israeli Prime-Minister has emphasized that any outcome which will not promote strengthening of America in opinion of people of this (Near-Eastern) region, will be negative as will weaken an opportunity of the USA to struggle effectively with threat which Iran represents.
As he said, it is only US President Bush and the United States that can effectively resist to Iran, trying to increase the nuclear potential.
Finally Ehud Olmert has declared that everyone who is concerned with safety and the future of Israel, sould understand the importance of the strong American management challenging to the Iranian threat, and he(Olmert) is assured, that nobody would start stirring or constraining such “resolute” policy.

Today one man was killed and three have received wounds in the result of explosion on US military base in a southeast of Kuwait. As the representative of the American army has declared there are neither US citizens, nor Emirates citizens among the suffered.
The national identity of the victim, who worked on the basis of under the contract, does not refer to pending before his relatives’ notification.
The investigation of the incident has been already started. It is not excluded, that the explosion has occurred because of non-observance of security measures.