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1 November 2007

The London Metropolitan Police has been found guilty of corporate criminal "health-and-safety" charges regarding the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in July 2005.


2 November 07

The Israelis have the Gaza Strip "under seige", severely restricting access either way through border crossings.


5 November 07

There are over 2,000 terror suspects in Britain, MI5's director-general says. Jonathan Evans (who replace Eliza Manningham-Buller in April), was addressing the annual conference of the Society of Newspaper Editors.
('Thousands' pose UK terror threat, BBC News online, 5 Nov. 07)

On an appropriate release date, MI5's new spokesman ...

Tomorrow, new terror proposals are laid out in the Queen's Speech.


In Helmand province, several Afghans walked "casually" through the line of fire between British Grenadier Guards and "Taliban", says the BBC reporter embedded with the Guards. (From BBC Panorama programme.)


7 November 07

Pakistan's dictator Musharraf has threatened opposition demonstrators with, sorry, warned them of the danger of, "suicide" bombings if they demonstrate against his "emergency rule", in an even more unsubtle version of his Masters' petro-imperialist war of terror.


'The authorities have warned that police will not allow Friday's demonstration in Rawalpindi ... The city's mayor, Javed Akhlas, ... told the the Associated Press there was a "strong threat"[!] of another suicide bomb attack against Ms Bhutto ...' ("Bhutto issues Pakistan ultimatum", BBC News online, 8 Nov. 07


13 November 07

In Britain, another outbreak of the "highly pathogenic" bird-flu virus H5N1, on a turkey farm in Norfolk is confirmed.


"Diplomats say Iran has given the UN nuclear agency a document showing atomic weapons parts designs." (BBC News 24 ticker)


US State Department envoy John Negroponte is going to Pakistan to "mediate" between Musharraf and Benizir Bhutto, where an al-CIA-duh house of horrors threatens to crack open if the CIA's satrap falls.


14 November 07

Nada Prouty, who worked for the FBI from and CIA from 1999-2005, passed on classified data to Lebanese Hezbollah.


Lebanese fraudster became an agent for both the FBI and CIA
Leonard Doyle, The Independent (UK), 15 November 07

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UK PM Gordon Brown puts forward a new package of security measures. Airport-style security checks to be extended to (some) rail stations.


19 November 07

In the UK, 25 million child-benefit records, including names, addresses and national insurance numbers, have been "lost in the post".


In the UK, the "fifth 21-7 bomber", who dumped his backpack, has been sentenced to 33 years.


22 November 07

Two SAS soldiers die as RAF helicopter crashes in Iraq
Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian (UK), 22 November 07

'An inquiry was under way last night into why an RAF Puma helicopter crashed killing two SAS soldiers and seriously injuring two others, in an anti-insurgency mission on the outskirts of Baghdad.

'A further seven SAS troops and three RAF crew survived and were rescued. The special forces soldiers were on a covert mission when the Puma helicopter crashed on Tuesday [20 Nov. 07] night near Salman Pak [south-east of Baghdad]. The Ministry of Defence, which does not officially comment on special operations, said the injured personnel were recovering in hospital and the next of kin had been informed.

'A MoD spokesman said: "It is too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. ..."

'The US military said the crash was not believed to have been caused by enemy fire.

'SAS patrols have been operating in Iraq since before the invasion in 2003. A squadron of at least 60 from 22 SAS Regiment, based about 50 miles from Baghdad, is deployed there, often working with US counterparts targeting suspected insurgency leaders and units of al-Qaida [al-Qaeda] in Iraq. [Perhaps by holding up mirrors to themselves.] ...'


Iraqi militants attack villages
BBC News online, 22 November 07

'Some 20 people have been killed after militants launched attacks on two villages in central Iraq.

'Two Iraqi soldiers and 10 members of a local anti-al-Qaeda militia died in the first clash near Baghdad.

'The fighters, who wore Iraqi army fatigues and have been linked to al-Qaeda, attacked a checkpoint in Hawr Rajab village, south of the capital.

'In another attack near Baquba, seven militants and two civilians died.

'Interior ministry officials said that in the clash near Baghdad, fighters had seized an army vehicle and used it to assault the Hawr Rajab Awakening Council HQ. ...'


28 November 07

Abdul Abed, an Iraqi militia leader who formerly fought against the Americans, "is now converted to their cause". The town his "Knights" militia patrols, formerly a scene of "Qaeda terror", "has not had a single killing since".

Or, of course, there's been no conversion. ...


Meet Abu Abed: the US's new ally against al-Qaida
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian, 10 November 07

'On a recent Friday morning in west Baghdad, 20 of Hajii Abu Abed's men were ...

'Abu Abed, a member of the insurgent Islamic Army, has recently become the commander of the US-sponsored "Ameriya Knights". He is one of the new breed of Sunni warlords who are being paid by the US to fight al-Qaida in Iraq. The Americans call their new allies Concerned Citizens. ...

'The Americans pay him $400 (£200) a month for each fighter he provides, he said, and he had 600 registered. His men are awed by his courage, his piety and his neurotic rages.

''Like many other insurgent groups, the Islamic Army had an uneasy alliance with al-Qaida. On the one hand they needed financial support; on the other, al-Qaida became a burden, bringing upon the Sunnis the wrath of Shia militias and death squads who started an organised campaign of sectarian cleansing against the Sunnis in retaliation against al-Qaida's mass killing of Shia.

'"We lost our area," Abu Abed said. "It was a battle zone between al-Qaeda and the Shia militias." ...'

'{"Abu Abed"] pulled his pistol out and showed it to me. It was a Glock, supplied by the US to Iraqi security forces. "This belonged to the commander of al-Qaida here," he said. "They called him White Lion. I killed him and got his gun." ...'


In a BBC article, the district is called al-Ameriya, but Abu Abed's group is called the "Knights of Mesopotamia" (Fursan al-Rafidain).


29 November 07

Another "Bin Laden" audiotape is aired by Al-Jazeera, where "he" affirms again "his responsibility for 9/11", etc.


UK government warning of increased danger of terror attacks in run-up to Christmas, chemical or radiological, etc.



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