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U.S. Army Intelligence Center

304th Military Intelligence Battalion

Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 LTC Monnard, Commanding

The 304th MI Bn OSINT Weekly report is an unclassified product of the 304th Army MI Bn OSINT Team. This report is derived from news articles, OPEDS, Blogs and book reviews from national and international sources available on the World Wide Web. The articles may be read in their entirety by inserting the URL listed below the item into a browser. These summaries do not represent 304th MI’s position or point of view and are selected upon the criteria of whether the content addresses GEOINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT or news on new weapons technology. The news summary is based on open source information and is not processed open source intelligence.

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Cryptome Posts Eyeball Series on “Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa” (Djibouti) Analyst Comment on Aug. 21st Cryptome posted an Eyeball Series Titled “Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.” The series includes a brief assessment of a U.S. military presence in Djibouti. It includes three satellite photos and 18 handheld photos (including several aircraft.)

Satellite Image Caption “The Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is "a unit based at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti--a sweltering 88-acre outpost by the Gulf of Aden once inhabited by the French Foreign Legion. Sitting at the end of a garbage-strewn dirt road leading out of the capital, the camp is where 1,800 U.S. troops, including hundreds of special operations forces, have since May [2003] based their missions covering seven countries in Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula. And according to the plans being drawn up in unadorned cubicles back at the Pentagon, it is the U.S. military mission in the Horn of Africa—even more than the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq—that is a window into the next decade in the war on terrorism."

NGA Unveils a New Web Site Features of the site include: a video highlighting the agency’s mission; a monthly feature article highlighting issues important to NGA and NGA partners; a link to GEOINT Online, our online community; a link to the Pathfinder, NGA’s flagship publication. (NGA, Aug. 22) www1.nga.mil/Newsroom/TopStoryArchive/Pages/NGA_Unveils_A_New_Web_Site.aspx Nations Respond to Google Earth Threat From banning Google Earth to simply ignoring the mapping service, countries are working to deal with potential security violations arising from the images Google makes available…(Information Week, Aug. 26) www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210200882 Google Earth Increasingly Compliant With Censorship Requests: U.S. Intelligence Report Google has becoming increasingly compliant to government requests to block purportedly sensitive information -- including images of Tibet, military installations…according to a new report prepared by the OSC…(The Raw Story, Aug. 26) http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Google_Earth_compliant_with_government_requests_0826.html Analyst Comment: The article provides a hotlink for the OSC FOUO Doc. China Takes Steps against Imagery Reconnaissance Chinese mil. authorities are paying increased attention to foreign satellite reconnaissance of Chinese forces and operations, and are pursuing countermeasures such as camouflage and deception…according to a newly-disclosed analysis performed in 2007 by the DNI OSC. (FAS Secrecy Blog, Aug. 25) www.fas.org/blog/secrecy Analyst Comment: The article provides a hotlink for the OSC FOUO Doc. Satellite Image Sharpener Images from spy satellites are often blurred by swirls of atmospheric turbulence. Finding better ways to correct for that could help anyone from CIA spooks to people checking out the neighbor’s swimming pool on Google Earth. The most promising method so far involves determining how the turbulence has distorted a simple point source of light in the image and reversing the effect. (ABC News New Scientist Tech Innovation, Aug. 28) http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/SmartHome/story?id=5669499&page=1

HUMINT A New Command Won Hearts and Minds at Abu Ghraib And Beyond The populations were segregated so that “irreconcilables” who were committed to violence against Americans and others were housed separately. Juveniles as young as age nine, women (very few), political moderates and others recovering from medical conditions or injuries each had separate units…(Timber Jay Newspaper, Aug. 27) www.timberjay.com/current.php?article=4625 Abu Ghraib Release Party Bombed The son (of Ayyid Salim al-Zubai, a local sheikh in the mainly Sunni area) had quarreled with al-Qaida members while in detention and may have been the target of the attack…(English Al Jazeera, Aug. 25) http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/08/2008824203049387144.html Iraqi Mom Ridicules Cops over Suicide Bombings Her interrogator confronts her about a letter the Iraqi police say they uncovered on the raid on her home. The letter is addressed to "Umm Omar" from the local al Qaida emir Abu Dawood. "Good news for you my sister, Umm Omar," it says…(CNN, Aug. 25) www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.bombers/?iref=mpstoryview U.S. Builds New Detention Center in Afghanistan In an effort to lay to rest some of the controversy surrounding its Afghanistan detention program, the U.S. is building a new detention facility there designed to be on par with one in Iraq that came to be seen by many as a model program. (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 26) www.csmonitor.com/2008/0826/p03s03-usfp.html Pm Tusk: Efficient Intelligence Needed In Afghanistan (Poland) (PM) Tusk believes also that the Polish mission in Afghanistan needs an efficient intelligence and CI. (Polskie Radio, Aug. 23) www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/news/artykul89815_PM_Tusk_efficient_intelligence_needed_in_Afghanistan.html Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations Saudi and Egyptian intelligence officers have been permitted to interrogate militants at the camps, although U.S. mil. officials say that the foreign interrogators who operate in the American camps are monitored by American soldiers…(NYT, Aug. 28) www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28detain.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

Moroccan Terrorism Suspect's Murky Trail Abdelkader Belliraj, held in Morocco, is said to personify the confluence of terrorism and crime -- spurred by both ideology and money. But he was also a paid informant for Belgium. (LA Times, Aug. 24) www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-doubleagent24-2008aug24,0,3394258.story Recently Published Hearings on National Security Numerous congressional records on national security policy have been published in the last couple of weeks, including those listed…“Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules (Part I)”.…(FAS Secrecy News Blog, Aug. 27) www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ Analyst Comment: The DOCS are on the FAS website. S. Korea Warns Against N. Korea Spies after Woman Held S. Korea's defense chief warned the mil. Thur. (Aug. 27) to be on guard against N. Korean spies, following the arrest of a woman defector…(AFP, Aug. 28) http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuA-d7Xx4ztx6sDdg03ztrWnz6pg S Korea Accuses Refugee of Spying She has been accused of collecting photographs and obtaining information about the location of key military installations, to hand over to North Korean agents...(BBC, Aug. 27) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583817.stm Air Force Back To Using HUMINT Unit Aerospace engineers are needed to talk with aircraft designers. Pilots would speak with aviators. Computer engineers would interview computer systems managers about cyberspace capabilities. (AF Times, Aug. 26) www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/airforce_humint_082508s/ Polygraphs and Little Lies The test does do one thing quite well. It turns out that people faced with regular testing, are more careful with the way they handle classified information. (Strategy Page Blog, Aug. 26) www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20080825.aspx Pentagon's Intelligence Arm Steps up Lie Detecting The stepped-up effort by the DIA is part of a growing emphasis on CI, detecting and thwarting would-be spies…(AP, Aug. 25) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5inbyhV0XKlrfLqgqFIUUKB7Dx1PgD92O38O80 Yuri I. Nosenko, 81; KGB Agent Who Defected to the U.S. Last month several senior CIA officials visited him and presented him with a ceremonial flag and a letter from CIA Director Michael Hayden honoring his service to the United States…(Washington Post, Aug. 27) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603493.html

MASINT/ATEP Pakistan Aims For Nuclear Acceptance The recent turmoil in Pakistan has only heightened western anxiety over the country's nuclear weapons program. Yet, thanks to security measures put in place…(UK Financial Times, Aug. 28) www.ft.com/cms/s/0/841705aa-7498-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html Pakistani Research on Laser Isotope Separation Scientific research in Pakistan on laser isotope separation is the subject of a new open source bibliography (pdf) compiled by independent researcher Mark Gorwitz. (FAS Secrecy News Blog, Aug. 25) www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/

OSINT The Open Source Innovation Challenge We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity in conjunction with the DNI Open Source Conference 2008: 'The Open Source Innovation Challenge.' This is a unique occasion for representatives from academia; think tanks; industry; the media; federal, state, local, and tribal government; and other diverse sectors to use open source information to address real intelligence challenges. (Aug. 28, Cryptome) http://cryptome.org/dni082808.htm Wikileaks.Org Media Auction (Website Advertizes the Sale of Confidential E-mail Information from Venezuela) Wikileaks has prepared for publication over 8,000 internal and external emails to and from a senior Venezuelan diplomat and former speech writer for Hugo Chavez. The emails are dated 2005 to July 2008, and include several thousand attachments … Organizations wishing to bid for exclusivity (proceeds to our source defense fund) and embargoed access contact usa@wikileaks.org for additional information. (Wikileak Discussion Blog, Aug. 27) https://s.p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/ssl/wikileak/2008/08/wikileaksorg-media-auction.html

Interview on Hamas: Deputy Political Chief (of HAMAS) Answers Islam Online Readers' Questions During a three-hour interview, he answered the questions that we delivered from IslamOnline.net's readers across the globe. Excerpt from interview “Second, rockets are domestically made because Gaza is under a siege, and no one exports advanced weapons, especially Western weapons, to us…(Islam Online, Transcript Posted Aug. 25) www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1219664137553&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs%2FMAELayout#1 Taliban Win over Locals at the Gates of Kabul While clashes in remote Helmand dominate the headlines, another battle is being waged by the insurgents on Kabul's doorstep. There, the Taliban are winning support by building a parallel administration…(UK Guardian, Aug. 24) www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/afghanistan Pakistan Bans Taliban after Suicide Bombings Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik announced the decision 24 hours after rejecting a Taliban cease-fire offer in Bajur…(AP, Aug. 25) http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=13840 After Bajaur, Pak Taliban Declare Truce in South Waziristan Agency Too The 40-member Jirga comprising tribal elders of the area including Malik Baa Khan Wazir, Malik Sarwar Khan, Malik Ajmal Wazir, Malik Sharif and Malik Rasul Khan represented the Ahmadzai Wazirs tribal elders in the Jirga. (Karachi News, Aug. 26) www.karachinews.net/story/399121 Taliban Ban Foreign Media in N Waziristan Journalists warned of punishment if found working for intelligence agencies. (Pakistan Daily Times, Aug. 27) www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg7_8 Afghanistan: A Down Year for Opium Production, But Is the Trafficking Threat Receding? Afghanistan experienced a 19 % decrease in the land under opium poppy cultivation in 2008 in comparison with the previous year, according to a report prepared by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime…UN experts worry about another spike in production. (Eurasia Net, Aug. 27) www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav082708.shtml

Extremist Blogger Posts Comment “The youth of Afghanistan” “These are pictures of the Islamic youth in Afghanistan, taken from Ittihaad al-Jihaad al-Islaami - these Mujahedeen are from Uzbekistan and they are under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, bound by the bai’yah of Mullah ‘Umar…”(Insha’Allah Shaeed, Aug. 25) http://revolution.muslimpad.com/

2 Iraqi Officials Accused of Aiding al-Qaida A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents…(alSharq Alawsat, Aug. 27) http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=13867 Gunmen Kill a Top Official in Baghdad Akil al-Mendlawi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture, said that Mr. Abdullah, a well-known scholar and a member of the Communist Party, had become friends with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki when both men were in exile in Syria…(NYT, Aug. 23) www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html Teenage Iraqi Girl Unable To Go Through With Suicide Bombing A teenage Iraqi girl (15 yrs.) wearing a vest packed with explosives who turned herself in rather than go through with a suicide bombing has told police and media she was drugged and forced…(Tasmania Mercury, Aug. 26) www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,24242621-401,00.html

Shia Resistance to Sunnis Threatens Progress of Surge Fewer than 600 of the 103,000 Iraqis currently active in U.S.-supported Sunni militia groups have been absorbed…(Washington Times, Aug. 27) http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/27/shiite-resistance-to-sunnis-threatens-progress-of-/ Iraq Terror: 28 Killed As Bomber Hits Cop Recruits A police source said the bomber detonated an explosive vest as people lined up to apply to join the police at Jalawla…(UK Mirror, Aug. 27) www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/27/iraq-terror-28-killed-as-bomber-hits-cop-recruits-115875-20713075/ Sisters in Jihad Amjad undertook many tasks such as planting explosive devices on roads, transporting small rockets, attacking army and police convoys…After less than one year, Amjad was surprised when al-Qaida’s emir, responsible for his group, ordered the recruitment of women jihadis. Amjad and four other men in his group, brought their wives…(Mideast Youth Blog, Aug. 25) www.mideastyouth.com/2008/08/25/sisters-in-jihad/ Russian Forces Setting Up Occupation Zones in Georgia Russian forces remaining in Georgia have switched from the role of invasion troops to that of occupation troops, seizing chunks of territory in Georgia’s interior as well as key logistical nodes and arteries. (Jamestown Foundation Eurasian Daily Monitor, Aug. 25) www.jamestown.org/edm/ South Ossetia: Georgian Spy Plane Shot Down The interior minister of the separatist-held region of South Ossetia says his forces have shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane. (AP. Aug. 28) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjfN8nE9Mu8j9D3y4e7XeldrPYAgD92R67602 Iran Tops GCC Ministerial Agenda The occupation of three UAE islands by Iran and the implications of the recent international confrontation between Russia and the U.S. over the security in the region will top the agenda of the GCC ministerial council meeting…(Gulf News, Aug. 26) www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/gcc/10240412.html Conditions May Be Ripe For Al Qaida in Somalia "We are negotiating how we can unite into one," said Muktar Robow, a top military commander of Shabab… "We will take our orders from Sheik Osama bin Laden…" (LA Times, Aug. 25) www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-shabab25-2008aug25,0,7041237.story Hijackers of Darfur Plane Surrender in Libya Two Sudanese men, armed with handguns and the threat of explosives, stormed the cockpit of the Boeing 737, taking control just minutes into the flight. Passengers said the hijackers remained calm…(AP, Aug. 27) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTfY8odc91tVaFFtH6Aan-Ix6NTAD92QR9C80 Yemeni Government Uses Movies as a New Weapon against Terror Movies will be a new method to combat terrorism from now on, said the Yemeni Dep. PM for defense and security affairs, Rashad Al Alimi, in an opening ceremony of the first Yemeni film on terrorism. (Gulf News, Aug. 25) www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/10240083.html Hezbollah Presence in Venezuela Feared Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim militia …is using Venezuela as a base for operations. (LA Times, Aug. 27) www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-venezterror27-2008aug27,0,35790.story Venezuelan Ties to Hezbollah Easy access to false identification makes this region highly attractive to militants. In Colombia, Hezbollah has not been found to be one of the main actors especially when compared to the activity of cells which exist in the tri-border region. However, according to data provided by the U.S. Library of Congress, Hezbollah is prominent in the small village Maicao. (ICT Commentary, Aug. 14) http://ict.org.il/NewsCommentaries/Commentaries/tabid/69/Articlsid/477/currentpage/1/Default.aspx Battle against Al-Qaida Brand Highlighted In Secret Paper (UK) Material being used in the global propaganda effort…according to the classified Whitehall paper…(UK Guardian, Aug. 26) www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/alqaida.terrorism Doctoring Photographs without Photoshop You don't need Photoshop. You don't need sophisticated digital photo-manipulation. You don't need a computer. All you need to do is change the caption. (Schneier’s Security Blog, Aug. 27) www.schneier.com/blog/

Bank Details of Customers Sold On EBAY Media reports said details of more than a million customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express and NatWest were found on the computer sold for 35 pounds…(Saudi Arab News, Aug. 27) www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=113424&d=27&m=8&y=2008 The Seven Deadliest Social Networking Hacks “It's (Social Networks) the easiest way to passively gain intelligence on the largest groups of society and nearly every walk of life”…(Dark Reading, Aug. 26) www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=162226&WT.svl=news2_1

SIGINT Wikileaks Presents an Open Source ANB Telephone Chart Titled “East Timor Presidential Assassination Intelligence Intercept Map 2008” (Wikileaks, Aug. 25)

www.wikileaks.org/wiki/East_Timor_Presidential_assassination_intelligence_intercept_map_2008 Analyst Comment: The 304th MI Bn OSINT Team does not recommend opening documents labeled as U.S. on Wikileaks-- many of the documents are advertized as classified and could compromise the security of your computer.

Hundreds of Dutch Web Sites Hacked By Islamic Hackers (Holland) In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL…(ZDNET Zero Day Blog, Aug. 25) http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1788 Analyst Comment: One of the Hacking sites that was supportive of the described hacker in this news article was briefly assessed in the 304th MI Bn OSINT Team Periodic Report, August Edition, under the title” An Open Source Overview of a Saudi Hacking Website.” Minister Warns Of National Grid Hack Threat (UK) A UK government minister has warned that cyber-terrorists were attempting to take out the

national grid. (UK Register, Aug. 26) www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/26/uk_minister_grid_hacker_warning/ Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intel. (Wired Danger Room Blog, Aug. 26) http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/revealed-the-in.html

Warnings over a New Style of Warfare Business Day notes that before Russia invaded Georgia, coordinated attacks were launched against Georgian Govt. Web sites…This was not the first or the most damaging attack in cyberspace on a sovereign nation by agents…(Legal Brief, Aug. 27) www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20080827082511862 A New Breed of Hackers Tracks Online Acts of War Ronald J. Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, calls the organization a "global civil society CI agency" and refers to the lab as the "NSA of operations." (Washington Post, Aug. 26) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603128.html?hpid=topnews Taiwan Cracks Major Hacking Ring, Data on President Stolen An official at Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau said the hackers had tapped into data held by government agencies, state-run firms…(PhysOrg, Aug. 27) www.physorg.com/news139030451.html Iphone Passcode Lock Rendered Useless Here are a few steps to reproduce this vulnerability (requires physical access to a passcode-protected device)…(ZDNET Zero Day Blog, Aug. 27) http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1809 Analyst Comment: The 304th MI Bn OSINT Team does not recommend trying the provided instructions. Weapons, Emerging Weapons Technology & Emerging Commercial of the Shelf Technologies More Drones = More Demand for Spies Rather than replacing people, the new robotic spy drones have actually increased demand for human spooks…(Wired Danger Room Blog, Aug. 26) http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/more-drones-mor.html 3 Mile High Spy Club (UK) RAF top brass have secretly bought two spy-in-the-sky planes to snoop on terrorists worldwide — from three miles up. (UK Sun, Aug. 27) www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1611332.ece Could Iris Scans Stop a New Iraq Insurgency? One of the things that just might keep a full-blown insurgency from erupting again, a leading expert in the region says, is a set of databases of fingerprints and irises, built by the U.S. military…(Wired Danger Room Blog, Aug. 26) http://blog.wired.com/defense/ Iran Launches Submarine Production Line Iran has launched a submarine production line to ensure its forces are equipped to maintain security in the vital oil shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz waterway…(Reuters, Aug. 25) http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnLP598899.html DIA (Denver International Airport) Adds 2 New Security Tools One is a passive millimeter- wave bomb detector that can be mounted on a tripod at high-traffic locations to screen airport passengers and visitors for explosive materials they may be carrying. The device works by looking for "disruptions" in millimeter waves…(Denver Post, Aug. 24) www.denverpost.com/previous2/home/ci_10286483 Now, a Mobile Spy Cam That Will Make Life Hell Users simply install the device in the room they wish to monitor. If the motion sensor detects a disturbance, it sends a three-second video of the event to the owner's mobile phone. (ANI, Aug. 27) www.newslocale.org/sci%10tech/stnews/now,_a_mobile_spy_cam_that_will_make_life_hell_for_love_cheats!_200808273442.html\ Draganfly X6 Remote Controlled Spy Chopper With GPS You no longer need to sign up to a tour of duty on the front-lines to get to play with the coolest unmanned aerial surveillance tech. Draganfly has a whole series of remote controlled spy choppers…(T3 Gadget Website, Aug. 27) www.t3.com/news/draganfly-x6-remote-controlled-spy-chopper-with-gps?=36498 12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control Several caller ID spoofing services are available online that not only hide your number from the recipient's caller... (Washington Post, Aug. 27) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082700368.html If you would like to be added or deleted from the weekly 304th MI Bn OSINT distribution list please e-mail sarah.e.womer@us.army.mil.