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Thursday, October 14, 2010

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USA

October 7, Associated Press – (National) FBI program to boost security at bases. Nearly a year after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon is taking new steps to beef up security and surveillance programs at its bases, and will join an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying future terror threats, U.S. officials said. The new partnership with the FBI’s eGuardian program comes 2 years after the Pentagon shut down a controversial anti-terror database that collected reports of suspicious activity near military installations. The now-defunct program, called TALON, was closed after revelations it had improperly stored information on peace activists. Defense officials have moved carefully to set up the new programs, trying to balance the protection of the nation’s armed forces with the privacy and civil rights of Americans.
Source: http://www.military.com/news/article/fbi-program-to-boost-security-at-bases.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS

EUROPE

Poland: U.S. Patriot Missile Battery To Be Stationed In Morag, Then Torun October 13, 2010

The next U.S. Patriot missile battery to arrive in Poland will be first stationed in the city of Morag before being deployed to Torun, PAP reported Oct. 13, citing a Polish Defense Ministry spokesman. However, this does not preclude the possibility that future U.S. batteries will be deployed to other Polish army bases, the spokesman said. The next battery will arrive in Poland in November, the spokesman added.

ASIA

An Emboldened China Pressures Washington STRATFOR


China and the Future of Rare Earth Elements STRATFOR


Dispatch: U.S.-China Relations Dominate ASEAN Defense Meeting STRATFOR


RUSSIA


NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAN


Iran: Another 100 Russian Workers Sent To Bushehr October 13, 2010


Dispelling rumors that some Russian employees are leaving, Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant project manager, Mahmoud Jafari, said the facility is set to receive an additional 100 Russian personnel, ISNA reported Oct. 13. There are now 2,500 Russian employees working at Bushehr, Jafari added.
Iran: Blast Kills Several IRGC Members October 12, 2010

An explosion has killed several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) at a military base in western Iran, Fars News Agency reported Oct. 12. Several others were injured and taken to hospitals in Khoramabad. The Mashreghnews.ir website was the only news outlet to give an exact toll, reporting that 12 IRGC guards and been killed and 20 injured. The explosion likely occurred at an armaments warehouse.

U.S.: Allegedly Sending Opposition Forces To Iran October 12, 2010

According to Kalameh News on Oct. 12, U.S. forces have recently chosen 75 agents of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) with the intention of sending them to Iran under the guise of Iraqi nationals after they finish special training courses. The agents would travel and work through legal means and with official documents to contact security, military and police forces and collect information on the missile and nuclear industries of the country. According to another report, 29 MeK militants have been recently transferred to Azerbaijan by U.S. forces and are currently deployed in that country.

IRAQ

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL

Palestinian Territories: Gaza Flotilla Planned For 2011 October 12, 2010

A flotilla of boats are planned to sail through Israel’s sea blockade of Gaza as early as February, a spokesman for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition told reporters in Geneva on Oct. 12, the Jerusalem Post reported. It is not about the aid, the spokesman stated, adding that the aim is to show that the blockade can be broken.
AFGHANISTAN

A Week in the War: Afghanistan, Oct. 6-12, 2010 STRATFOR

Dispatch: A Fresh NATO Incursion into Pakistan STRATFOR



MIDDLE EAST

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's New Issue STRATFOR

SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Above the Tearline: An American Killed in Mexico STRATFOR

Dispatch: Insight on the U.S.-Mexico Border Killings STRATFOR

Mexico: Drug Cartel Financier Arrested October 13, 2010


Mexican federal police arrested the principal financier for Mexican drug trafficking cartel La Familia Michoacana, Ignacio Javier Lopez Medina, in an unspecified location in Michoacan, Milenio reported Oct. 13. Lopez Medina was arrested along with three other people, including a bank executive from Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan state, El Universal reported. Lopez Medina confessed to handling funds obtained from extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking.


Mexico: Investigator Into Falcon Lake Attack Killed October 12, 2010


A Mexican police commander tasked with investigating the reported pirate attack on Falcon Lake was killed and his head delivered to the Mexican military, sources said Oct. 12, San Antonio Express-News reported. Rolando Flores was the chief of state investigators in Ciudad Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas state. U.S. officials said the head was reportedly delivered in a suitcase in the vicinity of Ciudad Miguel Aleman.


Mexico: Governors, President Sign Pact On Unified Police October 12, 2010


Nine Mexican state governors signed a security agreement to create the first unified command state police units within six months, Milenio reported Oct. 12. The governors of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Sinaloa, Oaxaca and Hidalgo signed the agreement. The governor of Puebla state also agreed to the pact but did not attend.

MISC


NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
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