USA
U.S. Naval Update Map: Oct. 5, 2011
U.S.: Missile Defense System Successfully Tested October 5, 2011
The United States successfully tested its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system on Oct. 5, according to a Pentagon Missile Defense Agency statement, Xinhua reported. The missile defense system simultaneously intercepted one short-range and one medium-range ballistic missile target during the test, which was conducted at the Paycific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii
EUROPEy
Europe Entering the Danger Zone
Poland: More Countries Could Join Missile Defense - NATO Head October 5, 2011
More European countries could join Poland, Romania and Turkey in the European anti-missile shield, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Oct. 5 after meeting with NATO defense ministers, Xinhua reported. Rasmussen said he would not be surprised to hear announcements regarding new inputs into the defense system within the next few months.
Spain: PM To Sign NATO Missile Shield Pact October 5, 2011
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will sign a deal to join NATO’s missile defense system before a NATO defense ministers meeting, diplomats said Oct. 5, DPA and Typically Spanish reported. Spain will offer its naval base in Rota, Andalucia, El Pais reported. Rodriguez Zapatero will sign the deal during a visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels and provide further details at a news conference with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
ASIA
Dispatch: South Korea Plans Naval Bases Amid Maritime Tensions
Rhetoric and Reality in U.S.-China Currency Tensions
RUSSIA
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAN
Iran: Ready To Stop 20 Percent Nuclear Enrichment - Ahmadinejad October 4, 2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Oct. 4 reiterated that Tehran is ready to “immediately” stop production of low enriched uranium of 20 percent if world powers provide Iran with the nuclear material, AFP reported. Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on Iranian state-run television that producing enriched fuel is not economical and there is no export market to justify continuing to operate the plant.
Iran: Tehran Will File IAEA Complaint Over Scientist Information October 4, 2011
Iran will submit a complaint to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following the release to Israel of classified information about Iran’s nuclear scientists, Salam News reported Oct. 4, citing Irib News, who quoted Iranian parliamentary representative Heydarpour Ayaz. He called the IAEA’s action illegal and said the agency should have to answer for their actions.
IRAQ
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
AFGHANISTAN. http://web.stratfor.com/images/latinamerica/map/Mexico_Pan_Am_800.jpg
Afghanistan Weekly War Update: Tensions Spike as Drawdown Looms
Afghanistan Weekly War Update: Motives for the Rabbani Assassination
MIDDLE EAST
Shiite Unrest in Saudi Arabia and Iranian Ambitions
Libya: Establishment Of Armed Group In Tripoli Announced October 2, 2011
A new armed group, the Tripoli Revolutionists Council, has been created to protect citizens’ security and property, collect unlicensed weapens, support humanitarian relief and help keep order in Tripoli, Abdullah Ahmed Naker said, Reuters reported Oct. 2. The group has 22,000 armed men at its disposal from 73 different factions, Naker said, adding that the group is cooperating with the Tripoli Military Council, another group in Tripoli. The Tripoli Military Council is not representative of Tripoli’s population and is not large enough, Naker said.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
Mexican Cartels, Crime and the Pan American Games
Mexico: LFM Cartel Leader Captured October 5, 2011
Mexican police captured Martin Rosales Magana, one of the last major leaders of the La Familia Michoacana cartel (LFM), and three associates, AP reported Oct. 5. The head of the federal police anti-drug unit said Rosales Magana was trying to ally with Los Zetas to revive LFM
MISC
Above the Tearline: Political Interference in 'Rewards for Justice'
Geopolitical Calendar: Week of Oct. 3, 2011
cPC Magazine – (New York) Anonymous threatens to 'erase NYSE from the Internet'. Anonymous declared "war" on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the weekend of September 30 and vowed to "erase" it from the Internet October 10 as the Occupy Wall Street protest entered its third week in New York City after a weekend that saw hundreds of protesters arrested during a planned march across the Brooklyn Bridge. "On October 10, NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On October 10, expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten," intoned a computer-generated male voice common to many Anonymous videos, in a warning posted on TheAnonMessage YouTube channel. The channel has been used to post several Occupy Wall Streetrelated video messages since the protest against lax regulation of the financial sector and economic inequality began September 17. Those messages include Anonymous' initial "official" video regarding Occupy Wall Street, and a warning sent last week to the New York Police Department that threatened retaliation if "the brutality does not stop" against Occupy Wall Street protestors. The threat to "erase" the NYSE from the Internet was not explained, though some speculated Anonymous was planning a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack on the public-facing NYSE.com Web site similar to DDoS attacks the group has used to take down sites in the past. Others felt that would only be a minor setback for the NYSE and guessed that Anonymous was planning a larger attack, perhaps even an attempt to actually disable trading on the exchange. Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394071,00.asp#fbid=HVPcnsT7BOR
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