USA
September 24, CNN – (Washington) Police: Man who opened fire near school field dies in gunfight. A 51-year-old man started firing several rifles as he approached a Washington high school athletic field, before being killed in a subsequent gunfight with police, authorities said. The incident occurred September 24 in Issaquah, a town about 17 miles east of Seattle. A King County Sheriff's Office sergeant told CNN the man was driving through the town when he stopped "and got out with a couple of rifles." The man then walked down a street, towards the field, and began shooting. He was then "confronted by police," the sergeant said. Source: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-24/justice/justice_washingtonshooting_1_gunfight-rifles-authorities?_s=PM:JUSTICE
U.S.: Man Accused Of Plot Against Pentagon, Capitol September 28, 2011
U.S. federal officials charged Rezwan Ferdaus from Ashland, Massachusetts, for plotting to use a remote-controlled aircraft strapped with C-4 plastic explosives to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, Boston Business Journal reported Sept. 28. Prosecutors said Ferdaus thought he was working with Al Qaeda. He was charged with trying to provide resources and material support to a foreign terrorist organization
EUROPE
EU Bailout Program Still Faces Obstacles
ASIA
China: Tells U.S. It Will Go Its Own Way In South Pacific September 27, 2011
China has told the United States that it does not support combined efforts and will go its own way with its growing aid and investment in the South Pacific, a senior U.S. official said Sept. 27, AFP reported. At a 16-nation Pacific island summit this month in New Zealand, Chinese officials explained they were not interested in sharing the fruits of their engagement, said Kurt Campbell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia. Campbell said China politely explained it would do its own investment and quid pro quo bilaterally
September 25, Asahi Shimbun – (International) Hydrogen accumulates in pipes at Fukushima's No. 1 reactor. Hydrogen has accumulated to a level higher than previously thought in pipes connected to Japan's Fukushima No. 1 reactor containment vessel, the plant's operator said September 23. But Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) officials said an explosion was unlikely because nonflammable nitrogen was being pumped in to prevent oxygen from entering the containment vessel and triggering a blast. TEPCO said it is investigating the possibility hydrogen has also accumulated in a similar manner at the plant's No. 2 and No. 3 reactors. However, the company noted there was no way to tell whether the hydrogen in the pipes had been generated immediately after the onset of the crisis on March 11 or in later stages. Nor could TEPCO measure how much hydrogen may have been generated in the vessel. The nitrogen injections are believed to have lowered the hydrogen concentration considerably, but some hydrogen, being lighter than nitrogen, may be accumulating near the top of the vessel without being driven out. The hydrogen concentration was found to exceed 1 percent, the threshold of the measurement device. TEPCO said it was conducting a more detailed analysis on the concentration level. An explosion can occur in a gas containing more than 4 percent hydrogen, and more than 5 percent oxygen. Source: http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109240257.html [Return to top] Critical Manufacturing Sector
RUSSIA
Putin's Candidacy Draws Varied Reactions
Russia: Test Launch Of New IBM Missile Confirmed September 28, 2011
The Russian Defense Ministry said it carried out the first test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (IBM) at the Plesetek cosmodrome on Sept. 27, Interfax-AVN reported Sept. 28. A Defense Ministry spokesman said the launch events were part of the research and development work on new missile systems. An industry source said the test launch was a failure with the missile falling to ground about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the launch site.
Dispatch: Putin and the Kremlin's Internal Struggle
IRAN
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAQ
Iraq: First Payment Made On U.S. F-16s September 27, 2011
Iraq made its first payment on a $3 billion deal to purchase 18 F-16 jets from the United States, according to a statement from the U.S. State Department, Ynet reported Sept. 27.
ISRAEL
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Weekly War Update: Motives for the Rabbani Assassination
MIDDLE EAST
Dispatch: Egyptian Elections Scheduled
SCAF May Be Preparing Egyptian Leader For Presidential Run
Dispatch: UAV Strikes Against al Shabaab
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Criticizes Election Law September 28, 2011
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood criticized Sept. 28 Egypt’s rulers for approving a “faulty” election law, DPA reported. Allowing individual candidacy in parliamentary elections in November could allow former President Hosni Mubarak loyalists to enter parliament
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
MISC
Above the Tearline: The Intelligence Value of Hostage Debriefing
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