USA
U.S. Naval Update Map: Sept. 28, 2011
eptember 26, CNET – (International; Massachusetts) Harvard Web site hacked with pro-Syria message. The home page of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Harvard University was hacked September 26 in what was described as a "sophisticated" attack that briefly defaced the site with a message accusing the U.S. of supporting the uprising against Syria's president. Accompanying an image of the Syrian President was a message that said "SyRiAn ELeCTronic ArMy WeRe HeRE," according to a screenshot captured by the BBC. The defacement included an anti-U.S. diatribe that accused the United States of supporting a "policy of killing" in Syria, the BCC reported. A Harvard spokesman said the university is examining the hack to improve network security. "The university's homepage was compromised by an outside party September 26. We took down the site for several hours in order to restore it," he told the BBC. "The attack appears to have been the work of a sophisticated individual or group." Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20111923-83/harvard-web-site-hackedwith-pro-syria-message/
September 27, Assoicated Press – (Tennessee) Medical equipment supplier Hill-Rom pays $41.8 million in fraud investigation. Medical equipment supplier Hill-Rom Company Inc. has agreed in a fraud investigation to pay $41.8 million after the company submitted false claims to Medicare for specialized medical equipment, such as bed support surfaces to treat pressure ulcers or bed sores for patients who did not qualify, and submitted false claims for patients who had died. A statement from the U.S. attorney's office said the Batesville, Indiana-based company agreed to settle alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act and other federal laws, but denies any wrongdoing. Source: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3528075969f44ce39de8734e5903a8c7/TN-Health-Care-Fraud/
EUROPE
Agenda: With George Friedman on Europe's Debt Crisis
Navigating the Eurozone Crisis
Portfolio: Preparing for Greece's Failure
Europe's Best-Case Scenario
ASIA
China Security Memo: Land Grab Triggers Protests in Guangdong
Japan Taking a New Role in the South China Sea?
RUSSIA
Russia: New Sea-Based IBM Tested September 30, 2011
Russia successfully tested a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile (IBM), launching the Liner missile from the Delta IV Class Tula strategic submarine in the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said, RIA Novosti reported Sept. 30. The missile’s warheads targeted the Kura test grounds on the Kamchatka peninsula, hitting the designated area on schedule, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said
IRAN
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAQ
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
AFGHANISTAN
A Change in the Afghan War
Afghanistan: Senior Haqqani Commander Captured October 1, 2011
NATO forces said Oct. 1 that they captured the senior commander for the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan, Sept. 28, Reuters reported. NATO said Khan managed bases and operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, moved forces over borders and handled funds and supplies. He was captured in the Jani Khel district of Paktia province in an operation by foreign and Afghan forces. The Taliban denied news of his capture
MIDDLE EAST
Libya: Interim Government Postponed September 29, 2011
The ruling authorities in Libya will postpone the formation of an interim government until the stronghold of fallen leader Moammar Gadhafi is eliminated from the country, Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the executive office of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), said Sept. 29, Xinhua reported. Jibril said the current executive office is to remain in operation and will be kept as the caretaker administration, adding that he will not be “related to the transitional government.”
Egypt: Weapons Seized In Sinai Cave September 30, 2011
Egypt’s North Sinai security forces found 545 mortars, eight anti-aircraft missiles and a 70-kilogram aircraft bomb inside a cave in the Sinai mountains, Middle East News Agency reported Sept. 30.
Egypt: Riot Police Clear Tahrir Square October 1, 2011
Riot police in Cairo cleared protesters from Tahrir Square on Oct. 1, Reuters reported. The protesters wanted to follow a demonstration demanding a transfer to civilian rule with a sit-in. Police arrested ten people. Activists said they will return to the square and keep pressure on the ruling military council. Mostafa el Hag, a singer and activist, said another sit-in is being planned. Some 60 political groups set Oct. 2 as deadline for their demands to be met: an end to emergency law, an end to military trials of civilians, and speeding up trials of previous officials.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Mexico: President Orders Federal Forces To Veracruz September 28, 2011
Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s administration said Sept. 28 that it is sending troops and federal police to reinforce operational and intelligence work in the state of Veracruz, federal security representative Alejandra Sota said, AP reported. Sota said Veracruz’s government asked federal prosecutors to take over the investigation of last week’s dumping of 35 bodies.
MISC
Intelligence Guidance: Eurozone Debt Crisis, Tensions with Pakistan, Taliban Talks
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