| | The Counter Terrorist
Your bi-monthly update on Homeland Security | April 2007 |
| Verse in Koran on beating wife gets a new translation
by Neil MacFarquhar - International Herald Tribune  CHICAGO: Laleh Bakhtiar had already spent two years working on an English translation of the Koran when she came upon Chapter 4, Verse 34. She nearly dropped the project right then. The hotly debated verse states that a rebellious woman should first be admonished, then abandoned in bed and ultimately "beaten" - the most common translation for the Arabic word "daraba" - unless her behavior improves... ___________________________________________________________________ 
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Feds link 4 to money laundering
by Michael P. Mayko - Connecticut Post  BRIDGEPORT - The money flowed out of the country last August like water from a faucet that couldn't be turned off. There was $15,000 on Aug. 1 and $18,350 on Aug. 7. Those figures rose to $55,000 on Aug. 9, $44,035 on Aug. 16 and $30,000 on Aug. 23 and 26. It came as profits from what federal agents believe was a complex scheme in which pre-paid phone cards were obtained illegally and high-priced items like jewelry were bought on credit cards that were never paid off... ___________________________________________________________________ |
RESOURCE: National Library of Medicine: Haz-Map Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
 Haz-Map is an occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases. The Haz-Map Jobs table is based on the 1997 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The Industries table is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The Diseases table is based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9)... ___________________________________________________________________
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Building Moderate Muslim Networks
by Rabasa, Benard, Schwartz, and Sickle - RAND Monograph  The struggle underway throughout much of the Muslim world is essentially a war of ideas. Its outcome will determine the future direction of the Muslim world and whether the threat of jihadist terrorism continues, with some Muslim societies falling back even further into patterns of intolerance and violence... ___________________________________________________________________ |
RESOURCE: Sakhr - Ajeeb Site (Arabic to English Translations)
 Sakhr is a commercial online translation service, designed to electronically translate from Arabic to other common languages, such as English, French, and German. In addition to online dictionaries, this elaborate site provides text correctors, data mining, translated news and entertainment items, and more. You'll need to register to use the service, and pay to use all the online features... ___________________________________________________________________ |
RFID Feared as Possible Terrorist Target
by Lisa Vaas - eweek.com  As if RFID chips in driver's licenses and passports weren't scary enough already, London's Royal Academy of Engineering is suggesting that someday a terrorist will be able to read personal details from a distance and, given the right antennas and amplification, set a bomb to go off when a particular person gets within range... ________________________________________________________________ |
One Muslim advocacy group's not-so-secret terrorist ties
by Steven Emerson - The New Republic  This year has been a rocky one for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the self-professed "prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy" group. First, Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer rescinded an award her office had issued a CAIR official, stating that she was uncomfortable with many of the organization's positions... ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
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Terror threats on Canadian oilpatch worth watching, security expert says
by James Gordon - canada.com  OTTAWA - A recent call by al-Qaida to attack Canadian, Mexican and Venezuelan oil interests as an indirect strike against the U.S. economy doesn't represent a "clear and present danger" to the country, but those who ignore it do so at their own peril, a leading terrorism expert said Monday... |
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