Showing posts with label syria. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
ITALY 2010 - 2012
ITALY 2010 – 2012
18 November 2010 – Silvio Berlusconi and the mafia. The
Telegraph UK by Nick Squires Rome.
19 March 2012 – Police arrested 16 Italian judges for
suspected ties to the mafia. Bribes from Camorra mafia by Amy Silverstein.
31 March 2012 – Thailand arrests Vito Roberto Palazolo,
South African, mafia banker wanted in Italy. Global Post America the gutted.
28 June 2012 – Advertisements for organ trafficking appear
on the internet in Spain, Italy, Greece and Russia. The black market for body parts
spreads among the poor in Europe. The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky. Belgrade
Serbia.
27 September 2012 – Ghana’s Radio Gold is used for
trafficking young girls into Italy for sex slavery. Ghana web the new free
press.
29 October 2012 – Italian police bust a human trafficking
ring. International criminal group. Anti-mafia prosecutors. IOC news Europol.
29 October 2012 – Italian police bust a human trafficking
gang. Iraqi Kurds smuggled into Italy by the crime group. Smuggling Kurds
through Syria, Iran and Turkey to Europe. The Balkan route. Mafia today.
8 November 2012 – Italy busts suspected gold smuggling
network $200m in laundered money. Mafia
today.
9 November 2012 – In Italy doctors were held over
unauthorised treatments. Nine cardiologists, experiments and corruption. BBC
Europe.
10 November 2012 – Colombia and Italy to partner against the
mafia and drug trafficking. All about Italy Rome Interpol.
14 November 2012 – EU approves $850 million in earthquake
aid for Italy, after criticism of foot dragging. Washington Post business AP
Brussels.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
TURKEY Part 2
TURKEY Part 2
4 March 2006 – Turkey
launched criticism against receiving a Hamas delegation led by Damascus based,
Tehran backed, Khaled Meshaal to Ankara. UN secretary general Kofi Annan heaped
praise on the Turkish position towards Hamas, to foreign minister Abdullah Gul
in Dohar Qatar. Ehud Olmert called the Turkish PM to thank him for the position
taken and the messages conveyed to the Hamas delegation that came to Ankara.
(Hamas al-Jaafari Sadr contacts Engiz
Landar the new Anatolian).
31 July 2006 – Bomb hits
Turk ruling party site, no one hurt. Jihadis about to enter Turkey on their way
to Lebanon. Iranian volunteer fighters in support of Hezbollah. Bomb was hurled at the AKPs Istanbul branch.
9 August 2006 – A
suspicious person was detained outside General staff HQ with two rifles and a
pistol.
21 August 2006 – Massive
explosion in natural gas pipeline from Iran to Turkey.
11 September 2006 – Four
consecutive bombs shook two of Turkey’s coastal resorts last week. Turkish
authorities blamed the PKK for the situation
which left three people dead and dozens injured, including ten British
tourists. The PKK has fought a 15 year
war with the Turkish government trough the 1980’s and 90’s which left
30,000 people dead. Declaring a ceasefire in 1999 after the imprisonment of its
leader Abdullah Ocalan the PKK whose ruler allowed thousands to retreat to the
northern Iraq Zubeyir Aydar head of the Kongra-Gel the political wing of the
PKK. (Time mag 11 sept 2006 targets old conflicts. Andrew Purvis).
17 September 2006 – More
explosives were found in Turkey.
9 October 2006 – Izmir
police seize four kg of explosives. PKK blamed.
27 November 2006 – Turkish
police on alert due to lost c-4 would make a 5kt explosion perhaps used during
papal visit to Turkey. Nazif Yuksel Turkey’s anti-terror chief of police
intelligence services said 5,000 tons of c-4 explosives belonging to the Iraqi
defence ministry had been lost. Turkey special services arrested extremists who
prepared an attack against Catholic cardinal. No details of the identity or
nationality of those arrested.
5 March 2007 – Turkey
announces long range air and missile defence system program. www.defencetalk.com Also Korea competing
with France for tank exports to Turkey.
20 March 2007 – is Turkey
moving away from the west? www.todayszaman.com.
29 March 2007 – One person
was killed and ten others injured in a gas tank explosion at a resort hotel in
Turkey. (CNN breaking news).
22 August 2007 – Iraq will
begin exporting oil through Turkey in a few weeks reported Reuters citing Iraqi
oil minister Hussein Sharistani. Exports will begin at 500,000 bpd said
Sharastani. A special security force will be deployed to guard the pipeline
which runs from Kirkuk to Baiji. (Stratfor intelligence summary).
29 August 2007 – For the
first time since the founding of Turkey more than 80 years ago, an Islamic
political force controls all of the key civilian institutes of the state. A former
Islamist was elected as Turkeys 11th president. Abdullah Gul aged
56. ( Stratfor morning intelligence brief. Geopolitical diary).
November 2007 – General
elections, Turkey wanting to join the European Union. (9645khz VOA 2.47am nz
time 27 jan 2007 world news now).
27 January 2011 – Turkeys
growing ties with Arab world by Amberin Zaman BBC.
12 November 2011 – Turkey
earthquake death toll rises. Two journalists among those killed. Ivan Watson
and Gul Tuysuz CNN.
10 October 2012 – Sex
slavery nets Turkish occupied Cyprus $12.98 million by A Papapostolou Greek
reporter ANSA.
14 October 2012 – Turkish
megamosque in Germany sparks controversy by Erick Stakelbeck CBN news terror
analyst Colonge Germany.
15 October 2012 – Refugees
to Turkey top 100,000 by Joe Parkinson in Istanbul and Ayla Albayrak in Hatay
province Turkey. The Wall street journal.
15 October 2012 – NATO
must offer Turkey military support in Syria crisis by Joya Benitez Christian
science monitor.
15 October 2012 – Global
investing Golden time for Turkey by Sujata Rao Reuters.
15 October 2012 – Turkey
becomes entangled by Dr Mordechai Kedar The Jewish Press.
16 October 2012 – Another
Syrian bound plane ordered to land. By Gulsen Solaker and Ozge Ozbilgin
Stuff.co.nz
16 October 2012 – Turkey
stats building water pipeline to northern Cyprus. By Selcan Hacaoglu Bloomberg.
19 October 2012 – update
3-blast halts Iran gas flow to Turkey 28 troops hurt, sabotage operation. By
Orhan Coskun Ankara Reuters.
22 October 2012 –
Committee to protect journalists press freedom news. Mission journal first of
two CPJ delegation visits to Turkey by Jean Paul Marthoz. Journalists in jail
in Turkey.
22 October 2012 – Iranian
cash is flooding into Istanbul by Adam Taylor
business insider.
23 October 2012 – Turkey
seizes five tons of marijuana near Iran border Istanbul worth $2 million. By
Ece Toksabay, Nick Tattersall and Micheal Roddy. Reuters.
23 October 2012 – Iran may
be using Dubai (UAE) to hide all the gold its trading with Turkey. By Joshua
Berlinger Business insider.
29 October 2012 – Turkey
targets $100 billion Arab world trade in five years. Realignment from Europe to
the Middle East by Peter Shaw Smith. Gulf Business.
29 October 2012 – Turkey
trades gold to Iran via Dubai (UAE) Iran sells oil and gas to Turkey. The lobe
Mail Reuters.
30 October 2012 – Gold
being remonetised as banks in Turkey target gold worth $302 billion. Business
insider. Goldcore bullion and wealth management company.
30 October 2012 – New jobs
for Ugandans in Turkey. Mahmut Arslan president of Hak-it Turkish trade union
signed on behalf of the Turkish government by Patrick Jaramofi. New vision
Uganda.
6 November 2012 – Why
Turkey should be tough on Iran by Can Kasapoglu The Jerusalem Post.
7 November 2012 – Turkey
may deploy patriot missiles near Syria by Neil MacFarquhar and Rick Gladstone
Beirut Lebanon New York Times.
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