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GLOBAL SECURITY: Global Security Report for 9/24/2004

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posted on Sep, 24 2004 @ 01:09 PM
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Sudan - Durar Region Conflict
It may take up to two years to disarm the Arab militia in the Dufar region of western Sudan. 1.2 million people are displaced as a result of the fighting and over 50,000 have been killed in the last 19 months alone. The U.N. is calling Dufar the "world's worst humanitarian crisis", while the U.S. is calling it genocide. Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir is not responding to international pressure to end the conflict.
 

Afghanistan - Poppy crops increase
Afghans have planted more than 50, 000 more acres of poppies than the previous year, bringing the total up to 250,000 acres. The narcotics trade in the country is undermining the U.S effort to bring stability to the country.

Caribbean - Hurricane Jeanne threat grows
Hurricane Jeanne is predicted to strengthen and grow into a major hurricane before striking the Bahamas tomorrow and moving on to Florida. The Caribbean is still struggling from the results of a record hurricane season.

Nigeria - Fighting causes Shell to evacuate employees
Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated it's employees from two plants in Nigeria after rebel forces have clashed with troops. Government officials are claiming that oil production will not be stopped, but last year 40% of production was halted during conflicts such as this one. Amnesty International estimates that up to 500 have been killed in the last 3 weeks.

Gaza - Mortar bomb kills woman
A Palestinian mortar bomb killed a woman in a Southern Gaza settlement, and the day before 3 Palestinian gunmen killed 3 Israeli soldiers guarding a settlement in the same area. Palestinian militants fire rockets and mortar rounds into Israeli settlements almost daily, but this is the first resulting death in almost 2 years.

Iraq - Six Egyptians and four Iraqis kidnapped
Gunmen kidnapped six Egyptians, and four Iraqi workers who were employed by an Iraqi cellular phone company called Iraqna Mobile Net . Two of the victims were kidnapped from their Bag dad office. On the same day a rocket hit a busy Bag dad street killing 4 Iraqis and wounding 14 others. Mortar rounds were fired at the Italian Embassy also, but this was before office hours, so there were no injuries. Fighting continues between insurgents and American forces throughout the country, the worst being in the Suni region North of Baghdad.

Brazil - U.N. sends nuclear inspectors to Brazil
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is sending a team of inspectors to Brazil after Brazil denied a IAEA member access to a uranium enrichment facility in February and March of this year. Brazil has one of the world's largest uranium reserves, and said that they were simply trying to protect trade secrets. The IAEA team is expected to arrive next month.

Lebanon - Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace
For the last 3 days Israeli warplanes have been overflying Lebanese airspace, but without retaliation from Lebanese or Hezbollah gunners who control the region. Lebanon has filed complaints with the United Nations, accusing Israel of repeatedly violating their country's sovereignty.

**Sources include: Reuters, AZCentral.com,Scotsman, Klaheej Times, NYNewsday.com, ABC, UPI

[edit on 24-9-2004 by dbates]



posted on Sep, 24 2004 @ 10:44 PM
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German And French Representives sat down w/ Iranian officials and ask them to give up thier centrifugues or the nations will bring the issue to the UN security council. Iran refused. this is reuters wolrd news...



Britain, France and Germany are pressing Tehran to renounce any weapons-related activities in return for cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy and closer economic ties.

But Iran instead said this week it had begun processing raw uranium for enrichment, a preliminary step to making a bomb.

Nevertheless, Kharrazi sought to assure the General Assembly that his country was not developing nuclear arms, saying Iran "will leave no stone unturned in order to provide assurances of our peaceful intentions."

Earlier on Friday, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier told U.S. reporters that Iran's pledges were not yet sufficient. "The program to enrich uranium has not yet been completed despite assurances that have been given us. We are exactly at the time we need to be reassured and this is what we have told the Iranians," Barnier said.

the report goes on to mention Israel's unconfirmed arsenal.

should just clarify that Iraq would be in serious trouble to find itself standing w/o the big 3 of europe. they are major importers to Iran. And having the Us Navy in the area to enforce an embargo, would servely damage Iranian ecomony

[edit on 09/10/2004 by ptab01]



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