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ENIGMA 2000 acknowledges the receipt of the WOYG Newsletter No 42; Compliments of the Season to all concerned.
[Y service].
After the remains of four seamen who served on the fated MV Gaul, a trawler that sank in heavy seas on 08 Feb 1974, and inquest will be heard in front of Mr Justice Steel in Hull.
It has often been alleged by the relatives that the boat was involved in espionage at the time of it sinking; a further suggestion is that the vessel was rammed by a Soviet Submarine because a ‘spy’ was on board.
A Channel 4 programme covered the re-location of the Gaul and its survey by a remotely controlled survey vessel, interviewed a ships master who actually spied for HM Gov’t and who could show his camera and recognition books as well as some supported information about special radio apparatus used aboard the various trawlers to listen in to Russian comms and telemetry.
[Yours truly knows a bloke –we met aboard ship who actually did the intercepts, although I never asked and he didn’t disclose- cheers Alex if you’re reading this]! Tnx E See also NL Issue 5
November 2003.
An Algerian national questioned by security forces in Northern Ireland investigating possible links with Al-Qaeda has been charged with terrorist offences.
Police arrested Abbas Boutrab, 25 on Monday 03 November 2003, at HMP Maghaberry near Lisburn, where he was being held on behalf of the Immigration Service. Persons detained under the authority of an Immigration Detention Order in Northern Ireland are initially held at the high-security prison, as there are no dedicated immigration detention centres in the province.
Following his arrest at HMP Maghaberry, Boutrab was taken for questioning at Gough Barracks, Armagh. Whilst held at Gough Barracks, a court review was sought of the police decision not to allow Boutrab the interpreter of his choice at interviews. The police decision was upheld.
Appearing at Belfast Magistrates Court on 10 November 2003, Boutrab was accused of three offences namely; receiving instruction or training in the use of explosives, possessing documents, including false identification in circumstances which gave rise to the reasonable suspicion that the possession of the items was for a purpose in connection with the commission, preparation or instigation or instigation of an act of terror and possessing documents or records likely to be of use to people committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Boutrab pleaded not guilty to the three charges, and was remanded in custody for four weeks. [Tnx AnonNI]
Last time we made light of the above operation designed to show the world that the might of Great Britain can cope with the horrors of a terror attack on London Underground [that’s if it’s not on strike – Bob Crow, Britain’s secret weapon against terrorism].
An interesting headline in The Times 16/12 read ‘Terror Emergency Plans were Flawed’.
Apparently the Transport secretary, Alistair Darling says that ‘shortcomings revealed by an exercise proved that alternative rescue plans had to be produced for areas such as the Underground, which were difficult to reach.’ This we were told, ‘refers to an exercise in September [Exercise Osiris 2] involving a simulated attack on the Underground had shown there was room for improvement in how the emergency services handled such incidents.
You may remember that ENIGMA 2000 mentioned that the casualties were represented by just 60 police trainees. None would have panicked, urinated or defaecated with fear, ran screaming up the tunnel in wrong direction, set about those in front because their life is more important than those around. No sheer panic, violence, despair or desperation. If it happened with the 160,000 going about their daily tasks it would have been a very different story. There will be similar exercises over the next two years [unless of course we get the real thing].
Understand that there was some panic amongst the police intakes who attended the incident when they returned to Hendon and found the canteen had run out of chips and that the underneath of Peel House was closed to all smokers.
Incidentally, hope they’ve got that swimming pool fixed – it’s a waste of public money sitting there empty.
The Daily Observer is an in house newspaper for the 4500 odd staff at GCHQ Cheltenham. One story has made the media and the net in style.
A high frequency signal, the like of which had not been heard before, was baffling the monitors at GCHQ as to its origins and purpose.
The Paper reads: 'An investigation was quickly launched, revealing that the signal was across all the high frequency bands. Stranger still, only Scarborough's aerials could pick it up. Even stranger, it happened only in daytime. And to one antenna in particular. Exhaustive tests were launched, revealing the answer - a horny ram.
In between servicing some local ewes, it was partial to rubbing its horns against the aerial masts."
Bob McNally a GCHQ spokesman revealed, "It was part of the ritual that the ram went through after it had made a conquest. I believe the ram was notching up a mark on the pylon, so to speak.
'The Times [04/11] mentions, 'GCHQ monitors communications from around the world, from emails to mobile telephone calls, but this was its first message from a randy ram.'
Excellent stuff, certainly conjures up visions of a mobile phone mast in a rural field to a bored reader sitting in a train. Not if you consider an Ordnance Survey map of Scarborough. To the south west of Scarborough will be seen a large expanse of green, hardly a field and more than a meadow. This is a large area more than suitable for an antenna farm and a cheap way to keep the grass short is having sheep grazing. Now the public purse can expect some drawings to pay for sheep proof fences to be erected around the mast bases.
This map acknowledges the existence of the Wireless Station by showing the buildings in outline and two masts, bearing the legend 'Wireless Station'.
The station started life in the First World War as a Naval Wireless Telegraphy [w/t] receiving station and was referred to as 'Scarborough' and apparently was on the same site as the current GCHQ wireless station.
After WW1 the station remained in Admiralty hands irrespective of the creation of the GC&CS in 1920 and at the conclusion of WW2 was the largest station personnel wise.
GCHQ took over the running of this station in 1964 and new buildings were constructed in the 19809's. Such new buildings included hardened bunkers, a new operations room and modernised site. The station is now apparently called CSO Irton Moor although it is still referred to as CSO Scarborough by the Local Authority.
Dr DFJ Wood's thesis, of which some information has been gleaned, also states that CSO Irton Moor was also used in Operation JUMBO, which dealt with burst transmissions from Russian Submarines during the Cold War.
http://cryptome.org/irton-eyeball.htm
[We acknowledge with thanks the use of Dr Wood's thesis in the preparation of this piece]. Tnx E and PLondon for your input.
If you are a member of Britain’s unemployed and you have a host of apparent useless talents then these ads [from E] are just for you:
MI5 – The SECURITY SERVICE invites you to Separate Fact from FICTION Linguists [all dialects. Persian/Farsi, Urdu/Punjabi, Turkish, Pushtu, Gujarati. Also Russian with another modern language: From £20100 Central London [from the Guardian I think].
Well, that gives a bit away doesn’t it! Apart from the obvious languages there two suggest Financial problems – Russian and Gujarati. The second because its must be spoken in 90% of Britain’s efficient and helpful corner shops, in a lot of sub-Post Offices, Doctors and Dentist Surgeries and more worryingly other professional areas. Or is this a ploy to attract the ethnic monorities more efficiently than the Metropolitan Police? Wonder why6 they haven’t asked for Jamaican Patios! Will my knowledge of Yemeni Arabic be of use – probably not [anyway I get more than a mere £20100]!
Here’s another belter……………
SENIOR IT MANAGER Password: . . . Rassword:¦ ENTER . The ad tells you that operating within a secure government environment the pivotal London-based IT role demands proven heavyweight service-delivery, change and people management expertise combined with maturity and the desire to take on a fresh and stimulating challenge.
No one knows much about MI5 staffing I think, nor its costs, but with 120+ staff and a multi million budget the lucky devil who gets this well paid vacancy [£will surprise you] will be delivering mission critical [is that a bit of the American rhetoric creeping in?] services to 2000+ demanding users whose focus is the UK’s national security. All that for the promise of ‘£will surprise you’ an eight month wait for all the checks and DV.
Wonder if they have a vacancy for a driver for their little train unit that goes from office to office? In my case £will disappoint you!
And here’s another:
International Criminal Police Organisation – Interpol to you and me is asking for an ‘International call for bids to equip, install and connect 62 member countries, territories and sites to Interpol’s 1-24/7 Communication System. – the ad goes on to say, “The countries to be connected are in the following regions: West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa and the Caibbean.
Stating that the new state of the art [SOTA] equipment connects police over the internet it also says that is uses ‘3 DES’ encryption.
The kit that is called for is, ‘Computers, peripherals, software, VPN boxes with encryption. Anyone who wants to take a gander:
www.interpol.int ‘Servo Per Amikeko’, sorry, that’s the IPA! [Tnx E]
The recent spate of terror arrests in the UK can be summed up easily, "First a guy was arrested in Gloucester with a small amount of explosive then there have been a series of arrests including the one linked with Richard Reid the shoe bomber. It looks like either someone is talking or they kept a detailed dairy and address book !
There were a few arrests in Sheffield last week under the 2000 Terror act but all were quickly released. These were brought on by the discovery of a dead Sheffield born Yemeni in Iraq. A group said he had died in a suicide attack but the Americans said they killed him in an ambush on the Syrian border. This sounds a possibility since the guy had no military training at all."
Further information received suggests that persons involved with a Cambridge and London University have also been detained - "...and it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something you may wish to lie about in Court."
Is there any truth in the rumour that abounds in University campus' that profiling is taking place of those who may be sympathetic to the terror struggle?
[Thanks to all those involved with this little report].
The SundayTimes 02/11 revealed that an ‘agent’, code name Notation, purged his conscience of what he had done for MI5 by contacting the newspaper and chatting openly about his activities. Whilst the Sunday Times admirably stated that the Official Secrets Act prevented it from naming the embassy [and two members guessed the Bangladesh Embassy – because that too was refurbed in 2001] another newspaper revealed that it was the Pakistan Embassy in Lowndes Sq SW1 that had been targeted.
Apparently Notation was selected for part of the contract to refurbish the Embassy. When he entered various parts of the embassy he saw code books and their radio transmitter and coding machinery and sent a message for the intelligence agency.
Eventually he was contacted and his building work used as a front for MI5 jobs involving bugging the transmitter [why there is Crown property nearby that already sports an antenna gallery aloft?] and copying the code books etc. He received money in brown envelopes we are told!
Unfortunately Notation had a history of mental health problems. The work he was carrying out proved stressful and he withdrew his services.
Later Pakistan lodged a strong protest with the GB Government over this matter.
[Thanks for the articles E].
There are images of the Pakistan Embassy on the E2k group site.
Greece was recently criticised by a British Euro MP for failing to return the £120,000 bail money to the 12 British planespotters who were acquitted of spying in the country a year ago. The delay in giving each of those acquitted is apparently due to an ongoing pay claim by defence lawyers in Greece. It has been released that the freed spotters intend to take their lawyers to court in an attempt to recover the bail money.
Here is ENIGMA 2000’s latest contest; Spot the British Company[s] in the now awarded top ten contracts to rebuild Iraq.
Repair damage to Iraq’s oil industry: $2 billion. Awarded to Kellogg, Brown & Root/Halliburton
Personnel support: $7.1 million IRG (Washington)
Rehabilitation of water, electricity, sewage and reconstruction of hospitals, schools and government buildings: $350 million to $1 billion. Bechtel Group (California)
Field support for US military’s Central Command: $500 million. Perini Corp, Washington Group International, Fluor Corp
Electrical supplies: $508 million. International American Products Inc
Primary and secondary education: $157 million. Creative Associates International, Inc (Washington)
Public health: $10 million to $43.8 million. Abt Associates Inc (Massachusetts)
Local governance: $7.9 million to $167.9 million. Research Triangle Institute (North Carolina)
Design and rehabilitation of water, electricity, road and rail projects. To be announced; awaiting offers
Renovation of cement plant: $1.2 million. Awaiting offers Sources: USAID, CPA and The Centre for Public Integrity
We haven’t bothered to designate any prizes because no British Companies were selected, and obviously not even considered.
It doesn’t matter that our blokes can go and fight in Iraq; there is no commercial recognition for this and deaths of British troops are not even reported in the mainline American Press.
The Sunday Telegraph 9th November, 2003 covered in its Focus Column, ‘One soldier panics – and 18 die. America’s allies have found to their cost that fighting alongside US troops can be lethal.’ John Simpson wrote an extensive report on the flawed procedures that led to the worst friendly fire incident of the Iraq war. [BBC1’s Panorama further covered this matter in an excellent offering at 2100 that night].
To put the matter in perspective [and we are not anti-American] this story speaks volumes:
PLondon and his old Sarge, BB [both with boots shone, grey flannels, Blazers with military badge worn, medals and berets and long service ties] were making their way across Victoria Bus station, to meet up with some old friends after the act of Remembrance they were stopped by a man, obviously American, who politely asked, ‘Where can I buy a poppy?’ Of course poppy sales cease at 1100 and they were unable to advise the American who had wished to uphold the British tradition at this time [he was given a spare carried by SgtBB]. A passer by, who had heard the conversation turned to BB and stated, not unexpectedly, ‘Late again!’ To which BB and PL replied to the man. ‘At least they made the effort.’ The bloke then started up about The Zimmerman Telegram for WW1 and Pearl Harbor for WW2. Strange how you find these people; he, the mouthy Brit, unlike the yank, was not even sporting a poppy, as was pointed out. The ‘orrible little man was not pleased!
The Pentagon announced that British companies will be able to bid for 25 giant reconstruction contracts in Iraq. They are valued £11bn. The Americans promised a fair and open competition to [in this order] United States, Iraq and any other country that contributed to the war that toppled Saddam Hussein. Discussed on the late 0608 this morning ‘Dave’ said, “My name’s Sam Dilly, not Damn Silly!” And do you know – everyone else in the discussion agreed!
One of our Anon members wrote in:
“Whilst browsing E-bay earlier I found a chap at Imphal Barracks, BFPO 36 flogging Suit, Protective, NBC No.1 Mk.4 with a starting price of £0.99! [ Item number: 2202243474] Is that blatant or what? And even better - the one in the picture is dated 01, which means it still has a five years shelf life in it! They normally don't put them on the surplus market until they only have a year or six months to run. Selling your NBC Suit.....they mustn't pay squaddies properly these days.....either that, or they're going straight from the Pay Office to the NAAFI!! Then I looked at the above mentioned sellers other items. This guy doesn't need the RMP, more the Head Doctors from the RAMC. He has on sale his respirator, a military guide to Kuwait (handy if going there on Op Telic he says), half the QMs Stores in the line of clothing and a video of The Magic Roundabout!
We were really taken with this offering and decided to do a little investigation on Ebay:
The seller was 'keith8670' who clearly states his location as Imphal Barracks, BFPO 36 United Kingdom. [Actually Osnabruck Germany - been there, seen it, painted it, polished it, lost the gasplug from a SLR L1A1 and got a 252, rejoiced and left after 90 days. – remember Chalky ascribing a lovely arc across the mess when he let the endcap of his SMG L2A2 go prematurely! Goodbye Cpl C*h*n - you won't get me now!]
Of course BFPO36 could be a false trail, Imphal Barracks also exists at Fulford Road York YO1 4AU. Is this a terrier, civvy or home post reg?
As our correspondent stated there was best part of of QMS laid out in the advert! One of his previous sale items was a Regimental Belt for the 17th/21st Lancers, QRL [Item number: 2189259654] another was an original REME Stable belt, size to max of 84cm waist [Item number: 2197641509].
We wondered if he was a civvy or as my mate suggested ‘Rob All My Comrades’. There was a recent move from York.‘York’ can be found on this blokes lists of things sold [as can a reference to Bosnia – BFPO 551 for the uninitiated]. Fulford Road perhaps.
Has our erstwhile vendor used his first name and last four numbers as part of his email identification. Is all this stuff kosher, was this bloke apprehended under QR's, does the lantern swing in his mess - who knows]? [Tnx 241nnnnn we'll pass this on with glee].”
Mac – do you remember the Colour Sgt at the recruiting office on Saturday mornings, “Like the uniform lads?” to which we answered, “It looks alright on you you &*?£$”
Incidentally, it is a summary offence to have any illicit dealings with any property of HM Forces:
s195 Army and Air Force Acts 1955 and s98 Naval Discipline Act 1957. Both have powers of arrest attached; s195 in the A&AF Act1955 and ss.98 and 106 in the ND Act 1957].
Get some in! At the double lad, Colchester Glass House Left Right Left Right, get both feet on planet earth lad! Pick that webbing up, why’s this soap dirty you horrible man; don’t laugh you’ll upset your mother with the state of your teeth, get your toothbrush and clean that grouting out first…..
[And for at least three members of this group: Stand to attention when you’re speaking to the Duty Officer]!
A secret US memo concerned with eavesdropping on the UN delegates of Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea and Pakistan was leaked to the press at the start of 2003 by a translator at GCHQ.
The translator, who is 29, [and named in a BBC News report as Katherine Teresa Gun] was charged with leaking details; no doubt under the Official Secrets Act. In defence she said that her disclosure were justified because they disclosed serious wrongdoing on the part of the US Government – which attempted to subvert our own security services. She also stated that the disclosures would prevent wide-scale death and casualties among ordinary Iraqi people and British forces in the course of an illegal war.
The translator is defended by the Human Rights organisation, Liberty She is due to appear in court, where she says she will make a not guilty plea on 19/01/2004. [Tnx E]
Blunkett, the apparent Home Secretary has been reported as saying that he intends to introduce compulsory ID cards. These will apparently be twinned with a passport and HM Govt intends to rip the holder off for seventy seven smackers so that it can issue these cards to prevent 'identity theft'.
I don't mind somebody thieving my identity. They would soon give it back. Lack of success, no savings due to high taxes, no career despite qualifications, poor health, mortgage, and no holiday for 15 years. Anyone want that? Thought not.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=675
Sir Richard Dearlove 58 has been appointed Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge University where he will succeed Sir Richard Tomkys. The current head of MI6, ‘C’ will take up this appointment in July 2004 on his retirement. [Tnx E and PLondon].
Prior to Geo Bush’s [Shrub, Dubya – call him what you will] controversial, unpopular and apparently unwanted [by the majority of Britons] visit the British press fielded a number of articles claiming that the entire policing and public order arrangements were being dictated by Washington [US not Tyne and Wear]. DAC Andy Trotter appeared on TV and Radio denying that was the case, all policing is planned at New Scotland Yard – with input from the US Secret Service. Huge areas will not be shut although roads will be closed as the motorcade passes – Andy Trotter is a good bloke and was a popular contender to replace Sir Paul Condon as Chief Constable.
There had been friction between our Special Branch and the US Secret Service before – the Secret Service lost that too! One interesting point from a member, “If our security arrangements were good enough for our Sovereign Lady [HM Queen to you lot in the Colonies!] on 9/11 and 11/11 how come its not good enough for Bush?”
E2k can’t answer that but it could be that the Queen is not Islamophobic and represents a popular figurehead worldwide. The same cannot honestly be said for Shrub.
The same articles that suggested US Secret Service interference also suggested that any action against Shrub would be by Islamic Terrorists. With Bush’s world profile it could be just about any terror group who might like to try their hand – he’s not liked worldwide according to polls in the British Press. [That includes a large number of Americans].
Then there was the warning that any US Secret Service personnel that discharge their firearm will not be immune from prosecution.
Trouble is that for one incoming round from a single assailant a large amount of innocent Britons will die as the over-hyped, extensively ego’ed, black suited morons open up to score brownie points for career progression. [These ‘operatives’ definitely won’t know about Fire Control and Harmonisation, a very basic skill where the use of firearms are concerned].
By the time this piece is read the visit will be over; there will be no real trouble save for a few minor public order scuffles.
Personally I think active demonstration is futile. It would have been better if those wishing to demonstrate held up Union Jacks and turned their backs on the president as he passed. Ignoring the country and its president is a powerful tool against one who has such an over-inflated ego. Such methods were used by the surviving British Japanese PoW’s and would not have been frowned at by Mahatma Ghandi; a proponent of non-violent protest who saw the Independence of India achieved, in part, by similar action.
Apart from Shrub having his digs in Buck House [why?] we wonder if Tony Bliar will be expected to publicly kowtow and genuflect to Shrub in Westminster Abbey.
Will Bush visit the Mosque in Regent’s Park as a gesture of goodwill to Britain’s Muslim community? We all knew the answer before the question was asked.
14000 Met Police were said to be on duty for the entire bush visit. Heard on the radio ‘Hello, Metropolitan Police. If your enquiry is urgent please telephone the American Embassy!!
Lindis Percy, the 61yo grandmother who previously struck fear into the hearts of america’s finest by walking on a us flag at Menwith Hill was arrested after hanging the stars and stripes upside down and climbing Buck Hose gates. She is obviously ‘at it’ again. Perhaps she’ll get an exclusion order for Buck house too.
The Daily Mirror also put a reporter into Buck House as a footman. They revealed all this-and the lack of security-whilst we have all these trigger-happy Secret Service men mincing about in London. Nothing like a bit of British grit to show you don’t need a thinker to outdo these black suited twats, whilst, on another group there are reports that “the Secret Service are getting the hump.”
[Tnx for another caustic view KW].
Noticed on 14/11 the Daily Mirror headline, “Bush Off!” Sums GB’s mood towards Shrub adequately!
PLondon let us know that at 0924 21/11 he was sitting at his desk working when he heard the sounds of engines. He looked out of his window as saw 3 helos flying south. Very low and obviously military they were painted either black or dark olive drab. No visible markings either – maybe they were flying over to make our radar come up so a ground crew nearby could record and analyse the emissions; just in case they might harm MrBush of course.
Whilst the satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’ amused readers with its front cover where our Sovereign Lady asks Bush, “And what do you do?” currying a reply from Bush as, “Whatever I Goddam like!” and inside featuring a picture of Bush asking a barmaid “When’s Happy Hour?” to which she replies, “As soon as you go home.” Britain’s papers carried a disturbing piece.
Apparently whilst our police were drafted to protect Bush in London street crime [That’s mugging – another unwanted import from the US] rose by 20% as the muggers reacted to the three days of police free streets. Many a Council Chamber will be ringing with questions about this from their local Police Consultative Committees. Of course if you are not a shop or a wealthy district you won’t have noticed. That is because the Police Borough Initiative does not allow for the tenants on estates or Band D housing to have any great coverage, all so it can continue to police areas where binge drinking happens and shops and commercial properties are damaged.
Oh well it’s back to ‘Private Eye’ and some more satirical mirth!
Having spent millions of pounds to protect this Bush fellow Britain had a surprise. The streets of England were thought unsafe for the President of the United States to do anything than drive about in some ostentatious car along with his Secret Service blokes and many British police to guard him [at the expense of a 20% rise in street robberies].
Then we read that Bush landed in Baghdad in Air Force One on a morale-raising visit. This was so secret that Laura Bush and some Secret Service men were not informed.
You can see the logic.
[Wonder if street crime rose in Iraq as the wonderful US marines withdrew to their barracks to meet this freer of Iraq, this unelected world policeman. Probably not, but if recent ads are anything to bet by the threat to Britain has risen exponentially – see ‘The job Market has never been better’ in this issue].
On 24/10, according to a piece from Reuters, work would be completed on high powered communications masts , in Cyprus, that have attracted much local opposition. The short piece mentioned that British Forces in Cyprus maintain a key listening post for the ‘volatile’ Middle East. [TnxE].
Oh, ‘tis my delight on a Friday night in the season of the year!
In violent protests against Globalisation mobile phones were used by protestors to coordinate moves against Police ranks.
Prior to the bush visit it was made widely known that mobile phones would be switched off as bush’s motorcade passed.
It was an emergency plan and was branded by Orange as hysteria. An Orange spokesman is stated in the Times [19/11] as stating, “The rules state that we only have to block phone calls in this manner when there is a National emergency. That means during a war. The visit of a foreign dignitary is not a national emergency. It’s Bush hysteria.”
The police insist that mobile phones could be used to detonate bombs. [A bus was blown up once due to someone using a mobile]. Why not turn off the pager service too. As the author of the article stated “Internet-enabled phones can send more elaborate messages and maps with last minute instructions, and some militants have made use of mobiles that can transmit pictures of where they want followers to gather. They would be rendered useless by the shutdown.”
In the closing stages of LBC’s Nick Ferrari chat line programme on 20/11 a caller rang to say that his son was working in an area affected by an anti-bush demo. His story was that his son was called to show a customer how to use her new alarm system. The caller stated that every time the word ‘Demo’ or demonstration was spoken the system shut down – weird or what?
Celldar is a system utilising mobile phone base antennae to detect unauthorised aircraft and vehicles as HM Government crack down on terrorism.
It is thought that the pattern of returns from masts are analysed to give a ‘fingerprint’ of any intruding object. It was claimed by the Serbs or whoever was the enemy in Bosnia that American stealth planes could be detected using the mobile phone system. [They also stated that standard radar can detect them when it rains. Obviously adds to the clutter. If these Stealth planes are so good why was Iraqi radar jammed when the stealth bombers flew over]? Tnx E
The latest issue of the RSGB’s magazine ‘RADCOMunication has a whole page devoted to this development.
Kant airbase has opened 12 miles from Bishek, capital of Kyrgystan. 30 miles away is the Manas airport used by Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and US air forces to launch air strikes into Afghanistan. Russia has stated that this base is necessary in the fight against Islamic terrorism in the area but it also thought that Russia is attempting to bolster its influence in the former Soviet Central Asia. [Tnx for report E].
Agents from Britain, Germany, Belgium, Egyptian, United Arab Emirates, Iranian, Armenian, Swedish, American and Israeli agents are known to be operating in the Eastern and South Eastern Anatolia.
These agents apparently pose as archeologists, representatives of civil society organizations, journalists, sociologists, diplomats and writers. These agents are apparently located in Diyarbakir, an area identified as a center for intelligence activities. The areas of Mardin and Batman are the second most popular areas for the agents. Around 40 journalists in the region are reported as working for the intelligence agencies.
The average figure for the deportation of agents in the area is 13/3 months.
A German Foreign Intelligence agent, responsible for intel in the Balkans, was arrested on suspicion of passing secret documents to a foreign agent for nearly four years. The foreign agent was a female and believed to have worked for Bulgaria.
[TnxE].
Jmm sent is an interesting piece that highlighted the fact that Britons are the most tracked nation worldwide. Tags here, tags there, CCTV, computer tracking via Oyster cards.
To get the full story follow this link:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/12/19/2003084126
The Droitwich transmitter in central England broadcasts BBC Radio 4 during the day and BBC World Service in the small hours. For overseas members, the frequency is
198kHz Long Wave and power is 800k. Obviously a broadcast transmitter.
However, the Droitwich carrier is also phase-modulated with binary data (Numbers!!). One use of this is to remote-switch consumers' electricity meters from normal to "Off Peak" charging during the night. I understand that Droitwich also sends military data by this means and this may be an interesting new area for investigation.
Is it legal?
The data is being sent by a broadcast transmitter the BBC actively encourage one to receive.
The data is encrypted so you can't use it.
It's pointless passing it to a third party as said third party
can get it for themselves.
Why use Droitwich?
The range is several hundred miles and reaches deep into Europe (I've picked up Droitwich in the Portuguese Algarve, nearly 1,000 miles south). Could this be the reason that Droitwich now remains on-air 24/7? The transmitter used to close down after Radio 4 finished just after midnight.
[A very interesting comment Pete, tnx].
One of our members was involved in an electricity board project for remote metering reading. However the ferrite rods and coils were configured for 200kHz and built to a high standard.
Mention of military communications on a low HF freq brings the aptly named ‘Cemetery Net’ for post Nuclear War comm.s to mind!
Readers will be aware that Mr Saddam Hussein has been captured outside his home town of Tikrit. E2k will not be covering anything to do with this event as the world’s media have already found him guilty of his crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death. His capture seems not to have placated his supporters and explosions and other matters have marred Iraq since.
His first words were not‘I am ready to negotiate’ as reported by the American Serviceman.
He actually asked the British reporter there, as he emerged from his tiny bunker, ‘Have I beaten David Blaine?’
When JoA sent in his findings for the UNID polytone he commented, “Re: my previous e-mail when I thought I heard two sets of pips........ in the background of a BC station. The BC station was infact R.Slovakia, Bratislava. One of the items in the broadcast refered to Ivan Lexa.
Extract from RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL 7345kHz:
Ivan Lexa, the former head of Slovakia's secret service appeared in court on Friday [12/12/03] for his historic first trial on weapons related charges.
He is a man who led the Secret Intelligence Service during the governmental era of Vladimir Meciar, leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Party.
Lexa was extradited from South Africa last year after two years on the run from a litany of charges. Those relating to the notorious abduction in 1995 of the son of then president Michal Kovac have been dropped with the upholding of amnesties issued by Meciar, but others remain. Lexa stands trial with seven co-accused former subordinates for illegal liquidation of weapons worth nearly Sk 3.7 million, which is 90,000 Euro.” [Tnx JoA].
Not content with doing the SAS bit actor Ross Kemp played an ‘above secret’ photographer – chasing his quarry and doing many reels of film with no apparent skill. He then took a kicking from a professional thug to ensure his loyalty. Previous to that he was complicit in hiding a body in what looked like Epping Forest [I’ll bet it grows on a mass grave left there by Britain’s TV gangsters] and walked away from the police station with a smarmy, all-knowing smirk that says, ‘I didn’t even get a verbal warning!’
If you missed it you can be sure it will be repeated until the colour content is worn out – then it’ll be repeated as a monochrome masterpiece.
A recent news report from Basra states that the former RAF base at Sharjah has been re-established for British Forces use.
What of the ex RAF base at Habbaniyah? Have the Americans taken that over along with its two long airstrips? One suitable for fighter aircraft whilst the other, the plateau strip, is more suitable for transport. It previously handled Canberras and V Bombers.
Perhaps they are also finding useful the rest and recreation facilities on the shores of Lake Habbaniyah. Perhaps they are running horse races on the late King Faisal Race Course also; but then again probably not. With Fallujah just a few miles down the road this would, in all seriousness not be possible. [Thanks DoK]
The BBC's Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" slot - a weekday 10.45 PM, 15 minute serialised reading of a written work - featured during November "The Riddle of the Sands", written in 1903 by Erskine Childers, a fictional story in which two British yachtsmen on a sailing holiday around the Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany uncover a plot by the Germans to invade England by means of a fleet in the process of being assembled in the those islands. It is often regarded as the first modern spy novel and was said to have influenced such infuential persons as Winston Churchill to spur the British government of the time to improve naval defence.
Not that it did Mr. Childers much good; he became mixed up in the Irish "Troubles" in the early 1920s and ended up being shot by firing squad. [Tnx PoSW]
As Britain approached Christmas we were threatened with difficulty of travel around the country. We have a Labour government and strikes have reared their heads. [With proper and upright reasons – protecting the job of a sacked worker who had 218 days off sick in five years, that’s one day a week, because he was caught playing squash when he was on sick leave with a sprained ankle. Naturally the traveling public had to suffer the worry – the strike was cancelled]. Taxes have increased exponentially and now there are plans to take further funds from students.
This is government at its best – we live in a democracy yet Mr Bliar will not be moved on anything * he * decides will happen.
Wasn’t Charles 1 beheaded because of his belief in and the use of Divine Right?
Oh! And the strike mentioned above – nothing to do with this worker actually being sacked; more of a vehicle to allow the particular Union involved to flex their muscles and test the response of the management [led by an American who turned the yank version around] to see how far they can go.
Here is to a better world and more cheer in our homes, wherever in the world they may be.
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