RACHEL EHRENFELD AND KEN JOHNSON: WELCOME TO THE NEW ECONOMIC WARFARE BLOG
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FROM: Ken Jensen, Rachel Ehrenfeld
EDITOR’S NOTE(s):
·From Ken Jensen: Welcome. This is the first posting of the Economic Warfare Institute Blog, a continuing collection of important news, analysis, and opinion. EWI is part of the American Center for Democracy – http://acdemocracy.org -.
The breadth of the items listed below should be taken as an indication that we will provide the social and political “context” for economic warfare issues and the threats to U.S. security. Economic warfare issues, of course, include terrorism finance, Shari’a-compliant banking, and economic threats posed by non-state global actors and countries such as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Iran.
Some emphasis will be placed on developments in the cybernetic, space, and energy arenas, as well as in those of commodities and natural resources. From time to time, this blog will include exclusive commentary from experts active in the commercial, financial, business and law enforcement sectors.
Topics in the blog will be listed by region, then subject matter-beginning with the Middle East and ending with threats to energy. A list follows immediately below that shows the rough order of topics. Needless to say, subsequent postings will be more brief than this first effort, which consists of 128 items and covers a good deal of the spring of 2011.
We provide suggestions for reading largely without commentary. For the most part, article titles speak for themselves.
TOPICS THAT FOLLOW (not all topics will be covered in each posting and new topics will be added):
REGIONS
Middle East & Africa ·Saudi Arabia ·Persian Gulf ·Palestinians ·Syria ·Egypt
·Sudan ·Yemen ·Libya ·Turkey ·Iran ·Nigeria
South Asia ·India ·Pakistan ·Afghanistan
Latin America ·Venezuela ·Cuba ·Brazil
Eastern Europe ·Russia ·Bosnia ·Kosovo ·Romania
Asia ·China ·North Korea ·South Korea ·Japan ·Indonesia ·Malaysia ·Burma
Europe ·Britain ·France ·Germany ·Italy ·Greece ·Spain ·Scandinavia
North America ·United States ·Mexico ·Canada
ISSUES
·Energy ·Finance (Markets & Companies) ·Cyberwarfare ·Banking ·Sharia
Banking/Investment ·Multinationals ·Tax Evasion/Money Laundering/Transparency
·Terrorism Funding (States & Non-State Actors) ·Illegal Drugs ·Commodities
·Transnational Crime ·Global Institutions (IMF, World Bank, UN)
·From Rachel Ehrenfeld:
Welcome to the EWI Blog.
Until recently, “economic warfare” was identified as actions undertaken by states against other states. In the last decade many states have used international terrorist and transnational criminal organizations to carry out “economic terrorism” against other states. This entailed varied, coordinated and sophisticated actions aimed at disrupting the economic and financial stability of a state, a group of states, or a society (e.g., market-oriented western societies) for ideological or religious motives. Actions undertaken in economic warfare may or may not be violent. They have immediate effects, psychological as well as real, which in turn have economic consequences.
Massive threats against infrastructures have already been addressed, although the growing centralization of utilities, communication services, food manufacturing and supplies have increased the potential threat. The threats of chemical, biological and nuclear (CBRN) attacks against populations have been also discussed, as well as cyberattacks.
However, potential coordinated actions against the U.S. and Western economic and financial systems seem to be ignored: for example, manipulations of the energy market by OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), and ALBA (the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas); abuse of the Mobile Payment systems, incremental dollar sell-off; currency and commodity manipulations; “short selling;” “high frequency” trading; the rapid rise of “Exchange -Traded Funds (ETF)-potentially changing the trading of assets currently over $1,5000 billion under management-from equities to commodities, and Shari’a compliant financing – the last three being especially opaque – are a few examples).
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CONTENTS
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
ITEM 1: WSJ: G-8 Pledges $40 Billion for ‘Arab Spring’: Nations Press for Overhauls Tied to Aid But Avoid Details on New Commitments
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576348792147454956.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
ITEM 2: ARABNEWS: Arab markets under pressure from turmoil
http://arabnews.com/economy/article435020.ece
ITEM 3: Benny Avni: A new powerhouse in the Arab world
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/new_powerhousein_the_arab_world_EaOreQCVz6FnCQXARzBCyJ
ITEM 4: Martin Walker: Money and the Arab Spring
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2011/05/31/Walkers-World-Money-and-the-Arab-Spring/UPI-70851306838220/?spt=hs&or=an
ITEM 5: Rachel Ehrenfeld: The Obama Peace Plan: Rahm Emanuel Is Wrong
http://bigpeace.com/rehrenfeld/2011/06/05/the-obama-peace-plan-rahm-emanuel-is-wrong/
SAUDI ARABIA
ITEM 6: WSJ: Saudi Bid to Curb Iran Worries U.S.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303654804576347282491615962.html?mod=WSJ_business_AsiaNewsBucket
ITEM 7: CNBC: Raise Ceiling but Beware of ‘Debt Bomb’: Prince Alwaleed
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43106795
ITEM 8: Kerry Dolan: Saudi Prince Alwaleed Invests $60 Million In Glencore IPO (Update)
http://blogs.forbes.com/kerryadolan/2011/05/23/saudi-prince-alwaleed-invests-hundreds-of-millions-in-glencore-ipo/
ITEM 9: Stéphane Lacroix: Saudi Islamists and the potential for protest
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/02/saudi_islamists_and_the_potential_for_protest
PERSIAN GULF
ITEM 10: REUTERS/ARABNEWS: Dubai rescues Islamic lender to bolster bank sector
http://arabnews.com/economy/article407700.ece
ITEM 11: AP/ARABNEWS: Bahrain business cuts Iran, Lebanon, Iraq ties
http://arabnews.com/economy/article427939.ece
ITEM 12: Mudar Zahran: A Union of Arab Kingdoms: Should the US and Israel Worry?
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2174/union-of-arab-kingdoms
ITEM 13: NATIONAL.AE: Rasmala ends equity fund as focus shifts
http://www.thenational.ae/business/banking/rasmala-ends-equity-fund-as-focus-shifts
PALESTINIANS
ITEM 14: ARABNEWS: Palestinians launch $1 billion fund to invest in Gaza Strip
http://arabnews.com/economy/article432648.ece
ITEM 15: REUTERS/GULF NEWS: Palestinian Authority to issue $50m sukuk. Islamic bond will be denominated in dollars and based on the ijara concept
http://gulfnews.com/business/markets/palestinian-authority-to-issue-50m-sukuk-1.817939
EGYPT
ITEM 16: David Schenker: Egypt and the Arab fall: Egypt’s stock market has plummeted, and the U.S. should do more to help.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-schenker-egypt-20110601,0,3613822.story
LIBYA
ITEM 17: DER SPIEGEL ONLINE: Frozen Funds: The Complicated Hunt for Gadhafi’s Billions
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,762748,00.html
ITEM 18: GUARDIAN UK: Libyan Investment Authority report – annotated
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interactive/2011/may/26/banking-sovereignwealthfunds
[Editor’s Note: Here’s a chance to be interactive with the Libyan Investment Authority report. The Guardian means to amuse us here, but there are surely economic warfare clues to be mined from access to the report.]
ITEM 19: FINANCIAL TIMES: Rich Libyans seek refuge in Tunisian haven
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cc97780e-8882-11e0-afe1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Nf0guDQd
ITEM 20: ARABNEWS: Islamic investment conference mulls Libyan fund
http://arabnews.com/economy/article432644.ece
ITEM 21: REUTERS/ARABNEWS: HSBC, Goldman and SocGen managed Libyan money: report
http://arabnews.com/economy/article432565.ece
ITEM 22: WSJ: Libya’s Goldman Dalliance Ends in Losses, Acrimony
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576347190532098376.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews
ITEM 23: WSJ: Everything You Need to Know About the Libyan Investment Authority
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/05/31/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-libyan-investment-authority/
ITEM 24: TIMES UK: Gaddafi lost millions on SocGen share bet
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3049357.ece
ITEM 25: OTTAWA CITIZEN: Moammar Gadhafi’s World Islamic Call Society charity linked to terrorism
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Gadhafi+charity+Canada+linked+terrorism/4742902/story.html
ITEM 26: TIMES UK: How the ‘mother of all funds’ pumped money into Britain
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3041441.ece
YEMEN
ITEM 27: WP: Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/militants-linked-to-al-qaeda-emboldened-in-yemen/2011/06/12/AG88nISH_story.html?hpid=z1
TURKEY
ITEM 28: REUTERS/ARABNEWS: IFC to invest $3 billion in Turkey over four years
http://arabnews.com/economy/article435022.ece
IRAN
ITEM 29: AFP/GOOGLE: Ahmadinejad names caretaker oil minister after row
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i88YwO2p9LqnzveIx09-LEFR1APQ?docId=CNG.871d6ceaf93465b9db0644b930cabf59.841
ITEM 30: Caroline Glick: Is the US deliberately harming Israeli covert ops in Iran?
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/06/is-the-us-deliberately-harming.php
ITEM 31: JERUSALEM POST: UN: Iran buying foreign banks to sidestep sanctions
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=224589
PAKISTAN
ITEM 32: LATIMES: Pakistani journalist who wrote about military’s links to Al Qaeda is found slain
http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-journallist-20110601,0,2956105.story
ITEM 33: Shehrbano Taseer: Hatred that killed my father hurts all Pakistan. We must stop the flow of money to madrassas that foment violence in the name of Islam.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3047667.ece
ITEM 34: CSMONITOR: What Pakistan’s ISI doesn’t want the world to know about Osama bin Laden’s couriers. Residents of the couriers’ hometown report being intimidated by intelligence agencies, which are under the spotlight today after a prominent Pakistani journalist was found dead.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0531/What-Pakistan-s-ISI-doesn-t-want-the-world-to-know-about-Osama-bin-Laden-s-couriers?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Auto%2005312011&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTY0ODgyMgS2
ITEM 35: WP: Pakistan’s spy agencies are suspected of ties to reporter’s death
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-spy-agencies-are-suspected-of-ties-to-reporters-death/2011/05/31/AGhrMhFH_story.html?hpid=z4
ITEM 36: Abubakar Siddique: Pakistan: Armed With Power, Perks, And Privileges: The Pakistani military is a pervasive presence in the country, wielding huge political influence and economic clout.
http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistani_military_is_armed_with_power_perks_and_privileges/24215518.html
ITEM 37: Urmila Venugopalan: Pakistan’s Black Pearl
The hype about a Chinese-built port on the Arabian Sea says more about Islamabad’s desperation than it does about Beijing’s imperial ambitions.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/03/pakistan_s_black_pearl?page=full
ITEM 38: NATION PK: Terrorism hampering foreign investment
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/31-May-2011/Terrorism-hampering-foreign-investment
AFGHANISTAN
ITEM 39: GUARDIAN UK: Making peace with the Taliban? UN pressed to lift Afghan sanctions. Britain and US accept insurgents’ demand to end sanctions on ex-Taliban leaders including notorious Mohammed Qalamuddin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/02/afghanistan-peace-move-lifting-taliban-sanctions
ITEM 40: GUARDIAN UK: Secret US and Afghanistan talks could see troops stay for decades. Russia, China and India concerned about ‘strategic partnership’ in which Americans would remain after 2014
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/us-afghanistan-secret-talks-on-security-partnership
AL QAEDA
ITEM 41: TIMES UK: US hunts Osama’s ‘golden chain’
US Treasury officials are scouring files obtained from Bin Laden’s house for clues to Al-Qaeda backers who may have visited the leader
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Asia/article626659.ece
ITEM 42: Matthew Levitt: Checkbook Jihad: The raid that killed Osama bin Laden may finally shed light on the financial network behind al Qaeda.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/11/checkbook_jihad
ITEM 43: Rachel Ehrenfeld: Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/03/ehrenfeld.al.qaeda.funding/
[Editor’s Note: This is an original EWI product.]
ITEM 44: Rachel Ehrenfeld: A More Efficient Way To Reveal Osama And al Qaeda’s Secrets
http://bigpeace.com/rehrenfeld/2011/05/14/a-more-efficient-way-to-reveal-osama-and-al-qaedas-secrets/
[Editor’s Note: This is an original EWI product.]
ITEM 45: TIMES UK: ‘New bin Laden’ killed in US drone attack
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3050732.ece
ITEM 46: ASHARQ Al-AWSAT: The Al Qaeda-Iran connection
http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=25464
LATIN AMERICA (general)
ITEM 47: Jaime Daremblum: Qaddafi’s Man in Managua
Sandinista boss Daniel Ortega is an old friend of the Libyan tyrant.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/qaddafi-s-man-managua_559477.html
ITEM 48: INSIGHTCRIME.ORG: Bin Laden’s Cousin Arrested in Ecuador?
http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/873-bin-ladens-cousin-arrested-in-ecuador
VENEZUELA
ITEM 49: MIAMI HERALD: FARC files show ties with Venezuela’s Chavez and Ecuador’s Correa
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/10/v-fullstory/2210416/study-details-regional-farc-ties.html#ixzz1M6TG01m2
ITEM 50: José R. Cárdenas: Hugo Chavez in the U.S. Crosshairs
http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/27/hugo_chavez_in_the_us_crosshairs
RUSSIA
ITEM 51: FINANCIAL TIMES: Man in the News: Alexei Navalny
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ba9004d6-7d98-11e0-b418-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MMmOec4L
ITEM 52: WSJ: Russia Reopens Its Probe of Activist
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576315323017980768.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews
ITEM 53: Jim Bacchus: Former WTO judge: Putin’s cynical effort to get Russia into WTO
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/142145/20110506/former-wto-judge-putin-s-cynical-effort-to-get-russia-into-wto.htm
ITEM 54: WP: Russian investors parking billions abroad despite oil revenue, strengthening ruble
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-investors-parking-billions-abroad-despite-oil-revenue-strengthening-ruble/2011/05/27/AG3rqxCH_story.html?hpid=z3
ITEM 55: REUTERS/GULFNEWS: Gazprom ties up with Japan firms. Will double the company’s annual production
http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/gazprom-ties-up-with-japan-firms-1.813369
ITEM 56: Daniel Halper: Investors Shorting Russia-and Reset
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/investors-shorting-russia-and-reset_573110.html?nopager=1
CHINA
ITEM 57: Ted Osborn: Hidden Weakness in China’s Banks
A nonperforming loans problem may be festering at the largest Chinese banks, even though the official numbers say otherwise.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576347020876062988.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopBucket
ITEM 58: FINANCIAL TIMES: US Treasury says China not manipulating currency
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9eb774e-88ac-11e0-afe1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Nf0guDQd
ITEM 59: WSJ: Japan, China, South Korea Eye Trade Pact
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704904604576336623132002308.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
ITEM 60: Kenneth Rapoza: China’s Gold Demand Seen Rising by 17% in 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/kenrapoza/2011/05/27/chinas-gold-demand-seen-rising-by-17-in-2011/
ITEM 61: Martin Walker: China’s currency options
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2011/06/06/Walkers-World-Chinas-currency-options/UPI-79251307357700/?spt=hs&or=an
ITEM 62: Karen Maley: China’s debt binge hides an imminent crisis
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/China-government-debt-financial-crisis-local-autho-pd20110608-HLTXP?opendocument&src=rss
NORTH KOREA
ITEM 63: WSJ: North Korean Ship Is Turned Back in South China Sea
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304665904576383153093450180.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
SOUTH KOREA
ITEM 64: WSJ: South Korea Probes Foreign Banks
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576356683880858902.html?mod=WSJ_Banking_leftHeadlines
MALAYSIA
ITEM 65: MONEY JIHAD: Malaysian terror financier studied accounting in Tennessee
http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/malaysian-terror-financier-studied-accounting-in-tennessee/
EUROPE (general)
ITEM 66: WSJ: Will China Ride to EU’s Rescue?
http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2011/05/26/will-china-ride-to-eus-rescue/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=brussels
ITEM 67: WSJ: Europe Debt Concerns Grow
Spanish Vote Results, Greek Woes, Ratings Warnings Add to Fears
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303654804576341360700625224.html?mod=europe_home
ITEM 68: TELEGRAPH UK: European Commission spends millions on private jets, luxury holidays and cocktail parties
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/8550210/European-Commission-spends-millions-on-private-jets-luxury-holidays-and-cocktail-parties.html
UNITED KINGDOM
ITEM 69: Christopher Caldwell: In praise of privacy rules
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ac620e68-7d98-11e0-b418-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MMmOec4L
[Editor’s Note: The “superinjunction” controversy in Britain is a free speech issue to be watched closely.]
ITEM 70: Judy Bachrach: Libel Laws and Britain’s Stapled Mouth
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/new/blogs/bachrach/Libel_Laws_and_Britains_Stapled_Mouth?utm_source=World+Affairs+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0215a537cf-June_2_Blog_Motyl_K_M_Bachrach_Chang6_1_2011&utm_medium=email
ITEM 71: Anthony Glees: Universities: The breeding grounds of terror
The evidence that British student campuses have become hotbeds of Islamist radicalisation is overwhelming, says Anthony Glees. It is time to get tough on those who refuse to believe it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8560409/Universities-The-breeding-grounds-of-terror.html
ITEM 72: Sean O’Neill: Millions wasted chasing ‘wrong’ terrorist threats
The Prevent strategy insists that overseas work ‘must wherever possible have a demonstrable impact on UK domestic security’
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3052736.ece
ITEM 73: Dean Godson: The Prevent test for Islamists is just fair play
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3052576.ece
ITEM 74: Melanie Phillips: I warned about this years ago. Now ministers admit I was right
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2000622/Islamic-extremism-I-warned-years-ago-ministers-admit-I-right.html
UNITED STATES
ITEM 75: WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Man transporting cocaine in Va. admits trying to aid terrorists
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime-punishment/2011/05/man-transporting-cocaine-va-admits-trying-aid-terrorists#ixzz1M6SiSZN3
ITEM 76: BLOOMBERG/TIMES OF INDIA: Fed kept 2008 loans to top banks secret
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Fed-kept-2008-loans-to-top-banks-secret/articleshow/8597545.cms
ITEM 77: PRESSTV.IR: US Muslims honor Imam Khomeini legacy
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/183152.html
ITEM 78: WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL: Closing the ‘terror gap’ and the gun show loophole
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/closing-the-terror-gap-and-the-gun-show-loophole/2011/06/06/AGTKubKH_story.html
MULTINATIONALS
ITEM 79: Moises Naim: In the IMF succession battle, a stench of colonialism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-imf-succession-battle-a-stench-of-colonialism/2011/05/19/AF5e6n7G_story.html
ITEM 80: WSJ: Egypt to Obtain $3 Billion IMF Loan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304906004576367741118327206.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
ITEM 81: Daniyar Karimov: How Kofi Annan supported the Kyrgyz mafia boss
http://eng.24.kg/viewpoints/2011/06/03/18513.html
FINANCE (Markets & Companies)
ITEM 82: Uri Dadush, Moisés Naím: The growing risks of our four-speed world
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc383a90-7b36-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1M0aUxWBN
ITEM 83: GUARDIAN UK: Goldman Sachs ‘issued with subpoena’ over actions during credit crisis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/02/goldman-sachs-gets-subpoena-over-credit-crisis-acitivity
CYBERWARFARE
ITEM 84: WSJ: U.K. Treasury Targeted in Cyber Attacks
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703509104576327032018040642.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
ITEM 85: REUTERS/WP: Lockheed Martin says it derailed cyber attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/lockheed-martin-hit-by-cyber-incident-us-says/2011/05/28/AGTkefDH_story.html?hpid=z3
ITEM 86: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee: How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_hackerville_romania/all/1
[Editor’s Note: Thanks to Priscilla Jensen for this contribution.]
ITEM 87: GUARDIAN UK: Washington moves to classify cyber-attacks as acts of war. Pentagon has concluded that the laws of armed conflict can be widened to embrace cyberwarfare
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/31/washington-moves-to-classify-cyber-attacks
ITEM 88: WP: List of cyber-weapons developed by Pentagon to streamline computer warfare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/list-of-cyber-weapons-developed-by-pentagon-to-streamline-computer-warfare/2011/05/31/AGSublFH_story.html?hpid=z3
ITEM 89: GUARDIAN UK: Google phishing: Chinese Gmail attack raises cyberwar tensions. Senior US and South Korean government officials plus Chinese activists have login details stolen
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/01/google-hacking-chinese-attack-gmail
ITEM 90: David Hoffman: The cyber arms race
http://hoffman.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/01/the_cyber_arms_race
ITEM 91: TELEGRAPH UK: Hay Festival 2011: Julian Assange claims FBI tried to bribe Wikileaks staff. The Wikileaks founder defended the organisation’s “enviable record” at the Hay Festival
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8556856/Hay-Festival-2011-Julian-Assange-claims-FBI-tried-to-bribe-Wikileaks-staff.html
ITEM 92: Robert Haddick: Pentagon planners are dusting off the Cold War deterrence playbook to plan for cyberattacks, but Iraq and Afghanistan would be better models.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/03/this_week_at_war_coincom?page=full
ITEM 93: Holman Jenkins: The Way to Fight China’s Hacking. Hint: Remember how government-sponsored piracy was brought to heel in the 1990s.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576363270528702658.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
ITEM 94: Con Coughlin: The cyber warriors are preparing for battle
As the world’s attention focuses on traditional conflicts, a new form of warfare is looming
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/8553229/The-cyber-warriors-are-preparing-for-battle.html
ITEM 95: WSJ: Chefs Who Spy? Tracking Google’s Hackers in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576363461062076684.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENews
ITEM 96: WSJ: Cyberspies Target China Experts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576363743171105376.html?mod=WSJ_World_LeadStory
ITEM 97: WSJ: Hackers Announce ‘Operation Turkey’
http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2011/06/07/hackers-announce-operation-turkey/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=emergingeurope
ITEM 98: GUARDIAN UK: Foreign spies launched over 1,000 cyber attacks on MoD last year. Liam Fox says government departments under sustained attack – and claims more needs to be done to protect infrastructure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jun/07/cyber-attacks-mod-defence
ITEM 99: Golnaz Esfandiari: If You’re Iranian Beware Of New Facebook ‘Friends’: The Iranian authorities are following people online social-networking activities a lot more closely.
http://www.rferl.org/content/if_youre_iranian_beware_of_new_facebook_friends/24228798.html
BANKING
ITEM 100: Michel Barnier: Basel III Will Bolster Banks. Don’t believe the critics-new global regulations will help avert another financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576358911333711564.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopBucket
ITEM 101: GULF NEWS: RBS lures Middle East wealth funds
Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester is looking to attract sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East
http://gulfnews.com/business/markets/rbs-lures-middle-east-wealth-funds-1.817820
ITEM 102: RFE/RL: Azerbaijani Bank Identified As Major Spam Facilitator
Experts estimate the global spam business to be worth about $100 billion annually.
http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan_bank_major_internet_email_spam_facilitator/24228508.html
SHARIA BANKING/INVESTMENT
ITEM 103: GULFNEWS: Sharia-compliant bank products poised for strong global growth. Awareness of Islamic finance increasing in Japan, Europe and Australia
http://gulfnews.com/business/banking/sharia-compliant-bank-products-poised-for-strong-global-growth-1.811387
ITEM 104: Andrew McCarthy: The Coordinates of Radicalism: Sharia compliance correlates with violent attitudes among American Muslims.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269080/coordinates-radicalism-andrew-c-mccarthy
ITEM 105: Rushdi Siddiqui: Islamic finance bloc needed to boost Sharia-based investment
Name should capture investors’ attention, imagination and money
http://gulfnews.com/business/banking/islamic-finance-bloc-needed-to-boost-sharia-based-investment-1.804592
NO ITEM 106
ITEM 107: ARAB NEWS: IDB contemplates future resource mobilization strategy
http://arabnews.com/economy/islamicfinance/article448952.ece
ITEM 108: TEHRAN TIMES: Iran to issue $35b bonds for development plans
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=241365
ITEM 109: ARAB NEWS: London and Luxembourg battle over sukuk listing domicile
http://arabnews.com/economy/islamicfinance/article448955.ece
ITEM 110: INDEPENDENT UK: Sharia-compliant pension fund launched
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/pensions/shariacompliant-pension-fund-launched-2296359.html
ITEM 111: AMERICAN BANKER: Islamic Banking, a Market with U.S. Potential, Hampered by Politics
http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/176_111/sharia-banking-ban-islamic-finance-1038686-1.html
ITEM 112: GULF NEWS: Gulf states plan supreme Sharia council for banks
Hawkamah Institute launches policy brief
http://gulfnews.com/business/banking/gulf-states-plan-supreme-sharia-council-for-banks-1.819600
ITEM 113: AHRAMONLINE: Egypt introduces new ‘sukuk’ law to attract Gulf investors
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/13775/Business/Economy/Egypt-introduces-new-sukuk-law-to-attract-Gulf-inv.aspx
ITEM 114: AFP/GOOGLE: Russia enters world of Islamic finance
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hI4EA_Nx-avv4koH8-WKIpysLizA?docId=CNG.5b640033fbf6a16861093d81b106136f.901
ITEM 115: ARAB NEWS: Foreign Shariah advisories make their mark in Malaysian Islamic capital market
http://arabnews.com/economy/islamicfinance/article453478.ece
ITEM 116: ARAB NEWS: Singapore officials rue low understanding of Islamic finance among investors
http://arabnews.com/economy/islamicfinance/article453485.ece
TAX EVASION/MONEY LAUNDERING/TRANSPARENCY/CORRUPTION
ITEM 117: TELEGRAPH: HSBC accused of ‘profiting from Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme’: Two funds that are being sued by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm have made claims against HSBC.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/bernard-madoff/8545236/HSBC-accused-of-profiting-from-Bernard-Madoffs-Ponzi-scheme.html
ITEM 118: FINANCIAL TIMES: Swiss urged to honour tax loophole pledges
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8b1367f4-8ade-11e0-b2f1-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Nz6YWVKK
ITEM 119: WSJ: World Governments Getting Better at Catching Tax Cheats, Report Finds
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576360060807285584.htmmod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
ITEM 120: WSJ: More Asset Searches Lead to ‘Front Men’: In International Hunts for Stashed Cash, Prosecutors Increasingly Target Lawyers and Other Professionals
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304474804576371434279332602.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
TERRORISM FUNDING (States & Non-State Actors)
ITEM 121: AMERICAN BANKER: Strengthen Banks’ Incentives to Choke Off Terrorists’ Cash Flow
http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/176_100/innovation-choke-off-terrorists-cash-flow-1037956-1.html?zkPrintable=true
ITEM 122: REUTERS: Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/22/us-pakistan-saudi-uae-idUSTRE74L0ER20110522
ITEM 123: GLOBAL MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DAILY REPORT: German Court Proposes Settlement In German IHH Case
http://globalmbreport.org/?p=4506
ITEM 124: NY DAILY NEWS: Two Florida imams among six accused of sending $50,000 to Pakistani Taliban
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-05-14/news/29562616_1_mosque-imam-morning-prayers
ILLEGAL DRUGS
ITEM 125: LA TIMES : High-profile panel urges non-criminal approach to world drug policy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-drug-policy-20110602,0,1661469,full.story
ITEM 126: Mary O’Grady: More Calls for a Drug War Cease-Fire
An increasing number of world leaders are concluding that laws against drug consumption do more harm than good.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576363173792912748.html
ENERGY
ITEM 127: NYT: Dispute Grows as Egyptian Gas Is Still Not Flowing to Israel
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world/middleeast/02egyptgas.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
ITEM 128: WP: OPEC fails to ratify proposal to boost the oil cartel’s output
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/opec-fails-to-ratify-proposal-to-boost-the-oil-cartels-output/2011/06/08/AGrHSzLH_story.html?hpid=z1
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS
(This issue only see Multinationals above)
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=wus7micab&et=1106122980399&s=2040&e=001MC5CujA1C7pNqJOSxCEjtIsM09sxRYBI0SQg2jlv1uFEQGRHD0dvuUpjQSNPFHVcsWKGnpJJ6aXEBCy7nKZsarb0NMSSCOeI_eZ2VKsTY0TSH8k3BcR9P4eNDaAxMnxUMxrcADXiq-ul0DtiECovB9tWcJSTFLn2HQZM68t0Z86kdRWFjTYq2PIFsQ5V7wPB9LT0M7RZ790Pflhi_8B-hmqIO8eOtK9xXmAMQ96FL-a2CLByARwUDLGTJzQ9PdIT
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