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Maj. W. Thomas Smith Jr., Director of the Counterterrorism Research Center
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK: Sixty-year-old Steven C. Raucci has been charged with terrorism. According to the Times Union:
“Authorities allege that on or about Nov. 30, 2006, Raucci placed a quarter stick of dynamite on the windshield of a 2004 Jeep Cherokee parked at a private home in Clifton Park with a burned cigarette attached to the fuse planning for it to explode, according to the criminal complaint.
The court document alleges he did so ‘with the intent to influence a policy of the unit of government, the Schenectady City School District by intimidation or coercion.’ Raucci is already facing felonies for bombings or attempted bombings in Rotterdam, Schodack, and Clifton Park.”
DENVER, COLORADO TO SUDAN: Black September terrorist Khalid Al-Jawary has been released from prison.
According to the AP: “[Al-Jawary] convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been sent to Sudan after completing his sentence and being deported by the U.S. government.”
Al-Jawary, who was captured in 1991 and convicted in 1993, was flown out of Denver, Thursday, and arrived in Khartoum, Tuesday. According to the report, “A hardened terrorist, he never cracked in prison and refused to give up information.” Yet he only served “about half of his 30-year sentence.”
THE NETHERLANDS: Hizballah operatives may have recently photographed “the area where the headquarters of the international tribunal is located in The Hague,” according to a February 28th Naharnet report:
“‘Deduce the political conclusions you want,’ [France's Le Monde] quoted the court's registrar, Robin Vincent, as saying.
“Vincent noted that Dutch security services registered three such incidents.”
Le Monde also quoted a Lebanese source who said Hizballah had “rejected a request” by the international tribunal's chief prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, to “interrogate eight ‘Hizballah personalities.’”
According to Naharnet: A Hizballah source has denied the report, adding“such a request” is “in the author's imagination.”
Le Monde also quoted a Lebanese source who said Hizballah had “rejected a request” by the international tribunal's chief prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, to “interrogate eight ‘Hizballah personalities.’”
According to Naharnet: A Hizballah source has denied the report, adding“such a request” is “in the author's imagination.”
Typical Hizballah response.
Then according to a follow-up report on March 3rd, Bellemare purportedly met with Hizballah “before traveling to the Hague for the start of the court's operations.”
The Lebanese Arabic-language newspaper As Safir “quoted sources from the UN commission investigating ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination as saying that last week's meeting was ‘fruitful and very positive,’”praising the terrorist group’s “cooperation.”
As Safir added the sources described reports that Dutch intelligence services had arrested several Hizballah members who took photographs of the headquarters of the international tribunal” as “untrue.”
As Safir added the sources described reports that Dutch intelligence services had arrested several Hizballah members who took photographs of the headquarters of the international tribunal” as “untrue.”
Our own sources tell us, As Safir is “an Arab nationalist daily, anti-West, and in recent years they have received financial support from Iran.'"
IRAN: Speaking of Iran, Christopher Holton at Shariah Finance Watch is reporting more on companies tied to Iran’s Bank Melli.
SOUTH AMERICA: The RAND Institute has issued a release stating the so-called “tri-border area of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay” has emerged as “the most important financing center for Islamic terrorism outside of the Middle East, channeling $20 million annually to Hizballah. At least one transfer of $3.5 million was made to Hizballah by known DVD pirate Assad Ahmad Barakat, who received a thank-you note from the Hizballah leader. Barakat was labeled a ‘specially designated global terrorist’ by the U.S. government in 2004.”
LEBANON: Shariah Finance Watch also is reporting: “A private research firm [Info-Prod Research] has issued a report indicating that Hizballah has received an infusion of $1 Billion in cash in recent months, with $600 million coming from Iran and the rest coming from other sources, among which Qatar was mentioned prominently, donating $300 million to Hizballah. The final $100 million was reported to have come from Muslim ‘tycoons.’
“Most ominously, the report indicated that all of the major Jihadist groups–HAMAS, Hizballah and Al Qaeda–have stepped up their fundraising efforts as Muslim investors have withdrawn from Western financial markets due to the financial crisis.”
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