Government of the United States (U.S.) is conducting DNA tests on remains the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, and using facial recognition techniques to identify him.
Bin Laden was identified after a firefight in Pakistan that killed him. Osama take the fight and was shot in the head.
A U.S. official who was not named, said the DNA test results will be obtained within a few days. Such as reported by Reuters on Monday (05/02/2011).
Shootout occurred for about 40 minutes and the military operation was witnessed by the CIA director, Leon Panetta and other intelligence officials in a conference room at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
"When the report that the military operation has been successful, all CIA officials in a conference room greeted him with thunderous applause," said the official.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
OpenLeaks Ready to Compete with WikiLeaks
STOCKHOLM - The former crew WikiLeaks who disagree with the founder of the website, Julian Assange, will soon launch OpenLeaks, a rival project which aims to obtain secret documents which can be directly given to the media, said one of them, Friday (10 / 12).
"I can confirm that we will operate under the name, 'OpenLeaks'" said former members of Icelandic origin WikiLeaks, Herbert Snorrason, told AFP. Unlike WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks will not publish leaked documents directly via the media leaked it online but make available to the media partner.
"This is not a website that will collect material and publish it but rather a system provider for the people to be able to upload information anonymously," said Snorrason.
Domain name openleaks.org on Friday is still a blank page with the logo of a circular arrow and the announcement "coming soon!".
"OpenLeaks a technology project that aims to become a service provider for third parties who want to receive material from anonymous sources," said Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former spokesman for WikiLeaks in Germany to a Swedish public television (SVT) obtained by AFP.
Founded in 2006, personally disgrace WikiLeaks website into the media spotlight this year when the leaked key documents about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That site also caused a diplomatic storm this month when the wire was churning out thousands of secret U.S. embassy. One of the founders WikiLeaks, a former hacker Julian Assange, is currently in prison in London and is awaiting an extradition hearing scheduled to Sweden. In that country, he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual violence.
"I can confirm that we will operate under the name, 'OpenLeaks'" said former members of Icelandic origin WikiLeaks, Herbert Snorrason, told AFP. Unlike WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks will not publish leaked documents directly via the media leaked it online but make available to the media partner.
"This is not a website that will collect material and publish it but rather a system provider for the people to be able to upload information anonymously," said Snorrason.
Domain name openleaks.org on Friday is still a blank page with the logo of a circular arrow and the announcement "coming soon!".
"OpenLeaks a technology project that aims to become a service provider for third parties who want to receive material from anonymous sources," said Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former spokesman for WikiLeaks in Germany to a Swedish public television (SVT) obtained by AFP.
Founded in 2006, personally disgrace WikiLeaks website into the media spotlight this year when the leaked key documents about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That site also caused a diplomatic storm this month when the wire was churning out thousands of secret U.S. embassy. One of the founders WikiLeaks, a former hacker Julian Assange, is currently in prison in London and is awaiting an extradition hearing scheduled to Sweden. In that country, he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual violence.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Obama's Plane Landed at Halim
Presidential aircraft Air Force One carrying U.S. President Barrack Obama finally landed on the Prime Kusuma Halim Airport in East Jakarta, on Tuesday (09/10/2010) this afternoon. The plane landed at around 16:25 pm in Jakarta, under the dark sky covered with clouds.
President Barack Obama will be in Indonesia for two days, 9 and 10 November 2010. In addition to holding a bilateral meeting with President Yudhoyono and attend a state dinner at the Presidential Palace, Obama is also scheduled to speak at Istiqlal Mosque, visit Kalibata Hero Cemetery, and deliver a public lecture at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok.
This is Obama's visit as president for the first time to Indonesia. Several times a planned visit to Indonesia was delayed due to various problems in the country in the U.S.. This visit is a series of short a trip to Asia. Obama's first visit to India, before going to Indonesia, and will leave for South Korea to attend the G20 meeting.
President Barack Obama will be in Indonesia for two days, 9 and 10 November 2010. In addition to holding a bilateral meeting with President Yudhoyono and attend a state dinner at the Presidential Palace, Obama is also scheduled to speak at Istiqlal Mosque, visit Kalibata Hero Cemetery, and deliver a public lecture at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok.
This is Obama's visit as president for the first time to Indonesia. Several times a planned visit to Indonesia was delayed due to various problems in the country in the U.S.. This visit is a series of short a trip to Asia. Obama's first visit to India, before going to Indonesia, and will leave for South Korea to attend the G20 meeting.
16.00, Obama Scheduled to Arrive at Halim
United States President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive at the Perdana Halim Kusuma Airport, Jakarta, about 16.00 pm. Previously, C-17 transport aircraft that transport logistics Globemaster during Obama's visit in Indonesia has arrived at 31 Air Squadron Prime Kusuma Halim Air Base. So even a few fighter planes that escorted visit to Indonesia, they have arrived at the same place.
A number of national and foreign media journalists had gathered from Halim Airport at 11.00 on Prime Kusuma to capture the arrival of President Obama. President Barack Obama is now on his way to Indonesia after a working visit in India.
Various circles in Indonesia is ready to welcome, secure, and utilize the best possible official visit President of the United States Barack Obama to Jakarta. Related to this, a number of domestic flights from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport temporarily closed until Obama's departure to South Korea on Wednesday (10/11/2010).
U.S. Ambassador to Dino Patti Djalal said the arrival of President Obama to Indonesia marked increase in Indonesia-US relations through a strategic partnership.
Obama and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to declare the strategic partnership between the two countries. "Indonesia-US relations are now more structured. It reflects, relations between Indonesia and the U.S. experienced a significant transformation and improvement," said Dino.
Obama's brief visit will also be utilized to increase the value of trade and investment and technology transfer. "There is a great desire to increase investment and trade between countries. Now (Indonesia-US trade value) just reached 20 billion U.S. dollars. We also wanted the transfer of technology from the U.S.," said Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa.
Police and army are also ready to secure Obama's visit in Jakarta. Head of Information Department of the Army Brigadier General Widjanarko revealed, all components of the Army in Jakarta mobilized to secure the visit of U.S. president.
Special forces from the three dimensions of the TNI, the Army Special Forces, Detachment Jala Mengkara Navy, and Air Force Detachment Bravo, will be operated in a joint anti-terror task force, joint support 13,000 personnel from the Polda Metro Jaya and Jaya Regional Military Command.
In addition to holding a bilateral meeting with President Yudhoyono and attend a state dinner at the Presidential Palace, Obama is also scheduled to speak at Istiqlal Mosque, visit Kalibata Hero Cemetery, and deliver a public lecture at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok.
A number of national and foreign media journalists had gathered from Halim Airport at 11.00 on Prime Kusuma to capture the arrival of President Obama. President Barack Obama is now on his way to Indonesia after a working visit in India.
Various circles in Indonesia is ready to welcome, secure, and utilize the best possible official visit President of the United States Barack Obama to Jakarta. Related to this, a number of domestic flights from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport temporarily closed until Obama's departure to South Korea on Wednesday (10/11/2010).
U.S. Ambassador to Dino Patti Djalal said the arrival of President Obama to Indonesia marked increase in Indonesia-US relations through a strategic partnership.
Obama and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to declare the strategic partnership between the two countries. "Indonesia-US relations are now more structured. It reflects, relations between Indonesia and the U.S. experienced a significant transformation and improvement," said Dino.
Obama's brief visit will also be utilized to increase the value of trade and investment and technology transfer. "There is a great desire to increase investment and trade between countries. Now (Indonesia-US trade value) just reached 20 billion U.S. dollars. We also wanted the transfer of technology from the U.S.," said Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa.
Police and army are also ready to secure Obama's visit in Jakarta. Head of Information Department of the Army Brigadier General Widjanarko revealed, all components of the Army in Jakarta mobilized to secure the visit of U.S. president.
Special forces from the three dimensions of the TNI, the Army Special Forces, Detachment Jala Mengkara Navy, and Air Force Detachment Bravo, will be operated in a joint anti-terror task force, joint support 13,000 personnel from the Polda Metro Jaya and Jaya Regional Military Command.
In addition to holding a bilateral meeting with President Yudhoyono and attend a state dinner at the Presidential Palace, Obama is also scheduled to speak at Istiqlal Mosque, visit Kalibata Hero Cemetery, and deliver a public lecture at the University of Indonesia campus in Depok.
Friday, October 29, 2010
How George W Bush to faces 9 / 11
Former U.S. President George W Bush, revealed in his memoirs how he gave orders to shoot down hijacked planes-peswat on September 11, 2001. He said initially he thought that one of the hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania, had been shot down over the command.
Fragments Bush's memoirs, Decision Points, leaked to the Drudge Report website, and he hopes to interview Oprah Winfrey on Nov. 9 in order to promote his memoir "very personal" it was.
In the chapter on stem cell research (stem cells), he revealed how he received a letter "heartbreaking" from Nancy Reagan, but eventually felt "responsible for voicing pro-life beliefs (pro-life) I and led the country toward what Pope John Paul II mentioned as a culture of life ". He said, as quoted by the Telegraph, Friday (29/10), Pope John Paul II, in a meeting in 2001, had asked him to support life in all its forms. When the Pope's funeral, Bush said a special prayer for Peter Jennings, the U.S. television broadcaster who has cancer, says the book.
The publication was said to highlight the personal stuff. Bush stopped drinking alcohol at age 40 years and the book opens with the sentence, "A simple question. Can you remember the days you do not drink?"
Fragments Bush's memoirs, Decision Points, leaked to the Drudge Report website, and he hopes to interview Oprah Winfrey on Nov. 9 in order to promote his memoir "very personal" it was.
In the chapter on stem cell research (stem cells), he revealed how he received a letter "heartbreaking" from Nancy Reagan, but eventually felt "responsible for voicing pro-life beliefs (pro-life) I and led the country toward what Pope John Paul II mentioned as a culture of life ". He said, as quoted by the Telegraph, Friday (29/10), Pope John Paul II, in a meeting in 2001, had asked him to support life in all its forms. When the Pope's funeral, Bush said a special prayer for Peter Jennings, the U.S. television broadcaster who has cancer, says the book.
The publication was said to highlight the personal stuff. Bush stopped drinking alcohol at age 40 years and the book opens with the sentence, "A simple question. Can you remember the days you do not drink?"
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