Breaking News on Terrorism

At least 23 billion the dollars allocated by the United States of America have completely disappeared during the Iraq company. Such figures are resulted by BBC, referring on own investigation data.
Journalists assure that so impressive sum “has got lost” among the numerous orders, received by the American companies, close to administration of the president of the USA. These firms and enterprises delivered the diversified goods to Iraq and sent for work of experts of various categories.
In the proof of the words mass-media representatives cite data that today in various courts of the USA more than 70 affairs about the corruption are being carried out, the means raised in connection with no-purpose expenditure allocated for Iraq. However, authors of investigation declare, that in suit such representatives of the Ministry of Justice of the USA frequently interfere, putting pressure on justice.
According to the mass-media recourses during long-term plunders not only the Iraq officials, but also the American companies, whom costs due to overestimate of the services have repeatedly increased the profits, enriched on billions dollars.
Let’s notice, that it is far not the first corruption scandal. Earlier plunders, connected with the program “Oil in exchange for the foodstuffs”, which was carried out by the United Nations Organization since 1996 till 2003, took place. Within the limits of this project Iraq was authorized to sell the certain quantity of extracted oil and to buy food stuffs, medicines, other humanitarian production, on the received means and also to pay reparations after the Kuwaiti campaign.

Today representatives of Kenya sea department have informed that Somalia pirates have grasped two more vessels in Aden gulf.
They have specified, that vessels have been grasped on the eve nearby to that place, where on May, 25th, the vessel with Russians and Philippines onboard has undergone to piracy attack.
There is no information about who possesses grasped vessels Lehmann Timber and Arena, and also about nationalities of crew members. Also while there are no clear requirements of pirates.
Somali pirates quite often grasp foreign vessels. So, the dry-cargo ship, onboard of which there are nine members of crew, including four Russians, sailed from Kenya to Romania. Moscow calls Somalia to refrain from the actions, which could be dangerous for life of grasped vessel’s crew.

Insurgents in Nigeria have damaged oil pipeline and have killed 11 militarians in firing, which has followed diversion. Under the insurgents’ application, incident has occurred today in the morning on oil pipeline belonging British-Holland oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC. Official sources have not confirmed given information.
In territory of Nigeria the various extremist groupings, fighting for redistribution of oil incomes recovery, operate.
Extremists on a regular basis attack oil objects and abduct employees of the oil companies, including foreigners. Actions of insurgents for last two years have led to significant reduction of oil recovery in Nigeria, thousand foreign workers have been compelled to leave the country, two oil refining factories have been closed, and also the system of electro supply of region has been broken.
In the middle of 2007 regular attacks of insurgents have led to that volumes of export of Nigerian oil have reduced on 25 %.
Let’s note that the new attack of Nigerian insurgents can promote a rise in prices for oil. For last five years the world prices for oil have grown more than twice, and really supersonic turns have typed rates of growth of quotations in current year.

In result of act of terrorism in capital of Sri Lanka (Colombo) about 10 people were killed, 85 more were wounded. According to representatives of armed forces command of the country, eight employees of law enforcement bodies, who have died on road to hospital, are among victims.
As it was informed earlier the terrorist-condemned man on the mined motorcycle attacked the bus with policemen in one of well protected business areas of city, where the of Sri Lanka President’s residence and headquarters of armed forces of the country, and also hotel Hilton, are located.
While no one has taken the responsibility for act of terrorism, but country’s authorities have already assumed, that it is Tamil Tigers’ extremist grouping. It is necessary to note, that it is the first act of terrorism in capital for last 8 years. All this time opposition of authorities and insurgents carried out attracts only in the north of the country.

Extremist movement Hezbollah and its supporters have obeyed to the requirement of army and stop the armed opposition in Beirut. According to the widespread the Lebanese opposition application, it “will stop the armed presence at Beirut and transfers the control over city of army of Lebanon”.
Nevertheless, it is marked in the application that the opposition will continue to achieve the political aims by campaign of civil disobedience.
Earlier today the army has called the contradictory parties in Beirut take the armed supporters from the street and to unblock the roads.
Till last moment the army of Lebanon did not interfere with the conflict of opposing groups, standing aside from collisions. Today the prime minister of Lebanon has accused extremist movement of attempt of the armed revolution and has called army to put things in order and to take the armed people from streets.
Military command has, in turn, refused to execute requirements of the government concerning Hezbollah; however has clearly allowed both parties to understand that they should stop armed conflicts.

On the eve in the New York underground nearby 16:30 on local time, there was a state of emergency, because of which evacuation of more than 400 passengers has been made, has occurred in the underground of New York. The reason of incident became was caused by derail of two cars of the train in area of Central Park. Fortunately, it has done without victims; two people have received insignificant traumas. Investigation of incident circumstances is being carried out and while the commission of experts has not presented even preliminary versions of the accident.
The representative of New York underground administration has declared that train’s driver and its assistant will pass alcohol test that, which is standard procedure after similar accidents.

European Union enters new restrictions in Internet. Ministers of Justice of community have approved introduction of punishment for instigation to terrorism in a world wide web.
According to new rules courts of the EU countries-participants can require Internet-providers to close web-sites, which contain terrorism instigation. As a whole, officials have been adjusted quite rigidly, having declared the Internet “virtual training platform for insurgents”, which is used for inspiration and mobilization of groups of people in the different countries.
Nevertheless, organization’s members and representatives of northern European countries have achieved such formulation of this rule of law, which specifies that the law will not be used for suppression of self-expression freedom.
However, ministers have also coordinated the plan of measures on restriction of illegal circulation of explosive, which can come into the hands of terrorists. Within the limits of this campaign it is planned to adjust an early warning system where data about the stolen explosives and detonators will act.

War in Iraq has brought failure and defeat to the US President Georges Bush, which he will transfer to the future president. Such application was made by one of Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri.
On an audio record placed on one of Islamic web-sites, the terrorist approves, that the US President’s decision on suspension of withdrawal troops from Iraq since July 2008 is the attempt “to cover failures of the US policy” in this country.
In his message Ayman al-Zawahiri has again called all Moslems for sacred war against Americans and has supported “the Islamic state Iraq”, created by radicals several years ago.
The discontent of the terrorist was caused also with sunnit groups’ activity, which have expressed readiness to cooperate with the central government for the sake of peace in Iraq.
After that the terrorist has repeated Bin Laden’s application that after a victory over Iraq “mojaheds will start their campaign in Jerusalem”.
Let’s remind, that on March, 20th it will be 5 years from the moment of the beginning of war in Iraq. Since this moment, according to independent researches, up to 300 thousand people were killed. The quantity of the Iraqis, who have left the native land, has exceeded 2 million people, and the number of temporary displaced people inside of the country makes more than 2,5 million

Since Tuesday the largest US airline - American Airlines- has cancelled already over 2 thousand flights, 900 from them were planned for today. The reason of such actions became carrying out of off-schedule inspections of planes’ wiring systems.
Many of people have learned about a canceling of the flight only after the arrival in the airports.
Meanwhile the check, initiated by Federal aviation management of the USA, has revealed a lot of infringements; malfunctions in planes’ wiring are among them. According to experts, such defects can lead to the most unpleasant consequences and even up to explosion of the plane.
It is informed, that check goes on boards of MD-80 which are being used for flights on routes of average range and make almost the third part of park American Airlines.
As it has been informed, returning to the normal schedule of flights depends on how experts can quickly finish check and correct the found defects.
It is worth of mentioning that carrying out nearby 2,3 thousand flights a day, American Airlines has already apologized before the passengers, who are waiting for their flights at the airports. As representatives of airline approve, a feed and an opportunity to stop at hotel is being offered to all passengers.

For the whole year the United States, owing to weak political progress in Iraq, did not manage to come nearer to opportunity of withdrawal troops from this country. Such conclusion has been made by the experts of the American Institute in their new report on situation in Iraq.
As they say in the report of the organization published on April, 6th, political progress in Iraq passes so slowly and superficially, and social and political dissociation in the country is designated so precisely, that the United States at the moment as are far from realization of the purpose completely to disengage armies from Iraq, as well as one year ago.
Experts from Washington Institute mark, that the central Iraq government still does not function as a unit authority; mutual distrust of political leaders of the country remains significant, and key bills though pass through parliament, are not put in action. In experts’ opinion, the governmental armed forces have become stronger, but they unable to support stability in the country independently.
In the report prospects of reduction of the American military presence at Iraq are also considered. One of variants assumes that scales of support of the Iraq authorities from Washington should be defined by success of performance of the certain political problems of the Iraq government.