GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: India Bans Iran Nuclear-Related Trade

 

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SOURCE: DefenseNews

04April2011 6:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  NEW DELHI – India has banned trade in all goods and services with Iran that could help Tehran pursue development of nuclear weapons, a government statement said.

The changes were made in new foreign policy trade rules to conform with a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran related to its nuclear and missile development program, said the commerce ministry. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: India and Pakistan – foreign conspiracy myths

 

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SOURCE: Strategy Page

02April2011 1:45pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Pakistan's biggest problem is not the threat of attacks by Islamic terrorists, but the nationwide attitude of victimization by foreigners. Everything, even the widespread corruption, is blamed on some foreign conspiracy to bring Pakistan down. Every country has some of these myths, but some more than others. In Pakistan, the conspiracies are numerous and crippling. The worst examples of these involve India, and the overall theme that India is plotting to destroy Pakistan from within (via sponsoring terrorism and separatism) and without (modernizing armed forces that are already much larger than Pakistans). Other major conspirators are Israel, the United States and former colonial ruler Britain. Pakistani media and politicians have been blaming the foreign conspirators for decades, and many Pakistanis just take these beliefs for granted. After all, it was what they were raised on. At the same time, many Pakistanis, especially those who travel outside the country a lot, or have lived in the West, are exposed to other versions of history and have doubts. But to express these doubts back in Pakistan can get you in big trouble. The truth can get you killed.  (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: New weapon against Terrorism, hired from Assam

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SOURCE: Times of Assam

01March2011 8:36pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism, the world’s hottest chili. After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhot jolokia” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects.

The bhot jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world’s spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India’s northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili’s spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.”The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization,” Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam said. “This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs,” R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.

Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhot jolokia based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: India seeks U.S. help for students victimized by educational fraud

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SOURCE: IntelliBriefs

26February2011 3:00pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said it expected the US to prevent its universities from exploiting foreign students, as has happened in the case of Tri-Valley University in California in which about 1,500 Indians face an uncertain academic future.

External affairs minister SM Krishna, in a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha, said the government was confident that the "unfortunate development" in the Tri-Valley University would not affect the "excellent cooperation" between India and the US in higher education, under which over a lakh Indian students are studying in American universities.

"The government expects the United States would take steps to prevent such (Tri-Valley) universities from exploiting foreign students. The government would also advise Indian students to exercise due diligence in applying to foreign universities," he said soon after the Question Hour ended.

"I am confident that this unfortunate development will not affect the excellent cooperation between India and the United States in higher education, which includes the presence of over 100,000 Indian students at US universities, and who enjoy a strong reputation for academic accomplishments and responsible conduct," he added.

Krishna said while India recognised the right of every government to investigate and prosecute fraud, it has asked the US government that all Tri-Valley students, who are themselves victims of fraud, should be given adequate time and opportunity to transfer to other universities or adjust their status. And, if they desired so, they should be allowed to return to India honourably. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Opinion: US and Iran could become strategic allies – with India's help

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SOURCE: CS Monitor

22February2011 1:20pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: New Delhi – The standoff with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program continues. While Washington is arming its Gulf Arab allies in a process of ‘strategic containment,’ hardliners are seeking tighter sanctions and even military options to coerce Iran into compliance.

But these options remain untenable.

The "Gulf Security Dialogue" simply postpones the inevitable, neglecting Iran’s unconventional strengths. Sanctions antagonize Tehran, while Russia, Turkmenistan, China, and even smugglers fill the void in Iran’s energy sector. Military strikes and sabotage may set-back but not end Iran’s nuclear program, and provoke Iran to take countermeasures like mining the Strait of Hormuz – not to mention the political backlash.

Regime change by support for anti-Tehran militant groups only aggravates Iran, while Iran's democracy movements are calling for civil rights, not government overthrow. And with America trapped in Iraq and Afghanistan, Tehran could easily play spoiler.

There is a better option: a genuine rapprochement. (read full commentary)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: The Pakistani Third Reich

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SOURCE: IntelliBriefs

13February2011 1:19pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear arms buildup in the world, even as its economy needs life support in the form of handouts from international donors.

Pakistanis claim that being outmatched by the conventionally stronger military of its arch-rival India, they need a large stock pile of nukes to defend against an Indian attack. However, closer scrutiny reveals a different story. Pakistan has always been the aggressor in the past military conflicts with India. Besides, terrorists are routinely sent from Pakistan to India to conduct mayhem and murder under the cover of religion. Moreover, it is now estimated that Pakistan has far more nukes than India, along with superior delivery systems.

Pakistan’s new generation nuclear weapons (nukes) are plutonium based—extracted from new nuclear reactors built for the very purpose. These weapons are compact and more powerful. Plutonium is also the basis for the hundred-times more powerful thermonuclear bomb. With this plutonium capability, Pakistan is well on its way to becoming a nuke factory. (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Textron Defense Systems Receives $257M Order to Supply Sensor Fuzed Weapons to Indian Air Force

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SOURCE: Defense Aerospace.com

11February2011 10:07amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: BANGALORE, India — Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced Wednesday that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce 512 CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) units for the Government of India under a Foreign Military Sale agreement. The total value of the contract is $257 million with $126 million funded immediately.

"We believe that SFW is truly the best area attack weapon in the world. Through a process of rigorous research, testing and analysis, we have created a weapon that is reliable, safe and meets current clean battlefield standards," said Ellen Lord, senior vice president and general manager of Textron Defense Systems.

The Textron Defense Systems' combat-proven SFW is unique among munitions systems because of its redundant technologies for clean battlefield operation. SFW has been engineered to eliminate the risk of unacceptable harm to civilians or non-combatants. As a result, it is the only air-delivered weapon that meets the strict unexploded ordnance (UXO) criteria for cluster munitions — requiring less than one percent UXO in intended operational environments — set forth by the U.S. Secretary of Defense in June 2008.  (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: US seeks expanded military ties with India, China

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SOURCE: Hindustan Times

09February2011 8:55amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The United States, as part of a new military strategy, is seeking "expanded military cooperation with India" and a "positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship with China", the world's "two rising powers." "As military capability and capacity increases in Asia, we will seek new ways to catalyse greater regional security cooperation," said the revised National Military Strategy calling for redefining leadership in a changing world.
The document released here Tuesday is the first revision since 2004 of the ways and means that the military will advance US national interests.

A senior military official speaking on background said the Asia-Pacific will be of greater importance. "There are two rising powers – India and China – and a number of regionally powerful nations," he said.

There may be a migration of US capabilities in the region. "That may not necessarily mean more troops, but the distribution may change," he said. (read full report)

 

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: TERROR ALERT

US issues global terror alert including India and Pakistan

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SOURCE: The Economic Times

02February2011 12:47amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON: The US today issued a global travel alert, including on visiting India and Pakistan , for its citizens in view of the increasing threat from terrorist organisations like al-Qaeda and the Taliban .

In its latest travel alert titled "worldwide caution", the State Department expressed concern over continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations and other violent actions against US citizens and interests overseas including India and Pakistan.

"In India, there is a continuing threat of terrorism as attacks have randomly targeted public places frequented by Westerners, including luxury and other hotels, trains, train stations, markets, cinemas, mosques, and restaurants in large urban areas," the travel alert said.  (read full report)

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Teenage Indian girl rescued from a life of slavery

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SOURCE: The Times Of India

28January2011 11:30amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  NAGPUR: A horror tale of a 17-year-old girl living in slavery and abused for nearly five years by a businessman's family for a mere Rs 7,000 has surfaced in the city on the eve of the Republic Day. The girl was rescued last Thursday by volunteers of Childline, an NGO, and is now undergoing rehabilitation in the state government's Karuna women's shelter home on Katol Road.

The matter is under investigation by the Koradi police who are, however, yet to register an offence.

According to activists of Childline, the girl (name withheld) was virtually pawned with the family of businessman Rajesh Janiani, a resident of Mankapur, some five years ago when she was just 12-years-old. Her mother Sita (name changed on request), a resident of Lashkaribagh, desperately needed money for the treatment of her elder daughter Sunita, then 14, who was later diagnosed with brain tumour. Sita works as domestic help in some houses. Her husband, a habitual alcoholic, does no work. (read full report)