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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Obama Administration Repositioning Homeland Security Ammunition Containers

Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:07 PM

The Obama Administration repositioning their Homeland Security ammunition containers

The containers (like those pictured) are usually painted olive drab and are unmarked except for indistinguishable numbers/letters probably for inventory, routing, etc.
Reader Don sent this in recently:

Jim – I passed a convoy of olive drab unmarked 40 foot tractor trailers each with four 10 yard ammo bunker boxes chained to them and unmarked armored Hum-Vee’s heading north on I-95 in Brevard County, Florida this past Thursday morning. The “govt” is positioning these ammo storage boxes, I have been told, in strategic places in population centers around the country. They are usually painted olive drab and are unmarked except for indistinguishable numbers/letters probably for inventory, routing, etc.

Obma’s Homeland Security Department has purchased 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition – that is not a typo — during the last six months.

ATK is one company that won a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to provide 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition in 2012.
Previously it was reported that people around the US have begun reporting the site of strange, new, heavily-armed FEMA fighting vehicles this past year.

One set of images made available by Rense.com shows trailer after trailer carrying these new DHS and FEMA armored fighting vehicles, complete with machine gun slots. They’re labeled with the usual backward American flag and the title, ‘Homeland Security’. Below that and the DHS logo, it also reads, ‘Immigration & Customs Enforcement’. Joining those markings, the black vehicles with white lettering also display ‘POLICE/RESCUE’ on one side and ‘Special Response Team’ on the other.
Whiteout Press reported on the government ammunition purchases back in October 2012.

As we detailed in the August 28 Whiteout Press article ‘History of DHS Ammunition Purchases’, federal emergency management agencies are looking more and more like a military army every day.
The federal government’s procurement website actually lists DHS’ requests for bids to supply it with ammunition and military weaponry. All of the orders listed in the above article, including the orders for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition, are publicly available at http://www.fbo.gov.
One look at a chart of DHS ammunition purchases over the past decade reveals a drastic spike in orders of bullets recently, totaling in the billions of rounds. Other charts available online show a similar drastic spike in the purchases of accompanying weaponry by the Department of Homeland Security.
What is the US federal government preparing for? And why does it feel it needs an army of brainwashed youth, millions of guns, thousands of armored fighting vehicles and literally billions of rounds of ammunition, just to provide relief to the American people during a natul disaster? Any historian will tell you it sounds more like the arming of the Hitler Youth than an army of first responders fighting forest fires and hurricanes.

Look for the Homeland Security ammunition containers coming soon to your community.

Progressive Muslim” And Unindicted Co-Conspirator Team Up To Trash U.S

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Print This Post University media is reporting that Omid Safi, often described as a “leading progressive U.S. Muslim” and Siraj Wahajj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing teamed up to address a Northwestern University Muslim student group. According to a Daily Northwestern report, Safi told the students that America has a “sick soul” and that “the beauty of faith traditions has been lost in a world dominated by America”:

January 25, 2013 In the spirit of Monday’s presidential inauguration, the Muslim-cultural Student Association hosted a discussion about the importance of civic engagement. Three panelists, including a Northwestern alumna, spoke about intertwining service with faith. About 80 people attended the two-hour discussion in Harris Hall. ‘As Muslims and college students, we have the responsibility to contribute to society,’ McSA Vice President Arshad Haque said. The Weinberg junior started the event reciting from the Quran, followed by an English translation from another student. Each panelist spoke for roughly 20 minutes, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Quran and the Bible to discuss Americans’ obligation to change their communities and country. Tamanna Salikuddin (WCAS ‘01), director for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the National Security Council, started the panel by discussing civil service, faith and post-graduate life. She said NU students are blessed with a liberal arts education and should not waste such an opportunity. ‘You can’t talk about civic engagement until you acknowledge all the blessings we have as Americans,’ she said. ‘Societal obligations are part of your religious obligations.’ SESP senior Erica Martin said she appreciated that the message transcended one particular faith. ‘I’m not Muslim, but they said a lot of things you could take away regardless of religion,’ she said. All three panelists spoke about students’ obligation to act immediately, instead of waiting for a future career or better time to change the world through small acts of kindness. Panelist Omid Safi, a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the beauty of faith traditions has been lost in a world dominated by America, often at the expense of the poor and under-served portions of society. America lost sight of its goals once its citizens elected Barack Obama in 2008, he said, and Monday’s inauguration was a reminder of the work that remains. Safi later likened American hegemony to ‘Star Wars,’ as the country faces little competition from other nations and does not always use its power for good. ‘America has a soul, and its soul is sick,’ he said. But hope is not lost as long as students remain active, he added. Panelist Imam Siraj Wahhaj, leader of the Muslim Alliance in North America, used many of Safi’s examples to demonstrate America’s brokenness, such as King’s still-relevant sermons. He urged students to avoid pushing their faith on others but rather to lead by example. ‘If you want to change the world, you have to recognize that by nature human beings are imitators,’ Wahhaj said.”

An online bio details Omid Safi’s background:

Omid Safi is one of the leading Muslim public intellectuals. He is a Professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in contemporary Islamic thought and classical Islam. Omid is an award-winning teacher and speaker, and has been nominated for and received teaching awards at Colgate University, Duke University, and University of North Carolina. He is the editor of the volume “Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism.” His last book was published by HarperCollins, titled “Memories of Muhammad,” and deals with the biography and legacy of the Prophet Muhammad. He has been among the most frequently sought speakers on Islam in popular media, appearing frequently in the New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, NBC, CNN and international media. He has recently been designated as a lead Islam writer for the Religion News and Huffington Post.

Siraj Wahajj is an American Islamic convert tied to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He has held various positions in the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the American Muslim Council, and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), all part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and he is a frequent speaker at U.S. Brotherhood events. A post from 2008 reported that Wahajj was behind a planned New York subway ad campaign to explaining the meaning of Islam and sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), another part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. A post from last August reported that Siraj Wahhaj was scheduled to be the “Grand Imam” for a program to be held at the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

Break Down and Insight into Project Sun Rise African data leak

By Lee J on Wednesday 30th of January 2013 at 1:41:14 am

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The following is a deeper insight to all the information and leaked data from Project Sun Rise by Team Ghost Shell.

On the 28th of January 2013 @TeamGhostshell announced another large leak of information from a heap of websites in the latest project by the hacker collective.

Information

The attack has a main release note that contains a operation message with information from an investigation that the hacker collective has been conducting in this operation.
They have made claim to link the business infrastructure of South Africa that has lead to tracing of activities to other country’s.

After two months of investigations, Team GhostShell has finally managed to fingerprint the entire top business infrastructure of South Africa, tracing some of it’s activities to other countries across the continent.

The release statement also makes it clear this project release was not intended to be a big data leak but more so a way of opening doors for others to do independent investigations into the claims made.

Although this time around, the goal was not to release a large portion of data, we will still provide you with enough non-disclosure accounts and records from a variety of businesses; corporations and governments.

One of the most interesting parts into this data leak is the announcement of a preview into something to do with the CIA and oil industries in North Africa.

This project also ended up coinciding with one of our off-scene black operations regarding the oil industries in North Africa. Ties with the CIA have been made inside Angola and as such we’ll release a small teaser about it as well to promote this.

Other interesting facts is that Ghost shell has sent a sort of warning to company’s and authorities trying to scare companies into removing pastes with leaked information. (see side notes)

Scaring the owners of these places will only make things worse.

Ghost shell has also provided information for people living in south Africa who may be in crisis. (see help notes)

Facts

The attack has left 23 African based websites hacked that range from retail, postal services, mining industry and many more.
The leak was posted posted to pastebin and various other paste sites in a total of 109 parts.
Total of 30,262 accounts with emails detected.
Many of the accounts in the leak do not have related emails or other credentials and some have full personal details.
Mix of Plain text and Different types of encrypted passwords.
Leak was not released as a big data leak.
Project was carried out in cooperation with @Opsafrica13 & @Anonymous_ZA
Attack is directly related to mining industry in Africa.
The attack took place over a few months and is still on going with some aspects.

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List of sites affected and what they are:

African Reinsurance Corporation

Site: africa-re.com
Sectors: Oil, Gas, energy, marine/
Info: In 2010, Africa Re called the 4^th Capital Increase to bring its paid-up capital to US$ 300 million and its shareholders funds to US$ 600 million by end of 2012.IRB-Brasil Re, the leading reinsurance company in Brazil became a shareholder of Africa Re in 2012.
About: http://www.africa-re.com/EN/aboutus/page/5/corporate-history
Archive: http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4680
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Three databases and database colum layout information. Personal details, login credentials and more.
Table 1: email,name,surname,tel,tel_mobile
Table 2: active, cat, created, dept, dept_fr, id, location ,location_fr, name, orderid, position, position_fr, role, role_fr, src, superior, surname, text, text_fr, title ,title_fr, updated.
Table 3: admin,last_login,name,password,surname,title,user_id,username
Passwords: Encrypted

Woolworths Holdings Limited
Site: www.woolworthsholdings.co.za/
Sectors: retail
Info: Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African-based retail group listed on JSE Limited (“the JSE”).
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4681
Part Files: 16
Data Info: System setup and comments information, full personal login credentials and details such as contacts.
Passwords: Clear Text
Diamond Corporation
Site: diamondcorporation.co.za
Sectors: retail
Info: Diamond Corporation™ is a specialist diamond and retail jewellery enterprise which offers unmatched design, craftsmanship and customer care. DC was founded in 1998 as a specialist diamond cutting company.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4682
Part Files: 1
Data Info: mailing list information.
African Mining
Site: www.africanmining.com
Sectors: Mining
Info: African Mining presents a holistic view of the investable African Mining universe, its participants and service providers.
Archive: http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4683
Part Files: 2
Data Info: Comments and system details, basic user information.
BEE Network
Site: bee-network.co.za
Sectors: Unknown
Info: The most comprehensive database of BEE companies in South Africa
Archive: http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4684
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Comments, basic user login credentials.
Allied Technologies International
Site: alliedti.com
Sectors: Technologies
Info: Allied Technologies International, Inc. provides precision components to all industries that require un-compromised quality and dedication to service
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4685
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Invoice logs and basic personal details.
illovo boulevard
Site: illovoboulevard.com
Sectors: mixed
Info: The Illovo Boulevard Management District is a mixed-use commercial area bounded by Bompas Road in the south, Harries Road in the north, (I llovo Corporation)
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4686
Part Files: 1
Data Info: User login credentials with site related information and emails.
Password: Plain text
Genesis
Site: genesisib.co.za
Sectors: Insurance
Info: Genesis opened its doors in February 1994, with two staff members. Today our staff totals at 42 with offices in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Cape and Free State..
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4687
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Comments, system administration login credentials.
Password: Encrypted

Omni-ID
Site: omni-id.com
Sectors: Technology
Info: Omni-ID is the leading supplier of low-profile passive RFID tags that are highly accurate in harsh environments due to a proprietary design.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4688
Part Files: 2
Data Info: full database extraction with login credentials, user personal information and site settings.
Password: Encrypted
Ornico
Site: ornico.co.za
Sectors: Marketing
Info: Ornico helps put marketing decision makers in the know about the most important strategic decisions they’ll ever make regarding their brands with a range of monitoring, tracking and analysis solutions used by local and global business leaders.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4689
Part Files: 1
Data Info: site contents for orders.
Moolmans organisation
Site: moolmans.com
Sectors: Mining
Info: The Moolmans organisation, an operating group within The Aveng Group, began open pit mining in the late 1970′s. Today our company is a major force in surface mining in Africa.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4690
Part Files: 1
Data Info: 173 tables listed with a mix of details from different systems on the site that contain a range of user and login credentials.
Password: Mixed for Tables, Some Clear Text and Some Encrypted.
ENDIAMA E.P
Site: endiama.co.ao
Sectors: Mining
Info: The history of ENDIAMA E.P is intrinsically linked to the beginning of the diamond mining in Africa. This is a secular/century-old trajectory which includes the XIX and XXI centuries,More.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4691
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Comments
Angola Oilfield Supply Service
Site: angolaoilfield.com
Sectors: Mining
Info: A.O.S.S is an Angolan owned company dedicated to providing quality products to its customers. Angola’s Oil field industries, CIA teaser (spot the 4 obvious databases; vulnerable link has been posted alongside the server layout, retrieve the names, locations and time/dates from db “cia” and trace it back to Washington; the rest we’ll leave as a surprise)
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4692
Part Files: 1
Data Info: database layout information only
Express Petroleum
Site: www.expresspetroleum.co.za
Sectors: Petrol and gas.
Info: Express Petroleum cc was established in January, 1994 and is close to 16 years old.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4693
Part Files: 1
Data Info: database information and two administration details with login credentials.
Password: Encrypted

University of the free state
Site: servicedesk.ufs.ac.za
Sectors: Education
Info: Service desk login for the uni
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4694
Part Files: 45
Data Info: Complete database extraction with administration details, user and student details, logs, comment forms and other site based features.
Password: Encrypted
Westcol
Site: westcol.co.za
Sectors: Education
Info: Westcol is a Further Education & Training (FET) College established within the public frameworks of the South African Departments of Education and Further Education.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4695
Part Files: 1
Data Info: Database information and full user and administration login credentials.
Password: Encrypted
The INC
Site: theinc.co.za
Sectors: Media
Info: The INC is the national sales force for all Independent Newspaper titles.(managing the big RSA newspapers, bought & paid media)
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4696
Part Files: 1
Data Info: full staff login logs, credentials and permissions.
Password: Encrypted
Investoreports
Site: sasolsdr.investoreports.com
Sectors: Investments.
Info: Investoreports.com is the home of financial reports and video interviews
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4697
Part Files: 1
Data Info: database information, administration and user login credentials.
Password: Encrypted
N-SOKO -Kenyan Business Directory
Site: tenders.nation.co.ke
Sectors: services
Info:N-SOKO Tenders is a business utility that enables you to receive and manage the latest tender notifications from all over the Eastern Africa region
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4698
Part Files: 7
Data Info: database information, user logs and full user login credentials with emails, names, address, contacts and more.
Password: Encrypted
Algerian Government
Site: www.mta.gov.dz
Sectors: Government
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4699
Part Files:1
Data Info: 1 administration login credential.
Password: Encrypted
Mail and Guardian online pressoffice
Site: pressoffice.mg.co.za
Sectors:media
Info:Magazine in Africa (PressOffice linked to BidOrBuy, South Africa’s largest online store)
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4700
Part Files:1
Data Info: two databases with basic contact information.
freight forwarders
Site: freightforwarders.co.za
Sectors: unknown — appears to have malware warnings an issues by various sites.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4701
Part Files:1
Data Info: database information, Agent details with contacts, names and further account details. Comments form entrys and results and tracking information.
PostNet
Site: digital.postnet.co.za
Sectors: Media
Info: Digital post shop.
Archive:http://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=4702
Part Files: 18
Data Info: Complete database extraction from 203 tables. Table data is from site and core setup information, user and administration credentials which contain partial and full personal details such as telephone numbers, address, names, emails. It also contains a heap of company and previous billing and postage information as well as package details and more.
Passwords: Encrypted

Press Release

In South Africa things have become progressively worse since Mandela stepped down. The gangs have become stronger, bigger, and more ruthless than ever. We rest on our Loral’s that we are a free nation however all that has happened is the poor have become poorer and the rich have become richer. Companies like Anglo American have decimated our vast natural resources and have paid our local workers next to nothing. In a result of that they have become angry leading to multiple strikes that have crippled our economy. But you must be thinking, strikes mining industries pah! A fast developing country like South Africa should be able to shake that off with all that 1st world investment they are getting! But corrupt politicians from both the ANC and the DA have put the country into a spiralling economic disaster!
Then wall street happened which sunk my beloved country into a full on catastrophe. But once again 1st world countries came to our rescue by investing more money into our country which of course all went into building Zumaville which is a whole billion rand enterprise thats goal was to make a whole city in the middle of nowhere based on Zumas idea of a ideal city.
Once our corrupt politicians plunged us into a poverty stricken country. Our citizens which were previously poor became so poor that crime was their only chance of survival. So the gangs grew and grew and as the competition for crime grew bigger and bigger they became more ruthless than ever before. They pay no respect to woman and children raping like its going out of fashion. This is partly our judicial systems fault as they do not have a high rate of rape convictions which makes a potential rapist much more lightly to rape. Specialists say that if the rapes in prisons were recorded the number of rapes each year would double.
Now when I take a walk down the street of my beloved South Africa that has survived so much I have to watch my back for a mugger. If we keep our corrupt malicious government will a 1st world country be dumb enough to save us again? The answer is no they wont. But team GhostShell will, we have noticed how much you are in need of a savior not afraid of the law who can acces secure information and give it to you. Together with anonymouses #OpSAfrica team ghost shell will rid you of corruption, make all knowledge free and help South Africa out of crime, corruption and poverty. Together we can make a better South Africa for you.
We stand together
Divided by non
We are legion
We are team ghost shell and Anonymous together
We are a hackers ultimatum
We are active!

Operation statement

After two months of investigations, Team GhostShell has finally managed to fingerprint the entire top business infrastructure of South Africa, tracing some of it’s activities to other countries across the continent. As always, we will provide you with a glimpse of that world, so that everyone else can do their own research and draw their own conclusions from it. Although this time around, the goal was not to release a large portion of data, we will still provide you with enough non-disclosure accounts and records from a variety of businesses; corporations and governments.
The point of it is to find and see for yourselves the connections these entities have with one another, how they conduct themselves on the financial playing field but also economically speaking, how they actually do business world-wide. The data here ranges from government, banking, mining, petroleum, management, networking, transport services, construction, education/academics, other enterprises.
This project also ended up coinciding with one of our off-scene black operations regarding the oil industries in North Africa. Ties with the CIA have been made inside Angola and as such we’ll release a small teaser about it as well to promote this.
We are all ghosts living inside the shell.

Side notes

We’ve noticed that PasteSite has currently closed their services for new pastes, due to “resource usage rising higher than I can manage” which we know that’s bullshit. It would be quite embarrassing if we didn’t check our leaking platforms now and then to see if any significant changes have been made. Same thing happened to PrivatePaste last summer when we hit China, a DDoS attack followed on it for three days straight, then it got contacted by Wall Street after the IT leak and it went out of commission for over a month. Scaring the owners of these places will only make things worse. It would seem that even the gist from Github now requires an account to use the bin. Epic!
Just for the record, TGS uses these types of paste sites on purpose, because they’re easy to manage. Anyone can report bad content on them and they get removed after a couple of days, one week tops. But if you guys prefer, we can switch over to chinese and russian doxbins hosted on multiple networks with anti-ddos protection at any given time. It’ll also be a good opportunity for more shady characters to get their hands on the data as well. It’s your choice. For now, we’re saying goodbye to the old pastebins, you’ve all been great and welcoming the new batch for 2013.

Help Notes

If you’re from South Africa and you have a personal crisis, here are some places that might be of interest: http://www.southafrica.info/services/crisishelp.htm
South Africa Info provides information on various places that offer services for people in need, from helplines on diverse topics like rape, alcohol, drug addiction, mental health, depression, abuse among others. The National counseling line is 0861-322-322. National Aids helpline is 0800-012-322. The one for gender violence is 0800-150-150. Check the website for additional info as well as the name of the official websites that deal with such things.
Crimes can be reported and shared here: www.reportacrime.co.za
Some of these sites that we’ve researched are vulnerable to different types of cyber attacks so we went ahead and emailed them about it. Hopefully they will update.
For outside volunteers here’s a way on how you can contribute on the field: http://www.i-to-i.com/south-africa/
Also you can check out the African Medical and Research Foundation to learn more about the on growing issues and problems that South Africa is currently facing: http://www.amref.org/

Ireland - They did not show this on our news

Ireland - They did not show this on our news: http://youtu.be/bRqLVjOuSWQ via @youtube

Show Files Hidden By Worm Virus

Pendrives/usb sticks are infected with viruses is a common thing, some viruses are easily treated with a simple antivirus scan, while others require much more work.
One of the most common virus symptoms of usb drives is files disappearing while drive properties show that space is occupied. Fear not! your files are just hidden, most of the times you could easily

unhide them through “tool>folder options>view>show hidden files and folders
but there are cases wherein you still could not see your files.
Here is the step by step procedure to those files hidden by a virus.

1. Press Start and choose run.

2. On the dialog box type in cmd

3. On the Command Prompt type in the drive letter followed by a colon

4. type in “attrib *. -h -s /s /d“

5. if problem still persists try typing in “attrib -r -a -s -h *.*“

Always remember to place a hidden folder named “autorun.inf” on your usb stick, this usually helps prevent infection on whatever computer you insert your pendrive on (incase your drive gets contaminated)

MP Stresses Importance of Establishment of Joint Islamic Military Power

MP Stresses Importance of Establishment of Joint Islamic Military Power

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator said establishment of a joint military organization by Islamic states will turn Muslim nations into a single and powerful force.

On Saturday, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi proposed the formation of a NATO-like military organization by the Islamic states to defend the interests of the Muslims across the world.

"The organization will be tasked with defending Muslims around the world and its most important agenda will be the Palestinian issue," Vahidi said in Tehran.

Speaking on Sunday, member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Esmayeel Kosari said Iran's proposal "will turn Muslim nations into a single force".

He added that various groups of countries have forged different alliances with each other such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) and the Central-Eastern European Treaty Organization (CEETO).

Kosari further said the US and Israel are trying to scare Muslim countries of accepting Tehran's proposal, and said, "The Iranophobia is promoted by the global arrogance and Zionists and now that establishing a military organization consisting of Muslim countries has been proposed, they are trying to scare Muslim leaders of forming an alliance with Iran."

UAE To Try Ninety-Four On Attempted Coup Charges; Says Group includes Ties To Muslim Brotherhood

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Print This Post Global media is reporting that the United Arab Emirates will try 94 people on charges of trying to seize power in that country. According to a BBC report, the UAE Attorney General said that the group had links to “foreigners” including the Muslim Brotherhood:

The United Arab Emirates has ordered 94 people to be tried on charges of trying to seize power. The attorney general said the suspects had formed a group that publicly called on people to observe the teachings and values of Islam, but in secret sought to overthrow the state. He said they had links to foreigners, including the Muslim Brotherhood. The UAE has arrested dozens of alleged dissidents, who have said they are victims of false accusations. Political parties and demonstrations are banned in the UAE. Links denied A statement from Attorney General Salem Saeed Kubaish said the suspects had used the media and social networking sites ‘to turn nationals [UAE citizens] against their government’. ‘They launched, established and ran an organisation seeking to oppose the basic principles of the UAE system of governance and to seize power,’ it said. It said the group raised money through property deals and religious contributions. Last year authorities detained more than 60 civil society activists, many connected to al-Islah, an Islamist group alleged by the government to have links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Islah says it favours peaceful reform and denies links to the brotherhood. The crackdown has triggered complaints from human rights groups. The authorities have been accused of deporting and harassing human rights defenders, denying legal assistance to political detainees, and intimidating and deporting lawyers seeking to assist detainees.
Read the rest here.

The New York Times reported in mid-January on the continuing conflict between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
The GMBDR has extensively covered the ongoing developments concerning the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf countries:

A post from earlier this month reported that that the UAE had arrested 10 people described as the leadership of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in that country.

A post from November 2012 reported on further comments by the Dubai police chief accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of creating unrest in the UAE. As noted in that post, Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan also said that UAE Muslim Brotherhood members who had been arrested had met with Kuwaiti Brotherhood “mentors” including Kuwaiti Brotherhood leader Tariq Al-Suwaidan.

A post from October 2012 reported on comments by the United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister in which he said that Gulf Arab countries should work together to stop the Muslim Brotherhood from undermining governments in the area.

A post from late September 2012 reported that the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had denied setting up an armed wing with the goal of seizing power. A post from late September reported on the trial in Abu Dhabi of what are described as “activists belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood” and who reportedly admitted that they have engaged in financial actives and communicated with “the international organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood and other bodies.”

A post from April 2012 reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had detained six members of the local Muslim Brotherhood whose citizenship had been revoked on the basis of belonging to groups that fund terrorists. Earlier posts reported on allegations by the Dubai police chief that the Muslim Brotherhood is using social media to attack the UAE and his threat to arrest Qaradawi who criticized the UAE for revoking the visas of Syrians demonstrating against the regime in Damascus.\

In March 2012, a post reported that that Tariq Al-Suwaidan had added his voice to the conflict between the UAE and the Global Muslim Brotherhood by warning that if the UAE followed through on its threat to arrest Global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, “it would be a disaster” for the UAE.