December 2019 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Black Market Arms Prices in Lebanon
by Ryan Carboni 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/89990 ... Source advises there is not that large of a black market for explosives in Lebanon because those that use them mainly get them from the foreign intel agencies in the country. ... Ak (Russian) $900 Ammo (by round) 70 cents; 55 cents for Syrian manufactured rounds. AK (Chinese) $300-$500 Ammo (by round) same as above. RPG-7 $200 RPG rounds $30 RPK NA Grenade $7 (there is little demand for grenades) Land mine NA M-16 $1000; price per round $1 M-4 $2500 Ammo (by round) $3 Basic Explosives NA C-4 (1/4 pound) NA TNT (1/4 pound) NA Mortars -88 NA -120 $1500 Dragunov machine gun $ 4000 Glock Pistol $2000 Sig Sauer Pistol $ 1800 Czech Pistol $ 300 Makarov Pistol $3000

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Los Zetas bought 1000 grenades
by Ryan Carboni 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/5463811 The Zs are busy there - don't know the exact character of their ops but the military in ES just stopped some corrupt non-coms stealing 800 hand grenades and 40mm rounds. The crooks told DEA the grenades were destined for Zetas in Guat and they have supplied as many as 1000 grenades (total - hand grenades and 40mm) to the Zs in three previous transactions since 2009. They were getting $40 per grenade split between 3 crooks.

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The New York Times: Court Orders F.B.I. to Fix National Security Wiretaps After Damning Report
by jim bell 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

The New York Times: Court Orders F.B.I. to Fix National Security Wiretaps After Damning Report. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/us/politics/fisa-court-order-fbi-surveil… The FISA court needs to issue MANY "contempt of court" orders to those who suckered them in 2016 and onwards. And then jail them all.

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200 Al Qaeda operatives chilling in Europe
by Ryan Carboni 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/66387 Al-Qaeda has recalled more than 200 of its operatives from European countries, mainly from France, Holland, Italy, Spain and Germany. My source thinks al-Qaeda may want them there to launch possible attacks in Europe.

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The New York Times: India Adopts the Tactic of Authoritarians: Shutting Down the Internet
by jim bell 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

The New York Times: India Adopts the Tactic of Authoritarians: Shutting Down the Internet. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/india-internet-modi-protests.…

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Iran already has a nuclear weapon
by Ryan Carboni 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/emailid/76211 [alpha] Iran There is a rumor floating in some seriosus circles of an impending iranian nuclear test. Also that a test would trigger an israel strike. Dagan's attack on bibi derives from this. The sourcing is asian. I do not believe it to be true and I believe that regardless of the source it is just a wild rumor. Nevertheless, there it is. Watchoffoficers and analysts need to stay alert for any anomaly. The time frame is specific at three weeks. Sourcing is moderately high and credibility low but significance is massive. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Guard of honour - Americans fly Russian flags and sail in formation with Russian spy ship - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

>From the Crack out yer champagne and welcome our greatest Russian liberators dept. "The United States Coast Guard has received reports indicating that the RFN VIKTOR LEONOV (AGI-175) has been operating in an unsafe manner off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia," with those pesky Russian sailors waving in an excessively friendly manner to local boaters as a few Floridian and South Carolinian sailors tried to say "Spacibo, spacibo" and grew huge shit eating grins as their Russian counterparts waved and said "Hallo" in typically thick Russian accents, as they lifted their 1 pint (250ml) "shot" glasses containing some oddly clear liquid, in the typical Russian salutation gesture. One of the Russian sailors was then seen turning towards and asked something of the captain as they stood on the aft deck welcoming their American floating guard of honour, and after a brief exchange, the captain shook his head apologetically and the sailor shouted out "Sorry, cannot invite onto ship, might look like party, but please, have great day!" The American coast guard literally drummed up a fear mongering announcement in the middle of what was a glorious sunny day (pic not attached) with just a few whispy white clouds and broad swaths of pale blue sky :D "This unsafe operation includes not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions, not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements." https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/russian-ship-us-coast/index.html ... The Viktor Leonov has regularly patrolled in the Atlantic and Caribbean near the US coast since 2015. In 2017 Trump actually threatened to attack Russian ships that got too close, but no such incidents have materialized. “Hey, the greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water," Trump said https://www.foxnews.com/us/russia-spy-ship-east-coast-guard in that provocative January 2017 statement. "Everyone in this country is going to say, 'Oh, it's so great.' That's not great. That's not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia." Full article at zerowedgie: "Use Extreme Caution": Boaters Warned Of "Unsafe, Erratic" Russian Spy Ship Off Carolina Coast https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coast-guard-issues-alert-over-russia… https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/russian-ship-us-coast/index.html

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Cryptocurrency: Zero Knowledge Proofs ZKP
by grarpamp 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Security and Privacy for Crypto with Zero-Knowledge Proofs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NL0ThdvWMU Zero Knowledge Proofs and Their Future Applications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3jKROwTPCs Zero-knowledge proofs intro with Str4d (Zcash) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YgRDJAFEE Satoshi's Faith... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCT21kt5KME https://read.cash/@Cheshirecat/abc-dragging-feet-or-existential-choice-6c4f…

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Earth's Magnetic North Pole Keeps Moving Towards Siberia at a Mysteriously Fast Pace
by jim bell 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Earth's Magnetic North Pole Keeps Moving Towards Siberia at a Mysteriously Fast Pace sciencealert.com "Our planet is restless, and its poles are wandering. Of course, the geographic north pole is in the same place it always was, but its magnetic counterpart – indicated by the N on any compass – is roaming towards Siberia at record-breaking speeds that scientists don't fully comprehend." Jim Bell's comment:Russia is slowly stealing magnetic north...and Trump isn't doing anything about it!!!

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Boo!
by Ryan Carboni 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

“Do I know you? I know you clear through. I was born and raised in the South, and I’ve lived in the North; so I know the average all around. The average man’s a coward. In the North he lets anybody walk over him that wants to, and goes home and prays for a humble spirit to bear it. In the South one man all by himself, has stopped a stage full of men in the daytime, and robbed the lot. Your newspapers call you a brave people so much that you think you are braver than any other people—whereas you’re just as brave, and no braver. Why don’t your juries hang murderers? Because they’re afraid the man’s friends will shoot them in the back, in the dark—and it’s just what they would do. “So they always acquit; and then a man goes in the night, with a hundred masked cowards at his back and lynches the rascal. Your mistake is, that you didn’t bring a man with you; that’s one mistake, and the other is that you didn’t come in the dark and fetch your masks. You brought part of a man—Buck Harkness, there—and if you hadn’t had him to start you, you’d a taken it out in blowing. “You didn’t want to come. The average man don’t like trouble and danger. You don’t like trouble and danger. But if only half a man—like Buck Harkness, there—shouts ’Lynch him! lynch him!’ you’re afraid to back down—afraid you’ll be found out to be what you are—cowards—and so you raise a yell, and hang yourselves on to that half-a-man’s coat-tail, and come raging up here, swearing what big things you’re going to do. The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that’s what an army is—a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness. Now the thing for you to do is to droop your tails and go home and crawl in a hole. If any real lynching’s going to be done it will be done in the dark, Southern fashion; and when they come they’ll bring their masks, and fetch a man along. Now leave—and take your half-a-man with you”—tossing his gun up across his left arm and cocking it when he says this.

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