[Reader-list] Terrorists equipped to make fake Kenyan national Identity Cards

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All,

Just as Rajendra pointed out a few days ago, crime is always a step
ahead from its prevention,stories about false claims of these so
called charming technological marvels are slowing surfacing on the
net.

I will continue to post them as and when they come and I would appeal
to all list members including those who seems to dislike my view of
UID to please, please post such stories. We need to have a thorough
and critical assessment of UID and its seemingly irrefutable claims
because all of us are going to be involved in this exercise in a
deeply personal manner.

In the meanwhile  would you please read this story below and please
think Mumbai 26/11 and think about all the media plants of how all of
us would be secure once, once this sum of estimates of our individual
identities start to function?

Warm regards

Taha


http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Terrorists%20equipped%20to%20make%20Kenyan%20IDs%20/-/1056/929130/-/3m9e8o/-/

Terrorists behind the 2002 attack at the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa had
equipment and materials for printing fake Kenya national identity
cards, a UN report has revealed.

Fifteen people — 12 of them Kenyans — died during the November 28,
2002 attack on the Israeli-owned hotel in Kikambala.

The ‘Digest of Terrorist Cases’ report by the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the terrorists used the fake documents to
rent an apartment where a cache of arms was found.

Automatic guns

Among the weapons found concealed in a sofa set were six automatic
guns, magazines, bullets and five anti-tank missiles. Also seized were
a saw, hammer and pliers, a hand grenade, training materials and
manuals on the use of the weapons.

“A laminating machine and materials suitable for making identity cards
were also found,” the report says.

The revelations raise fears that foreigners have found their way into
the country with fake identification documents.

In February, the government mounted a countrywide crackdown on illegal
immigrants following reports that foreigners acquire Kenyan
citizenship through an intricate syndicate involving government
officials.

The operation, which was spearheaded by regular and Administration
Police, was however, called off following an uproar from Kenyan
Somalis who said it amounted to ethnic profiling and discrimination.

North Eastern PC James ole Seriani recently cautioned local
administrators that they face the sack following reports that some of
them were involved in the syndicate.

The report recommends measures that need to be put in place by
governments around the world in the fight against terrorism. They
include sealing legal loopholes that have seen many terror suspects
evade conviction.

Governments around the world have also been asked to use the
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism to bring offenders to
justice.

The United Nations Security Council resolutions 1267 and 1373 require
all member states to freeze the funds of designated persons and of
terrorists generally.

The report adds that countries should use collateral offences
committed by terrorists, particularly weapons offences and frauds, to
trace terrorist movements and activities.

Governments have also been asked to use Interpol’s Stolen and Lost
Travel Documents (SLTD) database to report stolen passports to make it
easy to trace them.

As of June 2009 the database contained information on over 18 million
documents, over 10 million of which were passports, from approximately
150 countries.

The latest developments come at a time when both local and
international security agencies are on high alert after recent
discovery of an arms cache in the sea off Malindi and the attack
against a village in Wajir by the Somali militia Al-Shabaab, which is
linked to the al Qaeda terror group.

Last week, a Malindi fisherman chanced upon a cache of arms,
triggering a major security operation in the coastal town.

The weapons packed in sacks, included 436 bullets, four rockets, one
rocket launcher, five AK-47 rifles, one Ceska pistol, 10 gun holsters,
18 magazines and four para lights used for illuminating a security
operation zone at night.

Malindi deputy police boss Willy Simba said officers were exploring a
theory that the find is linked to five suspected pirates arrested in
Kenyan waters at the local Marine Park.