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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|28 Nov 2002
|Filing date
|1 Mar 2002
|Priority date
|13 Apr 2001
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|Publication number
|Claude Zeller, Donald Mackay, William Kilmartin, William Brosseau, James Euchner, Robert Cordery
|Original Assignee
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (47), Classifications (12), Legal Events (1)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/283,565 filed Apr. 13, 2001, which is owned by the assignee of the present Application.
[0002] Reference is made to commonly assigned copending patent application Docket No. F-290 filed herewith entitled "Method For Embedding Information In An Image" in the names of Claude Zeller, Robert A. Cordery, Donald G. Mackay and William A. Brosseau; and Docket No. F-285 filed herewith entitled "Method For Reading Information That Has Been Embedded In An Image" in the names of Robert A. Cordery, Claude Zeller, Donald G. Mackay and William A. Brosseau.
[0003] The subject invention relates to a method for printing images that contain information and, more particularly, to a method that detects when the printed images containing information are copied.
[0004] Images such as postal indicia have been printed by postage meters to evidence that the appropriate postage has been affixed to the mailpiece. A typical postal indicia includes fixed elements such as city name, state, a graphic, meter serial postal indicia includes fixed elements such as city name, state, a graphic, meter serial number, etc., and variable information such as date, postage amount, an encrypted number, etc. Postal indicia have been printed by flat bed printers and rotary printers without encryption and by ink jet printers with encryption. The improvements to photocopying, printing and scanning equipment have made it easier to commit fraud by copying postal indicia.
[0005] Currently, ticketing companies are giving purchasers the option of printing their electronic tickets at home, using ordinary paper, a personal computer printer and an Internet connection. One of the problems in allowing people to print tickets at home is how to ensure that the tickets are not counterfeited. One of the solutions suggested to solve the foregoing problem is to print an encrypted bar code on the ticket. Unfortunately, a ticket printed on ordinary paper with an encrypted bar code can be photocopied, and the seller of the ticket will be unable to distinguish between the original, genuine ticket and the photocopied ticket.
[0006] Many other types of value documents are currently being utilized. Unfortunately, it is anticipated that as sophisticated image processing equipment becomes more prevalent, the incidence of counterfeiting will increase. Currently, the United States Postal Service is embedding information in a two-dimensional bar code called an Information-Based Indicia (IBIP). The process of finding copies of an IBIP involve scanning a mailpiece containing an IBIP; decoding the unique IBIP with bar code reading software; connecting a system to a data base in order to locate an identical IBIP image; and determining whether or not the scanned image is a duplicate, i.e., copy of a paid for IBIP or a unique IBIP, i.e. a paid for IBIP.
[0007] Some disadvantages of the IBIP system, and other similar systems operating on the same principals, are that they are fully effective only if all images entering the system are scanned and analyzed, looking for duplicates in a database. If only a small number of images is processed, then the likelihood of finding duplicates is diminished, and the effectiveness of the system is reduced. For example, if the counterfeit rate is 1/1000 and only one of every one thousand images is scanned, then the odds of finding a single copy is 1/1000*1/1000 or one in a million.
[0008] This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a method that makes it more difficult to copy images. The invention provides a method that detects when an image is copied in order to reduce the production of fraudulent images. The invention allows an inspector to conduct an analysis of an image with a simple set of tools on site without the need to check a remote database through a network to look for duplicate images. This minimizes the infrastructure and cost required to implement the system. A local inspection can be made by scanning an image and decoding it with relatively inexpensive tools available on site. The invention accomplishes the foregoing by producing a fragile watermark image that produces a noticeable and measurable loss of information when it is reproduced. The loss of information is due to effects associated with scanning and printing processes.
[0009]FIG. 1-A is a drawing of a fragile watermark embedded in an image.
[0010]FIG. 1-B is a drawing of a copy of FIG. 1-A.
[0011]FIG. 2-A is a drawing showing a non-printed bit map image file magnified view of portion 20 of image 11.
[0012]FIG. 2-B is a drawing showing magnified view portion of 20 of image 11 printed with an ink jet printing device from an image file generated by scanning the original print.
[0013]FIG. 3 is a graph of copy detection vs. signal strength.
[0014] Referring now to the drawings in detail, and more particularly to FIG. 1, the reference character 11 represents a postal image. Postal image 11 includes graphic material in the form of an eagle 12, a permit number 13, a city, state 14, an indication of the class of postage 15, an indication that the postage has been paid 16, the weight of the mail piece 17, and the country 18. Black and white pixels 19 are embedded in image 11. Eagle 12 has a portion 20. The digital form of image 11 will suffer no loss of information when reproduced in digital format.
[0015]FIG. 1-B is a drawing of a copy of FIG. 1-A.
[0016]FIG. 2-A is a drawing showing a non-printed bit map image file magnified view of portion 20 of image 11.
[0017]FIG. 2-B is a drawing showing magnified view portion of 20 of image 11 after printing the image file shown in FIG. 2-A. Portion 20 of FIG. 2-B has been printed with an ink jet printing device and scanned. It can be seen that the printed image is an approximation of the original and has been distorted by the way in which the ink and paper interact and the ability of the printer to accurately position the drops of ink used to create the image. The amount of distortion is a function of the resolution of the printer, the size of the ink drops, and the way in which the ink spreads when it contacts the paper due to capillary and surface forces. These forces are associated with the fluid and physical properties of the ink and paper and are present in all ink-based printing systems. In particular, it can be seen how the ink tends to fill in small areas that were blank (white) in the original bit map representation of the image. This image distortion leads to a loss of information when the image is decoded. Other non-ink based printing systems experience similar image degradation that leads to information loss due to process variables. An example of the foregoing is the static charge properties of toner, photoconductors, and paper as well as toner transfer and control in laser printing and copier processes.
[0018] There is also a loss of information associated with the scanning process due to the way light is reflected and absorbed by the ink and paper and the optical and detector characteristics of the scanner. The scanner measures and records the average reflectance value at each pixel location within the image. The quality of the scanned and recorded image is a function of the resolution at which the image is scanned and the accuracy of the scanning device and detector measuring the reflected light.
[0019]FIG. 3 is a graph of images produced on different envelope materials versus signal strength. The signal strength is calculated from the amount of information read from the watermark. Letters at the bottom of the graph indicate five different envelope types used in the test (A,B,C,E,L). Envelope type A is a white wove, 24 pound low ink absorbing envelope, and envelope type B is a white wove, 24 pound high ink absorbing envelope. Envelope type C is a 24 pound smooth finish envelope and envelope type E is a 32 pound 90 clasp envelope. Envelope type L is recycled white paper.
[0020] To make a copy of the original image 11, it is necessary to first scan, then reprint, image 11. The total loss of information associated with the copy process is the combined loss from the scanning and printing process. Signal value is a watermark quality metric calculated from the total information received by decoding a watermark. This information loss can be represented as a change in "signal strength". An example of a maximum signal strength is shown by line 25 as the non-printed bit map digital file. Trace 26 indicates the signal strength of an original printed watermark, and trace 27 indicates the signal strength of a copy of the original watermark. The data show a significant decrease in the signal value of the watermark between the original and the copy (−56% to −100%). The substantial change in signal value makes it possible to discriminate between a copy and an original to accurately identify copies.
[0021] Signal Strength Measurements
TABLE 1 Difference % change Difference % change Bitmap Original Bitmap to Bitmap to Original Original Envelope (Maximum) Original Original Copy to Copy to Copy A 39208 14892 24316 62% 6500 8392 56% B 39208 18577 20631 53% 8153 10424 56% C 39208 20374 18834 48% 7349 13025 64% E 39208 14860 24348 62% 0 14861 100% L 39208 17749 21459 55% 6590 11159 63%
[0022] The envelopes selected for the measurement represent a range of paper types found in the mailing environment and demonstrate the feasibility of the invention used in applications where there is little control over the types of paper used to record images.
[0023] The information loss associated with the printing process may be identified by using a high quality scanner (to minimize scanning losses) to scan a printed representation of the watermark. This scanned image is then decoded, and the information content of the watermark recorded and represented by a signal strength measurement. In FIG. 3, the loss of information due to printing the "original image" is the difference between the bitmap signal strength and the original print signal strength (trace 25 and trace 26). The above table shows this difference is between 48% and 62%.
[0024] An implementation of the fragile watermark into images printed on documents that have value, such postal indicia, could include, but is not limited to, the use of the following system elements.
[0025] Embedder: An embedder is a software program used to take an original image and embed a fragile watermark into a composite image. The embedding process uses a mathematical transformation of the original image file to produce a pattern of pixels that can be decoded later with special reader software. Embedding software provides the ability to embed information with different degrees of redundancy. More redundant information makes a watermark easier to detect and decode; less redundancy makes a watermark more difficult to recognize and decode.
[0026] Scanning hardware: Scanning hardware or an image capture device is required to record the printed watermark in a digital format. The digital representation of the printed watermark is imported into the reader software package where it is processed and decoded. Hand-held, portable scanning devices similar to bar code readers are well suited for this application. These devices use CCD arrays similar to those found in digital cameras to capture and store an image in memory. Other devices that could be used to record digital representations of printed fragile watermarks include flat bed scanners, digital cameras, laser scanning devices, and linear CCD arrays mounted in in-line processing equipment.
[0027] Decoding (reading) software: Reading software is used to process the image by decoding the information in the watermark and providing a signal value as output, indicating the quality of the watermark and the integrity of the embedded information. This signal value is a measure of the fraction of information that can be decoded. High signal indicates less loss of information (original image); low signal value indicates a copy (more lost, or unrecoverable information). Decoding software provides the capability to establish a signal threshold above which an image is considered to be an original, and below which it is determined to be a copy (FIG. 3).
[0028] The above specification describes a new and improved method for increasing the security of a document by being able to detect when an image is copied. It is realized that the above description may indicate to those skilled in the art additional ways in which the principles of this invention may be used without departing from the spirit. Therefore, it is intended that this invention be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
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|7 Sep 2010
|L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
|Three dimensional data storage
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|23 Nov 2010
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|Method and system for applying an image-dependent dynamic watermark to postal indicia
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|19 Jul 2011
|L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
|Increasing thermal conductivity of host polymer used with laser engraving methods and compositions
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|Digimarc Corporation
|Apparatus to process images and video
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|Pitney Bowes Inc.
|Detecting printed image copies using phase-space-encoded fragile watermark
|17 Jul 2007
|23 Aug 2011
|Digimarc Corporation
|Digital watermarks for checking authenticity of printed objects
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|1 Nov 2011
|Digimarc Corporation
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|Digimarc Corporation
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|Digimarc Corporation
|Layered security in digital watermarking
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|Layered security in digital watermarking
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|Pitney Bowes Inc.
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|Carr J. Scott
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|12 Nov 2002
|13 May 2004
|Eastman Kodak Company
|Method of authenication for steganographic signals undergoing degradations
|28 May 2004
|4 Nov 2004
|Brunk Hugh L.
|Halftone watermarking and related applications
|26 Nov 2003
|30 Dec 2004
|Rodriguez Tony F.
|Automated methods for distinguishing copies from original printed objects
|15 Oct 2003
|21 Apr 2005
|Phillips George K.
|Copy-resistant security paper
|24 Nov 2003
|26 May 2005
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Detecting printed image copies using phase-space-encoded fragile watermark
|24 Nov 2003
|26 May 2005
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Watermarking method with print-scan compensation
|24 Nov 2003
|26 May 2005
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Fragile watermark for detecting printed image copies
|1 Jun 2005
|5 Jan 2006
|Reed Alastair M
|Conditioning imagery to better receive steganographic encoding
|23 Jul 2004
|26 Jan 2006
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Tonal compensation for graphic security features
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|15 Jun 2006
|Pitney Bowes Incorporated
|Method and system for printing an original image and for determining if a printed image is an original or has been altered
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|21 Sep 2006
|Brunk Hugh L
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|U.S. Classification
|358/3.28, 382/100, 382/101
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|1 Mar 2002
Owner name: PITNEY BOWES INC., CONNECTICUT
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Asustek aims to ship more than 16 million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010
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Asustek to launch new 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook; to delay 10-inch model
Oct 19, 15:57
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Sep 18, 14:15
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Taiwan market: Lenovo to launch VIA-based IdeaPad S12
Sep 1, 15:25
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Asustek expects over 20% sequential growth in 3Q09 revenues, says president
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Asustek Computer expects its consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2009 to increase by more than 20% sequentially as the company's shipments are picking up in China, Russia and...
Taiwan market: Asustek sanctioned for misleading Eee PC advertisement
Aug 6, 12:25
Asustek Computer has been sanctioned by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission for Eee PC product advertisements which the commission believes could mislead consumers.
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Asustek touchscreen-based Eee PC T101 pushed back to September at the earliest
Jul 20, 14:45
Asustek Computer is expected to launch its 10-inch touchscreen-based Eee PC T101 in September 2009 at the earliest, more than two months later than the company's original schedule...
Asustek, Pegatron and MSI see revenues up sequentially in June
Jul 10, 16:13
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have posted sequential revenue growth for June 2009.
Asustek lowers prices to clear stocks of 7-, 8.9-inch Eee PCs
Jun 30, 15:18
Asustek Computer has reduce retail prices of its 7-inch and 8.9-inch Eee PCs in an attempt to clear inventory.
Asustek comments on cracking panel issue in Eee PC 1008HA, reports paper
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Asustek Computer has commented on a recent defect affecting its Eee PC 1008HA netbook relating to cracked screens, saying that the defect was identified before the netbooks reached...
Asustek evaluating Nvidia Ion for netbooks and nettops
Jun 1, 12:27
Asustek Computer is considering launching Nvidia Ion-based netbooks and nettops and recently started testing related samples, according to industry sources.
Taiwan market: Asustek launches Eee PC 1008HA
May 14, 15:43
Asustek Computer, on May 13, launched the 10.1-inch ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA in both Taiwan and Hong Kong priced at NT$19,000 (US$578). The company expects the netbook's shipments...
Asustek to launch 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month
May 4, 16:24
Asustek Computer plans to launch an 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month, but will still consider 10-inch the mainstream specification for 2009, accounting for 50% of total shipments,...
Acer, Asustek, MSI see 1Q09 netbook sales fall short of expectations
Apr 21, 17:11
Taiwan-based netbook vendors saw shipment volumes fall short of their respective goals in the first quarter, according to sources at channel vendors.
Asustek to showcase ultra-thin notebook lineup at Computex, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 21, 14:05
Asustek Computer plans to showcase three ultra-thin notebook series at Computex 2009 – the UX, U and Edge series, targeting the high-end, mid-range and entry-level market, respectively...
Compal and Pegatron see March revenues increase significantly
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Taiwan-based ODM notebook makers, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology, saw their March revenues improve significantly from the previous month, according to data released by...
Taiwan market: Asustek sees on-year notebook shipment growth of 15% in 1Q09
Apr 7, 16:32
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Asustek announces the Eee PC 1004DN netbook
Apr 1, 11:07
Asustek Computer has announced the Eee PC 1004DN, the first in the Eee PC range to feature a super-multi optical disc drive (ODD), enabling users to read and write optical discs for...
Asustek to launch new Eee PC with built-in ODD in mid-April
Mar 27, 16:09
Asustek Computer is scheduled to launch its new Eee PC, the E1004DN, which will be the first Eee PC to have an optical disc drive (ODD), in mid-April, and will follow with the 1008HA...
Japan market: Eee PC owns 27% of netbooks, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 13, 14:59
Asustek Computer's Eee PCs are the best selling netbooks in Japan with a market share of 27.18% in terms of sales, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...
Asustek reportedly considering merger of Eee PC and notebook departments
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Asustek Computer is considering consolidating its Eee PC and notebook departments to help increase efficiency and decrease the management costs for the two departments, according...
Asustek, Pegatron and Gigabyte see revenues decline in February
Mar 10, 13:56
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Asustek evaluating Qualcomm platform Eee PCs
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Asustek Computer is evaluating the possibility of developing Eee PCs that adopt Qualcomm's platform, however the company currently does not yet have any mass production plans for...
CeBIT 2009: Asustek to showcase Eee PC 1008HA Shell
Mar 2, 15:14
Asustek Computer plans to showcase its new ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA Shell at CeBIT this year, which features new industrial design and longer battery life.
Asustek to launch Eee PC Shell ultra-thin netbook in April, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 27, 15:58
Asustek Computer plans to launch its second ultra-thin netbook with a 10.1-inch panel, the Eee PC Shell, in April this year. The netbook will have a higher specification than the...
SSD-based 8.9-inch netbooks seeing sharp price drops
Feb 23, 17:01
Netbook vendors are dropping prices of their 8.9-inch netbooks models to clear inventory, and solid state drive-based (SSD-based) models are seeing the sharpest drops, according to...
Asustek to completely phase out 8.9-inch Eee PCs in 2009, says Asia-Pacific president
Feb 19, 12:17
Asustek Computer will completely phase out its 8.9-inch Eee PC netbooks in 2009 since 10-inch models are becoming the mainstream specification in the market, according to Benson Lin,...
Asustek striving to recover from poor performance
Feb 13, 17:10
Asustek expects its gross margin for the first quarter of 2009 to climb despite an estimated 30% on-quarter drop in revenues thanks to inventory clearances, new strategies to protect...
Asustek backed-up inventory worth NT$40 billion; unlikely to be profitable in 1Q09
Jan 22, 14:24
Jerry Shen, president of Asustek Computer disclosed that the company's current stockpiled inventory is worth NT$40 billion (US$1.19 billion).
Next-generation netbook launches to benefit Taiwan IC designers in 1Q09
Jan 20, 12:33
Taiwan IC design companies have seen stronger orders in January from netbook OEMs thanks to the upcoming launches of new generation Acer Aspire One netbooks as well as Asustek Computer's...
Asustek details reorganization plans
Jan 19, 14:51
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First-tier motherboard makers see on-year drop in December revenues
Jan 12, 17:07
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Asustek to expand its US points of sales 50% in 2009, says paper
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CES 2009: Asustek unveils new products
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I watched this once before forever ago so I remembered bits of it and the end but not much else so I thought I'd give it another watch.
Not an amazing or particularly groundbreaking movie that just gets confusing as hell towards the end. I still enjoyed it in part though.
This movie doesn't even deserve a review it was that bad. I was extremely surprised I stuck it out to the end.
The acting from the young girl was good, and it starred Noah Huntley so there was something to look at - but nothing could save this shit storm of a film.
A Finnish film which would probably have been better filmed in Finnish with subtitles, instead of an attempt to make it British/USian.
Lordi, that won Eurovision 2007…
Some nice visuals here and there, but this movie would have really benefited from a plot, interesting characters and dialogue that didn't include the lines "let's get out of here" and "what was that?"
The movie had so much potential. The concept was interesting and if there was maybe a bit more explanation, it could have easily gotten at least a 3 and half stars.
Shit horror starring Finland's premier GWAR impersonators, Lordi! People are trapped in a spooky hospital and terrorised by rubber suited Eurovision winners. Despite the rubbish monsters it's relatively decent and reminiscent of a Stephen King story, e.g. The Langoliers.
WTF? What was that all about?
Suddenly they are in abandoned part of the hospital, or some kind of time loop or are they actually in the mind of the autistic girl... We don't know. Nor do we care.
Whilst a father checks his autistic daughter out of hospital, they enter a lift with a small group of people which breaks down on route. When they manage to get out, the hospital is not as they left it.
This film stars campy Finnish horror rockers Lordi (winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest), so I was not sure what to expect. The plot is nothing you haven't seen before - deserted hospital, dead bodies, monsters, etc. - and that…
Where death metal and horror come together to produce something truly awful. Full review can be found at Sound on Sight.
A lot of great special FX, but no story. I did not like it, its just a 90 minute music video.
Apparently the most expensive movie ever made in Finland's history and starring 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winners Lordi as demons stalking an autistic girl and her Father in a hospital. There were shades of a good movie there but considering it was meant to be centered around Lordi, it should have been way more campy and fun. The movie looked great but very little effort was made in ensuring that the twists and turns in the story made sense and many questions raised were never answered. Good visuals and hilarious monsters do not make up for lazy storytelling.


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Palestinian Islamic Jihad Planned Terrorist Attack at Joseph's Tomb
Israeli authorities foiled a Palestinian cell's plan to conduct a terrorist attack targeting Jewish worshipers at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank, Israel's domestic security agency Shin Bet announced.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization reportedly armed and directed the cell to carry out a bombing and shooting attack, featuring people associated with various Palestinian factions and demonstrating a high level of cohesion.
Four Palestinians were arrested, including Nassim Damiri, 30, who is affiliated with Fatah and was arrested on numerous occasions in the past; Mahmed Damiri, 23, a Palestinian Authority police officer; Yasser Tzarawi, 25, a Hamas operative with a prison record; and Adwan Nazel, 24, of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were also among the detained.
The plan allegedly involved Nazel and Tzarawi providing logistical support, weapons, surveillance and cover, while the Damiri cousins conduct the terrorist attack.
This development comes amid rising tensions between Israel the Islamic Jihad, as the group threatens to retaliate against Israel if Mohammad Allan – the former hunger-striking detainee affiliated with the terrorist group – is harmed.
Last week, the Israel Defense Forces blamed Islamic Jihad operatives in Syria for firing four rockets which landed in the Golan Heights and the Upper Galilee – signalling the first time that rockets from Syria struck Israel proper since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
While the terrorist group denied involvement in the cross-border missile barrage, Israel accused Iran of funding and ordering the attack.
"We have credible information that the attack was carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization and was facilitated and directed by an Iranian operative Saeed Izaddhi, who heads the Palestinian unit in the Al-Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps," said Israel's Foreign Ministry in a statement sent to the world powers that signed a nuclear agreement with Iran last month.
While touring Israel's northern border with senior military officials, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon warned that part of the Iranian funds to be released in conjunction with the nuclear deal will be transferred to Iranian sponsored terrorist proxies dedicated to Israel's destruction.
Israeli officials revealed that retaliatory air strikes killed at least four operatives from the cell responsible for the rocket attack.
The Islamic Jihad has close ties with Iran and maintains a significant rocket arsenal in Gaza, however these latest developments signal the group's intentions to expand their bases of operations to the West Bank and Israel's northern border at Iran's behest.
By IPT News | August 25, 2015 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
Victims' Attorney Disappointed by Low PA Bond Requirement
The lead attorney for 10 American families who secured $655 million in civil damages against the Palestinian Authority (PA) for past terror support expressed disappointment Monday with a judge's bond order.
Kent Yalowitz, whose clients either lost loved ones or were injured in terror attacks either carried out or aided by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the PA, had asked for $30 million monthly payments to serve as bond while a jury's February civil verdict is appealed.
During a hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels ordered the PA to deposit $10 million into an account within the next month. After that, the PA must deposit an additional $1 million per month. The money serves as a bond in the event the judgment is upheld after the PA's appeal is resolved.
The installments are so insignificant compared to the PA's resources that Yalowitz likened the amount to a "rounding error."
But the judge acknowledged giving "serious consideration" to a statement submitted earlier this month by a deputy secretary of state urging Daniels to consider the PA's precarious financial state in imposing a bond order. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the prospect that the PA could collapse under the weight of the payments, which "would undermine several decades of U.S. foreign policy and add a new destabilizing factor to the region, compromising national security.'
The attacks took place between 2001 and 2004. The victims sued under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which includes provisions which tripled the jury's $218.5 million damage award.
The PA's finances are not nearly so fragile, Yalowitz's team argued. A payment plan supporting jailed terrorists and the families of PLO members killed during attacks remains in effect. That payment system was among the items jurors learned about during the trial, along with internal PA and PLO records with information about terror cells and their activities.
Other records included handwritten notes from longtime PLO and PA leader Yasser Arafat approving those payments.
The PA initially argued against any bond requirement pending appeals.
By IPT News | August 24, 2015 at 3:44 pm | Permalink
UN Will Allow Iran to Inspect Its Own Nuclear Site
Under an unprecedented secret agreement, the United Nations (UN) will allow Iranian experts to inspect their own country's military site reportedly used to develop nuclear weapons, according to a document obtained by the Associated Press.
Usually, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is tasked with inspecting a member nation's nuclear weapons sites. However, the UN agency reached a separate deal with Iran concerning inspections at the Parchin military site without consent from the United States and the other international powers who signed the broader Iran nuclear agreement.
This unprecedented move transfers the IAEA's investigative authority of a key component in Iran's nuclear program to Iran itself – directly contradicting advocates of the nuclear deal who claim the agreement is transparent and forces the Islamic Republic to be accountable for their actions.
The White House denies that a secret "side deal" exists, but Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that no one from the Obama administration has had access to the secret document.
"We are aware of what the basics of it are... [the agreement] is not shared with the world, but we do get briefed on it," said Kerry.
Olli Heinonen, a former deputy IAEA director general tasked with monitoring Iran's nuclear activity, said that he cannot recall a time when a country under investigation was allowed to conduct its own inspections.
In congruence with U.S., Israel, and other intelligence reports, the IAEA believes that Iran experimented with high-explosive detonators for nuclear weapons at the Parchin military base, siting evidence based on satellite images and Iranian attempts to clear the site of nuclear activity.
The document, called "separate arrangement II," implies that there is another secret deal between Iran and the IAEA and suggests that the IAEA's role is diminished to monitoring Iranian inspectors at the military site.
Under this confidential agreement, Iran will give IAEA experts photos and videos of sensitive nuclear activities, "taking into account military concerns." Iranian technicians will also be tasked with conducting environmental samples for evidence of nuclear activity – a role traditionally reserved for IAEA inspectors.
Not only will the Iranian experts take the lead on the investigations, it also is only obliged to provide selective information at its own discretion.
"Activities will be carried out using Iran's authenticated equipment consistent with technical specifications provided by the agency," the agreement says. The IAEA "will ensure the technical authenticity" of Iran's inspection, but fails to lay out exactly how the procedure will be enforced.
This separate agreement reinforces concerns that the complex deal fails to provide the necessary transparency and accountability to assure Iran's pathway to nuclear weapons is effectively obstructed.
By IPT News | August 19, 2015 at 5:28 pm | Permalink
Bangladesh Police Arrest Three in Bloggers' Murders
Police in Bangladesh arrested three men Tuesday suspected of hacking to death at least two secular bloggers this year, including American Avijit Roy.
British national Touhidur Rahman, 58, is pegged as the "main planner" and financier of the attacks. He was arrested along with Sadek Ali Mithu, 28, and 35-year-old Aminul Mallik. The three are said to be members of Ansarullah Bangla Team, a radical group banned by Bangladesh last May in response to the attacks on the secular writers.
Ansarullah claims to be affiliated with al-Qaida's Indian branch.
Reports indicate the men were part of a five-man team involved in plotting the attacks and scouting the victims, but that two other Ansarullah members hacked Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das to death.
Rahman and Mithu allegedly admitted their roles in the killings, an official with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) force told reporters.
Roy, a naturalized citizen who lived in Georgia, returned to Bangladesh with his wife for a book fair in February when they were attacked by masked men wielding machetes. He was a frequent critic of radical Islamic doctrine who was the subject of death threats.
Das was murdered in a similar attack in May. Two other secular bloggers have been hacked to death in Bangladesh this year, the most recent coming Aug. 7 when a blogger who wrote under the name Niloy Neel was attacked and killed in his own home.
Farabi Shafiur Rahman, another Ansarullah Bangla Team member who made the threats against Roy, was arrested in March.
By IPT News | August 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm | Permalink
Obama Administration Urges Judge to Limit PA Bond in Terror Case
A deputy secretary of State has asked a federal judge to consider a host of potential calamities which might result from enforcing a civil terrorism against the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the deaths and injuries of American citizens.
The Authority is appealing a February jury verdict, awarding $218.5 million in damages to 10 families who lost relatives or suffered injuries themselves in terrorist attacks involving PA officials and support between 2001 and 2004. Under the Antiterrorism Act, those damages triple to $655 million.
Normally, defendants would have to take out a bond worth more than those damages while they appealed the judgment. But the PA asked the court to waive that requirement, pleading dire financial circumstances. In response, the plaintiffs recommended "an equitable middle road" requiring $30 million in monthly installments into a kind of escrow account through the court.
In a declaration filed late Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not directly endorse that figure, or the PA's position that no bond should be required. Rather, Blinken asserts that U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels should "carefully consider the impact of its decision on the continued viability of the PA in light of the evidence about its financial situation ... the collapse of the PA would undermine several decades of U.S. foreign policy and add a new destabilizing factor to the region, compromising national security.'
The bond requirement would undermine U.S. investments aimed at facilitating a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Blinken wrote, and the breakdown in the Palestinian economy and security apparatus would open the door to more radical elements and terrorist recruitment.
Attorneys for the families in Sokolow v. PLO argue that the PA is "crying wolf" about its finances and that their suggested installment plan avoids any collapse. During the trial, jurors saw internal PA and Palestine Liberation Organization records describing a payment plan to support families of those who died carrying out attacks on Israeli civilians and to support those imprisoned by Israel for terrorist activity.
Other records included handwritten notes from longtime PLO and PA leader Yasser Arafat approving those payments.
Those payments continue today, the Shurat HaDin, or Israel Law Center, noted Tuesday.
In Monday's government filing, Blinken said the administration supports the Antiterrorism Act and the efforts of victims to seek justice via civil litigation. Such lawsuits "can also advance U.S. national security interests. A civil judgments against "those who commit or sponsor acts of terrorism is an important means of deterring and defeating terrorist activity" and cuts funds that could support other terrorism.
He offered no specific suggestion about how to balance that quest for justice against the concerns over the PA's potential collapse if the damages are upheld.
The question of whether to intervene created "tremendous friction" between the Justice and State departments, the New York Times reported Tuesday. DOJ did not want to get involved in creating an obstacle for terror victims trying to collect judgments, the report said, citing "federal officials involved in the discussions." But State insisted, arguing "the United States has seen a viable Palestinian Authority as essential to maintaining stability in the region."
By IPT News | August 11, 2015 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
Captured Hamas Operative Details Group's Terrorist Plans
A Hamas operative provided a treasure trove of intelligence during Israeli interrogation concerning the terrorist group's rebuilding efforts and future terrorist plans, Israel's intelligence agency Shin Bet disclosed on Tuesday.
The terrorist, Ibrahim Adal Shahada Sha'ar, 21, described about Hamas' tunnel reconstruction efforts, planned terrorist attacks against Israel, military strategy, and coordination with Iran, the Jerusalem Post reported.
He admitted working on rebuilding underground tunnels and described how some would be used in future attacks against Israel. Sha'ar disclosed the location of digging sites, tunnel entrances and underground routes, and reportedly said that a road built along the border with Israel is intended partly for terrorist attacks involving vehicles charging into Israeli territory.
He admitted that he stored several 50 kg explosive charges in his home and said that fighters kept explosives and other material in their own homes since Hamas commanders worried that the organization's weapons depots would be targeted by Israel.
Israeli authorities arrested Sha'ar last month at the Erez Crossing after he attempted to enter Israel for "personal or humanitarian reasons." Officers were aware of Sha'ar's terrorist background and immediately detained him.
During last summer's war between Israel and Hamas, Sha'ar participated in specific battlefield operations, including field logistics, transferring terrorists and weapons, and even admitted to setting up an anti-tank improvised explosion device (IED).
Sha'ar provided details of Iranian-Hamas military cooperation, including how Iran transfers funds and supplies weapons and electronics to the terrorist group. Those supplies include devices intended to jam radio frequencies to bring down Israeli drones deployed over Gaza. Furthermore, Sha'ar described how Iran trained Hamas terrorists to use hang gliders for attacks against Israel – a tactic revealed by previous Israeli interrogations of captured terrorists.
Critics of the recent Iran nuclear agreement argue that newly released funds to the Islamic Republic will bolster their regional hegemonic ambitions and global terrorist activities, including transferring more money and weaponry to its terrorist proxies.
According to Israeli intelligence, the Sha'ar detailed plans using tunnels to conduct cross-border attacks against Israeli targets, akin to Hamas' attempts during last summer's war. The Hamas operative confirmed that the terrorist group is diverting civilian reconstruction material for the purposes of rebuilding its terrorist infrastructure and underground tunnel network.
Sha'ar was indicted July 31 in the Beersheba District Court for being a member and engaging in activities with a banned organization, attempted murder, and forbidden military training.
By IPT News | August 11, 2015 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
Column Looks At Notorious Terrorist Who Benefits In Iran Nuclear Deal
Part of the Iran nuclear agreement enables the removal of individual terrorists from Western sanctions, including notorious Lebanese assassin Anis Naccache.
In a column published in Monday's Wall Street Journal, Hooman Bakhtiar revisits Naccache's role leading a 1975 terrorist mission taking 11 OPEC oil ministers hostage in Vienna. The assault was ordered by the notorious terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
As a close friend of slain Hizballah leader Imad Mugniyeh, Naccache also facilitated Iran's terrorist operations in the Mediterranean.
Bakhtiar recalls how Naccache attempted to kill his great uncle, and Iran's last prime minister under the Shah's rule, Shapour Bakhtiar.
As a liberal reformer, Bakhtiar requested that Ayatollah Khomeini refrain from establishing a theocracy after the Shah was overthrown. That call signed Bakhtiar's death sentence.
Five Lebanese, Iranian, and Palestinian assassins under Naccache's leadership posed as journalists dispatched to interview Shapour Bakhtiar, intending to kill him.
But the plot failed after the assassins killed a police officer and mistakenly executed an elderly French woman in a neighboring apartment. Naccache and three assassins were caught after an ensuing gunfight with French police. They were convicted of murder and received life sentences in 1982.
Iran subsequently unleashed a terrorist campaign to secure Naccache's release, including a string of deadly bombings in Paris during the 1980s, while ordering Hizballah to kidnap 16 French citizens in Lebanon. The Islamic Republic's strategy worked and France released Naccache to Tehran in 1990.
In 1991, another group of assassins eventually killed the former Iranian prime minister in Paris.
In 2008, the European Union sanctioned Naccache and his business, Bazargani Tejarat Tavanmand Saccal, due to his involvement in Iran's nuclear proliferation operations, not his terrorist past.
Now, Naccache and several other Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders will be removed from the EU sanctions list. Many of these individuals were responsible for killing Iranian dissidents, American personnel in Iraq, and civilians in other countries.
In a 2008 interview with Iran's Fars News Agency, Naccache showed no remorse over the Bakhtiar assassination plot.
"There has been no change in my line of thinking. I stand by everything I have done in the past. If I had the experience I have now, I would have changed the planning of the plot to kill Bakhtiar. We were pressed for time, and we rushed to kill him, causing missteps along the way," said Naccache.
Critics of the Iran nuclear deal assert that the agreement does nothing to alleviate concerns surrounding Iran's regional hegemonic ambitions and global terrorist activities. Relieving known Iranian-led terrorist leaders from stringent financial and diplomatic pressure only reinforces those concerns.
By IPT News | August 10, 2015 at 3:54 pm | Permalink
Bangladesh Islamists Slaughter Another Secular Writer
Five men posing as prospective tenants stormed the Dhaka apartment of blogger Niloy Neel Friday afternoon, hacking him to death.
Neel, 40, is the fourth secular blogger murdered in Bangladesh this year.
American Avijit Roy, 45, was killed in February when he returned to Bangladesh for a book fair. The next month, 27-year-old Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, was murdered on his way to work. In May, masked assailants chased down 33-year-old Ananta Bijoy Das on a street near his home and hacked him to death.
"The nature of the attack is very similar to those on other bloggers murdered earlier," Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch Joint Commissioner Krishnapada Roy told reporters.
All four men criticized religious fundamentalists and extremists. Neel also advocated the death penalty for Islamists convicted of war crimes at the end of Bangladesh's 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. One of those convicted, Ashrafuzzaman Khan, lives in New York and is a past secretary general of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA).
Neel sought police help after receiving Islamist death threats, secular Bangladeshi writer Taslima Naseem said in a Twitter post. Police suggested he leave the country, but he wasn't able to do so. He reportedly took his pictures off his Facebook page in an attempt to lie low.
In a separate post, Naseem described an open season on Bangladesh writers who criticize Islam.
Islamists have a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" they wanted arrested for blasphemy, the BBC reported. Others describe it as a "hit list."
Neel was described as "the voice against fundamentalism and extremism and was even a voice for minority rights - especially women's rights and the rights of indigenous people" by Imran Sarkar, leader of the Bangladesh Blogger and Activist Network.
By IPT News | August 7, 2015 at 10:33 am | Permalink
Terror Victims' Lawsuit Seeks to Block Iran Deal's Sanctions Relief
A deal to provide Iran with as much as $150 billion in sanctions relief over its nuclear weapons program should be blocked until the Islamic Republic pays court-awarded damages to American victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism, a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court said.
The plaintiffs, victims of attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, have judgments worth $152 million that they have been unable to collect. Similar lawsuits in U.S. courts have generated billions of dollars more in damages. Iran, the lawsuit said, should not see a dime of sanctions relief until those victims are compensated.
By law, the lawsuit said, Iran should not be granted any relief until there is "a certification by the President that Iran is no longer a financier and sponsor of terror. That terrorism condition has not been satisfied."
Even the White House admits that Iran continues to sponsor international terrorism.
The lawsuit, facilitated by Shurat Hadin, or Israel Law Center, names the departments of State and Treasury, along with their respective secretaries, John Kerry and Jacob Lew. The two departments are responsible for enacting and enforcing the sanctions against Iran.
Releasing the frozen Iranian assets strips victims of "their last remaining opportunity to pressure Iran to satisfy their judgments,' the lawsuit said. And it violates terms of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, passed by Congress in 2002. The law aimed to help victims enforce their judgments by pursuing blocked assets belonging to terror sponsors. It contains the phrase "Notwithstanding any other provision of law," which should prevail over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the formal name of the Iran deal, negotiated by the U.S. and the P5+1 allies, the lawsuit said.
The Iran deal therefore undermines "both (i) the intent of Congress to allow Plaintiffs, who are victims of Iranian terrorism, to enforce their judgments against a broad range of blocked assets and (ii) Plaintiffs' judgments themselves, each of which was issued by a United States federal court, the lawsuit said.
The victims recently investigated funds held in foreign banks which belong to the Central Bank of Iran, one of the many financial institutions which stand to gain sanctions relief. But discovery efforts have been difficult, the lawsuit said. Once the sanctions are lifted, victims' hopes of securing any of the money owed to them likely disappear.
Wednesday's lawsuit comes as the Justice Department considers intervening in a separate case that resulted in as much as $655 million in damages against the Palestinian Authority for terrorist attacks that killed or wounded Americans between 2001 and 2004.
Read the full lawsuit about Iran's sanctions here.
By IPT News | August 5, 2015 at 11:08 am | Permalink
Hamas Calls For Suicide Attacks As Israelis Express Revulsion Over Jewish Terror
Hamas is calling for the resumption of suicide bombings targeting Israelis in the wake of Friday's arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler. Israeli extremists, perhaps from a nearby illegal settlement outpost, are suspected in the attack. Police appealed for public help Tuesday to find those responsible.
Two homes in Duma, a Palestinian village, were torched in the attack. The fire killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha. The arsonists reportedly spray painted "Revenge" and "Long live the king messiah" in Hebrew on the house.
Senior Hamas leader Hamad Al-Rakav called for Palestinians in the West Bank to take "revenge" and attack Israeli and even Palestinian Authority (PA) security personnel, referring to them as "traitors and collaborators."
Friday's attack prompted widespread condemnation from Israelis of all stripes and acknowledgement for the need to address Jewish extremism more seriously.
"I am shocked by this horrific, heinous act. This is a terror attack in every respect. The State of Israel deals forcefully with terror, regardless of who the perpetrators are," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Naftali Bennet, Jewish Home party leader, said that the attack was not "a 'hate crime' or a 'price tag' – it's murder ... Terror is terror is terror."
In contrast, Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis – including those which kill children – often are celebrated and result in people handing out treats to people on the street. The documented glorification of terrorists and martyrdom is widespread and institutionalized in schools and the media.
For example, after a Palestinian terrorist killed a three-month-old Israeli baby in a vehicular attack last October, Palestinian leaders praised the attack and urged others to "escalate the confrontations" against Israel.
A senior adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas referred to the terrorist as a "heroic Martyr" and a Hamas statement glorified the "operation of running over the settlers...which led to the death of a female settler and the injury of 8 others."
Whereas Israeli authorities actively pursue and arrest Jewish extremists following terrorist attacks, the Palestinian Authority pays salaries to convicted terrorists.
Terrorism – political violence targeting civilians – should be condemned and combatted in all forms. In context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, however, there is no moral equivalence with respect to how each side addresses the threat of terrorism.
By IPT News | August 4, 2015 at 1:01 pm | Permalink
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