"Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and …
Jordan’s king fires Cabinet
"Jordan's King Abdullah II, bowing to public pressure, fired his government on Tuesday and tasked a new prime minister with quickly boosting economic opportunities and giving Jordanians a greater say …
FBI hunts the 9/11 gang that got away
"Secret documents reveal that the three Qatari men conducted surveillance on the targets, provided ‘support’ to the plotters and had tickets for a flight to Washington on the eve of the …
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‘Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb’
"Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build 'dirty' bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents. A leading …
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Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat
In this paper the perception of Al-Qaeda as a strategic mastermind controlling jihadist networks and plotting attacks worldwide is put into perspective. It happens frequently that decentralised …
Prisons and the Education of Terrorists
Prison reformers have long been aware that the cellblock is a school for criminals, the shadow campus where the petty offender graduates into organized crime. Yet strangely, the same insight has for …
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Jihadism on the web, a breeding ground for jihad in the modern age
In the past decade a wide variety of counter-terrorist measures and actions have been taken to ensure that jihadist organisations are left with fewer possibilities to target the West. Nonetheless, the …
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Cyberterrorism and Private Corporations: New Threat Models and Risk Management Implications
The very late twentieth century has seen an astonishing development in the technical specifications of computers and associated technology. In addition, this developing technology has led to the …
Countering Terrorism: The Israeli Response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre and the Development of Independent Covert Action Teams
The purpose of this study is to examine the methodology of the covert action teams authorized by Prime Minister Golda Meir to find and assassinate those individuals responsible for the attack on the …
Contest: The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism
The UK faces a significant threat from Al Qa’ida, its affiliates, associated groups and terrorists acting on their own – so called lone-wolves. We also face an ongoing and serious threat from Northern …
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