The above article serves as a slight, but useful, update to the October 27, 2004 WAR Report article on the new complexion of the Iraq insurgency in that it notes that the core and most entrenched …
Slew of corruption cases mar nations’ reputations
The example of Rodriguez, who stands accused of taking money from French telecom firm Alcatel, is certainly not the only case of corruption and improprieties in Latin America. In fact, since 1990, 20 …
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Judge: Prisons Ripe for Breeding Terror
Spain (Country Profile) has arrested over 30 Muslims suspected of being involved with a terrorist cell that planned to blow up several national courts. As well as being Muslim, the other trait they …
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Australia acknowledges Iraq move increased risk of terrorist attack
Ironically, this politically charged admission by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer of the recently re-elected John Howard government misdirects attention away from two bigger terrorism stories, which …
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US expert believes Bin Laden network active in Bosnia
That there are al-Qaeda (Group Profile)-connected or -inspired terrorists hiding and/or training in Bosnia (Country Profile) is no surprise. Given the recent history of this country and the fact that …
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Cheney: Al Qaeda Probably to Blame for Taba Bombings
Since al-Qaeda (Group Profile) has dispersed into isolated regional groups, it is increasingly difficult to determine the relationship between the core al-Qaeda leadership and the proliferating …
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Taliban Faction Seeks Return to Power by Ballot
It is heartening news, indeed, that so-called moderate Taliban (Group Profile) leaders including Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, a former senior advisor to Omar, and Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel, the Taliban-era …
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Estimates by U.S. See More Rebels With More Funds
US officials have cited recent intelligence on the ongoing insurgency in Iraq that suggests a revolutionized complexion and composition of the insurgency and its elemental groups, and those groups? …
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New Edition on Jihad Operations During Ramadan Released
The most prominent electronic al-Qaeda (Group Profile) publications, the monthly Sawt al-Jihad and bi-monthly al-Battar training manual, have both placed an emphasis on the merits of jihad operations …
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Spain Terror Suspect Accused of Huge Plot
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks (Terrorist Incident), the world, in general, and the United States, in particular, focused on the perpetrators of those attacks, al-Qaeda (Group Profile) …
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