Airline security is an extremely important issue not only to passengers but also to the entire aviation industry. Numerous deficiencies were highlighted post 9/11 and security was duly tightened with …
Feds target gangs in crackdown
The proliferation of what the Department of Homeland Security characterizes as "transnational, violent street gangs" throughout the United States has compelled federal, state, and local law …
Interoperability still plagues DHS
Both the 9/11 terrorist attacks and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina revealed the importance of interoperable communications. During his March 8, 2006 Senate testimony Richard Skinner said, ?during …
Madrid Bombings Show No al-Qaida Ties
The commentary from intelligence officials with knowledge of the ongoing Madrid train bombing investigations reveal fascinating information on the complexion of the cell and its relationship to the …
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Milosevic found dead in cell
On March 11, 2006 Slobodan Milosevic , the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, was found dead, believed to be of a heart attack, in his cell at the Scheveningen detention center in The Hague, as he …
Battle for hearts in bandit country
Can a country be so unstable that even terrorists would not want to go there? Somalia may provide a testbed for such a proposition. A number of recent popular press articles and even professional …
Small Rebel Group in Colombia Defects
Small, but numerous and frequent, accomplishments will be the legacy of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe . In just under four years, Uribe's triumphs continue to mount. He has relegated the …
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Iran Threatens U.S. With ‘Harm and Pain’
In response to Washington?s aggressive campaign to bring Tehran and its nuclear program before the UN Security Council, the Iranian IAEA delegate stated, ?The US has the power to cause harm and pain. …
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Reprisal Killings Leave at Least 85 Dead in Baghdad
The renewal of sectarian attacks in Iraq has pushed the country closer to a precipitous descent into civil war (see this WAR Report), with the rebel Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr establishing himself …
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Lebanon political talks to resume but splits remain
Over the past month, while reports from Iraq told the story of a low-level civil war simmering across the country, others looking westward began to ask: ?is Lebanon [Country Profile] next?? This was …
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