Members of the Basque terrorist group Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) are conducting financial and propaganda activities in Bolivia with the knowledge of President Evo Morales, according to …
Singapore: Addressing Threats from Within
Singapore will likely face a persistent threat of ‘homegrown’ militants, or operatives that emerge from within the society they seek to attack, inspired to militancy by radical ideologies. The most …
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Sailor Arrested: Charged with Espionage
On March 7, 2007, US authorities announced the arrest of Hassan Abujihaad, also known as Paul Hall, in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of espionage and providing material support to terrorists by …
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Plot against Britain’s Internet Infrastructure
According to a report in London’s Sunday Times, March 11, 2007 edition, last year Scotland Yard disrupted an al-Qaeda plot to attack the Internet infrastructure in Britain (source). Evidence …
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Algeria: AOIM Attacks Continue Following Merger
The Russian oil and gas firm, Stroytransgaz, lost four workers on Saturday, March 3, 2007, when a bus carrying 21 employees drove over two land mines . The North African terrorist group, the al-Qaeda …
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Iraq: Counter-Terror Strategy
US-led efforts to defeat the foreign jihadist threat in Iraq will be strengthened by two recent developments: the Iraqi Cabinet agreement on oil policy and the increased willingness of Anbar based …
India: Terrorist Financing
On February 28, 2007, representatives from the US and India met under the auspices of the Indo-US joint working group on counter-terrorism to discuss various cooperative strategies related to global …
Cote d’Ivoire: Peace Deal Signed
Cote d’Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo’s administration and the New Forces rebels, led by Guillaume Soro, signed a peace deal on March 4, 2007 after more than a month of negotiations. The deal …
Chechnya: PM Confirmed as President
Thirty-year old Ramzan Kadyrov is now officially the new President of Chechnya. As widely expected, Kadyrov was officially endorsed by the Chechen Parliament after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s …
Chechnya: PM Confirmed as President
Thirty-year old Ramzan Kadyrov is now officially the new President of Chechnya. As widely expected, Kadyrov was officially endorsed by the Chechen Parliament after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s …