Dec 27, 2009: Abdul-Mutallab’s Father: ‘I Am Really Disturbed’ Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare This Day of Nigeria has a informative, December 27, 2009, article that offers background on Abdulfarouk Umar Abdulmutallab, the 23-year old Nigerian who reportedly tried to blow up NorthWest Airlines Flight 253 arriving in Michigan, USA, from Amsterdam on December...
Nov 29, 2008: India's Security, Intelligence Forces Come Under Scrutiny Over Mumbai Comments: 0 | Categories:
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Asymmetrical Warfare India's newspapers have produced many articles on the November 26-29, 2008, assault on Mumbai, India, that gripped the world. Some have managed to informs readers without being sensational. Yet, they were quite vivid in their description of how security services...
Nov 29, 2008: Indian Officials Notified in March 2007 of Possible Attacks on Mumbai From the Sea Comments: 0 | Categories:
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Asymmetrical Warfare The Times of India reported November 29, 2008, that police officials in Jammu and Kashmir, India, said that "the first reported case of infiltration" of India "through the sea route" took place "over 20 months ago and senior police officials...
Oct 9, 2007: Is U.S. Supreme Court Saying Torture Is Ok? Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare As National Journal.com/The Gate noted in an October 9, 2007, post, "The Supreme Court [of the United States]today refused to take up the case of Khaled el-Masri, a German national who is trying to sue the U.S. government for allegedly...
Oct 11, 2006: Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the American Charged With Treason Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the American, formerly Adam Gadahn, "a 28-year-old California man who has appeared in five al-Qaeda propaganda videos was charged with treason Wednesday," October 11, 2006, according to the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets. The Tribune...
Sep 7, 2006: ISN Watch On 'Secret Prisons, Human Rights And Elections' Comments: 0 | Categories:
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Intelligence Affairs Jen Alic and Rashunda Tramble at ISN Security Watch, the blog for the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), reported today that "U.S President George W Bush's announcement on Wednesday [September 6, 2006] that the CIA did indeed have secret...
Sep 7, 2006: Bush's Sept. 7, 2006, Address On 'Progress in the Global War On Terror' Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare On September 7, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush delivered an address in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on "Progress in the Global War on Terror." Here is a White House transcript of that speech.
Sep 7, 2006: The CIA's Prison Network And Interrogation Program Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare The Los Angeles Times says in a September 7, 2006 article that "Taken together," U.S. President George W. Bush's September 6, 2006, "speech, documents released by the director of national intelligence and briefings by administration officials provided a sweeping overview...
Aug 17, 2006: Speigel Online Publishes Excerpt From 'The New Al-Qaida' Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare Der Spiegel Online has an excerpt today from "The New Al-Qaida," a book by Siegel Online editor Yassin Musharbash Spiegel said, "In the new al-Qaida, offices and training camps are a thing of the past. All a would-be recruit needs...
Aug 13, 2006: August 12 Marked One Year Since Lakshman Kadirgamar's Assassination Comments: 0 | Categories:
Asymmetrical Warfare August 12, 2006 marked the passage of one year since former Sri Lanka foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated in his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by a sniper's bullet.