According to CA and The Strategic Council, survey data compiled between January and May 2006 reveals that security breaches of business are rising. Some 642 large North American organizations with …
Tunnel terror plot suspect was al-Qaida recruit: U.S.
Assem Hammoud, the alleged mastermind of the recently uncovered plot to bomb subway tunnels in New York , has been called the ideal al-Qaeda recruit for his cover as a westernized, boozing, …
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Greetings from Caleb Temple, TRC’s newest employee
I am Caleb Temple, the new Vice President for Intelligence and Analysis at the Terrorism Research Center (TRC). I would like to take a moment to offer a few observations about myself, the world, and …
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Violence Opens Old Wounds From Lebanon’s Past
The Israeli assault on targets in Lebanon has sparked two strange and contradictory dynamics among the Lebanese population. The first is the impulse for the national community to galvanize against …
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Bin Laden wants al-Zarqawi body released
: Last week for the first time, al-Sahab Institute for Media Productions issued recordings of speeches by Osama bin Laden on consecutive days, June 30 and July 1. On June 30, Bin Laden eulogized the …
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Shi’ite, Sunni fighters clash north of Baghdad
Recent attacks in Iraq bearing hallmarks of sectarian ethnic-religious targeting; a recent communiqu? by Osama bin Laden calling on Iraq's Sunnis to retaliate against the Shia (see this WAR Report); …
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Israel’s Prime Minister Rejects Ultimatum
A steady entrenchment of Israeli and Palestinian political positions over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, Corporal Galid Shalit, threatens to preclude a peaceful solution to the standoff. As …
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Sri Lanka rebels threaten more bombings
Recent violence on the island state of Sri Lanka suggests that the 2002 peace agreement between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE) is disintegrating, and a return to …
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Chechen rebel chief vows wider attacks on Russia
Doku Umarov, the newly appointed Chechen resistance commander, has quickly stepped in and took over the leadership position after his predecessor Abdul Khalim Sadulayev was killed by Russian forces in …
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Islamists will set off dirty bomb, spy bosses
It is a mistake to conflate the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (CBRN). While the effects of an attack with chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons may be more …
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