Prior to the Iranian government?s recent crackdown, the Iranian blogosphere, known as Weblogistan, was a relatively vibrant community. It was home to an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 web blogs that …
GAO: Customs Failed ‘Dirty Bomb’ Test
The Government Accountability Office?s (GAO) red team assessment of US port security highlights a number of important lessons for both US homeland security in general and US port security in …
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Homeland Security to Soon Help Brazil
On March 13, 2006 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the formation of Trade Transparency Units (TTUs)?in conjunction with local law enforcement and customs officials in Argentina , …
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Rice Reduces Caribbean Ire, but Falls Short on Aid to Haiti
The recent two-day trip by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was meant to reinvigorate relations with the 15 member-states that comprise the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States . …
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Some U.S. Officials Fear Iran Is Helping Al Qaeda
When Nicholas Burns , US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, announced ?some Al Qaeda [Group Profile] members and those from like minded extremist groups continue to use Iran [Country Profile] as a …
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Reports: ETA Announces Ceasefire in Spain
The pronouncement by ETA (Group Profile) of a 'permanent' ceasefire has been covered in the TRC Intel Report, published on March 22, 2006. …
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Prosecutors Call Bomb Suspects Terrorists
In the wake of the July 23, 2005 bombings in the resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt , four groups claimed responsibility for the attacks. One of these groups named itself after al-Qaeda, …
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Pakistani Taliban rule by fear on Afghan frontier
A building confluence of synergistic factors and trends related to Taliban activity in the Afghanistan -Pakistan borderlands has raised the potential for the entrenchment of Taliban elements and an …
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Ivory Coast Rebel Leader Rejoins Gov’t
Less than two months ago, on February 7, 2006 international headlines trumpeted, "U.N. imposes sanctions on three Ivory Coast [Country Profile] leaders" (RealNews). The UN Security Council was …
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Iraq wants US to cede control after raid
Recent clashes between US/Iraqi forces and Shia militias has drawn the US into more open confrontation with rising Shia nationalist-rebel power Moqtada al Sadr and the Shia political bloc and …
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