Four days after the March 7, 2006 coordinated attacks on India's religious capital, Varanasi (aka Benares), a previously unknown self-proclaimed Kashmiri separatist group, Lashkar-e-Qahab , claimed …
From Pariah to Premier in Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov seems to have the persona of the archetypal villain. His tough guy demeanor and language, flashy entourage, and pet lion club all seem to fit an image that most of Chechnya has of him: …
Violence brings crackdown on Muslim group
As the article suggests, nearly 16 years after radical cleric Yasin Abu Bakr and his followers firebombed the police headquarters, hijacked the nation's television station, and held the Trinidad and …
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Accusations About General May Expand Rift in Turkey
Turkey has long experienced tension between the military and the government. While each ostensibly serves the needs of the other, in reality, the military has been viewed as the regulator of the …
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Ex-FEMA director: Restore agency’s independence
The GovExec article is the latest chapter in the feud between former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Michael Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff . This struggle …
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Crime ‘franchise’ hub in Denver
Crafting illegal documents is a concern when it comes to homeland security. Not only is it a crime, it leaves the door open for terrorists or other criminals to change identities, purchase property, …
Cyber criminals stepping up targeted attacks
Symantec?s latest Internet Security Threat Report, covering July 1 to December 31, 2005, provides excellent raw data to support previous TRC analyses . Specifically, the Internet Security Threat …
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Internet “cloaking” emerges as new Web security threat
According to Lance Cottrell, founder and chief scientist at Anonymizer, criminal and terrorist organizations are relying on ?cloaking? technologies to block or mislead intelligence analyst and law …
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Analysis: Iraq Crisis Propels al-Sadr
The AP article compliments earlier TRC analyses (December 1 WAR Report; and March 1 WAR Report) describing the ascendance of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia within the …
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Colombia rebels in election truce
Speaking from Havana, Cuba , ELN military chief Antonio Garcia announced that the ELN Central Command (Coce) would respect the Colombian legislative elections scheduled for March 12 and would impose …