The following analysis comes from the House Committee on International Relation, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, meeting on April 20, 2005 on Capitol Hill. Crime and gang violence have …
Last Syrian troops leave Lebanon
Not to rain on everyone?s parade, as the proverb goes, but the withdrawal of Syria from Lebanon should be viewed with nearly as much trepidation as tribulation. While the Lebanese people, France, …
Singapore Warns Asian Terror Group May Strike
Earlier this spring, Joe Mussomeli, Charge D'Affairs at the US Embassy in the Philippines was quoted: "In many ways, Mindanao [Philippines], if it's not paid attention to...if we don't focus?it could …
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Warnings issued for Tunisia, Central African Republic
Africa essentially has two broad theaters of al-Qaeda operations: North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Both regions of Africa were featured in US Department of State alerts issued last week. A State …
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Passenger Lists Sought For Flights Over U.S.
When the 9/11 terrorists took control of four aircraft on that fateful morning in 2001, it mattered not what the final destination of each plane was because the terrorists did not intend to land …
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Serbs Struggle to Keep Their Place in Kosovo
As the status of Kosovo (province of Serbia : see map on following page) moves toward a decision, many of the remaining Serbs in Kosovo retain a sense of unease regarding their collective future. …
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Hunt for Mid-level managers
The US military?s targeting of mid-level insurgent operatives in Iraq should prove advantageous in immediate tactical and operational counter-insurgency efforts and in counter-insurgency intelligence …
Analysis: why Iraqis fear militias
The short-term potential advantages of employing local Iraqi militias in combating insurgents and terrorists rather than developing national Iraqi security forces would seem to be well offset by the …
Palestinian Strategy: New Start, Fresh Faces
On April 23, 2005, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas retired over 1,000 security and police officers. The old guard of Yasser Arafat (Intel Report) was ushered out of power, and a new …
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Rice Shows Teeth in Chilly Russia Trip
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's (see photo in next column) trip to Russia has laid the foundation for a new, more aggressive US stance on Russia. Rice, a Cold War expert, is back in her …
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