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  • INS tracks foreign students

    An initiative from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) calling for a computerized tracking system to monitor foreign college students has met mixed reviews among members of higher education. Full Story

  • ETA leader arrested in France

    The top leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in France, the Spanish Interior Ministry says. Full Story

  • U.S. Puts Uzbek Group on Its Terror List

    The Clinton administration has added the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, saying the group has ties to the Saudi financier Osama bin Laden, administration officials said today. Full Story

  • Wahid orders arrest of Suharto”s son after bomb attack

    Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said he had ordered the arrest of the youngest son of former president Suharto, apparently in connection with the bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange. Full Story

  • Six Killed in Sri Lanka Suicide Bomb Attack

    A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomb attack killed six people in the Sri Lankan capital Friday as fresh clashes broke out between government forces and the separatist guerrillas in the north of the country. Full Story, Additional Story

  • Germany Bans Skinhead Group

    Pushing a crackdown on violent neo-Nazis, Germany banned the German division of an international skinhead group called “Blood and Honor” on Thursday, saying it spread Nazism through racist music, magazines and Web sites. Full Story

  • Greetings from the Extremists

    Fire bombs have become a near nightly occurrence in Athens, the Greek capital. Extremists have taken to a new spree of attacks, flinging makeshift gas bombs at diplomatic cars and foreign and state holdings in Greek cities.Full Story

  • Qatari Plane Hijacker Surrenders

    A man with a knife hijacked a Qatar Airways plane en route Thursday from the Gulf nation to Jordan with 144 people aboard and ordered it flown to Saudi Arabia, where the hijacker surrendered. Full Story

  • Former Politician Shot, Wounded in Spain

    A retired Socialist politician was seriously wounded in Spain&#039s Basque region on Thursday night in the latest attack blamed on ETA separatist radicals amid an escalating wave of violence. Full Story, Additional Story

  • At Least Three Dead in Sri Lanka Capital Blast

    At least three people were killed in a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomb attack in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Friday. Full Story

  • Anti-Terrorism Laws Get Approval

    South Africa did not have the legal instruments to combat urban terror adequately, Justice Minister Penuel Maduna said yesterday and gave broad approval to tough draft anti-terrorism legislation published recently. Full Story

  • Indonesia Bomb Focus on Suharto, Errant Soldiers

    Indonesia&#039s government on Thursday gingerly pointed the finger at supporters of ousted autocrat Suharto and the wayward military as possible culprits in a massive bomb blast in the capital which killed 15 people. Full Story

  • FBI director Freeh in Moscow to boost law enforcement cooperation

    Louis Freeh, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), held talks Thursday with top Russian security officials on boosting law enforcement cooperation, news agencies reported. Full Story

  • Berenson denies collaboration with Peru rebels as new trial begins

    A New York woman accused of terrorism denied during questioning by a judge that she had ever collaborated with leftist rebels or participated in violent acts. Full Story

  • 11 Killed Northeastern India Ambush

    Ten policemen and a prisoner they were escorting were killed Wednesday when their convoy was ambushed by suspected armed guerrillas in northeastern India. Full Story

  • Cape Town Bombing Campaign Escalating

    Bombers terrorizing South Africa&#039s top tourist destination have stepped up their campaign with a blast aimed at Western Cape province&#039s top politician, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said Wednesday. Full Story

  • Republican Renegades Blamed for N.Irish Attacks

    Two explosions in 24 hours in Northern Ireland, blamed by police on dissident pro-Irish guerrillas, prompted a key Protestant politician to call on Wednesday for tighter security in the British-ruled province. Full Story

  • Rebels Threaten to Attack Philippine Cities

    Muslim rebels threatened on Thursday to launch attacks on towns in the southern Philippines if the military attempted to rescue 19 hostages held by them. Full Story

  • All Bodies Pulled From Jakarta Bomb Site; 15 Dead

    Indonesian police said on Thursday they had recovered 15 bodies after a massive car bomb hit the Jakarta stock exchange building on the eve of the resumption of former President Suharto&#039s graft trial. Full Story

  • Olympic Terrorist Tells His Story in Academy Award-Winning Documentary

    The man is in shadow, his face slightly digitized, a baseball-type cap pulled low over his brow. His hands — the first glimpse of him that we see — move animatedly as he calmly describes, in Arabic, his involvement in one of modern history&#039s most horrific and public terrorist acts. Full Story

  • Terrorists” next deadly tool: Viruses Delivery made easier by new technology

    When Michael Osterholm speaks of &#039&#039the perfect storm,&#039&#039 he&#039s not talking about the weather. He&#039s talking about what would happen if smallpox virus were let loose in an American city. Full Story

  • Anti-terrorism fraternity worries that Philippine hostage crisis sends wrong mes

    Terrorists holding civilians hostage in the Philippines are paid millions of dollars to free them. Their little-known cause is trumpeted around the world, they ridicule the president of the Philippines and win new support for their insurgency. Full Story

  • Blast Hurts 7 in Cape Town

    A bomb exploded in a parking lot near a mosque and a hall where an opposition party meeting was being held tonight, in the latest in a series of attacks in this coastal city. Seven people were injured, though only slightly. Full Story

  • Bangladesh Hostage Ordeal Over

    A gunman in Bangladesh who took 13 people hostage in a government office in the south-eastern town of Khagrachari has given himself up. Full Story

  • U.S. Terrorism Prosecutors Deny Singling Out Muslims

    The office of the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan strongly denounced criticism this week that it had unfairly singled out Muslims during its broad investigation of Osama bin Laden, whom the authorities believe masterminded the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa in 1998. Full Story

  • WEF Protests End, Olympics Said Targeted

    Organizers called a halt to an anti-globalization demonstration outside the World Economic Forum (WEF) Wednesday, with fears some protesters would now target the Olympic Games. Full Story

  • Suspected Bomb Blast Hits Jakarta Bourse, One Dead

    A powerful explosion believed to have been caused by a bomb rocked the Jakarta stock exchange building on Wednesday, killing one person, injuring dozens and reviving the specter of renewed instability in Indonesia. Full Story

  • Explosion Hits N.Ireland, No One Injured

    A mortar bomb exploded next to a Northern Irish police station on Wednesday less than 24 hours after a British soldier narrowly escaped injury in a blast at an army base. Full Story

  • Spanish Police Arrest 19 for ETA Links

    Police arrested 19 people in dawn raids Wednesday and claimed they had delivered a major blow to ETA, the Basque separatist group waging an escalating campaign of violence. Full Story

  • Soviet-Era Work On Bioweapons Still Worrisome

    A decade ago, Alik Galiyev had a promising career as one of the Soviet Union&#039s leading biological weapons scientists. Together with his colleagues, he helped design and construct the world&#039s largest anthrax production plant, capable of churning out enough biological agents to destroy all urban life on the planet. Full Story

  • Freed Finn Says Female Hostages Were Assaulted by Abu Sayyaf Rebels

    One of the four European hostages freed over the weekend by Philippine guerrillas said some of the female hostages released earlier had been raped by the rebels, Finnish television reported today. Full Story

  • Eight Arrested in Corsica for Suspected Terrorism

    Eight people were arrested Tuesday morning in a large-scale police action against suspected terrorists in the island of Corsica, reported Agence France-Presse. Full Story

  • Anti-terrorism operation going on in Chechnya

    A gunman was killed and another one was taken prisoner on Tuesday morning during the fighting near the Aslanbek check point in the Nogaisky Region of Dagestan, which borders on Chechnya, a spokesman for the press service of the Dagestan Interior Ministry told Tass. Full Story

  • State Manoeuvres For Legislation To Ban Terrorist Body

    The South African government is planning to fast-track new anti-terrorism legislation through Parliament to give it the power to ban the militant People Against Gangsterism and Drugs or PAGAD organisation which has been blamed for the dramatic escalation of terrorism attacks in Cape Town. Full Story

  • Liberia Surrounds Guinean Embassy

    Government troops have surrounded the Guinean embassy in the Liberian capital Monrovia. Tension between the two countries has been rising after a series of armed incidents near the border, and Guinean President Lansana Conte ordered the rounding up of Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees at the weekend. Full Story

  • Six Killed in Kashmir Attack

    Suspected militants entered an army camp in India&#039s Kashmir state and started an overnight battle that left four soldiers and two militants dead, an army official said Tuesday. Full Story

  • Jolo Rebels Take More Hostages, Manila Mulls Action

    Exasperated Philippine officials Tuesday signaled a possible assault on Muslim rebels after they seized three more hostages in Malaysia and threatened to behead an American captive. Full Story

  • Bangladesh Gunman Frees Hostages, Surrenders

    A gunman freed 14 hostages he had taken in Bangladesh&#039s southeastern town of Khagrachhari and surrendered to the army Tuesday, police said. Full Story

  • U.N. Steps Up S. Leone Patrols After UK Hostage Rescue

    .N. peacekeepers stepped up patrols on the main highway from Sierra Leone&#039s capital to the interior on Monday as British paratroops began leaving the country after rescuing six comrades and a Sierra Leonean liaison officer held hostage by gunmen in nearby jungle. Full Story

  • Seattle to house FBI anti-terrorism team

    The FBI is establishing an anti-terrorism task force in Western Washington that will draw on a variety of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Full Story

  • An accident or terrorism? Explosion kills 60 in China

    Investigators believe that a massive explosion near the capital of China&#039s tense Muslim northwest that killed 60 people and injured 173 was likely an accident but have not ruled out terrorism, an official said yesterday. Full Story

  • S.African bombers planning major blast – minister

    Cape Town is threatened with a major bomb blast as a group blamed for a series of bombings switches to more powerful explosives, South African Safety Minister Steve Tshwete said on Monday. Full Story

  • Two men shot in N.Ireland, devices found in shops

    Guerrilla groups in Northern Ireland are thought to have carried out two separate shootings in the Northern Ireland capital Belfast on Sunday night, police said early on Monday. Full Story

  • Anti-Terrorism Bill Out Soon

    President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that cabinet is soon to table an anti-terrorism Bill under which all persons captured in action against the government will be charged and punished. Full Story

  • Two Italian Priests Said Held by Sierra Leone Rebels

    Two Italian priests were captured during an attack on a Guinean border town and are now thought to be prisoners in neighboring Sierra Leone, a bishop said Saturday. Full Story

  • Bombing Claimed by Basque Separatists Damages Disco in Spain

    A bomb damaged a discotheque in Spain&#039s northern Basque region Sunday in an attack claimed by Basque separatists. Full Story

  • Explosive Detonates Near Swedish Premier”s Home

    An explosion has damaged a kiosk near the private residence of Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, a government spokeswoman said. Full Story

  • Islamic Rebels Repulsed After Attacking Remote Area of Kyrgyzstan

    Islamic rebels twice attacked a checkpoint in Kyrgyzstan&#039s southern mountains early Saturday but were repulsed, officials said. Full Story

  • Nine Killed in Kashmir Shootouts

    Nine people including two Indian security men and five guerrillas were killed in separate shootouts over the weekend in Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Full Story

  • Libyan Envoy Sees French Hostages Freed Soon

    Four Europeans freed by Muslim rebels in the Philippine jungle were on their way to Libya on Monday, and a Libyan negotiator said the rebels were expected to free two Frenchmen within days. Full Story

  • Britain Reviews Security in S.Leone After Raid

    Britain is reviewing security for its forces in Sierra Leone in case of revenge attacks by rebels after a weekend raid freed six British soldiers held captive by rebels in the jungle of the West African state. Full Story

  • Three Malaysians Taken Hostage After Raid

    Three Malaysians have been taken hostage by gunmen who raided a dive resort off eastern Malaysia, the government said on Monday. Full Story

  • Shunning the Frumious Bandersnatch: Current Literature on Information Warfare and Deterence

    Attempts to link information warfare and deterrence were inevitable. Emerging at the end of the Cold War, the concept of information warfare seemed to offer new relevancy for old doctrines, policies, or ideas. Many leaders and analysts, searching for new foreign policy priorities and grand strategies, have linked information warfare to a range of issues,…

  • Restricting Information Warfare: Current Literature on Arms Control and Information Warfare

    As the tools and techniques of information warfare continue to develop, policy will also progress to take the new capabilities and applications into account. Although the general subject of information warfare is not thoroughly understood—in part because modern information technology is still new and changing rapidly—many theorists and policy makers believe that it will have…

  • Impoving State and Local Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biolog

    The TRC has archived the final draft of the DoD document entitled “Impoving State and Local Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons” This document is in PDF format. Full Document

  • Indian Pm Says Pakistan”s Jihad Merely Cross-Boarder Terrorism

    India has called on the international community to reject Pakistan&#039s attempts to represemt cross border terrorism as Jihad. Full Story

  • Spanish ministers approve legal crackdown on Basque separatists

    Spain&#039s Council of Ministers approved Friday proposals to toughen laws against separatist violence and make it easier to arrest supporters of the Basque separatist group ETA. Full Story

  • Security forces alert after bomb explosion kills seven in Lahore

    Heavily armed police patrolled the crowded and dusty streets of this eastern border city Friday, a day after a bomb explosion in a busy market killed seven people and wounded many more. Full Story

  • CIS interior ministries join efforts to fight terrorism

    The Council of the CIS interior ministries on Friday met here in its regular session to discuss struggle against international terrorism, Russian Deputy Interior Minister Valery Fyodorov told Itar-Tass. Full Story

  • Sri Lanka Emergency Extended

    President Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka has used her executive powers to extend the state of emergency for another month – ahead of general elections in October. Full Story