Last Ramadan was the bloodiest in recent history. In Iraq, the first day of the Muslim holy month opened with a devastating attack on the International Red Cross and Iraqi police stations, killing 42 …
“If Not Now, When?”
In 1998, then-President Bill Clinton shamed the international community for not acting fast enough to quash a genocide in Rwanda. Today, Sudan's Darfur region spirals dangerously close to the same …
Australia and Its Partners Still the Key to Stability
The establishment this week of the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) demonstrates the world body does not intend to let the country slip into violence. A multinational …
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Darfur Crisis Continues with No End in Sight
The Darfur crisis in Sudan is long from over. Most black African Muslim rebels took up arms in January 2003 due to the perceived central government's neglect of its people, infrastructure, and basic …
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Two Steps Back (Update)
Welcome OTB readers . . . Christine Axsmith, a software contractor for the CIA, considered her blog a success within the select circle of people who could actually access it. Only people with …
Thousands at risk of starvation in rural Nepal: UN
The World Food Programme in Nepal is to send food to remote drought stricken areas where thousands of people are at risk of starvation, the United Nations agency said in a statement. "Food insecurity …
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Terror Takes Aim at Bottom Line
The Terrorism Research Center, Inc. provides analyses and services on issues beyond classic acts of terrorism; this essay is a prime example. The transnational issue of kidnapping is likely to affect …
For want of some OPSEC, a Jihad Lost
I predict that US and coalition forces will be out of Iraq much sooner than anyone expects. I base this prediction in part on the intelligence and military aftermath following Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s …
Canada ups Afghanistan contribution
Canada will contribute another C$15 million ($13.4 million) to the reconstruction of Afghanistan in a move it also feels is key to protecting national security, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on …
HLS: Serious or Not Serious XVI
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff no longer has a problem with spam. Not wanting to be deluged with lots of garbage, Chertoff no longer uses e-mail. His conversion to Luddism started after …