Romblon gov’t takes over counter-insurgency ops (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
MANILA, Philippines – The military on Thursday turned over to the province of Romblon and to the local police the handling of the counter-insurgency campaign, saying the threat posed by communist insurgents had been greatly reduced.
SkyGrabber: hack of US drones shows how quickly insurgents adapt (The Christian Science Monitor)
Iraqi insurgents reportedly used $26 SkyGrabber software to tap into video feeds from US drones in the region. It’s the latest sign of the speed at which insurgents are adapting to US military and technological advances.
Tamil migrant still in custody despite order (CBC British Columbia)
An immigration board has ordered the release of another of the 76 Tamil migrants who came to Canada’s West Coast aboard a freighter in October, but he remains in custody after federal lawyers filed to keep him in detention.
NATO Chief Seeks Greater Russian Support In Fighting Insurgency In Afghanistan (INO News)
(RTTNews) – New NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, an advocate of improved relations between the World War era alliance and Russia, has sought greater Russian assistance to win the war against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
Romblon insurgency free military (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday formally turned over to local authorities the internal security operations in the province of Romblon and declared the island insurgency free.
Live recording of polling during Tamil Nadu by-elections (Calcutta News)
Brickbats, support for Goa MP over rape remarks Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) While a leading women’s right activist Wednesday criticised Congress MP Shantaram Naik’s controversial comments on rape in parliament, he found support from a surprising quarter – from none other than the outgoing chairperson of the Goa State Commission for Women (SCW).
Iraq insurgency ‘not recognised’ (BBC News)
A senior UK military officer says the US would not accept an organised insurgency was growing after the Iraq invasion.
Conflict-weary Kashmir marks 20 yrs of insurgency (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a year of watershed events from Berlin to Tiananmen Square, 1989 also witnessed the birth of one of the world’s longest-running separatist insurgencies in Indian Kashmir.
Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos (AP via Yahoo! News)
Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military’s eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.
Somali insurgents ban UN mine agency (MalaysiaNews.net)
Nairobi/Mogadishu, Dec 17 (DPA) Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab Thursday said it was banning the UN Mine Action agency from operating in Somalia.
US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.
Donald Rumsfeld dismissed Iraq insurgents as ‘bunch of no-hopers’ (Daily Telegraph)
Donald Rumsfeld, the former US secretary of defence, dismissed the Iraq insurgency as “a bunch of no-hopers carrying out some terrorist acts”, the Chilcot inquiry was told.
