Troops gun down guerrilla in Kashmir forestSrinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) A separatist guerrilla was killed Friday as government forces took on militants in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an army spokesperson said. Insurgency in Iraq takes tollAt least 2,600 Iraqi civilians, police and soldiers and 35 US military personnel have been killed…
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Sep
03
Terrorism and Insurgency – Troops gun down guerrilla in Kashmir forest
Sep
03
Nuclear Weapons – Nuclear Plants Face System-Wide Earthquake Safety Review
Nuclear Plants Face System-Wide Earthquake Safety ReviewTo reply to a Comment: Click “Reply” at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to. UN nuclear watchdog worried by IranThe UN nuclear watchdog is getting more and more worried about a possible military dimension to Iran’s…
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Sep
02
Terrorism and Insurgency – Ten years on, Asia’s ‘war on terror’ still rages
Ten years on, Asia’s ‘war on terror’ still ragesIndonesia has killed or captured most of the militants responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings, but it now faces new threats from second-generation jihadists inspired by the 9/11 attacks. Former MI5 chief slams Iraq invasion as ‘distraction in the pursuit of Al-Qaida’London, Sep 2(ANI): British intelligence service,…
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Sep
01
Terrorism and Insurgency – 09/01/2011 14:53 CHINA PAKISTAN Xinjiang: China-Eurasia Expo opens under the shadow of Uyghur Muslim separatists
09/01/2011 14:53 CHINA PAKISTAN Xinjiang: China-Eurasia Expo opens under the shadow of Uyghur Muslim separatists Pakistan President Zardari, who was present at the ceremony inaugurating the first expo set for 1-5 September in Urumqi, said his country is ready to cooperate with Beijing against Muslim extremism. The latter, however, is a pretext to crack down…
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Aug
31
Nuclear Weapons – Iranian nuclear bid could provoke attack: Sarkozy
Iranian nuclear bid could provoke attack: SarkozyFrance’s President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday that Iran’s alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack. Japan nuclear disaster holdout resolved to stayTOMIOKA, Japan — Vines creep across Tomioka’s empty streets, its prim gardens overgrown with waist-high weeds…
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Aug
31
Terrorism and Insurgency – Police: Suicide car bomb kills 5 in SW Pakistan
Police: Suicide car bomb kills 5 in SW PakistanA suicide car bomber attacked worshippers in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday as they were heading home after morning prayers at the start of an Islamic holiday. The blast killed at least five people, officials said. US Counterterror Chief: Al-Qaida on ‘Steady Slide’White House counterterror chief says killing…
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Oct
30
Terrorism and Insurgency – Aquino’s counter-insurgency policy: ‘A success despite failure’
Aquino’s counter-insurgency policy: ‘A success despite failure’ (Conclusion) By most official accounts, the OBL has been a success, despite the fact that it failed to end the communist insurgency by June 2010 as Arroyo had hoped. The military has trumpeted figures that show how OBL has supposedly reduced the armed strength of the NPA by…
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Oct
29
Terrorism and Insurgency – The unconsidered cost of the War on Terror
The unconsidered cost of the War on Terror Fort Benning, Ga. is the U.S. Army’s infantry training post. Infantry recruits travel there by plane or bus and are trained in all the usual military techniques like marching, shooting and hand-to-hand combat. The legendary “jump school” – the factory of airborne paratroopers – is to be…
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Oct
28
Nuclear Weapons – Anti-nuclear protests in Berlin
Anti-nuclear protests in Berlin BERLIN – Greenpeace protesters have rappelled from the roof of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party headquarters and hung a massive anti-nuclear banner over the facade as parliament debates government plans to extend the lives of Germany’s nuclear power plants. Nuclear waste could be dumped in Lake District The Lake District could become…
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Oct
28
Terrorism and Insurgency – Al Qaeda man arrested for plotting DC attacks
Al Qaeda man arrested for plotting DC attacks Washington, Oct 28 : A Virginia man, suspected to be a member of terrorist group al Qaeda, has been arrested for plotting attacks on Washington DC-area metro stations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said. Pakistani criminal justice system proves no match for terrorism cases The courts,…
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