Berto Jongman: Iraq Suicide Bombing Results + RECAP

Open source assessment of a devastating terrorist tactic. Free But Must Register or full PDF 2011-09-03 Iraq Suicide Attack Study 200 coalition soldiers were killed in 79 suicide bomb events during 2003–10. More Iraqi civilians per lethal event were killed than were coalition soldiers (12 vs 3; p=0·004). Suicide bombers in Iraq kill significantly more …

Hackers target NASDAQ Site

By GRAHAM BOWLEY The New York Times Published: Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. Computer hackers have repeatedly breached the systems of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York but did not penetrate the part of the system that handles trades, according to several law enforcement officials.

NIGHTWATCH Extract: Iraq Takes Down Al Qaeda Global Web Site

Iraq: For the record. The Iraqi Defense Ministry disabled al Qaida’s “biggest electronic website,” a spokesman for the ministry said on 9 December. The Iraqi army discovered the location of Al-Furqan website and seized its devices and equipment, the spokesman said. He said Arabs operated the website, which Iraq considers al Qaida’s ministry of information …