PACOM Week in Review Ending 20 September 2009

Hot Topics ID:  Indonesia eyes militant networks after Noordin killing 09/18/09 ID: Police: DNA confirms Noordin dead 09/19/09 ID: The Indonesian Police and the KPK Sued 09/17/09 IN: Crime tracking network system by 2011-12 09/20/09 LK: IMHO and the LTTE connection 09/20/09 MY: Malaysia: Untried Terror Suspects Free 09/16/09 NP: Are Nepal’s Maoists a threat …

AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 14 September 2009

Hot Topics AA: Al-Qaida: Tales from Bin Laden’s volunteers 09/10/09 AA: Lessons of Failed States: Rebuilding Sierra Leone and Liberia 09/12/09 CD: UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda’s role in military operation 09/10/09 DZ: Algeria destroys 6000 French landmines 09/14/09 GH: Ghana protests bashing by Nigerian officials 09/09/09 GN: Tens of thousands rally to …

Journal: Chuck Spinney Highlights Labor Day in a Kleptocracy

Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy posted by Juan Cole Sept 7, 2009 http.www.juancole.com/2009/09/where-have-all-broad-shoulders-gone-or.html The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job recently. A vast bank robbery by the corrupt on …