Journal: Europe is Reading….

Blackwater/XE behind terrorist bombings in Asia and Africa? ByWayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer Jan 18, 2010, 00:25 WMR’s intelligence sources in Asia and Europe are reporting that the CIA contractor firm XE Services, formerly Blackwater, has been carrying out “false flag” terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, the Sinkiang region of China, Pakistan, Iran, and …

Journal: Al Qaeda Has a Regional Strategy, Does US?

BOSTON REVIEW JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 ‘The real danger is that al Qaeda and the Neo-Taliban will drag the United States into regional war’ Syed Saleem Shahzad The Obama administration’s troop surge fails to address the real threat in Afghanistan: the insurgents’ efforts to develop a regional strategy in South Asia. Washington’s focus—members of al Qaeda in …

Journal: Resources on Terrorism and Jihad

A 9/11 in Indonesia: JI’s planned aviation attack: info Noordin Top’s laptop Countering terrorist ideology: the ideological response unit (Singapore) Global (Terrorism) Pathfinder (Singapore) The ICPVTR Terrorism Database – Global Pathfinder – is a one-stop repository for information on the current and emerging terrorist threat. The database focuses on terrorism and political violence in the …

Journal: Update on Combatting Global Terrorism

Kudos should be given to the UN’s Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) for producing what is perhaps the most comprehensive and frank assessments to date of the international community’s implementation of Security Council Resolution 1373 and the measures adopted to combat international terrorism. Their report was presented to the Security Council by CTED Executive …

Journal: Pakistani Perspectives

Taliban Insurgency in Pakistan: A Counterinsurgency Perspective How counterinsurgents manipulate insurgents’ disadvantage in their own favor would ultimately prove crucial. The task requires vision, will and capacity, but so far the state seems to lack effective strategy on this tactical front. The Taliban insurgency in the tribal areas has regional dimensions as well, with regional …