03/04/2007 |
US intelligence chiefs see no major security threat from Latin America
Latinnews staff | Latin News
Latin America poses no major threats to the national security of the US - at least according to the latest annual threat assessments presented to the US Congress by the director of national intelligence and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Indeed the only clearly defined threats are the possibility that Colombia's Farc guerrillas may continue to target US interests and nationals, and that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez will persist in his effort to 'neutralise' US influence in the region. ...
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03/04/2007 |
The Night of the Generals
David Margolick | Vanity Fair
The six retired generals who stepped forward last spring to publicly attack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war had to overcome a culture of reticence based on civilian control of the military. But while each man acted separately, all shared one experience: a growing outrage over the administration's incompetence, leading some of the nation's finest soldiers to risk their reputations and cross a time-honored line. ...
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03/04/2007 |
El Pentágono estudia cómo aumentar las capacidades de sus soldados
María del Mar Rodríguez | La Vanguardia
"Tal vez las guerras se libren con las armas pero son los hombres quienes las ganan". Esta frase del general Patton parece inspirar directamente los nuevos postulados de la doctrina militar del ejército más poderoso, así como los programas de investigación de defensa que los sustentan. ...
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02/04/2007 |
Britain Severs Official Business Contacts with Iran
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
The United Kingdom yesterday severed official bilateral business ties with Iran amid the ongoing standoff over the capture of 15 British naval personnel. ...
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02/04/2007 |
Pakistan: Discord in the Northern Areas
International Crisis Group Staff | International Crisis Group
Unless Pakistan takes steps to provide meaningful autonomy and basic political rights to the Northern Areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, sectarian radicalism will increase. ...
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01/04/2007 |
CrisisWatch N°44, 1 April 2007
International Crisis Group Staff | International Crisis Group
Nine actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in March 2007, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch,* released today. ...
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01/04/2007 |
Africa - Convention on Mercenaries -PDF
Organisation of African Unity Staff | Organisation of African Unity
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01/04/2007 |
Protocol to the OAU Convention ofn the Prevention and Combatig of Terrorism - PDF
Organisation of African Unity Staff | Organisation of African Unity
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31/03/2007 |
Brazil - Burgeoning Militia 'Governments' in the Slums of Rio
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Illegal militias control more than 80 of the approximate 600 slums, known as favelas, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beginning in the 1980s, the militias ran out drug traffickers and criminal gangs in many favelas. ...
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31/03/2007 |
US financial sources in Bahrain report American investors in Bahrain advised to pack up business operations and leave
DEBKA Staff | DEBKA
The advice came from officers with US Central Command 5th Fleet HQ at Manama, who spoke of security tension, a hint at an approaching war with Iran. ...
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