16/12/2006 |
Palestinian infighting escalates
Joshua Brilliant | UPI
Clashes among Palestinian militants spread Friday after gunmen attacked Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's convoy, killing his bodyguard and wounding Haniyeh's son and a close adviser. The prime minister himself was not hurt. ...
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16/12/2006 |
Analysis: Iraq's oil smuggling -- Part 2
Ben Lando | UPI
When a joint British and Danish force launched a security raid last week in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city and home of the second-largest oil refinery, it also arrested alleged leaders linked to a petroleum smuggling ring. ...
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15/12/2006 |
México: Más violencia en el corto plazo
Ana María Salazar | El Universal
A pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno federal, incluyendo el operativo Michoacán y la transferencia de 10 mil elementos del Ejército y de la Marina a la Policía Federal Preventiva, a corto plazo debemos esperar que la violencia en el país se incremente aún más. ...
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15/12/2006 |
México: Narcotráfico ¿Guerra ganable?
Jorge Chabat | El Universal
Una vieja discusión entre los estudiosos del narcotráfico es sobre las capacidades del Estado-nación para combatir este fenómeno. En esta discusión existen dos grupos: los optimistas y los pesimistas. Los primeros creen que la guerra es ganable. ...
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15/12/2006 |
Manual Al-Qaeda para matar cristianos
Patrick Poole | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
Un manual de al-Qaeda hizo una reaparición por sorpresa el 31 de octubre en una nueva edición reformateada y reconfigurada en un foro jihadista online vinculado a la organización terrorista. ...
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15/12/2006 |
Terrorismo islamista: la amenaza existencial
Libertad Digital Staff | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
En pleno debate sobre el agónico proceso de negociación del Gobierno con ETA, la detención de los componentes de una célula islamista en Ceuta pone de manifiesto la persistencia y la gravedad de la amenaza del terrorismo yihadista en nuestro país. ...
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15/12/2006 |
'Shareholder democracy' goes to war: terror-free investing
CSP | Center for Security Policy
Today's Wall Street Journal (Dec. 14)marks an important breakthrough on the financial front in the War for the Free World, a heretofore largely neglected but potentially decisive battlefield for Americans and other freedom-loving peoples. ...
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15/12/2006 |
Venezuela: Documenting the Threat
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
With another election under his belt, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appears destined to remain in power until at least 2013 -- and, if his attempts to amend the constitution to abolish term limits succeed, perhaps even longer. ...
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15/12/2006 |
Russia's Plans for Iran
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
The director of Russia's state nuclear fuel exporting firm, Atomstroyexport, announced on Tuesday that his company will begin preparing to transport Russian-fabricated nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant -- which was also built by the Russians -- in January 2007. He estimated that Bushehr will become operational approximately six months after the fuel arrives in March. ...
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15/12/2006 |
Mexico's Anti-Cartel Operation: A Small Stone in a Big River
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent 6,500 federal police and troops to his home state of Michoacan on Dec. 12 in a bid to restore government control over an area that has witnessed some of the most brutal acts of violence at the hands of drug cartels. ...
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