12/10/2005 |
Ultramicro, Nonlethal, and Reversible: Looking Ahead to Military Biotechnology
Guo Ji-wei and Xue-sen Yang | Military Review
After two world wars, the invention of nuclear weapons, and the Cold War, our world is undergoing a military revolution characterized by electronics, computers, communications, and microinformation technology. In recent wars, this progress has produced fewer casualties (both civilian and military), and the desire to cause fewer casualties has become an important factor restricting military operations.[1] ...
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12/10/2005 |
Skelton: Rumsfeld Confirms DOD Has No Plans To Alter Posse Comitatus
Keith J. Costa | InsideDefense
Rep. Ike Skelton (MO), the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, announced today he met this morning with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and received assurances that the Pentagon has no plans to propose changes to the Posse Comitatus Act. ...
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12/10/2005 |
Pensar la Defensa
Rubén Hernán Weinsteiner | Offnews.info
En algunos días más, el Presidente de la Nación, tomara una decisión crucial para el destino de las FFAA Argentinas, con la elección del sucesor de Pampurro, Kirchner, sellará el destino de las fuerzas armadas en el siglo XXI. ...
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11/10/2005 |
Perú: Narcotráfico y empresa
Humberto Campodónico | La República (Pe)
Los hechos primero. Cierto, la economía ha crecido sostenidamente gracias al aumento de los precios de materias primas, la maduración de inversiones y el ATPDEA. Pero hay algo más que es parte de ese crecimiento y que debe preocupar: también el narcotráfico ha crecido gracias a nuevas inversiones y socios internacionales y un mejor armado de la cadena productiva. ...
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11/10/2005 |
México: Narcotráfico lo convierte en el país más peligroso para periodistas
| Offnews.info
México se ha convertido en el último año en el país de América más peligroso para el ejercicio de la profesión periodística, con el asesinato de ocho periodistas -y la desaparición de un noveno- en su mayoría a manos del narcotráfico. ...
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11/10/2005 |
México: Cardenal desestima crítica de diputados
Cinthya Sánchez | El Universal
"Tienen razón, pero no la usan", sostiene Rivera ...
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11/10/2005 |
Military Spies in the U.S.: An Idea Whose Time Comes Again
Jeff Stein | CQ
Stripped to its basics, here's an example of how spying works: A CIA officer is handed the mission of finding out what's going on in Iran's nuclear program. Passing himself off as a Canadian businessman, he goes to a European conference of metallurgists, hangs out at the bar, and strikes up a conversation with the chief salesman of a German company that is suspected of selling uranium-enrichment centrifuges to Iran. ...
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09/10/2005 |
FBI Targets MS-13 Street Gang
Zach Werner | NewsHour Extra
The FBI has formed a national task force aimed at dismantling street gangs and has focused attention on the MS-13 gang, which federal investigators say rivals the infamous Crips and Bloods. ...
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09/10/2005 |
BSA forms basketball league to prevent gang activity
De Nuestra Redacción | Offnews.info
Following soccer league precedent, sports academy hopes to attract new demographic of students. ...
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09/10/2005 |
In Guatemala, a rise in vigilante justice
Jill Replogle | CSMonitor
Citizens and police target violent gangs in what some charge is a 'social cleansing' policy. ...
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