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1/1/2009
We must reshuffle the deck
Ophir Falk
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With the recent unraveling of events in Gaza, Israel and the international community have an opportunity to reshuffle the deck in this terror-riddled region. This opportunity must not be wavered.
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29/12/2008
Fighting and Defeating Hamas
Ely Karmon
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In my previous op-ed of December 23, "Needed, A strategy against Hamas", I advocated that Israel's main strategic goal in a future military operation, should be the prevention of Hamas' increased military and political strength and the shattering of the organization's exclusive control of the Gaza Strip. A secondary critical goal of the operation should be to stop the shelling of citizens in southern Israel, which was potentially spreading from Shderot to Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beeer Sheva and threatening Tel Aviv and Israel's most populated area. The bombing of our cities by Hamas rockets since the operation begun clearly show that this threat is immediate and was on the way to multiply
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23/12/2008
Needed, a strategy against Hamas
Ely Karmon
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Hamas' show of strength during its mass rally on December 14, 2008, celebrating its 21 anniversary, and the threatening declarations of its leaders in Gaza and Damascus, culminated in the cancellation of the six-month cease-fire (tahidyeh) with Israel. This stands in contrast to the lack of decisiveness and leadership on the Israeli side, which plays according to the rules of the game imposed by Hamas.
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22/12/2008
Terrorism in Pakistan and Mumbai attacks follow-up - December 2008
Ely Karmon
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Cited from South Asia Intelligence Review [SAIR], Volume 7, No. 24, December 22, 2008
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9/12/2008
Pakistan Detains LET's Khalid Sheikh Mohammad?
B. Raman
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Pakistani media and some foreign news agencies, including the Associated Press, reported on December 8, 2008, that helicopter-borne Pakistani security forces raided a camp of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) located at a place called Shawai, on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), on December 7 and detained 12 inmates of the camp, including Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, reportedly the operational chief of the LET.
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8/12/2008
The Lebanese “Osbat al-Ansar” Terror Organization issues Fatwa outlawing fighting with LAF
Jonathan Fighel
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According to the Lebanese Daily Star Newspaper web site , the Islamist Osbat al-Ansar group based in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Hilweh issued a Fatwa forbidding its members against fighting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). "It is against our religion to fight the Lebanese Army ... The daily details of life in the camp should not distract us from the events in the Gaza Strip” declared the group's spokesman, Abu Sharif Akel, said during a rally at the camp on Friday, 5 December 2008. According to the report, the Islamist Hamas movement in solidarity with Gaza organized the rally.
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5/12/2008
Tamil Tiger Operations in Mumbai
Shanaka Jayasekara
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The Mumbai attacks of 26 -29 November demonstrated the vulnerability of any metropolis to a siege and hostage scenario with devastating effects. The coordinated attacks on multiple locations with mass casualties was on a scale unseen before. In the initial stages, events seem to suggest a siege and hostage situation. However, as crisis progressed it was evident that there was no credible ransom demand and this was a suicide mission to cause maximum destruction to Mumbai and the siege and hostage situation was a mere tactic to prolong attack period.
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5/12/2008
Time to save Islam from jihadists
Boaz Ganor
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The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which have been dubbed India's 9/11, illustrate the severity of the jihad terrorist threat, the cruelty of terrorists who believe they are fulfilling a divine commandment, and the determination of the jihadists to fight to the bitter end against those they consider infidels - whether Buddhists, Christians, Jews or even Muslims who oppose their extreme, violent version of Islam.
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1/12/2008
The Terror Attacks in Mumbai: Background, Operational Uniqueness and Implications
Michael D. Greenberg
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In the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Mumbai, defense experts around the world have begun to analyze the unprecedented attack on India’s financial center, a city of over twenty million people. As more details are released from the ongoing investigation, sources point to a complex web of Islamic extremist terrorists behind the coordinated operation and apparently well-planned assault.
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1/12/2008
Mumbai: The Uneducable Indian
Ajai Sahni
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This article offers a comprehensive critical analysis of the political and operational response provided by the Indian government to the devastating attacks in Mumbai.
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