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),
Suicide bombings in 2008 surpassed last year’s figures, with 61 attacks so far, killing at least 889 people and injuring 2,072, a source in the investigation agencies disclosed to The News. The total number of suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2002 has risen to 140
Prof. Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that while self-defense (in the classic model) is the legal basis for Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces’ re-articulation of proportionality and collateral damage in that context is a
Among other disadvantages, a lack of clear victory on Hamas would utterly change the balance of power between the moderate Arab states in favor of the radical coalition Iran-Syria-Hizballah-Hamas, thus farther destabilizing the Middle East and enhancing Iran’s hegemonic status in the region as a
In his lecture, Brig. Gen. Dubi Yung discusses the importance of border security in the age of globalization, and examines both the overall security aspects of globalization and the issue of border safety in particular.
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz met on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Geneva, a day before Jews worldwide commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This article examines the process, outcome and ramifications of the counter-insurgency opration in Sri Lanka, aimed at eradicating the terrorist threat that originated in the Tamil resistance.
Until a few weeks ago, Hezbollah was on its way to take control of Lebanon through legislative elections; in Iran president Ahmadinejad was on the point to win a second term in power; in Pakistan, the local Taliban was moving towards the capital Islamabad after
Since the terrorist attack at Male’s Sultan Park in 2007, the actions of radical Islamists in the Maldives have attaracted the attention of several international observers. This commentary delves into the recent developments in the region.
Op-ed commentary on the subject Is Brazil’s Lula Taking the Right Approach With Iran? for the Washington Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue Newsletter, August 11, 2009, p.3.
The IM and the SIMI continue to be as serious a threat to India’s internal security in 2009, as they were in 2008. First published in the International Terrorism Monitor—Paper No.559
ICT’s Adv. Ophir Falk reviews misperceptions and flawed findings of Goldstone Report on the 2008 Gaza War.
Of the three prominent Palestinian organizations that are not the handiwork of Arab states – Fatah, Naif Hawatma’s Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and George Habash’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – the PFLP is most notable for its
The Islamic Jihad is one of the most complex and dangerous of the Arab terrorist organizations, with cells in many Middle Eastern countries and, apparently, in Europe as well. These groups generally act on their own initiative without coordination, sometimes even within the same country.
The past weeks have witnessed an escalation of the situation in Chechnya, with the start of a new phase of Islamist terrorism and guerrilla warfare through two suicide operations.
Xinjiang is home to a non-Chinese people known as the Uighurs, a Turkic people who claim descent from Genghis Khan, speak a Turkic language and follow the Muslim religion. Once citizens of an independent “Republic of Eastern Turkistan,” the Uighurs sit uneasily under Chinese rule.
After eluding police for a quarter of a century the notorious founder of the Japanese Red Army was arrested on Wednesday in Osaka, Japan.
Singapore’s security service recently revealed that the Lebanese Hizballah terrorist group had plotted to bomb American and Israeli ships at dock in Singapore. The city-state’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said that Hizballah operatives had recruited five Singaporean Muslims in the 1990’s, who were to assist
Ricin, a derivative of the castor bean, is relatively easy to produce and stockpile. The toxin can be ground up and sprayed as an aerosol, added to food or drinks, or spread on surfaces.
On December 26th 2002, the moderator of the radical Islamist Internet forum al-mojahedoon.net – Abu Shihab al-Qandahari – published a short article titled “The nuclear war is the solution for the destruction of the United States.”
Dr. Abd al Aziz Rantisi published a written statement on Hamas’s official web site calling on Muslims all over the world to wage an economic Jihad against the United States.
This article discusses the ramifications of Aslan Maskhadov’s assasination by Russian Forces in Chechnya.
The assassination of 73 year-old Lakshman Kadirgamar raises concerns over the status of the already delicate peace negotiations between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which has stalled since 2003.
A Hamas press release called for renewed attacks on Israel in the light of “the continuation of attacks by the Zionist occupier against the Palestinian people with assassinations and destruction”.
In a video statement shown on national television and distributed to the Basque media, ETA said it “has decided to declare a permanent cease fire as of March 24, 2006.” The announcement brings a close to one of Western Europe’s last active armed separatist movements.
A plot to blow up an El Al plane at Geneva’s international airport has been thwarted by Swiss intelligence agencies. The authorities uncovered a terrorist cell that was plotting to strike an Israeli plane while it was taking off through an RPG rocket attack in
The decision is all the more significant given the importance of external funding sources to the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
Canada has long resisted the notion that it could be vulnerable to global jihadists. It can do so no longer.
Commentary regarding the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report of the July 2005 London attacks.
Tehran sent Iran’s foreign minister to Damascus, after Iran was warned by a European country that Israel is ready to begin attacks on Syrian targets.
On January 30-31st, 1999, the council of Arab Interior Ministers held its 16th meeting in Amman in an effort to consolidate a united policy on counter-terrorism, and to reaffirm the Arab counter-terrorism accords of April 1998.
Ansar al-Islam, a Sunni militant group allied with al-Qaida is now firmly established in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq—a region outside the direct control of Saddam Hussein.
To analysts following the security situation in Saudi Arabia, Monday’s nearly simultaneous attacks on complexes housing Westerners in Saudi Arabia came as no surprise.
In order to decide upon an approach for the countering of NBC terrorism we should first evaluate the real threat presented in this field by terrorist organizations, on the short and medium term. The present analysis is based on a research led by the author
In her celebrated book “The March of Folly”, the noted American historian Barbara Tuchman provided a fascinating account of historical cases that were a paragon of political foolhardiness and reckless policy. Tuchman defined “Folly” as a policy consisting of a triad of factors: 1. It
Within the gamut of terrorism’s longtime familiar perils, the events of 11 September 2001 constituted a shift in the paradigm of the character of terrorist attacks: it is currently no longer a speculation whether terrorists are consciously willing to kill thousands of innocent people in
The abduction of the 15 British soldiers aboard the HMS Cornwall three days ago is Iran’s way of telling or reminding the world that it is a powerful military and regional force, and that the international community should be advised against overstepping its boundaries when
This essay will deal with the regional and global implications of Iran’s would-be nuclear bomb. Furthermore, it will try to answer what the consequences would be if the Iranian regime obtains the bomb in nationalist hegemonic ambitions.
While the efficacy of strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Daesh – Al Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham – in Europe) is questioned, lawyers have, in the past months, grappled with the legal frameworkforming the basis of the
A year has passed since Israel and Gaza last went to war but one of the war’s most important lessons has yet to be learned. In its much anticipated report on last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, a commission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council
Despite the global focus on the dangers of systematic and organised crime, the pharmaceutical industry has revealed itself to be vulnerable to acts of terrorism. Dr. Miri Halperin Wernli, Dr. Boaz Ganor and Mollie Shields- Uehling reveal the steps that the industry should take to
The documentary presents unique data which demonstrates that at least one terrorist organization – Hezbollah – is already involved in manufacturing and distributing counterfeit medications. Hezbollah is liable to use its production centers, international smuggling and distribution networks, and ties to international crime syndicates to
On January 7, 2015, Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi (two brothers born and raised in France) entered the headquarters of the French satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” and opened fire, killing twelve people and injuring eleven. Written By Prof. Boaz Ganor & Dr. Miri Halperin Wernli
The assassination of filmmaker Theo van Gogh rocked Dutch society and politics. In the aftermath of the murder, the government has set about a process of fundamentally changing its policies towards Islam, Muslims, and integration. These issues have become issues of national security.
This article will analyze whether the emergence of an Islamic party at the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has caused a change in Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami’s view of the PA.
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.
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
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
