*Suicide in the sky
British counter-terrorism officials breathed a sigh of relief on 7 September, when a jury convicted three men of plotting to bomb transatlantic passenger airliners. The...
09-Oct-2009 *Wide of the mark
Indirect fire attacks allow insurgents to strike at a target without exposing themselves by closing with their enemy. This is particularly true when indirect fire...
04-Jul-2008 Liquid natural gas tanker terrorism
The growing demand for liquid natural gas (LNG) continues to raise fears that the industry is vulnerable to terrorist attack. Jane's investigates the possibility ...
05-Sep-2007 Algeria's new jihad
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's suicide attacks in the Algerian capital are just the start, according to the group's emir. Jane's examines the evolution ...
10-May-2007 The Iraq Study Group Report
The Iraq Study Group (ISG) report's strategy for stabilising Iraq is based largely on encouraging Iraq's political parties and its neighbours to work towards ...
11-Dec-2006 Hydrogen cyanide gas: 'low-end' terrorism
The recent revelation that Al-Qaeda called off a chemical weapon attack on New York's subway system has refocused attention on the threat from terrorist ...
06-Jul-2006 Zarqawi demoted? Not likely
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most infamous insurgent commander operating in Iraq, has resigned his position according to Hudhayfah Azzam, the son of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam,...
24-Apr-2006 Profile - Abu Hamza Rabia
Real name: Unknown Alias: Nawab Date of birth: Unknown Place of birth: Egypt Group affiliation: Al-Qaeda/El-Gihad Abu Hamza Rabia, according to Pakistani officials a ...
12-Jan-2006 *Nalchik attack marks spread of Caucasus violence
On 13 October, around 150 gunmen attacked targets throughout Nalchik, capital of Russia's southern Kabardino-Balkar Republic. Although well-garrisoned with military, police and security forces, the...
26-Oct-2005 Turkey foils 'spectacular' Al-Qaeda attack
Turkey has foiled a plan for what has been described as a "spectacular attack" by a radical Islamist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda against cruise ships...
17-Aug-2005 Understanding the terrorist threat to underground rail networks - Part 2
Future trajectory of rail terrorism On the basis of recent cases, the future trajectory of the rail terrorism threat will be characterised by well ...
03-Aug-2005 Understanding the terrorist threat to underground rail networks - Part 1
UNDERGROUND rail networks have historically presented a tempting soft target for terrorists wishing to create fear and disruption in metropolitan areas, to paralyse transport systems...
27-Jul-2005 London hit by co-ordinated terrorist attacks
As TSM went to press, London was targeted by a series of terrorist bomb attacks which, at time of writing, have resulted in the deaths...
11-Jul-2005 Rethink the threat of chemical terrorism
The 11 September 2001 attacks on the US made it clear that terrorist groups would use any weapon available to launch attacks on the West...
07-Jul-2005 Political pressure grows on Hizbullah
THE LOSS of Syrian cover previously enjoyed by Lebanese Hizbullah has left the party exposed to the demands and views of other Lebanese political actors,...
02-Jun-2005 What is happening to Albanian cadres?
THE Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UCK) was certainly the most well-known of the ethnic Albanian insurgent groups operating in the western Balkans during the...
15-Apr-2005 Islamic militancy in Karachi
Karachi is a natural sanctuary for Islamic militants who find it easy to disappear in the teeming city or flee to the Gulf via the...
11-Mar-2005 Radioactive material and terrorism
Radioactive waste from the medical, scientific and nuclear power industries poses a serious security threat. Terrorists face considerable difficulty in handling such material without ...
14-Feb-2005 G7 to establish germ warfare crisis centre
The governments of the world's richest countries have agreed to establish an international germ warfare crisis centre and vaccine bank as a matter of top...
14-Feb-2005 Nuclear trafficking: a growing phenomenon
THE threat of nuclear terrorism can be measured against the incidence of trafficking special nuclear materials, namely plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU), and radioisotopes...
17-Jan-2005 The threat of a nuclear attack exists
THE use of a nuclear weapon by terrorists - the ultimate threat across the spectrum of possibilities involving unconventional weapons - is often viewed as...
17-Jan-2005 SPECIAL REPORT - US expands cargo screening net
THE US is extending its global container freight security scheme to embrace road and air traffic as well as maritime transport. The expansion of the...
17-Nov-2004 SPECIAL REPORT - Iraqi explosives fuel insurgency
THE disappearance of 380 tonnes of military high-explosives from a site in Iraq, first reported by the New York Times in October 2004, served to...
17-Nov-2004 Russia and US hunt scattered nuclear material
A high-security mission for the safe return of 11 kg of enriched uranium to Russia from a vulnerable Uzbek research reactor in former Soviet Central...
05-Oct-2004 Russia blames Al-Qaeda for Beslan
Many unanswered questions remain about the Beslan school siege but Russia is convinced that Al-Qaeda masterminded the hostage-taking. Disgruntled Muslims in all parts of the...
14-Sep-2004 The radiological threat widens
Experts have reassessed the threat posed by radiological dispersal devices, or dirty bombs and they conclude that the threat is far greater than previously imagined....
08-Sep-2004 New investment in threat reduction
Such programmes, worth billions of dollars, include the large-scale decommissioning of obsolete nuclear submarines, the creation of infrastructure to neutralise a vast chemical arsenal and...
21-Jul-2004 The nuke that fits in a suitcase
AMONG the many threats posed by terrorists, the possibility of them acquiring any form of nuclear weapon ranks as the most alarming. Concern about such...
21-Jul-2004 The new weapons of terrorism
THE PREFERRED method of attack for the majority of terrorists operating today continues to be the use of conventional explosives carried and detonated by suicide...
29-Jun-2004 Waiving the flag of convenience
PANAMA and Liberia have agreed to allow the those countries that are part of the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to board ships sailing under...
29-Jun-2004 Less convenient maritime flags
Panama and Liberia have agreed to allow the those countries that are part of the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to board ships sailing under...
07-Jun-2004 Gulf's oil routes under threat
Maritime terrorism is on the increase. Key oil routes and production facilities are being targeted by terrorists who are teaming up with criminal gangs in...
18-May-2004 Conventional explosives: the terrorist's choice
A massive police operation in southern England in March led to the discovery in west London of 500kg of ammonium nitrate. In the same month,...
23-Apr-2004 SPECIAL REPORT - Making a mockery of terrorism?
THE POSSIBILITY that terrorists will use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) weapons has necessitated a vast range of countermeasures in the USA and UK...
13-Apr-2004 The rise Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
A Jordanian-Palestinian known by the nom de guerre of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is rapidly eclipsing Osama bin Laden as the most hunted man on the...
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