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INTELLIGENCE POINTER The Nigerien government has extended the state of alert in the north of the country, where a rebellion emerged in February 2007, for a ... 26-Aug-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES One of the consequences of the fighting in the Caucasus is the amplified doubt about future energy projects in the Caspian Basin. Moscow, ever ... 19-Aug-2008 Russia's intelligence paves way to war Even before Georgia's attack on rebellious South Ossetia that triggered Russia's invasion on 7 August, there had been an upsurge in intelligence and counter-intelligence ... 20-Aug-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER On 13 August, a gunman shot dead Pakistani militant leader Haji Namdar in Khyber Agency, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), close to ... 19-Aug-2008 Salih and the Yemeni succession In a series of carefully co-ordinated moves, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih weakened the country's strongest military commander, Ali Muhsin al-Ahmar, while simultaneously preparing ... 18-Aug-2008 Spy games: Pakistan's elusive ISI Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has long strained the country's relations with two of its neighbours, India and Afghanistan. Now the United States can ... 12-Aug-2008 Drive to curb UK sex trafficking Police forces across the UK have rescued 167 victims of sex trafficking in the last six months as part of Operation Pentameter, the Home ... 15-Aug-2008 Russo-Georgian war: the Ukraine factor How important a role does Ukraine play in the Russo-Georgian war? Western intelligence analysts have been considering this question from the start of hostilities ... 12-Aug-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES On 17 July, President Ali Salih of Yemen declared the rebellion in the country's north Sa'dah province to be over as the Zaidi rebels ... 07-Aug-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER South Korea held a maritime exercise in the vicinity of the disputed Liancourt Rocks on 30 July, involving six naval vessels including a KDX-1-class ... 07-Aug-2008 Israel split over Syria Syria's leader has rarely looked more comfortable. At July's Mediterranean Union summit in France, President Bashar al-Assad held centre stage as reporters buzzed and ... 05-Aug-2008 Ukraine: Letter to Yushchenko Leonid Grach, a leading figure in the Communist Party of Ukraine, has written to President Viktor Yushchenko demanding to know if a number of ... 04-Aug-2008 Indonesia arrests former top spy The arrest of Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former general in Indonesia's Special Forces (Kopassus) and former deputy of the secret service (Badan Intelijen Negara: BIN), ... 04-Aug-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER Colombia and Nicaragua trade diplomatic blows On 24 July, the Colombian ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Camilo Ospina, called on the ... 30-Jul-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES Following the 26 July terrorist attacks, India is reportedly reviving plans to establish a central counter-terrorism agency. But is this a knee-jerk reaction or ... 30-Jul-2008 Pakistan's perilous US-NATO supply routes Questions have been raised about whether Pakistan's co-operation with the United States in Afghanistan has been stymied by recent political upheaval in Pakistan. This ... 29-Jul-2008 ETA steps up extortion demands Spanish terrorist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna: ETA) sent a new batch of extortion letters to industrialists and businesspeople in Spain's ... 28-Jul-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES Yuri Yekhanurov, Ukraine's defence minister, has intimated regret over his country's "foolish" decision to give up all its nuclear weapons after independence. Yekhanurov admitted ... 24-Jul-2008 Russia's road to military reform Power within the Russian armed forces, which since their creation in 1992 has largely rested with the military high command, has been decisively seized ... 28-Jul-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER Several foreigners have been arrested by police in Sierra Leone following the seizure of between 600 and 700 kg of cocaine from an abandoned ... 24-Jul-2008 Ukraine's divided intelligence The Ukrainian Security Service appears both increasingly effective and increasingly restive. While a series of new initiatives are working, underlying issues of reform and ... 22-Jul-2008 Human trafficking in Montenegro Montenegrin officials were on the defensive following the US Department of State's eighth annual Trafficking in persons report, in which the tiny Balkan republic... 22-Jul-2008 Iran's prophetic action On 8 July 2008, Iran launched a barrage of missiles and unguided rockets as part of its Great Prophet III war games. At least ... 21-Jul-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER The Left Front formally withdrew its support for the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 9 ... 14-Jul-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES While Iran holds regular military exercises, the extent of the latest missile launches is a reflection of the pressure Iran is facing from the ... 14-Jul-2008 Myanmar junta shuffle along On 20 June, a long-overdue military reshuffle in Myanmar resulted in the appointment of five regional commanders to replace five members of the Special ... 14-Jul-2008 Canadian and US build intelligence partnership Canada and the United States have developed one of the closest intelligence relationships in the world. The two countries continue to collaborate to counter ... 15-Jul-2008 INTELLIGENCE POINTER Joint training and enhanced co-operation are two steps Arab armed forces have agreed to take in the coming months to support an eventual pan-Arab ... 08-Jul-2008 US gives the nod to Plan Mérida After much discussion, the United States Senate decided on 26 June to approve proposals for a new package of financial assistance to neighbouring Mexico. ... 14-Jul-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES A group of people in Washington comprised of US experts on Iran and anti-proliferation policies have high hopes that war is probably preventable over ... 08-Jul-2008 Chinese gangs in Africa for long haul Chinese organised crime gangs have been operating in sub-Saharan Africa for decades. Beginning in South Africa in the 1970s, they have expanded their operations ... 08-Jul-2008 Armenia's state security shake-up Barely three months since his inauguration as Armenia's third president, Serzh Sarkisian has already weathered several serious challenges. Following the country's 19 February presidential ... 07-Jul-2008 Record drugs seizure in Afghanistan The world's largest narcotics seizure was made in southern Afghanistan on 9 June when 262 tonnes of cannabis and hashish were discovered in a ... 07-Jul-2008 EDITOR'S NOTES President Serzh Sarkisian of Armenia has overcome serious challenges in the three months he has been in office. His strategy to tackle critics seems ... 03-Jul-2008 Turkey denies giving intelligence to Iran Turkey has assured Washington it has not passed to Iran any United States intelligence which it receives to conduct operations against the Kurdistan Workers' ... 03-Jul-2008 |
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