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Spirited away - The
rise of global kidnapping trends
Kidnapping is a serious criminal business worth an estimated USD500 million a
year and with a range of wider political, security, social and economic
implications. Furthermore, it is one which is growing in numbers of victims,
criminal profits and the geographic spread of the problem
[first posted to http://jir.janes.com
- 27 April 2010]
Under pressure - General Ronald L Burgess, director of the US Defense
Intelligence Agency
General Ronald Burgess, head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), warned
on 14 April that Iran could produce enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) for a
nuclear weapon. During testimony to the US Senate Armed Forces Committee,
Burgess noted that Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site was not yet being used
to produce HEU, but could do so relatively quickly
[first posted to http://jir.janes.com
- 23 April 2010]
No man is an island - Fiji's post-coup politics
May 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the Fijian coup that overthrew then prime
minister Mahendra Chaudhry and saw the beginning of Commodore Voreqe 'Frank'
Bainimarama's political ascent to the position of prime minister. On 19 May
2000, businessman George Speight seized Fiji's parliament building and held
hostage Chaudhry and members of parliament loyal to him for 56 days
AQIM fights on in Algeria
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is now more infamous for its activities
in the Sahara than in Algeria, its country of origin. However, recent
communiqués show that the group continues to wage a low-level insurgency
against Algerian security forces, while simultaneously trying to attract support
in other African countries
[first posted to http://jtsm.janes.com
- 09 April 2010]
AQAP leaders leave Yemen for Somalia
The leadership of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has moved from Yemen
to Somalia, according to unidentified sources cited by the Yemen Post on 5
April. The sources said between 15 and 20 AQAP members left Yemen in the first
half of March and that the leadership had ordered its operatives in Yemen to
suspend their activity until June
[first posted to http://jtsm.janes.com
- 09 April 2010]
LeT eyes global status
Nearly a year after 10 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) militants killed more than 160
people in Mumbai, the arrest in Chicago of two men indicates that the Pakistani
group still harbours international ambitions, and is planning further attacks in
India. The case also highlights the possibility of the LeT fragmenting as its
members become frustrated with a lack of action
[first posted to http://jtsm.janes.com
- 06 November 2009]
The paradoxes facing Indian Muslims
In a country comprised of a Hindu majority (80.5 per cent), the 138
million-strong Muslim population of India is the world's largest Muslim
minority population (13.8 per cent). It is also the third largest Muslim
population in the world after Indonesia and Pakistan
[first posted to http://jiaa.janes.com
- 23 April 2010]
Brotherhood guide plots a pragmatic path
The January 2010 election by the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt of its eighth
Supreme Guide, Mohammad Badie, is a temporary resolution of a struggle between
what is often called the "conservative" wing and the
"moderate" or "reformist" wing of the oldest Islamist
party in the Middle East. To understand what is behind the labels it is
necessary to first look at the organisation and the history of the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt, to ask who Badie is in the context of that history and
what that means for the future of Egyptian political life
[first posted to http://jiaa.janes.com
- 23 April 2010]
Japan to set up first overseas base in Djibouti
The base would be the first Japanese permanent military presence outside the
country since the Second World War, and the first ever in Africa. The Djibouti
base will cost USD40 million to construct and include a runway for P-3C
maritime surveillance aircaft and barracks for 150 personnel
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