·The Mali crisis
· Libya in transition
· Tunisia’s security
· Egypt in transition
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·Bangladesh’s security
·The Pakistan terror war
· The Afghan war
· Al Qaeda
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·Northern Ireland arrests dissident Republicans on terror charges
·Russia sentences foiled terrorist to ten years prison
· Northern Ireland’s security
· UK security
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·Yemen turmoil continues
·Syrian civil war
· Iran vs. the world
· The “Arab Spring”
· Iraq’s security
· The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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·Hate groups and militias growing in US
·US security
·Follow up to the American Front terror arrests
·The Alaska Militia trial continues
·More on Minnesota white supremacist arrested for plot to attack Mexican Consulate
· Three arrested on terror charges related to this weekend’s NATO summit in Chicago
· Protests at Chicago NATO summit
· The Mexican drug/terror war
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· Colombia’s terror war
· Guatemala’s war on drugs
· Colombia’s drug war
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· The Philippines’ war on terror
· Philippines-MILF peace process
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Daily news coverage of terrorism and related events world wide
Nigeria’s Rapidly Deteriorating Security Situation
3/15/12
Six months ago, Nigeria was relatively stable from the terrorism perspective. Boko Haram was conducting some terror attacks, but they were occasional, sporadic and mostly small scale. The population in the northern part of the country were concerned, but tolerating the activity. The many separatist groups in the southern part of the country had agreed to a six month ceasefire and were abiding by it. By November, the primary southern separatist group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was even talking about disarming and disbanding.
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·Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (Paraguayan People’s Army) (EPP) 8/31/11
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·Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (Paraguayan People’s Army) (EPP) Updated 9/24/11
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Updated Saturday 5/19/12
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The Toulouse, France Attacks
3/31/12
The attacks began on 11 March 2012 with a drive by shooting of a French paratrooper in Toulouse. A repeat attack occurred 15 March, killing two more paratroopers. 19 March brought the worst of the attacks, a shooting attack on a Jewish school, killing one teacher and three students. Subsequently, the investigation linked the three attacks, leading to a 32-hour standoff with the suspected killer, 23 year old Mohammed Merah on 22 March, ending with his death. The investigation and negotiations to end the standoff revealed the jihadist motivation for the attacks, raising a number of uncomfortable questions for French authorities to answer.
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Serendipity
4/25/12
As the investigation into the Toulouse, France attacks continue, French authorities conducted a series of raids around the country at the end of March. It appears that a serendipitous result was the disruption of another terror attack, likely by Forsane Alizza.
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Disparate Events Connected
4/26/12
Five disparate events occurring over the course of the past year have come together to trigger two additional significant events and a changed security picture in West Africa. The Libyan war; the Tuareg rebellion in Mali; Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s movement into Nigeria with an offshoot group, Ansar Dine, focusing on western Africa; and involvement of Boko Haram in northern Mali have come together to trigger two additional significant events: A military coup in Mali and the declaration of a new Islamic nation, Azawad, in what was northern Mali. The confluence of these events impacts not only Mali, but Algeria, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria immediately, with possible further impacts yet to come.
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