Libya’s New Border Monitoring Satellite Program
Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders in order to stem the flow of Islamist militants...
A Nuclear Crisis in Search of a Model: Lessons from Iraq,...
By Emily B. Landau
The interim deal signed in Geneva by the P5+1 and Iran is meant only to put “more time on the clock”...
TSA to Charge ‘Pre Check’ Travelers $85 for Five Years
The U.S Transportation security administration (TSA) announced that it will charge a fee of $85 per individual to participate for five years in the...
Kenya Received New Danish Lake Patrol Boats
Kenya has taken delivery of two Danish patrol boats for security operations on the country’s two largest lakes. The boats, worth Sh115 million (about...
Seventeen Teams Qualify for DARPA Robotics Challenge
Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...
Fast Draw – The Israeli UAV Wars
The dirty war between the Israeli UAV manufacturers, especially IAI and Elbit Systems, keeps damaging Israel.
The latest incident concerns a Polish Defense Ministry contract...
Former Mossad Chief Efraim Halevy: Israel Terrifies Iran
"The world has to take the Iranian nuclear threat very seriously, and it has to understand that Iran must be stopped by any means...
ICT Bi-weekly Report – Jihadi Forums
By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group
Sheikh Sheikh Adam Gadahn, a senior leader of Al-Qaeda, called on jihadists and Muslims to attack American diplomats in...
East African States Strengthen Maritime Security
East African countries continue their joint efforts to bolster maritime security. In November 'Cutlass Express 2013', a large multinational maritime training event in East...
India and U.S. Law Enforcement to Cooperate Against Terror
India’s Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde sought enhanced cooperation between the U.S. and India to "secure our cities and our people". This comes as...
Texas Police Linked Khat Plant Trade to Terrorism
Texas law-enforcement arrested several Muslim immigrants after a lengthy investigation found they were growing and selling khat and connected these plant growers to supporters...
Brazil Approves First Defense Industry Tax Exemptions
The Brazilian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has approved the first 26 defense companies to benefit from tax incentives aimed at stimulating the defense industry.
According...
Sri Lanka – Democracy, Terror and Legitimacy
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a nationalistic-secular ideological organization established in 1976. It existed until its final fall in May 2009. The...
NIST Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge to be Held in December
On Dec. 20-21, research teams from around the world will be competing in the trials of the DARPA Robotics Challenge—a mock-up of a disaster...
New System Evaluates Armor Plates Using X Rays
In modern warfare, military vehicles use enormous armored panels to defend against weapons. Boosting protection by adding more steel, however, this eventually makes equipment...
NSA May Expose the Bad Habits of Radical Islamic Leaders
The National Security Agency is considering exposing the pornography viewing habits of Muslim "radicalizers," according to documents that the Huffington Post has obtained from...
Medical Radioactive Material Truck Stolen in Mexico
Experts warn that such materials can be used to assemble a "Dirty Bomb". A dirty bomb is a speculative radiological weapon that combines radioactive material...
ICT Report: Monthly Terrorist Activities – September 2013
The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during September 2013, as researched and recorded by...
Fast Draw – Court Lenient Towards Abusing Policemen
Our judiciary system is going through some ugly processes right now. There are many examples, but a new low was reached yesterday.
Two Border Patrol...
New FBI Director: Terror Threat Against the U.S. Is Very Real
“Counterterrorism remains our top priority. The FBI works with our law enforcement and intelligence community (IC) partners to integrate intelligence and operations and to...
Nigerian Navy Received new Israeli Attack Boats
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has taken delivery of three new 17 metre-long Manta Mk II ASD Littoral Interceptors and one new 25 metre-long Shaldag...
U.S. May Have Let Terrorists Into Country As Refugees
Several dozen suspected terrorist bombmakers, including some believed to have targeted American troops, may have mistakenly been allowed to move to the United States...
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