by Josh Greenberger
With the unprecedented number of law enforcement personnel on terrorism duty in many countries, why are terrorist plots increasing rather than decreasing?
In recent years we've seen an enormous increase in the sophistication and might of terrorists. The bomb that ripped through the USS Cole in 2000 was child's play in comparison to the sophistication of the foiled London-based Al Qaeda attack on the airlines and the...
by greenj
(Posted on April 29, 2008) (104 Views)
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by Josh Greenberger
How did terrorism, which has been around for centuries, go from a sporadic, often localized, atrocity to a global threat in the 21st Century? Are terrorists recruiting more vigorously? Do terrorist have more reasons to hate? Or have terrorists gotten more support than ever before?
A close look at some events in recent years seems to indicate it's the latter. What's most disturbing, though, is that the greatest...
by greenj
(Posted on March 07, 2008) (320 Views)
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by Josh Greenberger
The term "organized crime" usually conjures up visions of extortion, loan sharking, contract killings, illegal gambling and the like. It seldom brings up images of large-scale corporations, much less an international enterprise that's entrusted with billions of dollars and given the latitude to issue, presumably moral-based, "resolutions" and "condemnations." But the United Nations (UN) has over the years turned into an...
by greenj
(Posted on March 07, 2008) (356 Views)
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz held a security meeting on Friday afternoon with IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, intelligence officials and Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, on the subject of IDF operations against Kassam fire in the Gaza Strip.
At the meeting, Peretz ordered the IDF to continue with its current policy of pinpointed airstrikes against Hamas terrorists and Kassam infrastructure.
Peretz also said the infantry force that had taken up positions in Gaza on...
by Webnik
(Posted on May 18, 2007) (1484 Views)
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As expected, the firestorm begins over James Cameron's documentary about the possibility of the tomb found in 1980 being that of the family of Jesus.
It alleges and raises many issues that purportedly could rock the very foundation of the Christian faith, although just barely a day since being announced, a torrent of disputations and contrarian views already abound.
Could this be a timed return of the 'Titanic' director into big media? Or merely a refueling of the Da Vinci Code flames...
by Webnik
(Posted on February 27, 2007) (2237 Views)
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New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem...
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Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.
Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using...
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Clutching a Quran and refusing a hood, Saddam Hussein went to the gallows before sunrise Saturday, executed by vengeful countrymen after a quarter-century of remorseless brutality that killed...
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A blood-filled October has passed into an early violent November as a motorcycle rigged with explosives ripped through a crowded Shiite market in Sadr City on Thursday and suspected Sunni insurgent...
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The Republican Whoredom is starting to fall apart. The media which allowed this to proceed is basically as guilty as the Republicans who are involved. As an environmental consultant I sometimes had...
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric Saturday to discuss the country's deteriorating security situation,...
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A defiant Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with rockets Sunday after rejecting a U.S.-French truce proposal, killing at least 15 people. Israel also...
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Officials said an Israeli jet fired a missile into a house in south Lebanon early Tuesday, killing seven people, hospital, and security.
At least...
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Women who consult with pregnancy resource centers often get misleading information about the health risks associated with having an abortion,...
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