Country Intelligence and Analysis
Pakistan — Pakistani authorities now believe a dangerous new militant group, out to avenge a deadly army assault on a mosque in Islamabad three years ago, has carried out several major bombings in the capital previously blamed on the Taliban. The emergence of the Ghazi Force was part of the outrage among many deeply religious…
System Could Help Tehran Dodge Israeli Strike; a Blow to U.S. Strategy on Damascus By CHARLES LEVINSON JERUSALEM—Iran has sent Syria a sophisticated radar system that could threaten Israel’s ability to launch a surprise attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities, say Israeli and U.S. officials, extending an alliance aimed at undermining Israel’s military dominance in the…
‘Spy suspect’ disappears in Cyprus Metsos was reportedly last seen on at his hotel reception on Tuesday [AFP] A man wanted by the US authorities on suspicion of being the 11th member of a Russian spy ring has gone missing after being released on bail in Cyprus, police said. Christopher Robert Metsos had been ordered to…
Former Soviet spy Oleg Kalugin, who headed KGB operations in the United States in the 1970s and later left Russia to live in America, told CNN Tuesday he is “amazed” that Moscow is engaging so heavily in espionage against Washington. Reacting to the recent arrests of 11 alleged Russian spies, Kalugin said that getting the…
Russian-Irish spy ring eyed ‘global gold market’ Posted by Paul Murphy on Jun 28 22:32. The stuff of cheap thrillers, this one:
As we first reported, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from shows the latest positioning of US aircraft…
Barack Obama has sacked his commander in Afghanistan. But the real worry is that the war is being lost National security adviser of the world’s greatest superpower is a “clown”, its vice-president a nobody and its president “uncomfortable and intimidated”. With those words the officers around General Stanley McChrystal, the American commander in Afghanistan, engulfed…
As Gen. Petraeus assumes control in Afghanistan, the Obama administration needs to demonstrate that its counterinsurgency strategy is working