Sunday, September 6, 2009

AL QAEDA: AS ELUSIVE, AS INNOVATIVE, AS HOMING-PIGEON LIKE AS EVER

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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR---PAPER NO.555 B.RAMAN Despite attrition in its ranks and lower and middle-level leadership, Al Qaeda remain...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

TWO HEADS ROLL IN XINJIANG

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B.RAMAN The demonstrations by a large number of Han residents of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, from Septem...

TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE? A COUNTER-INSURGENCY DILEMMA

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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR---PAPER NO. 554 B.RAMAN A NATO air strike of September 4,2009, in the Kunduz province in Northern Afghanist...
Friday, September 4, 2009

DEMONSTRATIONS BANNED IN URUMQI--AUTHORITIES ALLEGE USE OF "SOFT VIOLENCE" BY EXTREMISTS

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B.RAMAN The authorities of China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region have issued a notification banning all public demonstrations with immediat...

SITUATION WORSENS: INTERNAL SECURITY CHIEF RUSHES TO URUMQI

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B.RAMAN The situation has deteriorated in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. The Chinese authorities admitted...

XINJIANG: A CHALLENGE TO HU JINTAO

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B.RAMAN Less than a month before the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, President Hu Jintao and the Chinese Communist P...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

MYANMAR: ANOTHER GESTURE BY JUNTA TO US?

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B.RAMAN The Kokang and Wa regions of the Shan State of Myanmar predominantly consist of non-Han tribals of Yunnanese origin, who are to be ...