Security Weekly

The intertwined drug and gun trade between Mexico and the United States is one of the reasons weapons are so prevalent in Mexico. Drug traffickers, criminal gangs and average citizens all have found ways to circumvent Mexico's strict gun-control laws.

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Although the summer of 2007 was marked by threats and warnings of an imminent terrorist attack against the United States, no attack occurred. There are several reasons for this -- most notably the change in attitudes.

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Beyond the military bureaucracy and the geopolitical processes acting upon it, another set of dynamics is behind the growing use of civilian contractors to protect diplomats in Iraq.

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A federal jury in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 27 found radical environmental activist Eric McDavid guilty of conspiring to damage property by using explosives.

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The annual U.N. General Assembly session in New York presents a significant security challenge to the U.S. government.

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Two incidents in September have called attention to the likelihood that the world is about to see a new wave of female suicide bombers.

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Al Qaeda’s As-Sahab media arm released a video Sept. 11 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Although the 47-minute video features a voice-over introduction by Osama bin Laden, the bulk of it is of Abu Musab Waleed al-Shehri, one of the suicide bombers who crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s north tower. That recording was made prior to al-Shehri’s travel to the United States in the spring of 2001.

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In negotiating the release of South Korean Christian aid workers abducted in Afghanistan, the South Korean government agreed to end all missionary and Christian aid work in the country. This sets a precedent that could spread to other countries.

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