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This article examines how the Republic of Cyprus has confronted the threat of international terrorism. Although the threat of terrorism in Cyprus remains relatively low, the Cypriot authorities have nevertheless sought to minimize the risk and maximize the level of preparedness. This has involved taking an uncompromising attitude toward those suspected of involvement with terrorist groups. At the same time, there has been a marked increase in the amount of international co-operation, especially since EU accession, in 2004.
Nevertheless, shortcomings remain, particularly in terms of the legislative framework and the development of an analytical counterterrorism capability.
> suiteWestern intelligence analysts fight an uphill battle to avoid parochial habits of thought that lump diverse Islamist identities together. The recent counterterrorism literature gives us tools for understanding a wide spectrum of Islamists, by focusing attention on what they say about themselves rather than on the intelligence labels we must ultimately assign to them. The main challenge for analysts is not the brute diversity of Islamist types, but their plasticity—the Islamist’s flexible inhabitation of distinct, sometimes contradictory, identities. Contrary to generalizations about the duplicity of all Islamists, much plasticity is due to ordinary psychological- or ideological strain—the inability to resolve divided allegiances or sustain conflicted principles. Islamist preacher Yussef al-Qardawi and salafist group Hizb ut-Tahrir present prime examples of ordinary Islamist plasticity.
In order to understand Islamism in all its complexity, analysts should develop methods for disaggregating and evaluating key components of the Islamist persona.
> suiteApproaching the Madrid train bombings of 11 March 2004 from a security perspective, the occurrence of these highly lethal blasts made it evident not only a major intelligence failure, but also serious problems in the coordination between law enforcement agencies and deficiencies in international cooperation to prevent such deadly manifestations of global terrorism.
As a result, governmental measures adopted in Spain immediately afterwards to reform the internal security structures and thus more adequately face the persisting risks and threats associated with that phenomenon, paid particular attention to increasing intelligence capabilities, advancing antiterrorist coordination and strengthening collaboration with relevant nations, alongside other initiatives aimed at preventing and countering al-Qaeda related terrorist activities. Overall, those measures enjoyed a high degree of legitimation among citizens.
> suiteMercredi 13 mai 2009, le projet de loi créant un délit « d’immigration et de séjour » clandestins a été acquis par 297 voix contre 255 avec 3 abstentions. Ainsi l’entrée ou le séjour illégal sur le territoire italien est passible d’une amende de 5000 à 10 000 euros. En plus de cette amende, la durée de rétention des immigrants augmente. Elle passe de deux à six mois.
De même, toute personne reconnue coupable d’avoir hébergé ou loué un logement à des clandestins risque jusqu’à trois ans de prison. Une disposition très contestée a quand même été retirée du projet. Elle prévoyait une obligation pour les médecins, directeurs d’école et facteurs de dénoncer les immigrants clandestins.
> suiteL’Algérie compte augmenter sa production d’or en 2009 en tablant désormais de 1,8 tonne, contre 0,646 tonne en 2008, a indiqué samedi 2 mai 2009 le directeur général de l’Entreprise d’exploitation des mines d’or (Enor), M.Mustapha Benzerga.
"Pour 2009, Enor prévoit de produire 57.822 onces d’or, soit 1,8 tonne d’or", a précisé à l’APS le dirigeant de cette entreprise, affirmant que cet objectif est réalisable en raison "de la levée de certaines contraintes tel que le manque d’explosifs, nécessaires à l’activité minière".
> suiteIn the US the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, or H.R. 1105, has been signed into law, pumping millions into biofuels projects.
The $410 billion (€315 billion) legislative package contains appropriations bills that were not completed in the 110th congress.
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