DEFEATING AL QAEDA:ANGEL RABASA

Congressional Testimony;  February 14, 2008 ;     787 words ......security problems posed by ungoverned territories, and what could be done...Project AIR FORCE report, Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks. Ungoverned territories have always been a troublesome...

Senators: Pakistan Must Address al-Qaida

AP Online;  March 4, 2007 ;     521 words ...WASHINGTON - Pakistan must step up to stem al-Qaida in its ungoverned territories amid growing signs operatives plan a spring offensive against allied forces in Afghanistan, lawmakers on the intelligence committees...

Internet reigns supreme in world-.

New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  July 18, 2007 ;     787 words ......Taleban and its eviction from Afghanistan. Al Qaeda ( the base ) and its followers moved to cyberspace, the ultimate ungoverned territory, where jihadists have set up virtual schools for ideological and military training and active propaganda arms. Irhabi007...

Islamic terrorists rule Pak-Afghan border areas: Rand Corp

The Hindustan Times;  August 24, 2007 ;     491 words ......The Pakistani-Afghan border is the prototype of an ungoverned territory that serves as a sanctuary for terrorist groups, and...Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)," says the report titled 'Ungoverned Territories; Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risk.' Quoting...

'US entitled to take military action in Pakistan's Tribal Areas'

The Hindustan Times;  October 4, 2008 ;     173 words ......country - in this case the US and NATO members' states - is entitled to take action if it has been attacked from those ungoverned territories. The action taken must not be disproportionate, the Daily Times quoted Cohen, as saying. However, he suggested that...

Spy Chief Pushes for Action in Pakistan

AP Online;  February 28, 2007 ;     787 words ......done to go after al-Qaida, which is trying to establish training camps and other operations in some of Pakistan's most ungoverned territory, the new U.S. spy chief said Tuesday. "It's something we're very worried about and very concerned about," Mike McConnell...

Predator to See More Combat; Drone Will Get More Weapons for 'Hunter-...

The Washington Post;  March 22, 2005 ;   Walter Pincus;   636 words ......Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. The strategy calls for denying sanctuary to enemies such as terrorist groups in ungoverned territories within otherwise sovereign countries anywhere in the world. "A key goal," the Rumsfeld strategy program says, "is developing...

Family secrets play out on New England farm

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  August 12, 2007 ;   Regis Behe;   787 words ......second book, "Lost Nation," was set in New Hampshire in the early 19th century and concerned the life of a trader in an ungoverned territory. "A Peculiar Grace," Lent's just-published third novel, seemingly is a departure from his previous work. Set mostly in...

U.S. seeks to secure Sahara Desert; Terror potential cited in lawless,...

The Washington Times;  November 17, 2005 ;     787 words ......Saharan troops in tactical exercises designed to better coordinate security along porous borders and beef up patrols in ungoverned territories. Maj. Silkman said Africa has become the most important concern of the U.S. European Command (Eucom) because of rampant...

Special forces stretched thin by two wars: Too few elite troops for key...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  September 24, 2006 ;     787 words ......lawless or ungoverned countries and territories is expanding, according to a study by the World Bank. Failed states and ungoverned territories that stretch in a belt of poverty, corruption and lawlessness from Uzbekistan to Kosovo and Somalia to parts of Bolivia...

Two British soldiers killed as Taliban steps up attacks ; WORLD

The Independent - London;  March 5, 2007 ;   Kim Sengupta;   403 words ......men's next of kin had been informed. American politicians have called on Pakistan to do more to stem al-Qaida in its ungoverned territories amid growing signs of a spring offensive against allied forces in Afghanistan. Democrats and Republicans on the Senate...

Pentagon Strategy Aims to Block Internal Threats to Foreign Forces

The Washington Post;  March 19, 2005 ;   Bradley Graham;   787 words ......international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and expressed concern about the potential for "failed" states or "ungoverned" territories becoming havens for terrorist activity. But the new strategy makes this a central focus, officials said. "The United...

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ISSUES:LAEL BRAINARD

Congressional Testimony;  January 23, 2008 ;     787 words ......imperiling their citizens, regional neighbors, and the wider world as livelihoods are crushed, investors flee, and ungoverned territories become a spawning ground for terrorism, trafficking, environmental devastation, and disease. Yet if poverty leads to...

AERIAL COMMON SENSOR PROGRAM:JOHN R. LANDON

Congressional Testimony;  October 20, 2005 ;     787 words ......These enemies depend on the stealth afforded them through the exploitation of illicit networks and the sanctuary of ungoverned territories to survive. Their style of warfare is transient and unpredictable, demanding that the United States and our allies rely...

Sinking shows perils of an icy Disneyland

International Herald Tribune;  November 27, 2007 ;   Ian Austen The New York Times Media Group;   787 words ......commercial passenger ship to sink there. But with the rapid rise of ship tourism in Antarctica - perhaps the last major ungoverned territory on Earth - the sinking was not unanticipated. The United States and Britain warned a conference of Antarctic treaty nations...