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CE QUE L’ATTENTAT MANQUE CONTRE LE VOL 253 NOUS APPREND SUR LA SECURITE AERIENNE ET SUR AL-QAÏDA

Par Claude MONIQUET, Président de l'ESISC

La tentative d’attentat contre un avion de ligne américain, le 25 décembre, nous donne plusieurs leçons que nous devons assimiler si nous voulons que la lutte antiterroriste soit plus efficace. 

Premièrement : 8 ans après le 11 septembre, la sécurité aérienne reste très largement virtuelle et théorique. Des centaines de millions, si ce n’est des milliards, ont été dépensés dans la “sécurisation” des aéroports et des avions. Mais cet effort gigantesque n’a pas empêché Richard Reid (“Shoe Bomber”) de prendre un vol Paris-Miami en décembre 2001, avec une charge explosive cachée dans une de ses chaussures.

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WHAT THE FLIGHT 253 CASE TEACHES US ON AIR SECURITY AND AL-QAEDA

By Claude MONIQUET, President of ESISC

The attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner, on Friday, December 25 is teaching us various lessons we must learn if we want to be more effective in the fight against terrorism. 

First of all: 8 years after September 11, flight security remains largely virtual and theoretical. Hundreds of millions if not billions have been spent in securing airports and airplanes. But it didn’t prevent Richard Reid (“Shoe Bomber”) to enter a Paris-Miami flight in December 2001, with an explosive charge hidden in his shoe.

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GAZA, LE GRAND MENSONGE  

Quand la démocratie capitule face à l’islamisme 

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News

2009

24/12/2009

13:28
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China/Security: court sentences five to death over riots

A Chinese government spokesman announced on Thursday that a court in Xinjiang region has sentenced a further five people to death for their role in July's deadly ethnic riots...
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12:53
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Mexico/Organised crime: 4 arrested in cartel revenge killing

Rafael Gonzalez Lastra, attorney general for the southern Mexican state of Tabasco announced on Wednesday that four suspected drug cartel members...
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12:08
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Russia/Insurgency: borderguards HQ in Ingushetia comes under grenade fire

RIA Novosti news agency reported that a borderguards headquarters in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia has come under fire from grenade launchers...
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11:18
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India/Insurgency: a Maoist killed and 3 security personnel injured in Orissa encounter

According to the police two people, a Maoist woman and a soldier of the Special Operation Group were killed early on Thursday in the Koraput district of Orissa...
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10:28
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Pakistan/Terrorism: suicide bomb blast kills 4 in Peshawar

At least four people have been killed and 20 others wounded on Thursday in a suicide bomb blast in downtown Peshawar. Reportedly, the blast occurred outside main office of...
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09:48
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Yemen/Security: security forces kills 30 Al-Qaeda terrorists in airstrike

An official from Yemen's High Security Committee announced that an airstrike on Thursday killed 30 men suspected of plotting attacks against Yemeni and foreign targets...
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23/12/2009

18:01
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United Kingdom/Security: navies too stretched on piracy in Indian Ocean

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said ships using the Indian Ocean will not receive the same level of naval protection from pirates as those in the Gulf of Aden...
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17:44
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Philippines/Security: Manila declares holiday truce with Maoist rebels

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde said in a statement on Wednesday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved a ceasefire with rebel groups...
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17:19
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Algeria/Security: army deploys 3,000 additional troops

A local daily newspaper reported on Tuesday that Algerian army deployed an additional force of 3,000 soldiers along its borders with Mali, Niger and Mauritania...
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16:30
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Iran/Civil unrest: security forces clash with cleric's mourners

According to reformist websites Iranian security forces armed with batons and teargas clashed with supporters of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri...
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15:51
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Mauritania/Italy/Kidnapping: Malian linked to Italian kidnap arrested

Mauritanian security sources announced on Tuesday that security forces have arrested a Malian suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of an Italian couple...
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15:00
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Thailand/Terrorism: soldier and terrorists killed in Narathiwat

Thai police announced that a soldier and a suspected militant were killed in a gunfight in Thailand's restive Muslim south bordering Malaysia on Wednesday...
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14:19
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Afghanistan/Security: Afghan senator killed at police checkpoint

Mohammad Younus, an Afghan senator was shot dead by police when his car failed to stop at a checkpoint, officials said on Wednesday...
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13:19
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Russia/Insurgency: another Orthodox priest killed in Moscow

RIA Novosti news agency reported that Alexander Filippov, a Russian Orthodox priest has been killed in the Moscow Region south of the Russian capital...
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12:19
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India/Security: rebels kill 2 policemen in Kashmir

Suspected rebels have shot dead two policemen in India-administered Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Reportedly, three policemen were shot...
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11:29
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Mexico/Organised crime: drug gang revenge attack kills marine's family

Mexican police announced on Tuesday that drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother, sister and aunt of an elite Mexican marine who died...
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10:46
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Colombia/Insurgency: Bogota says FARC rebels murder kidnapped governor

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Tuesday that the body of Luis Cuellar, the Caqueta state governor, was found with his throat slashed not far from Florencia...
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10:02
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Saudi Arabia/Security: 73 Saudi soldiers killed in fighting

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan announced on Tuesday that 73 Saudi soldiers have been killed and 470 others wounded since fighting have broken out...
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22/12/2009

17:54
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Egypt/Politics: Brotherhood votes for a new governing body

The Muslim Brotherhood has voted for a new governing body, amidst skirmish between the group’s conservatives and reformists. Earlier the proscribed...
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17:39
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Iraq/Insurgency: 2 Shiite worshippers killed, while two soldiers died in separate incidents

Armed miscreants open fired at people coming out from a mosque, killing two Shiites in the town of Baquba this morning, according to police...
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