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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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News

2009

24/11/2009

11:27
French

Russia/Insurgency: 2 Russian security officials found beheaded in Kabardino Balkaria

Ria Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday that the headless bodies of a court bailiff and a police officer have been found in the southern Russian republic of Kabardino Balkaria...
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10:49
French

France/Terrorism: Al-Qaeda suspect targeted ski commandos

Adlene Hicheur, a 32-year-old French nuclear engineer was arrested on suspicion of having links to the Al-Qaeda militant group planned to attack...
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10:33
French
Flash/Philippines/Terrorism

46 people were killed on Monday

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has announced this Tuesday that the southern provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat as well as Cotabato City...
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10:02
French

Spain/Terrorism: police detains 36 Basque separatists

Spanish police announced on Tuesday that in overnight raid they have detained at least 36 suspected supporters of the militant Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna...
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23/11/2009

18:07
French

Bangladesh/Security: LeT terror plot mastermind held in Dhaka

Bangladeshi officials said security forces on Sunday arrested a top operative of Pakistan-based LeT who is suspect to be a mastermind in the terror plot targeting...
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17:38
French

Iraq/Turkey/Insurgency: Iraqi Turkmen politician killed in Mosul

Gunmen assassinated Yauz Ahmad Efend, a Turkmen leader at his home in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, say police and Turkmen sources...
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17:36
French

Central Africa Republic/Kidnapping: 2 French aid workers kidnapped in Birao

Mahamat Salah Amadou, deputy-consul of the Central Africa Republic in Darfur has announced this Monday two French aid workers of the NGO Triangle...
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16:50
French

Russia/Insurgency: suspected terrorist killed in Chechnya

RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday that a suspected militant was killed in Chechnya when police encountered a group of over 10 gunmen...
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16:27
French

Sudan/Insurgency: Khartoum sentenced children to die over rebel raid

A top United Nations official said on Sunday that Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum...
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16:18
French

Algeria/United States/Security: court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees

Algeria's official APS news agency reported that two men who had been held for seven years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging...
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15:55
French

Israel/Palestinian Authority/Terrorism: IAF Strikes Back after Kassam Attack

The Israeli military announced that Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed targets belonging to the Islamist organization Hamas overnight Saturday in response to a Kassam rocket attack over the weekend...
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14:43
French

Somalia/Insurgency: Al-Shabaab capture southern town

Somalia’s hardline insurgent group Al-Shabaab declared on Sunday it had captured the country's southern town of Afmadow from the rival Hizbul Islam insurgents after clashes that killed at least 12 fighters...
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14:06
French

Nigeria/Kidnapping: gunmen kidnap 2 children in Port Harcourt

Two children have been kidnapped this early Monday by unidentified gunmen as they were on their way to school in central Port Harcourt...
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13:13
French

Pakistan/Terrorism: troops killed 22 Taleban

A senior Pakistani police official stated on Monday that government troops backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taleban positions in the northwest of the country...
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12:24
French

Philippines/Insurgency: gunmen kill 21 in Maguindanao

The Philippine military said at least 21 people among a group of local politicians and journalists were killed in Maguindanao, southern Philippine shortly after being abducted...
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12:01
French

Israel/Terrorism: Hamas official newspaper said progress about Shalit case.

The Hamas official newspaper A-Risala has announced this Monday that an agreement about Gilad Shalit could be expected by the middle of next week...
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11:37
French

India/Terrorism: 8 killed, 55 injured in two Assam

At least eight people have been killed and more than 55 injured in two bicycle-bomb blasts in Nalbari town, about 70 km west of Assam's main city of Guwahati on Sunday morning...
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10:38
French

Somalia/Greece/Piracy: pirates hijack Greek-owned bulk carrier

Andrew Mwangura, East Africa Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP) announced on Sunday that pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden...
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09:49
French

United Kingdom/Ulster/Terrorism: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast

Northern Ireland's police announced on Sunday that Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 180-kilogram car bomb outside police reform headquarters...
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20/11/2009

18:08
French

Afghanistan/Terrorism: more than 20 killed in separate blasts

At least 22 people have been killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Friday. In the first attack, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a crowded area...
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