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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 

Par Claude MONIQUET 

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Philippines

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09/02/2010

13:08
French

Philippines/Political unrest: 197 people charged with murder over Maguindanao massacre

Philippines Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people have been charged against the massacre in Maguindanao on November 23 that killed 57 people...
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02/02/2010

10:01
French

Somalia/Piracy: Greek-owned cargo ship released

The Greek-owned cargo vessel MV Filitsa, flying Marshall Islands’ flag, has been released on Monday evening after a ransom was paid, maritime officials said...
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11:49
French

Somalia/Piracy: Somali pirates abandon hijacked Indian dhow

The European Union's anti-piracy force (EU NAVFOR) announced that Somali pirates have abandoned the MSV Faize Osamani, an Indian-flagged cargo vessel, which had been captured by the pirates off the Somali coast on January 6...
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22/01/2010

17:40
French

Pakistan/Philippines/Terrorism: U.S. missile killed Abu Sayyaf terrorist in Waziristan

Unnamed “intelligence sources” reported on Thursday that Filipino terrorist Abdul Basit Usman had been killed in a U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan Tribal Agency on Thursday January 14, 2009...
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15/01/2010

16:45
French

United States/Malaysia/Security: tourists warned of Borneo terror attacks

Security has been beefed up following a warded notice issued by the United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday which warned that terrorists could carry out attacks on foreigners in the eastern Malaysian state on Borneo, notably on the island state of Sabah...
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14/01/2010

16:46
French

Philippines/Insurgency: troops killed 7 NPA rebels in clash north of Manila

The Philippine army announced on Thursday that seven rebels of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in an armed encounter with an infantry unit near the town of Dona Remedios Trinidad, 50 kilometres north of Manila...
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08/01/2010

14:01
French

Philippines/Insurgency: Five killed in clashes in Maguindanao

On Friday, army officials announced that clashes erupted between rogue Muslim rebels and an armed group believed to be involved in the massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines in November last year...
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05/01/2010

12:45
French

Philippines/Security: Philippine massacre suspect pleads not guilty

Andal Ampatuan Jnr, the prime suspect of the November massacre of 57 people, including 30 journalists, in the volatile southern Philippines, has pleaded not guilty when he appeared in a special police court on Tuesday...
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2009

30/12/2009

10:51
French

Philippines/insurgency: terrorists kill 2 Filipino navy commandos in clash

Philippine officials announced on Wednesday that navy commandos launched an attack on a coastal stronghold of Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in the southern Philippines...
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28/12/2009

13:00
French

Philippines/Terrorism: bomb hits congressman house in Maguindanao

A Philippine military official announced on Monday that unknown men detonated a homemade bomb outside the house of a state official on Sunday night...
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23/12/2009

17:44
French

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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16/12/2009

12:30
French

Philippines/Security: Manila says arrests terrorists at airport

Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) spokesman Ricardo Diaz announced that law enforcement agents arrested on Wednesday Abdul Basir Latip...
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14/12/2009

13:59
French

Philippines/Insurgency: hostage crisis ends, victims freed

Santiago Cane, a vice governor of Agusan del Sur province announced on Sunday that a group of tribal armed men has agreed to free more than 40 civilians...
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11/12/2009

09:54
French

Philippines/Insurgency: tribal gunmen free 9 of 57 hostages

A Philippine government official announced that armed mountain tribesmen freed nine more hostages they abducted in the remote southern Philippines...
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10/12/2009

13:00
French

Philippines/Insurgency: gunmen abduct 75, mostly children, in Agusan del Sur

A senior Philippine army general announced that armed mountain tribesmen abducted about 75 people, most of them schoolchildren, after a raid on a remote elementary school...
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09/12/2009

10:24
French

Philippines/Insurgency: Philippine clan killed at least 200 others

The Human Rights Commissioner of Philippines announced on Wednesday that a Muslim clan accused of a political massacre last month killed at least 200 other people...
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08/12/2009

17:25
French

Philippines/Security: rebels resume peace talks in Kwlalampur

Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels resumed Tuesday in Malaysia, after more than a year of suspension...
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04/12/2009

17:24
French

Philippines/Security: troops raid clan compound in Maguindanao

Security forces in the Philippines on Friday raided the homes of the family suspected of last week’s massacre of 57 civilians and recovered a buried arsenal of heavy weaponry...
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01/12/2009

12:01
French

Philippines/Insurgency: suspect in Philippine massacre charged with murder

Philippine prosecutors on Tuesday charged the heir of a powerful clan with murder in the election-related massacre of 57 people, including journalists...
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27/11/2009

11:25
French

Philippines/Insurgency: UNICEF employee shot dead in Maguindanao

Nestor Bulahan, an employee of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Maguindanao province Thursday...
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