Transnational Threats Update February 2004 - Vol. 2, No. 5

  • Feb 29, 2004

    In this issue:

    -  Khan Network Unraveling
    -  Tehran Hides Development while Tripoli Cooperates
    -  Terrorists Might Have Nuke Plans
    -  Russia and Qatar at Odds over Yandarbiev Murder
    -  Qatar Enacts First Antiterrorism Law
    -  Jemaah Islamiyah Chief Jailed, Group Still a Threat
    -  Terrorists to Build Bombs in Mid-flight
    -  Israel Stops Islamic Jihad Plan to Buy Suicide Boats
    -  Local Terror Networks Inspired by Al Qaeda
    -  Pakistanis Press Tribes to Flush Out Al Qaeda
    -  Al Qaeda under Pressure for New Strike
    -  Pakistani Groups Sell Hides for Terror Funds
    -  Gang Steals 9,000 Blank French Passports
    -  New Unit to Tackle UK Crime
    -  Afghanistan Becoming a “Narco-state”
    -  Countries Coordinate to Improve Security
    -  Iris Scanning to Begin at German Airports
    -  U.S. Tools against Terror Funding Questioned
    -  Information Sharing in the Public/Private Sectors