Transnational Threats Update May 2004 - Vol. 2, No. 8

  • May 31, 2004

    In this issue:


    -  Thailand’s Separatists Turning into Jihadists?
    -  Terrorists Seek Muslim Converts
    -  Al Qaeda Seeks Unconventional Strike
    -  Rivalries Among Terror Groups
    -  Poor are Paying for War on Terror
    -  United States Sees Sahara as Next Al Qaeda Base
    -  18,000 Potential Al Qaeda Said at Large
    -  Saudi Royal Guards Aided Al Qaeda in Riyadh Bombings
    -  Tajikistan at Crossroads of the Drug Trade
    -  Irish Paramilitary Groups Linked to Organized Crime
    -  Kosovo UN Troops Fuel Sex Trade
    -  Modern-day Slavery in the United States
    -  Gunrunning Operations in Brazil
    -  Wanted in Africa, Needed in Iraq
    -  Web a Vital Tool for Islamists
    -  Summer Terror Attack Fears Grow
    -  Securing Nuclear Facilities in the Former USSR