“Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed 12 people in southern Russia on Wednesday, two days after deadly suicide bombings blamed on the region’s militants tore through the Moscow subway system. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday’s blasts in the province of Dagestan – which involved one bomber impersonating a police officer [...]
March 31st, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
“The Kenyan-based Ecoterra maritime monitoring agency said pirates had taken control of a roll-on, roll-off ship called the MV Iceberg 1 on Monday. ‘The owners reported to NATO that pirates boarded the ro-ro vessel MV Iceberg 1 today just 10 miles outside Aden Port in the Gulf of Aden,’ Ecoterra said. ‘The vessel with her [...]
March 29th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
“Female suicide bombers detonated explosions that rocked two subway stations in central Moscow during rush hour on Monday morning, killing at least 35 people, officials said. ‘It was a terrorist act carried out by the female suicide bombers,’ said Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, citing Russia’s intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service. ‘They were specifically timed [...]
March 29th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
“Female homicide bombers are being fitted with exploding breast implants which are almost impossible to detect, British spies have reportedly discovered. The shocking new Al Qaeda tactic involves radical doctors inserting the explosives in women’s breasts during plastic surgery — making them ‘virtually impossible to detect by the usual airport scanning machines.’ It is believed [...]
March 26th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
“The U.S. consortium that focuses on crimes along the border warns that a violent Mexican prison gang may try to retaliate against U.S. officers, officials say. The El Paso Intelligence Center issued a bulletin urging all U.S. law enforcement officers to wear their protective vests and alert family members about the possible threat, USA Today [...]
March 25th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »