Terrorist Threats to Commercial Aviation: A Contemporary Assessment
...International Airport, the 2004 bombings of two Russian airliners, the 2007 Glasgow airport attack, a 2007 plot against Frankfurt Airport by the Sauerland cell, a 2007 attempt by...
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s Role in Attacks in Pakistan
...Pakistan Airport Signals Taliban’s Reach and Resilience.” [15] “Statement Regarding the Martyrdom Operation in Karachi Airport.” [16] “As it Happened: Karachi Airport Attack,” BBC, undated. [17] “Karachi Airport...
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Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in Al-Qa`ida From 1989-2006
Though it has long been known that al-Qa’ida has suffered from disunity at the leadership level, analysis of documents declassified from the Harmony Database allow us to gain...
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Usama bin Ladin’s “Father Sheikh”: Yunus Khalis and the Return of al-Qa`ida’s Leadership to Afghanistan
The purpose of this report is to shed light on the poorly understood role that Yunus Khalis played in modern Afghan political history. This research is based on...
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Al-Qa’ida’s (Mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa
During the early 1990s, al-Qa’ida was beginning to coalesce as an organization, honing its operational techniques and dealing with its first internal conflicts. Its private deliberations during this...
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Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot
...exception is the Brussels airport bombing in March 2016, though this targeted an unsecured part of the airport rather than a plane flight. [s] These are not Khaled...
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The Evolving Challenges for Explosive Detection in the Aviation Sector and Beyond
...a bomb onboard Metrojet Flight 9268 at Sharm el-Sheikh airport killing 224, it also compounded concerns about the “insider threat” at airports.[3] One line of inquiry for investigators...
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New Developments in the Islamic State’s External Operations: The 2017 Sydney Plane Plot
...be placed via insider assistance at an airport. The al-Shabaab terrorists who smuggled a laptop bomb onto Daallo Airlines Flight 159 leaving from Mogadishu airport in February 2,...
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