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How Poor Controls Facilitate Peru's Illegal Logging

Monday, December 15, 2014
As the United Nations climate change conference wraps up in Lima, one newspaper in Peru has given a breakdown of how faulty controls facilitate the country's illegal timber trade -- a driver of deforestation and violence against indigenous populations.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Marguerite Cawley
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime

Azerbaijani Opposition Rallies For Release of Political Prisoners

Monday, December 15, 2014
Azerbaijani opposition activists and their supporters urged the government to release political prisoners and end repression at a rally in Baku. English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Russian Arms Sales Soared in 2013, Bucking Global Slowdown: Think Tank

Monday, December 15, 2014
Russian arms makers' sales soared 20 percent in 2013, bucking a slowdown in other countries' industries, largely thanks to a Kremlin push to modernize its military, the SIPRI think tank said on Monday.
Country(s): 
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Germany to Send Training Mission to Iraqi Kurds

Monday, December 15, 2014
"We must defeat this terror militia by military means," German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen recently told the mass-circulated Bild newspaper, with regard to Berlin's policy for combating the "Islamic State" (IS). That promise appears to have fallen on receptive ears, as Germany has pledged to deploy some 100 Bundeswehr soldiers in northern Iraq to offer support to peshmerga fighters.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Germany
Author(s): 
Sven Pohle
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Egypt Denies Entry to American Scholar Critical of Its Government

Monday, December 15, 2014
A prominent American scholar and ex-diplomat critical of the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been barred from entering Egypt, in what appears to mark a new escalation of the government’s clampdown on dissent.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Governance

Pentagon's Syria Plan Would See Results in 2016

Monday, December 15, 2014
The Pentagon said Friday that a year-long plan to train and equip 5,000 Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria could stretch into early 2016.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Britain to Send Hundreds More Troops to Iraq, Says Defence Secretary

Monday, December 15, 2014
Hundreds more British troops are being sent to Iraq next month to bolster the fight against Islamic State (Isis) militants, compounding fears of “mission creep.”English
Country(s): 
Iraq
United Kingdom
Author(s): 
Mark Townsend
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian (UK)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Failed Hostage Raid Exposes Obama's Shortcomings

Monday, December 15, 2014
Failed missions to rescue U.S. hostage Luke Somers have exposed the shortcomings of President Obama's strategy in Yemen, according to critics.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
U.S. Policy

African States Review Counter-Terror Strategy

Monday, December 15, 2014
Officials from across Africa just wrapped up a two-day conference in Algiers focused on developing better counter-terror policies.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Hayam El Hadi
Publisher / Source: 
Magharebia
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Islamic State Overruns Town in Anbar, Executes Awakening Fighters

Monday, December 15, 2014
The Islamic State took control of a town in Anbar province in western Iraq yesterday and executed 21 members of the Sunni Awakening tribal movement in another town late last week.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Bill Roggio
Caleb Weiss
Publisher / Source: 
The Long War Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Chad to Host Flintlock 2015

Monday, December 15, 2014
Chad announced it will host the Flintlock 2015 exercise, U.S. Africa Command’s premier Special Operations Forces exercise, which will kick off Feb. 16, 2015 in the capital N’Djamena with outstations in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tunisia, and will run through March 9, 2015.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Author(s): 
Bardha Azari
Publisher / Source: 
United States Africa Command

Iguala: la historia no oficial

Monday, December 15, 2014
La noche del 26 de septiembre policías de Iguala y Cocula, obedeciendo órdenes del alcalde igualteco, atacaron a los normalistas de Ayotzinapa, mataron a tres y a otros 43 se los entregaron a Guerreros Unidos, grupo que presuntamente los asesinó e incineró. Esa es la versión oficial. Pero una investigación periodística, basada en documentos oficiales, videos y testimonios, cuenta otra historia: El ataque fue orquestado y ejecutado por la Policía Federal, con la complicidad o franca colaboración del Ejército.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Anabel Hernandez
Steve Fisher
Publisher / Source: 
Proceso (Mexico)
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

West Africa after Compaoré

Monday, December 15, 2014
Burkina Faso and especially Compaoré were often presented by external partners as pillars of stability in West Africa. The effects of Compaoré’s downfall are already being felt in West AfricaEnglish
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Institute for Security Studies
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement

Iguala: la historia no oficial

Monday, December 15, 2014
La noche del 26 de septiembre policías de Iguala y Cocula, obedeciendo órdenes del alcalde igualteco, atacaron a los normalistas de Ayotzinapa, mataron a tres y a otros 43 se los entregaron a Guerreros Unidos, grupo que presuntamente los asesinó e incineró. Esa es la versión oficial. Pero una investigación periodística, basada en documentos oficiales, videos y testimonios, cuenta otra historia: El ataque fue orquestado y ejecutado por la Policía Federal, con la complicidad o franca colaboración del Ejército.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Anabel Hernandez
Steve Fisher
Publisher / Source: 
Proceso (Mexico)
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

France Says It Has 'Neutralised' 200 Jihadists in Sahel

Monday, December 15, 2014
French forces have either killed or captured nearly 200 jihadists in the Sahel region of west Africa in the past year, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said SundayEnglish
Country(s): 
Sahel Regional
Publisher / Source: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Tunisia's Jolly Green Giants make way for new Black Hawks - See more at: http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/tunisia-s-jolly-green-giants-make-way-for-new-black-hawks.html#sthash.GQEfRowD.dpuf

Monday, December 15, 2014
The Tunisian Air Force's HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicoptersare set to be replaced by 12 Sikorsky S70 Black Hawks – but it remains unclear whether these will be donated or sold to Tunisia by the USA.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
Arabian Aerospace Online News Service
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

African Experts Discuss Security Threats

Monday, December 15, 2014
African diplomats and security experts agreed Thursday (December 11th) on the need to dry up the sources of terrorist financing by criminalising ransom payments and combating drug trafficking gangs. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Magharebia
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Afghanistan’s Thriving Drug Trade Worries Neighbours

Monday, December 15, 2014
The sad truth is that the Western war on drug production in Afghanistan over the past 13 years has been a disaster. Afghanistan’s post-Soviet neighbors – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are nervously pondering how the drawdown of foreign troops in Afghanistan to one-tenth the size of their 2010 deployments will affect this trade, so destabilizing for regional security.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
John C. K. Daly
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Damning Report Claims Mexican Federal Police Participated In Disappearance Of 43 Students

Monday, December 15, 2014
Mexico's federal police collaborated with local forces in the September attack on 43 students whose disappearance and presumed killings have led to mass protests in the country, according to an investigative report published Sunday in the Mexican magazine Proceso.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Roque Planas
Carolina Moreno
Publisher / Source: 
The Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Policing

Ukraine Aid Bill Heads To Obama

Monday, December 15, 2014
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a bill authorizing lethal aid for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature or veto.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Luke Johnson
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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