Latest Terrorism Focus Articles

Uncertainty over Indonesian ban on JI

Confusion over Indonesia's stance towards Jemaah Islamiyah, the Islamist militant group blamed for a host of attacks and plots throughout Southeast Asia, continues. On March 21 Ansyaad Mbai, head of the counter-terrorism desk at Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, said that the... MORE

London’s ‘Dirty Bomb’ Scare

Indications of the seriousness of the WMD threat, or at least of the level of intentions to employ such a device, were brought a little closer to home on September 24, when British police in London arrested four men on suspicion of the commission, preparation... MORE