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Issue no. 620 dated 24 june, 2010

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RAK brothers vie for power

A power struggle is being played out between the sons of SheikhSaqr Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the dying Emir of Ras al-Khaimah. The struggle for control of the poorest of the seven territories that make up the United Arab Emirates is mobilising lobbyists, investigators and private security advisors in London and Washington.(...) [ 597 words ] [€8]

UNITED STATES / LEBANON
Ryan C Crocker

(...) [ 64 words ] [€1,5]
SAUDI ARABIA / FRANCE
Abdallah bin Abdulaziz

(...) [ 134 words ] [€1,5]
UNITED STATES / NORWAY
Zalmay Khalilzad

(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]

Soldiers take their calls in tunnels

The U.S. Army is developing underground telephones that function using electromagnetic induction.(...) [ 286 words ] [€5]

Pyongyang's window on the net

North Korea does not have Internet access. For its external operations on the web, Pyongyang buys IP addresses via the Thai company Star.(...) [ 390 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

YEMEN

Sana'a overrun by jihadists

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula managed to liberate a group of its activists held prisoner in the South Yemen capital. The movement has the support of tribes in the east.(...) [ 339 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

DGSE hiring hackers

The DGSE’s technical service was the principal beneficiary of a recent budget increase, and it is now busy recruiting.(...) [ 200 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / CHINA

Chirac’s red guard

Former French President Jacques Chirac’s Foundation is very active in China. At the beginning of June, it agreed to help France’s Notarial Superior Council to develop(...) [ 176 words ] [€5]

GEORGIA

Tbilisi’s arms struggle

During a visit to Paris June 7-8, the Georgian president Mikhail Saakachvili presented several requests for military materiel.(...) [ 253 words ] [FREE]

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ITALY - Gianni De Gennaro, head of the Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza, which(...) [ 100 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Valerie Maldonado, Division Commissioner, is to take charge of the Office central de(...) [ 82 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - The DRM, France's military intelligence service, has taken to having direct relations(...) [ 92 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill, could be the next chairman of the(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Guards to protect networks While the DGSE is busy trying to recruit hackers, (see opposite), the Agence National(...) [ 106 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Matthew G Olsen, director for the past year of the Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force,(...) [ 80 words ] [€1,5]

CANADA - John C. Major, the former judge who led the Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,5]

AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN

General Kayani plays mediator

The Pakistan Army has been given carte blanche to hand pick the Taliban who will take part in a political settlement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.(...) [ 309 words ] [€5]

IRAN

Getting round sanctions

Faced with ever more punitive sanctions - imposed by the UN on June 9, by the U.S. Department of Treasury on June 16, and European Union probably next - Iran has(...) [ 131 words ] [€5]

ISRAEL - Israeli delegation at Eurosatory Major General Ehud Shani, director-general of Israel’s Defence Ministry, led the official(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tracking Iran’s suppliers According to our information, Abu Dhabi recently addressed a circular to a handful of(...) [ 82 words ] [€1,5]

SAUDI ARABIA - Air Force’s new head The top brass of BAE Systems, EADS and Lockheed Martin have been closely studying the(...) [ 111 words ] [€1,5]

IRAN - China’s HQ-9, Russian S-300 After close examination of the evidence, several military intelligence services have(...) [ 115 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA

Preparing for post-Jintao

Xi Jinping’s Shanghai clan are waiting in the wings to take over from Hu Jintao’s intelligence service.(...) [ 203 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN

General Kayani plays mediator

The Pakistan Army has been given carte blanche to hand pick the Taliban who will take part in a political settlement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.(...) [ 309 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / CHINA

Chirac’s red guard

Former French President Jacques Chirac’s Foundation is very active in China. At the beginning of June, it agreed to help France’s Notarial Superior Council to develop(...) [ 176 words ] [€5]

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THE RED LINE

INDIA / BRAZIL / FRANCE

Bricks and mortars

Anti-corruption regulations have prompted western military groups to team up with civil construction companies in Brazil and India.(...) [ 338 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Management rethink for Geos

Without a managing director since the departure of Patrick Coutant, the private security company is in the throes of a reorganisation.(...) [ 191 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / RUSSIA

Super-catamaran for Russian Mistrals

Technology transfer that Vladimir Putin would like to obtain as part of Russia’s proposed acquisition of Mistral amphibious assault ships includes a new ultra-modern landing craft.(...) [ 292 words ] [€5]

SWITZERLAND

Russian divorce

Will Dmitry Rybolovlev be the first Russian oligarch obliged to hand over a large chunk of his fortune to his ex-wife?(...) [ 252 words ] [€5]

FRANCE - Bruno de Zelicourt will succeed Patrice Menard July 1 at the head of Risk & Co, the private(...) [ 74 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Oxford Analytica is still looking for a CEO, six months after the departure of Alfred(...) [ 89 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM / CANADA - SNC-Lavalin looks for military contracts A regular subcontractor to the Canadian Forces, the civil engineering and construction(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Rhodia accused of patent theft For the past six years Rhodia has been caught up in a legal wrangle with its competitor(...) [ 140 words ] [€1,5]

IRAQ / FRANCE - CS Systems to hand in its report The French group CS Systems, formerly Communication & Systemes, is due shortly to hand(...) [ 72 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Lords defend ransom payment The British parliament is due to soon discuss a report by the European Union Committee(...) [ 173 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

FAI and development fraud

Forensic Analytics International specialises in investigations into development aid fraud.(...) [ 174 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES

Court to rule on immunity

The legal spat between private security consultant Robert Eringer and Prince Albert of Monaco has mostly provided copy for the tabloid press, but it may also establish(...) [ 158 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / KYRGYZSTAN - Kroll worked for the Kyrgyz Asia Universal Bank, close to the son of the former president(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Tom Ondeck, who heads the International Strategies branch of the security and investigation(...) [ 118 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Thomas F McLarty, director of the strategic consulting firm McLarty Associates is to(...) [ 97 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Xe Services, the private security company formerly known as Blackwater, was not among(...) [ 105 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM / CANADA - SNC-Lavalin looks for military contracts A regular subcontractor to the Canadian Forces, the civil engineering and construction(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

KURDISTAN / ISRAEL

Idan Ofer’s secret trip

Israeli Idan Ofer, heir to the world’s 130th largest private fortune, travelled to Sulaiman, in the north of Kurdish Iraq, May 27.(...) [ 171 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / KYRGYZSTAN - Kroll worked for the Kyrgyz Asia Universal Bank, close to the son of the former president(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

IRAQ - Battle in the air Weighed down by its $1.2 billion debt to Kuwait Airways, Iraqi Airways, the national(...) [ 79 words ] [€1,5]

IRAQ / FRANCE - CS Systems to hand in its report The French group CS Systems, formerly Communication & Systemes, is due shortly to hand(...) [ 72 words ] [€1,5]

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