The threat of agroterrorism to Australia: A preliminary assessment

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A preliminary assessment of agroterrorism threat to Australia is provided and current threat scenarios and existing vulnerabilities within Australia are examined. The threat of agroterrorism is real and to mitigate the threat the Australian authorities must be able to identify and control the movement of dangerous pathogens between Southeast Asia and encourage information sharing between national and international intelligence agencies.

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A failure of imagination (Intelligence, WMDs, and "virtual jihad")

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Intelligence estimates based on models keyed to frequency and recency of past occurrences make people less secure even if they predict most harmful events. To defeat terrorist networks requires grasping novel relations between an englobing messianic moral framework, the rootless intellectual and physical mobility of immigrant and diaspora communities, and the overarching conceptual, emotional, and logistical affordances of the Internet.

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From Ocalan to Al Qaida: The continuing terrorist threat in Turkey

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The most recent terrorist attacks in Turkey suggest a new phase in the country's war against terrorist groups. The continued existence of other militant organizations suggests continued security problems for the government in the country.

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