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Boston Bombing Suspects: Grassroots Militants from Chechnya

April 19th, 2013

By Dan Miller This is from Stratfor: Summary Timothy Albens (C) of the Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis (Center R) in Watertown, Mass., on April 19 The identities of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing — Chechen brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 — appear tentatively to confirm […]

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Tags: Boston bombing, Chechnya, grassroots, jihad, Muslim, Stratfor, threat
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Happy Birthday, Kim Il-sung

April 13th, 2013

By Dan Miller Well, sorta. Maybe it will be his last, but I wouldn’t count on it. Kim Il-sung was born (it is written and may even be true) on April 15, 1912. There are over 500 statues of Kim Il-sung in North Korea. The most prominent are at Kim Il-sung University, Kim Il-sung Stadium, Mansudae Hill, Kim Il-sung […]

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Tags: Japan, Kim Il-sung, North Korea, nuclear weapons, South Korea, threat, war
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North Korea’s Nukes and the Ferocious Kim Jong-un

January 30th, 2013

By Dan Miller Will the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) test another atomic bomb soon and will the test “target” the United States? It seems likely, but how might it be done?

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Tags: Iran, Kim Jong-un, missiles, North Korea, nuclear test, sanctions, threat
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Israel Faces a Threat Far Greater than Did the United States in 2001

September 13th, 2012

By Dan Miller The damage done to the United States on September 11, 2001 was horrific. Yet we are able each year to hold somber Nine-Eleven remembrances. Should the greater and more obvious threat now facing Israel not be countered, there may be no one left in Israel to hold similar remembrances. I had set […]

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Tags: appeasement, Iran, Israel, nuclear weapons, terrorism, threat, U.S.
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Don’t Go “Caveman” in a Crisis

May 17th, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor Research has shown that when we experience a crisis, we regress back to our primitive ancestors; we go caveman! We fall back on most deeply ingrained instincts and habits that have served us well for eons by ensuring our survival, namely, by triggering the “fight-or-flight” response. This primal reaction produces intense […]

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Tags: business, caveman, control, crisis, emotions, fight, flight, reactions, threat
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