It turns out that recently a suicide bomber attacked a Saudi prince by hiding the bomb in an undignified body cavity. One potential technological countermeasure that could be adapted to airport security requirements: ultrasound scans to search for detonators.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Settling old scores
It's adding up to quite a month. In Somalia, US special forces killed a militant leader alleged to have been behind the 1998 embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania. Now, Indonesian police claim to have killed the alleged mastermind of the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings. Drone attacks on militant leaders continue in Pakistan. Are we seeing an escalation in targeted killing as a tactic?
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