Washington ProFile - International News & Information Agency - Terrorism

AZERBAIJAN: Participation in Anti-Terror Coalition a Top Priority for Baku

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:26:58 -0500

Azerbaijan’s active participation in the anti-terror coalition and international cooperation in that sphere will remain one of the top priorities of the government, the minister of defense, General Colonel Safar Abiev, informed a U.S. delegation.

Tajik Authorities Prevent Alleged Terrorist Attacks by IMU

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:00:06 -0400

According to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan Sharif Nazarov, the country’s law enforcement forces have averted a series of terrorist attacks planned by the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

Two Charged with Terrorism in Moscow

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:57:03 -0400

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia has indicted two law students for committing an act of terrorism on the country’s territory in 2006.

Senior Official: Terrorist Threat Ongoing Concern in Kyrgyzstan

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:13:22 -0500

Deputy head of the Kyrgyz Security Council, Alik Orozov, told journalists on 17 May that terrorism is still a serious problem in his country.

Security Forces Uncover Plan to Enlist Azeri Women for Suicide Bombing Missions

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:02:04 -0500

According to Azerbaijani Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov, the country’s security forces discovered a plot hatched by local al-Qaeda operatives to recruit young Azeri women for suicide bombing missions...

SCO Holds Anti-Terrorist Training Exercises in Uzbekistan

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:48:44 -0500

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a four-day anti-terrorist training session in Uzbekistan...

Kyrgyz Authorities Arrest Suspected Members of Outlawed Political Group

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:41:51 -0500

Kyrgyz police arrested two alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the radical Islamist political organization banned in Kyrgyzstan, and seized weapons and group-related literature, Interfax reported on 14 February...

An Interview with an Ex-KGB Agent

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:49:51 -0500

A former foreign intelligence officer in the KGB, Konstantin Preobrazhensky spent many years working undercover in Japan as a TASS correspondent. He shares firsthand knowledge about Soviet intelligence operations, concluding that Russia’s current security structures have been left essentially unchanged.

An Interview with Robert Baer

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:38:17 -0500

Robert Baer, the former CIA case officer whose book “See No Evil” inspired the Hollywood film “Syriana”, talks about the agency’s evolution during and after his tenure, and what he sees as its monumental failure to adapt to post-cold war realities.

Suspected Members of Radical Islamic Group Detained

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:06:59 -0500

Eight people, suspected of belonging to the banned Uzbek Islamic Movement (UIM), were arrested on 5 December in the city of Khudzhand in northern Tajikistan...

Official Says Outlawed Group’s Membership Grew in 2005

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:49:27 -0500

According to a law enforcement official, in southern Kyrgyzstan, membership in the outlawed radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir has risen significantly in 2005...

CACO Issues List of Outlawed Terrorist Organizations

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:19:35 -0500

Security heads of the Central Asian Cooperation Organization approved a list of over 100 organizations banned as terrorist groups...

Anna Politkovskaya in Memoriam

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:01:36 -0500

Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s leading investigative journalists, most well known for her criticism of Moscow's war in Chechnya, was slain by unknown assailants on 7 October, 2006. She spoke with Washington Profile in 2005 about her experiences covering the harsh realities of life in war-torn Chechnya.

Turkmenbashi's Heavy-Handed Reign

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:58:11 -0500

An interview with Leonid Komarovsky, a prominent Russian journalist and émigré to the United States, who on November 26, 2002, was detained by Turkmenistan's authorities after visiting the Central Asian country on business.

David and Goliath: Non-Governmental Actors Are Taking on Nation-States

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:43:44 -0400

An Interview with Olga Oliker, Senior International Policy Analyst at the Rand Corporation