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Richard Clarke is a prophet of doom who has been sounding the alarm about a cyber-Apocalypse for more than a decade. The former top counter-terrorism advisor for U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush envisions a scenario in which computer hackers simultaneously take down the Pentagon's computer networks; trigger explosions at oil refineries; release chlorine gas from chemical plants; disable air traffic control centres; cause trains and subways to collide; delete all the data on the computers of the U.S. Federal Reserve and major banks and then take down power grids, plunging the United States into darkness from coast to coast. It's a vision of cyber war in which thousands die; cities run out of food; the world's finance system collapses and looters take to the streets. "In all the wars America has fought, no nation has ever done this kind of damage to our cities," Mr. Clarke says. "But a sophisticated cyber war attack by one of several nation...

Mind Games : A brief history of information warfare Israeli information warriors—both government operatives and the media they work to manipulate—fail to understand global media warfare. Their mishandling of the crises in Lebanon and Gaza and the recent flotilla incident has cast Israel as the villain in the global theater of war and conflict. Israel has not understood the difference between how it sees itself and how others perceive its actions, or if it has, it seems not to care whether the audience dislikes its performance on the Middle Eastern stage. Many Western observers are bemused by the actions of a democratic nation that arguably has the best cause in the world but the worst propaganda, especially on a regional and wider global level. Perhaps, for domestic political purposes, Israel is too preoccupied with domestic opinion—which, in reality, can be relied upon to be largely patriotic given that the Jewish state is bordered by so many hostile neighbors. Yet Israel is ha...

NATO: regional organization or world policeman? Tags: World , Commentary , Russia , Politics , NATO Maria Chupina 2.10.2010, 20:14 Russia hopes that NATO’s new strategy to be passed in Lisbon in November will provide for collective defenses which stay within the bounds of international law. According to Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, Russia expects NATO to abstain from taking decisions bypassing the UN Security Council, as it happened before. Moscow hopes NATO’s new strategy to shift emphasis from Article Five of the NATO Charter, which allows for independent decisions beyond the bounds of international law and within the jurisdiction of the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council, the minister says, should have the last say on security matters. Russia and NATO should cooperate within the bounds provided by the Founding Act and the Rome Declaration, which means that peace-keeping operations can be held only by the decision of th...

Turkish warplanes bomb terrorist targets in Iraq Turkish warplanes bombed outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq early on Sunday, the Turkish military said in a statement posted on its Web site. Turkey's deputy prime minister urged terrorists to surrender after the airstrike. Cemil �i�ek, who is also the government spokesman, said Turkey would press ahead with operations against PKK bases in northern Iraq "with determination when necessary." It was the first confirmed operation with fighter jets against terrorist targets across the border since the invasion of Iraq, although Turkey has hit Iraqi territory with ground-based artillery and via helicopter. The attack follows a promise last month by the United States to share intelligence about the terrorists with Turkey. Private NTV television said some 50 warplanes, taking off from bases in eastern and western Turkey, were involved in the raids. One woman was killed in the airstrikes, a local of...

Nyugodj békében Papné Ábraham Juditt posztomusz hadnagy! Hungarian soldier killed, 3 wounded in Afghanistan BUDAPEST, Hungary - One Hungarian soldier has been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a military convoy in northern Afghanistan, the Hungarian Defence Ministry said Monday. The attack took place at 01:30 GMT, when the 18-vehicle convoy, which was carrying Hungarian troops to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, was fired on from several sides after a roadside explosion. The vehicle carrying the injured troops was also hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. A 32-year-old female solider, 1st Sgt. Judit Abraham Papp, died at the scene, 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of the town of Pul-e-Khumri, while another suffered life-threatening injuries and two more were seriously hurt. Some of the troops in the convoy were on their way back to Hungary after having completed their tours of duty. After the attack, the convoy returned to its base in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province, where H...