AAKROSH the Asian Journal on
	Terrorism & Conflict

JANUARY 2006 - Volume 9 Number 30
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE: RISING CHALLENGES OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS

AL-QAEDA: THE BASE EXPANDS
On 5 February 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powell had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, “Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants.” ...

THE CHALLENGE OF SUICIDE TERRORISM
Terrorism is today a global scourge and nations have to face the challenge in the best manner that they can within the framework of their political and legal systems. But, when terrorist groups hijack passenger airplanes and smash them into targets like the World Trade Centre ...

CUSTODY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The American experience of custody of nuclear weapons is of contemporary interest because they were initially produced under military control, and then transferred to a civilian Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the armed forces ...

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General Military
No civil courts for armed forces personnel
Gp.Capt. T.P.SRIVASTAV (Retd.), who was in the elite 'P' staff at Air Headquarters, argues that armed forces personnel should not be allowed to appeal to civil courts. He says the ...

Land Systems
Looking at alternatives to APMs

Naval Systems
Long Range Acoustic Device for sea piracy
The Orions

Military Aircraft/Space
Kashmir, covert wars and air power
Russian, India cooperation in space
Some aspects of Patriot missile defence system
Patriot system in context of South Asia
Missile defence lobbies and the Pentagon
Sweden celebrates 50 years of the Draken

CIVIL AVIATION
BAE milestone with laser based countermeasures
Boeing launches passenger, freighter variants

Technology
Running quiet on electric power: A Humvee
Wasps can detect drugs, explosives

Cover Story
Indo-US nuclear agreement 1: Gauging the wind
Where is the Indo-US nuclear agreement going? Our resident nuclear consultant and Managing Director of Nuclear Agendas, BRIG. VIJAI NAIR (Retd), argues that India must proceed carefully with this agreement. ...

Industry
Pakistan: Subversion of state from within
Oil for food: The real scandal

Intelligence
Pakistan: Subversion of state from within
The attempt to assassinate Pakistan's President Parvez Musharraf three years ago was attributed to Jihadi groups. What was generally passed ...
Oil for food: The real scandal
The real scandal surrounding the oil for food programme has never been told. Here is an extract which paints a sad picture of where the money went and who benefited....

Nuclear
Nuclear bunker buster bomb shot down
THE Chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Pete Domenici (R-NM) announced that Senate Energy ...
China's fast breeder reactor .. Super Efficient"
CHINESE scientists aim to have a “super-efficient” nuclear reactor in 2010 that will relieve China’s uranium supply ...

Issue and Analysis
Democracy's pitfalls: The Afghan experience
For a country that has not even known feudalism, the Afghan embrace of democracy would appear unprecedented. Even former Taliban leaders ...
Myanmar: The apital shifts to Pinmana
Myanmar's military rulers moved their capital lock, stock and barrel, from Yangon to what seemed like a remote jungle ...

Energy
Hydrogen: Europe's future in a world minus oil
Hydrogen is no longer seen as a distant alternative to conventional fuels. Europe is beginning what could be a major push towards a hydrogen economy, cutting the continent's heavy dependence on oil. ...
China pins energy hopes on Kazakhstan
China's purchase of oil assets in Kazakhstan is a crucial indicator of its game plan in Central Asia. In this extract from the Eurasianet.org, an analyst examines China's strategy and the larger picture. ...

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