Mathematicians Offer Help in Terror Fight
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. - A small group of thinking men and women convened at Rutgers University last month to consider how order theory - a branch of abstract mathematics that deals with hierarchical relationships - could be applied to the war on terror...
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New Pentagon estimates of the Iraqi insurgency&#39;s numbers and funding reveal a military challenge vastly more daunting than anything planned for.
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Jarret Brachman recently told a class of West Point cadets that many Americans had an unsophisticated image of Islamic terrorists &#151; that they live in caves, "you know, beating the women over their heads." On the contrary, the U.S. is fighting a far more technologically savvy enemy &#151; one adept at both propaganda and Power Point &#151; said Brachman, the director of research at the United States Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center.
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British researchers find a way to close a potential flaw in quantum communication systems.
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Specialists make bombs from common household items to help the FBI defend against low-tech terrorist threats in the United States. By the Associated Press.
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Not worth a tin full of beans Analysis A significant and noticeable part of the US and European academy of terrorism studies is like a shark. If it stops swimming forward, it dies. This has two consequences: a drive to publish or perish which, in turn, motivates it to creep onto past battlefields, assessing which bodies can be ignored for the sake of renewing mythologies; or new terror analyses that purport to show Byzantine networks and capabilities.â¦
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Researchers looking to root out computer attacks hope that speed kills.
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Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida's No. 2. George Habash of the PLO. Mahmoud Zahar, the Hamas strongman in Gaza. All trained as doctors &#151; as did at least seven suspects in the failed bomb attacks in Britain.
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Security experts consider easing  the estimate of the terrorist threat to the UK as six suspects are held.
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With terrorists around every corner, weapons of mass destruction on our doorsteps, and Michael Moore running around strapped with explosives, who are we going to call for help?
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Experts point to enormous technical and logistical obstacles confronting would-be nuclear terrorists. Senior officials on President Bush's national security team believe al Qaeda has shifted its attention to other efforts, at least for now.
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The international terrorist threat is increasing as more recruits become radicalised, even though police and intelligence agencies are getting better at disrupting militant plots.
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Cases like this embolden extremists and provide them an opportunity to advocate for their worldview.
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A formula for Web schemes: a lot of mathematicians, a lax legal system and Western targets.
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Viewpoint: Can security be increased without turning schools into armed camps? An expert on disaster preparedness tells how it can be done
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Public health researchers have developed a model for recommending a range of responses in the event of an anthrax bioterrorist attack.
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The "values" of terrorism, and of trying to contain it, will be the focus of a two-day conference at the University of Utah, Thursday and Friday.  Nobel Laureate Amartya K.