Thursday, February 05, 2004

This is a great report (pdf) on the psychology of terrorism put together by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (dated: September, 1999).  The upshot is that the report sagely concluded that Al Qaeda represented the only viable threat against the US.  Whatever form an attack may take, bin Laden will most likely retaliate in a spectacular way for the cruise missile attack against his Afghan camp in August 1998. 9:42:36 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

The president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, granted a full pardon on Thursday to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, who admitted sharing nuclear technology with other countries... 9:30:00 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

Snippets from Al-Qaeda's bi-weekly e-zine (quotes from bin Laden): "We continue on our path and in our Jihad against America. We continue to strike at America and we expect that our next blow will cause the collapse of the situation [in Saudi Arabia] due to the vengeful response, the first result of which will be the direct occupation of the oil sources and America's entrance [into Saudi Arabia] with the aim of changing the situation from its foundations." "It will be a surprising blow, that is, one that is completely unexpected. They cannot conceive or imagine the way in which it will be carried out… It is a great blow. That is, the losses that will be caused to America and the Western world in its wake will be very great. Due to its magnitude, the blow will change the international balances of powers…" It looks like bin Laden is starting to move towards a failed state strategy (which is very smart and very bad for us).  The lesson of 9/11 - Iraq was not lost on bin Laden.  If they can sucker the US into Saudi Arabia (there are a couple ways to do this that are very counter-intuitive), we will have truly lost. 8:07:08 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

KaZaA wireless?  Hmmm.  Sounds like an SMS or e-mail gateway that lets you control your desktop app from your phone.  I would love to see many more of these remote control apps (like a TiVo interface on your Treo that can direct your TiVo at home what to record), but I wouldn't ever give that kind of access to the folks at KaZaA.  Where is Sony when you need them? 9:16:19 AM    Comment_ Trackback []