Archives for the ‘The Players’ Category

Private Military Contractors – A Short History

By James Grey • Jul 7th, 2006 • Category: The Players

Throughout history, military forces have depended on civilian contractors of one sort or another to give their military personnel flexibility, or to fulfill logistical and support functions that soldiers do not need to do.



Uranium Revolution?: Abdul Qadeer Khan and Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

By Rob Wood • Nov 2nd, 2003 • Category: The Players

When the IAEA recently announced that Iran was possibly in breach of the Nuclear Weapons Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and had likely been developing an [...]



Whatever Happened to the 15 May Organisation?

By Rob Wood • Mar 20th, 2003 • Category: The Players

Whatever Happened to the 15 May Organisation?
Author: Rob Wood
Posted: March 20, 2003
The 15 May Organisation [...]



Aum Shinrikyo Update

By Brandon Watson • Oct 28th, 2002 • Category: The Players

RECENT ALEPH DEVELOPMENTS
Aleph has made headlines recently on several occasions that are uniformly noteworthy. As the Justice Ministry in Japan slowly uncovers more and [...]



Aum Shinrikyo: The horror…

By Brandon Watson • Aug 20th, 2002 • Category: The Players

On March 20, 1995, membersof the Aum Shinrikyo cult executed a Sarin nerve gas attack in the Tokyo Subways, which killed 12 people and injured more than 3,000(another 1,500 psychological injuries were documented on top of this number). In the following months, four more attacks were executed,though these with no casualties. The cult leader, Shoko [...]