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If you are headed to Pakistan - watch your back

2008-06-27 03:20:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Pakistan. President Karzai has been very vocal regarding Pakistan's involvement in his country's border area and his warnings suggesting Afghanistan's intent to attack their neighbor seems to be starting to agitate the Paskistani authorities. Which makes me wonder....is Karzai's theatrics a way to open the door for his U.S. protectors to...
 
Tags: pakistan, president karzai, afghan border, karzai, border, pakistani border, murky world, world, nuclear weapons capability
 
 
 
 
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Fears that Bhutto assassination will further destabilize Pakistan and the region

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2007-12-29 17:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...Pakistan since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. We are paying particular close attention since we were contacted by a client last week to provide an executive protection team to accompany their executives to the troubled country in the New Year There are many theories floating around as to who is responsible for the assassination. The...
 
Tags: bhutto, abundant knowledge, knowledge, assassination, pakistan, local knowledge, executive protection team, benazir bhutto, political scene
 
 
 
 
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YouTube hijacked by Pakistan, caused global outage!

2008-02-25 03:10:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
YouTube has been blocked by Pakistan's government because it contained blasphemous content, videos and documents". Shortly after, Pakistan shutdown YouTube globally by (possibly accidentally) hijacking their IP space via BGP
 
Tags: youtube, pakistan, pakistan shutdown youtube, blasphemous content, government, bgp, documents, space, possibly
 
 
 
 
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Death Toll of Hotel Bombing in Pakistan Continues to Rise

2008-09-25 03:39:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Pakistan, India, etc., will continue to be Prime Targets. Serious surveys need to be conducted and overall security needs to be enhanced. Vehicular access needs to be closely monitored and controlled in the more hostile regions. Marriott and all the others need to focus on counter surveillance measures to ensure the safety of their guests...
 
Tags: islamabad, islamabad marriott, marriott, marriott review, counter surveillance measures, foreigners, hostile regions, vehicular access, overseas location
 
 
 
 
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Al Qaeda Threat Overrated

2008-05-07 12:56:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Pakistan frontier and those that developed in some corners of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 needs to continue, says Sheehan. It's especially important to keep wanna-be jihadists in the West from joining with more experienced fighters who can give them hands-on weapons and explosives training. When left to their own devices, as it were,...
 
Tags: sheehan, sheehan writes, qaeda, terrorist cell capable, terrorism, cell, defeat terrorism, attack, attack tomorrow
 
 
 
 
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Fourth Undersea Cable Failure in Middle East

2008-02-05 20:28:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The third one is between the UAE and Oman. The fourth one connected Qatar and the UAE. This one may not have been cut, but taken offline due to power issues The first three have been blamed on ships' anchors, but there is some dispute about that. And that's...
 
Tags: offline, international herald tribune, lost internet connectivity, offline due, persian gulf, iran, qatar, saudi arabia, fourth
 
 
 
 
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"The Kite Runner" will change how you think about Afghanistan

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2008-04-29 11:16:44 by HASH0x8acb904 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Pakistan. Nothing distinctive and in fact lets face it, I am not sure we humanize the people who live in that part of the world, as we do Europeans or our fellow Americans. I knew little to nothing of Afghan history or lifestyle. Our American view of the world makes it hard for us to remember that children are children the world over and...
 
Tags: people, afghan people real, muslim world, world, afghanistan, movie tells, movie, kite runner, american view
 
 
 
 
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Heroin vs. Terrorism

2008-05-01 06:56:21 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Pakistan on workshops and seminars to counter al-Qaeda's ideology
 
Tags: crime, international crime, crime agency, agency, government intends, soca, government, british police forces, ridiculous victorian patchwork
 
 
 
 
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Gonzo: Two Thumbs In and Up

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2008-07-17 10:10:12 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed -- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W....
 
Tags: life, security, sought security, personal security, national security emergency, software security, expensive war, war, hunter
 
 
 
 
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Islamabad Bomb's Secret Ingredient

2008-09-22 13:06:00