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MILNET is proud to present the AFI-Research Archives Regional Index. The Index is organized into the following sections:

• America Goes To War
• AFI News Releases
• General Worldwide Topics
• Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
• Former Yugoslavia
• Elsewhere in the Middle East
• The Rest of the World
• AFI Research Reports

• 07/08/2002   US steps into a potential Middle Eastern quagmire
• 06/28/2002   Islamic terrorism looks for new methods of attack
• 06/19/2002   Middle East debate - time for plain speaking
• 06/13/2002   MILNET: Libertarian's Still Knifing the War on Terror
• 06/11/2002   Nuclear terrorism - America's latest nightmare
• 06/10/2002   Iraq stirs the Middle East cauldron
• 06/08/2002   President Bush embraces 'Big Brother' ideals
• 06/06/2002   Al Qa'ida as bloodthirsty as ever
• 06/04/2002   The terrorist threat to all our futures
• 05/29/2002   Relocation of Islamic fundamentalists from the Caucasus to the Middle East
• 05/21/2002   Iran; at last the real enemy appears
• 05/20/2002   First casualties of a increasingly hostile Media
• 05/19/2002   European Terrorism Overview
• 05/15/2002   On a Road To Nowhere
• 05/11/2002   Iraq may opt for the unexpected
• 05/09/2002   Big Brother Finally Here?
• 05/06/2002   Al Qaida to go on European Rampage? Omar Mullah to retake Afghanistan? Really?
• 04/28/2002   MILNET: INS to become a two headed monster
• 04/27/2002   MILNET: Pentagon's War Plans
• 04/25/2002   MILNET: Taliban and Al-Qaida - Where Have They Gone?
• 04/24/2002   MILNET: Dirty Bombs
• 04/23/2002   Time for More Plain Speaking
• 04/19/2002   Taliban regroup for widescale guerrilla warfare
• 03/29/2002   MILNET: Avoid Jungle Fights If You Can
• 03/29/2002   MILNET: Arab Nations Together in a Death Spiral
• 03/28/2002   US policy on Iraq faces major set-back
• 03/28/2002   MILNET: Avoid Turning Pakistan Into Another Iran
• 03/27/2002   Another Lurch Towards All Out War
• 03/25/2002   MILNET: For Iraq: Weeks not Months
• 03/23/2002   MILNET: War Drums: Iraq gets more of the Evil Empire Treatment
• 03/23/2002   MILNET: Terrorism: Still A Tool of Negative Diplomacy
• 03/20/2002   Taliban prepare for a summer campaign
• 03/04/2002   The Taliban Refuse to go away
• 02/28/2002   MILNET: Last Minute Diplomacy? Or Attempts at Appeasement Destined for Failure
• 02/22/2002   MILNET: Does the U.S. President have the right to Expand the War on Terror
• 02/22/2002   CIA warns of potential for new Afghan Civil War
• 02/20/2002   MILNET: Is it now time for Suddam to Ousted Forcibly?
• 02/19/2002   Afghanistan slowly returns to its old ways
• 02/16/2002   MILNET: The Axis of Evil - Why Those Three Countries?
• 02/16/2002   The US issues a blacklist of terrorist enemies
• 02/14/2002   The United States has decided to overthrow Saddam's regime
• 02/13/2002   The CIA struggles to make up for lost time
• 02/12/2002   The Taliban resurfaces under new names
• 02/11/2002   Closed minds abound in the Middle East
• 02/10/2002   Iraq may target children in revenge attacks
• 02/07/2002   Abdullah opts for US money and protection
• 02/06/2002   Al Qa'ida alive and dangerous
• 02/05/2002   Smallpox: The ideal terrorist weapon
• 02/02/2002   Where does Arafat go from here?
• 01/27/02 :  War on Terrorism sinks deeper in the mire
• 01/25/02 :  Is America winning all the battles, but losing the war?
• 01/23/02 :  The Upcoming Gulf Crisis
• 01/22/02 :  Losing the Media War
• 01/09/02   Middle Eastern Air Defences may have a limited anti-Stealth capability
• 01/09/02   MILNET: Iran and China Quietly Beefing Up Iranian Defenses
• 01/21/02 :  Britain paying for ex-Terrorists continuing disloyalty
• 01/20/02 :  The Middle East - watch this space
• 01/16/02 :  Continued US Middle Eastern military presence risks Arab backlash
• 01/16/02 :  Is Iran Secretly at War with U.S.?
• 01/14/02 :  POWS-It all depends on what you mean by...
• 1/6/02   War - No War
• 1/3/02   Iran in no doubt - they are a target for the USA
• 1/2/02   The United States' useful new allies in Somalia
• 1/2/02   2001 - A Year of War?
• 12/27/01   Al Qa'ida has scattered to the four corners of the world
• 12/26/01   Second stage of the War on Terrorism is underway
• 12/26/01   India and Pakistan risk the slide into all-out war
• 12/23/01   Ominous build-up of Pakistan forces on Indian border
• 12/21/01   Putin repositions Russia's foreign and intelligence policies
• 12/20/01   Argentina Faces Economic Meltdown
• 12/19/01   CIA may not be upto speed in anti-Terrorism War
• 12/18/01   MILNET: Iraq WMD: The Threat in 2001
• 12/18/01 :  Britains Defence, Security and Intelligence services under strain
• 12/16/01 :  The United States prepares for Iraq - next?
• 12/16/01 :  Al Qa'ida's Next Target: Jerusalem/Bethlehem?
• 12/13/01 :  If Afghanistan is a terrorist state, then so is Pakistan
• 12/13/01 :  John Walker - Foot Soldier or bin Laden Confidant?
• 12/12/01 :  Salman Pak - Iraq's own terrorist training camp
• 12/11/01 :  MILNET: Once Begun, the Battle Must Continue
• 12/10/01 :  CIA Secret Warriors fight a hidden war in Afghanistan
• 12/08/01 :  Profits of Death - Insider Trading and 9/11
• 12/07/01 :  Victory in Afghanistan is merely the first step in a long march
• 12/06/01 :  John Walker, Traitor, or "only" Terrorist?
• 12/05/01 :  Russia comes in from the cold
• 12/04/01 :  Israeli military action - much more to come?
• 12/03/01 :  Israel - Pressure Grows on Sharon to get tough
• 12/01/01 :   After Afghanistan, Who?
• 11/30/01 :  India is the real winner in the Afghan stakes
• 11/28/01 :  A mistake of some magnitude
• 11/27/01 :  How prepared are the US forces for a Winter War?
• 11/26/01 :  MILNET: Good Morning, Saddam, We're Back!
• 11/22/01 :  The CIA: Rolling back the years
• 11/21/01 :  The Cold Touch Of Reality
• 11/21/01 :  Saudis Heading For Trouble?
• 11/19/01 :  Terrorism Has Killed The U.S. Airline Industry
• 11/19/01 :  Afghanistan - military endgame or diplomatic quagmire?
• 11/18/01 :  Qualified Afghan Victory
• 11/16/01 :  CBW Terrorism - its merely a matter of time
• 11/15/01 :  The Presidents of the Yugoslav Republic and Macedonia agree to jointly combat Muslim terrorism
• 11/14/01 :  The Taliban-not yet beaten?
• 11/13/01 :  The Taliban Aren't Finished Yet
• 11/13/01 :  The Taliban Withdraw into their Homeland
• 11/12/01 :  Taliban control severely weakened
• 11/11/01 :  The first major crack in the Talibans defiance
• 11/09/01 :  Reality in the Afghan War brings cold comfort to the United States
• 11/07/01 :  The Terrorist with a nuclear bomb in his suitcase
• 11/07/01 :  Notes from the battle fronts
• 11/02/01 :  Osama Bin-Laden - a religious fascist
• 11/01/01 :  Taliban resistance forces the US to revert to traditional bombing tactics
• 10/31/01 :  Turkey - increasingly unsure of its future role
• 10/29/01 :  Setbacks for the anti-Taliban alliance
• 10/26/01 :  The Saddam Hussein / Osama bin Laden Connection
• 10/26/01 :  Sowing the seeds of the next Afghan civil war
• 10/25/01 :  United States faces growing military confusion and doubt
• 10/25/01 :  New dawn for the Russia?
• 10/24/01 :  AFI CBW Update
• 10/24/01 :  MILNET: Is Anthrax scare a domestic terrorism attempt?
• 10/22/01 :  USA thinks it's losing the propaganda battle over Afghanistan
• 10/22/01 :  Provisional IRA pressured to disarm
• 10/22/01 :  Bio-Terrorism is a real threat - in the future
• 10/22/01 :  MILNET: T-Nukes: How Terrorists Will Get Their Nuclear Weapons
• 10/21/01 :  Special Forces Casualties
• 10/19/01 :  Opening Moves in Ground War Underway
• 10/17/01 :  Assassination opens 'a new era' of confrontation
• 10/16/01 :  Special Force's gear up for major operations in Afghanistan
• 10/16/01 :  Kurdish groups expect Iraq to be next
• 10/15/01 :  Are the US and UK giving the wrong message to terrorists and their supporters?
• 10/15/01 :  Toxic Terrorism - From Little Things Big Things Grow
• 10/14/01 :  Clouds of War
• 10/12/01 :  Terror Network
• 10/12/01 :  Airliners will continue to be a prime terrorist target
• 10/10/01 :  The first casualty of war is the truth
• 10/09/01 :  US cannot rule out a biological warfare attack
• 10/08/01 :  Second day of air attacks begin
• 10/07/01 : MILNET: Example of U.S. Forces in Afghan
• 10/07/01 : The Talking Has Stopped - A new Afghan war - 21st century style
• 10/05/01 : Israel and the United States in bitter recriminations
• 10/05/01 : MILNET: Welcome to the war - on paper anyway
• 10/04/01 : US ambitions in the Middle East on a knife edge
• 10/04/01 : The Taliban face a rude awakening to reality
• 10/03/01 : Confused aims: Is the United States missing the point?
• 10/02/01 : Bush and Blair must never appease terrorists or any nation that supports them
• 10/01/01 : Worldwide Identity Fraud
• 9/29/01 : Don't expect too much of the Special Forces in Afghanistan
• 9/29/01 : The talking may have finally stopped
• 9/26/01 : Terrorism: America's Response
• 9/25/01 : Terrorist poison gas threat from the air
• 9/25/01 : The 'Great Game' - Special Forces version
• 9/24/01 : U.S. Military plans may be thrown into turmoil
• 9/23/01 : A Short Overview of the Taliban Armed Forces
• 9/23/01 : Ripples form into shockwaves
• 9/22/01 : The First Economic ripples
• 9/21/01 : Afghanistan is only a side-show in a war against terrorism
• 9/20/01 : NEWS ALERT
• 9/20/01 : Unease grows in Israel
• 9/19/01 : A suspect or two overlooked
• 9/18/01 : Time and Terrain against U.S. Forces
• 9/18/01 : Pakistan's Choice
• 9/18/01 : A quiet word in your ear Mr. President
• 9/15/01 : The War of the Scorpion
• 9/13/01 : The U.S. Military prepares for positive action
• 9/12/01 : MILNET: Al Qaida: Murder Not So Anonymous
• 9/12/01 : Day One of a very dangerous new world
• 9/11/01 : The day the world changed
• 9/11/01 : The worlds worst terrorist outrage devastates the WTC in New York

AFI News Releases
 

	Title	Date
	Pakistan's Choice	9/18/01
	A quiet word in your ear, Mr President	9/18/01
	Al-Qaida: Murder Not So Anonymous	9/12/01
	Day One of a very dangerous new world	9/12/01
	The Day the World Changed	9/11/01
	AFI News Release No-147	9/09/01
	AFI News Release No-146	9/07/01
	AFI News Release No-145	9/06/01

General

• 07/07/2002   A defence malaise that runs deep
• 07/05/2002   The European Terrorism Review JULY 2002 Part-Two
• 07/04/2002   The European Terrorism Review JULY 2002 Part-One
• 05/20/2002   First casualties of a increasingly hostile Media
• 05/19/2002   European Terrorism Overview
• 05/16/2002   Email Virus Alert
• 05/13/2002   Nuclear Arms Reduction: 63.3% Better Than None?
• 05/07/2002   Satellite Proliferation threatens US Military
• 05/06/2002   Nepalese Army rout large force of Maoist rebels
• 05/03/2002   MILNET: Eastern Asia Update, Spring 2002
• 04/30/2002   Changes in the British Secret Service
• 04/29/2002   MILNET: Russia-Friend or Foe?
• 04/28/2002   MILNET: INS to become a two headed monster
• 04/25/2002   The IRA is part of a Global terrorist network
• 04/24/2002   MILNET: Dirty Bombs
• 03/27/2002   Washington and the EU cosy-up on security
• 03/26/2002   Spy scandal in Taiwan complicates US relations with China
• 03/22/2002   Spectre of Terrorism in high security failures at Heathrow
• 03/07/2002   Be Careful of Friendly Fire in the Trade War
• 03/03/2002   MILNET's Middle East Update, March 1, 2002
• 02/18/02 :  The Rumsfeld Military Transformation: A Primer
• 01/21/02 :  Britain paying for ex-Terrorists continuing disloyalty

• 05/31/2002   Diplomacy versus Conflict - the real Middle East War
• 05/23/2002   Building Targets for Suicide Bombers
• 05/21/2002   Iran; at last the real enemy appears
• 05/15/2002   Yankee Go Home?
• 05/13/2002   Middle East peace - a fading hope
• 05/11/2002   Iraq may opt for the unexpected
• 05/08/2002   Israel trapped in an un-winnable conflict
• 04/27/2002   Pentagon's War Plans
• 04/26/2002   Arab Nation's: Military Redeploying
• 04/25/2002   Taliban and Al-Qaida - Where Have They Gone?
• 04/23/2002   Time for More Plain Speaking
• 04/19/2002   Taliban regroup for widescale guerrilla warfare
• 04/18/2002   Sharon places Israel in great danger
• 04/14/2002   The Palestinian History Brief
• 04/14/2002   Evidence Mounts Linking Saudi Arabia to World Terrorism
• 04/10/2002   Powell on a 'Mission Impossible'
• 04/07/2002   Israel lives by the sword...
• 04/05/2002   The battle for the mind of George W. Bush
• 04/04/2002   Is Iraqi Aid to Families of Suicide Bombers Collusion?
• 04/03/2002   Israel's extensive military crack down produces mixed results
• 04/02/2002   The Breaking Glass
• 04/02/2002   Israel takes off its mask of democracy
• 04/02/2002   Sharon and Arafat Square Up at Last
• 03/31/2002   Israeli intelligence targets friends and foes alike
• 03/29/2002   Israel calls up 20,000 reserves
• 03/29/2002   Arab Nations Together in a Death Spiral
• 03/27/2002   Another Lurch Towards All Out War
• 03/21/2002   Time for real change in the Middle East
• 03/03/2002   MILNET's Middle East Update, March 1, 2002
• 02/28/2002   Last Minute Diplomacy? Or Attempts at Appeasement Destined for Failure
• 02/20/2002   Death stalks the Holy Land
• 02/02/2002   Where does Arafat go from here?
• 01/30/02   Israel may soon take pre-emptive action
• 01/30/02 :  Arafat or Bust!
• 01/28/02 :  Saint George and the Dragon
• 01/26/02 :  The Intelligence Beat
• 01/20/02 :  The Middle East - watch this space
• 12/04/01 :  Israeli military action - much more to come?
• 12/03/01 :  Israel - Pressure Grows on Sharon to get tough
• 10/05/01 :  Israel and the United States in bitter recriminations
• 9/20/01 :    Unease grows in Israel

Former Yugoslavia
 

	Title	Date
	The Bosnian 'Fox' escapes....yet again!	2/28/01
	Macedonia plans to retake Albanian held territory	8/28/01
	NATO counting the cost, as well as the guns	8/28/01
	NATO's divisive influence on the Balkans	8/22/01
	The CIA and the Balkans	7/29/01
	Can Macedonia survive without NATO military aid?	6/22/01
	New Balkan Flashpoint	5/06/01
	Albania's Criminal Minority - The Taliban of Europe	4/01/01
	Macedonian Army Review - 2001	3/27/01
	Special Brief on NATO and KLA	3/24/01
	NATO Responds to Albanian Terrorism at Last	3/20/01
	US and NATO Shun the Fight	3/19/01
	Albanian Nationalist Timebob Set To Ignite Major Regional Conflict	3/18/01
	Ethnic Albanian Terrorism on the Increase in the Balkans	3/16/01

Elsewhere In Middle East/Asia
 

• 07/02/2002   Chinese weapon development - the next Great Leap Forward
• 04/27/2002   Pentagon's War Plans
• 04/06/2002   Iraq: The Tale of the Headlines, April 02, 2002
• 04/04/2002   Is Iraqi Aid to Families of Suicide Bombers Collusion?
• 03/29/2002   Avoid Jungle Fights If You Can
• 01/29/02 :  China Stirs the Pot
• 01/12/02 :  Mugabe prepares for battle in Zimbabwe
• 01/11/02 :  Central Asia - Battlefield of the future?
• 1/6/02:      War - No War
• 12/30/01:   MILNET Briefing - Pakistan and India
• 12/30/01   War clouds loom over Kashmir
• 12/26/01:   India and Pakistan risk the slide into all-out war
• 12/23/01:   Ominous build-up of Pakistan forces on Indian border
• 12/18/01:   India may have no alternative but to strike back at Pakistan after New Delhi attack
• 12/13/01:   If Afghanistan is a terrorist state, then so is Pakistan
• 9/18/01:     Pakistan's Choice

	Title	Date
	The USA gives China a timely warning	8/20/01
	Kashmir - remains a major stumbling block to peace	8/17/01
	Air War Over Iraq Heats Up	8/10/01
	Iraq Challenges U.S. Again	8/01/01
	Singapore Set to become major U.S. asset	7/31/01
	The Never Ending War	7/24/01
	Battleground Central Asia The Great Game Re-commences	6/18/01
	Iran nears nuclear status - Iraq could become a Western asset again?	6/01/01
	Taliban try to turn the clock back	6/06/01
	A newly confident China turns up the heat	5/30/01
	EP3 Data Intelligence Windfall for China	5/16/01
	China Gains an Intelligence Advantage	4/25/01
	China - A Growing Nuclear Threat	4/25/01
	China Targets the USA	4/22/01
	Iran's Missile Arsenal	4/19/01
	25 Years On... A PRECEDENT SET IN 1976	4/11/01
	Why The U.S. Needs Its Big Ear on China	4/13/01
	The US Responds to China's Aggressive Stance	4/11/01
	Chinese Intelligence Capability - a Major Threat?	4/07/01
	Spyplane or Overt Reconnaissance - the Crisis Remains the Same	4/06/01
	U.S. EP-3 Has Given Up Many Secrets to Chinese	4/04/01
	U.S. Diplomats Open Second Channel To China	4/04/01
	Intelligence Disaster Faces the USA	4/03/01
	Nepal, The Crisis Deepens	4/03/01
	UPDATE TWO: Washington demands that the Chinese do not examine advanced USN Spyplane	4/02/01
	UPDATE: US Intelligence fears the loss of high-tech aircraft	4/02/01
	US Spy Plane in Clash with Chinese Fighters	4/01/01
	Taliban, the New Barbarians	3/28/01
	Iraqi Special Weapons of Mass Destruction	3/27/01
	Bush Declares China to be his First Enemy	3/24/01
	AFI's Current International Issues and Flashpoints	3/22/01
	Going Soft on Terrrorism	3/21/01
	Is Bush Trying to the Skids Under Saddam Hussein?	2/12/01

Rest of the World
 

12/29/01   India and Pakistan on a knife edge this weekend

	Title	Date
	The Real IRA desperate and deadly dangerous	11/07/01
	IRA decommissioning - a gesture of doubtful validity?	10/24/01
	Provisional IRA pressured to disarm	10/22/01
	US Drug-war threatens to destabilize Colombia	9/04/01
	Russian Military Intelligence is soon to be re-organised	8/30/01
	8/26/01:  World In Conflict	8/26/01
	Ethiopia flexes its military muscle	8/23/01
	The Irish Republican Terrorist movement exposed!	8/20/01
	ETA aims its bombs at the Spain's lucrative tourist industry - a soft target the IRA may emulate	8/18/01
	Rocky times ahead for the Northern Ireland peace process	8/16/01
	The Real IRA - bombmakers to the world - AFI predictions confirmed	8/14/01
	Flawed negotiators in Northern Ireland are 'the weakest link'	8/08/01
	Real IRA Strikes Again	8/03/01
	NSA - An Obstacle to Improved Relations?	7/19/01
	The New Terrorist International	6/20/01
	IRA Guns - A Thorn in the Side of Peace	5/09/01
	Son of Star Wars	5/03/01
	IRA Guns For Hire	5/03/01
	Whitehall Spy Scare	4/23/01
	Ruthless Real IRA Exposed	4/16/01
	The Real IRA Grows in Influence	4/05/01
	Senior Real IRA Terrorist Arrested in Eire	3/31/01
	U.S. Defense and Intelligence - Major Problems	3/23/01
	AFI's Current International Issues and Flashpoints	3/22/01
	The Real IRA Now the Leading Irish Terrorist Group	3/04/01

 
AFI Research Reports
 

	Title	Date
	The Islamic Terrorist Puzzle - Unravelling the Web of Violence	10/07/01
	The Syrian Military: A Primer	9/01/2001
	World In Conflict - Comprehensive 18 Country Report	7/11/2001
	Jamacian Defense Forces, 2001	7/11/2001
	Receive World Conflict Updates for Free	7/01/2001
	The Ruthless Face of the Real IRA	4/16/2001
	India Armed Forces 2001 - an Overview	2001
	Iraqi Involvement with the Palestinian Security Forces	2001
	Palestinian Armed Forces, an Overview for 2001	2001

 

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