From Just Security In these night raids, the forces involved are Afghan strike force units trained and equipped by the CIA, and often accompanied by CIA operatives or U.S. Special Forces. They operate outside normal U.S. and Afghan military command structures, and target suspected Taliban or Islamic State fighters mainly in rural areas where the...
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U.S. Adds Chinese Firms to Blacklist, Citing Repression of Muslim Minorities
The U.S. government is sanctioning 28 Chinese entities for involvement in the suppression of the Uighur people of China’s Xinjaing province, the Wall Street Journal reports. Targets of the action include video-surveillance and facial-recognition giants Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, Megvii Technology Inc. and SenseTime Group Ltd. The decision by the Commerce Department to add the...
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South Korea Cuts Off Intelligence Sharing With Japan
Tim Shorrock reports in The Nation; A bitter dispute between South Korea and Japan over compensation for Korean victims of Japan’s war crimes escalated last week when Seoul announced that it would terminate a 2016 bilateral agreement with Tokyo to share classified military intelligence. The unprecedented move drew howls of outrage from US officials and analysts that...
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Under Pressure, Britain to Decide on Huawei 5G
The United States, Australia, and New Zealand, have barred their country’s companies from using the Chinese telecom Huawei to provide the technology for their 5G networks. Britain, whose telecomm industry is heavily invested in Huawei, has resisted, saying the security problems posed by Huawei technology are manageable. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has put U.S....
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India’s Intelligence Agency Steps Out of Shadows
(From Top World Intelligence Agencies) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserts Indian control over the disputed territory of Kashmir, India’s intelligence service has gained new prominence as an instrument of Modi’s nationalist agenda. The current chief of R&AW is Samant Goel, a career intelligence officer who was appointedModi in June 2019. The former chief of...