General Hasan Nasrallah‚ the Hizballah have been responsible for waves of deadly attacks including an attack on the U.S. Embassy and on the US Marine base in Beirut. As of now three members of the Hizballah are on the FBI’s most wanted list for the hijacking of TWA flight 847 and murder of a United States Navy diver in 1985 (Site Institute.org). According to the State Departments 1993 report‚ the Hizballah are a strong group with approximately 5‚000-10‚000 radical Muslim fighters. Today negotiations
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In the article entitled “The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in 1982‚ Michael Levin argues that the use of torture as a means to save lives is justifiable and necessary. Beginning with very general premises‚ Levin draws a series of hyperbolic cases where torture might be justifiable so as to set precedents for the justification of torture in more “realistic cases.” However‚ the author never fully defines the boundaries and conditions behind his premises and suggests that disregarding civil
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Firewall We can use the internet for news‚ map‚ email‚ video chat‚ websites‚ music‚ blogs‚ research‚ online banking‚ business transaction‚ social engineering‚ sharing photos etc. We can do all these by sitting in front of PC which is connected to the internet. These are the many advantages we can take from internet but there are some disadvantages too. There are Trojan horses‚ worms‚ viruses‚ hackers etc. They are made to disrupt the computer network or personal computer. They can be biggest threats
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ISIS and the Oil Industry The oil industry became a key source of revenue for ISIS following the 2003 onset of the Iraqi insurgency. In 2007‚ AQI was making roughly 100-200 million dollars per year from oil smuggling‚ with much of the smuggled product stolen from the Bayji refinery. In 2008‚ AQI made 50-100 thousand dollars or 18.25-36.5 million per annum through its Bayji rackets. AQI operatives were also known to drill holes in oil pipelines‚ syphon the oil into trucks‚ and sell it to various
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4/26/2010 Gang Theory Al-Qaeda In 1988‚ one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world was formed. They call themselves al-Qaeda‚ which translates from Arabic to “The Base”‚ and originated in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist organization and are considered the top threat to the United States of America. The biggest attack that the group has planted was the events of September 11‚ 2001. When the U.S. responded with the War on Terror in Afghanistan‚ al-Qaeda
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Changing Attitude of Indian Customer’s towards Credit Cards *Dr. Saraju Prasad Abstract: In recent years‚ economic pressures‚ heightened competition‚ rapid technological developments‚ and a decline in consumer purchasing power are paving the way for the change in global market for the credit card business. The aforementioned changes and transformations are also affecting credit card business and card issuers and users in developing countries as well. Despite the recent developments in technology
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their delivery vans to staff members. ’I managed to buy eight of the kombis‚’ says Sabina. That was the start of her taxi fleet – which eventually grew to 17 vehicles. But crime forced her to 5 abandon her budding taxi business. In fact‚ sick of the hijackings and violence‚ Sabina decided she needed a break from township life altogether. And she didn’t have to go far! A farm was for sale in Zuurbekom‚ on the outskirts of Soweto. ’It was strange‚’ she recalls. ’I’d just moved from Mofolo in Soweto 10 and
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Love and compassion are central themes to most of the world ’s religions. While subscribing to this philosophy‚ they also share another more sinister philosophy - that of extremism. We would like to look into the three major religions of Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity (including cults) and how that they all have a history of extremism and also extremist activity today. We would like to study why extremists believe what they do so we can better prepare for them. Islam Extremism Islamic history
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Network Security at OSI Layers Muhammad Muzammil Syed Zeeshan Nasir Department of computer science FUUAST‚ Islamabad 1-OSI Model: In 1983‚ the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) merged documents and developed the OSI model‚ which is based on a specific hierarchy where each layer builds on the output of each adjacent layer. The OSI model is a protocol stack where the lower layers deal primarily
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Networking in Business Platforms What is a social networking? A social networking or social media is an online service‚ platform or site that focuses on building social relations among people. For example‚ it allows people to both express their individuality and meet people with similar interests‚ activities or backgrounds. Most social media are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the internet‚ such as e-mail and instant-messaging. There
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