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Secret MoD plan to shrink comms team and cut costs
Under the plans,some 1,200 military and civilian posts are to go from the MoD's 4,365 staff at its central London HQ by next April. It is proposed that ten posts be scrapped in the 136-strongDirectorateGeneral Media and Communications (DGMC), which oversees the ministry's press office and PR activities.Thiswillcut?499,6l4 off the DGMC's annual ?8,014,839 staffing costs.
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Smoke screens and gas masks : chemistry goes to war
\"Through intriguing text and graphics, readers will learn about incredible real-world applications for chemistry. To both attack and defend, scientists have used chemistry in important ways to greatly impact history through war.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Torpedoes, missiles, and cannons : physics goes to war
\"From arrows to missiles, understanding physics has been key to the history of warfare. Through interesting text and high-impact graphics, readers will come to understand practical applications of science and the important people and concepts that have contributed to history\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Counter terrorism strategy is part of a propaganda war with the jihadis
Tech companies are loath to give away the key to their encryption, as they do not trust governments not leak it, and their customer base will be very unhappy at the prospect of a government agency being able to access their communications. Almost every time there is a terror-related incident, there is talk of new law enforcement powers.
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Spies and satellite surveillance, yet no proof
Mr [COLIN Powell] said Iraq-based al-Qaeda operatives were linked to the discovery of the biological weapon, ricin, in London last month. The US secretary of state dubbed it a \"nexus of poisons and terror\". Mr Powell claimed Iraq allowed al-Qaeda to use its embassy in Pakistan as a \"liaison office\". Iraqi agents visited Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and provided training to al-Qaeda agents. According to Mr Powell, Iraq has not accounted for the thousands of chemical weapons left over from the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
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Do our spymasters communicate?
Sources close to Israeli intelligence hinted last night that secret on-board defences on the passenger plane, and not pure luck, had saved the airliner from being shot down. Yigal Eyal, a Hebrew University lecturer on insurgency and former Israeli intelligence agent, said he was convinced anti-missile technology had been deployed by the plane. He said: \"Israel has been working on programmes to protect civil aviation from terrorist missile attacks since the 1970s. The Mombasa incident could mark a successful application of some sort of anti-missile technology aboard the plane.\" Amid growing consensus that the attacks in Mombasa were carried out by al-Qaeda or an affiliated group, the West's war has entered new and dangerous territory. \"Israel is now facing a huge body of terror ... and the threat from it is much bigger than the Palestinian terror,\" said Giora Shamis, the editor of DEBKA.com, a popular Israeli internet site specialising in intelligence matters. After the Bali bombings, where half of the 190 victims were Australians, both Canberra and Downing Street were criticised for failing to warn citizens adequately of possible terrorist attack. Yesterday, the questions echoed again in Westminster. Opposition politicians - armed with the knowledge that Britain, Australia and the US traditionally have a very special relationship when it comes to intelligence - demanded to know why Britons were not also warned. The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, last night wrote to his Conservative Party shadow, Michael Ancram, insisting that UK intelligence agencies \"are in close and constant touch with our allies, sharing information and assessments. But each country makes its own judgment on how to respond to potential threats\".
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