The Role of Intelligence in Countering Terrorism on Iraq, 2003-2008
by Papadopoulos Ilias Master in International Relations & Strategic Studies ABSTRACT In this article we will study the role of intelligence in combating terrorism, having Iraq as a case study. We will argue that the pursuit of the counter-terrorism agenda, solely based in the use of military force, doesn’t produce positive results. On the other [...]
By John M. Nomikos (RIEAS Director) During the first decade of the 21st century, as long as national and international security is concerned, terrorism remains a major issue. The events of September 11th 2001 in the USA, March 11th 2004 in Madrid, July 7th 2005 in London and most recently July 18th 2012 in Burgas, [...]
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Theodoros Dravilas was appointed National Intelligence Service (EYP) chief on Wednesday. The appointment was made by Public Order and Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Dendias. Dravilas, a mechanical engineer, succeeds Ambassador Konstantinos Bikas. Source: ekathimerini.com
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FYROM’s Central Intelligence Agency announced, according to Focus Information Agency, that they are searching for five Greek-speaking volunteers to work for them. Among the qualifications needed, Skopjan officials ask that volunteers speak the Greek language as well! The advertisement reports that their work will last for six months. More skills are required, though. Applicants should [...]
Continue reading …Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline behind the plan to assassinate Kostas Karamanlis
March 22, 2012 1 Comment
Supreme police officers and the intelligence services have expressed their suspicions regarding the existence of a plan to assassinate former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in 2008, for which a criminal investigation has been launched by the Athens regional prosecutor’s office. According to sources, at that time, there had actually been a warning by the [...]
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Senior officials in Greece’s intelligence services had information that their Turkish counterparts were responsible for a number of forest fires in the country around the mid-1990s, and met with them in 1998 in a bid to ease tension between the two states, Sunday’s Kathimerini understands. Sources inside the National Intelligence Service (EYP) told the newspaper [...]
Continue reading …MIT has reportedly created a special unit of experts after the start of the drilling by Cyprus
November 16, 2011 3 Comments
Turkish Intelligence Agency MIT has reportedly created a special unit of experts after the start of the drilling by Cyprus. Under the front page title “Drilling tension”, Turkish daily Sabah (14.11.11.) publishes an exclusive report by Abdurrahman Simsek, who writes that right after the Republic of Cyprus has started oil and natural gas research in [...]
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The Turkish MIT arrested a Greek Cypriot soldier, serving in a key post in the National Guard. The soldier went to the occupied part of Cyprus for shopping, where a staged case of theft from a store was set up against him. The soldier was interrogated for 24 hours and eventually they proposed him that [...]
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A secret document (No. 1044 / 12 September 2008) of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), revealed by the magazine “Epikaira”, reports the intense involvement in Thrace of the U.S. Consulate in Thessaloniki. According to the document the ultimate goal was the manipulation of the Greek Muslim minority and its subsequent exploitation to serve American interests in the region. The Greek secret services highlighted the very strong interest shown by U.S. officials on issues related to minority education, going so far as to exert pressure even on a [...]
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A thriller with potential political implications has taken place in Thessaloniki, after an explosion in a basement apartment in Triandria. Information speaks of potential Kurdish residents planning an attack on Greek soil. As such, a meeting between the Secretary of Citizen Protection, the Head of National Intelligence and the Director of the Counter-Terrorism Unit is [...]
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