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Somalia: Maritime Piracy Incidents Escalate

Although piracy in Somalia is at present criminally motivated rather than political, HMS believes there is a significant risk that Al Qaeda linked or inspired terrorist groups could take advantage of the country's growing instability to launch maritime attacks. For this reason the TRITON database records significant acts of piracy in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere in the world.

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Excerpt from the TRITON Report for Incidents during April 2008

Following widespread conflict between security forces and the Mahdi Army (Jaish al-Mahdi) during March 2008 in southern Iraq, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signalled his intent to target the militia's strongholds in Baghdad districts in a statement issued on 4 April 2008.

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Excerpt from the iTRITON Report for Incidents during May 2008

VBIED Attack on Danish Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2 June 2008

On 2 June 2008 a vehicle-borne device functioned close to the Danish Embassy in a residential street in Islamabad, Pakistan. Eight or nine people were killed and around 35 people were injured. The embassy was in operation but only four members of staff were in the building at the time, none of whom were seriously injured.

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Full incident specific Quick Look Report from significant incident of 2 June 2008