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Totalitarianism in the Middle East: The Case of Libya (Part Two)

When a constitutional monarchy, led by King Idris, assumed the reins of power in Libya on the 24^th of December 1951, it found itself in charge of a very poor country that had been devastated by the Second World War. The monarchy also discovered that its subjects still lacked a Libyan national character: The vast majority of Libyans still saw themselves primarily as Muslims and Arabs. They were also very suspicious of the new state and unenthusiastic about compliance with its rule of law. However, because King Idris was the grandson of the founder of the religious Senussi movement, many traditional Libyans, especially of the older generations, did not rebel against him. The younger generations, however, were another kettle of fish.

: HUSAM DUGHMAN, AUTHOR AND POLITICAL SCIENTIST; Viewpoints; Posted On Monday, 15 April 2013 09:21

University of Northampton in joint partnership with Northhamptonshire Police to train detectives and student officers

Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor, University of Northhampton…aggressively pushing the frontiers of professional excellence

Training

Police training

The University of Northampton has announced it has partnered with Northamptonshire Police and will be delivering full training to detectives and student officers.

The students and course tutors will be based at the Senate Building on Park Campus. Officer development and IT training will be retained in-house at Weston Favell police station.

: JULIE ALLEN; Intelligence and Policing; Posted On Monday, 15 April 2013 09:17

Totalitarianism in the Middle East: The Case of Libya (Part One)

“On the Shore of Freedom, our Revolution’s Ship has dropped anchor”, sang one of Qaddafi’s enthusiasts following his military coup d’état in Libya in September 1969. The vast majority of Libyans welcomed the coup d’état and spent days and weeks dancing in the streets in celebration of the end of Libya’s constitutional monarchy.

: HUSAM DUGHMAN; Viewpoints; Posted On Friday, 12 April 2013 10:37

ChangeUp malware more dangerous than attention-seeking impetuous baby leader Kim Jong-un

According to news reports from the US, the ChangeUp worm is a fast-spreading attack designed to spread via network shared drives. Once systems are infected with ChangeUp, the worm contacts a remote server to download additional malware, which can range from banking Trojans to keystroke loggers designed to record keystrokes to steal account credentials. ChangeUp also was programmed to dynamically generate URLs to download its malware payload. The malware author behind the attacks constantly changes it in an effort to evade detection by antivirus and network security appliances. Symantec and several other security firms warned in November that a new variant was detected spreading in the wild.