Archive for March, 2010
To Arm or Not to Arm, That is the Question
(Whether to arm or unarm uniform security officers is an age old question- one that has developed into quite a controversial issue.) Security Officers are either armed or unarmed, depending on an individual client’s wishes. Certain clients insist an officer be armed while others demand, by company policy, that no firearms be allowed on the [...]
Security in Afghanistan- Some Points That are Much Talked About
When any one talks of Afghanistan, one thing that manages to get the conversation is that it was the Al Qaeda terrorists living in Afghanistan who planned the deadly 911 attacked that the America witnessed. It was a retaliated reply from America’s side that it decided to defeat Taliban and very much succeeded in that. [...]
Security in Afghanistan- A Hardly Achievable Thing
Lack of security is the biggest threat that the population of Afghanistan is facing today and the main reason behind this is that the political system seems to be dysfunctional. The people of Afghanistan have been facing terror, violence and torture from more than twenty years and now it seems that killing, expulsions, looting, rape [...]
Identity Fraud at a New High in 2009 – Tips To Fight Back
The 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report released in last month by Javelin Strategy & Research found that the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased 12% to 11.1 million adults in 2009, while the total annual fraud amount increased by 12.5% to $54 billion. The report found that protection of data by [...]
Restoring Security in Afghanistan is the Goal of U.S Government
A stabilized situation of security in Afghanistan is what the government in U.S is and has been working for. Although previously also there have been many measures that were taken in this direction, now it seems that the efforts are becoming as part of the security concerns of U.S also. Every one is aware of [...]
Reasons of Insecurity in Afghanistan- Lack of Governance and many more are to blame
Understanding the basic reasons of insecurity in Afghanistan, it is better to have a glance at the various factors that can be the underlying causes. There are many people all around the world who have an opinion that the basic reason of insecurity in Afghanistan is lack of governance, which is not so wrong, but [...]
Rape Cases are on a High in Haiti Relief Camps
One thing that has remained quite unmentioned in the past few days in Haiti is the insecurity that the women and girls are facing. The women and the girls that are staying in the relief camps are not safe and this can be clearly seen from the increase that has happened in the rape, molestation [...]
Nuclear Weapons Making Iran More Insecure
Nuclear weapons are the major threat to the security in Iran and this has been comprehended by most of the nations of the world. Now it is the Iranian government that needs to understand that by just buying nuclear weapons is not buying any security for itself, rather it is adding to the threat. The U.N Nuclear [...]
Leaving Kids Home Alone
There comes a time when parents have to decide if their kids are ready to be left home alone. Sometimes parents have to work late, or they want a night out to themselves. Leaving kids home alone is a big decision that requires lengthy consideration. There is no specific age at which kids are ready [...]
Military Forces Trying To Bring Haiti Back To Life with Relief Efforts
The entire international powers are now looking to make efforts with which the earthquake hit Haiti would be restructured and the security over there could be improved. U.N has also assured the big powers that it is going to see that the relief works carry on smoothly and that complete involvement from their side is [...]
Long-standing Security in Haiti – a discouraging hope
President Barack Obama is making all sorts of deployments in Haiti to ensure that the security arrangements come out as fine. All these efforts to calm down the violence and the unrest that has spread after the earthquake seem to not working as they were expected to. With 3,500 more soldiers to join the existing [...]
Latest Update on Food Security in Haiti
As soon as the world heard about an earthquake making a huge damage here in Haiti, almost all the countries of the world starting making efforts and one of the most common one was to send food here. Before the earthquake also took place the condition of food security in the country was not that [...]
Increasing Number of Child Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan.
The current condition of security and peace in Afghanistan is already a matter of worry and what adds more concern to this is that now the number of child suicide bombers is also increasing rapidly. It would come as a shock to many that approximately fifty percent of the total afghan population is made up [...]
How effectively is the money being spent in Afghanistan
Every one is aware of the number of U.S troops that are present in Afghanistan and that lot of money is being spent there. When it comes to knowing the results of this huge amount being spent, no one seems to be sure about where exactly is it going. It seems that the U.S forces [...]
Haitian Streets Are Safer Now
With the security being beefed up in the country, now it seems that the streets in Haiti are very much safer than what they were a few days before. The number of peace keepers and the relief forces has almost multiplied in the past few days as the security in the country was becoming uncontrollable. [...]