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Counter-terror spending to hit $251bn >From correspondents in Washington 26may05 TOTAL spending by world governments to fight terrorism will be about $US191 billion ($251.12 billion) this year, a study says. And that amount is likely to triple within a decade. The study, released today by Washington's Homeland Security Research Corporation, says about 44 per cent - $US84 billion - will be spent by the US. In 2010, according to HSRC's estimates, $US350 billion will be spent fighting terrorism, with 36 per cent of that by the US. The figure will exceed $US517 billion - 35 per cent from the US - by 2015. HSRC experts added up estimated spending by the US Homeland Security Department and that of Homeland Defence, using the so-called "persistent tension" hypothesis that envisages terrorist attacks without a major event equivalent to or worse than the September 11, 2001, attacks. "We at HSRC forecast that, taking into account the global terror threat in which a few determined terrorists using low-tech means can inflict devastating damage, the probability of realising a Scenario II situation (a major series of attacks) during the 2006-2015 period is very high and should be seriously considered," HSRC president Dan Inbar said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
