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Compelling ISW (Institute for the Study of War) video of the integrated, multi-scale (i.e. micro<>meso<>macro) use of structured and unstructured geospatial and WWW data to analyze the labyrinthine cultural, military and social forces which defined the various stages of the Libyan uprising and NATO response -

http://www.understandingwar.org/press-media/webcast/video-understanding-libyan-revolution-through-palantir

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s memorial note -

Gov’t of Norway’s July 22nd Commission formed and report due Aug 10th 2012
http://www.norway-un.org/NorwayandUN/Selected_Topics/Peace_Efforts/22-July-Commission-lessons-are-important-to-improve-future-preparedness/

Interim resources…

International Center for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague
http://icct.nl/vervolg.php?h_id=6#EB2

EUROPOL’s Terrorism Situation and Trend Reports (TE-SAT) 2011
https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/te-sat2011.pdf

TE-SAT 2011
EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report
2011 – 45 pp. 21 x 29,7 cm
ISBN Number:978-92-95018-86-0
ISSN Number: 1830-9712
DOI: 10.2813/14705

UPDATE 20110822
Point and counterpoint in the US context – @MotherJones compiles a DoJ database of counterterrorism cases over the last ten years -

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/terror-trials-numbers

UPDATE 20110803
Hero couple rescued dozens from #Utoya
http://news.yahoo.com/lesbian-couple-saved-40-kids-norway-050733662.html

UPDATE 20110727
‘Sluggish’ Norwegian police criticized and protected by insular culture
http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-culture-shields-sluggish-norway-police-critics-151445646.html

UPDATE 20110726

Fascinating article in NYTimes about unarmed Norwegian Police

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/europe/26police.html

And a quote that seems idyllic and possibly naive to Norwegian Americans -

“I would prefer to live in a society where police normally work unarmed,” said Johannes Knutsson, a professor of police research at the Norwegian Police University College.

Though graphic, the above aerial image from news helicopters reinforces the fact that the police, SWAT and counter-terrorism first responders were woefully unprepared and slow in their response. Their use of an overloaded boat in a country that daily flies thousands of oil workers via jet helicopters to offshore oil rigs will surely be a lesson learned in the forthcoming after action reports and inquiries – per the NYTimes article above -

” It took police SWAT units more than an hour to reach the camp, on Utoya Island, after reports of the shooting came in. Officers had to drive to the shore across from the site of the shooting attack, and use boats to get to the island. A police helicopter was unable to get off the ground; news crews that reached the island by air could only watch as the gunman continued the massacre. ”

Tragic loss of the one onsite first responder/police officer ( Trond Berntsen ), who was unarmed and was the step-brother of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018459/Norway-shooting-Crown-Princesss-step-brother-Trond-Berntsen-killed-Anders-Behring-Breivik.html

Here she is with the Prince at the UNDP Arendal center for environmental analysis -

UPDATE 20110727
https://plus.google.com/110668479729372555286/posts

Tragic

Excellent resource for live updates via UK Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8655175/Oslo-explosion-live-coverage.html

Context/History
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8655451/History-of-Islamic-militant-attacks-in-Europe.html

Likely usual suspects
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-europe-groups-idUSTRE76L3O920110722

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_explosion

UPDATE 20110901
Palantir wins World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer award…
http://reports.weforum.org/technology-pioneers-2012/#videos-f9561ab7ece4fa5830f105556f7e2aac

UPDATE 20110711
From the ESRI #UC, the power of Community Analyst
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/community-analyst/index.html

UPDATE 20110614
Fareed Zakaria of CNN #GPS and #Google’s Eric Schmidt hold court at Direct Relief International in Santa Barbara and discuss #innovation -

Excellent presentation by Oculus & Azavea specialists on location-time analysis via CrisisMappers -

Webinar 2011: HunchLab: Azavea, Jeremy Heffner from Jen Ziemke on Vimeo.

Ongoing work by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Asymmetric Warfare -

Excellent Actionable Hot Spot analysis by RAND’s Dr. Ryan Keefe and Dr. Tom Sullivan

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR768.html

And nimble Palantir Solutions

http://www.palantirtech.com/government/videos/whitevideos

UPDATE 20110605
US JSOC Leadership & National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/adm-william-mcraven-the-terrorist-hunter-on-whose-shoulders-osama-bin-laden-raid-rested/2011/05/04/AFsEv4rF_story.html

Priceless Daily Show with excellent map at the end of the video -

Only 1.4 KM from a Pakistan Military Academy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Military_Academy

K9 assets used during raid for UXO and forensic purposes -

Amazing overview by FP
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/war_dog

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/15/dogs-war-osama-bin-laden

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3562677/Fearless-four-legged-war-hero.html

Keynote
https://www1.nga.mil/Newsroom/PressReleases/Press%20Releases/nga_10_12_speech.pdf

Vision
https://www1.nga.mil/Newsroom/PressReleases/Press%20Releases/nga_10_12.pdf

An important piece by NPR & America Abroad Media commemorating the important stories, heroism, and sacrifice of the sailors and soldiers aboard the USS Cole on Oct. 12, 2000.

Resources -
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/08/130438952/remembering-the-u-s-s-cole-ten-years-after-it-was-attacked-in-a-yemen-port

Download Audio (< 3 mb MP3)

http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/programs/view/id/150

http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/multimedia/cole-voices/index.html

http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/aqap.html

After the Cole: One Sailor’s Fight from America Abroad Media on Vimeo.

Excellent article

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/05/3007126_us-vehicles-destroy-afghan-bombs.html

To understand the complexities of the AfPak region/border and the ISAF efforts therein, these PBS Frontline documentaries are not to be missed -

‘Behind Taliban Lines’ -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/

‘Pakistan: The Lost Generation’ -
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan901/video_index.html

Map – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/map/

Video

To allow for a collaborative, web 2.0, mobile-SMS emergency response and situational awareness capability, Nordic Geospatial has incorporated a cloud-based Ushahidi-Crowdmap page – let us know what you think…

http://nordicgeospatial.crowdmap.com