It certainlyhasthecapability, with a significantintelligenceandparamilitarypresencein the region. Major bases exist inAfghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and severalCentral Asian states.
Across Europe and in the United States, radicalization within rapidly growing North African and South Asian populations has stretched domestic intelligence services, especially given substantial traffic between western countries and places like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
Hong Kong companies AsiaTech has backed include ActionAce, which sells toys on the Internet, and Property Market Intelligence, an online provider of financial information on Asian property and construction markets.