Showing posts with label global terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global terrorism. Show all posts
Friday, October 29, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
TERROR TEAMS READY TO STRIKE
Concern That Terror Teams Have Selected Targets, Ready to Strike
Strong concerns that terrorist teams in Europe have selected their targets, completed their surveillance, eluded capture and are now ready to strike at airports and tourist attractions have prompted the State Department to ready a highly unusual travel advisory for Europe, multiple law enforcement and intelligence sources tell ABC News.
Intelligence and law enforcement officials have information that the teams could at any time launch a "Mumbai style" terror attack that targets civilians for death or hostage taking. The 2008 Mumbai attack used small arms and explosives to kill 175 people and paralyze the Indian city for days.
From a security point of view, racial profiling is absolutely counter-productive.
The current concerns are for scenarios that include opening fire at airports in Europe as well as executing similar attacks at "soft" targets like tourist attractions or hotels.
Crowded European transportation facilities are obvious targets.
According to ABC News sources, the terror plotters have moved through the surveillance stage, checked back in with al Qaeda in Pakistan, and have received the go-ahead to strike.
Read the entire story HERE.
Prepare for delays and enhanced security measures as we go into the holiday travel season.
We hope & pray this thing pans out and nothing happens . . . S.L.
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Strong concerns that terrorist teams in Europe have selected their targets, completed their surveillance, eluded capture and are now ready to strike at airports and tourist attractions have prompted the State Department to ready a highly unusual travel advisory for Europe, multiple law enforcement and intelligence sources tell ABC News.
Intelligence and law enforcement officials have information that the teams could at any time launch a "Mumbai style" terror attack that targets civilians for death or hostage taking. The 2008 Mumbai attack used small arms and explosives to kill 175 people and paralyze the Indian city for days.
From a security point of view, racial profiling is absolutely counter-productive.The current concerns are for scenarios that include opening fire at airports in Europe as well as executing similar attacks at "soft" targets like tourist attractions or hotels.
Crowded European transportation facilities are obvious targets.According to ABC News sources, the terror plotters have moved through the surveillance stage, checked back in with al Qaeda in Pakistan, and have received the go-ahead to strike.
Read the entire story HERE.
Prepare for delays and enhanced security measures as we go into the holiday travel season.We hope & pray this thing pans out and nothing happens . . . S.L.
.
Friday, September 3, 2010
CIA: Al-QAEDA YEMEN BRANCH LEADING TERROR THREAT
Analysts at the CIA believe a Yemen-based branch of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda has supplanted its parent organization as the leading danger to the security of the United States.
Read more HERE.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
GLOBAL TERRORISM REPORT
RISE IN NEW TERROR GROUPS
A new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based at the University of Maryland, pointed to a trend in the rise in the number of new terror groups and a drop in the number of coordinated attacks. Points to consider: The START researchers found that the rising number of new terror organizations world wide, averaging 41 new organizations per year since 2000, but the rate of coordinated attacks has been declining from the previous decade.
The traiter Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a.k.a. Adam Pearlman - senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for Al-Qaeda.
In addition the organizations today do not reflect one ideology, but rather, there are new groups representing a wide array of ideological beliefs and particular goals, complicating counterterrorism and anti-terrorism efforts in countries around the world. Consider an Internet posting, by U.S.-born al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn making a public pitch for smaller, single acts of jihad saying in a video: "Even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy."
A new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based at the University of Maryland, pointed to a trend in the rise in the number of new terror groups and a drop in the number of coordinated attacks. Points to consider: The START researchers found that the rising number of new terror organizations world wide, averaging 41 new organizations per year since 2000, but the rate of coordinated attacks has been declining from the previous decade.
The traiter Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a.k.a. Adam Pearlman - senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for Al-Qaeda.In addition the organizations today do not reflect one ideology, but rather, there are new groups representing a wide array of ideological beliefs and particular goals, complicating counterterrorism and anti-terrorism efforts in countries around the world. Consider an Internet posting, by U.S.-born al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn making a public pitch for smaller, single acts of jihad saying in a video: "Even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy."
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