ISIS nodes and why we’re failing Self-organising decentralised terrorist nodes Outside of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS is an idea rather than a terrorist organisation. Unlike traditional terrorist organisations like the IRA, Haqqani network, ETA, Force 17, the ISIS[…]
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[Candyce Kelshall] Lone wolfs, terror networks, cells or social movements? Will the real terrorism please stand up?
What does the London 2017 attack tell us? CONTEXT vs INCIDENT Each terror attack is looked at in isolation. It is scrutinised, analysed and categorised according to low tech, high tech, international connections and group[…]
[Liz Sly] 10 new wars that could be unleashed as a result of the one against ISIS
The borders of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” are shrinking fast. The group’s strongholds in Iraq and Syria are collapsing one by one. The U.S.-led war has reached a point where questions are being raised about[…]
[Patrick James Christian] ORIGIN & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM & RADICALIZATION
ORIGIN & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM & RADICALIZATION: [1] Dr Patrick J. Christian, Dr Aleksandra Nesic, Dr David Sniffen, Dr Rebecca Nicholson, Dr Tasneem Aljehani, Dr Khaled Al Sumairi, Dr Narayan B. Khadka, Dr Basimah[…]
[Wayne Madsen] Fourth and Fifth Generation Warfare Arrives on European and Middle Eastern Battlefields
The U.S., British, Canadian and other Western military training of Ukrainian forces that include neo-Nazi gangsters from Ukraine and other parts of Europe and the NATO/CIA training support in Turkey and Jordan being provided to[…]
Armed Drones Used by Islamic State Posing New Threat in Iraq
Islamic State fighters are posing a growing threat to U.S. and Iraqi forces by deploying small commercial drones armed with improvised explosives devices or spy cameras that can evade detection, according to the Pentagon. The[…]
[Candyce Kelshall] Radical Islam and LNG in Trinidad and Tobago
Maritime attacks Radical Islam and LNG in Trinidad and Tobago Over the past several years, maritime attacks have become more violent, more frequent and clearly more organized. It is believed that militant groups, particularly in[…]
Spontaneous Violent Extremism (SVE): Nothing could be further from the truth
There has been an alarmingly long list of recent knife attacks by individuals described as spontaneous violent extremists who ascribe ISIS or a greater Jihadi cause as their motivation. Two things stand out from this[…]
[Candyce Kelshall] Terrorist Groups Are Not Terrorists
They’re violent transnational movements bent on creating a new world order The creation of a new world system – not just a change in the current system – is arguably theraison d’être behind the rise[…]
[Candyce Kelshall] New Dawn of Terror
Decentralisation, destabilisation and insurgent methodology using mixed techniques in multiple sites, simultaneously. Neither ISIS nor AQ but a combination of both- employed by invisible citizen soldiers who have been trained by seasoned fighters. These are[…]