Terrorism

With big gains in N. Sinai, ISIS drives south

Tue, 10/01/2017 - 09:11
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Tue, 10/01/2017
Sinai, ISIS


DEBKAfile Exclusive Report 
Egyptian control of the vast Sinai Peninsula is slipping fast. After gaining virtual sway over the north and its main roads, Islamic State Caliphate terrorists are moving ahead with an ambitious plan to devour a broad stretch of land on the eastern flank of central Sinai, DEBKAfile’s military sources report.

'Is Saudi Arabia Funding Extremist Islamist Groups In Germany?''

Fri, 23/12/2016 - 09:06
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Fri, 23/12/2016
Saudi Arabia Islamist Groups

 Zero hedge,

A newly-leaked German intelligence report states Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar are funding extremist Islamic groups in Germany.
The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and Northern German public radio broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk saw the brief and raised concern regarding a reported increase in Salafism, an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam, within Germany. 

45 years of terrorist attacks in Europe, visualized

Thu, 22/12/2016 - 09:25
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Thu, 22/12/2016
Terrorist attacks in Europe


From 1970-2015: 4,724 people died from bombings. 2,588 from assassinations. 2,365 from assaults. 548 from hostage situations. 159 from hijackings. 114 from building attacks. Thousands wounded or missing.

Isis Fighter Reveals Group's Plan to Spread - Claims Collusion With Turkey

Wed, 14/09/2016 - 09:08
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Wed, 14/09/2016
ISIS Turkey collusion


By Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn interviews an Isis militant who claims the movement will rise again in North Africa, that Turkey turned a blind eye to shipments of weapons across the border and that Isis fighters are still present in Jarabulus

Research on the Islamic State, Syria, and Iraq

Tue, 13/09/2016 - 09:17
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Tue, 13/09/2016
Research on Islamic State, Syria, Iraq


by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi
Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, a research fellow at the Middle East Forum's Jihad Intel project, writes extensively about the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) and other armed groups in Syria and Iraq. As his writings and translations tend to be too detailed for a general readership, we periodically compile links and summaries for those wishing to learn about the groundbreaking work of this prolific researcher. For all writings by Jawad al-Tamimi, click here.

9/11 then and now: Terror, militarism, war and fear

Tue, 13/09/2016 - 08:10
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Tue, 13/09/2016
9/11 then and now


Rami G Khouri
Terrorism is a terrible thing, but it is made even more terrible and tragic when people and governments fail to react to it intelligently and allow it to perpetuate itself and expand - which is precisely what is happening today, 15 years after the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States.

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