The UK’s National Counter Terror Police Unit has released a podcast chronicling the stories of the real terror plots it has managed to prevent. “Code:Severe” launched on on March 6 and shot to the number three spot in the UK iTunes podcast charts at the time of writing, ahead of “Serial,” “Desert Island Discs,” and “TED Talks.”
Category: Terrorism
Trump’s Run of Dumb Luck
How quickly Washington forgets. It was only two weeks ago that the biggest story in the nation’s capital was how President Donald Trump’s aides were pressuring the FBI and allies in Congress to shoot down the stories whirling around about his associates’ ties to Russia.
Jihadi launchpad Tunisia hesitates taking extremists back
In this photo dated, Dec. 24, 2016, women demonstrate outside the Tunisian parliament, in Tunis, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. Poster reads : no to the return of Daesh’s criminals in Tunisia.
The terrorist thriller eerily anticipated the Berlin Christmas Market attack in December.
Independent distributor NFP, fresh off the success of Oscar nominee Toni Erdmann , has picked up German thriller Berlin Falling , the directorial debut of actor Ken Duken, for Germany. The film, which Duken shot last year, follows a terrorist who hijacks a car and forces the driver to take him to Berlin where, in the middle of Christmas celebrations, he plans to carry out a brutal attack.
Separatist commander assassinated in eastern Ukraine
In this Nov. 2, 2014, file photo, a Pro-Russian rebel commander with the nom de guerre Givi casts his ballot during supreme council and presidential elections on the front line near Donetsk airport in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Rebels’ Donets News Agency said on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, that Mikhail Tolstykh, better known under his nom de guerre Givi, died early Wednesday morning in what it described as a terrorist attack.
Trump’s plan for safe zones in Syria risks dragging the US…
President Donald Trump said this week that he would “absolutely do safe zones in Syria” to stem the flow of refugees into other countries. Trump is expected to ask the Pentagon and State Department to draft a plan for establishing the safe zones, so it’s currently unclear what measures specifically Trump would authorize.
Trump, Key Arab Allies Agree to Boost Anti-Terror Efforts
U.S. President Donald Trump, facing growing criticism over his move to block immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, held talks with two prominent Arab leaders on Sunday to bolster ties and discuss anti-terrorism efforts in the Middle East. Trump spoke by phone with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
U.S. Military Says One Servicemember Killed in Yemen Raid
An American serviceman was killed in a raid against al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, the U.S. military said, the first such loss since President Donald Trump took office. Three others were wounded in the attack on Saturday that killed about 14 al-Qaeda members and led to the capture of “information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terror plots,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement Sunday.
White House Defends Immigrant Ban as Airports Stop Travelers
President Donald Trump defended his order suspending refugee resettlements in the U.S. and barring entry to people from from Iraq, Syria and five other Middle East nations, as confusion broke out at airports around the world and government agencies and airlines tried to interpret the new rules. “It’s not a Muslim ban,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
White House Defends Immigrant Ban as Airports Stop Travelers
President Donald Trump defended his order suspending refugee resettlements in the U.S. and barring entry to people from from Iraq, Syria and five other Middle East nations, as confusion broke out at airports around the world and government agencies and airlines tried to interpret the new rules. “It’s not a Muslim ban,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.