Showing posts with label Islamic State militants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic State militants. Show all posts

Thursday 19 November 2015

ISIS Is Developing Chemical Weapons Using Scientists From Iraq And Syria, US Intelligence Officials Warn

The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, is pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq and Syria, Iraqi and US intelligence officials to The Associated Press on Thursday.

Friday 14 August 2015

ISIS Releases Personal Data, ‘Hit List' of 1,500 US Military Personnel’ Obtained From Hacking

Islamic State terrorist group has released what it claims to be a list of US government and military officials, complete with personal data, obtained. hacking. There are doubts that the information is as authentic as it is claimed to be.

Saturday 8 August 2015

Indian Security Arrest 2 Nigerian Students Suspected of Trying To Join ISIS

Two young Nigerian Students suspected to be on their way to joining the Islamic State (ISIS) militants have been arrested at the volatile  India-Pakistan border  after  scaling a barbed wire fence near the  border.

Thursday 7 May 2015

Terror Alert! Islamic State Claims To Have 'Trained soldiers' in 15 US States Ready To Launch Deadly Terror Attacks

ISLAMIC State have “trained soldiers” in 15 states across America waiting to carry out deadly missions, according to an online warning from the group. The online warning claimed there were 71 trained soldiers operating on American soil.

Wednesday 22 April 2015

Special Report: How Denmark's 'Lone Wolf Terrorist' Became Radicalized, Slipped Through The Net

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - On Valentine's Day, two weeks after his release from prison, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein walked up to a Copenhagen cafe hosting a debate on freedom of speech and sprayed it with bullets.

Monday 20 April 2015

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Her Majesty’s Jihadists: More British Muslims Have Enlisted Into Islamist Militant Groups Than In The British Armed Forces

He was a dreamer, with Che Guevara looks — a jet-black beard and eyes — who built a new persona online, as a Muslim warrior riding into battle in the back of an open-bed truck, dressed in black, his long hair blowing in the breeze, with an AK-47 hanging from his shoulder, strapped to his back. He had just turned 22 — the product of British private schools, a computer aficionado working in customer service at Sky News — when he decided to turn his dream into reality.

Wednesday 18 March 2015

Gunmen In Military Attire Kill 19 In Tunisia Museum Attack; 2 Gunmen Killed in Firefight

Gunmen in military uniforms attacked a museum in downtown Tunis around noon on Wednesday, killing 19 people, officials said. Security forces later advanced into the museum and killed two gunmen in a firefight, state television reported.

Monday 2 March 2015

Why Terrorism Works: Mohammed Emwazi 'Jihadi John' And The Fear Premium

Mohammed Emwazi aka Jihadi John
It costs a lot to identify future threats
What’s it worth it to keep the world safe from “Jihadi John”? In theory, the vast economic resources and intelligence power of the West should make identifying, tracking and detaining a single, brutal terrorist worth the cost.

How To Fight Terrorism With Twitter, Social Media

Standing together in hashtag movements on social media is the right antidote to terrorism, argues Donovan White The 2015 report issued by social media agency We Are Social South Africa revealed that there are 85-million active social media users in Africa.

Friday 27 February 2015

ISIS Recruiting Nigerian Youths Through Social Media

Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, has sounded the alarm that the blood-thirsty Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, is currently using the social media to radicalize and recruit Nigerian youths, particularly those who come from a wealthy background.

Tuesday 24 February 2015

How A Swedish Suburb Became A Breeding Ground For Foreign Fighters Streaming Into Syria And Iraq

Foreign Fighters In Syria (Source: statista.com)
When he was 3 years old, Ahmed arrived in southern Sweden from Iraq, together with his older brother and parents. The family settled in one of their new country’s cut-off suburbs, where its many new immigrants come to live, but mostly to be forgotten.

Thursday 29 January 2015

AFRICOM Commander Wants Full Counterinsurgency Plan For Boko Haram

The top commander of U.S. troops in Africa said he would like the U.S. military to do more to fight the terrorist group Boko Haram, but that it’s up to Nigerian and U.S. policy officials to decide how much they’re willing to change the trajectory of that group’s violent stronghold on the region.

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Islamic State Militants Threaten to Kill Japanese Jostages

The Islamic State group threatened in a video Tuesday to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours unless it receives a $200 million ransom, but Tokyo vowed it would not bow to "terrorism".

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Jordanian Pilot Captured by Islamic State After Warplane Crashes in Syria

IS Fighters with Captured Pilot
Islamic State militants captured a Jordanian pilot after his plane went down during operations by the U.S.-led coalition against the group on Wednesday in northeastern Syria, Jordan’s military said. The Raqqa Media Center, which is sanctioned by Islamic State, claimed the group shot the plane down with antiaircraft guns and the pilot ejected near the city of Raqqa—the capital of a province by the same name that is the seat of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate.

Wednesday 19 November 2014

26 Things About the Islamic State (ISIS) That The United States Does Not Want You to Know About

The US led war against  the Islamic State is a big lie. In this article, we address 26 concepts which refute the big lie.  Portrayed by the media as a humanitarian undertaking, this large scale military operation directed against Syria and Iraq has resulted in countless civilian deaths.

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Is It Right To Pay Ransom To Free Abductees?

The killings of US journalists and British aid workers in Syria, and a French hiker in Algeria have highlighted the dilemma for governments over whether to pay ransoms.