Conspiracy theories have been around since mankind first started forming groups and questioning the intentions of other groups they could see on the horizon. Paranoia, it could be argued, is an ingrained survival trait that has helped us to become the dominant species on this planet, but in the relative safety and comfort of modern-day America, that same inherent desire to … [Read more…]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, speaking at a major investment conference, has promised his kingdom will return to “what we were before – a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world”. Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud made the announcement at the beginning of the landmark Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on Tuesday. The country … [Read more…]
Mali: Terrorism Report Background: The Northern Mali Conflict On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence and greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the … [Read more…]
In light of recent events in Niger where four US Special Forces soldiers were killed, many people are wondering: who are these terror groups operating in Africa? How many terrorist groups are in Africa? There is no short story to the history of terrorism in Africa, and there have long been Islamic terror groups operating in the region. I will do my best in this article to give … [Read more…]
On September 11th 2001 terrorists coordinated a series of attacks by way of hijacked commercial passenger airliners. Two of the hijacked passenger planes slammed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center of Lower Manhattan in New York City, another speared itself into the outer rings of The Pentagon, and the final, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field … [Read more…]
In sub-Saharan Africa, trouble keeps expanding in the form of new branches of extremist terror and criminal organizations. The question today is: Who is the Islamic State in the greater Sahara? The easy answer to that question is they are an Islamic State affiliation, which means they fall in line with Al Baghdadi's group in Syria and Iraq. IS has been making moves in Africa … [Read more…]
Russia said on Wednesday it had critically injured a leader of the Tahrir al-Sham militant group in Syria with an air strike on his position that also killed 12 of his field commanders. Russia had targeted Abu Mohamad al-Golani in an intelligence-led special operation while he was meeting his field commanders, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. A statement by the … [Read more…]
Khartoum, Sudan -- On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an enhanced version of his administration's travel ban and barred all travel to the United States from seven countries that, according to the current administration, pose a threat to national security, indefinitely. Trump retained the majority Muslim countries of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia, as well as … [Read more…]
An American oil worker was abducted from his car by unidentified gunmen on a busy street in the Yemeni capital, his wife and colleagues said on Monday. The American, Danny Lavone Burch, 63, had spent years in Yemen working as an engineer at a Yemeni oil company when he was abducted on Saturday morning. “They did it in broad daylight in front of everyone,” Nadia Forsa, Mr. … [Read more…]
Hamza bin Laden, son and would-be heir of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has urged Muslims around the world to join the flight in Syria against "crusaders" and Shia Muslims. "The cause of Syria is the cause of the entire worldwide Muslim community," he said in an undated audio recording released on militant networks on Thursday. "In order for the people of Syria to … [Read more…]
Yesterday we wrote about the tragedy of 9-11 and the horror that we all felt that day 16 years ago as we watched planes fly into the World Trade Center and the thousands of lives that were lost in New York City, in Washington D.C., and in rural Pennsylvania. Almost everyone in the country either lost someone they knew or knows someone who lost people that fateful day. But … [Read more…]
Somewhere in the vicinity of Baghdad, 4 Navy HH-60Hs lift out of a FOB, their cabins packed full of SOF assaulters. As the birds lift, the engines whine, struggling to perform in the hot summer air. The targeted individuals are all members of an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) cell, and tonight we know where they are. The communications net crackles as the flight forms up and calls in … [Read more…]
