Category Al Qaeda
Special Operations Forces’ Adviser Warns ISIS May Exploit Pandemic: ‘Maybe We’re Not Paying Enough Attention’
Special operations forces’ adviser warns ISIS may exploit pandemic: ‘Maybe we’re not paying enough attention’ foxnews.com · by Matt London | Fox News Video ISIS could exploit coronavirus pandemic to carry out terror attacks, EU officials warns Former Green Beret Lt. Col. Scott Mann, writer of ‘Last Out’ airing on Fox Nation, reacts. Get all the latest […]
CIA Agents: How Bill Clinton Stopped Us From Preventing 9/11
CIA Agents: How Bill Clinton Stopped Us From Preventing 9/11 In an exclusive clip from the Showtime documentary “The Longest War,” premiering April 19, CIA agents explain how Bill Clinton blocked the U.S. from killing Osama bin Laden. Marlow Stern Senior Entertainment Editor Published Apr. 19, 2020 5:00AM ET The Daily Beast · by Marlow Stern · April […]
Extremists See Global Chaos From Virus As An Opportunity
Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity AP · by CARA ANNA · April 2, 2020 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than […]
Book Review: The Dragons And The Snakes, By David Kilcullen
Excerpts: The snakes have learned to adapt their warfare and their systems to put the West on the back foot. Add to this the rapid development of the internet, wi-fi, mobile phones and social media, and you have warfare in which a small mortar team with a smartphone can use GPS to give their location […]
The US Should Send More, Not Fewer, Troops To West Africa
The US Should Send More, Not Fewer, Troops to West Africa America’s interests and unique security partnerships in this burgeoning region argue for more help, not less. BY MATTHEW DALTONREAD BIO defenseone.com · by Read bio As the Pentagon looks to redistribute and possibly draw down its troops in Africa, it should consider not trimming but boosting its presence […]
Al-Qaeda And Islamic State Groups Are Working Together In West Africa To Grab Large Swaths Of Territory
Excerpts: Fighters appear to be coordinating attacks and carving out mutually agreed-upon areas of influence in the Sahel, the strip of land beneath the Sahara desert. The rural territory at risk is so large it could “fit multiple Afghanistans and Iraqs,” said Brig. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, head of the U.S. military’s Special Operations arm in […]
France Boosts Anti-Terror Force In Sahel As U.S. Mulls Pull-Out
France boosts anti-terror force in Sahel as US mulls pull-out euronews.com · February 2, 2020 France is to boost its military presence in the Sahel, where it is fighting Islamist insurgents, by 600 troops, the Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Sunday. It will bring the number of French soldiers taking part in the anti-terror operation, […]
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