Tag: terrorist
Tanzania says gunman who killed four people last month was a...
Tanzanian police said on Thursday that a slain gunman who killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a...
Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church
A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in the French...
Egypt’s army says it foiled ‘terrorist’ attack in northern Sinai
The Egyptian army said it has killed 18 suspected militants who attacked a military post in northern Sinai on Tuesday and foiled their ”terrorist”...
ISS: Dialogue with terrorists should start with community voices
Dialogue as a plausible method for countering violent extremism has gained traction in the past year as international and regional actors consider new ways to end...
Al Qaeda Mali affiliate named a terrorist organisation
The US State Department designated an al Qaeda affiliate in Mali, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, as a foreign terrorist organisation, cutting off...
Terrorist tag lifted from three Ethiopian opposition groups
Ethiopia removed three opposition groups from its list of "terrorist" organisations, the latest sign Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is charting a new...
There is a way out for al Shabaab fighters
Ahmed, the son of a fisherman, joined al-Shabaab in 2006 as a way to earn money and support his five children. He...
US designates formers Shabaab leader allied to IS as ‘terrorist’
A former recruiter for the al Shabaab militant group who pledged allegiance to Islamic State was designated as a global terrorist by...
Stratfor: Terrorism and the not-so-exceptional individual
In last week's Security Weekly, we used a thwarted underwear bomb plot, as well as the U.S. government's easing the rules of...
Stratfor: Detecting terrorist surveillance
As we noted last week, terrorist attacks do not materialize out of thin air. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Those...
Two NJ men arrested at JFK bound for terror group
Two New Jersey men were recently arrested at a New York airport trying to catch flights for meetings with militant groups in...
Iranian Proxies: An Intricate and Active We
For the past few years, STRATFOR has been carefully following the imbroglio over the Iranian nuclear weapons program and efforts by the...
UN examines terrorist’s use of the Internet
Terrorists' use of the Internet including how it is utilized to recruit, organize criminal acts and raise money was the focus of...
‘Shock’ US report due on attempted airline attack
The White House was poised to release a report yesterday that top aides said will shock Americans about security lapses that allowed...
Nigerian bomber indicted in US
A US grand jury yesterday indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts for trying to blow up an American airliner in...
Nine suspected Al-Shaabab members charged in Kenya
Nine suspects arrested last week on suspicion of being members of Somali terror group Al-Shabaab were arraigned before Mombasa court this afternoon.
The...
Two Tunisians from Guantanamo sent to Italy for trial
Two Tunisians held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent to Italy where they will face prosecution,...
France asks its citizens to leave Mali
France asked its citizens to leave northern and eastern Mali immediately because of an increased militant threat after a Frenchman was kidnapped...
