‘Jihad Jane’ shows terrorism-case trend – USATODAY.com

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Asia And Europe, Colleen, Federal Court Documents, Internet Messages, Jihad, Larose, Middle Aged Woman, Suburban Philadelphia, Terrorism, Trend

For nearly a year, a middle-aged woman from suburban Philadelphia used her computer to fashion a new, frightening identity, federal court documents say.
The stream of Internet messages in which she sought assistance to wage violent jihad in Asia and Europe literally transformed her, the documents allege, from 46-year-old Colleen LaRose to “Jihad Jane.”
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Iran’s New World Order – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Ahmad, Bravado, Cleric, Clue, Global Prominence, Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Regime, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mentor, New World Order, Nuclear Program, Political Sphere, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sentiments, Terrorism, Wsj

Ahmad Khatami, an influential cleric and mentor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently said publicly that the United States has to “regard Iran as a great power in the political sphere. The people of Iran have realized there is nothing you can do to us.”
The statement is part bravado, but it also offers an important [...]

Syria is no different from Hamas or Hezbollah – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in February 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, damascus, Future War, haaretz, Hamas, hezbollah, Israel, Israel News, Israelis, Population Centers, Population Israel, Syria, Syrian Foreign Minister, Terrorism, Weak Point

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem recently told Israelis that “you know that war at this time will reach your cities.” The statement bolsters the recognition that the Syrian strategy in a future war will be based on targeting population centers in Israel. It seems that after the enemy’s attempts to act through conventional military means [...]

What Is Behind the Collapse of Civilization?

Posted by Matt in February 14th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in general, Bankruptcy, civilization, Civilized Countries, Collapse, Decline, Economic Decay, Falling Birth Rates, Family Security, geopolitics, Global Economics, Human Spirit, Journey, Multitude, Security Matters, Socialism, Sympathy, Terrorism

What if the sympathy for terrorism and the drive toward socialism, the falling birth rates and cultural bankruptcy in civilized countries, the economic decay and decline of the family all had a common cause? What if that common cause lay behind the multitude of ways that we can see civilization collapsing around us? Following that [...]

Latin America’s New Cold War? | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Accusations, Bad Faith, Cold-War, Colombia, Cooperation Agreement, Decades, Drug Trafficking, Foreign Policy, Global Arms Race, Imperial Ambitions, Latin-America, Military Cooperation, Military Standoff, Oct 30, Tensions, Terrorism, Venezuela

Nearly two decades after the global arms race of the Cold War ended, many Latin America watchers today are worried about a new military standoff: between Colombia and Venezuela. As before, Washington is integral to the debate.
Tensions on both sides of the border have run high for several years, but a joint U.S.-Colombia [...]

Uncontrolled Muslim Influx a Threat to the West

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Islam, Abiding Citizens, David Miliband, Immigration, Influx, London, Muslim, Pakistan, Pakistanis, Secretary David, Terrorism, Terrorist Plots, Tribal Areas

A few weeks ago in London, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told me that 75 per cent of the terrorist plots aimed at Britain originated in the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan. Some 800,000 Pakistanis live in Britain.
The vast majority, it goes without saying, are law-abiding citizens. But there is a link between uncontrolled [...]

Will Obama Scrap Bush’s Color-Coded Terror Alerts? | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, 9 11 Attacks, Blogged, Bush Administration, Flock Browser, Newsweek, Newsweek National News, terror, Terrorism, Terrorism Alert

The Obama administration next week is expected to create an official committee to consider modifying or even abolishing the widely ridiculed color-coded terrorism alert system introduced by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks.
Will Obama Scrap Bush’s Color-Coded Terror Alerts? | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com
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Did terrorism bring down flight 447?

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Air Tragedy, Brazil, Exclusive Report, Flight 447, Flight Information, French Investigators, L Express, Muslims, Paris, Passenger List, Revelation, terror, Terrorism

New information came to light this morning that is making French investigators wonder if terrorism brought down Air France Flight 447 last week.
From the article:
The day after DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources’ revelation of Tuesday, June 9, that French security was going through the doomed Air France flight’s passenger list for suspected terror links, the Paris weekly [...]

War? What War?

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Terrorism, Afghanistan, Clinton Administration, Contingency Operation, iraq, Lawyers, Misnomer, National Security Threat, New Administration, Phrase, Prosecutors, Random Crime, Sept 11 2001, Terrorism, terrorists, War On Terror, War War

War On Terror: The phrase is actually now a misnomer. Iraq and Afghanistan have been rebranded the “Overseas Contingency Operation,” and lawyers are being deployed to fight the real battles.
The strategy of the new administration looks a lot like the course the Clinton administration set us on before Sept. 11, 2001. And we know how [...]