CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Join Forces to Target ISIS in Syria
The fight against ISIS is a bread-and-butter mission for the likes of CTC and JSOC. This reportedly new campaign is nothing new for these agencies.
Counterterrorism
Australia’s Homegrown Radicalisation Problem (Pt. 5): The Media Dilemma
A simple oversimplification of a word such a ‘Jihad’ or ‘mujahideen’ can have an enormous potential effect on counter-radicalisation strategies.
Australia’s Homegrown Radicalisation Problem (Pt. 4): ISIS and Cyber Warfare
The Islamic State’s undeniable appeal to the misguided, amplified via aggressive online strategies, is simply unprecedented.
Australia’s Homegrown Radicalisation Problem (Pt. 1)
Multiple high-profile terrorist incidences in Australia in a short period of time have forced the government to reconsider its radicalisation problem.
Al Qaeda, Liquid Explosives and This Weak-Kneed Reactive Mess
One of my news feeds this morning popped up a breathless piece from ABC about new, “ingenious” liquid explosives being used by Al Qaeda plotters. Inside the hype, there was some discussion of a large, “strategic-level” attack (whatever that means–any terrorist attack is by definition strategic; they are attempting to use terror to achieve an […]
