NYC pressure cooker explosion: A foreboding indication of things to come?

NYC pressure cooker explosion: A foreboding indication of things to come?

We don’t know very much about the explosions that occurred in New York, but we do know these acts were intentional. We also know they were intended to cause harm. That’s terrorism. It wasn’t revenge or a lover’s quarrel; it was designed to terrorize. Governor Cuomo made a statement saying that the NYC explosion was obviously […]

The struggle with suicide attacks

The struggle with suicide attacks

Suicide attacks are never random, they are a cold calculation’s result that involves several factors. The most important is the capability to spread anxiety and fear among the population, not only those directly injured. Modern democracies have sophisticated weaponry, bomb military targets with drones, launch missiles at impossible distances, yet exhibit some uncertainty against the […]

Visa security loophole exploited by 9/11 attackers still open 15 years later

Visa security loophole exploited by 9/11 attackers still open 15 years later

At least five of the Sept. 11 hijackers exploited a glaring hole in visa security to stay in the U.S. beyond their time — allowing them to board the planes and conduct their murderous attack. Fifteen years later, and despite a clear consensus on the need for improvement, that gaping hole remains. “In too many […]

Former Navy SEAL Admiral Bill McRaven on the Kaepernick flag controversy

Former Navy SEAL Admiral Bill McRaven on the Kaepernick flag controversy

Former Navy SEAL Admiral William McRaven, who commanded the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) when al-Qa’ida leader Usama Bin Ladin was killed by American commandos in 2011, has indirectly weighed in on the Colin Kaepernick National Anthem controversy by way of an August 29, 2016, memorandum to the presidents and athletic directors of the University of […]

Finding the truth behind 9/11

Finding the truth behind 9/11

Next Sunday, Sept. 11, will mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attack known simply as 9/11. It wasn’t just one in a litany of attacks on America and the West, another in a long string of brutal, senseless assaults on innocent people carried out in the name of jihad. It was different — different […]

Popular Support for Suicide Terrorism in Bangladesh: Worse Than You Think

Popular Support for Suicide Terrorism in Bangladesh: Worse Than You Think

In March 2014, Dan Mozena, then U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, said that Bangladesh is “a moderate and generally secular and tolerant—though sometimes this is getting stretched at the moment—alternative to violent extremism in a very troubled part of the world.” While Mozena’s statement reflects the general perception that Bangladesh is a success story of a moderate, secular, […]

Illinois teen accused of plotting terrorist attack

Illinois teen accused of plotting terrorist attack

Authorities arrested an 18-year-old southern Illinois man who they allege had communicated with an unspecified terrorist group about a plan to an attack on at least one area location. Keaun L. Cook, of Godfrey, was arrested Wednesday on preliminary charges of providing material support for terrorism and making a terrorist threat. He was being held […]

DHS bulletin urges law enforcement to be on high alert ahead of 9/11 anniversary

DHS bulletin urges law enforcement to be on high alert ahead of 9/11 anniversary

State and local law enforcement agencies around the United States are being urged to remain on high alert for potential terrorist activity leading up to the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Department of Homeland Security, in an intelligence notification distributed on Monday and obtained by Fox News, warned law enforcement partners that […]

China’s Embassy in Kyrgyzstan Hit by Suicide Bomber

China’s Embassy in Kyrgyzstan Hit by Suicide Bomber

A suicide car bombing at the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan wounded five people and killed the lone attacker, Chinese state media said. The attack in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek took place at about 9:32 a.m. local time Tuesday, when the attacker rammed the vehicle through the embassy gate, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News […]