New crime-fighting tools aim to deter and nab terrorists
By American Chemical Society Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Chemical & Engineering News
Fingerprints, ballistics, DNA analysis and other mainstays of the forensic science toolkit may get a powerful new crime-solving companion as scientists strive to develop technology for “fingerprinting” and tracing the origins of chemical substances that could be used in terrorist attacks and other criminal acts. That’s the topic of the cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.? ?
Weaponizing the Passenger PlaneBy Daniel Greenfield Monday, January 30, 2012
On September 11 the passenger jet as a weapon came crashing into the consciousness of the citizens of the country which had made international air travel viable. Muslim terrorists had viewed planes in terms of the passengers and hijacked planes to take people hostage. But at the beginning of the millennium it was no longer the people that mattered, only the use of the plane as a makeshift missile aimed at the institutions and infrastructure of the free world.
This change of tactics was a game changer because it meant the potential casualties of airplane hijackings were no longer limited to the passengers in the air who were now flying around in ICBM’s with much less explosive payload, but enough to take down skyscrapers and kill thousands of people. Every passenger was no longer just a risk to other passengers, but a risk to everyone in the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower or any other clumping of people in target areas that could be hit.
Al-Qaeda terrorists seize control of city in YemenBy Jim Kouri Tuesday, January 17, 2012
“[T]he government forces backed by U.S. Marine troops and Air Force have been fighting terrorists of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) group for more than eight months…”
Lone wolf Islamic terrorist attacks Alabama copsBy Jim Kouri Thursday, January 12, 2012
In yet another “lone wolf” Islamic extremist attack, a young man claiming to be a Muslim allegedly shot and broke the windows of businesses in Gadsden, Alabama, Sunday morning. The motive for the vandalism was to ambush any and all responding police officers, killing as many of them as possible
Boko Haram bombing suspects captured; U.S. bomb techs alerted
By Jim Kouri Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Parts of this news story are based on a lecture series by Jim Kouri for police and security officers in the Caribbean prior to the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001.
By Jim Kouri Monday, December 26, 2011
Islamic terrorists detonated bombs throughout Nigeria on Christmas Day targeting Christian churches that were celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. At least 40 people were killed and dozens more were injured.
Hezbollah complains of CIA recruitment in LebanonBy Jim Kouri Monday, December 19, 2011
The Lebanon-base Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah this weekend complained that the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency is using the U.S. Embassy in Beirut as a de facto recruiting station for Lebanese informants to Hezbollah operations.
During a speech on the Hezbollah-controlled Al- Manar TV station, an official accused the CIA of activating a team of 10 intelligence officers, including women, specifically to recruit Lebanese spies to gather information on Hezbollah’s officials and fighters along with the locations of the terror group’s arms caches.
Venezuela, Iran Linked to Alleged Cyberattack PlotBy Trevor Westra Friday, December 16, 2011
U.S. Spanish-language television network, Univision, has released an investigative documentary in which it is claimed that Venezuelan and Iranian diplomats negotiated with Mexican hackers to break into White House, Pentagon, and FBI databases, as well as U.S. nuclear facilities. Critical to these allegations are a series of recordings made by one of the hackers, who went undercover and attempted to document the conspiracy.
Killing Bin Laden: What Didn’t They Tell Us, and Why?
By Roger Aronoff Friday, December 9, 2011
The explosive new book by former Navy SEAL, Chuck Pfarrer, has led to a reconsideration of what actually happened when SEAL Team 6 took out Osama bin Laden last May. The media coverage of the book has largely focused on the specific details of the operation, but there is much more to Pfarrer’s book, SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden, that has received little or no attention. Pfarrer recently gave an exclusive interview to Accuracy in Media, in which he talked about the culture and character of the SEALs, about his own unique story, and the so-called War Against Terrorism.
African-based terror group Boko Haram subject of House reportBy Jim Kouri Sunday, December 4, 2011
Boko Haram (translated: “Western or non-Islamic education is a sin”) is a controversial Islamist group that seeks the imposition of Shariah law in the northern states of Nigeria. The group’s official name is Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad.”
Hezbollah boasts: We’ve beaten the CIA and MossadBy Jim Kouri Saturday, November 26, 2011
Following last week’s report that the top leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah warned the United States government that any attack by the U.S. military on Iran would result in violence throughout the Middle East, the Syrian and Iranian-backed Hezbollah boasted Wednesday it had “vanquished” the U.S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s intelligence group Mossad.
Former Fox News analyst at center of Pakistani firestormBy Jim Kouri Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pakistan’s powerful army has become enraged after a secret memo indicated President Asif Ali Zardari’s government asked for U.S. help to prevent a military coup following the Navy SEAL raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden. - Washington Post, November 18, 2011.
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