Tag: Terrorism
An Iranian lie unfolds in the Spanish media
Amid the profusion of commentary about the hostile attitudes towards the Jewish community found on certain parts of the American political left along with the British Labour Party, there was a useful piece of...
America, Terrorism, and Power Over Death
Though rarely understood, there can be no greater form of power on this earth than power over death.Ominously, this always-preeminent form of power in world politics remains unrecognized by American foreign policy-makers. The perilous result...
Arming synagogues? Jewish leaders grapple with balancing safety and accessibility
In the aftermath of two synagogue shootings exactly six months apart, in addition to arson incidents at Chabad Houses in Massachusetts and an attempted arson attempt at a Chicago synagogue last month, the issue of...
The threat of the new Shi’ite ‘Afghan alumni’
Iran has long experience organizing and operating armed militias to promote its interests. During the Bosnian war in the 1990s, thousands of Afghan “alumni” (Mujahideen) arrived in Bosnia to help the local Muslims.
One of...
Trump: ‘Always a chance’ of military action regarding Iran, but ‘I’d rather not’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there’s “always a chance” the United States could use military force against Iran, tough he added that he’d “rather not.”
“Iran is a place that was extremely...
Targeting Jihadist Terrorists: Identifying Pertinent Legal Guidelines
Targeted killing campaigns are still accelerating under the Trump administration, with fewer constraints and even less transparency. More precisely, it seems that the Obama-era Presidential Policy Guidance has been relaxed in two very meaningful ways: targets...
Jury finds former Uggs salesman guilty for working as Hezbollah ‘sleeper agent’
A former Uggs salesman has been found guilty for working as a “sleeper” agent for Hezbollah while living in the Bronx, assisting the terrorist group in planing attacks on New York City.
Ali Kourani, 34, was...
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Are terrorists normal? On Nazis, Hamas, al Qaeda, et al
"Are they normal?" It's not a usual question for commanders or strategic planners. Still, to some reasonable and ascertainable extent, this complex question could be applied to virtually any adversary in war, or at least...
Poverty isn’t the cause of terrorism, so let’s stop blaming it
It turns out that the Islamist terrorists who slaughtered more than 350 people in Sri Lanka came from one of that country’s wealthiest families. This news will surely come as a surprise to those...
Israeli minister links Chabad synagogue shooting and anti-Semitic ‘Times’ cartoon
In a Facebook post about Saturday’s synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif., Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan claimed the shooter had been influenced by a blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon that appeared last week in The New York Times.
Erdan...