Archive for the ‘Terrorism’ Category
Oct. 23, 1983: A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 220 U.S. Marines, 18 sailors and 3 Army soldiers; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.
Monday, October 23rd, 201710/21/1910: A massive explosion destroys the Los Angeles Times building in the city’s downtown area, killing 21 and injuring many more.
Saturday, October 21st, 2017A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 with dozens more wounded.
Sunday, October 15th, 201710/12/2002: 3 bombings shatter the peace in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali leaving 202 dead and morethan 200 others injured.
Thursday, October 12th, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeiBNl2KDes
A 2016 plot to detonate bombs in Times Square and the New York City subway system and to open fire at concert venues last year was quietly thwarted: 3 men charged.
Saturday, October 7th, 2017“…..Three men involved in the plot were arrested; one of the men, Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, a 19-year-old Canadian citizen, has been in custody since his arrest in May of last year, and has pleaded guilty to terrorism offenses, the authorities said.
The two others — Russell Salic, a 37-year-old Filipino, and Talha Haroon, 19-year-old American living in Pakistan, have been arrested overseas, and they are expected to be extradited to the United States.
Mr. El Bahnasawy bought bomb-making materials in Canada for use in the attacks, including 40 pounds of hydrogen peroxide, a primary ingredient commonly used in improved explosive devices….”
Oct. 7, 1985: Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard.
Saturday, October 7th, 2017A major manhunt is under way after an improvised explosive device exploded on a London Underground train, injuring 29 people
Friday, September 15th, 2017An “explosion” on board a rush hour Tube train that injured a number of commuters and sparked panic in west London is being treated as a terror incident.
Friday, September 15th, 2017
OFFICE OF CYBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS (OCIA) assesses the number of vehicle-ramming attacks since January 2016
Friday, September 15th, 2017OCIA-Foreign_Terrorist_Organization-Inspired_Vehicle_Ramming_Attacks_on_Commercial_Facilities_FOUO OFFICE OF CYBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS (OCIA)
September 2017
OCIA assesses the increase in the number of vehicle-ramming attacks since January 2016 indicates Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) messaging efforts are probably resonating with violent extremists and will most likely continue in the near term. FTO-inspired violent extremists will probably continue to plan and engage in vehicle-ramming attacks against Western-based mass gathering and public venues since this tactic often requires minimal training, expertise, and preoperational planning.
Since January 2016, eight FTO-inspired vehicle-ramming attacks have occurred in Western countries.
OCIA identified three common characteristics among these attacks:
- targeting of public venues or mass gatherings;
- use of secondary weapons; and
- lack of observable indicators immediately before the attack. The Commercial Facilities Sector is at the greatest risk of attack from FTO-inspired vehicle-ramming operations because of the recurring presence of mass gatherings at these locations, the potential for adverse economic impacts, and the media attention these types of attacks regularly receive.