A British terror cell allegedly planned to buy five AK47 assault rifles by borrowing £100,000 in loans, a court heard. The alleged ringleader of a British jihadist group, Irfan Naseer, boasted how he could buy a grenade for £1,500 and a M16 assault rifle. [...] The al-Qaeda inspired gang, from Birmingham, is accused of plotting [...]
Passengers and crew of an Abuja-bound aircraft belonging to Arik Air were thrown into panic on Tuesday when a passenger behaving in a strange manner stood up and screamed Allahu Akbar(God is great) midair. The scared passengers, who took off from Maiduguri, Borno State, rushed to the strange passenger identified as Aminu Galadima, grabbed him [...]
A leader of al Qaedas north African wing warned France on Saturday that any attempt to forcibly rescue six French citizens held hostage by the militant group could lead to their death. Read More.
he death penalty trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks is so important that it should be televised to the public, defense lawyers argued on Friday. The issue was discussed on the final day of a week-long pretrial hearing for the alleged mastermind of the hijacked plane attacks, Khalid Sheikh [...]
In recent months, Iranian regime spokesmen have conducted a campaign of statements regarding Iran’s intent to enrich uranium for use in nuclear-fueled ships and submarines – the latter a patently military use of nuclear power. Regime officials, regime dailies, and websites close to the regime issued no fewer than 12 such statements, in which they [...]
This is not an article about a revolutionary weapon, which if it lands in the wrong hands would kill only a few people. This is a much bigger issue that must be taken seriously. In an unstable world where technology is advancing rapidly in both military and medical fields, it is important that the public [...]
French news agency is reporting that four people were injured when a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb.The Sipa news agency says that the small explosion was set off by two hooded people dressed in black who entered the store around midday and put a package inside, citing [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran would reach the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb in just six or seven months,
A Jordanian militant leader linked to Al Qaeda warned Sunday that his extremist group will launch “deadly attacks” in neighboring Syria to topple President Bashar Assad. In a speech delivered to a crowd protesting outside the prime minister’s office in Amman, Mohammad al-Shalabi, better known as Abu Sayyaf, told Assad that “our fighters are coming [...]
Israel might attack Iran by using electromagnetic pulses EMP that could cripple the country by shutting down its electronics and sending the Islamic Republic “back to the Stone Age,
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government suspended ties with Iran in part due to an increasing risk to his country’s diplomats in the Middle Eastern country. “This is a regime that, among its many wrongs, does not respect normal practices of diplomatic immunity,” Harper told reporters today in Vladivostok, Russia, where he is [...]
Saudi Arabia’s news agency says authorities have uncovered “terrorist” cells plotting attacks against Saudi police and civilians in Riyadh, the capital. Read More
Pakistan: A group of 10 Islamic militants wearing military uniforms “stormed” (sic) Pakistan Air Force Base Minhas, located at Kamra in Punjab Province on15 August, according to multiple Pakistani and international news service reports. Exchanges of fire continued for several hours resulting in one security officer killed and six wounded. Five or six attackers were [...]
Israel’s Security apparatus is concerned that Al-Qaeda is planning a large scale terror attack on Israel’s civil aviation, Walla reported.Recently there has been an increase in the warnings within the security system about possible attacks against civilian and foreign flights by terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and other groups, who are working on such an attack. [...]
An Indian man has escaped from al-Qaida-linked militants after nearly 14 months in captivity in the southern Philippines.Sulu provincial police chief Antonio Freyra says Bijo Kolara Veetil escaped before dawn Friday as his Abu Sayyaf captors were preparing breakfast. Read More
There is no question that Iran is now a de facto nuclear state – a “casus belli” for Israeli military action. As Iran miscalculates Israeli resolve, it is clear that the diplomatic dance of deceit and empty bluster for years is over. The die is cast and Israel has crossed the Rubicon, since a significant [...]
Police have arrested three suspected members of al-qaeda who amassed explosives and may have been plotting attacks in Spain or elsewhere in Europe, Spain’s interior minister said Thursday. Authorities found evidence suggesting they were experimenting with ultralight planes and remote-controlled planes. The three — a Russian, a Russian of Chechen descent, and a Turk, according [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama has made his administration’s successes against terrorist groups — above all last year’s killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — a central plank of his re-election campaign. But according to the State Department’s latest annual counterterrorism report, al Qaeda affiliates are gaining operational strength in the Middle East and [...]
North Korea may be developing electromagnetic pulse weapons or bombs that could take out power grids — not to mention military and civilian electronics. Such speculation comes from a Chinese military analyst’s article in the journal Bauhinia, according to the Washington Times. The Chinese military pointed out that North Korea has always planned to [...]
A husband-and-wife team of Muslim fanatics have been jailed in Britain for plotting attacks against the Jewish community in Manchester. Prosecutors say Mohammed Sajid Khan and his wife Shasta accumulated a stockpile of bomb-making supplies in a plan to detonate an improvised explosive at a Jewish site in the city in northern England. Read More
