Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq, US officials say
U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, in the first such incidents reported after a near three-month pause.Two drones were shot down near Ain al-Asad air base that hosts U.S. troops in the…
Read MoreIsraeli Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over His Role In Failing To Prevent Oct. 7 Attack
The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s resignation could set the stage for more resignations among Israel’s top security…
Read MoreBritain to proscribe Terrorgram collective as terrorist organisation
Britain said on Monday it would proscribe the Terrorgram collective, an extreme right-wing online network, as a terrorist organisation, meaning it would become a criminal offense in the country to belong to or promote the group. Britain’s interior ministry, or Home Office, described the group as an online network of neo-fascists producing and spreading violent…
Read More3 Germans Arrested On Suspicion Of Spying For China, Transferring Info On Potential Military Tech
Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday. Prosecutors said the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some point before June 2022. They are also suspected of violating German export laws by exporting…
Read MoreSome Voters In Northeast India Go Back To The Polls After Violence Disrupts First Day Of Election
Voters at a handful polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after violence disrupted the vote last week. Indian election authorities voided the results at 11 of Manipur state’s nearly 3,000 polling stations after armed men damaged election machines during the first day of voting…
Read More2 Suspects Arrested In A Jerusalem Car Attack
Israeli police said they have arrested two people after a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Monday, lightly wounding three. Footage taken by a CCTV camera and aired by Israeli media showed a car plowing into three ultra-Orthodox Jews, sending at least two flying over the dashboard. Palestinians have carried out periodic attacks on…
Read MoreMan who set himself on fire outside Trump trial and spouted conspiracy theories dies
The man who set himself on fire Friday outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is on trial died of his extensive injuries, authorities said. Maxwell Azzarello, 37, a St. Augustine, Fla., resident who arrived in New York this week, was rushed to the burn unit at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Hospital after…
Read MoreIsrael military intelligence chief quits over 7 October
The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Major General Aharon Haliva would retire once his successor was selected. In a letter, he acknowledged that his intelligence directorate “did not live up to the task…
Read MoreJapanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast
A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials later said one bystander was killed. Initially, police said the van was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked when it came under attack, local…
Read More25 years after Columbine, survivors say they’re still haunted by the attack
The epicenter of the Columbine High School mass shooting was the library, where Craig Scott was studying for a biology test on April 20, 1999. Scott, then 16, said he had just sat down next to his friend, Matt Kechter, when his life turned upside down. This week marks 25 years since two seniors at…
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