Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
30 years later, a ‘push for justice’ over Argentina’s Jewish center bombing
On July 18, 1994, a van loaded with explosives crashed into a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The blast killed 85 people at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) and wounded over 300. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history. Today, 30 years later, Argentinians will gather in their capital — as…
Read MoreFrance races to head off ISIS-K threat to Paris Olympics
Tajik journalist Temur Varki received a disquieting call from Paris police in late March, days after Islamic State militants from his homeland allegedly carried out a massacre in Moscow. The two officers questioned him about France’s tiny community of immigrants from Tajikistan, an impoverished former Soviet republic in Central Asia. “Who do you know? How…
Read MorePakistan arrests Al-Qaeda leader listed by United Nations
Pakistani counter-terror officials have arrested an Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, who figures on a U.N. sanctions list, they said on Friday, describing him as a close associate of the dead Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.Pakistan’s first Al-Qaeda arrest in many years comes as the counter-terrorism department (CTD)…
Read MoreBowling Green man convicted on terrorism charges after working with 2 WKU students to join ISIS
A Bowling Green man was convicted on multiple terrorism charges and he was working with two Western Kentucky University students at the time. A federal jury convicted Mirsad Ramic, 34, last month for his involvement with ISIS. Court documents show Ramic and the two WKU students all left the U.S. to support ISIS back in…
Read MoreSpain And Germany Arrest 4 People For Supplying Hezbollah With Parts For Drones Used Against Israel
Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, Spanish authorities said Thursday. The investigation began in Spain when the Guardia Civil detected…
Read MoreISIS claims responsibility for rare attack on mosque in Oman
The jihadist ISIS group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Shiite-Muslim mosque in the Gulf Arab state of Oman that killed six people Monday evening. The Sunni-Muslim Islamist group said in a statement late on Tuesday that three of its “suicide attackers” fired on worshippers at the mosque and exchanged gunfire with Omani…
Read MoreIsraeli police say they shoot Palestinian after attempted stabbing attack
Israeli forces shot a 19 year-old Palestinian dead on Tuesday after he tried to stab an officer taking part on a raid in the town of Al-Bira, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility from any of the armed Palestinian militant groups. Read more: Reuters
Read MorePakistani Troops Kill 10 Militants Responsible For Attack On Military Base That Left 8 Soldiers Dead
All 10 militants who rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistani military facility were killed in an 18-hour operation, officials said Tuesday. In its statement, the Pakistani military said eight soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber early Monday rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the outer wall of an army housing complex in Bannu, a…
Read MoreA shooting in a mosque in Oman kills 4 and wounds others, police say
Police in Oman said Tuesday a shooting in a mosque has killed four people and wounded others. The Royal Oman Police said in a statement online the shooting happened in the Wadi Kabir neighborhood of Muscat, the Omani capital. Police gave no motive nor said who was suspected of carrying out the attack. Oman is…
Read MoreGerman authorities arrest a Lebanese man accused of procuring drone components for Hezbollah
A Lebanese man accused of being a member of the Hezbollah militant group and procuring drone components that were to be exported for use in attacks against Israel has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as Fadel Z. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Salzgitter in northern…
Read More