Source: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1ea0e562321b4ffba3996c13782b69cc/2-suspects-ivory-coast-beach-attack-arrested-mali BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities in Mali say they have arrested two men in connection with an attack by Islamic extremists in Ivory Coast that left at least 19 people dead this month. Commandant…
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/24/inside-the-mafia-isis-connection.html The mobsters have the weapons, and they’re making a killing selling them off to Islamic radicals. CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — By the time Aziz Ehsan, a 46-year-old Iraqi, was arrested near Naples on Tuesday,…
Source: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/03/24/19489/report-brussels-suicide-bombers-sought-radioactive-materials?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-4ea9ac4ae2-100381977&mc_cid=4ea9ac4ae2&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec The two brothers who detonated suicide bombs at an airport and subway station in Brussels this week, killing at least 31 and injuring hundreds more, had spied on a senior Belgian nuclear official in…
Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/al-qaeda-claims-algeria-gas-plant-attack-1458388632 “Al Qaeda on Saturday claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on an Algerian gas plant, threatening more operations against Western oil companies. Early Friday, attackers launched homemade rockets at the Krechba gas plant, which…
Source: http://www.dw.com/en/islamic-state-using-water-as-a-weapon/a-19093081 ‘Islamic State’ using water as a weapon The terror group “Islamic State” has taken control of six of the eight major dams in Syria and Iraq. It is systemically exercising control by using water….
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/01/pirates-hack-shipping-company/ Seaborne pirates just borrowed a page from their land-based counterparts. A Verizon security report has revealed that raiders hacked a shipping company’s content management system to determine which ships were worth boarding, and where…
Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a19555/why-isis-is-building-mad-max-truck-bombs/ The members of ISIS have more in common with the war boys of Mad Max: Fury Road than ruthless violence, desert surroundings, and a yearning to die in combat (“I live, I die, I…
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/24/will-isis-launch-a-mass-drone-attack-on-a-stadium.html LONDON — A team of British intelligence analysts has drawn up a chilling scenario in which terrorists launch a swarm of small drones in an attack on a major sporting event like the Super Bowl,…
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/stolen-radioactive-material-hunted-isis-ravaged-iraq-officials-n520551 Iraq is searching for potentially deadly radioactive material that was stolen late last year, officials said. The material was contained in an industrial radiography device that vanished in November, the International Atomic Energy Agency…
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12128328/Isil-wants-its-own-navy-for-attacks-in-the-Mediterranean.html Islamic State militants hope to build a maritime arm that could carry out attacks in the Mediterranean, a senior Nato Naval officer has warned. The march of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil)…