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The Islamic State Has Called for Attacks Throughout Western Europe and North America in Celebration

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has called for its supporters to carry out attacks throughout Western Europe and North America in celebration of Ramadan. In Manchester, the United Kingdom, mosques have refused to bury the remains of suicide bomber Salman Abedi. In France, A former Guantanamo Bay inmate, Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, was one of the six suspects arrested in Bordeaux as part of the security crackdown. Lahmar was freed in 2009 after France agreed to accept him b

Warning of More Libyan-based ISIS Attack Cells and Attacks in Spain

Warning of More Libyan-based ISIS Attack Cells and Attacks in Spain As we enter the first full week of Ramadan on the terror front, the son of the Lockerbie bomber, Khaled al-Megrahi, has warned that Libyan-based ISIS terrorists are ready to strikes against British and other Western cities in the wake of the Manchester terror attack. The British government has started to ban British jihadis from re-entering the country and cancelled their passports. The British security servi

Start of Ramadan Amid A Series of Terror and International Security Challenges

Start of Ramadan Amid A Series of Terror and International Security Challenges With Ramadan upon us, Islam-inspired terror is not the only security threat facing Canada, the US, and NATO. The United Kingdom has reduced its threat level from critical back to severe. While British security services believe an attack is in the future they do not believe it is imminent. The British government has announced that Operation Temperer involving 1000 British soldiers supporting police

The Eve of Ramadan is Upon US and Britain, Europe and North America Need to Be Ready

The Eve of Ramadan is Upon US and Britain, Europe and North America Need to Be Ready We are on the eve of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month and the British National Health Service has warned 27 trauma centers in the United Kingdom to be prepared for terrorist attacks on the Monday holiday. The good-news in the investigation of the Manchester suicide bombing is that British police have reportedly found and seized copious amounts of bomb-making material. The bad-news is that it is

British Police Desperately Searching for Bomb Factory and Bomb Maker as the US Intelligence Communit

British Police Desperately Searching for Bomb Factory and Bomb Maker as the US Intelligence Community Leaks All Over Itself and Allies British police are reportedly desperately searching to find the bomb-making factory, the bomb-maker, and further members of the ISIS terror cell operating in the United Kingdom before another tragic attack can occur. Today, Her Majesty the Queen went to visit the injured and staff in hospital in Manchester. The casualty figures remain unchange

British Security Forces Chase Down Libyan ISIS Attack Cell in Move to Prevent Further Attacks

British troops are now being deployed to support the British police at key sites, particularly in London, including Buckingham Palace, Downing Street and the British Houses of Parliament as part of Operation Temperer. British police have now released that they are in fact looking at a terrorist cell that supported the suicide bombing in Manchester, with 22 dead, and 64 wounded, including 20 in critical condition. It was revealed that a British female police officer reportedly

In the Free World We Protect Women and Children to ISIS They Are Prime Targets

In the Free World We Protect Women and Children to ISIS They Are Prime Targets Today, in the wake of the Manchester suicide bombing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced that the United Kingdom’s threat level had been raised from severe to critical, its highest level, meaning that another terrorist attack may be imminent. In the aftermath of last night’s deadly terrorist attack, the British military was placed on alert to support the police and security forces on the

Europe Is in For a Bloody Summer and Manchester is Just the Start

Europe Is in For a Bloody Summer and Manchester is Just the Start As the Islamic State gets squeezed in Mosul and elsewhere, as foreign fighters and their friends return home, Europe is likely to face a very bloody summer. On Monday, 22nd May, 2017, a bomb exploded in the foyer of the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom (UK) at the close of an Arianna Grande concert, largely filled by young teens. Initial reports suggest one large explosion and there may have been one more

North Korea’s Eighth Ballistic Missile Launch This Year. Second in a Week.

This morning, North Korea test-fired its eighth ballistic missile this year, and the second within a week, as the US dispatched the USS Ronald Regan carrier strike group to join the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group in the Sea of Japan for exercises. The missile launched today is widely believed to be the KN-15 Pukkuksong-2 Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM). The missile was launched from Pukchang flying east about 500 km before landing in the Sea of Japan, and reached

Weekly Round Up- Great Power Games

As we go into the May long weekend here in Canada there are a few international stories that are worthwhile following that come in the category of great power games. Most interestingly, three Russian satellites code-named Kosmos-2491, Kosmos-2499 and Kosmos-2504, that were placed into low orbit in 2013, are reported to be maneuvering and on the move again. All three satellites have been idle for more than a year until one of the satellites moved hundreds of meters off its orb

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The Islamic State Has Called for Attacks Throughout Western Europe and North America in Celebration

Warning of More Libyan-based ISIS Attack Cells and Attacks in Spain

Start of Ramadan Amid A Series of Terror and International Security Challenges

The Eve of Ramadan is Upon US and Britain, Europe and North America Need to Be Ready

British Police Desperately Searching for Bomb Factory and Bomb Maker as the US Intelligence Communit

British Security Forces Chase Down Libyan ISIS Attack Cell in Move to Prevent Further Attacks

In the Free World We Protect Women and Children to ISIS They Are Prime Targets

Europe Is in For a Bloody Summer and Manchester is Just the Start

North Korea’s Eighth Ballistic Missile Launch This Year. Second in a Week.

Weekly Round Up- Great Power Games

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