In this article, Yan St-Pierre offers an overview how COVID-19 is perceived as both validation & opportunity for ideological & religious terrorist organisations & extremists, and how the current situation will likely nudge borderline terrorists to act.
The assassination of German politician Walter Lübcke, allegedly by a far right extremist, surprised many German politicians, who appear to have suddenly become aware of the threat far right terrorism represents. Yan St-Pierre discusses, why the climate of fear and extremism has been decades in the making. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0)
On Sunday, April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers launched their attacks on nine different targets in Sri Lanka. For this article, Yan St-Pierre focuses on the government’s and security officals’ response to the early warning intelligence and their public relations management after the attack.
It appears the security situation in Burkina Faso has become a good indicator of the expansion and tendencies of terrorist activities. In this post, Yan St-Pierre discusses the tactics behind a re-routing of smuggling routes in the Sahel region.
Die #Polizei müsse nach den Fällen der Beteiligung in rechtsextremen #Chatgruppen laut Bundeskriminalamt alles tun, um das Vertrauen zurückzugewinnen. Gegen einige der 29 Beamten wird bereits wegen #Volksverhetzung ermittelt. https://trib.al/OYJaHb9
AQ's goal back in 2001 wasn't to overthrow the USA but to create strong incidental damage through the 9/11 attacks. With the trillions spent, millions displaced & thousands of dead, unfortunately hard to dispute that AQ didn't reach its goal through terrorism. 2/2
This gain raises the issue about the "efficacy" of #terrorism. Should it be measured by the terrorists' purported goals or by the damage it causes?
If by the former, then it has a limited success. If by the latter, then its an extremely impactful tactic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/09/conflicts-us-war-on-terror-displaced-37-million-people-report
Les pays voisins du #Mali donnent huit jours à la junte pour confier la transition à des civils : ils « devront être désignés au plus tard le 15 septembre 2020 », selon le communiqué final lu par le président de la Commission de la Cédéao. https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2020/09/08/les-pays-voisins-du-mali-donnent-huit-jours-a-la-junte-pour-confier-la-transition-a-des-civils_6051373_3212.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599554468
