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.
The label “terrorism” is a highly subjective interpretation of violence, but what happens when the moral perception is not as clear cut? Do we make a difference for “one of us” compared to “one of them”? If so, does it affect whether or not a far-right political attack is labelled as terrorism? Yan St-Pierre discusses the historical perspective and perception of left, Islamic and far-right attacks.
.#LondonBridge attacker #UsmanKhan was a #terrorism #reoffender. @GLOBSEC report from Sept 19 tracked such individuals and warned of threats related to their upcoming releases from #prison. See here, p.11-13: https://www.globsec.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/European-Jihad-Future-of-the-Past-Final-Report.pdf
2@MOSECON_Yan We’ve had this conversation just this morning. I don’t know where we should place the cursor on long and short sentences, but considering the offences for which Khan was sentenced, it merits review. You might be interested in @bricksilk comments https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/243472/9780108512629.pdf
Die großen Bedenken über die Freilassung der "ersten Welle" von Terroristen mit kurzen Haftstrafen zu Beginn dieses Jahrzehnts scheinen berechtigt zu sein. https://twitter.com/MOSECON_Yan/status/1200686344579760128
The massive concerns about the "first wave" of release of terrorists convicted to short sentences at the beginning of the decade appears to be justified.
Many of those sentences are coming to end in the 2018-2020 period. https://twitter.com/MiglioreJAM/status/1200669373251358720
The massive concerns about the "first wave" of release of terrorists convicted to short sentences at the beginning of the decade appears to be justified.
Many of those sentences are coming to end in the 2018-2020 period. https://twitter.com/MiglioreJAM/status/1200669373251358720
RT:
1/Usman Khan, was an older generation jihadist, first convicted in 2012 (who preceeds ISIL, a follower of AQ doctrine) - nevertheless, known to LE agencies & dangerous to be out publicly on the streets:
FYI;
@MOSECON_Yan @PeterRNeumann @CopSmithTPS @ToreRHamming @MOSECON_Su https://twitter.com/amhitchens/status/1200576146246684673
