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Archives: Terrorism

Basques, N. Ireland, Muslims: Belgium’s Problems rooted in Europe’s long History of Exclusion

By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | - - “What we feared has happened,” remarked Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, in the immediate aftermath of the horrible and violent attacks…

After Brussels, the Strategy of ISIL/ Daesh

By Paul Rogers | (OpenDemocracy) | - - Tunisia, Paris, and now Brussels: escalating attacks on western targets reflect a shift of focus by ISIL. The security consultancy IHS Jane’s has just…

Fall of Palmyra: Syrian regime races to take ISIL’s ‘Berlin’ and forestall ‘Partition’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That massive Russian air strikes and a determined infantry and armor assault by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the ancient city of…

What would effective Counter-Terrorism look like after Brussels?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The various nostrums proposed to counter Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) terrorism in Europe and North America by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (armed patrols…

30 Americans die worldwide from Terrorism annually, while 130,000 die by accident

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The right wing is carping that President Obama is "downplaying" the dangers of Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in the wake of the Paris and…

Mosul: Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL’s Hold?

Special Correspondent | Niqash.org | - - An increase in air strikes on Mosul is causing more civilian casualties. Ordinary people live in fear, the Islamic State uses deaths for propaganda and…

Trump’s and ISIL’s Gray Zones: Radicals’ Terrorism sign of Syria, Iraq Defeat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is no accident that Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is using Donald Trump in its new recruitment video. Although Trump hasn't killed anyone to…

ISIL’s target wasn’t Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union

By Joaquín Roy | (Inter Press Service) | - - In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the…

Europe: Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples’ Rights

By Fiona de Londras | (The Conversation) | - - The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has…

Dear Trump & Cruz: Muslim Turkey arrested Brussels Terrorist & Gave him to European Authorities

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The paroxysms of hatred and bigotry spewed by the two GOP frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign probably do not need any pretext,…

Remember: Refugees are fleeing ISIL; they aren’t ISIL

Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | - - Getting from Turkey to Europe was a cakewalk compared to escaping the [so-called] Islamic State-run city of Fallujah, says one Iraqi. Fleeing families must cross…

Brussels: An Older Kind of Terrorism, and the challenge of Airport Security

By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | - - The terrible scenes in Brussels following a terrorist attack now claimed by Islamic State are a reminder of just how vulnerable airports can…

How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. Stop calling Daesh "the Islamic State." They are manipulating you. They aren't a state and they aren't Islamic. If some fringe cult…

Brussels Attacks: It isn’t about Molenbeek, it is about a Broken Belgian Government

By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | - - Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to France through Belgium. If one follows the…

Is Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic’ Coalition against Terrorism a Paper Tiger?

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL ) | - - Saudi Arabia made a splash when it announced the formation of a 34-country "Islamic" alliance against terrorism in December -- and followed…

White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’

AJ+ | - - "Anders Breivik's trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip searches. In 2011 he killed 77 people…

Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam Captured in Brussels Firefight

Euractiv.com | - - The most-wanted fugitive from November’s Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was wounded and caught in a shootout in Brussels on Friday (18 March), according to the Belgian minister for…

Syria: More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Levant, also known as the Support Front (jabhat al-Nusra), repeated scenarios it had…

Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Euronews | (Video news Report) | "A car bomb has caused carnage in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara. The authorities now say at least 3[9] people have died and some…

Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen

By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | - - The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a subsiding of hostilities in Yemen, though early…