The Manchester attack at the Ariana Grande concert last night deliberately targeted very young people. It’s an example of what I have previously called the “Pied Piper Impluse”: Terrorists seem to operate under the Pied Piper Impulse of “get them … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s speech addressing the Muslim world, Trump did something creative. Instead of wading into the swamp of the “terrorists are not real Muslims” argument, he got out of the trap of opining on Islamic theology altogether. Instead, he universalized … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Make sure you read the ADDENDUM below.] I’ve never understood what the objection to one big non-nuclear bomb versus many small ones would be, if the target is well-chosen. In the case of the “mother of all bombs” recently … Continue reading →
The always-admirable Richard Fernandez has written this about the Lone Wolf terrorist: It is a mistake to dismiss the Lone Wolves as “cowardly and depraved”. On the contrary, their tactics require a willingness to die and the intelligent use of … Continue reading →
There has been a truck attack on a crowd in Sweden. The modus operandi indicates that it almost certainly is jihadi terrorism. Truck attacks have become favored because they are lethal and frightening (two goals of terrorists),and cheap and easily … Continue reading →
This is a curious article. It describes the arrest of three men in Venice who were allegedly planning an attack on the Rialto Bridge, out of admiration for and in imitation of the recent attack on Westminster Bridge in London. … Continue reading →
And most likely a prison convert. He’s been identified by several possible birth names and aliases, but the bottom line is that he was born in Britain of non-Muslim parents, had a history of violent crime as a younger man, … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below.] I had never seen this statue before. But I noticed it in a photo taken at the site of the terrorist attack yesterday: Churchill’s expression is apropos, I think. I doubt he’d be the least bit pleased … Continue reading →
There has been a terrorist attack in London today. The death toll is unclear (at the moment, I’m reading between 2 and 4 dead). But here are the facts as they’ve emerged so far: More than 12 people were said … Continue reading →
The Department of Homeland Security under Trump has prohibited passengers from carrying certain types of electronic devices into the cabin of airplanes coming to the US: Passengers traveling to the United States from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will … Continue reading →
A man on the French terror watch list shot and wounded a police officer in northern Paris before traveling to Orly airport where he tackled a female soldier and tried to take her rifle. She was among the French soldiers … Continue reading →
The seven countries in Trump’s immigration EO have yielded not only many arrests for terrorism (unbeknownst to the court, apparently), but one completed of act of terrorism that was extremely high profile. It’s puzzling that this one has been so … Continue reading →