First, the good news: the war on ISIS has been going well lately: ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been “dismantled,” with tens of thousands of its jihadist fighters dead… The bad news? Thanks to our media, which continues to … Continue reading →
This is a movie I plan to put on my “to see” list: In an unconventional move, Clint Eastwood has tapped Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone to play themselves in his next movie, “The 15:17 to Paris.” The … Continue reading →
This one appears to have been an anti-Muslim retaliation by a man who is currently in police custody: The man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the Finsbury Park terror attack is 47-year-old Darren Osborne from Cardiff, the BBC understands. … Continue reading →
It’s a rare event in Iran. The terrorists seem to be ISIS, in a Sunni-Shi’ite struggle: Islamic State said five of its fighters carried out the twin attacks using assault rifles, grenades, and suicide vests. “The caliphate will not miss … Continue reading →
The French police are armed, unlike the Brits: French Municipal officers are armed each Municipal Police agency has different weapons meaning some Municipal Police may have revolvers while others have more modern handguns. Municipal Police also have rifles and shotguns … Continue reading →
I’m referring to this absurd statement of May’s: We could never have predicted the tragic turn which events would take. We could never have imagined the appalling depravity which led a cowardly and callous killer to target innocent men, women, … Continue reading →
Known wolves, of course. There is nothing—I repeat, nothing—in the description of these men so far that would surprise anyone who’s been reading the news for the past decade or so. Known to the police? Check. Not considered enough of … Continue reading →
To me this is surprising, considering the enemy the Brits now face: …[M]ore than 90 percent of the capital’s police officers carry out their daily duties without a gun. Most rely on other tools to keep their city safe: canisters … Continue reading →
The mechanisms: a vehicle and knives. The venues: London Bridge and Borough Market. Seven people are believed dead. Early reports are that five terrorists were involved, Two or three are believed to have been killed by police gunfire, and the … Continue reading →
You guessed it—why, public assistance, of course! Like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, at least for a while. Here’s the scoop on Abedi [emphasis mine]: Salman Abedi is understood to have received thousands of pounds in state funding in the run up to … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote this: In the case of Manchester terrorist Salman Abedi, there were warnings aplenty. But they were general, and amounted to mere speech of a suspicious nature, and it’s not surprising that nothing was done… This is potentially … Continue reading →
At least, that’s the way it looks at the moment: The Telegraph understands Hashem Abedi, 20, the brother of suspected attacker Salman Abedi, was arrested last night in the capital Tripoli by counterterrorism forces on suspicion of links to the … Continue reading →