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 →
I noticed mention of Robert Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan in the comments section yesterday, to wit: [Calling terrorists “evil losers”] is the single strongest blow against Evil Losing Islamic terrorists since Sirhan Sirhan murdered RFK. And commenter Bill wrote in … Continue reading →
Last night commenter “Sergey” made the observation that Trump is “the most underestimated politician I heard about…He thinks outside the box, not even thinks, but grasps and sees what nobody else can grasp and see.” I don’t know how cerebral … Continue reading →
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 →