Category: Terrorism

We have all heard this word, especially in the past two decades. Sadly it is a word that I don’t think people truly understand the meaning and implication of. When you hear the word terrorism, most people immediately think of some foreigner with a bomb strapped to their chest or mad gunmen taking over an […]

At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on Friday, sources said, highlighting the Islamist group’s capacity to strike despite government claims it is seriously weakened. (YahooNews)- Troops heading to the town of Dikwa came under attack at about 9:00 am (0800 GMT) at Ajirin village, in the Mafa area, some […]

French anti-terrorism forces arrested four people on Friday, including a 16-year-old girl, and uncovered a makeshift laboratory with the explosive TATP and other base ingredients for fabricating a bomb, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. (FOX)- The prosecutor’s office said around 70 grams of TATP were seized in the home of a 20-year-old man, along with […]

The purpose of the wall is to deter attacks, city officials said Thursday. A statement from Paris City Hall claimed the wall would replace metal fences that were set up around the tower for the European football tournament in 2016, BBC News reported. (FOX)- It’s expected to cost about $21 million. Martins said the wall is designed to stop […]

Sentencing is set Wednesday for an American-born Muslim convert convicted of supporting the Islamic State group and helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. (FOX)- Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, while his defense attorney has asked for less than six years of […]

I am sure many of you have thought or even asked the question, “Why in the hell would anyone intentionally blow themselves up?”. The answer is simple. Heaven, or Jannah (paradise) as it is called in the Muslim faith. To explain this fully would take a good long while, so I will do my best […]

A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 19 people, officials said. (FOX)- Ismail Kawasi, the public health ministry spokesman, said 41 people were also wounded in the explosion, which hit near a side door used for court employees to leave the building at the end […]

Panic erupted at a Southern California Cheesecake Factory on Thursday night after a man tossed in improvised explosive device, police said. (FOX)- Police Lt. Art Chute said the incident took place at around 6 p.m. He described the explosive as a “homemade pyrotechnic device.” The restaurant was crowded with patrons settling down for dinner when […]

Assailant wielding machete, shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ stopped by soldier, police say (FOX)- A group of four French soldiers were attacked Friday inside a shopping mall beneath the Louvre Museum in Paris by a machete-wielding man shouting “Allahu akbar,” authorities said. One of the soldiers suffered minor injuries and the attacker was gravely wounded. A military […]

A federal jury has convicted a man of a plot to detonate a bomb on a Florida Keys beach that prosecutors said was inspired by Islamic State extremists. (FOX)- Court records show the jury in Key West convicted 25-year-old Harlem Suarez on Tuesday of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and providing material […]