As you’ve no doubt heard, sniper(s) attacked the police protecting a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas last night, killing 5 cops. Dallas Police have released the name of one perpetrator, who was killed by police: Micah Johnson. Johnson was apparently an Army veteran; he was what experts deemed “tactically professional” based on review…
Category: Crime Awareness
Cartel Corner #89: Homemade Narco Tanks (Yeah I said TANKS)
As drug-trafficking-related violence in Mexico raged, the cartels came up with a radical solution for improving their capabilities in face-offs with other criminal groups and Mexican security services. Narco tanks are homemade armored vehicles, also known in Spanish as “monstruo” for their hulking size. They reached peak popularity in 2011 as the Mexican military seized…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Machiavellian Method of ISIS
Like communists of yore, the soldiers of the caliphate are seeking to ‘exacerbate the contradictions’ of those ranged against them. PARIS — Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz sounded at once angry and plaintive as he marked the end of this blood-drenched month of Ramadan. The so-called Islamic State, ISIS, had just staged attacks in three…
Espionage Files: The Most Dangerous Spy You’ve Never Heard Of
Programming note: Explore untold stories of American spies: CNN Original Series “Declassified” airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on CNN. (CNN)She put American combat troops in harm’s way, betrayed her own people and handed over so many secrets that experts say the U.S. may never know the full extent of the damage. Ana Montes…
Crusader Corner: Killing The Terrorist Before They Can Kill You
This is not just great advice for LEO but also for Armed Civilians. Everybody say with me like you mean it: “Cut the Head off the Snake before they DETONATE!” -SF The video footage of the terrorist attack at the airport in Turkey will have to be developed into a police training tool. A new…
Armed Citizen Corner: You Are Only A Victim If You Let THEM Make You One
A Very timely essay. Read it twice and then send it to somebody you care about. -SF When you need it badly enough, when you want it badly enough, anything can be a weapon as long as you use enough force and violence. One man kills several, one man kills several, one man…. I do…
Modern Crime: Is This A Vast Government Conspiracy or Just A Simple Story About Revenge?
This is a really good object lesson in adhering to the old adage by Edgar Allen Poe: “Believe only HALF of what you SEE and NOTHING that you HEAR.” -SF Who is this man who seems to die in every terrorist attack? If you’ve clicked on any articles about the victims of recent terror…
History of Terrorism: The Lessons From the Entebbe Raid Still Relevant 40 years Later
July 4, 1976, was a special day for America, Israel and international terrorism. In America, it was the bicentennial, the two hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For Israel, it was a day of redemption, after its commandos had rescued 102 hostages from pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport, Uganda. Alas for terrorists, July 4…
Another Reason To Be Armed: 2 Nightclub Shootings, Two Very Different Outcomes
The shooting this week in a Lyman, South Carolina, nightclub will not receive the international publicity that the recent horrific Orlando nightclub murders have merited. This is understandable, considering the death toll in Orlando was 49, while no one was killed in the South Carolina shooting. But perhaps there should be greater media attention to…
Crusader Corner: The Stuff of Nightmares – Terrorist and Nuclear Weapons
Three scenarios illustrate the threat of a nuclear device in rogue hands TO SEE a nuclear horror story unfold, look no further than YouTube. In “My Nuclear Nightmare”, a five-minute graphic film, Bill Perry, a former American defence secretary, describes how a breakaway faction of a rogue state’s security forces enriches 40 kilograms of weapons-grade…