(Hint it is one of Africa’s Most Corrupt Countries and is Home to Boko Haram) It’s Tuesday morning, and Phillip Belcher pauses anxiously before opening an email. The subject line reads: “Vessel under attack at this moment.” He clicks through to the bleak description that notes a ship is under attack by a skiff, or…
Category: Africa
Crusader Corner: Boko Haram Training in Somalia
I see a “Two Birds with One Stone” Type Scenario here. By Hitting these camps with coordinated air and ground attacks we have the opportunity to both kill a large number of combatants from both terror groups and possibly wipe out a large portion of Al-Shabaabs infrastructure. Anybody up for a other trip into Bakarra…
Crusader Corner: Boko Haram aka ISWA Murders 30 People in Nigeria
The Nigerian Army vowed to end Boko Haram’s terrorism by December 2015. Boko Haram renamed itself the Islamic State in West Africa last April. “30 dead in fresh Boko Haram raids on Borno villages,” AFP, February 14, 2016 (thanks to Goodness): At least 30 people have been killed in fresh Boko Haram raids on two…
Crusader Corner: Boko Haram Female Suicide Bomber Kills 58 in Nigerian “Safe Haven”
A camp that was supposed to be a shelter from terrorism and violence instead became an instant death zone for dozens in Nigeria this week. At least 58 people were killed and another 78 injured when two female bombers detonated their suicide vests, according to emergency relief officials. The victims were in a camp…
Jihad Alert: The Laptop Bomber?
These damn goat humping, pederast, raping jihadist..I am getting sick and tired of them ruining everything associated with air travel. First because of the underwear bomber it was all these restrictions on liquids. And now because of this screw-up who can’t even detonate a bomb right it will be no laptops!? WTF!! Enough is Enough….
Defeating Al-Qaeda’s Nodes
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State thrive in lawless and ungoverned spaces where there is no rule of law to keep them in check. Al Qaeda’s home base in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is the epitome of such a place, but the tide there has been turning against them over the last decade,…
Counter-Terrorism Tactics: Busting the Airliner Bomb Myth
Think just because a bomb goes off in an airplane that it is automatically doomed? Not so fast Hollywood. A recent explosion on a Somali Commercial Airliner proves otherwise. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
The Islamic Invasion: ISIS in West Africa Murders over 100
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last year. Attacks like these are a foreshadowing of what is coming to Europe. “Boko Haram kills 65 in Borno village attack,” by Kayode Idowu, Punch, January 31, 2016 (thanks to Goodness): No fewer than 65…
ISIS Corner: Why ISIS is Destroying Libya’s Oil
A very clear and concise article that explains one of ISIS’s main characteristics when it comes to Strategy: If they cannot control it or make money off of it, they Kill it. -SF For the second time this month, massive clouds of black smoke from burning oil billowed above Libya. The first time, in early…
ISIS Corner: Dunford calls for Military Action against ISIS in Libya
Dunford said that international military action against ISIS in Libya could be expected within weeks. Two weeks after Algerian media for the first time reported that something dramatic was about to happen in Libya, it becomes increasingly clear that the West is indeed planning to take the fight against Islamic State in a new way…