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Farnam Quips: Survival Lessons Learned From Recent Terror Attacks

Posted on 19 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

From recent terrorist incidents, several life and death survival lessons emerge: 1. Don’t head for the restroom! Restrooms are dead ends. There is likely no exit from the restroom. You will be trapped there. When you don’t see another eligible exit, head for the kitchen. The kitchen always has a back door! 2. Have a…

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Learning From Terrorist Tactics: Employing the “Israeli Triple-D” System to Stop Vehicles From Becoming Weapons

Posted on 16 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Aaron Cohen, a counterterrorism expert and former member of the elite Israeli special forces unit, said on CNN early Friday that the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France, was a “colossal” security failure that could have been stopped. At least 80 people were killed on Thursday when a truck barreled through a crowd of people…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: TATP and the New Breed of Homemade Explosive Devices

Posted on 15 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

By Hammerhead It appears the Homemade Explosive Device that detonated in Central Park over the 4th of July Weekend was indeed made with TATP. The actuating trigger on the device was a pressure sensitive plate, which leads me to believe this WAS NOT a hobbyist left behind experiment, but an actual IED booby trap left…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: Using Vehicles as Weapons

Posted on 15 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Our Prayers are with all the families of the Dead, but especially the Copeland Family from Austin, Texas. May God Comfort them and also bring swift justice on the evildoers. -SF   The Latest Death Toll in Nice, France has reached 84 Dead, Including 2 Texan-Americans as a Terrorist used a truck loaded with grenades…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Lethal Geography of Downtown Dallas

Posted on 9 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Exploiting Urban Geography The shooting of 14 people during a protest march, 12 of them police officers, is without question a terrorist-style assault on the police force of one of America’s largest cities. Five Dallas cops, including a Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer, died from a gunman who declared he acted alone and wanted to…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Machiavellian Method of ISIS

Posted on 7 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

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…

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Crusader Corner: Killing The Terrorist Before They Can Kill You

Posted on 7 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

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…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: Istanbul Airport Terrorist Attack

Posted on 6 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Last week, three ISIS terrorists conducted  simultaneous attacks on the unsecured areas of Istanbul’s international airport.  They entered the airport armed with AK rifles and suicide bomb vests.  They split up, went to separate areas of the airport and began shooting and blowing up their bombs.  A total of 42 people were killed and 238…

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Crusader Corner: The Stuff of Nightmares – Terrorist and Nuclear Weapons

Posted on 6 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

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…

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Learning From Terrorist Tactics: In Bangladesh Attack, Those Who Could Recite Qur’ran Were Spared

Posted on 3 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

“The gunmen were doing a background check on religion by asking everyone to recite from the Quran. Those who could recite a verse or two were spared. The others were tortured.” And even in the face of this, which we saw before in the Westgate Mall jihad massacre in Kenya and in other jihad massacres,…

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