It Seems ISIS Used a New Kind of IED in Karrada (click on Title Link above to re re-directed to Source Page) Words like Fuel Air Explosive, Napalm, Thermite, White Phosphorus are all Nasty, nasty things Folks. We don’t need these kind of things on U.S. Soil for sure. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay…
Category: Learning from Terrorist Tactics
Learning From Criminal and Terrorist Tactics: Video Breakdown of July 7th Dallas Shooting
A very complete and detailed picture of what exactly happened July 7th in Dallas, TX when Micah Johnson killed 5 Police Officers and wounded 9 others. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Learning From Terrorist Tactics: Dump Truck VBIED’s?
With the Political Circuses (I mean Conventions) going on, you would be hard pressed right now to hear about anything worthwhile in the State Run media other than the latest lies some Politician told, but this little tidbit did catch my eyes and ears: Dump Truck Driver Says He Has Bomb, Smashes Through FBI Gate…
Farnam Quips: Survival Lessons Learned From Recent Terror Attacks
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…
Learning From Terrorist Tactics: Employing the “Israeli Triple-D” System to Stop Vehicles From Becoming Weapons
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…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: TATP and the New Breed of Homemade Explosive Devices
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…
Deconstructing Terrorism: Truck Attacks – A Frightening Tool of Terror With A History
By Peter Bergen It used to be that we worried about truck bombs. Now we have to worry about trucks used as weapons. The tactic has been adopted by jihadist terrorists in the West, including in the United States, but fortunately the lethality of these attacks has been relatively low — until Friday’s attack in…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: Using Vehicles as Weapons
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…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Lethal Geography of Downtown Dallas
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…
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…