Global terrorism thread

Aye, North Carolina to be a little more precise.

Very unfortunate, but the Ferguson business has been a huge recruiting tool for our own terrorist organizations. The KKK and the Sovereign Citizens were practically salivating through the whole thing; the recent murder of the police officers in NYC brought quite a few out of the woodwork in my community who openly cheered it.

edited 22nd Dec '14 6:24:43 AM by carbon-mantis

I'm in Arkansas. We've got quite a few horrible groups headquartered here. It was part of my graduate research.

Only crap I worry in Manila with the rise of anti-Chinese terror groups with targets on Chinese diplomatic and Chinese-Filipino places. So far, they suck.

But it may be a matter of time.

How’s the situation regarding the Islamic militants in the Philippines?

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front made peace via peace accords.

We need to worry about the Abu Sayyaf Group, still around and kicking and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a violent offshoot of the MILF that insist of armed guerrilla fighting against Manila to achieve an independent Mindanao.

I'm waiting for a day between February 2015 to May 2015. That seems to be when a lot of PM Cs are going to be deployed into Iraq and directly fight the Da'esh, at least according to the job vacancies posted online.

Also, a German author named Jurgen Todenhoefer was given a rare tour inside Da'esh territory: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30585783

edited 23rd Dec '14 4:42:37 AM by MayuZane

Triple Canopy is already rolling pretty deep out there. Low hundreds right now from what I know.

FBI following up on an anonymous tip that ISIS is going to blow up the Memphis Bridge in Arkansas/Tennessee Border.

For those who don't know, this is the one thing that connects I-40 to the eastern part of the US, it's over the Arkansas River, and is a rickety thing.

If they had said Aryan Brotherhood, or the Christian Identity movement? I would believe it in a heartbeat. But ISIS? Really?

The FBI is taking it seriously of course and is taking precautions, but this isn't a target I see ISIS going after. It's not a worthy target vs. the cost.

It's probably some nutter who's inspired by Da'esh.

They could also be appropriating the acronym for the insta-infamy but are a different group.

Idiotic and Suicidal Imbeciles Syndicate.

edited 23rd Dec '14 8:30:23 AM by FFShinra

Also, what is ISIS doing in America?

Considering the target? This is probably just about redneck moron. I'm glad they're taking it seriously because even if it's not ISIS, there are plenty of other nutters in the woods here.

But I doubt this is real. if it is, I'll eat my hat and apologize.

I doubt it's ISIS. Maybe an ISIS wanna be. That's possible. But this is a shit target. ISIS wouldn't come to the south where everyone has a gun and is willing to use it. And they would probably pick a better target than this.

Attacking the enemy on his front lawn, obviously. Though they probably should've thought about how to avoid the Angry Guard Dog first...

This isnt' even someone's front lawn. This is a bridge that can barely fit two cars through and a good hig tide can take out.

If anything, they'd be doing us a favor.

"Oh, it's been blown up! Now they'll finally replace it!"

Nah, if ISIS wanted to terrorize the south, they just need to invent a snow machine. It'll do the job nicely, even on low setting....

Hell, the south terrorizes itself well enough.

Fear of terrorism increases resting heart rate and risk of death: "A new study of over 17,000 Israelis has found that long-term exposure to the threat of terrorism can elevate people's resting heart rates and increase their risk of dying. This is the first statistics-based study, and the largest of its kind, which indicates that fear induced by consistent exposure to the threat of terror can lead to negative health consequences and increase the risk of mortality.

It is well-documented that international terror outbreaks involve mass psychological trauma, leading to long-term mental health risks to the exposed population. Previous studies have also shown that in the short term, sudden stressful situations such as earthquakes can increase a person's heart rate and their risk of having a heart attack.

However, whether long-term exposure to the threat of terror can lead to physical health risks in the exposed population has until now remained unknown."

As to ISIS in the USA, the military is trying to be very aware and alert about this issue. An ISIS inspired lone wolf killed one and injured two Canadian soldiers by trying to ram them with a vehicle, ISIS has claimed responsibility for violence against UK soldiers, and Australia has had a bunch of shit happen, including the Lindt Cafe standoff recently.

The entire law enforcement and military apparatus is on high alert for ISIS in the homeland right now, it's just a matter of time until some asshole decides to try and step.

Also there's what happened in Canada a bit ago and the two attacks in France. Though are they looking for ISIS itself attacking or local lone wolf attacks? It seems that the later is what we're getting rather than the former.

I'm half expecting something to happen in London on either Christmas Day or New Years, which considering how Central a bit of London I live in isn't the nicest of thoughts.

CNN revealed on television now that ISIS fighters have a Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot after they shot his fighter down. Nothing is confirmed yet so far.

If the report from Daesh is true then the poor guy hasn't a chance, Sunni Muslim or not. Though it's possible the Jordanian government may secure his release by paying a huge undisclosed monetary and / or political ransom

Three attacks not terrorism, French government insists Two of the attackers, unsurprisingly, have long histories of mental illness.

edited 24th Dec '14 3:00:37 AM by betaalpha

“shot his fighter down” – now this isn’t implying that ISIS now has captured SA Ms in its pocket right?

Daesh claimed to have used a heat seeker missile to shoot down the craft. I think we'd all like to know where they got them from, and what sort they are, and how many more they have (if any). Maybe captured from military bases, or donated from the former Ba'ath regime forces that joined them.

edited 24th Dec '14 9:01:45 AM by betaalpha

I wouldn't be surprised if they have some Stingers or assorted other things. There's plenty of those laying around the Middle East.