In the name of being honest
Four Australians were jailed for plotting to sail to the Philippines and overthrow its government.
Between these guys, the Andrey Dolgov case and the Tacticool Ops team caught in Haiti, I'm having mixed feelings on this season's Black Lagoon villains.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Reminds me of that damn case where some southern guys from the US wanted to overthrow a government in the Caribbean.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Who Am I?
Every so often someone tries to enact the plot to "The Dogs of War."
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Sharing one of my favourite articles on the subject years back: How to Take Over a Small Country in 10 Easy Steps
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
A hijacking attempt is resolved in Dhaka on a flight from Dhaka to Dubai.
Don’t know if the police or army stepped in, but I’m not surprised if the latter intervened.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Hijacker’s dead.
Turns out that he’s a failed actor who brought a toy gun past airport security and claimed that he had explosives and wanted to talk to the PM.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Hamza bin Laden is now being hunted by American intelligence with a $1 million reward to anyone who can provide info.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
A report on a bumbling jihadi from New Zealand courtesy of AFP/AP:
Mark Taylor, 42, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation he spent five years with Islamic State but fled in December and surrendered to Kurdish forces because conditions had become unbearable.
"There was no food, no money, basic services were pretty much collapsed," he said from a Kurdish prison.
"I was in a pickle myself and had to make a final decision, which was to leave."
Taylor earned his derogatory nickname in 2015 after sending out a series of pro-IS tweets but forgetting to turn off the geo-tagging function, giving away his location.
He told the ABC the bungle earned him 50 days in an IS prison.
He also burned his New Zealand passport in a propaganda video and urged extremists in Australia and New Zealand to "commence operations".
Prime Minister Ardern ruled out stripping Taylor of his New Zealand citizenship because he is not a dual citizen and so has no alternative.
"We of course follow our obligations in international law regarding ensuring we do not deem anyone stateless," she said.
But she also said New Zealand could offer Taylor no consular assistance because it had no diplomats where he is being held and only knew what had been gleaned from media reports.
"We have no connection with the forces detaining him, so it's difficult for us to provide information," she said, adding that Taylor would likely have to contact New Zealand officials in Turkey if he hoped to eventually return home.
Justice Minister Andrew Little said if that happened, Taylor could probably expect to face charges under anti-terror laws.
"It is very clear what happens when you transgress the provisions of that legislation... there's a range of penalties, including imprisonment," he said.
Ardern said New Zealand was not obliged to give Taylor legal representation if he was charged overseas, nor did it have to pay his way home.
Ardern refused to say how serious a threat Taylor would represent if he went back home but said "contingency planning" had been made to ensure New Zealanders were safe from returning jihadis.
She also declined to comment on details of Taylor's ABC interview, in which he insisted he was not an IS fighter and lamented the fact he had been "too poor" to afford a Yazidi slave while with the extremist group.
"I wouldn't want to be drawn on those comments because I do not want to be seen to jeopardise any potential case in the future," she said.
Oh, bother.
"We of course follow our obligations in international law regarding ensuring we do not deem anyone stateless," she said.
Bit of a dig against the UK, there.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Who Am I?
I have never quite understood the whole "strip them of their citizenship" thing. If they committed a crime, put them in jail. If not, what's the problem?
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
I think we'll have to ask the Europeans and the Australians on that justification.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
In the name of being honest
There are concerns that domestic law enforcement agencies don't have enough legal ground to charge them on. And on the flipside, many of the home countries have laws that forbid exposing their citizens to the risk of death penalty, which limits their ability to cooperate with the Iraqi federal government.
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 4th 2019 at 6:52:50 AM
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
A procrastination in of itself
It’s cheaper and more popular to dump your terrorists in the Middle East and forget about them, than it is prosecute them. Particularly it appeals to that natural gut reaction to go “you can’t leave me, I’m leaving you” as most of them in some way renounce their citizenship when they join such groups.
Edited by Silasw on Mar 5th 2019 at 8:54:35 PM
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Somewhat old news, but the carbombing incident in Northern Ireland has a line of inquiry pointing a finger at the Real IRA.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Speaking of Irish terrorists, Someone over there appears to be sending mail bombs to British targets.
Oh, bother.
Ugh, the Troubles really might be getting a sequel.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Heard that was sent from Ireland.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Shamima Begum’s baby died and the Home Office is being criticized for getting rid of her British nationality.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Professional Forum Ninja
From my understanding, the guy livestreamed it, said "subscribe to pewdiepie," and there seems to be an 8ch post announcing the shooting around the same time frame.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
And his gun(s?) and body armor had various Neo-Nazi claptrap on them, which is possibly the least surprising thing out of the whole mess.
Edited by Bur on Mar 14th 2019 at 10:55:50 AM
i. hear. a. sound.
I've been following the details as they come in. Utterly horrific and I know only going to get worse.
Not that it does anything to help, but I'm praying for the victims and their families.
Yeah I heard about this.
Its...absolutely disgusting. They still haven't tallied just how many people were killed and injured.
Pewdiepie fans are going into damage control mode over this, its spreading over the internet like wildfire
The thought of someone who worshiped a neo-nazi mass murderer and planning on conducting one of the biggest domestic terrorist attacks having a career in law enforcement is scary. Probably not the only one, but glad his plan was foiled.
Life is unfair...