ICSVE’s new Brief Report: Khalid Zerkani – Terrorist Instigator
“He is a sorcerer… He is Satan.” Hawa Keita, an immigrant mother from Mali in Brussels said of the man who influenced her son, Yoni Mayne, in only a few months time into leaving Belgium for “jihad” in Syria. She believes her son died in 2014 during a battle inContinue Reading
ICSVE’s new Brief Report: ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey
Once again ISIS cadres have penetrated from Syria into Turkey and carried out an assault on those brave enough to speak out against them. Monday evening (April 10th), thirty-six year-old Syrian journalist, Muhammed Zahir al Serkat, was shot in the center of Gaziantep (a Turkish town near the border ofContinue Reading
Beyond the lone wolf!
Almost 15 years have passed since 9/11 and now the global Homeland Security (HLS), Counter-terrorism & Public Safety markets are going through major shifts. The EC just experienced two horrifying terror acts in Brussels and Paris. Our expert commentator and Managing Editor Intelligence Technology Michael Fayerman tell how “Big Data” AnalyticalContinue Reading
US back to Keflavík
The Arctic Journal Writes: After almost a decade following the United States Navy quietly closing its facilities at Keflavík, talk began to circulate in the autumn of 2015 about a return of US forces to the same base it had occupied since 1951 as a pivotal component of AmericanContinue Reading
Power Shifters: Changing the Narrative on Violent Extremism
New interesting conference are targeting violent extremism. – Join us on 6 May for the first annual Narrative Strategies conference for talks and panels by our experts and experts in the narrative and defense fields. BY Ajit Maan, Ph.D., Vice-President for Research and Analysis, ENODO Global, is author of Counter-Terrorism:Continue Reading
The Brussels Attack: What We Should Be Doing Differently
As ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks, and we know that causing anti-Muslim and anti-refugee fear and loathing is part of the ISIS strategy to conquer by dividing, we should avoid falling in-line with their plan. We avoid participating in the terrorist agenda by engaging in cooperativeContinue Reading
Report from the ground: Brussels Terrorist Attacks at Airport and European Parliament
Brussels attacks: – I was headed out to the Zaventum, Brussels airport this morning but was stopped by panic calls received from friends – some in tears – as I was about to take my taxi. Explosions at the airport – bombs. The Guardian is reporting ten dead, more injured. In addition to the two airport explosionsContinue Reading
Alleged ISIS operative and Paris Attacker, Salah Abdelslam, found hiding out in Molenbeek, Belgium
Salah Abdelslam – believed to be one of the November 13, 2015 Paris attackers in which one hundred and thirty persons were killed, was apprehended in a police takedown yesterday in Molenbeek, a neighborhood in Brussels. Abdelslam, a twenty-six year old French national, born and raised in Molenbeek (Brussels) had been theContinue Reading
Narrative: The Critical Component of Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The shock and awe campaign being waged by ISIS is one we did not predict when we orchestrated our own variety of shock and awe over Bagdad. And while debate about the effectiveness of airstrikes against ISIS continues, those of us focused on the narrative battle are pretty muchContinue Reading
Tunisian foreign fighter uprising inside ISIS occurs today in Raqqa
A huge internal fight inside ISIS occurred today in Raqqa in which two hundred members tried to defect and switch alliance to Jabhat al-Nusra. The uprising occurred in response to when ISIS executed Tunisian ISIS commander Abu Ubeyd al-Tunisi along with eight other Tunisian mujahideen for allegedly trying to defect. Continue Reading