MOSCOW -- Four suspects detained Sunday in Russia's Dagestan Republic on terrorism charges were directly involved in the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday. The suspects provided money and weapons to the concert hall attackers, the FSB...
Preparing for an attack Why did the terrorists choose Beslan? This small town is located in North Ossetia, one of Russia’s many national republics. It’s close enough to Chechnya that the terrorists wouldn’t have to travel far. The Ossetians are primarily Christians, which meant that Basay...
Also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege, the Dubrovka theater siege was carried out by some 40 to 50 armed Chechens who claimed allegiance to the Islamist militant separatist movement in Chechnya. More than 850 people were taken hostage, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya, ...
UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in France • Pakistan army chief confirms death penalty of 12 hardcore terrorists • Nigerian troops recover 25 bodies of Boko Haram terrorists • Russian long-range bombers strike terrorist targets in Syria • Terrorist threat level remains...
At a Scene of Tragedy in Moscow, an Act of Hope ; Cut off Mid-Song by a Terrorist Attack Three Months Ago, a Patriotic Russian Musical Returns to the StageTo a packed theater, the players roared through their familiarsong and dance numbers. Nobody...By Weir...
Some of the targets don’t have the weight they used to. The Sears Tower isn’t even the Sears Tower anymore, it’s the Willis Tower which just increases the “The terrorists attacked what?shrug” factor. In addition to having to attack something that’s significant, they have to attack...
Close enough for me. Kasi’s rampage at the entrance to Langley in ’93 may be the only example of a lone wolf terrorist attack in the U.S. so far. $0.02 On a semi-related pet peeve note, I still have no idea what self-described “anarchists” are supposed to be up to. ...
To the leadership in DC “What are you going to do when we really have an insurrection?” The one on Jan 6 was not an insurrection. You do not rise up and attack a sitting government without weapons and a plan. If we had planned on overthrowing the congress we would have succ...
Furthermore I suspect that if a muslim gang got loose through the destruction of a prison, the first thing they would do is attack the other major gangs who were also milling around loose from the prison, and they would all still be there fighting when the National Guard got there. ...