On this day in 2018, the Somalia-based terrorist group Al Shabaab claimed it attacked an African Union (AMISOM) base with two car bombs, killing 59 Ugandan soldiers.
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Reports that the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab may be in a ‘tactical alliance’ with Iran are an extraordinary claim and such require extraordinary evidence.
According to breaking news a Canadian, Guleid Abdihakim, has been arrested by Kenyan police in connection with the attack on a hotel/office complex in Nairobi that killed at least 21 people and was claimed by the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab. It is vitally important to stress that Mr. Abdihakim has been arrested and is […]
The attack still unfolding as I type in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has been claimed by the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab terrorist group. At around 3 PM local time an explosion, apparently caused by a suicide bomber, went off outside an office/hotel complex followed by the incursion of armed men into the building. Casualty […]
When trying to decide what information to rely upon in the aftermath of terrorist attacks the word of terrorists themselves should be ignored.
Why are coastal West African nations facing a growing jihadi threat and how serious could this become?
We should be very cautious in accepting claims that terrorist groups have been defeated: they have a tendency to last a long time
We constantly hear or read that this or that terrorist group has been “defeated”: how much stock should we place in such reports (hint: very little)
Once again, jihadis were responsible for every single terrorist attack in the world during the week of October 31-November 6, 2022
Islamist terrorists once again carried out the lion’s share of attacks around the world, a trend which shows no signs of ebbing.