Terrorism News

Taliban fighters stormed a checkpoint, killing eight Pakistani soldiers in an Afghan border region that the army previously said it had cleared of insurgents, while two bomb attacks on Thursday elsewhere in the northwest killed six civilians, officials said. The attacks showed the strength of militant groups along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan despite both the [...]

The material seized during the successful operation in Pakistan that saw the demise of Osama Bin Laden has led the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller to conclude that the FBI has never faced a more complex threat environment than it does at present, writes Infologue.com Editor Bobby Logue. Speaking before [...]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – At least 11 people have been killed in multiple blasts and targeted attacks orchestrated by a feared radical Muslim sect in Nigeria’s restive northeast, police said Tuesday. Borno State police chief Mohammed Abubakar said members of the radical sect locally known as Boko Haram detonated bombs at two police stations and at [...]

From 6 to 10 June 2011, NATO and Russian fighter aircraft will take part in counterterrorism exercise “Vigilant Skies 2011” – a joint demonstration of the NATO-Russia Council Cooperative Airspace Initiative (NRC CAI). This initiative is designed to prevent terrorist attacks which use civilian aircraft, such as the attacks on the World Trade Center on [...]

The US Department of Defence has announced that the office of military commissions prosecutors have sworn charges against five individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay:  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. The prosecutors have recommended that the charges against all five of the [...]

A new, more focused regime to replace control orders comes one step closer following the publication of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill today by the Home Office. The bill is a key milestone in the delivery of the coalition government’s commitment to rebalance security powers and civil liberties by restoring liberties where possible [...]

Today marks a milestone for the coalition government in delivering its commitment to making counter-terrorism arrangements in the UK proportionate and focused. The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill, being introduced to Parliament today, will be used to restrict the behaviour of terror suspects who cannot be prosecuted or deported. It will replace the existing [...]

Mike Bluestone, Director of Security Consulting at Corps Security and counter terrorism specialist has called for vigilance in the aftermath of the death of Osama Bin Laden. Mike discusses measures that are essential during the current threat level in our exclusive Infologue.com video. Mike comments; “The killing of Osama Bin Laden by United States Army [...]