A new piece for Jamestown’s Terrorism Monitor, exploring once again the supposedly Shabaab linked plot in Australia. I might do more work on this plot as it seems like it could be an interesting case study. Should you note any new tips or stories emerge from it, please drop me a note. Operation Neath: Is [...]
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Operation Neath: Is Somalia’s Al Shabaab active in Australia?
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: australia, counter-terrorism, shabaab, shabab, Somalia, terrorism, terrorist networks
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Trial of Would-be Assassin Illustrates al-Awlaki’s Influence on the British Jihad
Posted: December 3, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Anwar al awlaki, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, lone wolves, radicalization, terrorism, UK, war in iraq, Yemen
My latest for the Jamestown Foundation’s Global Terrorism Monitor, this time exploring the odd case of Roshonara Choudhry, which friends in the UK tell me is a really rather concerning sign about the levels of radicalization in the UK. It remains to be seen what actually ends up happening in the broader frame, but it [...]
Strange Case of Suspected Lithuanian Suicide Bomber Complicated by Alleged Role of Security Services
Posted: September 18, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: chechnya, lithuania, radicalisation, terrorism
More for the Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor, this time exploring the odd case in Lithuania of Egle Kusiate, the alleged aspirant suicide bomber who wanted to go to Chechnya. This has received very little coverage outside the Baltics, and it is hard to know exactly what is going on. It will be interesting to see [...]
Uyghurs Convicted in East Turkestan Islamic Movement Plot in Dubai
Posted: July 22, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Central Asia, China, Dubai, ETIM, radicalization, terrorism
A new piece for Jamestown looking at an odd plot in Dubai. One point which I should clarify is that ETIM, or Uighur extremists, have in the past also been linked to possible events in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan – so in a way this is not the first time they may have attempted something outside [...]
Europol Report Suggests Separatism Rather than Islamism Constitutes Biggest Terrorist Threat to Europe
Posted: June 6, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Europe, far right, lone wolves, online, radicalization, terrorism, UK
A rather long title for my latest piece for the Jamestown Foundation, this time based on a (relatively) recent Europol Annual report. The report highlights a number of interesting trends that are often overlooked, which would probably merit a lot closer attention than they actually get. Maybe once I clear some of my current backlog [...]
Rashid Rauf and the New York City Subway Bombing Plot
Posted: May 9, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: counter-terrorism, jaish e mohammed, Pakistan, radicalization, UK, US
My latest for the Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor, this time looking in some detail at the disrupted plot in the U.S. from late last year around the Afghan Najibullah Zazi. The particular focus here is on the ever-elusive Rashid Rauf who in recently published U.S. court documents was identified as a key Al Qaeda contact. [...]
Al-Shabaab Proscribed in Canada and the United Kingdom
Posted: March 20, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: canada, denmark, Europe, legislation, radicalization, shabab, Somalia, terrorism, UK
New piece for Jamestown covering the proscription of the Shabaab in the UK and Canada. I am working on a much larger piece about this topic, but it is likely to be a while before that lands. Any tips in the meantime of course appreciated. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36175 Al-Shabaab Proscribed in Canada and the United Kingdom Publication: [...]
U.K. Prosecutors Lose a Legal Option in Preventing Terrorism
Posted: February 27, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terror legislation, legal, legislation, online, terrorism, UK
My latest for the Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, looking at a different aspect of the legal problems that the British government is having with some of the cases they are pursuing in the courts. This looks in particular at the case against Mohammed Atif Siddique who was recently released in Scotland, and went on to do [...]
Ban on U.K. Radical Islamist Group al-Muhajiroun Raises Free Speech Questions
Posted: January 22, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: al muhajiroun, legislation, radicalization, terrorism, UK
Another piece on the Al Muhajiroun ban, this time for Jamestown looking in some detail at the rationale behind the ban and a bit of history about the group. Title a little long, though I have a feeling this will be a piece that I can reuse in a few years when we go through [...]
East African Terrorism Comes to Scandinavia
Posted: January 15, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: denmark, Europe, radicalization, shabab, Somalia, terrorism
More about the Western-Somali connection for Jamestown, this time exploring the Denmark-Somalia connection in some detail. I have touched upon this briefly before, and more generally on Shabaab’s internationalization for ASPI and a couple for Jamestown (the Melbourne group, Operation Neath; and the Minneapolis group). Separately, am working on something with some friends trying to [...]
