A short post for HSToday about Lone Wolves, this time offering some thoughts on the countering them aspect. Some more considered and substantial thoughts on this in the pipeline. What Can Be Done About Lone Wolves? By: Raffaello Pantucci 12/20/2011 ( 9:47am) Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently vocalized a threat that has preoccupied security planners. She [...]
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What Can Be Done About Lone Wolves?
Posted: December 20, 2011 in HSTodayTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Germany, lone wolves, radicalization, UK
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Seeking Balance in Britain
Posted: October 30, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Al Qaeda, Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, AQIM, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, lone wolves, online, terrorism, UK
Have been travelling where this is unaccessible for some reason, so there is going to be a bit of a blast now as I catch up with posting a bunch of things that were recently published in other places. First up, a longer article for Homeland Security Today magazine from their October edition, teeing up [...]
Britain’s Jihadist Networks
Posted: October 11, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Afghanistan, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Germany, terrorism, UK
A new piece on recent plotting in the UK for HSToday, a few editorial choices I might not have made, but the overall point was to cover a couple of recent plots in the UK. Once the book finally lands, a lot more on this topic. In the meantime, in Bucharest recently for the NATO [...]
Airport Security: Aiming at Aviation
Posted: May 7, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Al Qaeda, Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, aviation security, chechnya, India, Indian terrorism, Russia, terror on airplanes, terrorism, US
A longer article in the latest HSToday, that predates the current chaos regarding a certain person who was killed in Pakistan. Looks at why terrorists remain fixated with aviation. The whole article can be found below, but those who want to read it in the magazine can find it here or at your local newsagents [...]
The Missing Links in Britain’s 2005 Bombings
Posted: April 22, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Afghanistan, Beeston, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, July 7, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, terrorist training in the UK, UK, UK terrorism
My contribution to the post-Inquest analysis into the July 7 bombing in London, this time for HSToday (looking back, I have been covering this lot since May 2008). This focuses on the training camps element, the group of older radicals around which the group was congregating in Northern England – detail on which has emerged during [...]
Britain Convicts Awlaki Acolyte Targeting US Bound Planes
Posted: March 8, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, Bangladesh, counter-terrorism, lone wolves, online, terrorism, UK, US, Yemen
A new piece for HSToday, covering some of the ground I already touched upon with my earlier piece on Rajib Karim,but now going into greater detail about Awlaki’s clear obsession with flights to America. One detail I should clarify, the way the piece reads, it looks like I said that it was the voice message [...]
UK CT Policy Review: Terrorist Threat ‘Cannot Be Ignored Or Contained’
Posted: February 26, 2011 in HSToday, UncategorizedTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Pakistan, radicalization, UK, UK counter-terrorism, UK election
My latest for HSToday, though a bit belatedly posted. A quick overview of the debate about a shift in counter-terrorism policy in the UK. UK CT Policy Review: Terrorist Threat ‘Cannot Be Ignored Or Contained’ By Raffaello Pantucci 02/25/2011 (12:00am) Nine months on the job, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government finally announced its long [...]
Culprits Behind Latest Moscow Bombings Still a Mystery
Posted: February 4, 2011 in HSTodayTags: aviation security, chechnya, radicalization, Russia, terrorism
A slightly belated article on the recent events in Moscow for HSToday (belated in that there are now hints it has been figured out who the culprits are). There should be a longer interview I have done with Ces that should appear soon (and of course, thanks for taking the time to talk to me [...]
Britain Goes After Tehrik E Taliban Pakistan
Posted: January 29, 2011 in HSTodayTags: al muhajiroun, counter-terrorism, Europe, Pakistan, Tehrik-e-taliban pakistan, terrorism, UK, US
A short piece for HSToday looking at the decision in the UK to list TTP – still unclear to me why they did it now, except that US also announced it was going to add Qari Hussain to their list of targeted individuals. Any ideas or thoughts on why always welcome. Britain Goes After Tehrik [...]
Europe’s Hard Choices
Posted: January 8, 2011 in HSTodayTags: Afghanistan, al muhajiroun, Al Qaeda, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, denmark, Europe, France, Germany, lone wolves, Pakistan, radicalization, Somalia, terrorism
A new article in this month’s HSToday magazine, which you can buy on the newstands if you are in the US, or can see here free online. If I get the whole text later, I will post it here, but it is easily accessible through the link, so do try. It provides an overview of [...]
