Burkina Faso’s parliament has approved legislation permitting the military to use civilian volunteers in the fight against Islamic extremism. The decision shows just how much help soldiers need in dealing with attacks across the West African country.
The dominant call by all participants at the Berlin Libya conference on 19 January addressed to all parties at war in Libya were, in order of importance; “a fair and equitable distribution of oil revenues”, “implement the UN arms embargo” and “stop using foreign mercenaries”.
Our century so far has been overshadowed by a plague which roots, western powers have proclaimed, can be found in Islam and its practice. And though politicians have been careful not to publicly brand all Muslims terrorists, the narrative has nevertheless been one of suspicion and assumption. The words terror and Islam have been juxtaposed too many times in the media for anyone to believe that it was not by “design.” There has been a war of words against both Islam and Muslims. Its aim is rather simple and only too predictable since it falls within an equation of greed and cynicism.
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Turkish pariah Erdogan lost his mind and sends NATO troops into the Syrian province of Idlib to establish military checkpoints in front of the advancing Syrian Arab Army from the south to protect his defeated and collapsing al-Qaeda terrorists.
Le Centre de Déminage et de Dépollution ‘’S/C Sarang KOUYATE’’ du Génie Militaire a servi de cadre ce lundi 27 janvier 2020, la cérémonie d’ouverture d’une formation de quatre semaines au profit de trente(30) stagiaires, dont vingt-trois (23) policiers de la Brigade Spéciale d’Intervention (BSI) et sept (07) éléments du Génie sur le déminage des engins explosifs. L’objectif de cette formation est de renforcer les capacités opérationnelles des Forces de Défense et de Sécurité. C’était en présence du commandant BSI, le Commissaire Divisionnaire Boubacar SOW, Directeur dudit stage et ainsi que plusieurs formateurs du Génie Militaire.
Bannir toutes formes d’excès, prôner un discours rassembleur et unificateur, pratiquer la laïcité inclusive en tournant le dos au laïcisme borné parce qu’enraciné dans l’intolérance, voilà les thématiques phares qui ont marqué l’intervention du ministre Thierno Amadou Oumar Hass DIALLO, à la faveur du sommet de Nouakchott, en début de semaine, consacré à la lutte contre le terrorisme et l’extrémisme violent dans l’espace sahélien que nous avons en partage.
Recently, three Republican senators, Ted Cruz (TX), Tom Cotton (AK) and Mike Braun (IN) have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation into the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).
“[T]here is no reason to give the all-clear. The threat situation in Germany remains tense; it has stabilized on a high level…Germany continues to be a target of jihadist organizations such as ISIL or al-Qaeda. Consequently, Germany as well as German interests in various regions in the world are facing a constantly serious threat, which may any time manifest itself in terrorist attacks motivated by jihadism.” — 2018 Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution, Germany.
A man has been arrested after counter-terrorism officers raided three homes in Bradford.
A Frenchman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for seeking to recruit dozens of youths to fight as jihadists in Syria and for leading a brigade of French-speaking Islamists in the war-torn country.