Violence and Security

Western Prisons Are Islamist Incubators in Need of Overhaul

January 22, 2020

Empirical evidence shows that Western nations from the US to Europe are incubators for Islamist radicalization and post-release Islamist violence, with acute policy limitations in vetting processes for Islamic chaplains and ineffective outcomes for de-radicalization of inmates.
Jihadists Maintain Online Incitement for Attacks in San Francisco

January 22, 2020

Major online media and propaganda sites for key jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and IS continue to keep San Francisco in Islamist extremist crosshairs, maintaining constant incitement for Islamist attacks on the American city’s high tech and social media corporations and leaderships, as well as on major tourist attractions and financial and infrastructure targets.
DOJ Metes Out Prison Terms for Surveillance and Data Collection on Americans Opposing Iranian Regime

January 17, 2020

The US Department of Justice handed down jail sentences for two men convicted of federal crimes of conducting surveillance and gathering information on US citizens opposed Iran’s Islamist theocratic regime.
France Summit Aims at Improved Security Measures to Counter Widening Islamist Front in West Africa

January 13, 2020

France’s President is convening his West African counterparts in a summit to discuss urgent improvements in cooperative military and security measures to counter the expanding operations of diverse Islamist extremist groups across West Africa.
Iranians Protest Authoritarianism of Islamic Republic in Aftermath of Downing of Civilian Aircraft

January 13, 2020

Nationwide protests continued across Iran, calling for resignation of the Islamist regime’s supreme religious leader in the aftermath of the regime’s admission that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian International Airlines civilian flight.
Reducing Hezbollah's Capacity for Islamist Terrorism Depends on Disrupting Their Criminal Networks

January 13, 2020

Empirical evidence from the US Drug Enforcement Agency underscores that Hezbollah's capacity for funding and executing Islamist ideological diffusion and terrorism depends on disrupting the Shiite Islamist extremist group's globalized network of criminal activities.
Nader: Islamic Theocracy of Iran Remains Strategic Issue

January 06, 2020

Writing in The HIll, Alireza Nader opines that, despite the US drone strike that killed Iranian General Soleimani, the Iranian theocratic regime is larger than a single individual and the core strategic question of the regime's durability and direction remains unresolved.
Rights Groups Charge Iran with Killing Hundreds in November Protests Against Islamist Regime

January 03, 2020

A group of well-respected human rights groups concur that Iran's Islamist regime killed between 300 to 1500 civilians during a two-week period in November 2019 when the country was rocked by popular protests against the economic failures and cultural repression imposed by the country's Islamic theocratic government.
Central Africa's Security Environment Deteriorates Under Assaults by Islamist Extremists

January 03, 2020

The regional security environment in West Africa continues to deteriorate because of the operations of Islamist extremists, evidenced in the recent murder of 18 civilian villagers by jihadist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist militant force active in neighboring Uganda.
US Conducts Preemptive Strike on IRCG Head Who Masterminded Shiite Islamist Expansion

January 03, 2020

The US Secretary of Defense confirmed that yesterday’s drone strike killing General Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Force (IRGC), as well as of senior leadership in pro-Iran militia active in Iraq, was a preemptive strike against plans for the IRGC to attack American military and diplomatic personnel across the Mideast.