A shadowy left-wing group has said it was behind the suspected arson that prompted the shutdown of a major Tesla plant near Berlin. The authorities and Tesla owner Elon Musk have condemned the actions of “terrorists.” Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in Gruenheide was evacuated on Tuesday when a nearby electricity pylon …
Read More »US training terrorists to target Russia – Moscow
The US has turned to Islamist extremists to plan terrorist attacks in Russia and other ex-Soviet republics, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday. A group is being trained at a base in Syria for the purpose, the agency claimed. “The US military is actively recruiting militants from jihadist …
Read More »UN ‘incentivizes terrorists’ – Israeli ambassador
Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan accused the organization of “making false immoral comparisons” between Israel’s military and Palestinian “terrorists,” after it expressed “deep concern” over Israel’s assault on Gaza. While the Israeli offensive took out senior terrorists, Palestinian officials say dozens of civilians were killed or injured. UN …
Read More »Turkey vows to work with Syria against ‘terrorists’
Turkey’s top diplomat has pledged to assist the Syrian government in efforts to oust Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast, regarded as “terrorists” by Ankara, despite a recent spike in tensions after Turkey made good on threats to take military action on its own. Speaking to Turkish broadcaster TV100 …
Read More »US recruits ISIS terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russian intel says
The US has been “actively recruiting” terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday, saying that it illustrates Washington’s readiness “to use any means to achieve its geopolitical goals.” The SVR revealed in a statement that, according to the intelligence it is receiving, “the United …
Read More »Russia compares Ukrainian forces to terrorists
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has compared the terms for a civilian evacuation allegedly put forward by Ukrainian troops besieged at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol to demands made previously by terrorists in Syria. Speaking on Thursday, Peskov reacted to reports that the Ukrainian forces holed up at the plant wanted …
Read More »Kremlin compares Ukrainian forces in Azovstal to terrorists
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has compared the terms for a civilian evacuation allegedly put forward by Ukrainian troops besieged at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol to demands made previously by terrorists in Syria. Speaking on Thursday, Peskov reacted to reports that the Ukrainian forces holed up at the plant wanted …
Read More »How Chechen terrorists overran a hospital, murdered dozens and made Russia tremble
Terrorism – plane hijacking and hostage crises – was not a concept entirely unfamiliar to the USSR, but it was post-Soviet Russia where terrorism became an oppressively grim backdrop to everyday life. While in the USSR, terrorist attacks had been perpetuated by ordinary criminals, the wars that took place in …
Read More »Biden administration forms new unit to target domestic terrorists
The DOJ is ramping up its efforts to combat domestic terrorism, forming a specialized unit to address what it sees as growing threats of attacks from within the American populace. The department already had a counterterrorism section in its national security division, but Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen told US lawmakers …
Read More »The FBI seems to think ‘vocal parents’ are the new ‘domestic terrorists’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has gone on some wild goose chases in its time – from pursuing imaginary communists in Hollywood under the McCarthy era, to searching for proof that the Kremlin put Donald Trump in the White House. None of these flights of fancy, however, have been crazier …
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