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ANALYSIS: How Nigeria, other Lake Chad Basin countries can sever terrorism’s lifeline

Disrupting the financing and local economies of violence is crucial to defeating terrorist groups. Nigeria recently sanctioned several individuals and entities for allegedly financing terrorism. The list includes six Nigerians sentenced to 10 years to life in prison in 2019 for establishing a Boko Haram cell in the United Arab …

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An unresolved issue: the minors of the Daesh terrorist organisation

The arrest on 7 December last in the Madrid neighbourhood of Villaverde of an imam who was recruiting minors for the Daesh terrorist organisation [1] once again revealed the recruiters’ intention to recruit the youngest members, as they are easily mouldable in order to be trained to form part of …

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Iran’s foreign minister accuses US of giving Israel ‘green light’ to attack consulate in Syria

Iran’s foreign minister Monday accused the United States of giving Israel the “green light” for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials including two generals. Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated Tehran’s vows that it will respond to the attack, widely blamed on Israel, that appeared …

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The Wages Of Fear

As is true of most crises, you can trace the progression of the western response to the crisis in Ukraine through a series of distinct emotional stages. Since the end of 2021, we have passed through arrogant indifference, disbelief and denial, smug superiority, blind hatred and the urge to extermination, …

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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal. In 2021, a book titled “The Human-Machine Team: How to Create Synergy Between Human and Artificial …

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The solution of the “Gavan syndrome.” How the GRU is prying American diplomats with secret weapons

For 10 years now, U.S. diplomats, officials and intelligence officers around the world have been facing mysterious incidents known as the Gagawan Syndrome. It’s like a paralyzing blow to some invisible force that makes them disabled for life: they can’t concentrate, lose balance in an even place, suffer terrible migraines. …

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Zelensky Is Lying About An Upcoming Counteroffensive Out Of Desperation To Receive More Aid

The survival of Zelensky’s regime is on the line for the first time since Russia’s “goodwill” gesture of withdrawing its forces from Kiev during spring 2022’s peace talks. If the front lines don’t hold and more aid isn’t forthcoming, then he might be out of power by year’s end. Zelensky …

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The killing of top Iranian and Hezbollah operatives is a senseless carnage – or is it!?

There seems to be a hidden hand that pushes the players, and not anyone you would think of at first. Over the last few months, we are witnessing a long line of assassinations of mainly top operatives, allegedly performed by Israeli units, acting in Lebanon, Syria and Iran. This should …

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Israel to Iran: Any Direct Attack Will Be Answered in Kind

Latest Developments Israeli officials warned Iran on April 10 that the Islamic Republic would receive retaliatory strikes should it mount a direct attack against Israel. Tehran is threatening to mount a revenge attack in response to an April 1 strike on Damascus that it blames on Jerusalem, which resulted in …

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