‘Terror’ Archives
The Christmas Day Airliner Attack and the Intelligence Process
Source STRATFOR: As is well known, a Nigerian national named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to destroy a passenger aircraft traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009. Metal detectors cannot pinpoint the chemical in the device he sought to detonate, PETN. The PETN was strapped to his groin. Since a detonator could have been [...]
Radical cleric deported from Kenya to Gambia
A radical Muslim cleric who once led a London mosque attended by convicted terrorists was deported Thursday from Kenya to the West African nation of Gambia, an official said. Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal left on a Kenya Airways flight to Nigeria, where he will take a connecting flight to Banjul, Gambia. The official spoke on condition of anonymity [...]
Jamaica’s fears over radical cleric
The head of Jamaica's Muslim community has expressed alarm over the pending return of a radical cleric who served time in a British prison for urging the killing of Americans, Christians, Hindus and Jews. Sheik Abudllah el-Faisal, who was born in Jamaica, was arrested in Kenya on New Year's Eve by anti-terrorism police as he was leaving a [...]
Top secrets: Gaddafi plotted to bomb Kenya
by KAMAU NGOTHO (Daily Nation)Like with politics, espionage knows no permanent friends or enemies, only the convergence of interests.Said to be the second oldest profession, at times it appears to have even lesser morals than the first.No surprise that when relationship between Nairobi and Washington were at the ice cold, it was still business as [...]
South Africa Violence: Why is Brother Fighting Brother?
By Amengeo AmengeoThe recent outburst of criminal violence against Africans seeking employment has less to do with ‘xenophobia’ as touted by the reactionary press but more to do with chronic unresolved anger of the black South African masses. In other words, defenseless people are merely convenient scapegoats for something deeper and more [...]
Explosion in Nairobi – Update
It has now been confirmed that only one person died in yesterday's attack that brought Nairobi to a standstill. The Kenyan police have played down this as a 'minor normal criminal act'.What is more puzzling is that there were literature at the scene that pointed to some rather famous quarters regarding terror. More still a manager with CITI HOPPA, [...]
Developing Story: Explosion in Nairobi
Nairobi, KenyaMonday June 11 2007There has been an explosion today in Nairobi in what is suspected to be a suicide bomber attack. Apparently, this was carried out by a man carrying explosives in a bag along the city's Moi Avenue (which is near a very busy commuter bus stop and two major international Hotels - Ambasadeur Hotel and Hilton Hotel [...]
Nairobi Explosion Update
By Dan OkothUpdated at 08:49 GMT (From The Standard, Nairobi)There has been an explosion near the Ambassadeur Hotel, Nairobi, this morning. Police have cordoned off the area as rescue teams try to get the injured to hospital. Sources at the scene say there have been some fatalities and injuries.Police Commissioner Maj Gen Hussein Ali said at [...]
