#terrorism and counter-terrorism

[reportwire]

Al-Shabaab terror attack targets Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somali lawmakers, police say | CNN

Al-Shabaab terror attack targets Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somali lawmakers, police say | CNN

Mogadishu CNN  —  The al Qaeda linked terror group al-Shabaab has carried out a suicide attack and stormed a central Mogadishu hotel frequented by Somalia’s ministers and members of parliament, Somali police said Sunday. Al-Shabaab stormed the Villa Rose hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace following a suicide bombing at the gate at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET), according to police. Capt.…

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#Africa #al-shabaab #conflicts and war #continents and regions #eastern africa #government and public administration #government bodies and offices #international relations and national security #legislative bodies #misc organizations #Mogadishu #national security #Politics #Somalia #terrorism #terrorism and counter-terrorism #terrorist attacks #unrest

[alwynlau]

#international relations and national security #national security #september 11 #terrorism #terrorism and counter-terrorism

[boatmediatourney]

🌊Sad Soggy Boat Men Lineup🌊

in rough alphabetical order (excluding titles) and not in ranked position!

Aeneas (The Aeneid)

Captain Ahab (Moby Dick)

Blackbeard/Captain Teach (Our Flag Means Death)

Bootstrap Bill (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Captain Crow (The Sea Beast)

Captain Hiram Nightingale (Leeward)

Daniel Solace (1899)

Davos Seaworth (Game of Thrones)

Edward Little (The Terror)

Eyk Larson (1899)

Lieutenant Henry Le Vesconte (The Terror)

Henry Wellard (Hornblower)

Horatio Hornblower (Hornblower)

Ishmael (Moby Dick)

Izzy Hands (Our Flag Means Death)

Jack Rackham (Black Sails)

James Fitzjames (The Terror)

James Flint (Black Sails)

Jason (Argonautica, etc)

John Silver (Black Sails)

Joshamee Gibbs (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Krester (1899)

Minamitsu Murasa (Touhou Project)

Missouri Kite (The Kingdoms)

Noah (The Bible)

Odysseus (The Iliad & The Odyssey)

Orth Godlove (COUNTER/Weight)

Paragon (The Liveship Traders)

Patrick Sumner (The North Water)

Captain Edward Pellew (Hornblower)

Pip (Moby Dick)

Stephen Maturin (Master and Commander)

The Mariner (Waterworld)

Theon Greyjoy (Game of Thrones)

Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr Ripley)

Usopp (One Piece)

Voronwë (The Silmarillion)

White Jacket (White Jacket)

William Laurence (Temeraire series)

Zolf Smith (Rusty Quill Gaming)

#long post #the aeneid #moby dick #ofmd #potc #the sea beast #hornblower #leeward #1899 #game of thrones #a song of ice and fire #the terror #black sails #touhou project #the bible #the kingdoms #the iliad #the odyssey #counter/weight #the liveship traders #the north water #waterworld #the talented mr. ripley #one piece #the silmarillion #white jacket #master and commander #temeraire #rusty quill gaming #okay pleeeeaasseeee comment if there are any errors but this is the lineup!!

[incorrect-primarchs-quotes]

I'm tired and I'll probably pass out in 2 sec but I saw a post -that I can't share no matter what I do - with the main subject being "It's ironic that the P Bros complained about Curze being a monster when they were literally worse in terms of numbers of kills"

Can't give it much thought now because my brain is in safe-energy mode but I believe one of the main reasons why they all complained about his way was because even in war there should be rules to respect.

NL never gave a shit about rules in general,and so they did whatever they felt like doing.

On one side this was highly efficient: you brutally kill a small city to save 3 worlds worth of population.

On the other side, what they did to those people in the small city were the worst war crimes ever made in this grimdark future.

Also, no rules, no honourable war/battle, so most of the primarch would shit on their ways just for this.

I'll may make a better point when I'm able to form a coherent thought tomorrow byeee

#also i owned a book about wars #but like type of wars #descriptions and tactics #and compared them to social relationships #very cool book #terror tactics were also explained that book #it also said that the best way to counter this type kf enemy was an army ready to charge at full strength ahead and never stop #so BA and WE would wipe out NL asses in battle #or so the book said

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

I’m sorry but the best Jon Snow AUs are those where he is some sort of civil servant. I always see people headcannon him as ROTC/soldier or cop but I think they kind of miss the mark. GRRM has steadily been moving away from the traditional warrior archetype with Jon and more into the counts-pebbles ruler type. So the cannon compliant AUs are the ones where he ends up as some sort of government official. Maybe he could be a city hall manager or an ombudsman. He could be a state representative or maybe even a senator. Let me remind people that he’s the only elected leader in the series. AU!Jon Snow would totally be the extremely competent but also extremely depressed congressional representative from like, idk, Alaska.

#jon snow #asoiaf #Not to discount Jon’s arc as a warrior #Maybe modern day Jon served in the army for a bit then turned to politics #Army makes more sense than him being a cop because he’s all about #Defending the realm’s freedom RAAAHHH 🦅🦅 #Or that’s what he thought it would be like… #I could also see him being a progressive - not just a democrat #But he’d be the guy who’s always annoying and insistent #About the pressing need for extensive governmental reform #He’s extremely popular with his constituents but congress hates him lmaooo #He’d be the guy obsessing over govt corruption and reforming the country’s finances #You know a cool modern au idea for Jonathan? #FBI director - he does counter terrorism #OR MAYBE!!! #Secretary of State - cause of diplomacy stuff which he’s good at idk #He serves for a bit but is then ousted in a nasty coup after a particularly messy election #But he has a sort of cult like following with younger voters #So he stages a major comeback and becomes president ajsnaknaba #He signs a bunch of revolutionary but much needed executive orders #And is assassinated like two years into his term 😭 #And goes down a polarizing figure - to some a martyr to others a nuisance #Someone write this down!

[kaitaiga]

Hi!! <3

This is just me spitballing ideas honestly, but do you think Sunako could have potentially met Damo before she joined TF141?

Before the Shadow Company, Sunako was in South Korea's 707th counter-terrorism unit. After doing a little research, I found out that the 707th have close ties with international military groups, like Australia's Special Air Service Regiment. While I'm pretty sure Damien's not in that (unless I missed something), maybe they somehow met? 707th took a trip to Australia for international relationships or something and they met on base??

(also terribly sorry to bother you with this question- im just trying to figure out how sunako fits into the community)

Hello dear!! I totally believe Sunako and Damien could've met before she joins the 141!

Damien and the 2nd Commando Regiment spend majority of their time deployed in the Middle East, mainly Urzikstan, during the Modern Warfare timeline but that doesn't mean they can't be elsewhere too!

Maybe they could have met in Sydney where Damien's base is, or maybe over in South Korea too for joint training activities (though I am leaning towards them meeting in SK... 🤔makes more sense given 707th's line of work). Either way, I think Damien would be absolutely delighted to meet Sunako and hopefully become friends :D It's great to know people from all over the globe!

Though in saying this, I also think that when Sunako joins the 141, she'd have a slightly better chance at meeting Damien as him and the 141 seem to ""coincidentally"" cross paths quite often LOL (especially Price)

All in all, I do think they would cross paths at least at some point during MW timeline, whether Sunako was in 707th or 141! Thanks for asking!! 🐻❤️

#soz for late reply i was out all day oops #edit: looking back now i remembered that damien also has a rotation in TAG-E which is like a counter-terrorism group for aus #so they can also meet through that! #but thank you for asking! #ask kaitaiga #cod oc #call of duty oc

[hussyknee]

the no fly list is 100% an example of government surveillance and works through the amorphous threat of consequences you are exactly right and not overreacting. it's also not at all common knowledge in the US that for most people the no fly list ends up being a minor inconvenience. signed, political geographer researching privacy and surveillance

Oh thank you SO MUCH! I was quite worried. Although tbh I think it would have been better if I had been the one overselling it. :/

#i've been getting an unfortunate crash course in this stuff since sri lanka's mass protests last year #whenever a govt starts up about ''counter-terrorism'' it's a ploy to get rid of democratic freedoms #i think at this point they should just stop making science fiction dystopians #because the govts and big tech seem to be getting their ideas directly from them #Im never getting over 'pre-crime predictive algorithm' #they're making the no fly list from something that was literally in Minority Report 😭 #state surveillance #human rights #social justice #no fly list #usamerican imperialism #war on terror #police state #anon #asks #knee of huss

[girlactionfigure]

Approved for publication:

In a counter-terrorist operation on Iranian soil, the Mossad apprehended the head of a terror cell which planned on attacking Israelis in Cyprus, thwarting the attack.

Senior Mossad official: "We will reach whoever foments terrorism against Jews and Israelis around the world, including on Iranian soil."

#Mossad #counter terror #Iran #Cyprus #Jews

[ophilosoraptoro]

Hey, wierd question... I know a lot of missiles got through, but does anyone know how many missiles the Iron Dome actually stopped on October 7? Did it stop any of them? If it didn't stop any, why not?

#israel #hamas #palestine #IDF #iron dome #counter terrorism

[reportwire]

Gunmen kill 11, wound 15 in attack on Russian military recruits | CNN

Gunmen kill 11, wound 15 in attack on Russian military recruits | CNN

CNN  —  Two gunmen opened fire on Russian military recruits at a training ground in Russia’s Belgorod region, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 15, Russia’s state news agency TASS reports. The attack took place Saturday during a training session at the Western Military District, according to TASS, which cited the Russian Defense Ministry. The gunmen were said to be from former…

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#conflicts and war #continents and regions #Crime #crimes against persons #criminal offenses #eastern europe #europe #international relations and national security #law enforcement and corrections #military #military operations #national security #russia #Shootings #terrorism #terrorism and counter-terrorism #terrorist attacks #unrest

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

On January 26, 2023, the IDF conducted a preemptive counterterror operation in Jenin, during which nine Palestinians – eight of whom were armed members of Islamic Jihad and other organizations – were killed. The Palestinian Authority, reviving the blood libel from Jenin in April 2002 (Defensive Shield), accused Israel of committing a “massacre” and Gaza-based terrorist organizations launched rockets at Israeli cities.  

The next day (Friday night, January 27), a Palestinian murdered seven Israeli civilians outside a Jerusalem synagogue; a few hours later (Saturday morning, January 28) a 13 year-old Palestinian shot and wounded two Israelis in a separate incident in Jerusalem.

NGO responses to these incidents reflect an immoral agenda that stands in direct contradiction to the human rights mandate that they and their funder-enablers claim. Palestinian, Israeli, European, and international NGOs and their officials that commented on Jenin before the Sabbath terror attacks repeated the PA propaganda of a “massacre.”

Other NGOs appeared to justify the terror attacks in Jerusalem, or otherwise blamed Israel for the targeting of Israeli civilians. Even those groups that directly condemned the terror attacks simultaneously included condemnations of Israel. One NGO, the Rights Forum (Netherlands), bizarrely denied that the murder of Jews because they were Jews constituted antisemitism.

Importantly, several very vocal and active Israeli advocacy NGOs, including Adalah, B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, and Yesh Din, appear not to have issued statements.

NGO officials condoning the synagogue murders and other attacks on civilians

Al-Haq

Al-Haq has received funding from the EU, France,  Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Al-Haq legal advisor Isam Abdeen, who has served as an “advocacy officer” for the NGO, wrote on Facebook on January 27: “The shooting operation which was carried out by the son of the capital by himself in occupied Jerusalem is legitimate by international law, and there is no need for any justification, since it happened on ‘occupied land.’ It is in the world’s capability, instead of shamelessly condemning a legitimate operation according to international law, to put pressure on the Zionist entity to end its colonial occupation and the apartheid regime, which consists a crime against humanity under international law…” (emphasis added)

Abdeen posted on Facebook on January 28: “Jenin and Jerusalem, and the difference between deception and resistance…What happened in Jenin is that a military unit of the Zionist entity…carried out a deception of killing and injuring Palestinians on Palestinian land…This systematic culture of deception constitutes a grave violation of laws and current norms of international armed conflicts…What happened in occupied Jerusalem is that a Jerusalemite young man from the sons of the capital, carried out, alone, a resistance action on Palestinian land (occupied Jerusalem), the land of his fathers and forefather, and this action is legitimate according to international humanitarian law and human rights law…What happened in occupied Jerusalem and other cities and villages…is called legitimate resistance under international law. It is taking an effective action in breaking ‘the economic feet’ of the prolonged Zionist colonial occupation…it is a legitimate and effective means to end the colonial occupation and expel the invading occupiers…” (emphasis added)

Al-Haq legal researcher and advocacy officer Aseel Al-Bajeh tweeted on January 28: “More context: why are settlers allowed to be in occupied Jerusalem, a war crime that the world recognises?”

On January 29, Al-Bajeh tweeted, “Forcing Palestinians to Defend their Right to Resist is Another Complicity with Israel’s Colonialism.”

#idf #jenin #counter terror operation #ngos #jerusalem synagogue massacre

[taiwantalk]

#mass hostage taking as human shield is what russia has been teaching terrorists all over the world since 2014. #this is the part that the greater world outside of russia including Israel never come to realize even now. #Donbas and crimea were only appearing to be land grab when the most difficult factor was human hostages. #and so what russia demonstrated is that nobody knows what to do to counter mass hostage taking #the only way to counter hostage taking is to fight to death to prevent mass hostage taken. #that was missing in 2014 when no other country helped to drive out russian forces #in 2022 ukraine was able to fight off Russians from taking Kyiv Kharkiv and kherson civilian hostages #the southern ukraine was sabotaged and in turns cause the southeastern region like Mariupol to fall and the azovs taken #taiwantalk #ukraine #russia #mass hostage taking terrorism #this is tragically predicted by batman darknight trilogy #the day when the super villains only want to cause endless pain and suffering

[musicfren]

I find Contessa in Worm really fascinating, cause she gets at a really fundamental point for me that your life experiences shape the kind of questions you ask, which in turn shape the kind of answers you get. Like.. she has The Best Possible tool of analysis. She can answer essentially any question! But she can't literally ask "how do I beat Scion and save the world", so she has to use her non supernatural human self to work out what questions to ask. So she asks "how do I kill the biggest scariest monster possible" and of course gets back to make the biggest most dangerous weapons possible. And like... This sets her on a path to commit uncountable atrocities, leads to the creation of even more terrors that kill billions more people, and it doesn't even work! Cauldron just gets destroyed by the result of all the contradictions they created in society, all the people they oppressed in the name of creating the biggest, worst monster-killing weapons possible.

And like...the problem is that all the magical analysis powers in the world can't stop you from asking the wrong questions. What you put in is what you get out, and what you put in is always human, fallible, shaped by the world you know

#worm #cauldron #im looking at you counter terrorism/AI/Cultural Hegemony et al fjfhfbdb

[andrewckeeper]

LIDMF Classics “Chercobil”

#cobi #covid #chernobyl #pripiat #ukraine #ucrania #uranium #uranio #plutonio #radiactive #radioactivo #nuclear #nucelar #nu-ce-lar #radiation #radiación #geiger #geiger counter #horror #terror #barcelona92 #olympics #olympic games #juegos olimpicos #barcelona 92 #pánico nuclear #alerta roja #xd #lol #lmao

[paopuofhearts]

So I keep seeing this going around and I'm like.

Look. I get it.

We all get it.

And yet many people very clearly don't.

I've had students and adults sit here and tell me to my face that Jews never originated in the Middle East because Palestinians have been there since time immemorial as the only people of that land. I've had students and adults tell me that Israel is a name that was specifically created in the 40s to push the idea that Israel had always existed when it never existed as a concept before the 40s. I've had students and adults tell me all Jews are White Europeans that are only seeking to exploit and control the Middle East. I've had students and adults tell me that the Middle East belongs to the Muslims and they were pushed out by White Europeans and Jews are the ones who have caused American military policies of interventionism. I've had students and adults tell me thus Jews control all media around the world in return for financial resources from major Western countries.

These are from a wide spectrum of people who are indigenous to the US, people who have lived here all their lives, people who have moved or immigrated or sought refuge or sought asylum from other countries, people who have lived in Israel and Palestine, people who are still learning basic media literacy skills, people with PhDs, people who have spent decades doing activist work - all of them repeating this kind of White Supremacist rhetoric because they want to prove they're on the Right Side of Free Palestine.

And you see those exact same posts cropping up all over social media, of people perpetuating ahistorical information and falsifying facts because they think a more dramaticized and extreme story of Israel and Palestine is necessary to bring more attention to the genocide currently happening.

It's not really about "unless you know things shut up".

It's really about "you don't need to be spreading lies that get people killed to bring awareness and demand change".

Because doing that is antisemitic - and antisemitism isn't something people make up just so they don't 'feel guilty' or 'redirect' or 'erase' the opportunity for conversation or whatever else people justify that as in their minds.

And antisemitism is a proponent of genocide.

#like shit people buy into this “israel controls the narrative of western media” shit and im like #yeah clearly the us supports israel and their news is gonna align with that #but thats the us specifically choosing to perpetuate those things #but also the us doesnt do that as much as people seem to think #like no fucking western news source is brainwashing people that israel is the clear victor only defending itself against terrorism #or whatever #they all fucking run shit thats counter to that narrative too #and they have for decades #sure it might not be the most prominent or the most widely pushed but again thats a us media issue #its not like theres been a complete blackout on whats happening in palestine since the 40s #but people sure do love to say that because it makes things ways more emotionally engaging #its like people crave the drama of a dystopian universe and we really arent anywhere near 1984 yall #do the fucking work instead of salivating for some fucked up purge like revolution

[geometricalien]

thinking about horrific akafuri >>> putting words together to describe horrific akafuri

#the terror the chill the darkness the blood the visera the rain the dillution #the haunting the visions the dreams the nightmares #waking up standing on the edge of the roof #hearing voices #i will show you marvelous things. awful but marvelous #trust me trust me give me your hand grab the knife #you are mine and i am yours #hand in hand #blood smearing the sink counter top standing out stark and poignant staining petrufying #sick sick fray fall apart #look at me #reflections are gone #pressure like a hand on his wrist #a figure pushing through the mirror like water #fingers and hands forming like clay crystalizing being given life cusping his jaw #let me in kouki #i just #I HAVEN'T SLEPT MORE THAN 3 HOURS IN 36 HOURS I NEED REsT BUT THE IMAGES HAUNT ME