IDF foils major attack; kills 2 terrorists

“The IAF struck a vehicle in Gaza on Friday, killing two senior officials of the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC), in a move to thwart a large-scale terror attack that was in its last stages of preparation, according to the IDF spokesperson.”

Source: IDF foils major attack; kills 2 terrorists in … JPost – Defense

Unpredictable ‘lone wolves’ pose biggest Olympic security threat

“Amateurs they might be, but it only takes one home-grown, self-radicalised, extremist to get lucky once – while, in the words of the IRA after the Brighton hotel bombing in 1984, the security services and police “will have to be lucky always”.”

Source: Unpredictable ‘lone wolves’ pose biggest Olympic security threat | Analysis | UK news | The Guardian

Police: Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria

“Police say gunmen have attacked a police station in Nigeria’s restive northeast.
Bauchi police chief Ikechukwu Aduba said Tuesday the attack occurred in Jama’are, a town about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from the city of Bauchi that was once a stronghold of a radical Islamic sect known as Boko Haram.”

(Source: The Associated Press: Police: Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria.)

Qur’an protesters attack Kabul compound housing foreigners

“Afghan protestors armed with stones and molotov cocktails have attacked a military base and a compound housing foreign workers in Kabul, in a second day of violence over the burning of copies of the Qur’an by foreign forces.”

Source: Qur’an protesters attack Kabul compound housing foreigners | World news | guardian.co.uk

30 killed in attack on Nigeria market: medic, witness

” Suspected Nigerian Islamists opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, killing at least 30 people, a medic and a witness said.
Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram stormed the fish section of Baga market and sprayed stallholders and vendors with bullets, traders said, reporting that women and children were among the dead.”

Source: AFP: 30 killed in attack on Nigeria market: medic, witness

The ‘lone wolf’ — the unknowable face of terror

“The arrest of a 29-year-old Moroccan living illegally in the United States has focused attention again on the danger posed by “lone-wolf” terrorists.
Amine El Khalifi has been charged with plotting to carry out a bombing on the U.S. Capitol and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against federal property.”

Source: The ‘lone wolf’ — the unknowable face of terror – CNN.com

Hezbollah Attack on U.S. Cited as Possibility by Napolitano

“U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she is concerned that Iran-backed Hezbollah will attempt a terrorist attack on American soil.

The Homeland Security Department last week held a conference call with Jewish groups “who have been the intended targets in the past,” Napolitano said today in testimony before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee.”

(Source: Hezbollah Attack on U.S. Cited as Possibility by Napolitano.)

Woman killed in bomb blast in Istanbul

“Turkey’s state-run television says a woman was killed when a bomb she was carrying went off in Istanbul.

TRT television says police found the woman’s body on a street in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe neighborhood late on Thursday, shortly after residents reported an explosion.”

Source: THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Report: woman killed in bomb blast in Istanbul

Police strike threatens Rio carnival crime wave

“Brazilian police
went on strike in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, risking a surge in
crime just days before the beach city’s famed carnival
celebrations.

Salvador, Brazil’s third largest city, has already been hit
by a crime wave since police walked off the job there last week.
The Rio strike is likely to force the government to send in
thousands of army troops, as it did in Salvador.”

(Source: Police strike threatens Rio carnival crime wave – chicagotribune.com.)

Security official killed in Yemen

“A senior Yemeni security official was shot dead Thursday evening in Yemen’s southern restive province of Lahj in an attack probably carried out by al-Qaida militants, a provincial police official told Xinhua.”

(Source: Security official killed in Yemen|Middle East|chinadaily.com.cn.)