Why ISIS Really, Badly, Totally Wants to Claim Vegas Attack as Their Own
By Bridget Johnson The Islamic State didn’t just quickly claim the 01 Oct. massacre of concert-goers in Las Vegas, but has been jumping up and down, frantically waving a banner and shouting through a bullhorn that shooter Stephen Paddock was their “soldier.” Even as...
Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History Underscores Big Vulnerability for Future Open-Air Events
By Bridget Johnson The worst mass shooting in U.S. history laid bare the ability of individuals and terror groups to exploit a gaping security vulnerability to inflict mass casualties: extended, long-range automatic weapons fire from an unsecured location utilizing a...
Where Baghdadi’s Coming from on New Call to ‘Intensify’ Attacks on Media
By Bridget Johnson Fresh audio of Daesh’s self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was released by the terror group in November shortly after the Iraqi campaign to retake Mosul launched and was already not going well for the occupiers. Nowadays, with Daesh’s...
Oil, Global Security Questions Swirl After Kurds Overwhelmingly Pick Independence
By Bridget Johnson Despite vociferous global opposition, Kurds this week declared that they want the Kurdistan Regional Government to push for independence – an initiative in an already turbulent neck of the woods that disrupted air travel, coincided with a peak in...
Daesh Uses Aussie Recruit in Pitch to Build Upon Rising Number of Women Jihadists
By Bridget Johnson The latest issue of the Islamic State’s English-language Rumiyah magazine featured a testimonial from a woman identified only by her nom de guerre, Umm Salaym al-Muhajirah, describing leaving Australia to make hijrah to Daesh territory in Syria....
With Mexico City Quake, a Grim Reminder of Natural and ‘Human-Induced’ Risk in U.S.
By Bridget Johnson The 19 Sept. magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered southeast of Mexico City, which caused select buildings to crumple and even explode, was a sobering reminder of the seismic risks here in the United States, including pressure-heavy fault lines that...