Thursday, 22 March 2012
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Libyan attempts Norway massacre in Turkey
How easy would a similar attack be in Malta for any disgruntled Libyan's?
Norway news
A Libyan gunman who wounded two people at a popular Istanbul tourist attraction had attempted to carry out a massacre in the Ottoman-era Topkapı Palace, news reports said on Friday. The gunman, identified as 36-year-old Samir Salem Ali Elmadhavri, wounded a soldier and a private security guard before police snipers killed him. The motive for the attack is under investigation and it is not known if the attacker was affiliated with any groups or organizations, Today's Zaman reported.
Video footage released by Turkish media outlets on Friday shows police and the Libyan gunman exchanging fire near the entrance gate of the palace. News reports said he shouted, "This will be a massacre like in Norway," referring to a July 22 massacre at a summer camp organized by the youth division of Norway's ruling Labor Party, in which 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik shot randomly at participants and killed 69 people before being captured by police.
It was not possible to verify Elmadhavri's threat from the footage. Private NTV news stations said the man, who arrived at the scene in a car with a Syrian license plate, shouted in English.
Reports said non-commissioned officer Levent Torgut successfully stalled the Libyan gunman for 45 minutes, preventing him from proceeding inside the palace complex and reaching hundreds of tourists who were lined up to buy tickets.
Elmadhavri was killed by snipers after a clash that lasted more than an hour. His attack came on the same day as Turkey announced sanctions on the Syrian regime to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop a bloody crackdown on anti-regime protests.
A Libyan gunman who wounded two people at a popular Istanbul tourist attraction had attempted to carry out a massacre in the Ottoman-era Topkapı Palace, news reports said on Friday. The gunman, identified as 36-year-old Samir Salem Ali Elmadhavri, wounded a soldier and a private security guard before police snipers killed him. The motive for the attack is under investigation and it is not known if the attacker was affiliated with any groups or organizations, Today's Zaman reported.
Video footage released by Turkish media outlets on Friday shows police and the Libyan gunman exchanging fire near the entrance gate of the palace. News reports said he shouted, "This will be a massacre like in Norway," referring to a July 22 massacre at a summer camp organized by the youth division of Norway's ruling Labor Party, in which 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik shot randomly at participants and killed 69 people before being captured by police.
It was not possible to verify Elmadhavri's threat from the footage. Private NTV news stations said the man, who arrived at the scene in a car with a Syrian license plate, shouted in English.
Reports said non-commissioned officer Levent Torgut successfully stalled the Libyan gunman for 45 minutes, preventing him from proceeding inside the palace complex and reaching hundreds of tourists who were lined up to buy tickets.
Elmadhavri was killed by snipers after a clash that lasted more than an hour. His attack came on the same day as Turkey announced sanctions on the Syrian regime to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop a bloody crackdown on anti-regime protests.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
North Africa - Pro Al Qaeda preaching in Tahrir square Egypt
Further reading: Emerging Islamic State of Tunisia
Further reading: Libya Al Qaeda flags on government building
Further reading: Libya Al Qaeda flags on government building
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
'Iran strike aftermath couldn't be as bad as nuclear Iran'
The outcome of a strike on Iran's nuclear sites, no matter how destructive, can never be as bad for Israel as an Iran armed with nuclear weapons, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Wednesday at a security conference at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.
Continue reading: Jerusalem Post
Saturday, 19 November 2011
France: Reconstruction of a nuclear attack
Further reading: Gadaffi - The day after
They could be scenes from a disaster film with rescuers donning futuristic gas marks and carrying survivors to safety.
But these pictures show an exercise simulating a nuclear, biological and chemical attack at La Defense metro station, just west of Paris.
Rescue workers checked on volunteers involved in the chaotic scenes as they evacuated the busy station located underneath the Grande Arche building in the business district of the city.
Continue reading: Reconstruction of a nuclear attack
Video: (Docu-drama) Dirty bomb in London
They could be scenes from a disaster film with rescuers donning futuristic gas marks and carrying survivors to safety.
But these pictures show an exercise simulating a nuclear, biological and chemical attack at La Defense metro station, just west of Paris.
Rescue workers checked on volunteers involved in the chaotic scenes as they evacuated the busy station located underneath the Grande Arche building in the business district of the city.
Continue reading: Reconstruction of a nuclear attack
Video: (Docu-drama) Dirty bomb in London
Busy week For Malta's military bomb disposal unit
Ominous signs...
Times of Malta
Updated - The airport arrivals lounge was briefly evacuated this afternoon after a man raised suspicion when he left a suitcase in the hall and ran out, eyewitnesses said.
The incident happened at about 4 p.m. The suitcase was in the street side of the building, close to the car park ticketing machines.
The building was sealed off and army bomb disposal experts were on the scene to check the suitcase.
The suitcase was 'blown up' using a high pressure water jet. It was found to be empty.
Updated - The airport arrivals lounge was briefly evacuated this afternoon after a man raised suspicion when he left a suitcase in the hall and ran out, eyewitnesses said.
The incident happened at about 4 p.m. The suitcase was in the street side of the building, close to the car park ticketing machines.
The building was sealed off and army bomb disposal experts were on the scene to check the suitcase.
The suitcase was 'blown up' using a high pressure water jet. It was found to be empty.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Bomb maker on the loose in Malta
Car bombings throughout the Middle East are the usual means of assassinating targets, only this one in Malta failed to have its desired result.
Sends a clear message though of what is out there in Maltese society now.
The Maltese are not known for such sophisticated car bombings, or even comitting such terrorist acts so I would be looking at the intended targets Arab associates who would have links to Libyan terrorists, and any possible grievences there might be due to his past criminal dealings with them.
Now Gadaffi is gone and a new Libya is emerging, there is a new proliferation of all types of weaponry coming out of the Country, and many Gadaffi Loyalists making their escape and setting up home and business (legitimate/terrorist) in other parts of the World with Malta a favourite destination due to its historical links with the Gadaffi regime, its proximity to Libya, and its ever expanding expat community living on the island.
Times of Malta
Quote: Forensic expert Anthony Abela Medici, backed by several years of experience in the field, argued that it must have been a bomb with highly explosive material.
Judging by footage and photographs he had seen on the media, since he is not involved in the case, Dr Abela Medici agreed it looked like it was “very unlikely” to have been planted in a few minutes.
This indicates, he said, that it was either being transported or else the person who placed it got the timing wrong.
Such a bomb would have to be manufactured by experienced people, especially because high-explosive material and the detonators to set it off are not so easily available.
Dr Abela Medici said this explosion reminded him of a similar car bomb that killed Emanuel Micallef in December 1969 in Paola. That time, however, the bomb was connected to the engine and went off when the ignition was switched on.
Continue reading: Bomb maker on the loose in Malta
Sends a clear message though of what is out there in Maltese society now.
The Maltese are not known for such sophisticated car bombings, or even comitting such terrorist acts so I would be looking at the intended targets Arab associates who would have links to Libyan terrorists, and any possible grievences there might be due to his past criminal dealings with them.
Now Gadaffi is gone and a new Libya is emerging, there is a new proliferation of all types of weaponry coming out of the Country, and many Gadaffi Loyalists making their escape and setting up home and business (legitimate/terrorist) in other parts of the World with Malta a favourite destination due to its historical links with the Gadaffi regime, its proximity to Libya, and its ever expanding expat community living on the island.
Times of Malta
Quote: Forensic expert Anthony Abela Medici, backed by several years of experience in the field, argued that it must have been a bomb with highly explosive material.
Judging by footage and photographs he had seen on the media, since he is not involved in the case, Dr Abela Medici agreed it looked like it was “very unlikely” to have been planted in a few minutes.
This indicates, he said, that it was either being transported or else the person who placed it got the timing wrong.
Such a bomb would have to be manufactured by experienced people, especially because high-explosive material and the detonators to set it off are not so easily available.
Dr Abela Medici said this explosion reminded him of a similar car bomb that killed Emanuel Micallef in December 1969 in Paola. That time, however, the bomb was connected to the engine and went off when the ignition was switched on.
Continue reading: Bomb maker on the loose in Malta
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