Raffaello Pantucci, ex-IISS & ex-RUSI, is now in Singapore and has added this analysis of the most recent attack in London by a recently released, convicted terrorist - who thankfully was under armed...
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Responding to Streatham: Managing Low-Tech Terrorist Threat
Raffaello Pantucci, ex-IISS & ex-RUSI, is now in Singapore and has added this analysis of the most recent attack in London by a recently released, convicted terrorist - who thankfully was under armed...
Taking stock and looking over your shoulder
A rather large (46 pgs) document by David Anderson, the former Independent Reviewer of CT Legislation, who was asked to conduct an assessment of progress has been made...
After Christchurch
A joint CT police and Security Service (MI5) statement in late March:https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/police-and-mi5-tackling-the-changing-terror-threat/
Two reports on a recent CT trial...
Six articles to read
This post covers several topics so in a moment it will be copied to other threads on CT, lone wolves (inside the USA and beyond).
Bruce Hoffman has two articles on the rise of the extreme right as...
Reporting terrorism: a UK viewpoint
David Anderson, a lawyer and former Independent Reviewer of CT Legislation (highly regarded by many), recently gave a speech to a university journalism course. Naturally the focus is on journalism,...
Lewis Ludlow: How the Oxford Street terror plotter was caught
An in depth article on the investigation that led to this aspiring Muslim convert conviction for plotting an attack in one of London's main shopping streets; known in the CT arena as an 'iconic'...
Updates and fears
To accompany a new police CT advert (57 seconds) the senior UK CT police officer appeared this week.
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX6x1HuOWeU&feature=youtu.be
It is curious how three...
Like all wars, this one will come to an end, but it will be a while yet.
A commentary on terrorism in the UK by a UK journalist. He ends with:
Link:https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/there-were-far-fewer-terror-attacks-last-year-heres-why/
Published this week was the official Home Office...
Published this week was the official Home Office statistics for CT arrests etc for the quarter up to September 2018. Due to other matters it appears to have not been covered by the BBC, although I...
Four articles on the UK CT context
I am adding four articles that provide the context for UK CT. All of them have a common theme, which I'd call "Don't panic, it's getting worse". Whether it is the lack of CT policing resources or the...
UK CT a review
One of the unique features of UK CT is the role of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL), held so far by an eminent lawyer and the current incumbent, Max Hill, is moving now to be...
When all the jigsaw pieces come together: Part 2
An update on sentencing:
A rather confident explanation by the police in the circumstances:
Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44901792
When all the jigsaw pieces come together
From the BBC News a pre-sentencing report on a Jihadist attacker:
Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44570128
The Black Country bomber: an update
Ho hum too close to his former home:
Link:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-bomb-maker-sparked-laptop-ban-on-us-flights-kchj3mqcf?
Post 142 on pg.8 is an earlier reference to his appearance.
Mother and daughter jailed for terror plot
An update on posts 239 & 240 and the title comes from a BBC report:
Two others will be sentenced later (a sister and a male).
Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44496433
A slightly more...
UK CT strategy: a new version and more
Last week the UK government published an updated edition of 'Operation Contest', along with attendant publicity and with some new legislation being presented to Parliament.
The Home Secretary,...
There are two UK extensive articles on this...
There are two UK extensive articles on this trial, where the sentences have not been given yet. The BBC:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44359958 and The...
How Lee Rigby’s murder changed the face of terror
A long article reflecting on Fusilier Rigby's murder (run down by a car and knifed / axed) nearly five years ago by Raffaello Pantucci, of RUSI and sub-titled:...
The Threat From British Jihadists After the Caliphate’s Fall
A quick overview on this problem by James Brandon and an almost laughable, sadly true passage:
Link:https://jamestown.org/program/the-threat-from-british-jihadists-after-the-caliphates-fall/
An investigation into Westminster Bridge attacker, Khalid Masood
From the BBC Newsnight team and placed on YouTube (19 mins):
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEXNuVFVfDM
Parsons Green Tube bombing: Teenager Ahmed Hassan
His day in court:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43519540
The day before there was a report that the police investigation had missed his motivation; clearly the judge did not need that...
The foster mother who didn't know
Last week an Iraqi teenage asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, who had been in foster care for two years, was convicted for a bomb attack on the London Underground, the bomb was faulty and only partly...
Imprisonment: a gap in UK CT
This is now getting beyond a joke, if you accept a parliamentary report and the headline:
Why?...
A retiring CT police officer says
Yesterday Asst. Commissioner Mark Rowley, the National Co-ordinator of Terrorist Investigations, delivered a valedictory speech in London to Policy Exchange and he retires next month. There are...
The CT approach has "holes in the bucket"
A broad comment on the issues around returning foreign fighters by an "insider":A classic example of how weak the UK CT approach is:Link:https://capx.co/how-to-deal-with-returning-isis-fighters/