Terror: A new solution to an old problem
9 years, 3 months ago

Terror: A new solution to an old problem

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But let us also remember this year's other attacks : on 2 April, 147 students were massacred in Garissa, Kenya, by Al-Shabaab militants; on 17 August, over 20 people were killed by an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand; on 10 October, in Ankara, Turkey, 95 people lost their lives in two coordinated terrorist attacks; on 12 November, 43 people were brutally killed in Beirut, Lebanon. To fight terror successfully, great powers must put aside internal quarrels and set up a joint task force acting on behalf of, but independently from, governments. Therefore one should not bridle upon cartoons and re­marks released after cruel terrorist acts, but rather acclaim any response which keeps the society under siege free and self-criti­cal.

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India’s evolving fight against terrorism
2 months, 1 week ago

India’s evolving fight against terrorism

Hindustan Times  

India’s battle against terrorism has been a journey of constant evolution, marked by resilience and adaptability in the face of mounting challenges. Yet, amidst these challenges, India has demonstrated commendable progress, reflected in its improved ranking on the Global Terrorism Index and its increasingly robust counter-terrorism mechanisms. In November, a regional conference in New Delhi brought together experts and officials …

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot with half of 2022’s victims
1 year, 9 months ago

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot with half of 2022’s victims

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Counter-terrorism experts said Tuesday that Africa is now the world’s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa, though al-Qaida and Islamic State affiliates remain widespread, persistent and active elsewhere around the globe. Col. Gen. Igor Sirotkin, deputy director of Russia’s Federal Security Service and head of its National Anti-Terrorism Committee, …

'Condemn Terrorism in All Forms & Manifestations': At UN, India Asks World to Stand Guard Against False Narratives
2 years ago

'Condemn Terrorism in All Forms & Manifestations': At UN, India Asks World to Stand Guard Against False Narratives

News 18  

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on Thursday condemned the selective condemnation of terrorist acts across the globe. India’s stand remained firm on the matter as Kamboj asked the UN assembly to criticize all forms of terrorism, whether motivated by Islamophobia, anti-Sikh, anti-Buddhist or anti-Hindu prejudices. “The tendency of categorisation of terrorism based on the motivations behind …

Reshaping the world’s responses to the terror matrix
2 years, 3 months ago

Reshaping the world’s responses to the terror matrix

The Hindu  

The world has been witnessing a flurry of meetings and conferences on the issue of countering terrorism worldwide. The list resembles an alphabetic soup, viz., meetings of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, the No Money for Terror Conference, and an Interpol Conference in which terrorism figured prominently. The 9/11 attack heralded what came to be regarded as ‘new …

Strengthen collective action against terror
2 years, 5 months ago

Strengthen collective action against terror

Hindustan Times  

There is a moment some victims of terrorism describe as an unbridgeable divide: The “before” and “after” of an act of terrorism. Our 21 years of experience is a lesson to the world: There is no ‘silver bullet’ or quick solution to counter the threat of terrorism in a rapidly evolving digital age Meeting with Chaphekar and Kang recently, I …

20 Years of 9/11: No Freedom from Global Terror, Rather Radical Islamists on the Rise
3 years, 6 months ago

20 Years of 9/11: No Freedom from Global Terror, Rather Radical Islamists on the Rise

News 18  

When the Twin Towers came down in New York on September 11, 2001, it was the manifestation of a high-mark in the campaign that radical Islamists had undertaken to wreak revenge for what they perceived as the wrongs done to their faith by ‘others’. The recent run of events in Afghanistan and no proven evidence of change of style or …

The many and different faces of terror
5 years, 11 months ago

The many and different faces of terror

The Hindu  

Terrorism is a well-recognised form of asymmetric warfare, and has been around for centuries. New organisations, such as al-Qaeda and its acolytes, as also the Islamic State, gained pre-eminence among a growing multitude of terror groups. The evolution of terrorism in the 21st century, and the constantly shifting tactics of terror groups, does make terrorism look like an ‘existential threat’. …

What far-right terror has in common with ISIS (opinion)
6 years ago

What far-right terror has in common with ISIS (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Milo Comerford is an analyst at the Tony Blair Institute For Global Change. In the manifesto, the shooter fondly references fellow extremists from around the world, including Luca Traini, who injured six migrants in a shooting in Italy; Dylann Roof, the Charleston church shooter who killed nine African Americans; Anton Lundin Pettersson, a Swede who attacked a school …

What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
7 years, 10 months ago

What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?

Salon  

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The mayor of Manchester called the attack “an evil act.” Because the media often sensationalizes terrorism and authorities tend to oversimplify it, demystifying common misconceptions about why individuals carry out political violence is important. Despite the recent attacks, the U.K. and Western Europe experienced relatively low terrorist activity during the period 2000 …

Shared commitment critical to counter threat of terrorism
7 years, 10 months ago

Shared commitment critical to counter threat of terrorism

China Daily  

Two women wrapped in thermal blankets stand near the Manchester Arena, where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. The Islamic State, a terrorist group still wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility, while the British police named the attacker as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, born in Manchester to Libyan parents, who …

US needs other nations' help to fight terrorism
8 years, 6 months ago

US needs other nations' help to fight terrorism

China Daily  

Children peer into the south reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in Manhattan, New York, US, September 1, 2016. A bomb explosion in New York City that injured 29 people on Saturday, a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall that left nine wounded, and an earlier blast in suburban New Jersey sent shock waves across …

Strategy against terrorism needs to be reconsidered
8 years, 6 months ago

Strategy against terrorism needs to be reconsidered

China Daily  

Sunday was not just the day for remembering those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept 11, 2001, it also brought into focus how much more needs to be done in the war against terror. Statistics show that the number of terrorist attacks has risen considerably since the 9/11 attacks, especially after the …

World leaders perpetuate failed anti-terror policies
8 years, 8 months ago

World leaders perpetuate failed anti-terror policies

Al Jazeera  

After decades of failed military action we still don’t know what drives citizens to terror. The negative consequences of such short-sighted and misguided failed policies have now spread far beyond those scarred lands, and terrorise civilians across Europe and the US by Arab foreign ministers for their part met in preparation for this week’s Arab League summit in Mauritania, and …

The ‘war on terror’ comes of age
11 years, 9 months ago

The ‘war on terror’ comes of age

Al Jazeera  

The global “war on terror” will continue to define what is possible in politics at home and abroad. Abroad, the “war on terror” is being universalised and merged with humanitarian intervention and state building, as the recent UN Security Council resolution on Mali so clearly demonstrates. And that is exactly what the second development registers: President Obama’s speech last month …

Combating terrorism
17 years, 8 months ago

Combating terrorism

The Hindu  

The Istanbul conference on Democracy and Global Security offers sound strategies and tactics that are eminently practicable to tackle terrorism. Listening to speeches at the just-concluded conference on "Democracy and Global Security" at Istanbul, one got the feeling that the prevailing cynicism amongst sections of opinion-makers and police leadership was unjustified. Where does one get an opportunity to listen to …

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