- Israel labels fireworks as explosives in temporary order
March 19, 2023
The Israeli government has approved a one-time, temporary order labeling fireworks as explosive devices for a period of nine months. The order was proposed by Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur in cooperation with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Read more… Source: The Jewish Press
- Twenty Years on, Iraq Bears Scars of US-led Invasion
March 19, 2023
In the lead up to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, proponents of the war spoke of the Iraqi people as helpless victims of a dictatorial regime. Yet the Iraqi people paid the heaviest price of the invasion. Almost half a million people lost their lives, millions lost homes, and countless civilians suffered abuses by ...
- Kenya: Multi-agency approach is silver bullet in fighting terrorism
March 19, 2023
As a regional power in fighting terrorism, Kenya always takes lead in developing compelling strategies to bolster the war on terror in the country and region. Kenya received international accolades for the successful “Operation Linda Nchi’’, military intervention in Somalia to fight al Shabaab. Kenya Defence Forces is a strong pillar of the African Union peacekeeping ...
- MI5 received TWO separate warnings Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was buying dangerous chemicals months before attack – but didn’t act in time
March 18, 2023
MI5 chiefs failed to act on two separate warnings that the Manchester Arena attacker was buying bomb-making ingredients in the months before the outrage. The Mail on Sunday has learned that the agency received two ‘pieces of intelligence’ about the purchase of chemicals by Salman Abedi and his associates – but didn’t realise the ‘significance’ of the ...
- Three Young Nigerian Soldiers Killed After Patrol Vehicle Drives Over Bomb Planted By ISWAP Terrorists In Borno
March 18, 2023
Improvised explosive devices and ambushes continue to pose a major threat to soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northern Nigeria. An exclusive report by SaharaReporters has revealed that three young personnel of the 152 Task Force Battalion, Banki town in Borno State have been killed. The soldiers were confirmed dead after running into an improvised explosive ...
- South Sudan: 11 children killed in unexploded ordnance blast in Western Bahr el-Ghazal state
March 17, 2023
Eleven children were killed and one injured in an accident involving unexploded ordnance in South Sudan, the spokeswoman for the UN mission in the violence-wracked country (UNMISS) said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday in a remote village in Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, northwest of the capital Juba, spokeswoman Linda Tom told Radio Miraya, a ...
- Russia Claims Bombs Found At A Druzhba Oil Pipeline Station
March 17, 2023
Officials with the Russian oil company Transneft say they’ve uncovered a failed bomb plot to sabotage the Druzhba oil pipeline and maim civilians in the western Bryansk region of Russia. Transneft spokesman Igor Demin told TASS on Wednesday that two explosive devices were found at a pumping station. The devices, while they didn’t detonate, had some ...
- Military Working Dog makes mark on Enterprise Access Management Service-Army page
March 17, 2023
A picture of an attentive Military Working Dog looking at his camouflage-clad handler through a tunnel greets people when they open a wide variety of Army programs from the Enterprise Access Management Service-Army login page. That dog is Torro, a U.S. Army working dog and his current handler is Cpl. Henry M. Blanco. The seven-year-old German Shepherd ...
- UK: Financial analyst found guilty of making home-made bomb and possessing explosives
March 17, 2023
A FINANCIAL analyst was yesterday found guilty of making a home-made bomb and possessing explosives. Asad Bhatti, 49, was reported to police by the owner of a computer repair shop who became suspicious of content on his laptop. Experts found a 173-page document compiled by Bhatti including a “simple guide to explosives” and sections on handguns and sniper rifles, ...
- K9 handlers from across Mississippi attend Law Dog Seminar
March 16, 2023
Whether they’re helping track fugitives, finding a missing person, or searching for narcotics or weapons, Police K9s are a vital part of law enforcement and training is intense and continuous. K9 teams spent part of this week in Tupelo as part of the “Law Dog Seminar”. For three days, K9 handlers and their partners have been put ...
- AI identifies molecules from their featureless visible spectrum
March 16, 2023
An artificial intelligence algorithm can identify molecules from their visible spectrum, where many organic compounds are completely transparent and have no absorption peaks to speak of. ‘Forget about the peaks – that’s the main result,’ says Felipe Herrera from the University of Santiago, Chile. Once the algorithm is trained on more structures, as well as mixtures, it ...
- MWD units conduct explosives training
March 16, 2023
The 67th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dog), Special Troops Battalion, teamed up with 523rd MP Detachment (MWD) out of Fort Riley, Kan., as well as local police K9 agencies for training March 8 at the old Patton Junior High School. MWD handler Cpl. Nicholas Marsh, 67th MP Detachment, said the primary focus of the training ...
- UK: Bomb-making and explosives guides found on mobile phone
March 16, 2023
A man has been convicted of terrorism offences after extremist material was found on his mobile phone. Mohammed Adnan Saleem, 22, of Montrose Avenue, Luton, had saved several banned documents, including a bomb-making manual and a file on explosives. He was found guilty on three counts – brought under the Terrorism Act 2000 – after a three-week ...
- Israel says suspect killed wearing a suicide vest following roadside bomb
March 15, 2023
Israeli security forces killed a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb that injured a man near the occupied West Bank this week, the military said on Wednesday, adding that the suspect’s potential ties to the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah were being investigated. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortended a scheduled trip to Berlin on Wednesday, ...
- Pakistan: Two die, seven injured in Khuzdar blast
March 15, 2023
At least two people died and seven others injured after an explosion near a vehicle at Do Talwar Chowk area Khuzdar Town on Tuesday. According to police sources, the blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) occurred near the vehicle at Do-Talwar Chowk. As a result, two people namely Haji Aman Ullah and Naveed died on ...
- India: 15-Year-Old Injured in Crude Bomb Blast in Tripura
March 15, 2023
A crude bomb went off near a school building in the Sepahijala district of Tripura on Wednesday injuring a school-going child. The state police have started an investigation into the matter. According to reports, a 15-year-old student received injuries when a crude bomb went off near a school building in the state of Tripura. The incident ...
- Austria: Vienna police warn of credible threat of ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches
March 15, 2023
Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna. The country’s intelligence service didn’t disclose any further information as to the threats received. Police in Vienna tweeted that they had heighted security in front of certain buildings, including churches, and increased the presence of officers in the Austrian capital. “There is a nonspecific threat of an ...
- France: Suspect killed and six police officers injured in house explosion during arrest
March 15, 2023
At least six police officers have been injured, including three seriously, in a house explosion in France, according to media reports. The gendarmes, French paramilitary police, had gone to the property to arrest a man who was then killed in the blast in the central region of Allier, it is believed. Read more… Source: Sky News
- India: Miscreants Hurl Crude Bombs at Police Team during Raid, 5 Detained
March 15, 2023
Miscreants have allegedly hurled crude bombs at a police team during a raid in Berhampur on Wednesday. The incident took place at Srikshetra Vihar locality under Bada Bazaar police limits the city. No policeman has been injured in the incident. Read more… Source: Newsroom Odisha
- Pakistan: Two terrorists, including ‘KPO attack mastermind’, killed in overnight CTD operation
March 14, 2023
The Sindh police on Monday claimed to have killed the mastermind of the recent terrorist attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) along with his accomplice during an overnight operation. Two other suspects were also arrested in the operation that was carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police. The CTD said it seized ...
- Thailand: Police team defuse car bomb in Pattani province
March 14, 2023
A woman found an improvised explosive device made from a gas cylinder strapped to the undercarriage of her SUV on Saturday night, which authorities have managed to defuse safely. Enaz Haji Taye, a resident of tambon Thanon in Mayo district, reported the discovery on Sunday morning. Police dispatched an ordnance disposal team to her house and ...
- Iraq: Basra, the city most saturated with landmines worldwide
March 14, 2023
The Directorate for Mine Action (DMA) of the Iraqi Ministry of Environment revealed that Basra came first worldwide as the city with the most landmines. Media Director of the DMA, Mustafa Hamid, explained that the southern Iraqi city of Basra has about 1,200 square kilometers full of landmines, pointing out that areas where landmines are planted ...
- Ukraine: One injured in car explosion in Melitopol
March 14, 2023
One person has been injured in a car explosion in the centre of occupied Melitopol, chairman of the We are Together with Russia movement Vladimir Rogov reported. According to him, the explosion was carried out with an improvised explosive device. Read more… Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe
- Nigeria’s silent success in regulating use of explosives
March 14, 2023
At the height of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Boko Haram and other insurgency groups increased the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Most of the IEDs deployed by those terrorist groups were made from Ammonium Nitrate and Carbamide, which are also used for controlled explosions (mining, for example) and as fertilizers. Read more… Source: Vanguard
