The bigger #terrorist is always a government. For example...
From 1994 to March 2024, I counted 2069 killed by #Hamas, using Israeli sources and inflating the total.
In the same period, using the most conservative figures, I counted 45,186 killed by #IDF.
The top U.S. #intelligence ofcl on Mon warned that the #war in #Gaza could embolden #terrorist groups, which are aligned in their opposition to the #UnitedStates for its support of #Israel.
“The crisis has galvanized #violence by a range of actors around the world. And while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on #terrorism,” #ODNI#AvrilHaines, told an annual hearing on #GlobalSecurity#threats.
The Oct 7 attack on #Israel by #Hamas has inspired fresh threats to the #UnitedStates by #alQaeda & #ISIS-affiliated groups, #AvrilHaines said, while #Iran-backed militant groups have used “the conflict as an opportunity to pursue their own agenda” against the United States. “And we have seen how it is inspiring individuals to conduct acts of #antisemitism & #Islamophobic#terror worldwide,” she added.
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
#Trump has offered no substantive criticisms of Biden’s response to the #Hamas invasion & #Israel’s retaliation in #Gaza. Instead, he has pinned the blame for the entire crisis on #Biden’s “weakness,” in the same way he often does when #violence or #tragedy occurs.
It is unimaginable that in a pre-Trump #Republican Party, the standard-bearer would have had so little to say about a major #terrorist attack against Israel & a broadening regional #conflict in the middle of a presidential campaign.
Any American supporting or coddling putin disgusts me to my core. The GQP aka Republicans are implicit in not only his death, but the deaths of every Ukrainian who has died to russian aggression. Thousands of rapes, tortures, murders of innocent Ukrainians. They're responsible for every child stolen from their parents and "reeducated" with russian propaganda. And they're responsible for trying to put someone just like putin in the White House.
The dead bird accepts money from terrorist. The same people who are promoting racists, authoritarians, bigots and outright neo-Nazis are also promoting terrorism?
Terrorists Are Paying for Check Marks on dead bird, Report Says. The report shows that x has accepted payments for subscriptions from entities barred from doing business in the United States, a potential violation of sanctions.
It is illegal, it is unethical, it is entirely on-brand for Elon Musk — and the fact that shitter is now furiously backpedaling underscores again it's dangerously unsafe for him to be a social media platform owner.
White House #POTUS to be briefed on 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuclear weapon in space: Sullivan made clear that he had initiated the meeting with the Gang of Eight scheduled for Thursday.
The Dept of Homeland Security identified white nationalists as the most significant domestic terrorist threat within the US. Findings highlight the significance of white nationalists as a persistent and lethal threat within the US.
1.Threat Assessment: White supremacy extremism accounted for more fatal attacks in the US than any other domestic violent extremist group.White supremacists caused the majority of related deaths, accounting for 40 of 48 fatalities.
DHS concluded that white supremacists aka Republicans remain the most persistent & lethal threat within the homeland.
The intelligence community emphasized that narratives related to election lies aka #TheBigLie, the violent breach of the Capitol & conspiracy theories promoting violence spur domestic violent extremists to engage in violence. Small groups of extremists, radicalized independently online, pose significant challenges. Racially motivated extremists & militia groups present the most lethal threat across the US.
Iranian-backed militias have attacked US troops more than 170 times w/ drone, missile, rocket in the #middleeast, injuring hundreds, and killing three.
US troops that participated in our US response to Iranian-backed terror. There are many service persons not shown. Know that freedom is not free.
This short vid made me smile having "been here, done that" flight planning, mission prep, briefing, flight line, pre-flight & mission. Love this. Video copyright Emma Anderson USAF.
It can also be true that screaming #genocide will never make you an expert on international #law or the #genevaconventions but rather, a sucker for #terrorist propaganda.
“Terrorists must be rooted out wherever they are.” - OK, where do you place the State of #Israel in that picture? As we know, the State of Israel is currently engaging in systematically killing thousands of people and tries to forcibly displace thousands more. Classify Israel as a super #terrorist organisation?
6 of the passengers were captured, while 2 escaped & 1 was killed… There were foreigners among the passengers… though their nationalities were not known.
“#UnitedNations helicopter carrying 9 passengers was captured in #Somalia on Wed by #terrorist group Al Shabab after making emergency landing in an area controlled by the group…
6 of the passengers were captured, while 2 escaped & 1 was killed... There were foreigners among the passengers, one of the officials said, though their nationalities were not known”
"Stochastic terrorism" is a term used to describe a process of incitement where a leader provokes extremist violence under the guise of plausible deniability. Although the exact location, timing, and source of the violence may not be predictable, its occurrence is all but inevitable.
“It’s time to do it,” Stone told Greco. “Let’s go find Swalwell. It’s time to do it. Then we’ll see how brave the rest of them are. It’s time to do it. It’s either Nadler or Swalwell has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let’s go find Swalwell and get this over with.”