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8 January 2014 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY THE PTSS DAILY began as a GLOBAL STRATEGIC OVERVIEW means of keeping PTSS Marshall Center Alumni abreast of news SPECIAL: THE STATE, THE INTERNET, AND CYBERSECURITY WITH PETER SINGER, related to terrorism. THE PTSS PART I DAILY is neither an academic journal nor the effort of a research COUNTERTERRORISM NEWS BY directorate or a large staff. Early each morning, articles NATION & REGION that are cited in THE PTSS DAILY are culled from AFGHANISTAN hundreds of sources with the intent of providing you EGYPT INDONESIA with the most current news, discussions and commentary IRAN on terrorism and related issues such as piracy or narco- IRAQ terrorism. These articles, curated from news media, KENYA academic and international sources or submitted by LEBANON many of you, give our growing network a snapshot of LIBYA this pernicious threat. NIGERIA PAKISTAN Every effort is made to ensure that credible articles are RUSSIA chosen, but the intent of THE PTSS DAILY is to deliver SYRIA wide coverage. You – the professional – must be the TURKEY final discriminator on the merit of a particular article and UNITED KINGDOM its value to your profession. To ensure that THE PTSS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA YEMEN DAILY is both relevant and valuable to the reader, we welcome and highly encourage comments from you. GENERAL COUNTERTERRORISM NEWS AL QA’IDA & AFFILIATES GEORGE C. MARSHALL COMMENTARY & OPINION EUROPEAN CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES CONVERGENCE LTG (Ret.) Keith W. Dayton, Director CYBER WARFARE Dr. Robert Brannon, Dean, College of International LEGAL ASPECTS & LAWFARE Security Studies TERRORIST FINANCING PTSS DAILY EDITORIAL STAFF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY MAJ Daryl DeSimone, Executive Editor WMD TERRORISM Mrs. Brenadine C. Humphrey, Managing Editor EVENTS & EDUCATION James Wither, Contributing Editor Sam Mullins, Contributing Editor Cristian Guerrero-Castro, Global Strategic Overview Col (Ret.) Professor Nick Pratt (19xx – 2013) This is a Curated News Aggregation Founding Editor service. All material is copyrighted. For SUBSCRIPTIONS reuse, please contact original copyright holder. Contributor Comments and Reader To subscribe, unsubscribe, submit comments or news Comments are copyrighted by individuals. Contact the PTSS Daily for reuse items, please e-mail: [email protected]. permissions. Thought for the Day | back to top | This, perhaps, is terrorism’s fertile ground. Because if you grew up as I did, self- protection requires coming to terms with violence and terror. Violence becomes a vehicle of survival. ~ Kennedy Odede, New York Times, 8 January 2014 Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/terrorisms-fertile-ground.html Global Strategic Overview | back to top | Activists: Suicide Car Bombing By Al-Qaida Kills 20 Rebels Amid Infighting In Northern Syria Associated Press 8 January 2014 Activists say a suicide car bombing by an al-Qaida-linked group has killed at least 20 rebels amid clashes in opposition-held areas in Syria. Rami Abdurrahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the bombing took place the previous day near the northern city of Darkoush. Abdurrahman says the attack was carried out by the al-Qaida fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, who have been battling rebels from an array of Syrian rebel brigades… Read more at: http://www.startribune.com/world/239212331.html Judge Demands Death Penalty For 14 Suspects In Hezbollah Attack The Daily Star 8 January 2014 A Lebanese judge requested the death penalty Wednesday for 14 suspects accused of terrorist attacks including last year’s ambush of a Hezbollah convoy that killed one of the party’s fighters. In the indictment, Military Investigative Judge Imad al-Zein requested the sentence to men of Lebanese and Syrian nationalities for planting bombs along the Masnaa highway linking Lebanon to Syria with the aim of targeting passing vehicles and security forces. Seven of the suspects are in custody while the judge issued arrest warrants for seven others who remain at large. Read more at: http://www.albawaba.com/news/death-penalty-hezbollah-attack--545822 ISIL Calls On Iraq Sunnis To Keep Fighting Aljazeera 8 January 2014 Spokesperson for al-Qaeda linked group tells fighters in Anbar to keep battling the Shia-led government. An Al-Qaeda-linked group has called on Iraqi Sunnis who have seized one city and part of another to keep battling government forces, as fighting and attacks killed 56 people. Parts of Anbar provincial capital Ramadi and all of Fallujah have been outside government control since last week. It is the first time the fighters have exercised such open control in major cities since the height of the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion. "Oh Sunni people, you were forced to take up the weapon," Abu Mohammed al- Adnani, spokesman for al-Qaeda-linked group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), said… Read more at: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/isil-calls-iraq-sunnis-keep-fighting- 2014186554213170.html Afghan Police Kill 7 Taliban Militants Xinhua 8 January 2014 Units of Afghan police backed by the army have killed seven Taliban militants during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here Wednesday. During the operations, which have been conducted in Wardak, Herat and Helmand provinces, seven more militants sustained injuries and 16 others made captive, according to the statement. There were no casualties on the security forces. Taliban militants have yet to make comment. Read more at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/08/c_133028288.htm Iraqi Forces Attack Al-Qaeda Militants In Ramadi Ahead Of The Fight For Fallujah EuroNews 8 January 2014 Iraqi military air strikes on the city of Ramadi have killed 25 al Qaeda-linked fighters. That is according to the government which is battling militants to regain control of Anbar province. Footage released by the Iraqi Defence Ministry is said to show attacks on members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Government forces lost control of Ramadi and Fallujah at the weekend after the cities were infiltrated by the al Qaeda linked group. Thousands of civilians have been fleeing the area where the recent fighting has led to some of the heaviest clashes in Iraq for years. Read more at: http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/08/iraqi-forces-attack-al-qaeda-militants-in-ramadi-ahead-of- the-fight-for-fallujah/ 16 Killed In Nigeria Village Attack IANS 8 January 2014 Nigeria's police authority in central north state of Plateau on Tuesday confirmed 16 people dead in an attack on Shonong community, consisting of four villages in the restive state. Nine bodies were recovered from the scene of Monday's attack while seven others were burnt beyond recognition, Xinhua quoted state's commissioner of police Chris Olakpe as saying. About 20 houses were razed down, he said, adding that the number of people injured in the attack was still being collated. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/16-killed-in-Nigeria-village- attack/articleshow/28538148.cms Al-Qaeda-Linked Group 'Kills' Aleppo Captives Aljazeera 7 January 2014 Activists say the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has killed people in their custody in northern Syria. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed media activists, relief workers and other civilians that were held captive by the al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria's Aleppo, according to activists and a rebel fighter. The prisoners, who were held in the ISIL detention centre in Qadi al-Askar district, were killed on Monday evening as clashes raged across Syria's opposition-held areas between the ISIL and several other rebel groups. According to activist group the Local Coordination Committees, at least 50 were killed. Read more at: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/al-qaeda-linked-group-kills-aleppo-captives- 2014175161198234.html Military Operations Kill 16 Afghan Militants Within Day: Official Xinhua 7 January 2014 Sixteen militants were killed while 15 others wounded in military operations across Afghanistan within the last 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Tuesday morning. "Afghan National Police (ANP), army and the National Directorate for Security (NDS) carried out cleanup operations in Nangarhar, Uruzgan, Logar, Ghazni, Paktiya, Herat and Nimroz provinces, killing 16 armed Taliban members, wounding 15 militants and arresting 13 others over the past 24 hours,"the ministry said in a statement. They also found weapons during the above raids… Read more at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/07/c_133025357.htm Chechen Terrorist Challenges Sochi Olympics Deutsche Welle 7 January 2014 Chechen rebel leader and Russia's most wanted terrorist, Doku Umarov, has ordered his followers to sabotage the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi with whatever it takes, including attacks on civilian targets. The Winter Olympics in Sochi kick off on February 7, but there are already serious concerns that they will be the target of attacks. Fears have grown since two recent attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd which left 34 people dead, and especially after Russia's public enemy number one, Doku Umarov, said he was prepared to use "maximum force" to prevent President Vladimir Putin from holding the event.... Read more at: http://www.dw.de/chechen-terrorist-challenges-sochi-olympics/a-17341735?maca=en-rss-en-all- 1573-rdf Lebanon FM: Terrorist Saudi Al-Majed’s Death Blow To Justice FNA 7 January 2014 Lebanon’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour described the death of Saudi terrorist Majed al-Majed, the commander of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, as a "blow to justice". Majed al-Majed was the head of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group that claimed responsibility for the double suicide bombing outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Nov 19, Al-Manar reported.
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