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DEC 2016 Part C.Pdf Page | 1 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – December 2016 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 2 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – December 2016 Christmas market terror attacks by ISIS and al-Qaeda feared throughout Europe Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/christmas-market-terror-attacks-isis-9318520 Nov 23 – Terrorists are planning a wave of against jihadist groups, other European Christmas attacks throughout Europe, targeting equivalents have been less successful, sadly. shopping areas and crowded market-places to “This means the entire continent is vulnerable maximise casualties. to attack as we have seen in France, Germany The main groups plotting Yuletide blood-letting and Belgium but particularly in the run-up to are Islamic State and al-Qaeda and UK Christmas. intelligence agencies and counter-terror police “It is a Christian period of festivities, bring are on high-alert. together large crowds of soft target civilians It comes as Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and will attract attention from those who wish to with a massive assault on its Mosul stronghold inflict harm.” and attacks are already weakening its Syrian The threat level to Britain for international HQ Raqqa. terrorism has been at “severe” since 2014, French counter-terror police last weekend meaning that an attack is “highly likely,” seized seven suspects allegedly awaiting although a known plot is not underway. delivery of an arms cache for an assault on Sources have told the Daily Mirror that police in civilians. Counter Terror Command and MI5 officers The people arrested in Marseilles and have “never been under so much pressure” to Strasbourg were of French, Morroccan and stop an attack. Afghan origin and aged between 29 and 37. And the latest intelligence warning - which Police found four handguns and a submachine came from US counter terrorism officers to gun in searches. their European counterparts- is triggering a Britain’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 has stepping up of security at crowded areas warned a terror attack on our streets is highly throughout Europe. likely for the past two years as Europe has Since the 9-11 attacks on America and the become increasingly targeted. subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan MI5 A security source told the Daily Mirror: “Britain has doubled it staff to around 4,000, many of is very much in the sights of the jihadists but them tackling jihadist terrorism. thankfully plots and plotters have been The agency has also had to take disrupted and stopped. on more ethnic surveillance “Whilst UK agencies have been extremely officers, translators and agent good at preventative intelligence operations www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 3 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – December 2016 handlers to cope with the threat from American State Department officials have radicalised Muslims. warned US travellers to be vigilant when It is feared that the current military operation on travelling to Europe - and to be particularly Mosul will force Islamic State to change tactics careful when going to Christmas events. and rather than hold ground, concentrate on France is still under a state of emergency, attacking Europe. imposed after last November’s Bataclan attack Christmas markets have become popular in Paris, which killed 130 victims and injured across Britain, in Bath, Birmingham, Exeter and many more. London and could be vulnerable to attack. ISIS unable to turn the tides amid ongoing losses in the battle for Mosul – Map update Source: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-unable-turn-tides-amid-ongoing-losses-battle-mosul- map-update/ Nov 15 – Exactly one month after the offensive to liberate Iraq's second largest city of Mosul began, the Iraqi Armed Forces have freed hundreds of villages from the grips of the Islamic State. In the past 48 hours, the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have seized a further six villages from ISIS in the desert terrain west of Mosul; namely Al-Rakrak, Sirwal, Hajarat Al-'Alil, Um Hajarat Al-Suflah, Tall Um Mahyoor, and Mudhhali. After reopening this frontline, the latest advances put the PMU just 26 kilometers from Tal Afar Airbase. Should Iraqi forces seize control of Tal Afar, they will not only have robbed the Islamic State of another city but also sever its only supply line to Mosul. Meanwhile, on the southern flank of Mosul, the Iraqi Federal Police is closing in on Mosul International Airbase, a significant prize only 5 kilometers away. Nearby, government forces also seized Nayfah and Nimrud; the latter represents an ancient Assyrian site. Bloody urban warfare continues in the eastern part of Mosul city where the Iraqi Armed Forces have wrestled a dozen districts from ISIS and are gradually advancing. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 4 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – December 2016 Participating in the battle to push further westwards into the heart of Mosul are the Iraqi Army's 'Golden Division', 9th Armoured Division, Iraqi special forces (Counter Terrorism Service) and Nineveh Protection Units (Assyrian paramilitary). Since the beginning of the campaign to liberate Mosul, over 800 Iraqi and US airstrikes have been conducted on ISIS targets in and around the Islamic State stronghold. According to one Iraqi official, the Islamic State death toll during the first 30 days' Mosul operations is estimated at 2800; if true, this would mean that half ISIS' regional fighting force has been annihilated in just one month. Meanwhile, Amaq Agency claims 412 Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded during the battle for Mosul. Also, the UN estimates 54,000 refugees have escaped ISIS rule in Mosul so far. A larger version of the latest Mosul map can be found here. The biggest challenge Britain is facing is extremism - so what are you going to do about it Theresa May? By Liam Byrne Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/biggest-challenge-britain-facing-extremism-9288590 Nov 19 – As Britain faces its greatest threat in Britain’s EU security chief Julian King is more than 60 years, warning that defeat in the Middle East “may Liam Byrne, MP for Britain’s biggest largest lead to the return to Europe of violent ISIS Muslim constituency, discusses how we can fighters”. combat extremism. Be in no doubt about their capability. After the massacre in Nice in July, ISIS terrorists went on a three-month killing spree, launching an attack every 82 hours. When MI5 chief Andrew Parker says: “There will be terrorist attacks in this country,” he’s deadly serious. Figures revealed in the Daily Mirror show a 650% surge in terror-related deaths in the West last year. And London Mayor Sadiq Khan is The wrong people are cheering. It’s not just warning border security isn’t tough Nigel Farage celebrating Donald Trump’s enough to stop terrorists smuggling in victory. It’s also ISIS recruiters across the weapons. world. The number of UK-linked individuals This week, the Sunday Mirror revealed that involved with or exposed to terrorist 67% of Brits think America’s next President is training and fighting is higher than at dangerous – and they’re right. any point since the 9/11 attacks. On Monday, ISIS commander Abu Omar Counter-terror arrests are at an all- Khorasani declared the “maniac” destined for time high. the White House will increase terrorist numbers Social media apps such as WhatsApp by “thousands”. and Telegram can spread recruitment Within hours of Trump blurting out his plan to messages from Raqqa to Rochdale in ban Muslims from America, terror group Al- seconds. Shabaab posted a Trump video with a chilling So, with ISIS to the left of us and Trump to the call to arms: “The West will eventually turn right, what, you might ask, is our Prime Minister against its Muslim citizens. You have two up to? Doing what she does best. choices – you either leave or you fight.” Dithering. Now, with ISIS facing defeat in Iraq , security Nearly two years ago, as Home experts fear the terror group will lash out Secretary, Theresa May, elsewhere. announced Home Office control www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 5 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – December 2016 of the government’s counter-extremism drive. Let’s start with social media companies. These New laws and a plan for integration were days, extremist recruitment doesn’t happen in promised. Where are they? No one knows. So the backrooms of mosques but in social media what should the government do now? chatrooms. In a new book, I offer some answers – based MI5 say that someone can be radicalised in on interviews with counter-terror experts, visits weeks. We should be debating new laws like to war zones, and most important of all, the American Feinstein law, which would force conversations with my constituents in Hodge social media corporation to report suspicious Hill, the biggest Muslim constituency in Britain. activity. First things first. With spiralling Islamophobia Second, we need to change the way we at home, we need to spell out that the fight educate our kids. against ISIS unites Muslims and non-Muslims. We should boost integration, make education It’s a simple message, but it took a trip to a about basic moral values compulsory, and refugee camp near Erbil in northern Iraq for me remind our children that 400,000 Muslim to see it. In the blistering heat, children who soldiers once fought for their country. had fled from Mosul were doing what children We need more de-radicalisers to work with at- do. risk kids. Some areas have just one to go In their grubby clothes, they were playing on round. We must refresh the prevent plan to battered bikes, pushing plastic diggers through make it all about safeguarding.
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