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SEPT 2017 Part A.Pdf Page | 1 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 2 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter – 2017© September 2017 Website: www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Editor-in-Chief BrigGEN (ret) Ioannis Galatas MD, MA, MC (Army) PhD cand Consultant in Allergy & Clinical Immunology Medical/Hospital CBRNE Planner & Instructor Senior Asymmetric Threats Analyst Manager, CBRN Knowledge Center @ International CBRNE Institute (BE) Athens, Greece Contact e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Team Bellanca Giada, MD, MSc (Italy) Hopmeier Michael, BSc/MSc MechEngin (USA) Kiourktsoglou George, BSc, Dipl, MSc, MBA, PhD (cand) (UK) Photiou Steve, MD, MSc EmDisaster (Italy) Tarlow Peter, PhD Sociol (USA) Advertise with us! CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is published on-line monthly and distributed free of charge. Sponsors of the International CBRNE Institute can advertise for free. CBRNE related companies: negotiable (very low) fees upon request. PUBLISHER Mendor Editions S.A. 3 Selinountos Street 14231 Nea Ionia Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 2723094/-5 Fax: +30 210 2723698 Contact e-mail: Valia Kalantzi [email protected] DISCLAIMER: The CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter® is a free online publication for the fellow civilian/military First Responders worldwide. The Newsletter is a collection of papers/articles related to the stated thematology. Relevant sources/authors are included and all info provided herein is from open Internet sources. Opinions and comments from the Editor, the Editorial group or the authors publishing in the Newsletter do not necessarily represent those of the Publisher or the International CBRNE Institute. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 3 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is: 1. Read by First Responders in more than 80 countries around the globe; 2. Distributed to more than 700 institutions, organizations, state agencies, think tanks, defense companies, institutions and universities. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 4 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 5 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 Editorial Brig Gen (ret’d) Ioannis Galatas, MD, MA, MC Editor-in-Chief CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter Dear Colleagues, September was not a quiet month but at least it was not marked with dead innocent people. On 15 September 2017, during rush hour (around 8:20 am), an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green tube station, in London, England. Thirty people were treated in hospital or an urgent are centre, mostly for flash burn injuries and crash injuries. The incident is being treated by the Metropolitan Police as a terrorist attack. the bomb contained the triacetone triperoxide explosive (TATP), the same explosive used in the 2005 London Underground bombings and the November 2015 Paris attacks. The explosive is known to be very unstable, which may have led to critical errors in the construction of the bomb, such that it only partially exploded. According to Chip Chapman, former head of counter-terrorism at the Ministry of Defence, "This absolutely didn't function properly because… 1 ounce (30 g) of TATP is enough to blow car doors off". What else in September? A coming threat: train attacks! Can be conducted anywhere and derailment will surely produce a good score of casualties. A second threat: commercial drones stuffed with radioactive materials – flying RDDs. A third threat: poisoning of shopping malls or acid attacks. EU top security expert warned for 50,000 militant Islamists existing in Europe. Al Qaeda is still strong 16 years after 9/11 – mainly because they form alliances and sustain them over time and under pressure. Now that Daesh lost more than 70% of their territories it seems that AQ will be soon back, perhaps with a spectacular attack this time under Hamza bin Laden. Amazing Finnish gov will provide appartments and benefits to fellow Daesh fighters who returned back home! Islamic State encourages attacks on US hurricane Harvey/Irma/Maria relief centers… Two shipments of CWAs from N Korea to Syria were intercepted… A warning: Beware of CBRN far-right tetrrorists! Big debate on gene editing techniques (CRISPR) and their potential – hope that wisdom will prevail evil ambitions and sick minds. Finally, we get used to the nuclear USA-NK bra de fer; havoc will come one day and people will think it is BS as usual – but it will not! You do realize that the global turbulence is still spinning if not accelerating. So, be alert and prepared First Responders because you will be the first to fight the beast! The Editor-in-Chief www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 6 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 African Muslim paedophile who attacked a 13-year-old girl gets the crap beat out of him by her uncle Source: http://shoebat.com/2015/10/12/italy-african-muslim-paedophile-who-attacked-a-13-year-old-girl- gets-the-crap-beat-out-of-him-by-her-uncle/ October 2015 – PONTECAGNANO, SICILY: Muslim invader from Senegal tried to molest a 13-year-old girl while she was waiting at the bus stop. The paedophile approached her, started talking, then grabbed her violently by the arm and tried to pull her away. Across the street, at The Bar Primavera, the girl’s paternal uncle saw what was happening to his niece and accompanied by a friend, rushed out to help her. According to witnesses, the two men started beating up the African, punching and kicking him until he collapsed, then continued to kick him in the genitals. Affterwards, the Senegalese child rapist, while still lying on the ground, called the police, reporting the incident, after which they came and arrested the uncle. After 4 hours the uncle was released with a charge of willful personal injury that does not require incarceration. No information on how they will charge the attacker. Dedicated to CBRNE First Responders www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 7 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 How Many Americans Would Pass an Immigration Test Endorsed by Trump? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/upshot/immigration-quiz-raise-act-trump.html Aug 23 – President Trump this month endorsed legislation that would effectively cut immigration to the United States by half. The bill, known as the Raise Act, would sharply reduce the share of people admitted through family ties and create a skills-based system that scores applicants on factors including age, education, income, job prospects and proficiency in English. The Senate sponsors of the bill say their system, modeled on merit systems used by Canada and Australia, would make the United States more competitive. If passed — and immigration overhaul has defied decades of attempts — it would replace standards largely established in the Johnson administration. How Would Americans Score Under the RAISE Act? Only about two percent of American citizens would pass the test. Most would fall far below the cut off of 30. Does not include points awarded for extraordinary achievement (such as earning a Nobel Prize) or significant investments (investments of more than $1.3 million). Source: American Community Survey This raises the question: How well would Americans do if put to this merit-based test? Ernie Tedeschi, an economist, calculated that about 2 percent of American citizens 18 or older would rack up the 30 points needed to be considered for a visa. Here’s what the score of an American like you might look like, assuming you don’t have $1.35 million to invest and haven’t won a Nobel Prize or Olympic medal. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 8 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – September 2017 Would You Pass? Answer These Five Questions A passing score is 30 points or more → There are some limits to the level of detail that the census can provide. And we have to take some liberties with how the questions asked in the census apply to the actual criteria set in the Raise Act. However, census data was able to answer all the major questions in the point system that don’t involve winning medals or investing large sums of money. Why would so few Americans pass? Let’s category, 13, to applicants who have jobs that look at each point category. pay 300 percent of median household income in AGE The act rewards a narrow age range. It the state that they are moving to. (Household awards 10 points — the maximum — for people incomes are typically composed of multiple ages 26 to 30, with people younger and older incomes, so this is a higher bar than if the Raise than that scoring fewer points. Anyone older Act were to compare the applicant’s personal than 50 gets zero. income to median personal income.) ENGLISH PROFICIENCY The Raise Act EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT The Raise requires a top score in an English proficiency act also awards significant points for exam, either in the TOEFL or IELTS. We simply extraordinary achievement. People can get 25 awarded maximum points to Americans who points for having won a Nobel Prize or another said that English was their only language. This comparable award — but only “in a field of means the vast majority of Americans would get scientific or social scientific study.” An Olympic the top score, 12 points. medal is worth 15 points. EDUCATION The maximum points, 13, are INVESTMENT Applicants can receive 6 points awarded to people with a professional or by making an investment of $1.35 million that doctoral degree in a STEM field — and only 1 stays within U.S. borders for longer than three percent of Americans qualify. Still, a college years. Additionally, the investor must play an graduate in any field would get 6 points. “active role” in the investment, INCOME In contrast with the systems Australia perhaps to avoid the possibility of and Canada use, the Raise Act would place a an immigration-as-money- particularly heavy weight on high incomes.
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