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JUNE 2020 Part A.Pdf 1 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com 2 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 HZS C2BRNE DIARY– 2020© June 2020 Website: www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Editor-in-Chief BrigGEN (ret.) Ioannis Galatas MD, MSc, 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) Senior CBRN Consultant @ HotZone Solutions Group (NL) 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 (UK) ⚫ Photiou Steve, MD, MSc EmDisaster (Italy) ⚫ Tarlow Peter, PhD Sociol (USA) A publication of HotZone Solutions Group Prinsessegracht 6, 2514 AN, The Hague, The Netherlands T: +31 70 262 97 04, F: +31 (0) 87 784 68 26 E-mail: [email protected] DISCLAIMER: The HZS C2BRNE Diary® (former CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter), is a free online publication for the fellow civilian/military CBRNE First Responders worldwide. The Diary 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 Team or the authors publishing in the Diary do not necessarily represent those of the HotZone Solutions Group (NL) or the International CBRNE Institute (BE). Where necessary, texts are enriched by the Editor with relevant photos, maps, graphs, emoticons, etc. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com 3 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com 4 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 Editorial Brig Gen (ret.) Ioannis Galatas, MD, MSc, MC (Army) Editor-in-Chief HZS C2BRNE Diary Dear Colleagues, PANDEMIC WAS NOT ENOUGH! LOCKDOWN WAS NOT ENOUGH! POST-LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT ENOUGH! FINANCIAL DESTRUCTION WAS NOT ENOUGH! WHAT WORLD WAS NEEDING WAS AN ONGOING RACE WAR! US-wide (and internationally) peaceful protests – which have descended into violence and rioting at times and have been met occasionally with excessive force by authorities – continued with calls for justice for Minnesota resident Floyd who died on May 25, 2020. An emotional Terrence Floyd demanded that rioters stop violence and protest his brother George Floyd's killing peacefully as he visited the scene in Minneapolis where George was asphyxiated by police officers. Crying, kneeling, and praying at the intersection where his older brother died, Terrence Floyd told supporters on Monday that rioting and acts of violence "will not bring my brother back". "I understand you're upset ... but if I'm not over here wildin' out, if I'm not over here blowing up stuff, if I'm not over here messing up my community - then what are y'all doing? Nothing, because that's not going to bring my brother back at all," Floyd said angrily over a loudspeaker. "So, let's do this another way. Let's stop thinking that our voice doesn’t matter and vote … because it's a lot of us and we still going to do this peacefully." Floyd then led the crowd in a chant of, "Peace on the left and justice on the right." Many grasp the opportunity for publicity; many for political reasons; many others for no apparent reason. An example of the latter was the 25-year-old Greek born (to Nigerian parents) basketball player and NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is a model and an idol for the city of Milwaukee, actively participated, along with his brothers Thanasis and Alex, to protest the murder of George Floyd and also handed out water bottles to protesters. He also took the lead in the demonstration that took place in the city, asking for “change and justice”. What exactly the young millionaire wants to change and how he personally defines injustice in his new homeland? All of us – especially in Europe – who condemn the unnecessary police brutality leading to the death of an individual, do we know exactly the situation in the US when comes to Afro-Americans in order to demonstrate? Was the police officer who killed G Floyd declared innocent by court and reassumed duties? And when Europeans protest against racism, what does this means? That the rest of us do not love the illegal immigrants from all over the world flooding Southeast Europe and we must change attitude and invite them in our homes? That we are the bad guys and they are the good humane guys? That we enforce KKK tactics against these poor people that enjoy generous benefits without offering nothing back? Questions that cannot be answered because demonstrators do not want to answer them; because opposition to an unfortunate incident is confused with democracy and is spread in a way similar to SARS-CoV-2. Latest achievement is the statue attacks on both sides of the ocean and the critic on “European white Jesus Christ” (Shaun King). O tempora, o mores! Going back to a slightly bigger problem – the ongoing pandemic and the post-lockdown era, it seems that we will continue to count deaths and observe new hot spots around the globe – i.e. Brazil. Due to summer time, many countries decided to return to what is called the “new normality” a rather stupid term with dozens of stupid rules dictated by infection experts who think that they know everything. These people are forgetting a basic principle when planning measures for the population. Planning should be based on what people will actually do; not on what they should do or it would be best to do! Anthropocentric planning determines the applicability and the success www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com 5 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 of a plan while avoiding directives and guidelines that are not been able to implement. The virus-human interaction is constant and difficult to be totally controlled by measuring distances or issuing fines and closing stores or threaten with a new lockdown. It is quite “amusing” to study the measures for tourism, schools, transportation, restaurants and for many of our daily activities (infectious diseases specialists issues rules even for brothels!) In Greece we were proud that we did well against the pandemic by showing unity and comply to the point with the official guidelines. But this was not something inherent; it was only a response to fines and strict policing. Now that the lockdown is over, people are showing their usual behavior that is caring for themselves but not for others! The presence of tourists and the usual summer behavior of both providers and customers will make an explosive combination that nobody can predict the final outcome. Fortunately, we have only one heavy industry to save – tourism; imagine if, instead of services, we had to produce things like cars, drones, cement, computers, bikes, or cucumbers! The only good thing is that Turkish aggressiveness and almost daily threats on everything help us ignore inappropriate corona-rules and restrictions. In the meantime, the only thing we can do is to be logic and take own preventive measures as we did for decades – quite successfully if I may say! This issue and most probably those that will follow is almost entirely dedicated to the new coronavirus as if there is no C or R threats around. It is like all the diseases disappeared from hospitals during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic! Now we are worrying if terrorists will take advantage of the virus or other biological materials in order to produce what they know best: terror and surprise! Of course, we are not doing something to be ahead of the threat that is synonymous to a second wave of Covid-19. Keep also in mind that whenever we strengthen the door, we weaken the windows! At the end of this month we experience the stabbing of three men in Reading, UK by a Libyan. The fact itself is not the only terrorism issue; the 25 years old man arrested was known to MI5 since 2019 after they received information, he had aspirations to travel abroad - potentially for terrorism – this is terrifying as well! Unfortunately, in our civilized world first you commit terrorism and then you are arrested or neutralized (in 5 minutes). Take care First Responders and enjoy Summer – come to Greece; choose a small island, keep your distances and enjoy the most relaxing vacations in your life! The Editor-in-Chief Milos Island, Greece www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com 6 HZS C2BRNE DIARY – June 2020 Will there be a new era for Democracy Post-Covid 19? By Aleksander Ksawery OLECH (RIEAS Research Associate and PhD Candidate, War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland) May 11 – The purpose of this research paper is to analyze current trends in the world regarding the pandemic of Covid-19 and recommend specific initiatives to combat the growing problem of weakening democracy. Perhaps the most noticeable form of undermining democracy is the growing role of governments and their willingness to implement new laws without consulting citizens. The right to vote is an important component in the process of creating and maintaining the state and plays a key role in relation with other countries. This research paper addresses the contemporary main global concern which is the gradual limitation of democracy due to the threat of Covid-19...Read more Covid-19 video presentations: Intelligence Studies and the Pandemic By Prof Joseph Fitsanakis Post-Covid Wildcards in International Relations By Dr. Daniel Little Covid19 International Relations, International Security and Role of Intelligence By Prof Darko Trifunovic DomPrep Journal May 2020 Source: https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/journals/may-2020/ The Acceptable Loss – The Trolley Dilemma of Managing COVID-19 Pandemic By Isaac Ashkenazi & Carmit Rapaport The COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll in terms of human lives and global economic consequences.
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