
Page | 1 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 2 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter – 2016© March 2016 Website: www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Editor-in-Chief BG (ret) Ioannis Galatas MD, MA, MC PhD cand Consultant in Allergy & Clinical Immunology Medical/Hospital CBRNE Planner Senior Asymmetric Threats Analyst CBRN Scientific Coordinator @ RIEAS Athens, Greece Contact e-mail: [email protected] Assistant Editor Panagiotis Stavrakakis MEng, PhD, MBA, MSc Hellenic Navy Capt (ret) Athens, Greece Co-Editors/Text Supervisors 1. Steve Photiou, MD, MSc (Italy) 2. Dr. Sarafis Pavlos, Captain RN(ret’d), PhD, MSc (Greece) 3. Kiourktsoglou George, BSc, Dipl, MSc, MBA, PhD (cand) (UK) Advertise with us! (New price list) CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is published on-line monthly and distributed free of charge. Starting from 2014 issue all advertisements will be charged as following: Full page (A4) 100€ Double pages (A4X2) 200€ PUBLISHER Mendor Editions S.A. 25, Vas. Sofias Avenue, 10674, Athens – GR 1st floor, apt No 5 Tel.: 0030 210 2723 094-5, 0030 210 2723 065 Fax: 0030 210 2723 698 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 related to the stated thematology, relevant sources are provided and all info provided herein is from open Internet sources. Opinions and comments from the Editor or the authors publishing in the Newsletter do not necessarily represent those of the Publisher. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 3 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is: 1. Read by First Responders in more than 80 countries around the globe (below right: top-20 countries); 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 – March 2016 Editorial Brig Gen (ret’d) Ioannis Galatas, MD, MA, MC Editor-in-Chief CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Two important events characterized March 2016. The first one is not new since immigration tsunami is flooding Europe for the last few months. The new thing is that Europe changed its borders leaving Greece out – new borders are now defined by Albania, FYROM and Bulgaria! This means that both refugees from war zones and illegal immigrants from allover are now trapped in Greece. NATOs involvement proved a BIG joke although we are not laughing mainly because suspicious background is beginning to reveal. Turkey was the big winner from EU-Turkey negotiations (tons of money, free visa to travel within EU etc). New immigrant/refugees villages are poppin up in many places within Greece – mostly Muslim villages inhabitated by people who do not want to stay in Greece. Big game with international NGOs with also devious backgrounds and lots of money at stake. Despite this ugly environment, Greek citizens still teach lessons of hospitality the moment that Greek government seems lacking a concrete management plan mainly because the ruling left party recently discovered that it is totally different to be in the oposition compared to actions need to be taken when been a governing party. But the moto “first time left” is not enough to excuse governance failure in this issue and the many others problems we face (financial armagedon; unemployment; lack of investments; progress in general; research etc.) Now we only trust in God hoping that profecies will be proved wrong! (Do not laugh with the last one – CIA is taking profecies seriously). Today Europe was attacked again! This time Brussels experienced a series of suicide bombings at the international airport and the underground metro system during which 36 people were killed and approximately 150 were injured (so far). Perhaps it was a counter action of existing Islamic State’s cells pro-acting following the arrest of the Paris mastermind a few days ago. It would also not be a surprise to be an al Qaeda attack in an effort to regain “face” lost by cruelty experienced by IS in Syria and Iraq (just now IS claimed responsibility for the triple Belgian attack). Nowadays nothing is surprising enough and people are always prepared (wrong word) for the unexpected. Imagine if the sucide bombers at the Brussel’s airport was also carrying a small cylinder with a radiactive isotope – enough to make detectors scream! Perhaps this is something we have to fear off and not if simultaneous attacks would be 3, 5, or 10 (as the UK security forces now testing). Perhaps next target would be a major hospital – just think of the hundrends of visitors entering a big hospital and the trolleys/backpacks they carry with them! These two events are overtly/coverty interconnected suggesting that evil need to be hit into its roots and that policies need to be substantialy changed and power games to be left aside – for the seek of human survival and a chance for a bearable life! Be alert First Responders because you are the shield protecting our values and core survival in an ugly world! Just remember that! The Editor-in-Chief www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 5 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 Some thoughts on immigration crisis The Editor The human tsunami slowly shallowing Greece is in full progress. Exact numbers are of no importance anymore – thousands. What is really happening and what solutions can be implemented – if any! THE FACTS Greece is a country in Southern Europe, located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its mainland is located at the southernmost tip of the Balkan Peninsula and is surrounded on the north by Albania, the FYROM and Bulgaria; to the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Ionian Sea and Italy. According to the CIA World Factbook, Greece has 13,676 kilometers (8,498 mi) of coastline, the largest in the Mediterranean Basin. Greece has a very large number of islands, with most of them being in the Aegean Sea and the rest in the Ionian Sea. Estimates of the number of islands vary between 1,200 and 6,000. A figure frequently cited in travel guides is 1,425 islands, of which 166 are said to be inhabited. The Greek Tourism Organization reports a figure of 6,000, with 227 of them inhabited. Major islands in the Aegean Sea (Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Kos) are in very close proximity to Turkish coastline. For example, the distance from Bodrum Peninsula (Turkey) and Kos Island is only four kilometers (2.5 miles). www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 6 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 Origin and composition of human tsunami Incoming human flow originates mainly from Syria (48%), Afghanistan (26%), Iraq (17%), Pakistan (3%), Iran (3%) and others (3%). As for demographics: children (36%), women (21%) and men (43%). The UN Refugee Service (UNHCR) provides the following incoming statistics for 2015 and the first two months of 2016. Do they want to stay in Greece? Where do they want to go? www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 7 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 How has Europe responded? www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 8 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 How Greece responded Refugees’ gathering areas (red dots) – hotspots (blue pin) Refugees/immigrants’ hotspots in Greek islands (black circles) www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 9 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 New hotspots in Nea Kavalla and Cherso, Kilkis (N Greece) www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 10 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – March 2016 EU member states overall response (February-March 2016) Feb 10 – The European Commission says Greece's response to the refugee emergency continues to be too slow and that it's not sending enough migrants who don't qualify for asylum back home. Feb 22 – Slovakia says it is prepared to fence off its borders with Austria and Hungary. Slovenia sends troops to its frontier with Croatia while Croatia warns its main migration route will close if Austria and Germany shut their borders. Feb 24 – In Vienna, ministers from countries on or near the main Balkan migration route agreed to tighten border controls. Greece wasn't invited to the meeting. Recent days have also seen a flurry of unilateral action and strongly-worded warnings. Albania says its border could close if FYROM fully shuts its Greek border while Bulgaria approves an extension to its Turkish border fence. Hungary's prime minister calls an anti-refugee quotas referendum while the Czech Republic forms a special migration police unit. Feb 25 – Greece has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid growing tensions between the two countries over Vienna’s strong-arm approach to the handling of Europe’s migrant crisis. "If it is really the case that the Greek external border cannot be protected, can it be still a Schengen external border?" Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said. Hungary has meanwhile called an anti-immigration referendum aimed at stopping Brussels and Berlin forcing it to take in refugees under any EU quota schemes. Mar 02 – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered a delirium attack and claimed “there will be a single hot spot and its name will be Greece.” Threatened by his opponents ahead of the upcoming elections on Sunday, the Slovak official accused Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for having “brought the crisis upon himself for failing to set up EU-mandated processing centers.” “We have come to the time when Greece is likely to be sacrificed for the good of the EU,” Robert Fico said. Mar 03 – FYROM close its borders with Greece and nearly 11,000 people stuck at the area, FYROM’s police fired tear gas and used stun guns at refugees.
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