Andrew Parker, the new head of Britain’s MI5 security service, is warning that the British general public is now a legitimate target for attacks by Islamic extremists.
In an address to the Royal United Services Institute, Parker said that al-Qaeda and its affiliates in Pakistan and Yemen present “direct and immediate threats to the UK.”
“It remains the case that there are several thousand Islamist extremists here who see the British public as a legitimate target,” Parker said.
Parker said that 330 people had been convicted of terrorism offenses in the last decade and that in the first few months of 2013 at least four major trials were connected to terrorist plots. In those cases, 24 terrorists were sent to prison.
Parker said the increase in technology is allowing terrorists to communicate in ways difficult for their intelligence services to track under current laws. He called for lawmakers to allow services to use the same tools the terrorists use to track terror plots.
Islamist terrorists killed 50 students in northeastern Nigeria while they slept in their dormitory according to local officials. Continue reading →
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta says the four day siege by Islamist terrorists at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi is over.
In a televised statement to the nation, Kenyatta said that 5 terrorists had been shot and killed during the battle with police and 11 other terrorists have been taken into custody. Continue reading →
Protesters carrying signs reading “Stop Killing Christians In Pakistan” took to the streets throughout the country claiming the government is not doing anything to stop Islamists from murdering Christians.
The double homicide bombing on Sunday has now reportedly lead to 85 deaths with the number likely to climb with many victims still in critical condition. Continue reading →
Islamic terrorists attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 68 people.
Military troops were working their way through the complex forcing the terrorists into a supermarket. The terrorists are believed to be holding captives inside the building. Continue reading →
Over 160 Somali religious scholars have declared a fatwa against the al-Qaeda related terrorist group al-Shabab. The group said that al-Shabab has no place as a part of Islam.
Al-Shabab is in control of most of the rural areas of Somalia although government and African Union forces have driven the terror group out of the cities. Continue reading →
Islamic extremists attacked soldiers in the Sinai peninsula killing at least six.
Officials say that another 10 soldiers were wounded as well as seven civilians. The military has been pushing an offensive on the peninsula since the rise in attacks by Islamic terrorists after the removal of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. Continue reading →
Islamists have taken control of Dalga, Egypt and have been terrorizing Christians throughout the city.
Islamists have burned churches, plundered Christian institutions and businesses and stolen ancient artifacts. Continue reading →
A mob of Islamic extremists attacked a Franciscan church school, burning it to the ground, and forced nuns to be paraded around like trophies.
The Daily Mail reported police had warned the nuns that Islamic terror groups were targeting them under the false claim they had given “inappropriate education” to Muslim children. Continue reading →
Just a day after Boko Haram terrorists bombed a Christian neighborhood in Kano, Nigeria that killed at least 28 people and injured dozens, the government has announced a troop pullback from Mali to help restore peace to the region.
Nigerian troops had been assisting an international force in driving Islamic terrorists out of Mali. Continue reading →
