Counter Terrorism
Counter-terrorism (also spelled counterterrorism) incorporates the practice, military tactics, techniques, and strategy that government, military, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or prevent terrorism. Counter-terrorism strategies include attempts to counter financing of terrorism.
Al-Shabaab’s Resurgence: Why its Strength and Wealth Likely to Multiply, Posing Threat Beyond Somalia’s Borders
The Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab which has bedeviled the East African country of Somalia for a decade continues to gain strength...
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France To Deploy An Additional 600 Troops To Fight Terrorists In The Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger Tri-Border Area
France has pledged to boost the number of its troops deployed in Operation Barkhane- its counterterrorism mission in Africa’s Sahel...
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Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen Issues a Statement, Praises Jihadists Fighting in West Africa
In Summary January 18, 2020, Al-Qaeda’s senior management, or general command, released a two-page statement praising the jihadists fighting in...
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Remorseful Al-Shabaab Defectors Warn Youths from Joining Al-Qaeda Affiliated Militia in Somalia
In Summary Some 20 young Somali-Americans traveled to Somalia to join the jihadist group, Al-Shabaab. Two have since defected from...
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