Third Russian spy reportedly carried out reconnaissance mission ahead of Salisbury attack September 28, 2018 Britain’s counter terrorism forces have identified a third Russian military intelligence officer who they believe carried out a reconnaissance mission before the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, according to the Telegraph. Reports have emerged that an agent, who has yet to be named, is thought to have visited Salisbury to help [...]
German watchdog calls for Deutsche Bank to crack down on money laundering September 24, 2018 Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, has called on sector giant Deutsche Bank (DB) to take action against money laundering and terrorist financing, appointing a special auditor to monitor its progress. In a statement, BaFin called on the bank to adopt “appropriate internal safeguards” and “comply with general due diligence obligations”. It said it had appointed a [...]
David Cameron: Government authorised drone strikes on UK citizens September 8, 2015 The government authorised an unprecedented "precision" airstrike to kill British nationals in Syria last month, Prime Minister David Cameron said today. Reyaad Khan, a 21-year-old from Cardiff who was affiliated with Islamic State (IS), was targeted and killed on 21 August by an RAF drone near Raqqah in Syria, Cameron said. British aircraft are understood [...]
The collapse of satanic capitalism: Global economic analysis Isil-style September 1, 2015 At the end of a week in which financial markets experienced immense volatility, advice on the underlying, structural issues afflicting the global economy came from an unlikely source. While short-term concerns were soothed by comments from key figures at the US Federal Reserve, it was left to the so-called Islamic State (also known as Isil) [...]
Why the Islamic State wants to mint its own currency August 30, 2015 The Islamic state wants to mint its own currency for circulation in the areas it controls, as part of its bid to end US supremacy, according a video released this week. The new gold silver, and copper coins will deliver "the second blow to america's financial system of enslavement casting into ruins their fraudulent dollar [...]
Creeping UK isolationism will continue unless we face up to Tony Blair’s dire legacy July 26, 2015 Barcelona – As he frantically tries to stop his party consummating its suicide pact with the highly gormless Jeremy Corbyn, it is suddenly easy to remember why former Prime Minister Tony Blair was a giant among pygmies during his reign as the most talented politician of his generation. Eerily able to comprehend Middle England, Blair [...]
Universities are on the frontline in the UK’s battle against Islamic extremism July 21, 2015 Mohammed Emwazi, Michael Adebolajo, Seifeddine Rezgui – by all accounts quiet, unassuming individuals until they became ISIL’s celebrity executioner, Lee Rigby’s murderer, and author of the Tunisian massacre respectively. Insofar as any common thread binds this grim trio and all too many other recent terrorists, it is not poverty, deprivation or social isolation, but their [...]
David Cameron sets out five-year plan to fight Islamic extremism in UK July 19, 2015 The Prime Minister will today call on Britain to fight the “subversive” doctrine of Islamist extremism and its “sick worldview”. In a keynote speech in Birmingham today, the Prime Minister will set out the principles he will adopt over the next five years to defeat extremism. Addressing the “struggle of our generation”, he [...]
David Cameron: “I want Britain to do more” fighting Isis in Syria and Iraq, PM tells NBC’s Meet the Press July 19, 2015 David Cameron has said he wants Britain to do more to help fight Isis in the Middle East and is committed to working with the US to destroy the caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Speaking to NBC News, the Prime Minister said there were discussions taking place in parliament about what more could be done. [...]
HSBC fires Birmingham staff after filming video of mock-Islamic State execution July 7, 2015 HSBC has sacked several employees who made a video in which they pretended to be Islamic State militants beheading a hostage. The video, which was posted online, shows one man dressed in an orange jumpsuit surrounded by five other men dressed in black, one of whom was holding a fake knife. One man is [...]