On the 28th of March 2015, the UK National Union of Teachers voted to oppose the Government’s PREVENT programme, on the grounds that it is silencing debate in the classroom and damaging community cohesion. The decision was both short sighted and naïve, and reflects a basic lack of understanding about what the strategy is actually … [Read more…]
A number of fatal police uses of force in North America have recently drawn public attention to the way police interact with citizens and, thus, make tactical decisions. The shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Sammy Yatim in Toronto, Canada (see video clip below), as well as the arrest of Eric Garner on … [Read more…]
Authors: Camie Condon and Jeff Weyers ISIS EXPLORES SECURE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Sometimes irony is the product of complacency. So perhaps it isn’t surprising that political leaders using their secure Blackberrys in plans to battle ISIS are just two clicks away from a steady stream of ISIS propaganda, recruitment and radicalization efforts. For several months iBRABO has been screening Blackberry’s little known … [Read more…]
The use of TOW missiles by rebel forces in Syria is generally considered to have been a game changer in the Syrian war, and has come to play a central role in rebel propaganda. Multiple cameramen are embedded with TOW crews, all firings of TOW missiles are filmed, successful hits are reported by the pro-rebel … [Read more…]
For the second time in less than two months an American trained Rebel unit has been intercepted in Northern Aleppo according to multiple sources within Aleppo. This appears to be just the latest failure in a series of problems plaguing the troubled US “train and equip” mission. Division 30 and the “Atareb Rebels” This past … [Read more…]
The basic elements of an armed confrontation are the armed combatants, of which one emerges as the winner. Winning the fight may appear so obvious that it is hardly worth discussing, however success is in the eye of the beholder. Success for an offender will depend upon the purpose of the armed confrontation and that … [Read more…]
Through August and September there have been a number of reports that Islamic State (IS) had used Mustard Gas in Iraq and Syria. This follows multiple reports over the course of the year that it has been using Chlorine as a weapon. The US Administration has now stated that it believes that IS has successfully … [Read more…]
In June of this year Canadian authorities laid terrorism charges in absentia against Canadian extremist Ahmad Waseem. A native of Windsor Ontario, Waseem had travelled to Syria not once but twice only returning to Canada for treatment of injuries for a short period in 2014. In September of 2014 and over 15000 kms away, Suhan Rahman, an extremist from Australia had departed on … [Read more…]
Recent successes by opposition armed forces in Idlib province in northern Syria have once again thrown the role of the al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) into sharp relief. As one of the most powerful armed actors operating in northern Syria, it is suspected of being a key player in joint Saudi, Qatari and Turkish … [Read more…]
We are currently running an online study where we look at the influence of various factors while identifying threatening stimuli in the environment. The experiment is carried out in English and German and tries to identify difference between police officers, martial artists and civilians without any fighting experience. So if you have 30 minutes of your time left (without … [Read more…]
