A controversial meme posted on a website thought to belong to Iran’s Supreme Leader suggested the only difference between Saudi rulers and ISIS executioners was the clothes they wore

Saudi Arabia executes 47, including prominent Shiite cleric

Saudi Arabia executes 47, including prominent Shiite cleric

Americans in Beijing warned of terrorism threat; parts of city locked down: “The U.S. Embassy has received information of possible threats against Westerners in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, on or around Christmas Day,” the embassy said in an email to American citizens living in Beijing. “U.S. citizens are urged to exercise heightened vigilance. The U.S. Embassy has issued the same guidance to U.S. government personnel.

Americans in Beijing warned of terrorism threat; parts of city locked down: “The U.S. Embassy has received information of possible threats against Westerners in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, on or around Christmas Day,” the embassy said in an email to American citizens living in Beijing. “U.S. citizens are urged to exercise heightened vigilance. The U.S. Embassy has issued the same guidance to U.S. government personnel.

FEAR PORN SELLS..

But the FBI is a bit perturbed about the reporting of the San Bernardino shootings..

This is the wording from reporter Erik Wemple at the WASHINGTON POST:

A whoa moment here: FBI Director James B. Comey today told the media that the suspected assailants in the San Bernardino, Calif., massacre — Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik — wrote private messages to each other stating support for jihad. However: “So far, in this investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period in time and thereafter reflecting their commitment to jihad or to martyrdom. I’ve seen some reporting on that, and that’s a garble,” Comey said at a media availability during an event in New York City.

Maybe you should read that again. “No evidence” of something Jihad related.. ISIS related.. 

The smoking gun to connect this to a bigger issue of terrorism seems to be weak at best.

But that never mattered.. fear always win. Doesn’t it?
Nothing to fear but fear itself? The same person who said that also set up internment camps that later would be viewed as repulsive.

Yes fear wins. Facts lose.

Belgium lockdown//

Prime Minister Charles Michel said the decision to raise the threat level was taken “based on quite precise information about the risk of an attack like the one that happened in Paris … where several individuals with arms and explosives launch actions, perhaps even in several places at the same time.”

Belgium has raised its terrorism level to ‘4′.. that indicates a serious and ‘imminent’ threat..

A new terror video seems to give direct threats to Rome, along with the United States, France, and specifically the White House..

More

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325952/The-White-House-turn-black-fire-Allah-willing-ISIS-warns-fresh-attacks-Washington-video-threaten-America-days.html

NBC News has learned that ISIS is using a web-savvy new tactic to expand its global operational footprint -- a 24-hour Jihadi Help Desk to help its foot soldiers spread its message worldwide, recruit followers and launch more attacks on foreign soil.

NBC News has learned that ISIS is using a web-savvy new tactic to expand its global operational footprint -- a 24-hour Jihadi Help Desk to help its foot soldiers spread its message worldwide, recruit followers and launch more attacks on foreign soil.

Sweden Descends into Anarchy

As the flow of migrants continues..

“You have to understand that Swedes are really scared when an asylum house opens in their village. They can see what has happened in other places.” — Salesman for alarm systems in the nation

Sweden Descends into Anarchy

A passenger jet carrying vacationers came close to being hit by a rocket as it prepared to land at Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh in August, but the U.K. government said it concluded the incident was not a deliberate attack.

A passenger jet carrying vacationers came close to being hit by a rocket as it prepared to land at Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh in August, but the U.K. government said it concluded the incident was not a deliberate attack.

The class of 18 learns about 9/11

I cannot fathom it being 14 years already since 9/11.. I have my personal memories, some I have shared in public settings, others I have kept very secret.. I have those images forever in my mind..    This morning while hearing news accounts of today’s ceremonies planned in the locations hit by terrorism on September 11, 2001, I realized this: The kids born that year, those who first were welcomed…

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The ISIS hacking

The best way to scare people  is by attacking their comfort zone, which often includes the television program they have been safely watching for years.. ISIS broadcasting propoganda in the evening news is doing just that.  I'll have more thoughts on the implications of this television intrusion coming..

Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya// MORE: Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya during morning prayers, killing 15, wounding dozens and leaving 550 unaccounted for

A developing story..

CNN coverage//
NBC NEWS coverage..
TELEGRAPH coverage..

One quote: “If you were a Christian, you were shot.”

I keep thinking about this weekend, today is Holy Thursday on the Christian Calender. This Easter will see a blood red moon and an eclipse.. 
Yes indeed, there are reasons to be creeped out by all of this.

Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya// MORE: Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya during morning prayers, killing 15, wounding dozens and leaving 550 unaccounted for

LUCY CLARKE-BILLINGS WITH UK INDEPENDENT REPORTS:

A nationwide blackout across Turkey has thrown the country into chaos.
Power outages have been reported in dozens of cities throughout the country due to a fault on power transmission lines, according to Turkey’s Electricity Transmission Company TEİAŞ’s statement.
Prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said that a crisis-desk at the Ministry of Energy has been established.
He added: “We’re considering all probabilities behind nationwide power outage, including terrorism.”

MORE..

More warnings to the shoppers of America: Holder says malls should increase security.. I hate to say this aloud, but have you visited a mall lately? The security at my local nearly bankrupt and empty shopping plaza features security guards that make Paul Blart look like an FBI agent..

UK nuclear sites warned over drone terror attack

BRITAIN’S nuclear plants are at risk from a terrorist strike by unmanned drone aircraft, writes Caroline Wheeler.

And it’s not just the UK.. It’s anywhere as drones take over our planet.

This is one of those little side effects of the DRONELAND we have become.. the notion that one little tiny specimen of tin and software can land itself in the middle of the ticking time bomb known as a nuclear plant..

On the lighter side, one day drone deliveries will populate your doorstep—the day you order something will be the day you get it. 

It’s what else we get with drone wars that make me nervous..

UK nuclear sites warned over drone terror attack

Pope sees 'shadows and dangers' amid Vatican attack fears

Pope Francis on Thursday told Italian police officers in charge of security around the Vatican that he saw “shadows and dangers”, but urged them not to give in to fear.

"On the horizon we see shadows and dangers which worry humanity," he said in the wake of an increase in security around the Vatican amid fears Islamic State extremists may be plotting to attack the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Security was tightened in Saint Peter’s Square in September after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican. Iraq’s ambassador to the Holy See, Habib Al Sadr, at the time warned that “what has been declared by the self-declared Islamic State is clear.

Yesterday on NIGHT TERROR NEWS, I wrote a bit about the troubling ‘prophecies of the Pope’ that litter my mind. The news of this “shadows and dangers” comment provides even more fodder for the paranoid mind, the haunting images of a Pope standing overtop of his people during a final battle or perhaps even on being the last in a series prophetized by St. Malachy so many centuries ago..

This from the AP:

Iraq’s ambassador to the Holy See, Habib Al Sadr, at the time warned that “what has been declared by the self-declared Islamic State is clear. They want to kill the Pope. The threats against the Pope are credible.”

But are the prophetic words of Malachy, Pope Pius, and Nostradamus as credible as the threats?

Pope sees 'shadows and dangers' amid Vatican attack fears

Britain's MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West

Happy fear year..

Britain's MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West

Malaysia Flight MH370: 11 Terrorists Arrested on Suspicion of Involvement in Disappearance of Flight

The suspected terrorists, who reportedly have links to Al Qaeda, were arrested in Kuala Lumpur.

This is amazing stuff.

Amazing. But true??

There are some official denials coming from Malaysia, saying that the arrests have nothing to do with Flight 370′s vanishing act..

While CNN and others are slowly forgetting a plane carrying 239 people vanished weeks ago, international news orgs in the UK and are carrying this story of the arrested terrorists and their suspected connection to the missing Flight 370..

While CNN and others are slowly forgetting a plane carrying 239 people vanished weeks ago, international news orgs in the UK and are carrying this story of the arrested terrorists and their suspected connection to the missing Flight 370..

The International BUSINESS TIMES says this:

Explanations for its possible disappearance have been focused on a range of theories, from equipment failure, damage to the fuselage, a suicide mission and a terror attack implicating the pilots.

The mystery of the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight took a new twist with the international team probing the incident, considering the possibility that the plane may have landed rather than ended up in the Indian Ocean.

All of this after months now of changing stories, altered quotes, and weird government actions in connection with the aftermath of a plane gone missing.

Is the terrorism angle possible? I suppose at this point anything is..

I still think about Sarah Bacj—people laughed at her saying she thought people from Flight 370 still may be alive. 

We don’t even know half of the half of what happened.. And now this series of terror attests certainly has eyebrows raised.

And really, at this point, do we believe anything we are told regarding this story?

Malaysia Flight MH370: 11 Terrorists Arrested on Suspicion of Involvement in Disappearance of Flight

Yet again.. Drudge sums up the feelings of America today best.

Americans Need to See the Violence of War, Police and Torture

We constantly fail to acknowledge the atrocities of war , street violence, and human rights abuses that our own government is committing.

This is more than an interesting story appearing on TRUTHOUT from the DAILY TAKE.. The idea that for Americans to understand torture and the effects of American policy, we have to see the most brutal of scenes..

It bring sup one question in my mind: Have we become numb to torture, that even if we did see it we’d look away and not even care?

We have been handed torture fest films for a decade since 9/11.. TV shows glorify hardcore violence against someone for the purposes of extracting information  (think 24) ..  how many SAW films did they make now?

So when we really see the real thing… do we even notice anymore?

What kind of a society are we in?

We did change since 9/11. That is no lie..

Americans Need to See the Violence of War, Police and Torture