Sentences with phrase «terrorist attacks targeting»

The implications of terrorist attacks targeting trains are becoming increasingly extensive.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Rep. Aaron Schock said Friday that he was «grateful» to the FBI for thwarting a terrorist attack targeting his office in Springfield, Illinois.

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There have been attacks targeting similar vulnerabilities of airports overseas, including a suicide bombing in 2011 at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, an attack on the Jinnah International Airport by the Pakistani Taliban in 2014, a terrorist attack in Brussels that killed 32 people and injured more than 300 in March 2016, and an attack in June 2016 at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed 45 and wounded more than 200.

Hours after the UK parliament approved to extend the airstrikes to include Syria, Royal Air Force Tornado attack planes, deployed to Akrotiri, Cyprus, flew their first raid on terrorist targets inside Syria, early in the morning on Dec. 3.

Last year, three executives of a Chinese railway construction company were killed in a terrorist shooting in Mali, and in 2014 a series of kidnappings and attacks targeted Chinese workers in Nigeria, Zambia and Cameroon.

The city has seen a mounting number of terrorist attacks in recent years, including last year's coordinated gun and bomb attacks targeting bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

The Obama Administration's use of drones to attack terrorist targets has drawn scrutiny from those who point out that those same attacks sometimes kill civilians.

They have been going through the very same ordeal there, and they too have discovered that funding has been accepted from terrorist organizations, a group that has «a key influence on terrorists targeting Britain» and «a common link to a string of attacks and conspiracies»

Advocates of beleaguered Christians in northern Nigeria have long argued that members of Boko Haram — known for attacking churches and other targets — should be considered terrorists.

It also calculates that «the most lethal terrorist attacks in 2012 were those in which the primary target was...

... Beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation, when France and places of worship are currently the target of terrorist attacks, is liable to create risks of disrupting public order.

On Thursday, he touted law enforcement efforts to thwart future terrorist attacks in New York, telling reporters that «we obey the law» and that authorities «don't target anybody,» instead focusing on leads.

There have even been cases of Israeli doctors working to save the life of a «Palestinian» terrorist in the next room from the Israeli victims he targeted in the attack.

Places of worship including Muslim mosques, Hindu temples and Sikh gurdwaras became instant targets for patriotic terrorists seeking to lash out at innocent Americans like the Sikh victims of the terrorist attack in Wisconsin.

5 Miles from target that Army paratroopers delivering the game ball to Kennewick (Wash.) High landed, alighting on a different gridiron and prompting fans there to suspect a terrorist attack.

Chairman, Yildirim Demiororen said in a new conference that he believed the attack was not purely on Fenerbahce as a club, «We believe the incident was a terrorist attack, targeting not only Fenerbahce but Turkish sports.

The match was thrown into doubt following Friday night's shocking terrorist attacks across Paris, which included the Stade de France being targeted during France's meeting with Germany.

When one of the terrorists responsible for the Paris attacks in 2015 attempted — and failed — to gain access to the Stade de France for an international friendly match between France and Germany, the footballing world became suddenly aware that it was a potential target for extremists.

A convicted left wing terrorist Brett Kimberlin has very recently successfully attacked several conservative bloggers in USA by methods ranging from «innocent» filing of frivolous lawsuits, to extremely dangerous and life - threatening practice of «SWATting» - placing a fake emergency phone call tricking 911 operators into dispatching emergency response teams to a targeted person's home.

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

The Army yesterday alerted Nigerians to the new tactics used by Boko Haram terrorists in carrying out attacks on soft targets, calling on unsuspecting citizens to...

The British targets of Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik have been revealed in a 1,518 - page manifesto he wrote before Friday's attack.

The capacity development program came in the heels of Boko Haram terrorists resort to attacking soft and vulnerable targets in North Eastern Nigeria.

A defence policy for our country that targets the new threats that we face from terrorist organisations, cyber attacks and destabilised regions around the world is what we must seek to achieve.

He however added that the terrorists have resorted to callously carrying out isolated suicide bombing and IED attacks on vulnerable and soft targets.

Odigie - Oyegun said in the area of security, the administration has recorded successes particularly in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists which have been limited to attack on soft targets.

The Euro - Asian country has recently been a target of terrorist, having suffered attacks in key cities Istanbul and Ankara.

But the state's transit chiefs, following the attacks, said there's a reason why the terrorists in Belgium chose an airport and a subway station as targets — they're a place where a lot of people congregate, and they're difficult to protect.

«The growing spread of ISIS and the increased frequency of attacks world - wide heightens our concern that New York, which remains the number one target for terrorist groups, should apply the lessons learned in the wake of September 11, 2001, to help New Yorkers have a better chance to live in peace and safety.

It will recalled that despite their defeat, the terrorists continued to attack innocent citizens, military and soft targets through vehicular and human borne Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).

The Party is confident that reforms that the government has embarked on would improve the capacity and efficiency of our security agencies to prevent the kidnap of children by terrorists and diminish their ability to carry out attacks on soft targets.

In a statement by its Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the Force says, «It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.»

New York has had a history of being a target of terrorist attacks.

Against the backdrop of continuing Boko Haram attacks in the North East states especially now through the soft target approach of using suicide bombers, a senior army officer has pin - pointed access to illegal funds as one of the major factors emboldening the terrorist group.

«The terrorists have resorted to attacking soft targets through suicide bombings, IEDs and harassing attacks on isolated communities.

«Unable to hold territory, the severely degraded terrorist group now occasionally resorts to cowardly attacks on soft targets.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton said it's possible New York City could see a coordinated series of terrorist attacks similar to the ones in Paris Friday, and stressed the Big Apple remains their number one target.

Yuletide Season: Military urges extra vigilance and Security Consciousness Barely two days after the Department of State Security (DSS) alerted Nigerians of plots by the Boko Haram terrorists group to carry out soft targets attacks and bombings in Market places and religious Centers, the Nigerian Army...

«It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.

The President enjoined the people in the entire North - east to be more vigilant and report suspicious persons to security agencies in order to avert further attacks on soft targets by the terrorist group.

Following the receipt of credible security reports showing that remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists» group who are currently feeling the heat of the military onslaught in the bid to clear them out of the country have concluded plans to attack military formations and other soft targets, security has been beefed up in all military locations.

With our proximity to New York City and potential high risk targets, such as the second largest mall in the New York Metropolitan area, which also happens to be the eight largest mall in America, we must remain vigilant at all times against the possibility of terrorist attacks.

«This singular incident points to the variation in the tactics of the Boko Haram terrorists in their uncanny resolve to deceptively infiltrate communities and towns to mindlessly attack vulnerable and soft targets.

The Metropolitan Police is facing growing calls from the families of murder victims, those killed in terrorist attacks and those who died in natural disasters, such as the Indonesian tsunami, to disclose if they were targets.

Even so, the identification of an LF target molecule represents the first step toward identifying compounds that can counteract the toxin — which could be a boon if the anthrax bacillus were to be used in a terrorist attack.

On the one hand, we have money being spent on petty projects designed to defend «targets» that are more at risk from a meteor strike than a terrorist attack, like the town of Madisonville, Texas.

Although cooling pools provide a relatively small and, hence, difficult target for terrorists, a pinpoint attack could drain a pool's water, causing the fuel to overheat and melt.

Ariana Grande, the US singer whose Manchester Arena concert was targeted during last week's terrorist attack, will play a televised concert today to honour Ariana Grande has been a poster girl for a cocktease for what seems like eternity.

After the trip there turns out to be much more difficult than anticipated, the bumbling crew must leap into action when the convention center becomes the target of a biological terrorist attack.

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