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"terrorist plot" refers to a planned or organized scheme by individuals or a group to carry out acts of violence or harm in order to spread fear, panic, or make a political or ideological statement. It usually involves strategies to target innocent people, infrastructure, or vital institutions in society for destructive purposes.
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Based on the recent
foiled terrorist plot in England and the ensuing sighs from travelers around the globe, we're taking the extraordinary step of raising the World Hum Travel - Terror Fatigue Level from Really Annoyed (level 3) to Totally Sick of This (level 4).
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 24, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS Act of Valor (R for torture, profanity and graphic violence) Action adventure about an elite team of Navy SEALS who embark on a top secret mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA Agent only to uncover an imminent
terrorist plot against America.
So where necessary we will enhance our protective security measures; we will invest in conflict prevention and
stopping terrorist plots overseas; we will refocus the strategy for preventing radicalisation in the UK; and we will strike a better balance between our liberties and our security.
Soon Tyler goes beyond the Fight Club and forms a crack squad
of terrorists plotting mischief among all the nation's corporations.
«The CIA described [its program] repeatedly both to the Department of Justice and eventually to Congress as getting unique, otherwise unobtainable intelligence that helped
disrupt terrorist plots and save thousands of lives,» said one U.S. official briefed on the report.
Few know that the film is actually a loose adaptation of a book by Roderick Thorp from the late 1970s, although the joys of the film lie mostly in the well - developed set - up and characterizations, not to mention great action sequences, rather than the rather straightforward
terrorist plot at the heart of the film.
At a news conference on Tuesday, President Obamadid not rule out a foreign link but suggested that the Tsarnaev brothers appeared to be «self - radicalized» and that local,
homegrown terrorist plots were harder to detect and prevent than those originating overseas.
According to European authorities, Najim Laachraoui is a bombmaker for the Islamic State — and this alleged skill set may have put him at the center of two of Europe's
biggest terrorist plots in recent memory.
News of a foiled
terrorist plot brought back difficult memories for the former basketball player who helped subdue the «Shoe Bomber»
The ruling was in the case of Mohammad Momin Khawaja, who was arrested in 2004 in connection with an
alleged terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.
With the currently unfolding events in Turkey (attempted coup by the military) one of my first harsher reactions is this: Is President Erdogan trying to have a quasi coup (or
quasi terrorist plot) staged in order to justify the introduction of further restrictive methods later on?
The simple fact that «A False Glimmer,» the season finale of Homeland, resolves its
major terrorist plot within the first 10 minutes serves to emphasize that this isn't really what the series about.
The CIA, working with counterparts in the Middle East, earlier this week halted the latest al
Qaeda terrorist plot to bomb aircraft bound for the U.S..
According to the study's author, Norwegian political scientist Thomas Hegghammer,
terrorist plots with foreign fighter involvement are nearly twice as deadly as those without.
Sure, if a driver flips you off on the freeway, it's a noble and wise thing to «turn the other cheek» - but if a mass murderer is alive and planning more carnage, it would be an insult to all that is good, right, and just in the world to allow him to plan and execute
further terrorist plots.
Would you not call that more of a present danger to this country when the odds one is likely to suffer at the hands of a «terrorist» will be at the next «staged»
terrorist plot conveniently foiled by the FBI or Obama's gardner, or face american terrorism at the hands of a barely educated, double - digit vocabulary TSA thug?
It turned out that Yigal was the advisor on counter-terrorism to the Israeli Prime Minister, and when I went to his office in what I remember as the basement of the Ministry of Defense, he was handling three telephones simultaneously; on each of them, he made life - and - death decisions, daily, sometimes even hourly, about
reported terrorist plots: Was the report reliable?
Try this thought: If someone suggested building a church 2 blocks away from the site of the Oklahoma City Bombing, would that be considered an insult to those slain and a potential breeding ground for
anti-government terrorists plots?
The UK will remain on the highest possible alert following yesterday's
thwarted terrorist plot, the home secretary has said.
As NYPD commissioner, Kelly created an anti-terrorism operation that has been credited with stopping more than a
dozen terrorist plots or attacks against New York City, while also helping to drive down street crime.
And our intelligence capabilities — unique in Europe — have already saved countless lives in very
many terrorist plots that have been thwarted in countries across our continent.
May said that since June 2013, police, security and intelligence agencies had successfully disrupted 13
separate terrorist plots in Britain.
Great pride is taken to keep only real users on our site Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to
subvert terrorist plots and save his nation
WHAT: When they're sent to Thailand to rescue the British ambassador's kidnapped daughter, Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) and Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) uncover a much
larger terrorist plot orchestrated by the North Korean crime syndicate, Office 39.
Their confusion is what grounds the film - what on earth could Cipher have against their leader to make him an accomplice in a
global terrorist plot?
Nocturama came and went from American theaters like a vivid fever dream fading with the morning light, and it's not difficult to figure out why: Any film that unfolds from the perspective of
teenage terrorists plotting an attack on Paris is lucky to get released at all.
At the same time, an
apparent terrorist plot causes Air Force One to crash into the same Finnish wilderness that Oskari calls home.
He then stumbles
into terrorist plots and he needs to work with his friends and acquaintances to save Tokyo.
A post 9/11
Canadian terrorist plot brings out the political tensions within subsets of the RCMP and Muslims in the department and those connected with a local terrorist cell in a mosque in Toronto.
In HAWX 2, you'll find a variety of missions that will engage you with full - out aerial dog - fights and pulling the occasional recon missions, all the while trying to uncover
terrorist plots woven with conspiracy.
It follows the misadventures of fat, flatulent British cop Hector as he counters a
bizarre terrorist plot in a sleepy small town, and is set to deliver the same quirky laughs that we've come to expect from Telltale.
Right now, our brave men and women in uniform are fighting two different wars
while terrorists plot their next attack.
Mr Tariq had been suspended from his job as immigration officer following the arrest of his brother and cousin for involvement in the suspected transatlantic
airline terrorist plot.
• Intelligence operatives with NSA and GCHQ infiltrate online video games such as «World of Warcraft» in an effort to catch and
stop terrorist plots.
The mayor noted that since 9/11, there had been 20
terrorist plots against or based in New York — all thwarted by the NYPD with the help of federal authorities.
We need to make sure that law enforcement and national security authorities have all of the tools they need to identify, investigate, and
disrupt terrorist plots.
He insisted that an attack was not «inevitable», however and praised the security services for their ongoing efforts to
foil terrorist plots.
I find it ludicrous that Australian tax payers are forced to expend huge resources and time on catching a miniscule number of actual terrorists, putting our entire population under surveillance in the hope of catching a handful
of terrorist plots and foiling them; contrast that to the political undermining and then active destruction of our attempts at a rational climate change risk management strategy, simply to win short term political gain.
Beneath the suspense - filled action of a
homegrown terrorist plot, Nicholas Petrie's debut novel, The Drifter, follows the compelling story of one former Marine's struggle to reacclimate himself to civilian life while honoring his commitment to a fallen soldier.
The team, headed by British soldier Michael Stonebridge (Phillip Winchester) and American Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), head to Bangkok to solve a missing - persons case that leads to a much
bigger terrorist plot.
«All the evidence from the terrorist operation last August showed that the limit of 28 days did not prevent charging of a large number of suspects in the
alleged terrorist plot,» he said.