After two and a half days of tracking, 3 suspected jihadists killed and at least four hostages dead, two simultaneous actions of fire in Paris (Porte de Vincennes) and Dammartin-en-Goele, the nightmare began with the massacre in the preparation of Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, seems to be over. France and all European countries are wondering what kind of "monster" are facing.
The attack on the satiric French journal Charlie Hebdo demonstrates that France and Europe are vulnerable. The shock caused by this attack comes together with the realization of the fact that our Continent is not the “safe heaven” we may have thought and hoped it to be.
The attempt of Paris we interpret as September 11 European, now the war began in our cities.
Sale alert level in Rome and in other capitals, but you have to admit that they underestimated the risks to safety, especially the internal risk posed by terrorist cells isolated living quietly infiltrated in Europe and although dormant always ready to act.
Today the terrorism of jihadist moves increasingly decentralized activities where small team well trained paramilitaries can strike anywhere using the element of surprise.
"Di fronte alla minaccia terroristica l'Europa ha sbagliato e adesso ne sta pagando le conseguenze". Sono le parole di Amer al Sabaileh, analista strategico giordano ed esperto di terrorismo. Raggiunto telefonicamente da Panorama.it, ha commentato la strage di Parigi e l'uccisione di 12 persone presso la sede della rivista satirica Charlie Hebdo.
«Today, the government takes the decision to recognise the state of Palestine», this is the announcement made by Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallstrom. Swedish government has been considering this move since early October and today (October 30, 2014) the decision is official.
“There can be no reasoning, no negotiation, with this brand of evil. The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force”[1]. With these words US President Barack Obama addressed the 69th UN General Assembly while talking about Islamic State issue adding that “the United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death”[2].
Scottish independence referendum produced its verdict: people chose to keep the “status quo”. In fact, 55,30% of Scottish voters (about 2 million votes) answered “no” to the question “do you want to obtain independence?” . This result would mean a missed chance to someone and the triumph of tradition to someone else. It’s pretty obvious though that many were relieved in the City: to understand why, it would be enough to think about how many problems would have arisen over Her Majesty army bases management if Scotland had voted in favour of independence.
The Isis has a very diverse staff consists of former military personnel and specialists coming from extreme Islamist Middle East Asia and Europe, as well as their acceded to the Caliphate, even non-experts who recruited through the known channels, pseudo-religious, after a brief training (three to six months depending on your needs) are placed in the ranks of the rebels; make an exact estimate of the number of members is currently impossible, however, we can assume a number that fluctuates between 28,000 and 40,000 men.
After meeting this morning between the prime minister Renzi and the leaders Iraqis and Kurds, sending weapons to the Italian Kurdish guerrillas is a done deal and the vote of the Italian Parliament on the issue is only an exercise in rhetoric. Moreover, the time to think on the subject is no longer there if you want to stop the advance of ISIS. The bulk of the weapons that Italy is going to send is part of a seizure occurred during the Balkan war of a substantial quantity of AK 47 guns and also laser pointers, body armor and communications systems.
