More TSA blacklisting with no recourse for innocent travelers
Sep 25, 2014, 11:12 pm
#16
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(Hint: neither of the above.)
Now to be fair, the IS threat issued earlier this week did single out one nation as being particularly targeted.
France.
Yeah, the one in Europe. "Americans, Europeans, ... Australians and Canadians" were all lumped together as a secondary target:
Originally Posted by WaPo
The statement, issued by group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, asked Muslims to use all means to kill a “disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian or a Canadian” or any disbeliever and others whose countries have joined to try to disable and destroy the Islamic State group.
Sep 26, 2014, 6:45 am
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What is unique about America is how many of citizens will embrace and defend state oppression in pursuit of "safety."
Sep 26, 2014, 6:57 am
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HAHAHAHA umm that was a joke right and not a serious comment?
North America is the least likely region to suffer from terrorism;
Western Europeans are nineteen times more likely to be killed in a terrorist attack than North Americans;
There are around 40 countries rated higher than the USA as likely terrorists targets
During the last decade, the Middle East and North Africa region has seen the highest number of fatalities due to terrorism, closely followed by Asia Pacific
Sep 26, 2014, 9:00 am
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No. Is it?
Sep 28, 2014, 10:28 am
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My argument is no more straw man than the opposite of my argument.You can think that you're representing those people. I'll think that the majority of people here don't understand the difference between latent and manifest consequences and when pressed they can't come up with systems that work better and don't have an understanding if why things are done the way they are.
Yes, because there are policies and procedures in place that make it much harder for them to operate in far away environments. Removing or easing security policies makes things easier.
Terrorists mostly aim locally or in neighboring jurisdictions.
Sep 28, 2014, 4:05 pm
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My argument is no more straw man than the opposite of my argument.You can think that you're representing those people. I'll think that the majority of people here don't understand the difference between latent and manifest consequences and when pressed they can't come up with systems that work better and don't have an understanding if why things are done the way they are.
Yes, because there are policies and procedures in place that make it much harder for them to operate in far away environments. Removing or easing security policies makes things easier.
Yes, because there are policies and procedures in place that make it much harder for them to operate in far away environments. Removing or easing security policies makes things easier.
Sep 28, 2014, 5:32 pm
#23
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If you are scrambling for data, check out the Global Terrorism Database at U of Maryland. You will find facts there about the targets of terrorism and more. Here's an example:
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Countries with Most Attacks, 2013 Country #Attacks #Fatalities Iraq 2852 7046 Pakistan 2212 2891 Afghanistan 1443 3697 India 690 464 Philippines 652 432 Thailand 477 253 Yemen 424 622 Nigeria 341 2003 Somalia 331 641 Egypt 315 243
Sep 30, 2014, 1:10 pm
#24
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