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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby Les Bain » February 16th, 2018, 7:16 pm

Source?
What brought that change of heart about? They've been downplaying or refuting these claims for years.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby sMASH » February 16th, 2018, 8:10 pm

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby pugboy » February 16th, 2018, 8:31 pm

Rumor I heard was that an tt isis guy was held in Middle East and he has started squealing on who else has been in contact or visited him over there. Supposedly over 20 names.

I guess he would have been waterboarded etc.

it was apparently no secret in El Socorro when he packed up and left permanently.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby De Dragon » February 18th, 2018, 10:04 am

JUHN Scarfy and Arse-Wari seem to know everything about gangs and ISIS except how to stop them.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » February 18th, 2018, 12:27 pm

bluefete wrote:So Dr. Rowley says an ISIS cell is in operation in T&T.

PM confirms to House: T&T has ISIS cell

Trinidad and Tobago has an ISIS cell.

The official confirmation came yesterday from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who was grilled by Opposition MPs on the recent threatened plot to disrupt Carnival 2018 and the causes.

Rowley fielded questions on the issue during yesterday’s monthly Parliamentary segment involving questions for the Prime Minister to answer.

On the threat to the Carnival festivities, Rowley maintained, “The threat we specifically responded to was a threat to take action against the Carnival parades by persons of interest to the security services.”

Rowley was later asked by United National Congress MP Bhoe Tewarie, “Is there anything in T&T that can be considered an ISIS cell or an ISIS satellite?”

Rowley replied, “It’s common knowledge across the world that T&T citizens subscribe to some of the doctrines of ISIS and persons from T&T have travelled to areas of combat in Iraq and Syria. Many have been intercepted in Turkey and Britain, some have been returned to T&T.

“Some are in custody in foreign countries—persons who seek to join ISIS. And in fact, as ISIS has dispersed in Iraq and Syria, that doctrine has now been spread to home-bound activities and therefore we have to be particularly concerned about such persons and the monitoring of such persons is an integral part of our national security.”

“... And the answer to the question is—yes,” Rowley added, ending his reply to Tewarie’s query.

UNC MP Rodney Charles asked how many T&T nationals with ISIS have returned home.

Rowley said, “The figure of how many terrorists have returned is a floating figure because not everyone who goes abroad and comes back is deemed to be a terrorist.

“The intent of persons will vary. However, in monitoring people who we have reason to believe pose a threat—I don’t know if it’s 63 or 100—we’re taking steps to ensure all persons so described are adequately monitored.

“It’s not possible to monitor 24 hours a day every citizen, but persons deemed to be such would be monitored. The guarantee we can give is that security services continue to pay attention to persons who threaten T&T’s stability.”

Hard to monitor terrorist activity

Tewarie asked if T&T security forces have the ability and capacity to monitor communication between an international ISIS operation and a local presence.

Rowley responded, “I don’t know any country is able to say that, as the communication is so varied and so technical.

“There’s an area called the ‘Dark Web’ where it’s said the criminals and terrorists are better able to handle it. But we do have and are improving our own ability to monitor.”

He added: “But people who are going down that road of attempting to become effective terrorists are not now only relying on those kinds of communications. For example, they rely on face to face communications and also other kinds because they know we’re monitoring them.”

The PM said many of them do not use systems as they know they’re being monitored, “They even use walkie talkies which aren’t on the phone system - they make their own systems. As they’re intent on criminal activity they continue to change their methods,”

On whether intelligence services have the wherewithal to protect citizens from surprise attacks from extremists groups, the PM indicated a surprise attack may be a surprise, whatever is in place.

“However, I want to give the country the assurance that we’ve improved our ability to monitor, intercept and respond. That ability is one of our primary efforts and we continue to improve in that area.”

He said the threat that T&T faces is a very amorphous one.

“It changes its shape, its size and location and Government, through its many agencies, is required to respond. We’ve improved the quality of our personnel, the training.

“We do so through international contacts, reports, we place persons on site who we communicate with and bring people to T&T to help with training and improve technical capabilities.

“But when you bear in mind that the nature of this particular threat which could lead to a surprise attack, is one that resides within communication in the Internet, phones and by the doctrines which are alien to us, this threat as it exist in T&T and the world will be with us for quite a while and challenge us continuously.”

However, Rowley said Government is operationalising a counter-terrorism strategy.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby zoom rader » February 18th, 2018, 1:14 pm

PNM needs to thread carefully as they normally pander to these terrorist .

I suspect a hit will be forth coming

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby bluefete » February 18th, 2018, 6:46 pm

And the backtracking has started: Somebody is lying.

http://newsday.co.tt/2018/02/17/isis-misquote/


ISIS MISQUOTE



Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi yesterday denied media reports which said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley had confirmed the presence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells in TT.

He said the Rowley’s statement on the issue during Friday’s sitting of the House of Representatives was taken out of context.

“I note the media has taken away the concept of an ISIS cell. I sat right next to the Prime Minister and there were several questions put to him and he gave general explanations. The Prime Minister didn’t specifically state there is quote unquote confirmed ISIS cells here,” he told Sunday Newsday.

“What the Prime Minister spoke about was the fact that Trinidad and Tobago is aware and the world is aware that people from Trinidad and Tobago have left and have gone and have participated in activities in Iraq and Syria and that the risk of people returning home is real. Therefore, we must treat the situation as if terror is real.

“So, there is always a global exposure to things. So, the Prime Minister did not say specifically quote, unquote, there is an ISIS cell.”

Al-Rawi’s stance on the presence of ISIS cells in this country contradicted that of the PM, who, in response to a question from Caroni Central MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie about the presence of ISIS cells or satellites, told the Parliament:

“Madam Speaker (Bridgid Annisette-George), it is common knowledge across the world, not only in Trinidad and Tobago, that citizens of Trinidad and Tobago subscribe to some of the doctrines of ISIS. And persons from Trinidad and Tobago have travelled to areas of combat in Iraq and Syria.

“Many of them have been intercepted in Turkey, in Britain. Some have been returned to Trinidad and Tobago. Some are in custody in foreign countries. Persons who seek to join ISIS. And, in fact, as ISIS has been dispersed in Iraq and Syria, that doctrine has now spread to homeland activities. And therefore, we have to be particularly concerned about the monitoring of such persons. It is an integral part of our national security and the answer to the question is yes.”

The issue was raised during the Prime Minister’s Question and Answer segment of the sitting.

Asked specifically by Sunday Newsday if there were confirmed ISIS cells in this country, Al-Rawi would only say: “Well, one must always assume that there is a potential.”

Al-Rawi said citizens were aware that “some of our nationals have featured in this.”

“We are aware that people have come from abroad and elsewhere and that there is ideology that can be spread easily in today’s world and, therefore, we have to treat it as if it is real.

“Whether it is or is not is never going to be the question. The question is, what are you doing in the event of something. You can’t be caught flat-footed.”

Al-Rawi also skirted queries about areas in TT to which ISIS cells may be linked.

“The fact is that we view the risk just the same way the entire world views the risk and TT is no different from anywhere else in the world.

“We are continuing to operationalise our obligations under international law, under conventions and, more particularly, just as a matter of national security because the risk of terrorism is a global phenomenon.

“So, in answering the questions as the Prime Minister did, Trinidad and Tobago continues to be on alert as any other country around the world will be in this particular situation.”

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby bluefete » February 18th, 2018, 6:50 pm

Relevant to T&T?

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Expanding the ISIS Brand


Colin P. Clarke

February 17, 2018

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An Iraqi soldier looks at a wall painted in the colours of the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, in the village of Argoob, Iraq, January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal​


The Islamic State’s caliphate has collapsed, although leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still at large, and the group still claims as many as ten thousand loyalists in Iraq and Syria. And yet even as the core group, once headquartered in Raqqa, Syria, continues its demise, the Islamic State seeks to expand elsewhere, boasting active affiliates or franchise organizations in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Russia. ISIS has also made inroads into southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines.

As the conflict in Iraq and Syria further ebbs, the United States and its allies are surveying the globe in an attempt to anticipate where future threats might develop. By looking at how other terrorist groups have expanded in the past, lessons may be learned about how and why these groups seek new affiliates.

The franchising model of terrorism is rare, and more a feature relevant to the global jihadist movement. To discern how ISIS might continue to expand in this way, it makes sense to trace Al Qaeda’s trajectory, which followed a similar pattern of expansion throughout the 2000s.

Al Qaeda sought to expand its organization into new geographic locations following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, which was followed by a decade-long American counterterrorism offensive relying on drone strikes and special operations forces. Al Qaeda’s first franchise group was established in Saudi Arabia in 2003, followed by affiliates in Iraq (2004), Algeria (2006), Yemen (2007), Somalia (2010) and Syria (2012). As Al Qaeda expert Barak Mendelsohn details, the group expanded in two ways—establishing its own branch via “in-house” expansion, as it did in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, or merging with existing terrorist groups, as it did in Iraq, Algeria and Somalia.

Terrorist groups seek new affiliates for a variety of reasons, including to expand in scale and scope; to take advantage of and harness local expertise; to foster and diffuse innovative tactics, techniques and procedures; and to increase the group’s legitimacy where it might otherwise be viewed skeptically as a foreign entity.

Expanding into new theaters can make a terrorist group seem more powerful than it actually is, as the organization lays claim to each and every attack on security forces in far-flung locales from North Africa to South Asia. While Al Qaeda central sought to attack U.S. forces operating in Afghanistan, its affiliates conducted attacks against Western interests in Saudi Arabia, Algeria and elsewhere, giving the impression that Al Qaeda was able to launch strikes across the globe at will, even where these attacks did little to further the objectives of the core organization. A prime example of this occurred with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s seeming unwillingness or inability to adopt a less parochial strategy.

Franchising also allows terrorist groups to gain local expertise. By merging with al-Shabaab in Somalia, Al Qaeda moved into an area of the world where it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for Arab fighters to navigate complex tribal dynamics and clan disputes. Working with and through al-Shabaab mitigated this challenge and facilitated Al Qaeda’s expansion throughout the Horn of Africa.

Expansion also helps terrorist groups cultivate innovation, evidenced by Al Qaeda’s expansion into Yemen through Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), where it capitalized on the bombmaking expertise of Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, whom former CIA director David Petraeus recently labeled “the world’s most dangerous man.” When core Al Qaeda went years without being able to pull off a spectacular attack against the West, AQAP managed several “near misses” against U.S. airliners, including the notorious underwear-bomber plot and another plot against cargo planes with explosive-laden printer cartridges onboard.

Finally, expansion allowed Al Qaeda to increase its legitimacy in conflict zones. In Syria, Al Qaeda’s affiliate has engaged in the provision of local services, including water and electricity, while also working to support local bakeries and control market prices of basic foodstuffs in an effort to prove it is concerned with everyday issues important to Syrians.

However, affiliation does not always yield a net positive result. Cumbersome and unanticipated burdens are often associated with such alliances.

Expanding terrorist operations is a difficult and risky endeavor, one fraught with numerous uncertainties and unexpected pitfalls. In some cases, terrorist affiliates may lack the capability or the desire to carry out the agenda of the parent organization. In others, there are issues with command and control, especially as terrorist groups seek to convey directives and operational plans across vast distances without communications being intercepted.

Perhaps the most significant cost of affiliation is the problem of brand management, wherein an affiliate group’s actions are inimical to the core group’s image or brand. Affiliate groups can pursue their own objectives irrespective of the overarching strategy of the umbrella organization. The most obvious example of this was with Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), where the group’s bloodthirsty leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, waged a sectarian campaign against Iraq’s Shiites. On numerous occasions, Al Qaeda’s leadership attempted to rein in Zarqawi, but to little avail, as he repeatedly rebuffed the overtures of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri to moderate AQI’s ethnic-cleansing campaign.

Since the Islamic State’s brand is essentially based on sectarianism and violence (which makes sense, since it grew out of AQI) there is little concern about an ISIS affiliate committing attacks considered beyond the pale. But, ISIS should be concerned about “shirking,” where some franchise groups enjoy the benefits of the brand name without offering much in return. For Al Qaeda and its affiliates, there was a near constant tension between local and global agendas, often referred to as the “near enemy” versus “far-enemy debate.”

The Islamic State has already begun shifting its resources abroad in an effort to bolster existing franchises, which are mimicking core ISIS tactics by ramping up suicide bombings in Afghanistan and hit-and-run attacks in the Sinai. This trend will likely continue—when a group assumes the ISIS brand, it also often adopts ISIS tactics, ideology and governance structure, as happened in Libya.

Since its founding, the Islamic State has consistently expanded and contracted in order to achieve its objectives. The existing ISIS franchise groups are dangerous, already proving themselves a lethal and destabilizing force in the areas they operate. But where might the next Islamic State franchise group emerge?

Part of the answer may lie in an area where ISIS’ remaining leadership feels the group must expand to remain relevant. A similar situation unfolded with Al Qaeda in 2003 following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Al Qaeda strategists felt that the group would be marginalized within the global jihad if it failed to establish a franchise group in a Muslim country “under siege” from non-Muslims.

In a similar way, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar—where a Muslim minority is being oppressed by a Buddhist majority—could serve as a motivating factor for the Islamic State to expand throughout South and Southeast Asia. In January, Malaysian authorities arrested two ISIS-linked Indonesian citizens who were allegedly planning to kill Buddhist monks in retaliation for the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Similarly, Akayed Ullah, the Bangladeshi immigrant who detonated a pipe bomb in the New York City subway in December, was said to have visited a Rohingya refugee camp just before returning to the United States and detonating his explosives.

As the Islamic State and Al Qaeda continue to compete for new recruits and territory, the international community should be on high alert for a new ISIS franchise breaking ground in virgin territory. Still, according to this theory, the ideal territory for expansion is a fragile state plagued by persistent civil conflict, sectarian tensions and a population considered fertile for and receptive to the Islamic State’s propaganda. Myanmar is one such country, even though there are already indications that Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent has begun working with local jihadist groups on the ground there.

A new franchise group in Myanmar would allow ISIS to gain many of the benefits of affiliation by furthering its strategic reach, leveraging local expertise, spreading innovation and increasing the group’s legitimacy in a part of the world where it heretofore lacked a significant presence.

There are currently several important impediments to Myanmar developing into the next jihadist hub, especially a lack of logistical infrastructure that includes weapons, safe houses and a robust network of travel facilitators. That dynamic could change over the next year with a sustained effort and assistance from returning foreign fighters and existing ISIS operatives in the broader region, including Bangladesh—making the country a ripe target for ISIS expansion.

Colin P. Clarke is a political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and an associate fellow at ICCT-The Hague.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby redmanjp » March 6th, 2018, 4:11 pm

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/southcom-commander-there-are-100-isis-members-in-trinidad-and-tobago-1.515156


SOUTHCOM commander: There are 100 ISIS members in Trinidad and Tobago
By STEPHEN CARLSON | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: March 5, 2018

WASHINGTON — There are more than 100 members of the Islamic State operating on the dual-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, the admiral in charge of U.S. Southern Command said Monday.

“There are individuals who have been radicalized, where this pernicious message has taken root. That's a concern to the government of Trinidad and Tobago. They have focused on it and so I think it's an area that we all have to take under consideration,” Adm. Kurt Tidd told reporters at the Pentagon.

Tidd said other nations in the Caribbean are starting to realize Islamic extremism could be a serious problem in the region.

“I think there was an unwillingness to acknowledge that perhaps they had a problem with radicalization from these extremist messages,” the admiral said. "Now it is a matter of routine conversation that we have in which we recognize, as we saw in our own country, in San Bernardino and in Orlando, as we saw in Nice and as we've seen in other countries sadly throughout Europe and the rest of the world, it's all too easy for radicalization to occur and so it's something that we must have our eyes open to and be on the lookout for.”

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Tidd would not confirm ISIS fighters have infiltrated the United States from its southern border. He said law enforcement, the intelligence community, the military, diplomats and other nations are working together to protect against ISIS attacks.

“[They] all have a key role to play working as part of the team so that we are able to see if something like that were to occur,” he said.

Among the attacks that ISIS has claimed include a June 2016 nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., that left 49 dead and the attacks in Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 and left hundreds of others wounded.

Tidd said some ISIS fighters in Syria originated in Trinidad and Tobago, which has been reported as one of the most fertile breeding grounds for Islamic extremists in the Western Hemisphere.

ISIS has widely recruited from countries across the world, ranging from Belgium to Indonesia, according to news reports. The Pentagon has said a U.S.-led coalition has driven ISIS from its strongholds in Raqqa, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq, though many militants still remain scattered throughout both countries, where its forces have included foreign fighters.

The terrorist group’s Islamist ideology and sophisticated media apparatus have led many security officials in countries across the world to worry about so-called “lone wolf” attacks such as the ones in Orlando and Paris.

Tidd said an increased effort by the international community has had some success in keeping ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq from returning home to countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Trinidad and Tobago. Yet, it is still a serious concern.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby Redman » March 6th, 2018, 8:51 pm

so...is unruly ISIS pro US or anti US.

They need to clarify that before the bombing start s

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby bluefete » March 6th, 2018, 10:00 pm

So, is it 100 or 200?

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20180228 ... s-interest

Rowley: 200 T&T citizens with ISIS interest*

Published on Feb 28, 2018, 9:02 pm AST
By Anna Ramdass

TWO hundred people in Trinidad and Tobago have ties to the Islamic State (ISIS) or have expressed sympathy with the terrorist organisation, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

Rowley disclosed this on Tuesday at a news conference after the completion of the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Caricom Heads of Government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

He was asked by a journalist for the number of former ISIS fighters in Trinidad and what was being done to monitor this, as well as Caricom's decision with regard to the rest of the region.

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Postby TriP » March 7th, 2018, 4:48 pm

#Update

The US Embassy in Port of Spain says U.S. Southern Command leader, Admiral Kurt Tidd, was misquoted and did not say that at least 100 ISIS fighters are operating within T&T's borders, as reported in the Stars and Stripes publication online.

The Embassy provided a link to Admiral Tidd's media briefing at the Pentagon, on where he said that at least 100 people left our borders to fight for ISIS in Syria.

“There are individuals who have been radicalized, where this pernicious message has taken root. That's a concern to the government of Trinidad and Tobago. They have focused on it and so I think it's an area that we all have to take under consideration.”

“I think there was an unwillingness to acknowledge that perhaps they had a problem with radicalization from these extremist messages," admiral Tidd told reporters at the briefing following his third update to the US Senate Arms Committee.

At the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government in Haiti, a decision to enact a strategy developed by the Trinidad based Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) to combat terrorism by July 4th.

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ISIS in T&T?

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » March 8th, 2018, 11:01 pm

March 8 2018
Islamic Front head blanked at meeting with PM, Muslim leaders

Even as leaders in the Muslim community met with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Wednesday, head of the Islamic Front Umar Abdullah was not allowed into the meeting.

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Wednesday’s meeting followed an invitation by the Prime Minister to leaders of Muslim organisations in T&T following the arrests of 13 people in connection with an alleged plot to disrupt Carnival.

The meeting was intended to set the record straight after inaccurate information began spreading on the purported terror threat.

Speaking with reporters outside the Diplomatic Centre, Abdullah claimed that he was not allowed to enter the compound, alleging that guards on duty were instructed to deny him entry.

Further, Abdullah claims that his name was highlighted in yellow on a list, followed by two asterisks.

The Islamic Front head said it was ironic that the discussion was meant to reassure Muslims that they are not being discriminated against, yet he was barred entry to the meeting.

He noted that Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr was invited in without issue.

Abdullah intends to consider his legal options on the matter.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby De Dragon » March 9th, 2018, 12:46 am

Legal options? This fella serious?
Abu get invited because he still holds influence with black Muslims in POS. The Charlieville and other factions only interest JUHN Scarfy as crowd control subjects, who he knows will never support/vote him, but are capable of raising a stink. Umar is the unfortunate one whose support is not large enough to matter :|

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Postby abducted » March 9th, 2018, 3:28 pm

De Dragon wrote:Legal options? This fella serious?
Abu get invited because he still holds influence with black Muslims in POS. The Charlieville and other factions only interest JUHN Scarfy as crowd control subjects, who he knows will never support/vote him, but are capable of raising a stink. Umar is the unfortunate one whose support is not large enough to matter :|

I'll ask again, what is a JUHN Scarfy?

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Postby Redress10 » March 9th, 2018, 4:08 pm

abducted wrote:
De Dragon wrote:Legal options? This fella serious?
Abu get invited because he still holds influence with black Muslims in POS. The Charlieville and other factions only interest JUHN Scarfy as crowd control subjects, who he knows will never support/vote him, but are capable of raising a stink. Umar is the unfortunate one whose support is not large enough to matter :|

I'll ask again, what is a JUHN Scarfy?


Tuner has the best nicknames....trust me...They very creative in here. It stands for Jumped up head negro? I could be wrong. Scarfy is because of the scarfs he wears in Parliament?

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Postby Redress10 » March 9th, 2018, 4:12 pm

De Dragon wrote:Legal options? This fella serious?
Abu get invited because he still holds influence with black Muslims in POS. The Charlieville and other factions only interest JUHN Scarfy as crowd control subjects, who he knows will never support/vote him, but are capable of raising a stink. Umar is the unfortunate one whose support is not large enough to matter :|


Umar is recorded on international camera stating that he recruited people to go and fight for ISIS and that he also planned and coordinated dozens of attacks on Trinidad and Tobago. He also stated that he fell out with Bakr after 1990 cause he felt that 1990 should have resulted in an Islamic state and not a surrender to the security forces. BUT he problem is that he didn't get invited to a meeting with the PM......That is HIS problem. I tell alluh so many people are lucky to call Trinidad and Tobago there home yes. He should have had a leader like Putin. Instead he got the jokers that call themselves "leaders" here. Lucky ppl yes.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby Dizzy28 » March 9th, 2018, 4:30 pm

Umar Abdullah supposed to be in Guantanamo all now being waterboarded or something.
He lucky to even be a free man with some of the things he has admitted to doing. As a Trini I would be wary of him.

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Postby De Dragon » March 9th, 2018, 9:53 pm

Redress10 wrote:
abducted wrote:
De Dragon wrote:Legal options? This fella serious?
Abu get invited because he still holds influence with black Muslims in POS. The Charlieville and other factions only interest JUHN Scarfy as crowd control subjects, who he knows will never support/vote him, but are capable of raising a stink. Umar is the unfortunate one whose support is not large enough to matter :|

I'll ask again, what is a JUHN Scarfy?


Tuner has the best nicknames....trust me...They very creative in here. It stands for Jumped up head negro? I could be wrong. Scarfy is because of the scarfs he wears in Parliament?

Jumped up house negro :wink:
Correct on the second part though, a big black man in a tropical island wearing a scarf :roll: If Parliament so cold, and you is the big sawatee, let them turn up the facking thermostat! Then again, I heard that the man bullers in the PNM use the scarf to identify themselves to other man bullers...............

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Postby sMASH » March 9th, 2018, 9:56 pm

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Postby SidZ » March 10th, 2018, 7:29 am

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Who are his membership? As a leader, he himself should have gone to Syria and lead by example. All the other invitees are actual leaders of organizations with real membership who contribute to the building of our country, except Inshan who is Al Rawi buddy.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby sMASH » March 10th, 2018, 8:18 am

Lol...
Just lol.



All those organizations that had their leaders attended the parties, what they do? Hold charity dinners, give out food to the homeless, take money from The government to hold eid celebrations.
All nice things.


What was the meeting about? Anti terrorism.

The most public person with the most influence and contact with those would would tend to be in line with terrorists, terrorist ideology or terrorist activities was shunned.


Me ehno, but if I want a mechanical problem sorted, I would check the mechanic,,, allyuh want to check the roti shop girl.

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Postby The_Honourable » April 2nd, 2018, 8:07 pm

Security around Trinidad energy assets beefed up

Kingston, 2 April (Argus) — Energy companies in Trinidad and Tobago are stepping up security after the government warned that Islamist group Isis has a local cell, government and industry officials and diplomats tell Argus.

The worry is that export-oriented installations owned by major western companies, such as the 14.8mn t/yr Atlantic LNG plant, could be soft targets for the group.

Security concerns have been discussed by the government with diplomats from the US, UK, Canada and Australia – home countries for some companies involved in oil, natural gas, LNG, petrochemicals and fertilizers, according to the officials.

"The companies and the government are taking the security concerns seriously, and are acting on them in a quiet and coordinated manner," an energy ministry official tells Argus. "The companies have been strengthening internal security measures and monitoring systems. You will not see tanks and other military vehicles parked outside the oil and gas installations."

In late February, prime minister Keith Rowley said in a statement that Trinidadians who had joined Isis were returning home after the group lost territory in Syria and Iraq.

"We have to be particularly concerned about such persons and the monitoring of such persons is an integral part of our national security," Rowley recently told parliament.

There was no comment from LNG consortium Atlantic, its leading shareholder Shell or state-owned gas company NGC. BP, the country's biggest gas producer and the other main Atlantic shareholder, and the Energy Chamber, a trade association for the energy and petrochemical sectors, similarly declined to comment.

The increased security concerns coincide with an improvement in LNG output thanks to recovering gas production.

LNG production of 2.69mn m³ in January 2018 was the highest monthly output in three years, according to energy ministry data.

Gas production in January averaged 3.908bn cf/d, 17.1pc more than in January 2017, and the highest monthly average in two years.

Gas production in 2017 averaged 3.366bn cf/d, 1.2pc more than in 2016, and the highest level in two years.

The data indicate that the country's gas production is beginning to level out after steadily falling off a 2013 peak of 4.1bn cf/d.

The downward trend eroded LNG production by an accumulated 23.7pc in 2013-17, and also suppressed ammonia and methanol output.

Source: https://oglinks.news/article/6b3e2c/sec ... -beefed-up

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby The_Honourable » April 2nd, 2018, 8:10 pm

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Reports point to heightened security around energy assets in T&T amid terror concerns

Warnings about Islamist group ISIS having a local cell in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) has prompted energy companies in the twin island republic to beef up security.

London-based Argus Media reported on Monday that government, industry officials and diplomats told the news service that warnings from TT’s government prompted energy companies operating in the country to take steps to enhance security measures.

Former TT Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, told OilNOW on Monday evening that threats to the nation’s oil and gas infrastructure must be taken seriously. “Any threat to Trinidad and Tobago’s oil and gas infrastructure must be taken seriously. The article with this information comes from a well-known and reputable oil and gas media house. We know that a lot of Trinidad’s natural gas production and transmission infrastructure is located in rural areas, along coastlines and in the sea. We know that much of these assets are owned by British and American companies.”

Mr. Ramnarine said this means there is always a degree of vulnerability, and as such, risk must be factored. “The responsibility for mitigating that risk falls to agencies such as the Coast Guard and the Air Guard. It is hoped that the relevant authorities will be on guard and will investigate the validity of this report,” he told OilNOW.

The worry is that export-oriented installations owned by major western companies, such as the 14.8mn t/yr Atlantic LNG plant, could be soft targets for the group, Argus reported.

Security concerns have been discussed by the government with diplomats from the US, UK, Canada and Australia – home countries for some companies involved in oil, natural gas, LNG, petrochemicals and fertilizers, according to the officials.

“The companies and the government are taking the security concerns seriously, and are acting on them in a quiet and coordinated manner,” an energy ministry official told Argus. “The companies have been strengthening internal security measures and monitoring systems. You will not see tanks and other military vehicles parked outside the oil and gas installations.”

In February US troops participated in anti-terror raids in TT in an effort to capture four “high value targets.” US military personnel from US Southern Command, which oversees US military operations in the region, advised and assisted local Trinidadian security forces in apprehending the four extremists who are believed to be part of a network engaged in plotting terror attacks, CNN reported at the time.

In a news conference on February 15, a TT police official; Michael Jackman, said police uncovered a threat to disrupt the Carnival activities and detained “several persons of interest.”

The twin island nation has long been an area of concern for the US military and intelligence communities as it is assessed to be home to ISIS sympathizers with officials saying that some of its citizens have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join extremist groups.

Meanwhile on March 23, TT’s Ministry of National Security announced the staging of an exercise in collaboration with US authorities called ‘Fused Response 18’ geared towards enhancing emergency preparedness and bilateral relationship.

Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF), Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), and the U.S. Southern Command will train together to improve skills in areas such as communications and planning. This training will improve the readiness and interoperability of U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago services to respond to security challenges. The exercise – set to take place April 16 to 26 – will enhance TT and the US collective ability to respond to natural disasters and combat transnational challenges, including terrorism, illicit trafficking, and organized crime.

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Postby bluefete » January 27th, 2019, 1:05 pm

'At last, I can sleep': brothers kidnapped by Isis reunited with mother in Syria


Bethan McKernan and Joshua Surtees in Erbil - Tue 22 Jan 2019 19.36 GMT

Image Brothers Mahmud and Ayyub Ferreira, from Trinidad, after being reunited with their mother, Felicia Perkins-Ferreira. Photograph: Josh Surtees for the Guardian

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters lends private jet to get abandoned boys out of Syria after the Guardian revealed their plight

The children of an Islamic State fighter who were abandoned in Syria have been reunited with their mother, a month after the Guardian tracked down their family in Trinidad.

Mahmud and Ayyub Ferreira, now aged 11 and seven, were abducted by their father and taken to Syria in 2014, where they spent several years living in the so-called caliphate before ending up in Kurdish custody.

On Monday, they were released into the care of their mother, Felicia Perkins-Ferreira, who had never left Trinidad before travelling 6,000 miles from the Caribbean to be reunited with her sons in north-east Syria.

After crossing the Iraqi border with the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, the family was flown to Switzerland with the help of Roger Waters from the rock band Pink Floyd.

The two boys and their mother cried when they were reunited in the Syrian Kurdish administrative capital, Qamishli, hugging each other close. Perkins-Ferreira cleaned their faces with baby wipes and changed them into the clean clothes she had brought with her.

Image ‘That was the first time I’ve slept properly in four years,’ said Perkins-Ferreira of the long drive back to Iraq. Photograph: Josh Surtees for the Guardian

More used to humidity and tropical heat, the Trinidadian mother was well wrapped up against biting temperatures that dipped to -2C.

On the long drive back across the border to Iraq, Ayyub and Mahmud slept on their mother’s lap. She slept, too, she said.

“That was the first time I’ve slept properly in four years,” said Perkins-Ferreira, who said she had been left traumatised by being separated from her sons. “I often wouldn’t eat for days, thinking: ‘If they’re not eating, why should I?’”

On Tuesday, the family travelled to London where the two boys will receive counselling to help them recover from their ordeal.

“I’m really, really grateful and I wish I could meet [all the people who helped] all in one and embrace them,” said Perkins-Ferreira.

Kidnapped the day after Ayyub’s third birthday, the boys spent several years in Isis territory before the US-led coalition closed in and their father sent them out of Raqqa towards Turkey with their Belgian stepmother.

They were found on the side of the road by the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces and held at Camp Roj with the families of dead or imprisoned militants.

The boys’ father is believed to have died in the fighting and their step-mother is being held in a different Kurdish camp.

The brothers were so traumatised by their experiences they could not remember their mother’s name, but they clung on to pictures of her, which the Guardian used to find Perkins-Ferreira in Petit Valley, a quiet suburb just outside Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain. She had received only intermittent news of her sons over the past four years.

Image Brothers Mahmud and Ayyub from Trinidad, after being reunited with their mother Felicia Perkins-Ferreira being helped by Clive Stafford Smith Photograph: Josh Surtees for the Guardian

Stafford Smith, of the international legal nonprofit Reprieve, enlisted the financial help and private jet of Waters to get the Ferreria boys out of Syria, after asking the Trinidad and Tobago authorities to issue emergency travel documents for the children.

At the river border where the Tigris separates Syria from Iraq, officials hurriedly ushered the family on to a boat across the fast-flowing river and through a checkpoint kept open beyond normal hours to accommodate their passage.

As the snow-capped mountains on the Turkish side of the triangular border receded and night fell, the marathon journey was extended by a two-hour police security check in Dohuk, where officers verified the boys had been taken to Syria against their will and posed no threat.

In Erbil, where they arrived shortly before 1am, they were embraced by an emotional Waters, who put them up in a suite on the top floor of the Rotana hotel.

The following morning, they boarded a plane chartered by Waters to Zurich, from where they travelled to London to begin a rehabilitation programme Reprieve has put in place before their return to Trinidad.

“We’re going to make sure that they get on with a really productive, decent life,” said Stafford Smith. Ayuub dreams of being a professional footballer and Mahmud wants to become a cricketer.

About 1,200 more children like Mahmud and Ayyub are believed to be stuck in a legal limbo in Syria after the defeat of Isis.

Kurdish authorities have repeatedly called on their western partners, including the UK, to take their nationals home, but many governments have stonewalled the issue. At least 12 British children, most of whom were born in the caliphate, are believed to be in Kurdish custody.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » January 27th, 2019, 3:12 pm

UK Journalist Knocks T&T Newsday for Political Pappy Show

Joshua Surtees, a Former Newsday journalist who is now employed with Guardian UK, is knocking his former employers for Political Pappy Showing.

Following Guardian UK’s article on the two T&T boys stranded in Syria, he stated that he was part of the delegation that accompanied their mother and a delegation of individuals that would extract the boys from Camp Roj, the Syrian refugee camp where they were being held.

Surtees indicated that throughout this entire ordeal, the Trinidad and Tobago’s government has NEVER intervened, or requested to be part of this specialized, multi faceted extraction, but was angered to see that Newsday published an article the following day titled “Government Involved in Boy’s Return From Syria”.

Surtees said that this was, at its best, “PR for a Government that is Failing its citizens in all manner of ways and badly failed an individual citizen who spent over a year trying to get her kids back until eventually a rock star and lawyer from the UK stepped in.”

On seeing this inaccurate report being circulated in the local media, he requested Newsday Editor in Chief Judy Raymond retract the article or issue an accurate representation of the rescue process as it was undertaken, however this was refused. Unbeknownst to Surtees, the following day, Newsday furthered the government’s agenda by publishing an article titled “Wrong To Say We Did Nothing”, a story of Minister of National Security Stuart Young’s claim that the Government WAS involved in the process, however chose to bury an op-ed done by Clive Stafford on the accurate events of the extraction on page 14. Clive Stafford, the founder of Reprieve. Reprieve is a UK based human rights organization that works on high profile international cases where persons have been victims of terror, torture, extrajudicial imprisonment and extrajudicial killing.

Following this timeline of events, Surtees indicated that in the second article, Newsday engaged in a “smear campaign” by claiming that he was blocking the local media from taking pictures of the returning family, however, at the time, the only other reporter present was one from Trinidad Express who clearly understood the process involved. Newsday also published a photo of Surtees speaking to the family which also clearly refutes claims that he was blocking anyone from doing their job.

He offers a suggestion for this as he claims that Newsday acted vindictively as they expected a story from him on the day that the boys were handed over in Qamishli, Syria. This expectation was far from reasonable as he had no access to any forms of communication, and in addition to being stopped at multiple check points and police interviews which made reporting difficult. Citing the inaccuracies with Newday’s article, he found it strange that the article was credited as being done by Julien Neaves and Jada Loutoo, however they were not present at the airport for the family’s return.

Surtees says that he will now chose to sever ties with Newsday as a freelance journalist and have called others in the industry to take note on how journalism is practiced in T&T.

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby zoom rader » January 27th, 2019, 3:22 pm

^^^ this is why I don't buy trini newspapers as they are all controlled by the PNM and 1%

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Re: ISIS in T&T?

Postby bluefete » January 27th, 2019, 5:24 pm

Thanks Duane. That was some read.

zoom rader wrote:^^^ this is why I don't buy trini newspapers as they are all controlled by the PNM and 1%


So who controls the newspapers that you do read? Not the same 1% but in foreign?

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