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1 Terrogence Alert Service Techno-Tactical Reports The Terrogence Alert Service is a highly affordable subscription designed to expose significant techno-tactical developments across the world of terrorism and violence by non-state actors. Our weekly reports examine new terrorist threats, unique TTPs and local or migrated trends in the realm of IED, HME and CBRN. No. Publication Date TG Alert Title dd/mm/yy /01/14 TGA /01/14 TGA0293 Evolution in PBIED TTP by Sahel Jihadists Iranian Blogger Discusses the Preparation of Ricin and its Application in Targeted Assassinations and Mass Attacks 3. 28/01/14 TGA0294 Sinai-Based Jihadists Use 9K34 Strela-3 or Igla-Type MANPADS to Down Egyptian Helicopter 4. 14/02/14 TGA0295 Al-Qaeda "Fashion Statement : Waist-Belted PBIEDs 5. 19/02/14 TGA0296 VBIEDs Seized in Lebanon Reveal Use of Commercial Explosives 6. 21/02/14 TGA0297 Jihadist Discusses Using Floating Waterborne IEDs in Maritime Attacks 7. 26/02/14 TGA0298 Syrian Rebels Favor Improvised Large-Caliber Mortars as Weapons of Mass Effect 8. 7/2/14 TGA0299 ISIS Unique Use of Extremely Large Ball Bearing Fragmentation in SVBIED Attack
2 9. 19/3/14 TGA0300 Hezbollah Tutorials Inspire Al-Qaeda Idea for Lone- Wolf VBIEDs with Explosive Gas Mixtures /3/14 TGA0301 Bahraini Insurgents Exploit Riots as Decoy for Targeting Security Personnel with RCIEDs 11. 5/4/14 TGA0302 Unremitting Endeavors by Indonesian Jihadist to Disseminate IED Trigger Expertise /4/14 TGA0303 Jihadist Focus on Chemical Attacks using Available Materials for Devastating Psychological Effect /04/14 TGA0304 VBIED Incidents at Nairobi Police Stations Stress the Importance of Vehicle Inspection Protocols /05/14 TGA0305 Inaugural Discussion on the Use of Phosphine Gas Generated from Pesticides as a Chemical Weapon /05/14 TGA0306 Jihadists Discuss Use of Powered and Unpowered Ultralight Aircraft for Infiltration or Attack /05/14 TGA0307 Online Jihadists Discuss Adopting Syrian Tunnel Warfare Tactics against Secure Compounds /05/14 TGA0308 Increased Use of Outdoor Advertising Boards to Conceal IEDs in Egyptian Urban Centers /05/14 TGA0309 Growing Use of COTS Quadcopters by Middle Eastern Militants Represents Evolving Threat /06/14 TGA0310 IEDs Concealed in Laptop Computers and Related Electrical Accessories Remain a Threat /06/14 TGA0311 Syrian Rebels Deploy Improvised Armor-Plated Truck SVBIEDs an Ongoing Trend
3 21. 20/06/14 TGA0312 Pro-Russian Separatists Step-Up Sabotage of Infrastructure in Luhansk /06/14 TGA0313 Palestinian Jihadist Manual Features EGDN Soaked in Starch for Use in PBIED Main Charge /07/14 TGA0314 Booby-Trapped Electronic Devices used in Attempted Assassinations in Yemen /07/14 TGA0315 Jihadist Magazine - Inside Man at European Airport Reveals Details on Explosives Detection Field Tests /07/14 TGA0316 Jihadist Attempts to Produce Hydrogen Peroxide- Based Liquid Explosive, Consults Forum Members /07/14 TGA0317 Sandal IEDs Continue to be used for Targeting Shiites in Iraq /08/14 TGA0318 IRAMs Make Comeback in Iraq /08/14 TGA0319 Assassination of Cousin of Afghan President Underscores the Threat of PBIEDs Concealed in Traditional Headwear /08/14 TGA0320 First Documentation of Jabhat al-nusra Producing and Launching their Version of IRAMs /08/14 TGA0321 Electricity Infrastructure Repeatedly Targeted amid Egypt s Power Crisis /08/14 TGA0322 Syrian Rebels Present Makeshift Railroad Cart as an IED Delivery Platform against Syrian Regime Forces /09/14 TGA0323 Anarchist Groups in Mexico Unite under an Umbrella Neo-Luddite Organization
4 33. 11/09/14 TGA0324 Colombian FARC Continues to Target Petroleum Infrastructure /09/14 TGA0325 Facebook User Presents Integratable Safe-Arming Delay and Anti-Handling Devices /09/14 TGA0326 Jabhat al-nusra Employs Remotely-Driven VBIEDs with Live Video Feed /10/14 TGA0327 ISIS Supporters Discuss Potential Deployment of Ebola as a Bio-Weapon against Western Countries /10/14 TGA0328 Expanding ISIS Use of COTS Multi-Rotor Drones in Combat Aid and Propaganda /10/14 TGA0329 Anarchist Manual on Parcel IEDs Highlights Efforts to Disseminate TTPs and Incite Attacks /10/14 TGA0330 Jihadist ISIS Supporter Discusses the Plasticization of TATP to Decrease its Sensitivity, for Use in Western Countries /10/14 TGA0331 Booby-Trapped Flashlights Resurface in Iraq /11/14 TGA0332 IEDs Camouflaged as Rocks Employed in Recent Surge of IED Attacks against Houthis in Yemen /11/14 TGA0333 Pro-ISIS Jihadists Discuss How to Procure Nitric Acid and Circumvent Regulated Substances /11/14 TGA0334 Islamic State Operatives Continue to Develop and Employ Thrown IEDs against Stationary Military Vehicles /11/14 TGA0335 Jihadist Interest in Sodium Azide Mixed with Body
5 Creams for Targeted Assassinations /12/14 TGA0336 Shiite Insurgents Threaten U.S. Outposts in Bahrain /12/14 TGA0337 Emergence of IEDs Camouflaged in Dog Carcasses in Yemen /12/14 TGA0338 First Appearance of EFP Charges in Dagestan - Discovered at the Home of a Foreign Fighter Returning from Syria /12/14 TGA0339 FARC Female Mule with Baby Doll Pose as Mother and Baby to Smuggle Explosives /01/15 TGA0340 Crude IRAMs Manufactured and Deployed by the Islamic State in Kirkuk, Iraq /01/15 TGA0341 ISIS Operatives Booby-Trap Abandoned Yazidi Houses to Target Kurdish Peshmerga Forces /01/15 TGA0342 Militant Iranian Blogger Offers Instructions for Making Botulinum Toxin for Sale by Auction /01/15 TGA0343 Instructive Jihadist Discussion on the Setup of Sticky IEDs for Targeted Assassinations /01/15 TGA0344 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Tankers a Frequently Preferred Target for IED Attacks /02/15 TGA0345 Jihadist Disseminates Secondary IED Attack TTPs for Wider Audience /02/15 TGA0346 Jihadists Threaten Violence in the West over Blasphemy and Perceived Insults to Islam
6 56. 27/02/15 TGA0347 Middle Eastern Militants Use Urea Nitrate and EGDN Mixture in IEDs /03/15 TGA0348 Recent Spike in SVBIED Attacks by the Islamic State in Libya Suggests Knowledge Sharing /03/15 TGA0349 New Arabic Translation of AQAP Manual on PBIED Tailored for Aircraft Infiltration & Targeted Assassinations /03/15 TGA0350 Is Islamic State's Waist Belt PBIED Fashion Beginning to Spread to Libya? /04/15 TGA0351 Pro-ISIS Jihadist Posts Tutorial on Making Improvised Electric Match for Initiators /04/15 TGA0352 Islamic State's New Video Highlights a Push for Lone-Wolf Attacks in Western Countries /04/15 TGA0353 Jihadist Seeks to Gain Experience from Syrian Rebels in Improvising MANPADS Batteries /05/15 TGA0354 Jihadist Instructional Manual for Preparing Cyanide- Laced Cream as Poor Man s CW Agent /05/15 TGA0355 Bring Out Your Surface-to-Air Missiles: Iraqi Shi ite Militias Protest U.S. Military and Political Actions in Iraq /05/15 TGA0356 Bay'ah, Pledge of Allegiance to Islamic State - Possible Portent of Lone-Wolf Attacks /05/15 TGA0357 Ansar al-sharia Introduces Self-Made IRAMs to the Libyan Fighting Theater
7 67. 17/06/15 TGA0358 Islamist Forum Member Suggests Using RC Buoyant Balloons to Launch IED Attacks /06/15 TGA0359 Banners of Death: Booby-trapped Islamic State Flags in Iraq /07/15 TGA0360 Jihadist Forum Member Suggests Using HMTD Mixed with Motor Oil for the Preparation of Improvised Detonating Cord /07/15 TGA0361 Sowing Sectarianism and Instability: Islamic State IEDs Target Shiite Mosques /07/15 TGA0362 Hidden Danger: Islamic State Concealing Loose Powder Explosives in VBIEDs in Iraq /07/15 TGA0363 Islamist Organizations Make Increasing Use of Heavy Equipment in Combat Operations /07/15 TGA0364 Egypt's Judges under Fire /07/15 TGA0365 Turkistan Islamic Party's New Video Tutorial Features the Synthesis of DADP /08/15 TGA0366 Islamic State Booby-Trapping Weapons in Iraq /08/15 TGA0367 Jihadist Video Tutorial Features Preparation and Test of Hydrogen Peroxide and Flour HME /08/15 TGA0368 Militant Groups Modify Civilian Dump Trucks as Improvised Multiple Rocket Launcher Platforms in Iraq /09/15 TGA0369 Yemen's Ansar al-sharia Repurposes Armored Military Vehicles as SVBIEDs
8 79. 06/09/15 TGA0370 Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai Confirms Kornet ATGW used in Attack against Egyptian Frigate /09/15 TGA0371 Jihadist Suggests Using Thermoelectric Device as VOIED Switch /09/15 TGA0372 Repurposed Rifle and Hand Grenades as IED Main Charges or Booby-Traps in Ukraine /09/15 TGA0373 Islamic State Reportedly Concealing IEDs in Mannequins in Iraq /10/15 TGA0374 Increased Use of Commercial RC UAVs in Ukraine /10/15 TGA0375 IS Sympathizer Threatens Strikes against Russian Targets on Twitter /10/15 TGA0376 Syrian Rebels Integrate Balloons into their Air Defenses against Russian Aircraft /10/15 TGA0377 Emergency Fire and Rescue Vehicles Repurposed into Islamic State SVBIEDs in Iraq /11/15 TGA0378 Gazan Salafi-Jihadis Suggest Various Means to Deliver Ricin in New Manual /11/15 TGA0379 Boko Haram Unveils Rocket-Making Facility in Nigeria /11/15 TGA0380 Variety of Cluster Munitions Used by Saudi-led Coalition Poses Risk /11/15 TGA0381 Jihadists Suggest using TATP-Olive Oil Mixture to Construct Improvised Time Delay Fuse
9 91. 07/12/15 TGA0382 Preying on the Innocent - Islamic State Conceals IEDs in Children's Toys in Baghdad /12/15 TGA0383 Turkish Security Forces Neutralize IED Concealed in Soccer Ball in Diyarbakir /12/15 TGA0384 Militants with Minesweepers - Metal Detectors in the Hands of Jihadists /12/15 TGA0385 Fly Tunisia - Alleged Salafist Arrested for Building DIY Helicopter /01/16 TGA0386 Happy New Year! Multiple Islamic State-Related Plots Targeting Public New Year's Festivities Foiled /01/16 TGA0387 Islamic State Documents Syrian Regime's Possession of New Anti-Personnel IRAM /01/16 TGA0388 Striking the Enemy - The Islamic State's Intensifying Campaign of Violence in Bangladesh /02/16 TGA0389 Shadow Killers The Islamic State's Sniper Battalions /02/16 TGA0390 Inflight Explosion onboard Daallo Airlines Flight D /02/16 TGA0391 Firework Fragmentation IED Used to Target South African Security Guards and Police /02/16 TGA0392 Russian Arms Manufacturer Unveils Armed Hobbyist Rotary Wing RC UAV Capable of Firing Rockets /02/16 TGA0393 Moroccan Authorities Dismantle Islamic State Cell in Possession of Tetanospasmin Neurotoxin
10 /03/16 TGA0394 Islamist Separatists in Thailand Use Improvised Rockets for First Time /03/16 TGA0395 Libyan EOD Technician Displays Passive Infrared IED Initiation Systems in Benghazi /03/16 TGA0396 Caucasus Emirate Tutorial Video Instructs Jihadists in the Production and Use of Solanine Poison /03/16 TGA0397 Weapons and Explosives Concealed in Modified Livestock Trailer Seized by Iraqi Security Forces /04/16 TGA0398 Jihadists Discuss Modifying RC UAVs into Airborne IEDs /04/16 TGA0399 Al-Shabaab Continues to Employ Laptop IED TTP in Somalia /04/16 TGA0400 Jihadist Tutorials Provide Instruction on Producing Sodium Cyanide and Phosphine Gas /04/16 TGA0401 Syrian Forces Seize Islamic State Tire IEDs at Tadmur Military Airbase /05/16 TGA0402 Booby-Trapped Religious Books in Iraq /05/16 TGA0403 Indonesian Tutorial for Producing Urea Dinitro Perchlorate HME /05/16 TGA0404 Kurdistan Workers' Party Case IEDs in Teapots /05/16 TGA0405 Pro-Hadi Yemeni Forces Uncover AQAP Rocket- Making Facility in Hadhramaut
11 /06/16 TGA0406 Yemeni Forces Seize AQAP WBIED in al-mukalla /06/16 TGA0407 Maoist Guerillas Fire Improvised Rockets at Border Police Camp in Chhattisgarh, India /06/16 TGA0408 Islamic State Modifying Skywalker X8 FPVs for Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations in Iraq /06/16 TGA0409 Hidden in the Sand: Iraqi Shiite Militia Neutralize Tractor VBIED Buried near Samarra, Iraq /07/16 TGA0410 Free Syrian Army Forum Thread: Design and Build Your Own Drone Using AutoCAD Software /07/16 TGA0411 Targeting Oil and Gas Infrastructure: Niger Delta Militants Rekindle Old Tactic to Great Effect /07/16 TGA0412 Islamic State PBIEDs Smuggled from Syria to Turkey /07/16 TGA0413 Jihadist Forum Member Suggests Using Substance Similar to Volcanic Ash to Neutralize Enemy Aircraft /08/16 TGA0414 Lebanese Hezbollah Deploys Armed UAV to Target Syrian Rebels near Aleppo /08/16 TGA0415 Jihadist Forum Members Recommend Methods to Avoid Explosives Detection Measures in Airports /08/16 TGA0416 Jihadist Forum Members Discuss Using 3-D Printing Technology to Produce Firearms /08/16 TGA0417 The Use of Motor Vehicles to Conceal Illicit Materials Remains a Popular TTP Worldwide
12 /09/16 TGA0418 Remote-Controlled Vehicle Seized by Libyan Forces in Sirte /09/16 TGA0419 Detailed English-Language Explosives Manual Appears on Jihadist Internet Forum for First Time /09/16 TGA0420 Radical Maoist Faction Targets Private Schools with Pressure-Cooker IEDs in Kathmandu, Nepal /09/16 TGA0421 Northern Syria: Islamic State Improves its Rock Camouflage for IEDs /10/16 TGA0422 Attack on Kenyan Police Station - Bay'ah as Indictor of Radicalization and a "Ticking Bomb" in the West /10/16 TGA0423 First Islamic State-Inspired Attack against U.S. Military Forces in Kuwait /10/16 TGA0424 Islamic State's West Africa Province Claims its First SVBIED Attack in Nigeria /10/16 TGA0425 Syrian Security Forces Foil Attempt to Smuggle Ammunition Concealed in a Cow
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