Homeland security updates summarized by alerts USA or something like it. Dear Threat Journal Reader, Here is the current security situation around the world as of this morning: 1.) Police now admit Tuesday's Jersey City mass shooting and standoff was an intentional attack on a Jewish market. Six people were killed and several others injured in the incident. Security is increasing at synagogues, Jewish schools and community centers across the country. 2.) United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) has ordered all military installations in the U.S. to a high state of alert. The DoD has also halted operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice. 3.) On Dec 6, a flight student from the Royal Saudi Air Force opened fire with a pistol in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three and injuring eight before being neutralized by police. The FBI has classified the incident as an act of terrorism. Several other Saudi flight students are detained on base, at least two of whom are said to have taken cellphone video at the scene. In a social media message posted just hours before the attack, the shooter quoted Osama Bin Laden: "The security is a shared destiny...You will not be safe until we live it as reality in Palestine, and American troops get out of our lands." 4.) On Dec 4, a sailor opened fire at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, killing two Department of Defense workers and wounding a third, before taking his own life. 5.) On Dec 1, new Islamic State propaganda posters were released encouraging followers to carry out attacks on open roadways and in public restrooms. 6.) On Nov 29, U.S. Embassies across the EU began warning American citizens of ongoing threats posed by terrorist organizations and individuals inspired by violent extremist ideology throughout Europe, with a continued to focus on tourist locations, Christmas holiday markets, shopping malls, airports, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, transportation hubs, and other soft targets. 7.) On Nov 29, a 28-year-old British national of Pakistani descent carried out a mass stabbing attack in Fishmongers' Hall and on the adjacent London Bridge, killing two and injuring three, before being shot dead by police. He was wearing a fake bomb vest at the time of the attack. 8.) On Nov 27, the FBI arrested a Brooklyn man for distributing bomb-making instructions and encouraging individuals to carry out attacks, including on the NYC subway. 9.) On Nov 26, Dutch police arrest two men in Zoetermeer and The Hague preparing an eminent terrorist attack using explosive vests and at least one car bomb. 10.) On Nov 19, an Islamic State-linked group published new materials urging followers to target gas stations, fuel tanker trucks and oil pipelines for attack. And all this has taken place in just three weeks! In addition: The U.S. is on high alert for reprisal attacks by the Islamic State for the killing of their "Caliph" Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Syria by U.S. special operations forces. Calls for followers to strike are widespread. Attacks on churches, synagogues, and schools are increasing in tempo across the U.S. and EU. Political strife in the U.S. is growing, with increasingly violent clashes taking place at rallies and other events. This trend will likely increase in the run-up to the 2020 election
