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From Christopher Dickey, the author of "Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South" and "Securing the City," this site provides updates and footnotes on history, espionage, terrorism, fanaticism, policing and counterinsurgency linked to Dickey's columns for The Daily Beast and his other writings; also, occasional dialogues, diatribes, and contributions from friends.

Monday, September 19, 2016

My latest reporting on terror: the Chelsea bombing, the "commando des femmes" in France, our national PTSD since 9/11, and Syria's chemical weapons



  • ARTICLE

    Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials mark the ground near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, U.S.  September 18, 2016.

    New Terror: Even When It Fails, It Works

    Sep 19, 2016 8:18 AM EDT
    The suspected Chelsea bomber is now in custody.... MORE
  • ARTICLE

    Developing picture of women terrorists in France — the Caliph-ettes

    ISIS Is Turning Women Into Cannon Fodder

    Sep 12, 2016 1:00 AM EDT
    The terror group has always made it clear that the women it recruited would serve male jihadis as...MORE
  • ARTICLE

    We keep getting scared by smaller & smaller terror threats

    It Doesn't Take Another 9/11 to Scare Us

    Sep 11, 2016 12:01 AM EDT
    Yes, we are looking at an asymmetrical 'war,' but never has the asymmetry been so enormous.MORE
  • ARTICLE

    A man, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, breathes through an oxygen mask in the Damascus suburbs of Jesreen August 21, 2013. Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of launching a gas attack that killed nearly 500 people on Wednesday, in what would, if confirmed, be by far the worst reported use of chemical arms in the two-year-old civil war. The Syrian armed forces strongly denied using chemical weapons. Syrian state television said the accusations were fabricated to distract a team of U.N. chemical weapons experts which arrived three days ago.

    US 'Corners' Russia on Chemical Weapons

    Aug 25, 2016 11:43 AM EDT
    The Obama administration is pushing U.N....MORE
Posted by Christopher Dickey at 8:30 PM
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