Magnus Ranstorp

Type: Person

Name: Magnus Ranstorp

Nationality: Sweden

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden 'far behind' on counter-terrorism

Swedish Muslims fighting in Syria and other conflict zones could return home to carry out terror attacks and Sweden has a lot to learn from other EU countries when it comes to preventing Islamist terrorism, a new report claims.Sweden frets over online ... [Published The Local Sweden - May 04 2013]

Entities: Magnus Ranstorp, Sweden, Birgitta Ohlsson

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden "far behind" in preventing Islamist terrorism

"We're far behind countries like Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark," professor Magnus Ranstorp tells news agency TT.The report's title, which translates to "Preventing violent extremism in third countries - Steps to take to prevent ... [Published Sveriges Radio - May 03 2013]

Entities: Terrorism, Sweden, Magnus Ranstorp, Terrorist Training

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 3 reports

Magnus Ranstorp: Since Bulgaria says Hezbollah is responsible for Burgas attack, it should prove it

Sofia. Since the Bulgarian authorities say that probably Hezbollah is responsible for the terrorist attack in Burgas, then at certain moment they should show the evidence, said Magnus Ranstorp, Research Director of the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies ... [Published Focus Bulgaria - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Magnus Ranstorp, Burgas (Bulgaria), Hizballah, Bulgaria

First reported Feb 08 2013 - Updated Feb 09 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Qaeda

France’s $17-million ransom freeing hostages funded al-Qaeda, says ex-U.S. ambassador

PARIS — A former U.S. ambassador to Mali has alleged that France paid a $17 million ransom to free hostages seized from a French mining site – cash she said ultimately funded the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants its troops are now fighting. French ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Feb 08 2013]

Entities: Hostage, Mali, France, Al-Qaeda

First reported Feb 05 2013 - Updated Feb 06 2013 - 1 reports

Hizballah

Shadow War: Hezbollah’s Hand Seen In Bombing of Israeli Bus

by Sebastian Rotella Bulgaria's announcement today that investigators suspect Hezbollah in last summer's terrorist bombing againstIsraeli tourists on the Bulgarian coast ratchets up a conflict between the Westand Iran that is being waged in political, ... [Published ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - Feb 05 2013]

Entities: Hizballah, Bombing, Iran, Bomber

First reported Jan 18 2013 - Updated Jan 18 2013 - 1 reports

The media’s claims about 30,000-strong Iranian “terror and assassination force” are dubious at best

By Madison Ruppert: Recently several mainstream media outlets jumped on a report from the Federal Research Division, a branch of the Library of Congress, that claims Iran’s intelligence ministry, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, has ... [Published St George West - Jan 18 2013]

Entities: Iran, Gary Sick, Bill Gertz, ProPublica

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

Open thread for night owls: Government report spreads questionable claim about Iran says ProPublica

Justin Elliott at ProPublica writes How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran :Several media outlets reported this month on an alarming finding from a new U.S. government study: Iran’s intelligence ministry, as CNN put it, constitutes ... [Published Daily Kos - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: ProPublica, Iran, Magnus Ranstorp, Gary Sick, Propaganda

First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran

by Justin Elliott Several media outlets reported this month on an alarming finding from a new U.S. government study: Iran’s intelligence ministry, as CNN put it, constitutes “a terror and assassination force 30,000 strong.” The claim that the intelligence ... [Published ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - Jan 14 2013]

Entities: Iran, Magnus Ranstorp, Gary Sick, Bill Gertz, Kenneth Katzman

Quotes

"we are far behind countries like great britain, germany, the netherlands and denmark" said Professor Magnus Ranstorp of Sweden's National Defence College (Försvarshögskolan)...

Sweden 'far behind' on counter-terrorism [Published The Local Sweden - May 04 2013]

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#MyJihad in Cyprus: Muslim involved in jihad mu... [Published Jihad Watch - Feb 21 2013] "[I]f they [the Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide." -- Hasan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah "Cyprus bomb-plot suspect admits Hezbollah ties," by Benjamin Weinthal for the Jerusalem Post , February ...
The media’s claims about 30,000-strong Iranian ... [Published St George West - Jan 18 2013] By Madison Ruppert: Recently several mainstream media outlets jumped on a report from the Federal Research Division, a branch of the Library of Congress, that claims Iran’s intelligence ministry, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, has ...
Open thread for night owls: Government report s... [Published Daily Kos - Jan 16 2013] Justin Elliott at ProPublica writes How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran :Several media outlets reported this month on an alarming finding from a new U.S. government study: Iran’s intelligence ministry, as CNN put it, constitutes ...
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