Update from Brazil on new intelligence received about ISIS and the Olympics
19 June 2016 - RPS Partnership
RPS Partnership brings you this latest information from Brazil. O Globo newspaper has published this article about the threats of ISIS during the Olympic games. The information received was confirmed by the Brazilian intelligence agency. The to the orginal article is here in http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/terroristas-criam-canal-em-portugues-preocupam-abin-19524277.
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Below is that the article says translated using google translator, so this must be taken into account when reading this interesting information. Anyone going to the Olympics may find this of note in their planning.
RIO – At 49 days to the Olympics, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) confirmed the information that people linked to Islamic State created a group to exchange messages in Portuguese, through a mobile application. The agency issued a note stating that the opening of this new front of dissemination of information, aimed at extremist indoctrination, "increases the complexity of terrorism facing work and represents additional facility radicalization of Brazilian citizens."
The group is called Nashir Portuguese, the name of the channel created by the extremists for about 15 days, with the aim of Brazilians rally for the jihadist cause. A similar strategy to the Nashir News Agency, used by EI to publicize manifestos and propaganda. The members of the group, which communicates in Portuguese, are reportedly being monitored by Abin. They have used the application Telegram.
Terrorists seek sympathisers
According to information from a security area source, the messages even have a speech of Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, spokesman of the Islamic State. In a statement, Abin said the exchange of messages through social networks has been widely used by jihadists to recruit mainly young people: "The sharing of this content in instant messaging groups is a strategy used not only in Brazil. Terrorist organizations have employed modern communication tools to extend the reach of its targetedradicalization messages, especially to young people. "
The terrorism monitoring agency SITE Intelligence Group ensures that the Nashir Portuguese group was created on May 29, from ads on social networks, that would be looking for supporters to speak Portuguese, for the translation of your advertising material . Abin, still in his statement, noted that the "content related to extremist ideologies are translated into Portuguese and play this instant messaging application."
On Thursday (16 June 216), during a meeting on security at the Olympics in Rio, the Security Secretary, José Mariano Beltrame, denied that the matter has been discussed with representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the General Superintendent of Abin, Frank Oliveira. The meeting took place at the Center for Integrated Command and Control in New Town.
During the meeting, it was agreed that 15 000 men of the armed forces will enhance safety on expressways, bus terminals, airports and the Deodoro neighborhood. The French appear to helping the Brazilian police by running training in the Rio subway for possible terrorist attack during the Olympics.
For Brazilian experts, the initiative of the Islamic State of creating channels in Portuguese concerns, especially with respect to the isolated actions of so-called "lone wolves".
In the opinion of Expedito Carlos Stephani Bastos, a researcher on strategic issues at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil is not a natural target, but the Olympic Games in the city is an attraction for the propaganda of EI and al-Qaeda: it could be a way for them to do advertising because it is an international event, there will be many representations of significant countries. We can not predict whether something will happen. The point is that we should be able to avoid any attempt. And I do not know if Abin is prepared. International services have failed, they can not predict things.
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For Diogenes Dantas Filho colonel, security consultant, monitoring of communications is essential. He says the terrorist is extremely discreet and speaks only the essentials. By phone, it is code and misinformation. Little writes and uses the memory to avoid wake.
Two months ago, Abin released a report about a possible terrorist threat during the Games. The Federal Police of Santa Catarina came to investigate a suspect, in Chapecó, that he had received training in Syria.
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