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Demonstrations
Iran believed to be agitating British pro-Hamas protesters
(Iran International) Iranian agents are stirring up unrest in the UK through Gaza protests, according to a report by the British newspaper the Times. There is direct involvement of the Iranian regime through the physical presence of operatives at protests as well […]
Government & Politics
Afghan accused of plotting terror attack worked as CIA guard, officials say It isn't yet known whether the man, who worked for the CIA in Afghanistan, radicalized before or after he arrived in the U.S. following the chaotic American withdrawal.
(NBC) An Afghan man arrested on charges of planning a terrorist attack on Election Day worked as a security guard in Afghanistan for the CIA, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested on Monday in […]
Context
‘I joined ISIS’: The New Orleans attacker’s secret radicalization Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with American society and increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.
(NY Times) His electric truck was already headed toward New Orleans, traveling from his trailer home outside Houston and past the twinkling oil refineries to the east, when Shamsud-Din Jabbar began capturing a video on his phone in the dark. “I wanted […]