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Crime
Iran allegedly planned to assassinate human-rights crusader Irwin Cotler
(Globe and Mail) Iran allegedly plotted to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a noted Canadian human-rights advocate and harsh critic of the clerical regime, but the attempt on his life was recently foiled by law-enforcement authorities. According to a source, the RCMP on Oct. […]
Legal
Personalities of Islamic State’s international brigade paraded before French court
(Radio France) The parade of personalities continues at the special criminal court in Paris, with four more suspects … Adel [Haddadi], Mohammed [Amri], Muhammed Usman and Osama Krayem … describing their family and personal backgrounds in Algeria, Belgium, Pakistan and Sweden. For […]
Legal
CAIR oddly silent about Hamas-linked activist’s deportation fight
(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been unusually silent about the attempt to deport Hamas-linked activist Abdelhaleem al-Ashqar. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents placed Ashqar, 60, on an airplane to Israel last week, but he was able to return to […]