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Government & Politics
France slashes Olympics opening ceremony crowd size amid terror attack fears French President Emmanuel Macron asked for capacity to be reduced to half of what was initially planned for showpiece event.
(Politico) France has scaled down the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony which will take place in July on the River Seine, amid concerns over a theoretical Islamist terror attack. Boats carrying each nation’s flag-bearers will pass on the water in the […]
Health & Medicine
Tampa man gets 18 years in prison in terrorism case that involved spy planes Muhammed AlAzhari pleaded guilty in February to attempting to provide material support to an Islamist terrorist organization.
(Tampa Bay Times) A Tampa man who pledged his allegiance to Islamic militants and planned attacks in the Tampa Bay area was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in federal prison. Muhammed Momtaz AlAzhari, 26, pleaded guilty in February to attempting to provide […]
Legal
Member of ‘ISIS Beatles’ given eight life sentences for role in hostage-taking, killing of Americans
(CNN) El Shafee Elsheikh, a British ISIS fighter and member of the execution cell dubbed “the ISIS Beatles” because of their British accents, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the hostage-taking and deaths of four Americans and […]