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News: Europe
Jack Letts, Islamic State recruit: ‘I was enemy of UK’
(BBC) Jack Letts, who left the UK to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, has said he had been an “enemy of Britain.” The Muslim convert, who is in custody in a Kurdish jail, admitted he was once ready to […]
Children & Teens
Feds don’t ‘care if they die,’ says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria Canadian children languish in Syrian camp: lawyer
(Canadian Press) Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on behalf of the families. The development is the latest setback […]
Government & Politics
Dutch anti-terrorism agency dropped plan for secret anti-radicalization video campaign: report
(NL Times) Between 2015 and 2017 the Dutch national counter-terrorism coordinator NCTV was working on a secret campaign to prevent young Muslims from becoming radicalized. It consisted of videos showing young people deciding against radicalization, intended to be a counterpoint for propaganda […]