Law Enforcement

Police in Catalonia arrest a man they suspect of wanting to carry out a terrorist attack He is being held in an internment centre, awaiting deportation on grounds of national security, and the authorities say there has been no risk to the public at any time

(Sur in English) Police in Catalonia have arrested a man who is suspected of wanting to carry out a terrorist attack in Empuriabrava (Girona). In a statement issued on Monday morning, the police insisted that “at no time has there been a […]

Government & Politics

Trudeau defends CSIS after U.K. author claims agency informant smuggled girls into Syria PM says the government will probe the claims and expects intelligence agencies to follow the rules

(CBC) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood behind the country’s top civilian intelligence agency on Wednesday in response to an allegation that one of its contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago. A new book by U.K.-based writer Richard […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

US Muslims five times more likely to face police harassment due to their religion, study shows Muslims who identify as white are less likely to be harassed by the police because of their faith compared to non-white Muslims, the study notes

(Middle East Eye) Muslims are five times more likely to experience police harassment because of their religion compared to those of other faiths, a study by Rice University shows. More specifically, Muslim adults who identify as black, Middle Eastern, Arab or North […]

Demonstrations

Revealed: The breadcrumb trail that identified the IS ‘Beatles’ Police followed a 'trail of very small breadcrumbs' to identify the British terrorists, but one piece of information a hostage felt was 'fairly unremarkable' turned out to be hugely significant.

(Sky News) Freed hostages were able to give British police key information identifying an IS kidnap gang nicknamed “The Beatles” which had held and tortured them, Scotland Yard has revealed. Officers have disclosed key breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadis […]

Law Enforcement

Morocco helps Spain arrest two terrorists in Barcelona, Austria The two detainees received military training and gained combat experience in Syria.

(Morocco World News) Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) recently collaborated with Spanish authorities to arrest in Spain and Austria two foreign terrorist fighters believed to be members of a global jihadist organization. The two foreign terrorist fighters hold Moroccan nationality […]

Government & Politics

FBI ‘actively’ investigating Afghan evacuees in US flagged as suspected terrorists, security threats: Wray A whistleblower reported 324 suspected terrorists entered the US after being evacuated from Afghanistan

(Fox) The FBI and its joint terrorism task forces are “actively” investigating individuals deemed national security threats and suspected terrorists who entered the U.S. after being evacuated from Afghanistan last year, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday, while admitting the bureau does […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib’s campaign dished out $200K to anti-Israel activist, defund the police supporter’s firm Rasha Mubarak, a progressive Florida activist, called Israel an 'apartheid state'

(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s campaign has paid more than $200,000 to an anti-Israel activist and “defund the police” supporter’s firm, filings show. The Michigan Democrat began dishing out campaign cash to Unbought Power LLC, a political consulting and advocacy firm, in March 2020 for fundraising services. […]

Government & Politics

Does Germany’s special network to prevent Islamist extremists’ attacks work? Political and religious extremism has long been seen as a threat to democracy in Germany. The Counter Terrorism Center is where agencies and police network to prevent Islamist extremist attacks. Is it effective?

(Deutsche Welle) December 19, 2016, was a particularly dark day for Germany’s Joint Counter Terrorism Center. That was the day when the terrorist Anis Amri steered a stolen truck into a crowd of people at the Christmas market on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. Twelve […]