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Vancouver pro-Palestinian leader praises ‘heroic’ October 7 massacre on Iranian TV Charlotte Kates is the coordinator of the Vancouver-headquartered Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network

August 15, 2024 Tyler Dawson

(National Post) Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun, appeared on Iranian television to discuss her arrest at the hands of Vancouver police, and reiterated her statements about the “brave, heroic” October 7 terror attack on Israel. Kates, who’s also the coordinator […]

‘Disgusted’ immigration minister looking into revoking citizenship of Toronto terror suspect Minister says he's ordered deputy minister to review timeline of events

August 14, 2024 Catharine Tunney

(CBC) The federal government is looking into whether the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto should be revoked, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. “I’m as disgusted as any Canadian. But I have a responsibility to get to the […]

Tip about Toronto ISIS suspect came from France

August 13, 2024 Mercedes Stephenson and Stewart Bell

(Global News) The investigation that resulted in the arrests of two Toronto men accused of plotting an attack for ISIS began with a tip from France, sources have told Global News. French authorities allegedly became aware of at least one of the […]

MPs vote to probe how a father and son linked to a terror plot got to Canada Federal government says it’s compiling a timeline of events

August 13, 2024 Catharine Tunney and Jonathon Gatehouse

(CBC) MPs of all stripes have agreed to investigate how a father and son accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto were allowed into Canada despite claims that the father had taken part in a violent terrorist assault overseas. The House of […]

Austria plans tougher counter-terrorism moves after Taylor Swift plot

August 13, 2024 Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich

(Reuters) Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday he would introduce steps to bolster Austria’s counter-terrorism capacity after authorities last week foiled a suspected ISIS-inspired plot against a concert due to be held by Taylor Swift in Vienna. In a post on X, […]

Austria chancellor urges more comms monitoring after Taylor Swift plot

August 11, 2024 Dave Graham

(Reuters) Austria’s chancellor said on Sunday his country’s intelligence agencies should have greater power to monitor communications on messaging apps to stop extremists after a planned suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna was thwarted this week. Swift’s three planned […]

German police uncover shuttered mosque’s ties to Khamenei A voluminous report, spanning over 200 pages, outlines the connection between the center and the Iranian regime. The relationship involved not only ideological guidance but also direct instructions.

August 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Israel Hayom) A bombshell report by a leading German newspaper has exposed alarming connections between a prominent Islamic leader in Germany and the inner circle of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The revelations, based on an extensive police investigation, detail how the […]

Main suspect in Taylor Swift concert plot denies involvement

August 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The main suspect in the planned attacks on Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna is denying involvement in the plot, the Austrian news agency APA reported on Sunday. The 19-year-old suspect said through his lawyer that he is not a supporter of […]

BKA: Germany still Islamist target, but fewer ‘dangerous individuals’

August 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Germany remains a major target for various terrorist organizations, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said. Sven Kurenbach, the head of BKA’s department focused on Islamist-motivated terrorism and extremism, told the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that extremist organization Islamic State has […]

UK terror suspect deported from Kenya after jail stint

August 9, 2024 Richard Kagoe

(BBC) A British terror suspect has been deported to the UK after completing a lengthy prison sentence in Kenya. Jermaine Grant, 41, was arrested in London on Thursday after arriving on a flight from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. He was jailed in 2011 […]

Town at centre of teenage Taylor Swift plot stunned by online radicalization

August 9, 2024 Dave Graham

(Reuters) The teenager who Austrian authorities say planned to unleash a “bloodbath” at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this week only recently showed hints of being radicalized on the internet into committing acts of violence, according to people who knew him. […]

Third arrest over terrorist threat to Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts

August 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The Austrian authorities have detained a third person, an 18-year-old man from Iraq, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday following the cancellation of Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna due to a terrorist plot. The suspect had sworn allegiance to the […]

Unsealed documents reveal past of Edmonton terror convict

August 8, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) An Edmonton gas station employee convicted in the U.K. of a terrorism offence came to the attention of the RCMP after returning to Canada from Lebanon in 2017, records obtained by Global News reveal. The unsealed court documents show that […]

Suspect aimed to kill ‘large’ crowd of people at Swift show in Vienna

August 8, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A 19-year-old man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group has confessed to plotting an attack on the Vienna leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Austrian security authorities said on Thursday. He had wanted to use home-made bombs […]

Ottawa reviewing security screening timeline in case of terror plot suspects, minister says Police say the alleged attack was going to target Toronto

August 7, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CBC) The federal government says it’s reviewing its security screening process as questions multiply about how a father and son accused of planning an attack in Toronto were allowed to immigrate to Canada. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa […]

Row over Tory MP’s ‘Allahu Akbar’ arrest call

August 7, 2024 Sam Francis

(BBC) Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has defended himself after being accused of Islamophobia for saying police should have “immediately arrested” any protesters shouting “Allahu Akbar” during last year’s Gaza ceasefire protests. Speaking on Sky News, the Tory leadership candidate accused police of […]

Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna cancelled due to terror threat

August 7, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Taylor Swift’s three performances in Vienna have been cancelled, organizers said late on Wednesday, after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks. The decision to scrap the US pop icon’s shows this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday was announced […]

Man facing terrorism charges was trained in use of explosives, poisonous substances MaltaToday is informed over one terabyte of material related to terrorism was discovered on the accused’s device

August 7, 2024 Matthew Agius

(Malta Today) A 22-year-old Syrian man, residing in Birżebbuġa, was remanded in custody on Wednesday, on terrorism-related charges. The court issued a publication ban on the man’s name, requested by the prosecution at this stage in order to prevent jeopardising ongoing investigations […]

Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting Trump

August 6, 2024 Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz

(CNN) The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man who has alleged ties to the Iranian government with seeking to carry out political assassinations, a case that prompted the US government to increase security for former President Donald Trump and other officials, according to court documents […]

Conservatives call for House probe into case of two men charged with terrorism offences Conservatives raising concerns about immigration system and security screening

August 6, 2024 Darren Major

(CBC) Conservative MPs are calling on the House public safety committee to investigate the case of a father and son in Toronto charged with multiple terrorism-related offences. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested last month […]

Nearly 100 suspected terrorists reportedly released into US under Biden admin

August 5, 2024 Jason Hopkins

(Daily Caller) At least 99 individuals on the U.S. terrorist watchlist were released into the country during the Biden-Harris administration after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to a new congressional report. Border Patrol agents encountered more than 250 illegal migrants […]

Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely

August 5, 2024 John Leicester

(AP) They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to […]

Toronto terror arrests raise questions about security screening

August 2, 2024 Stewart Bell, Mercedes Stephenson and Catherine McDonald

(Global News) The federal government is declining to explain how a Toronto man was able to immigrate to Canada despite allegedly having taken part in ISIS violence overseas. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for […]

No ‘tangible’ terror threat detected since the start of the Paris Olympics, interior minister says

August 2, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that authorities have not detected any “tangible” terror threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, during which about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various crimes. Darmanin released […]

Toronto terror arrests and the enduring appeal of ISIS

July 31, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The arrest of a father and son accused of planning a mass casualty attack in Toronto on behalf of ISIS suggests the enduring appeal of the terrorist group. Five years after it was defeated in Syria, where it committed scores […]

Toronto father and son face multiple terror-related charges No ongoing threat to the public, RCMP says

July 31, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CBC) A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the “advanced stages” of planning a violent attack have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. […]

Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn

July 31, 2024 Steve Swann

(BBC) The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been,” according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is […]

3 Palestinian terror suspects caught after crossing border illegally as overwhelmed agents warn: ‘I probably let terrorists in’

July 28, 2024 Jennie Taer

(NY Post) Border agents detained three Palestinian migrants who illegally crossed the southern border after they were found to have possible ties to terrorist organizations earlier this month, according to sources. One of the migrants had “salacious photos” on their phone — […]

IS-linked terrorist network dismantled in Austria

July 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Xinhua) Austrian authorities have dismantled a terrorist network involved in raising funds for the Islamic State (IS) organization and arrested nine suspects, the country’s interior ministry said on Saturday. Austrian security forces conducted house searches in five federal states on Thursday, seizing […]

ISIS-K’s online recruitment poses security threat to West ahead of Olympic Games

July 25, 2024 Nick Paton Walsh, Muhammad Darwish, Saskya Vandoorne and Benjamin Brown

(CNN) Nearly two-thirds of ISIS-linked arrests in Europe in the last nine months have been of teenagers, according to a landmark academic study, as concern grows among European security officials ahead of the Paris Olympics of the growing potency and reach in […]

French minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony

July 25, 2024 Ella Joyner

(AP) On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France’s interior minister thanked Belgium Thursday for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said […]

Anti-terrorist operation: Arrests across Belgium, security forces on high alert ahead of Olympics

July 25, 2024 Lauren Walker

(Brussels Times) Seven people suspected of being involved in the activities of a terrorist group have been arrested in several house searches across Belgium. First reports suggested the suspects were involved in preparing a terrorist attack. The Antwerp Federal Judicial Police carried […]

Montreal electronic traffic signs altered to display pro-Palestinian slogans Pro-Palestinian slogans on Montreal traffic signs

July 24, 2024 Joe Bongiorno

(Canadian Press) Montreal police are investigating after electronic message boards at two road construction sites in Montreal displayed pro-Palestinian political slogans Wednesday morning instead of usual traffic alerts. The message boards that normally advise motorists of roadwork were tampered with to display […]

Anti-Israel agitators burn American flags, accuse Netanyahu of being ‘war criminal’ as he addresses Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking before Congress

July 24, 2024 Danielle Wallace and Brie Stimson

(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]

German authorities ban Islamic Centre Hamburg, citing Iran influence

July 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German authorities on Wednesday banned the Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH), an organization that domestic intelligence considers to be controlled by Iran. To enforce the ban, which was published in the Federal Gazette and also affects five affiliated organizations, officers searched the […]

France probed migrant communities to fight ISIS-K threat to Olympics

July 23, 2024 Gabriel Stargardter

(Reuters) French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le […]

France to give 24-hour protection to Israeli Olympics team amid Gaza tensions

July 22, 2024 John Irish and Tassilo Hummel

(Reuters) Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns and […]

Euro 2024 ‘Isis terror plot’ foiled just hours before England-Spain final in police raid German police had raised the alarm over an 'immediate threat from the Islamist spectrum'

July 21, 2024 James Saunders

(GB News) A suspected Isis terror plot at the Euro 2024 final was scuppered thanks to a series of police raids in Germany mere hours before kick-off, it has emerged. Authorities descended on a set of addresses just outside Berlin after fears […]

Woman who burned Quran outside Dearborn mosque vows to return to city

July 20, 2024 Niraj Warikoo

(Detroit Free Press) A woman from Oregon who burned a Quran outside a Dearborn mosque says she plans to return to the city by the end of the summer to again burn the holy book for Muslims. Sorbeah Almosa lit on fire […]

French police arrest knife-wielding assailant on terrorism charges

July 19, 2024 Dominique Vidalon

(Reuters) French police arrested on Friday a man on terrorism charges accused of trying to murder a taxi driver with a knife while expressing support for Palestinian militant group Hamas, a source at the terrorism prosecutor’s office said. France is on its […]

France races to head off ISIS-K threat to Paris Olympics

July 19, 2024 Gabriel Stargardter and Juliette Jabkhiro

(Reuters) Tajik journalist Temur Varki received a disquieting call from Paris police in late March, days after Islamic State militants from his homeland allegedly carried out a massacre in Moscow. The two officers questioned him about France’s tiny community of immigrants from […]

Paris Olympics faces twin terror threats of ISIS and teenage extremists Games will feature vast security operation to keep 15 million visitors safe as radicalisation spreads, not least though short viral videos

July 18, 2024 Tariq Tahir

(National-UAE) Paris is facing the threat of terrorist attacks during the Olympics from a branch of ISIS resurgent in Afghanistan as well as teenagers radicalised on social media, experts have told the National. A major security operation is under way in France […]

Spain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel

July 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, […]

FBI says two former WKU students were terrorists

July 17, 2024 Beth Warren

(Louisville Courier Journal) Two former Western Kentucky University students became ISIS terrorist recruits and trained in Syria while attending the Bowling Green school, according to court records. One of the then-students issued a warning in an email to WKU in June 2015 […]

Former Syrian official in charge of notorious prison is arrested in Los Angeles Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who was seeking U.S. citizenship, is accused of falsely describing whether he persecuted anyone for their political beliefs or had been involved in any killings.

July 16, 2024 Katie Benner and Adam Goldman

(NY Times) A former Syrian military official who ran one of the country’s most notorious prisons and is accused of torturing and killing political dissidents has been arrested in Los Angeles, according to a court filing. Federal law enforcement agents detained the […]

German authorities arrest a Lebanese man accused of procuring drone components for Hezbollah

July 15, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) A Lebanese man accused of being a member of the Hezbollah militant group and procuring drone components that were to be exported for use in attacks against Israel has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as […]

NYC taxi driver charged with hate crime after allegedly decapitating Jesus statue in wild caught-on-camera tantrum

July 13, 2024 Dean Balsamini

(NY Post) A NYC taxi driver was hit with a hate crime for allegedly beheading a statue depicting a young Jesus outside a Queens Catholic church, prosecutors said. Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of Hollis, was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal mischief […]

Map shows 16 suspected terrorists arrested across the US after being allowed in by fed bungles: ‘Alarm bells are ringing’

July 11, 2024 Michael Kaplan

(NY Post) As of June 26, Department of Homeland Security identified 400 migrants who have been smuggled into the United States via networks affiliated with the Islamic terror group ISIS. The government department admitted the whereabouts of 50 of those people was […]

Police suspect woman repatriated from al-Hol of trafficking own children Investigators believe the mother took several of her children to the war-torn region in 2014, but only two have since returned from the al-Hol refugee camp via a repatriation programme.

July 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Yle) Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) suspects a Finnish woman of aggravated human trafficking of her own children after she brought them to the ISIS “caliphate” in the region of Syria and northern Iraq in 2014. Detective Inspector Jan Aarnisalo, who […]

Jonathan Ashworth calls on new Leicester South MP to explain ‘dealings’ with man charged with terror offences Majid Novsarka — also known as Majid Freeman and facing allegations of encouragement of terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation — has been a vocal supporter of new MP Shockat Adam.

July 10, 2024 Jennifer Scott

(Sky News) A former senior Labour MP has called on the man who took his seat to “provide a full account of all his dealings” with one of his vocal supporters who is now facing terrorism charges. Leicestershire Police confirmed on Wednesday […]