Government & Politics
Urgent crackdown on terror sentences will affect about 50 inmates (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
News: Europe
Mum of jihadi who vowed to ‘chop off heads’ claims he’s a ‘good boy’ as officials scramble to stop his early release (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man plotted Madame Tussauds attack after 2018 terror acquittal (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Over 60 Germans among Islamists in Idlib An analysis of text and video messages from jihadis in Idlib reveals over 60 Germans among their ranks, German media report. Syrian President Bashar Assad is determined to retake the region.
(Deutsche Welle) More than 60 Germans are fighting in Idlib, the last stronghold of foreign fighters in northwest Syria, according to reports by the German broadcaster SWR on Sunday. SWR reviewed transcripts of instant messages sent by the fighters and determined that the […]
Citizenship
Ministers refuse to reveal how many extremists they have stripped of British citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Preacher who inspired Streatham terror attack peddling jihad from behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Junior police ‘must make split-second decisions on terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Islamic extremist preaching hate to army of followers on YouTube days after Streatham terror attack (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Brother of Manchester Arena bomber says he was ‘shocked’ by attack (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Released jihadis could be forced to sign a new sex offenders-style register for terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Hassan Diab urges federal government to settle $90 million claim alleging ‘wrongful extradition’ Diab was held for years in a French jail as part of a terrorism investigation that failed due to weak evidence
(CBC) Hassan Diab filed a statement of claim today seeking $90 million from the federal government over the role Canada played in his extradition to France — but his lawyer says the best outcome for everyone would be a speedy out-of-court settlement. […]
Law Enforcement
FBI document reveals local and state police are collecting intelligence to expand terrorism watch list
(Yahoo News) Despite a federal judge’s ruling last September that the U.S. government’s terror watch list violates constitutional rights, an FBI report obtained by Yahoo News shows local and state law enforcement agencies are being used to gather intelligence on individuals to […]
Academics & Education
Revealed: Former Bolton school teacher Jamshed Javeed jailed for terror offences is already back on street (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother set up ‘slaughter’ email address, court told (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
Ottawa terrorist accused of trying to radicalize inmates released from prison, living in Calgary halfway house A parole board member described his potential harm to others and national security as exceptional.
(Ottawa Citizen) Carlos Larmond, the Ottawa terror twin jailed in 2016 for trying to leave the country to fight for the Islamic State, and later accused of trying to radicalize other inmates, has been released from prison and is living quietly at […]
Crime
Man sprayed in face with ‘unknown substance’ is director of UK counter-terrorist group 'I couldn't see, it was very heavy burning, very heavy pain'
(Leicester Mercury) A man who was sprayed in the face with an “unknown substance” in the city this week is a prominent expert in counter-terrorism. Noor Dahri is the executive director of Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism (ITCT), a UK-based group that was […]
News: Europe
Terror offenders due to be freed ‘told they will not be’ — lawyer
(BBC) Terror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws. Earlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic […]
Legal
Manchester attacker’s brother tried to buy bomb ingredient, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Streatham terror attacker devoted to ‘sheikh’ who inspired London Bridge killer (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attack: Sudesh Amman was not marked ‘man-to-man’
(BBC) Britain’s most senior police officer has said the Streatham attacker was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not “man-to-man marking.” Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee that Sudesh Amman was under “covert” police […]
Deradicalization
Lawyers told Islamist inmates to shun deradicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rush to change sentencing laws before release of convicted terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Judge strips terrorist of citizenship at government request
(AP) A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a Pakistan-born man convicted more than 15 years ago of plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. Defendant Iyman Faris, once […]
Law Enforcement
Met Police’s Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu admits: We can’t trail all terror suspects because there’s too many (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother ‘just as guilty,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Streatham attack: Will terror sentence changes stop offences?
(BBC) The government wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, following two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months. But what legal challenges could ministers face and how effective might the changes be? There […]
Law Enforcement
French barracks attacker was a trainee soldier
(Reuters) A man who attacked officers with a knife in a French police barracks was a trainee soldier, officials said, in the second case in four months of a violent assault by someone from within France’s security services. The assailant struck on […]
Government & Politics
UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
STIB stopped sorting garbage after terror attacks
(Brussels Times) Since the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, many garbage containers with compartments for sorting have been replaced by single bags for residual waste at STIB stations. “Just now that sorting is so high on the agenda, STIB does not […]
Government & Politics
Sanders touts endorsement from Iowa Dem who defended convicted terrorist Hillary Clinton returned donations and denounced the American Muslim Alliance. Now, Sanders embraces its leader.
(Free Beacon) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders touted the endorsement of Ako Abdul-Samad, who once defended an al Qaeda propagandist and runs a Muslim-American organization so controversial that other Democrats have returned its donations. “I’m honored to have Rep. Abdul-Samad’s endorsement,” Sen. […]
News: Europe
Slight decrease in the number of Islamist attacks in Europe in 2019
(Brussels Times) The number of Islamist attacks in Europe slightly decreased in 2019, according to a report delivered by the French terrorism assessment centre (CAT) highlighting the problems Islamic State (IS) has experienced since losing its self-proclaimed caliphate. “In 2019, the threat […]
Law Enforcement
French police shoot barracks intruder following attack warning
(Reuters) Police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday. Shortly before the knifeman struck the police facility in Dieuze, near Metz, the local police operations center received […]
Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Thirteen men named as main suspects of Brussels attacks
(Brussels Times) Thirteen men have been named as the main suspects of the 2016 Brussels attacks, eight of whom will appear before Belgium’s highest criminal court. Federal prosecutors want to bring eight men before the Brussels court of assizes, all identified as […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic State claims south London attack: Amaq news agency
(Reuters) Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in south London, without giving evidence, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Monday. “The perpetrator of the attack in Streatham district in south London yesterday is a fighter of Islamic State, […]
News: Europe
Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
(Reuters) The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. He had also once written […]
Military
Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly Florida naval base shooting
(AP) Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year’s deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in […]
Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker freed from jail days ago after terror conviction (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
Islamic terrorist who plotted Danish newspaper massacre released in Sweden
(Breitbart) A radical Islamic extremist who plotted to massacre the staff of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2010 has been released by Swedish authorities, despite plotting more attacks while in prison. The man, who has not been identified by name, is said to […]
News: Europe
The terrorists among us: Eight convicted offenders revealed to be living on our streets (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Alleged al-Qaida leader arrested in Phoenix, accused of killing two Iraqi police officers
(Arizona Republic) An Iraqi man who is alleged to have been the leader of a group of al-Qaida terrorists has been arrested in Phoenix, according to federal officials. Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a 42-year-old Phoenix resident, is wanted to stand trial in […]
Legal
France arrests Syrian Islamist on war crimes charges
(AFP) A senior member of Syrian Islamist armed group Jaysh al-Islam implicated in the disappearance of a prominent activist in 2013 has been arrested in France and charged with war crimes and torture, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. The suspect, […]
Legal
Wife of late Palestinian terrorist can’t collect on life insurance policy
(Canadian Press) The wife of a notorious Palestinian terrorist who attacked an Israeli airliner has lost out on her bid to collect on her late husband’s life insurance because he failed to mention his unsavoury past when he took out the policy […]
Children & Teens
Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate children from Syria
(Brussels Times) The state of Belgium has decided to file an appeal against a ruling by a Brussels court on 11 December ordering it to provide 10 children of IS members in Syria with consular assistance and administrative, travel and identity documents […]
Citizenship
IS member from Antwerp risks losing Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) A woman from Antwerp affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in Syria risks a five-year prison sentence and being stripped of her Belgian nationality. The woman, identified as Saïda El Mimouni, was married to a member of the now-disbanded terrorist […]
Arts & Entertainment
A suburban filmmaker sued to find out why the FBI was watching her Muslim community ‘It’s weird to read how they wrote about us’
(Chicago Tribune) Since 2016, documentary filmmaker Assia Boundaoui has been waiting for answers from the FBI to one question: Which parts of her Arab American community in Bridgeview were surveilled after 9/11? After a court hearing last week, she learned she will […]