Military
Lisa Smith may have fled Syrian camp following Turkish assault (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Legal
France jails women for failed Notre Dame car bombing: report
(Reuters) A French court on Monday handed down sentences of at least 25 years in jail for two women with ties to Islamist militants who made a failed attempt to set off a crude car bomb outside Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral three years […]
Citizenship
Denmark to strip foreign fighters of Danish citizenship
(Reuters) Denmark will fast-track legislation allowing people with dual citizenship who have gone abroad to fight for militant groups like Islamic State to be stripped of their Danish nationality, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. European states are trying to accelerate […]
Clerics & Preachers
French police hold five over deadly knife attack
(AFP) French police on Monday detained five people linked to a radicalised employee at the Paris police headquarters who killed four colleagues in a knife attack earlier this month, sources said. Police staged raids at three locations in the northern suburbs of […]
Law Enforcement
Westminster car crash driver Salih Khater jailed for life
(BBC) A man who drove at cyclists and police officers outside Parliament has been jailed for life for attempted murder. Salih Khater, 30, of Highgate Street, Birmingham, aimed his car at members of the public before swerving towards the officers in Parliament […]
Government & Politics
Conviction, 26-year prison term for stabbing of Americans at Amsterdam CS
(NL Times) Jawed S., a 20-year-old man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the court in Amsterdam on Monday. He was convicted [of] two counts of attempted murder with […]
Legal
Notre-Dame bomb plot: Sentencing of female terror cell expected this week French trial reveals how four women were convinced to inflict more carnage on Paris
(National-UAE) An unprecedented trial of six women accused after a failed car bombing close to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris sheds new light on the recruitment, manipulation and deployment of females by terrorists. The Paris court is also judging a major ISIS figure […]
Military
Among Canadian ISIS detainees in Syria, women far outnumber men
(Global News) Sitting in a dim room at a detention camp in northern Syria, Kimberly Polman was feeling vulnerable. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had vowed to free female prisoners like herself, and she believed him. “I take it seriously,” Polman said. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
After knife rampage, French police are alert for radicalised colleagues
(Reuters) French police have re-opened an internal investigation into the suspected Islamist sympathies of a senior police officer, three sources close to the police said, as part of a security review after a police IT worker killed four colleagues in a knife […]
Government & Politics
Civil liberties groups sound alarm over online extremism bill
(Hill) Civil liberties and technology groups have been sharply critical of a draft bill from House Homeland Security Committee Democrats on dealing with online extremism, saying it would violate First Amendment rights and could result in the surveillance of vulnerable communities. Over […]
Children & Teens
Germany charges Iraqi man with genocide for killing Yazidi child An Iraqi man faces a charge of genocide in Germany, accused of chaining up a Yazidi girl and letting the 5-year-old die of thirst. He and his wife, a German national, are believed to be part of the 'Islamic State' group.
(Deutsche Welle) Greek authorities extradited an Iraqi man to Germany where he now faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and human trafficking, German prosecutors said on Friday. German officials identified the suspected “Islamic State” (IS) militant as Taha A.-J., in […]
News: Europe
‘Will you apologise for the murder of David Haines?’: ITV News confronts ISIS ‘Beatles’ over death of British aid worker
(ITV) The two surviving British members of the ISIS terror cell dubbed “The Beatles” have been confronted by ITV News about what they know of the last moments of murdered aid worker David Haines. In their last TV interviews before both were […]
News: Europe
British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK in last interview before removal from ‘unstable’ Syrian prison
(ITV) A British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK to defend himself in his last interview before he was moved from an “unstable” Syrian prison and into US custody. Speaking to ITV News security editor Rohit Kachroo, El […]
Law Enforcement
Lisa Smith is under investigation for terror offences, Garda confirms (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Trump says potential ISIS escapees will ‘be escaping to Europe’
(Hill) President Trump on Wednesday said he’s not concerned about ISIS prisoners potentially escaping as the U.S. vacates northern Syria, claiming the escapees would end up [in] Europe. Trump was asked in the Roosevelt Room of the White House about the potential threat […]
Government & Politics
US moves 2 British IS members known as ‘Beatles’ from Syria
(AP) Two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as “The Beatles” have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody, U.S. officials said Wednesday. President […]
Demonstrations
France bans protest over motive of Paris police killer
(AFP) French authorities on Wednesday banned a demonstration by activists claiming the police staffer who stabbed four colleagues to death was not an Islamist radical but a man discriminated against because he was partially deaf. The killing last week of the four […]
Government & Politics
Macron vows ‘unrelenting fight’ against Islamist terror after police killings
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday vowed an “unrelenting fight” against Islamist extremists at a memorial ceremony for four Paris police staff stabbed to death last week by a colleague who had converted to a radical version of Islam. Mickael Harpon, a […]
Immigration
German authorities investigating stolen truck ramming A man from Syria has been arrested after a truck plowed into a line of cars in the western city of Limburg. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that as yet, there was no clear motive behind the incident.
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities were investigating Tuesday why a man rammed a stolen truck into a line of cars in Limburg, leaving eight people injured as well as the driver. Officials confirmed that the 32-year-old suspected hijacker had been detained. A judge later issued a […]
Law Enforcement
New York bomber convicted in shootout with New Jersey police
(AP) An Islamic terrorist already serving a life prison term for a bombing in New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years ago. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a U.S. […]
Government & Politics
Pressure for answers after deadly Paris attack on police
(AFP) Pressure grew Monday on France’s government to explain how the radicalisation of a man who stabbed four colleagues to death at Paris police headquarters failed to raise red flags inside the intelligence unit where he worked. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, summoned […]
Law Enforcement
Paris knife attacker had USB drive with information about colleagues: media
(Reuters) An IT worker who killed four people at Paris police headquarters with a knife last week had a USB drive with personal details about his colleagues, French daily Le Parisien reported on Monday. The attacker on Thursday killed three police officers […]
Children & Teens
Daughter of Irish jihadist Lisa Smith ‘must come home now’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France admits ‘failings’ over Paris police attacker’s radicalisation
(AFP) France’s interior minister acknowledged Sunday that officials should have kept a closer eye on the Paris police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death last week, after investigators found evidence he had supported an extreme version of Islam. “Obviously, there were […]
Military
The secret life of Irish [jihadist] Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Isis bride Smith posed with guns before heading to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Aussie tells of descent into Syrian mire An Australian woman has recounted her hellish ordeal in Syria and the psychological damage to her two young children from years in the war-torn country.
(AAP) Walking through Al-Hawl camp in northeastern Syria, the women pass in a sea of black. Most women wear a niqab — the Islamic dress that covers everything but the eyes — either because they’re affiliated with Islamic State, or afraid of […]
Law Enforcement
Paris police attacker had ‘radical vision of Islam’
(AFP) A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death seems to have adhered to “a radical vision of Islam,” anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said Saturday. The assailant, a 45-year-old computer expert, had been in contact with members of […]
Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo boss blasts leftist ‘collaborators’ in new book on 2015 terror attack
(Breitbart) The head of Charlie Hebdo has blasted leftists and others in a new book about the 2015 radical Islamic terror attack on the satirical French magazine’s office. Laurent Sourisseau, more commonly known in France as Riss, tells the story of the terror […]
Law Enforcement
Domestic ISIS arrests are on the rise again Terror arrests have doubled since 2018
(Free Beacon) Police have arrested more than twice the number of domestic ISIS terrorists and sympathizers in the first eight months of this year than they charged in all of 2018. The FBI and local police departments have arrested 24 people for […]
Law Enforcement
French prosecutor finds signs of radicalization in Paris knife attacker
(Reuters) France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Saturday an investigation had detected signs of “latent radicalization” in an attacker who knifed four co-workers to death at police headquarters in Paris this week. The assailant, an IT worker at the headquarters, went on a […]
Law Enforcement
Probe into police HQ knife rampage handed to French anti-terrorist prosecutor
(AFP) French detectives on Friday referred the investigation into a knife rampage by a staffer at Paris police headquarters that left four colleagues dead to anti-terrorist prosecutors, sources said. Three police officers and an administrative worker — three men and a woman […]
Law Enforcement
Technician kills four in Paris police HQ knife attack
(AFP) A longstanding IT staffer for the Paris police headquarters stabbed to death four colleagues at the building in the heart of the French capital on a knife-wielding rampage Thursday before he was shot dead, officials said. A fifth person was critically […]
Law Enforcement
Accused tried to kill 5, crown says as Edmonton truck attack trial starts 'The crown's position is that none of these collisions were accidents'
(CBC) The crown prosecutor in the trial of the Edmonton man charged in the Sept. 30, 2017, U-Haul truck attacks says she will be able to prove Abdulahi Sharif intentionally tried to kill five people that night. Sharif, 32, is accused of […]
News: Europe
Five jihadists in Irish prisons, says study (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Swiss court confirms detention of juvenile terror suspect
(Swiss Info) The Federal Court has confirmed a one-month custodial sentence handed down to a 17-year-old boy charged with violating Swiss terror and gun laws. At the end of June, the Geneva prosecutor for minors initiated a criminal probe against the 17-year-old […]
Law Enforcement
Swiss military to launch major counter-terrorism exercise in and around Geneva
(Local) If you are in or around Geneva this week, you will likely spot soldiers and armoured cars on the streets or near the Cointrin airport. Here’s why. While the presence of nearly 1,500 soldiers, dozens of police officers, as well as […]
News: Europe
One of first British men to join so-called Islamic State traced to prison in northern Syria by ITV News
(ITV) One of the first British men to join so-called Islamic State has been traced to a prison in northern Syria by ITV News, where he said he misses his mother, his old life in Cardiff, and wants to return home. Aseel […]
Government & Politics
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum told to forget ever returning home to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Revealed: Cabinet at war over Boris Johnson’s plans to send the SAS into Syria to bring 30 Isis children back to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘I want to redeem myself,’ says jihadi bride. ‘Take me home’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
No regret: Captured ISIS fighter wants to come home — but not if he will be judged by Canadian law Some security experts question Canada’s strategy in dealing with returning ISIS members
(CBC) Before he was captured by Syrian Kurdish forces in February, Canadian Mohammed Khalifa went from being a cog in the ranks of ISIS to its English-language voice. Khalifa, 35, who goes by his ISIS nom de guerre Abu Ridwan, says he […]
News: Europe
Brit ISIS fighter ‘Hungry Hamza’ reveals he feels no guilt for group’s bloody reign of terror and claims he improved people’s lives (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Cherie Blair denies smuggling Isis bride into UK but ‘she should be let back’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘I’ve lost my babies. I’ve lost my friends. I just want to come home’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Germany: Man convicted of membership in Islamic State group
(AP) A German court has convicted a German-Tunisian man of membership in the Islamic State group and another extremist organization. The Stuttgart state court sentenced the 30-year-old man to two years and five months in prison on Wednesday. The court said he […]
Citizenship
Five alleged jihadists get Dutch nationality back
(NL Times) Five persons recently officially regained their Dutch nationality, according to a decision published in the Staatscourant on Monday. These persons’ Dutch nationality was previously revoked because they joined terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, NOS reports. A spokesperson for the […]
Legal
Brooklyn man who gave cash to wannabe ISIS fighter found guilty in federal court
(NY Daily News) A Brooklyn man who handed a wannabe ISIS fighter a stack of cash to cover his travel and weapon expenses bought himself a prison term Tuesday instead. Dilkhayot Kasimov was convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday of trying to […]
Children & Teens
More French IS children repatriated from Syria
(Xinhua) France has brought home two French mothers and their nine children from families that had fought with Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Syria, local media reported on Tuesday. The children, aged between 3 and 13 years, reached French soil early on […]
Internet
Terror suspect remanded in custody
(Euro Weekly) National Police have arrested an alleged member of DAESH (ISIS) who was storing manuals on how to carry out terror attacks. The man was a member of several restricted pro-DAESH jihadist messaging groups, which have been the main source of […]