Immigration
Liverpool bomber got thousands of pounds from taxpayers to fight deportation (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Government & Politics
IRS probed for stimulus checks sent to terrorists, murderers
(Free Beacon) Amid reports that the government sent stimulus checks to terrorists and death row inmates, a Republican congressman is demanding a full accounting of how much taxpayer money has gone to America’s most dangerous criminals. Rep. Don Bacon (R., Neb.) this […]
News: Europe
Terrorist sent back to jail after failing lie detector test — one of the first carried out under new powers (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
It’s been 3 years since this Canadian woman was arrested in Syria. She may never leave
(CTV) The end of January was an anniversary of sorts for Kimberly Polman. Time counted in despair, sickness, fear, suicide attempts, searing desert heat in the summer, howling wind and swirling dust in the winter. Hepatitis, broken teeth and tent fires. It […]
Legal
Judge slams terror prosecution: ‘How does this government do that to its citizens?’
(Brisbane Times) A Supreme Court judge has granted bail to an Australian man accused of terrorism-related offences while criticising the federal case for its “prejudiced” handling of religious defendants. In July last year, Omar Saghir was arrested by Australian Federal Police when […]
Children & Teens
German woman charged with membership in Islamic State group
(AP) Federal prosecutors in Germany said Friday they have formally charged a German woman with membership in a foreign terrorist organization for traveling to Syria with her young son to join the Islamic State group. Prosecutors said Verena M., whose surname wasn’t […]
Crime
Prisoners accused of Belmarsh officer attack decline to give evidence
(BBC) Three prisoners accused of attacking a Belmarsh officer have chosen not to give evidence in their trial. Paul Edwards, 57, said he feared for his life when he was allegedly hit with a chair and repeatedly punched and kicked in his […]
Academics & Education
Sheffield lecturer boasts of partying with ‘beautiful’ terrorist (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Whole of Hamas listed as a terrorist organisation
(Sydney Morning Herald) The entirety of Palestinian group Hamas has been listed as a terrorist organisation by the federal government as Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says the Coalition has no higher priority than national security. Reaction to the decision has been […]
Alcohol & Drugs
FBI: Texas synagogue hostage-taker sought ‘machine gun’
(AP) The man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue sought to buy drugs and a “machine gun” before the standoff last month that ended with the hostages escaping and the gunman’s death, an FBI agent said in court Wednesday. The testimony […]
News: North America
Canada’s first convicted terrorist deemed too dangerous for parole
(Global News) The first Canadian convicted under anti-terrorism laws enacted after the 9/11 attacks has lost his bid for release after the Parole Board ruled he wasn’t ready to leave prison. The decision followed a hearing at which Mohammad Momin Khawaja struggled […]
Government & Politics
Germany to mark victims of terrorism annually on March 11
(AP) The German government said Wednesday that the country will formally commemorate the victims of terrorism every March 11, starting next month. The date marks the anniversary of 2004 bomb attacks in Madrid and is already commemorated each year by the European […]
Government & Politics
Swiss authorities lose trace of two jihadists in Syria
(Swiss Info) The Swiss foreign ministry says it has “no definite information” on the whereabouts of two terror suspects who had been detained in northern Syria. The two jihadists — originally from Geneva and Lausanne — have been missing since a rescue […]
Government & Politics
Canada’s secretive policy on ISIS detainees closes door to repatriation
(Global News) The federal government has quietly adopted a policy that all but closes the door to repatriating Canadians from detention facilities in Syria for captured ISIS members and their families. The secretive policy document on the detainees obtained by Global News […]
Legal
Garda says there was concern for Lisa Smith’s safety after return home (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
MI5 knew Manchester Arena bomber supported Isis before attack, documents reveal (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Bad things were happening but ‘it wasn’t my problem,’ Lisa Smith tells court (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police had intel on Manchester Arena bomber years before attack, inquiry told (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
The forgotten story of Shamima Begum’s ‘fierce and powerful’ fellow ISIS bride Amira Abase (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Three prisoners launched ‘animalistic’ attack on officer in high-security wing of HMP Belmarsh, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Five ISIS arrests in Spain on grooming and funding charges Two were detained on recruiting allegations and three on funding
(National-UAE) Five people have been arrested in Spain on charges of grooming potential ISIS recruits and funding the organisation in Libya. In two separate anti-terrorist operations, Spanish national police swept on suspects in Barcelona, Girona, Valencia and Melilla, one of two Spanish […]
Christians
Trial opens over jihadist murder of French priest
(AFP) The alleged accomplices in the 2016 murder of an 85-year-old French priest appeared in the dock in Paris on Monday after years of investigation into an attack that shocked a country already reeling from a spate of jihadist assaults. Father Jacques […]
Demonstrations
Afghans protest US move to unfreeze $3.5B for 9/11 victims
(AP) Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans. Protesters who gathered outside Kabul’s grand […]
Legal
Confusion and contradictions as Ali El Haddad Asufi takes the stand
(Radio France) Four weeks of testimony from and about the Paris attacks accused ended on Friday with evidence concerning Ali El Haddad Asufi, suspected of having provided weapons for the terrorists who killed 130 people in Paris on the night of 13 […]
Law Enforcement
FBI believes it is ‘beyond suspicion’ that Lisa Smith joined Isis, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Biden frees frozen Afghan billions for relief, 9/11 victims
(AP) President Joe Biden signed an order Friday to free $7 billion in Afghan assets now frozen in the U.S., splitting the money between humanitarian aid for poverty-stricken Afghanistan and a fund for Sept. 11 victims still seeking relief for the terror […]
Government & Politics
How Marie Newman’s ethics scandal put her in bed with a terrorist sympathizer As a college professor, Illinois Dem's foreign policy adviser praised convicted Palestinian terrorist
(Free Beacon) Democratic congresswoman Marie Newman’s (Ill.) decision to bribe a local Palestinian activist out of her 2020 primary race hasn’t just led to ethics issues — it also put a terrorist sympathizer in charge of her campaign’s foreign policy. Last June, […]
Government & Politics
UN experts urge Canada to repatriate seriously ill national from Syria
(Xinhua) A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Canada to urgently repatriate from Syria a woman who has life-threatening illnesses. The woman, named Kimberly Polman and a Canadian national, has been detained at various camps since March 2019 […]
Crime
Man charged with criminal damage after Manchester Arena memorial vandalised (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Birmingham woman who shared extremist material jailed
(BBC) A woman convicted of terrorism offences after sharing extreme videos has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Aaminah Amatullah, 39, sent images of dead bodies, including children, to an online contact, who was in fact an undercover police officer. Sentencing at Birmingham […]
Citizenship
UK handing ‘propaganda gift to Isis’ by refusing to repatriate detainees from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Meaningless media frenzy greets Abdeslam who takes the stand to say nothing new
(Radio France) On Wednesday, the Palais de Justice in central Paris was invaded by hordes of journalists anxious to report on the testimony of Salah Abdeslam, brother of one of the suicide bombers, and the sole survivor of the attack teams who […]
News Media
Saudi Arabia backed anti-Iran TV channel in Netherlands tied to terror convictions: report
(NL Times) Research by radio program Argos, the Danish public broadcaster DR and the Norwegian NRK has revealed that the anti-Iranian satellite channel Ahwazna TV in Rijswijk has been receiving money from the Saudi Arabian intelligence service. The Danish-led wing of the […]
Legal
10th Circuit reinstates group prayer lawsuit of 1993 WTC bomber
(Colorado Politics) The federal appeals court based in Denver has reinstated a Muslim inmate’s religious liberty lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, finding a lower court misunderstood the level of access prison officials were providing to group prayer. A three-judge panel […]
Legal
Germany: Suspected ‘IS’ wife charged with war crimes The German national is believed to have married several members of the 'Islamic State' terrorist organization. One of her alleged husbands had kept a Yazidi woman as a slave.
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have pressed war crimes charges against a suspected member of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS), the federal prosecutor general in Karlsruhe announced Wednesday. What do we know so far? The German national, Jalda A., is believed to have married several members of […]
Interfaith
‘Lady Al Qaeda’ social media campaign surged before Texas synagogue attack: report A social media campaign to free Aafia Siddiqui spiked before Malik Akram attacked the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas
(Fox) Researchers say they’ve uncovered a coordinated spike in Twitter activity sympathetic to the convicted terrorist “Lady Al Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui leading up to the hostage crisis at Texas’ Congregation Beth Israel, where an Islamic extremist demanded her release from a U.S. […]
Legal
Paris attacks suspect claims backed out of suicide bomb plan
(AFP) The only suspected assailant still alive after the terror attacks that rocked Paris in November 2015 claimed Wednesday he went back on a plan to blow himself up, as he took the stand for the first time in the trial over […]
Legal
‘I can’t give her back her daughter. But I owe that woman an answer to her questions’
(Radio France) Tuesday’s main witness at the Paris terror trial was the 28-year-old Tunisian, Sofien Ayari. He was arrested in Brussels at the same time as Salah Abdeslam, engaging in a gun battle with police officers. On the basis of DNA evidence, […]
Government & Politics
Terror attacks: UK threat level lowered to ‘substantial’
(BBC) The UK’s terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered “likely.” The level was raised to severe — where an attack is “highly likely” — after two terror attacks late […]
Government & Politics
German intelligence on alert for extremists travelling to Afghanistan Intelligence chief says Al Qaeda could establish new training camps in country
(National-UAE) German security services are bracing themselves for the possibility of extremists in Europe travelling to Afghanistan to fight or train with Al Qaeda. Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, said the Taliban’s return to power had made Afghanistan […]
Children & Teens
Kingston, Ont., teen handed three-year sentence for terror charges
(Canadian Press) A Kingston, Ont., teen who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges was handed a three-year sentence on Wednesday, as an Ontario judge agreed the youth was unlikely to reoffend and commended his progress “in the face of enormous obstacles” while detained […]
Legal
Lisa Smith watched ‘barbaric’ Isis drowning video before going to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Burnley M&S double stabbing trial jury discharged
(BBC) The jury in the trial of a man alleged to have tried to kill two women in a department store has been discharged. The manager of Marks & Spencer in Burnley, Lancashire, was wounded in the neck and a customer was […]
Law Enforcement
Potential new ‘Sharia4Belgium’: 13 arrests in terror case involving jihadist propaganda
(Brussels Times) Thirteen suspected members of a terrorist group were arrested in a major police operation in Antwerp on Tuesday morning. The suspects were alleged to have distributed jihadist propaganda, De Standaard reports. Nearly 100 investigators of the federal judicial police raided […]
News: Europe
Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at border (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Alleged Islamic State member Lisa Smith told gardaí that prosecution witness was a ‘liar’ — trial hears (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Supreme Court frontrunner was a zealous advocate for Gitmo terror suspects Ketanji Brown Jackson pushed conspiracy theories about Bush administration policies, records show
(Free Beacon) Supreme Court frontrunner Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was an active and dedicated advocate for terror suspects housed at Guantanamo Bay, contrary to press accounts and her own representations. Jackson has portrayed her work for the detainees as that of a […]
Law Enforcement
Islamist who escaped Italy jail caught in France Terror suspect arrested at Metz, 2nd man still on the run
(ANSA) A suspected “radicalised” Moroccan Islamist suspected of terrorism who escaped from Avellino jail south of Naples on January 11 was caught at Metz in northeast France Sunday, but a second jail breaker, a 21-year-old Romanian, is still on the run, sources […]
Legal
‘Fish brain’ terror plotter Hamza Abbas launches new legal fight A 'fish brain' terror plotter locked up for planning to behead people at an iconic Melbourne location has launched a fresh legal fight.
(NCA NewsWire) One of the men who helped plot a Christmas Day terror attack to behead and bomb people at an iconic Melbourne location is arguing the jury verdict was “unsafe and unsatisfactory.” Hamza Abbas was found guilty of committing an act […]
Academics & Education
Imam who supported an al-Qaeda terrorist is given the green light to open a nursery by Ofsted (LINK ONLY)
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