Law Enforcement
More patrols by armed police at key locations after terror threat raised (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Legal
Paris trial given theoretical and practical lessons on jihadist terrorism
(Radio France) The special criminal court, where 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, heard two expert witnesses on Tuesday. Hugo Micheron is a researcher who has worked on radical Islam in […]
Law Enforcement
Italy arrests ‘IS teen’ with links to Vienna attacker
(AFP) Police in Italy arrested a 19-year-old Italian-Kosovar woman on Wednesday accused of belonging to the Islamic State group, who was said to be “willing to become a martyr” and had ties to the Vienna attacker. The woman, identified only by the […]
Immigration
Judge finds Omar Ameen can be removed from US, rejects claims Sacramento resident was terrorist
(Sacramento Bee) A federal immigration judge in Van Nuys ruled Tuesday that Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen lied on his application forms seeking entry to the United States and can be removed from the country, but she said the government had not proven […]
Apostasy
Concerns raised about asylum seekers in Liverpool ‘pretending to convert’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Liverpool bomb: Judges had refused attacker permission to appeal to stay in UK
(BBC) The Liverpool bomb attacker was a failed asylum seeker who had been refused permission by judges to appeal to stay in the country. It had been reported — but unconfirmed — that Emad Al Swealmeen lost his asylum claim as long […]
Deradicalization
First Canadian convicted of leaving to join terror group sent back to prison over threats
(Global News) The first Canadian convicted of attempting to leave the country to join a terrorist group has been sent back to prison after allegedly threatening staff at the community home where he was living while taking part in a de-radicalization program. […]
Health & Medicine
Germany: Islamic extremist motive possible in train attack
(AP) German prosecutors say they are no longer ruling out an Islamic extremist motive in a knife attack on a train earlier this month that left four people wounded. Prosecutors in Munich said Tuesday that Islamic State group propaganda videos had been […]
Legal
Germany charges Syrian man in alleged extremist attack plan
(AP) A Syrian man who allegedly supported the Islamic State group’s ideology has been charged with making preparations for an attack in Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, who was identified only as Abdullah H. in keeping with German privacy rules, was […]
Law Enforcement
Liverpool Women’s Hospital explosion: Police name suspect killed in blast
(BBC) The man who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital has been named by police as Emad Al Swealmeen. The 32-year-old was a passenger in a taxi when his device blew up shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance […]
News: Europe
Iraq war vet turned jihadi who went to Syria twice and tried to source guns for terror network is freed from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Liverpool Women’s Hospital explosion: Terror threat level raised to ‘severe’
(BBC) The UK terror threat level has been raised to “severe” after an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Taxi driver David Perry survived the blast but his passenger was killed when a homemade bomb exploded shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance Sunday. […]
Law Enforcement
Liverpool hospital explosion: Counter-terror police arrest three men after taxi blast (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
ISIS bride Shamima Begum ‘fears for life’ after fanatics try to set tent on fire (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France’s far-right Zemmour under fire over Bataclan tirade
(AFP) French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour came under fire on Sunday for delivering a blistering attack on ex-president Francois Hollande’s migration policy during commemorations marking the November 2015 Paris attacks. Zemmour, an ultra-nationalist TV pundit who has made no secret of […]
Government & Politics
A week of contrasts at Paris attacks trial, as France marked 6th anniversary of the massacres
(Radio France) A short week of sharp contrasts at the Paris special criminal court where the trial is taking place of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist killings in the French capital. With the 11 November national holiday, and […]
News: Europe
Escape attempt with bedsheets thwarted at Paris prison
(AP) French prison guards thwarted an escape attempt from the Paris region’s second-largest jail on Sunday, with French media identifying the would-be escapee as a suspected Islamic State sympathizer who dug a hole in the wall of her cell and rappelled out […]
Government & Politics
Harris, French PM lay wreaths six years on from Paris terror attacks
(AFP) US Vice President Kamala Harris and French Prime Minister Jean Castex laid wreaths at a Paris cafe and France’s national football stadium Saturday, six years since deadly terror attacks that left 130 people dead. The attacks by three separate teams of […]
Children & Teens
Mother of Canadian girl freed from ISIS detention camp in Syria heading to Canada soon Woman may return to Canada as early as next week, lawyer says
(CBC) The Canadian government has issued an emergency passport to the mother of a young girl who was freed from an ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria earlier this year so she can return home to Canada and reunite with her daughter. “It’s […]
Clerics & Preachers
Paris Muslim leaders mark 6 years since Bataclan attacks
(AP) The Paris Mosque is marking the sixth anniversary Friday of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital that killed 90 people. Muslim leaders laid a wreath at the venue in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, one day before a […]
Clothing
Man admits terror offences after wearing T-shirts supporting banned Palestinian groups (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Organizer of 2010 Gaza flotilla launches congressional campaign Terrorist lawyer Huwaida Arraf says in campaign launch she's 'not afraid of a fight'
(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel activist who helped organize the 2010 flotilla of ships to the Gaza Strip and was the lawyer for a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Jewish college students is running for Congress as a Democrat in Michigan. Huwaida Arraf, […]
Law Enforcement
‘Allahu Akbar’ knifeman fatally shot in Oslo attempted similar attack in 2019
(Breitbart) A 33-year-old Russian national who was shot in Oslo on Tuesday after attempting to carry out a knife attack on random bystanders was also behind a similar attack that took place in 2019. The 33-year-old, who was shirtless and barefoot at […]
Clothing
Man charged with terror offence after wearing T-shirt ‘promoting banned group’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Belgium terrorism convict arrested in Bulgaria
(AFP) A man convicted of terrorism in Belgium has been detained as he entered Bulgaria through its southeastern border with Turkey, prosecutors announced Thursday. Border police and state security agents intercepted the man on Wednesday in a special operation, the prosecution said […]
Health & Medicine
Military-grade first aid kits to be put in crowded places to ‘increase survivability’ after terror attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria
(Dutch News) The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended […]
Government & Politics
‘No evidence’ that longer prison sentences will deter terrorists, watchdog warns (LINK ONLY)
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History
History lessons to help us understand the brutality of modern jihadism
(Radio France) There was yet another dramatic shift in the emotional temperature at the Paris attacks trial on Tuesday, as two anonymous and invisible police investigators gave lectures on the history of Islamic holy war and the Syrian context of the 2015 […]
Government & Politics
‘Democracy stronger than barbarism,’ Hollande tells attacks trial
(AFP) Former French president Francois Hollande on Wednesday told the trial held over the November 2015 Paris terror attacks he had no regrets about ordering airstrikes against the Islamic State group, which the assailants claimed as justification for the bloodshed. Hollande, who […]
News: Europe
Shamima Begum’s jihadi husband refuses to condemn beheadings or the use of sex slaves (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Man with knife threatens passers-by in Norway, is shot dead
(AP) A man reportedly armed with a knife threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday, before being shot dead by police, officials said. Norwegian media published footage of the alleged attacker, naked from the waist up and […]
Government & Politics
Ex-president Hollande to testify in Paris attacks trial
(AFP) Former French leader Francois Hollande will testify Wednesday in the trial over the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, facing questions over how a jihadist commando was able to evade detection while preparing the atrocities that would shake France to its core. […]
Legal
Melbourne terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika appeal fails A convicted Australian terrorist who professed admiration for Osama bin Laden has found out if he will have to stay behind bars for longer.
(NCA NewsWire) A terrorist who once professed admiration for Osama bin Laden failed to overturn a court decision keeping him behind bars for longer. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty and jailed for being […]
Law Enforcement
Three arrested after two police officers stabbed in Cannes
(Euronews) Three people have been arrested after a group of police officers were attacked in the southern French city of Cannes. The three who were arrested were close to the suspected assailant, police sources told AFP, including someone who worked for the […]
Legal
Sydney man convicted of terrorism offences fighting to be freed on bail A man convicted of compiling a terrorism textbook is fighting to be freed on bail after being rearrested by police.
(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney man who was jailed for 12 years for compiling a terrorist textbook is fighting to be freed from prison after being rearrested for allegedly attempting to communicate with a convicted ISIS financier. Belal Saadallah Khazaal, 51, on Monday […]
Law Enforcement
Justices look for narrow ruling in mosque sting operation A failed FBI spying operation set the stage for a balancing test of First Amendment rights and the state secrets privilege.
(Courthouse News) During two hours of oral argument, the justices of the Supreme Court grappled Monday morning with how to avoid creating a broad new precedent on state secrets as it rules in a decade-old class action over the FBI spying on […]
Deradicalization
Islamist terrorists taking psychology courses to convince prison bosses they are deradicalised (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Islamic State supporter seeking to recruit in Ireland as he defends Irish ISIS suicide bomber (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Policeman attacked in southern France
(AFP) A French policeman was attacked by a man with a knife claiming to act “in the name of the prophet” on Monday but was unharmed, the interior minister and police sources said. The sources had previously indicated that their colleague had […]
News: Europe
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite feared to be alive and fighting with jihadis in Yemen (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Germany: Police rule out terrorism in Bavaria train attack The man who stabbed four people on a German train on Saturday is believed to have been suffering from delusions that people were 'following him.' Police have not found any link to terrorist motivation for the attack.
(Deutsche Welle) The man who stabbed four people on a train in the southern state of Bavaria on Saturday did so “indiscriminately,” police said during a press conference Sunday presenting the first results of their investigation into the attack. Prosecutor Gerhard Neuhof said […]
News: Europe
IS leader who recruited UK terrorists has been ‘shot dead in battle’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Surprises and similarities as Paris attacks suspects reveal their backgrounds
(Radio France) The past week of the Paris attacks trial has been devoted to an examination of the family backgrounds and personalities of the men accused of involvement in the 2015 massacres which cost 131 people their lives. There have been surprises. […]
Law Enforcement
FBI v. Fazaga: Did an anti-terrorist sting operation go too far?
Since 9/11, the FBI has frequently used “sting” operations to capture would-be terrorists before they commit violence. Some of these efforts have been successful from the FBI’s point of view, meaning that the FBI was able to lure suspects into criminal activity […]
Legal
Lives and livelihoods: Backgrounds of Paris attacks suspects come to the fore
(Radio France) Friday was the 40th day of hearings in the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks which cost the lives of 131 people. The investigation into the personalities of the final four accused was completed, […]
Health & Medicine
Germany: Several injured in knife attack on train The attack took place on an Intercity Express (ICE) train between the southern German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg. Police have reported several injuries.
(Deutsche Welle) German Federal Police on Saturday said there was a knife attack on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria, resulting in several injuries. The train was traveling near Neumarkt between the cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg at the […]
News: Europe
Westminster Bridge terror attack: Survivor launches counter-radicalisation plan
(BBC) A survivor of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack is using voice recordings of terror victims as a way of trying to prevent people from being radicalised. Travis Frain, of Darwen in Lancashire, set up the Resilience in Unity Project while working […]
Legal
Convicted terrorist locked up for breaches (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Investigation into ISIS suspect stepped up after he names others involved
(Kathimerini) The investigation into the case of the 34-year-old Iraqi man arrested on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State last month … has been stepped up as he has named other individuals who were involved in ISIS and who […]