(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) The Syrian man accused of plotting to bomb a North Side church in 2019 talked about potentially planting a second explosive device, timing its detonation to coincide with when first responders would begin to arrive, federal prosecutors said Thursday. That […]
(Stuff) The repatriation of Suhayra Aden, a woman who joined Islamic State, has cost the government more than $60,000. The government organised a “managed return” of Aden and her two children from Turkey earlier this year, after she was detained at the […]
(BBC) British Transport Police officers’ response to the Manchester Arena attack has been described as “exemplary,” despite significant command failures. The officers were among the first to enter the foyer area, where the May 2017 suicide bombing killed 22 people. Policing experts […]
(Deutsche Welle) German police arrested four people Thursday, including a teenager, over a threat of an attack on a synagogue on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Hagen police said they made the arrests as a result of their investigation into the threat and […]
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
(Radio France) The director of the investigation into the Belgian links to the November 2015 Paris attacks told the court on Tuesday that it was “the toughest case” she had ever worked on. She also praised the exceptional collaboration between France and […]
(Age) Khaled Temssah listed his attributes like he was making a pitch in his daytime job of selling cars. He knew martial arts, could use a rifle and had been hunting many times, spoke Arabic and was blessed with a “good tongue” […]
(Reuters) Police stepped up their protection of a synagogue in western Germany on Wednesday evening after receiving information about a possible threat, but no injuries were reported. A police officer on the scene said nobody had been hurt during the operation in […]
(ITV) Shamima Begum has said she is “sorry” to the UK public for joining the Islamic State (IS) and says she would “rather die” than go back to the terrorist organisation. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain from a Syrian camp where […]
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(AFP) The sole survivor of the jihadist cell that killed 130 people in Paris six years ago Wednesday claimed France “knew the risks” of attacking jihadist targets in Syria at the trial into France’s worst postwar atrocity. “We attacked France, targeted its […]
(BBC) Police “failed” in their response to the Manchester Arena attack, terrorism experts have told the bombing inquiry. Three experts told the Manchester Arena inquiry there had been a “significant failure” in Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) emergency response to the attack, which […]
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris November 2015 terror trial began with the continuation of the reading of the court president’s report, the ten-hour overview of the facts as they appear after six years of criminal investigation. And then the […]
(Radio NZ) A 19-year-old accused of threatening to kill non-Muslims will keep his identity secret for now, after an appearance in North Shore District Court. The man was arrested in Auckland last week — just days after the LynnMall terror attack — […]
(Free Beacon) A Republican lawmaker is demanding the Department of Homeland Security address reports that some Afghan asylum seekers are on terror watchlists and have been accused of sexual assault, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. “According to […]
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(Cleveland.com) A northwest Ohio resident who admitted plotting a mass shooting at a Toledo-area synagogue to show his allegiance to ISIS was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, of Holland, Ohio, was arrested […]
(BBC) Medical equipment could have been distributed “more effectively” to help those injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, a public inquiry has heard. An ambulance expert said items including triage packs and stretchers were “dumped” outside Victoria Station during the emergency response. […]
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(Jerusalem Post) “The idea of the end of Western civilization is appealing to more and more youngsters” being drawn into terrorist causes, said EU Director for Security Laurent Muschel, and this trend has only increased following the victory of the Taliban in […]
(AFP) In a tented courtyard in the migrant camp on Greece’s Leros island, a dozen new arrivals await registration after two weeks in Covid-19 quarantine. “You can submit a claim for asylum, but only in Greece,” a young Greek official tells them […]
(Helsinki Times) Helsinki police are investigating after the flag of the extremist terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) was found flying from a highway overpass in Helsinki’s Myllypuro district. No crime is officially being suspected at the moment. The flag, which was flown […]
(Daily Wire) Earlier this week, the Daily Wire reported that a school board member whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and who hired as imam a top al-Qaeda operative, opposed a resolution honoring the victims […]
(Student Life) Washington University condemned the removal of 9/11 commemorative flags from Mudd Field in a statement Saturday night but declined to say whether Student Union Vice President of Finance Fadel Alkilani, who removed the flags, would face disciplinary measures. The condemnation […]
(AP) A declassified FBI document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attacks details contacts the men had with Saudi associates in the United States but does not provide proof that […]
(Radio France) After two and a half days of legal technicalities, the real business of the Paris November 2015 terror trial got under way on Friday with the reading of the court president’s report — a detailed and lengthy chronology of the […]
(Fox) A group of four Democratic congresswomen on Friday introduced a resolution condemning racism in the U.S. government and outlining relief for victims of racism 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Ilhan Omar [of] […]
(BBC) Critically injured casualties of the Manchester bombing would have been treated and moved more quickly if more specialist paramedics were sent to the scene, an expert has said. Only three paramedics were sent into the venue’s foyer area where the bomb […]
(New Arab) A US-based Muslim rights group is calling for the removal of a member of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum trustee board following “numerous Islamophobic statements” made during her participation in a webinar marking the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks. Board member […]
(Free Beacon) Rutgers University and San Francisco State University are set to host a discussion panel on the Sept. 11 attacks that will feature speakers with sympathies for terrorists. Several organizations that will cosponsor the event have also praised terrorists and voiced […]
(Age) Two fires north-east of Melbourne, that were allegedly deliberately lit, will be scrutinised at a hearing for two brothers accused of attempting a terror act, to determine whether they stand trial. Ari and Aran Sherani, aged 20 and 19, respectively, are […]
(Daily Wire) A school board member whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and hired as imam a top Al-Qaeda operative on Wednesday forcefully opposed a resolution honoring the victims of the attacks. Abrar Omeish is […]
(AP) In the 20 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, a mixture of homegrown extremists, geography and weaknesses in counterterrorism strategies have combined to turn Europe into a prime target for jihadists bent on hurting the […]
(BBC) A total of 31 late-stage terror plots have been foiled in the UK in the past four years, the head of MI5 has said. Director general Ken McCallum, who revealed in October there had been 27 attacks thwarted since 2017, said […]
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(Hill) President Biden on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of [the] Sept. 11 terror attacks with a prerecorded message in which he recognized the lives lost and the loved ones they left behind and called for national unity. “It’s so hard whether […]
(NZ Herald) A teenager has appeared in court charged with threatening to kill non-Muslims. The 19-year-old appeared by audiovisual link at North Shore District Court this afternoon, one week after a terrorist went on a stabbing frenzy in New Lynn. His name […]
(Philadelphia Inquirer) A husband and wife from Montgomery County each were ordered Thursday to spend more than a year in federal prison for sending money overseas to help two relatives travel to Syria and join ISIS. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, […]
(BBC) All available firefighters should have been sent to the scene of the Manchester bombing sooner, an expert has told the inquiry into the atrocity. Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service has previously apologised after crews took more than two hours to […]
(AFP) The main defendant in the trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris disrupted proceedings Thursday with a new outburst in court, claiming three of his co-accused knew nothing about the jihadist plot. Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the group […]
(AP) Nagla Bedir didn’t discuss Sept. 11 with her New Jersey high school students last year. Mid-pandemic, with remote learning, it wasn’t a conversation she wanted to have via computer screen. But this year, returning to the classroom just after the end […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) The parents of an alleged ISIS member are willing to cancel their internet connection and remove their son’s bedroom door to allow them to supervise him, the NSW Supreme Court has heard. Joseph Saadieh, 24, was arrested in June […]
(AP) Immigration officers feared him. So, too, did prosecutors, prison officials and police. They thought he could launch a terror attack at any moment. Even the prime minister wanted him deported. Yet, in the end, nobody in New Zealand was able to […]
(Fox) Nidal Hasan, the radical Islamic terrorist who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, wrote a letter from death row, congratulating the Taliban as the terrorist group took control of Afghanistan. In the letter — which Hasan’s attorney, retired Army […]
(France 24) Salah Abdeslam, the 31-year-old French-Moroccan believed to be the only surviving member of the group that carried out the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris, told a courtroom on Wednesday that he was a “soldier of the Islamic State group.” […]
(AFP) The new military judge presiding over the September 11 attacks trial in Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday he would not force it toward an end — but that he wanted to see “action” after nine years of hearings. Air Force Colonel Matthew […]
(BBC) A fire service was reluctant to take risks when responding to the Manchester Arena bombing, an independent expert has told the inquiry into the atrocity. Various failures meant it took firefighters more than two hours to get to the scene of […]
(National-UAE) A Belgian politician who investigated the suspected mastermind of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks said mistakes have been repeated that have left youngsters at risk from dangerous radicalisers in their communities. Belgian-Moroccan citizen Oussama Atar is believed to have been killed […]
(New Arab) Teaching children about the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US can be a sensitive topic — even more so when it comes to Muslim students, who can face intimidation and bullying related to the event. As we approach the […]
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