Legal
Lisa Smith trial: Court to rule on admissibility of political scientist’s evidence (LINK ONLY)
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Legal
People who travelled in support of Islamic State were Isis members, Lisa Smith trial told (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Lisa Smith’s Facebook messages with jihadists to be admitted as evidence (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Defense lawyers seek to restrict testimony from ISIS ‘slave’
(AP) Defense lawyers for a British national facing trial later this month for helping the Islamic State group torture and behead American hostages are seeking to block testimony from a Kurdish girl held as a slave by the group. The girl, identified […]
Law Enforcement
FBI believes it is ‘beyond suspicion’ that Lisa Smith joined Isis, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
News: Europe
Revealed: How fake passports allow IS members to enter Europe and US (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Canadian ISIS member caught in Syria flown to U.S. to face terrorism charges
(Global News) A Canadian who was allegedly “a leading figure” in the ISIS media section has been taken to the United States to face terrorism charges, the U.S. Justice Department said Saturday. The FBI took custody of Mohamed Khalifa from Kurdish forces […]
Legal
British Isis member who used Bitcoin to free jihadis from Syrian prisons jailed for 12 years (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
(AP) A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation’s capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages. Alexanda [Amon] Kotey, 37, pleaded guilty […]
Legal
Brit charged in terror beheadings scheduled to plead guilty
(AP) One of two British nationals charged with joining the Islamic State group and conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria is scheduled to plead guilty to criminal charges. Federal court records show a change of plea hearing […]
Government & Politics
Rep Ilhan Omar posts photo of 9/11 attacks after deadliest day in a decade for US military In the now-deleted tweet, the progressive 'Squad' member Omar shared a New York Post cover that called her out for her comments on 9/11.
(Post Millennial) Late Thursday night, following a day which saw the deaths of 13 US service members in a terrorist attack in Kabul, the deadliest day in a decade for US military in Afghanistan, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) posted a photo of […]
Christians
Texts of Islamist killers spoke of ‘church carnage’ before beheading of French priest
(Breitbart) Text messages of the two Islamist men who murdered Father Jaques Hamel and a “sponsor” in Syria reveal how the terrorists chose to target the elderly priest. Five years after the deadly attack which saw Father Jaques Hamel murdered in his […]
Law Enforcement
Unsealed documents show RCMP intends to charge captured ISIS fighter Mohammed Khalifa is believed to be English voice of violent ISIS propaganda videos
(CBC) Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences. Since his capture by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in January 2019, Mohammed Khalifa, a self-confessed ISIS fighter from Toronto, has been […]
Legal
Convicted ISIS fighter testifies against Dearborn man in terror case
(Detroit News) A one-armed Islamic State soldier testified Monday he served alongside a Dearborn man accused of fighting on behalf of the terrorist organization, an unprecedented admission in federal court during the war on terror. Minnesota resident Abdelhamid Al-Madioum testified during a […]
Law Enforcement
ISIS soldier to make unprecedented appearance to testify against Dearborn man
(Detroit News) A convicted Islamic State soldier is expected to make federal court history Monday by testifying against a Dearborn man captured on a Syrian battlefield three years ago. Prosecutors on Monday plan to call Minnesota resident Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 24, as a cooperating […]
Legal
Radical Muslims on trial for building bombs in Paris suburbs
(Breitbart) Two men, both radical Muslims who sympathize with the Islamic State terrorist group, are on trial this week in a Paris court after being arrested for building explosives in 2017. The two men, 39-year-old Ali M.R. and 41-year-old Frédéric L., are accused […]
Legal
Terror suspect told police he was a ‘one nation Tory,’ court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Former Pitt student accused of threatening FBI agents will remain in custody, judge rules
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) A former University of Pittsburgh student who has a “fascination with terrorism” will remain incarcerated pending trial on charges that he threatened an FBI agent. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Lanzillo ruled that Khaled Miah, 27, poses a potential threat to […]
Law Enforcement
Islamic State supporter Radwan Dakkak slapped with interim control order a day before his release from prison The Sydney man, who was taped pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, was sentenced for two counts of associating with a terrorist organisation earlier this year.
(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney Islamic State supporter who pledged allegiance to a terrorist leader has been slapped with an interim control order a day before he is due to walk from jail. Western Sydney man Radwan Dakkak was handed the order by […]
Legal
Sydney IS supporter to walk free from prison next month Sydney IS supporter Radwan Dakkak is set to walk free from prison on January 1 after being sentenced for minor terrorism offences.
(NCA NewsWire) A western Sydney IS supporter who was caught on tape reciting a pledge of allegiance to a terrorist leader will walk free from prison next month. Radwan Dakkak was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail after being convicted […]
Children & Teens
Aussie Islamic State supporter’s chilling claim about child bomb victims revealed in court An Islamic State supporter who said killing children in suicide bombings was justified could be released from prison in days.
(NCA NewsWire) A western Sydney Islamic State supporter who visited the grave of the teenager who shot Curtis Cheng and proclaimed the killing of children in suicide bombings was justified could be released from jail next week. Lawyers for Radwan Dakkak on […]
Legal
Charging the ‘Beatles’: Inside the case against IS militants
(AP) As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. […]
Children & Teens
Sydney man jailed after buying knives for ‘imminent’ terrorist attack
(Sydney Morning Herald) A young man who bought knives from a western Sydney gun shop in preparation for an imminent terrorist attack has been jailed for at least 12 years after a judge described him as a committed terrorist. The man continually […]
Government & Politics
UK terror threat upgraded to severe after France and Austria attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Judge: Hamden man charged with trying to support ISIS mentally unfit for trial
(New Haven Register) A Hamden man charged with attempting to provide material support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham was found mentally incapable of participating in his own defense Wednesday, delaying adjudication of his case. Kevin Iman McCormick, 27, was […]
Children & Teens
Boy, 15, cleared of preparing for Isis-inspired terror attack during lockdown (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
US charges British IS members in deaths of American hostages
(AP) Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against four Americans and others captured and held hostage in Syria. El […]
Children & Teens
Boy, 15, accused of preparing for Isis-inspired terror attack says he ‘didn’t mean’ martrydom vows (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Sydney terrorism: Man convicted of plotting Bankstown knife attack dragged into courtroom A Sydney man arrested as a schoolboy over a shocking terrorist plot has been carried into court headfirst, proclaiming 'I don’t want to be here.'
(NCA NewsWire) A teen terrorist who plotted to execute a bloody attack in western Sydney has been dragged headfirst into court after barricading himself in his prison cell with a mattress, telling a judge he refused to take part in his “false […]
Law Enforcement
Swedish police to quiz Black Widow relative as bid to capture ISIS fugitive intensifies Officers step up efforts to catch Fatiha Mejjati who ran ISIS torture camps
(National-UAE) Swedish police have been drafted in to question the daughter-in-law of a woman known as the Black Widow as European authorities ramp up efforts to track down and detain her and her ISIS accomplices. The 25-year-old woman, who has not been […]
Children & Teens
Boy, 14, started making bombs during lockdown after watching Isis propaganda, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
RCMP arrests ‘Abu Huzayfah’ for allegedly faking his past with ISIS
(Global News) A Canadian whose widely-publicized account of conducting executions for ISIS fueled public outrage and debate in the House of Commons has been charged with allegedly making it up. Shehroze Chaudhry, 25, who has portrayed himself as a former ISIS member […]
Legal
High Court asked to define an Islamic State member after Adelaide woman’s IS membership conviction overturned
(ABC-Australia) How do you join a terrorist organisation? That’s the question before the High Court today. Adelaide woman Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif, 25, was nabbed by police in 2016, as she tried to leave Australia on a one-way ticket to Turkey with only $180 […]
Legal
American IS follower pleads guilty to terror charges
(VOA) An American who traveled to Syria to fight for Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate has pleaded guilty to terror charges, a year after he was returned to the United States. The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that Omer Kuzu, 23, had pleaded […]
Legal
Brooklyn man pleads guilty to attempting to support ISIS
(NY Post) A Brooklyn man who uploaded instructional manuals online about how to conduct lone-wolf terror attacks in New York City pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Zachary Clark, 41, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court […]
Government & Politics
State Department declares ‘unwavering’ commitment to seeking ‘justice for the families’ of US citizens killed by ISIS
(Washington Examiner) The State Department said it has an “unwavering” commitment to bringing Islamic State fighters who killed U.S. citizens to justice. The agency sent this message as the families of the dead renew calls for captors, some of whom are being […]
News: North America
Two of the ISIS terrorists dubbed the Beatles admit involvement in captivity of Kayla Mueller, James Foley In exclusive interviews, the two men, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, for the first time admitted their involvement in the captivity of Mueller.
(NBC) Two of the British ISIS terrorists dubbed the “Beatles” further incriminated themselves in the mistreatment of Western hostages in Syria, including Americans Kayla Mueller and James Foley, in interviews obtained exclusively by NBC News. In the interviews, the two men, Alexanda […]
Internet
Islamic State terrorist propaganda is going viral on Facebook A small army of pro-terrorism accounts has polluted Facebook with dangerous propaganda
(Wired) On August 10, 2019, a woman on Facebook posted a status warning her contacts not to accept friend requests from her sister Charlotte, whose account had been hacked. She shared a screenshot of the account: an image of a blonde-haired boy […]
Internet
Italian police arrest ISIS supporter accused of inciting violence Nicola Ferrara shared images online of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and Osama bin Laden
(National-UAE) Italian police have arrested a 38-year-old man who was spreading ISIS propaganda online and allegedly inciting people to carry out violent attacks. Nicola Ferrara is originally from Bari in Puglia but now lives in Milan where he was detained. He is […]
Government & Politics
Joe Biden omits radical Islam in statement on Pulse nightclub shooting anniversary
(Breitbart) Former Vice President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the Pulse night club shooting in Orlando, Florida, leaving out the fact that the perpetrator was a radical Islamist loyal to the so-called “Islamic State.” Omar […]
Law Enforcement
Suspect’s alleged statements about ISIS led to terrorism charge over Toronto hammer attack: sources
(Global News) Every morning, Hang-Kam Annie Chiu left her basement suite in Scarborough and walked to the local Tim Hortons, where she ordered a large coffee with two creams. She would sit by the window with a group of seniors who met […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
French researcher links ‘neglected’ enclaves and prisons to rise of radical Islam
(Breitbart) Hugo Micheron, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), has claimed that the rise in jihadist activity in France and Belgium is directly linked to “neglected” enclaves and prisons in the two countries. Micheron interviewed 80 jihadists […]
Clerics & Preachers
Italy expels Moroccan imam, cites his support for IS
(AP) Italy on Saturday expelled a Moroccan imam back to his home country because of what it said was his support for the Islamic State group. Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese cited reasons of state security in sending the 41-year-old imam, identified only […]
Immigration
Foreign terror suspect thought to have been planning an IS-style attack granted legal aid to fight extradition (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
One Belgian behind 2015 and 2016 terror attacks in Europe: French investigators
(Brussels Times) One Belgian man was responsible for the planning of a series of terrorist attacks in Europe in 2015 and 2016, including the Paris attacks of November 2015 and the two attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro on 22 March […]
Law Enforcement
Germany: Nine terror attacks prevented since Berlin Christmas market killings Police say two terror-related incidents were prevented last month alone. Germany has been on heightened alert for fresh atrocities following the death of 'Islamic State' (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October.
(Deutsche Welle) Since the 2016 terrorist attack in Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz, German authorities have prevented a further nine attacks of a similar nature, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said Sunday. Indeed, last month alone, two acts of terror were thwarted, the BKA told Germany’s Welt […]
Law Enforcement
‘Jihad is the way to go’: Connecticut man charged with trying to fight for ISIS 'I’ve been ready for quite a long time now. I just need help to get out of here,' 26-year-old Kevin Imam McCormick allegedly told an FBI informant.
(Daily Beast) After tips from Islamic centers in two different states, authorities arrested a Connecticut man they allege attempted to travel overseas to join the Islamic State. Kevin Imam McCormick, 26, was charged on Oct. 21 with providing material support to a […]