Employment
Fake Croydon University Hospital cardiologist jailed for sharing Isis propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic State (ISIS)
Legal
Guilty plea for Seattle man who tried to join Islamic State
(AP) A 21-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty Monday to a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested last June at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as he checked […]
Health & Medicine
Four terror arrests in Bari and Cuneo COVID-19 a soldier of Allah sent to strike west, say Albanians
(ANSA) Italian police on Monday arrested four Albanian men who have lived in Italy for many years on suspicion of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Italy. The arrests were made in the southern city of Bari in Puglia and the northern city […]
Law Enforcement
IS member arrested in Germany accused of raising funds in Europe According to the German prosecutor's office, the woman traveled to Syria in 2013 with her husband to join the organization.
(Deutsche Welle) A German citizen accused of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist organization was arrested this Friday upon arrival at the Frankfurt airport (southern Germany), as announced today (03.12.2022) by the State Attorney General’s Office. The woman, who was identified […]
Legal
Lisa Smith trial: Court to admit social scientist’s evidence (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Terrorist who shared beheading videos and car bomb guide to be freed from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith trial: Court to rule on admissibility of political scientist’s evidence (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Denmark charges ‘ISIS fighter’ with treason Prosecutors say the 31-year-old Dane travelled to Syria and fought against the international coalition
(National-UAE) Danish prosecutors have for the first time charged a citizen accused of being an ISIS fighter in Syria with treason. The man was recruited in 2013 and remained with the group for four years until it was defeated on the battlefield, […]
Legal
DNA, TATP and other mysterious codes add confusion to Paris terror trial
(Radio France) On Wednesday, the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks heard from a police investigator, from a DNA expert, and from a friend of several of the accused. The evidence was frequently intimidating, not to […]
Legal
People who travelled in support of Islamic State were Isis members, Lisa Smith trial told (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
France jails three over links to 2016 jihadist killing of priest
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday sentenced to jail terms of up to 13 years three men charged with connections to the brutal 2016 jihadist killing of an 85-year-old priest that shocked the country. Father Jacques Hamel had his throat slit at […]
Legal
Teenager in court accused of Islamic State-inspired terror attack plan
(BBC) A north London teenager has appeared in court accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired terror attack. Al-Arfat Hassan, 19, is charged with preparing terrorist acts and collecting information useful to a terrorist. Mr Hassan, of Enfield, is alleged to have downloaded […]
Internet
Lisa Smith’s Facebook messages with jihadists to be admitted as evidence (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
British-Moroccan woman who joined ISIS loses appeal to return to UK from Syria Mother-of-three, identified as U3, cannot be reunited with her children in the UK
(National-UAE) A British-Moroccan woman stripped of her citizenship after travelling to Syria with her husband to join ISIS has lost an appeal to return to the UK to join her three children. The woman, named only as U3, claimed she only went […]
Clerics & Preachers
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary moans as cops kept his gaming consoles seized in raids (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
German mother on terror charges after ‘joining women-only ISIS unit’ in Syria Solale M is also accused of child protection offences after taking two children with her
(National-UAE) A German-Iranian mother has been charged with terrorism offences for allegedly joining a women-only ISIS combat unit after taking her two children to Syria. The woman — identified only as Solale M — was one of three German women arrested in […]
Children & Teens
Swedish woman jailed for war crimes over son becoming child soldier
(Reuters) A Swedish court found a Swedish woman guilty of war crimes for failing to prevent her 12-year-old son from becoming a child soldier in Syria, where he was killed in the civil war. The woman has denied the charges. “The district […]
Internet
Lisa Smith trial: Lawyers waving Data Protection Act like ‘garlic at vampire,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘ISIS bride’ Tania Joya explains why she outed Rep. Van Taylor: ‘I kept my word’
(Breitbart) “ISIS bride” Tania Joya exclusively told Breitbart News on Thursday that she divulged her damning affair with Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX) — which torpedoed his political career — because she felt slighted by the congressman after he didn’t “[keep] his promises.” […]
Internet
Lawyer for Lisa Smith accuses Facebook of ‘wholesale breach’ of privacy rights (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 […]
Government & Politics
US Rep. Van Taylor drops Texas reelection bid, admits affair
(AP) U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of Texas said Wednesday that he was ending his reelection campaign and admitted having an affair following reports that he had been in a relationship with the widow of an American-born recruiter for the Islamic State group. […]
Internet
Lawyers object to evidence of Lisa Smith’s alleged contact with convicted terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith talking ‘anti-western stuff’ and promoting Islam, says former colleague (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘ISIS bride’ says Texas congressman Van Taylor paid her to keep quiet about affair
(Breitbart) Texas Rep. Van Taylor (R) allegedly paid $5,000 in hush money to an “ISIS bride” he was engaged in an affair with during his time in Congress, Breitbart News has learned. According to documents “ISIS bride” Tania Joya shared with Breitbart […]
Government & Politics
Van Taylor accused of extramarital affair with ISIS bride, abuse of power, ‘rim job’ text
(National File) Tania Georgelas — an ISIS bride who was liberated from Syria in 2013 — has accused U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of having an extramarital affair with her. Georgelas claims that Taylor abused his position in order to gain consent and […]
Legal
Epic Paris terror trial reaches half-way stage with more questions than answers
(Radio France) Despite the ravages provoked by Covid-19, which have already led to three weeks of suspensions, the Paris terror trial has reached the end of its second major stage: the examination of the activities and religious attitudes of the accused up […]
Legal
Judges watch videos of Lisa Smith’s Garda interviews as trial resumes (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
Montreal man who tried to join ISIL to be released from penitentiary soon In 2017, Ismaël Habib was convicted of attempting to travel abroad to commit a terrorist act and giving false information to obtain a passport.
(Montreal Gazette) A Montreal man who was found guilty of attempting to leave Canada to join the terrorist group ISIL in Syria will be released to a halfway house or a psychiatric institution soon, even though the Parole Board of Canada still […]
Government & Politics
Canada responds to claims it’s not helping citizens in Syria
(AP) Canadian officials are working with Syrian Kurdish authorities and international organizations to gather information and help Canadian citizens being detained in Syria, a Canadian government spokesman said Thursday. Sabrina Williams, spokesperson for Canada’s Ministry of Global Affairs, cautioned that her government’s […]
Children & Teens
France violated rights of children held in Syria camps: UN experts
(AFP) France has violated the rights of French children by leaving them for years in inhuman and life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps for family members of suspected jihadists, a UN watchdog said Thursday. The UN child rights committee ruled that “France has […]
Legal
Terror accused had knife in jihadi videos
(AAP) A Melbourne man made a jihadi video in which he brandished a knife, talked of spilling blood, and pledged allegiance to Islamic State, a court has heard. Two brothers, Aran Sherani, 21, and Ari Sherani, aged 20, have been charged with […]
Crime
Prison attack by Manchester and Parsons Green terrorists ‘must be wake-up call,’ government told (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Rights group: Canada blocking return of citizens from Syria
(AP) Canadian authorities are preventing a Canadian woman and a child detained in a camp in Syria from returning home to get life-saving medical treatment, contradicting policies that allow such repatriations, a prominent rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch identified the […]
Crime
Manchester and Parsons Green terrorists convicted of attacking prison officer inside HMP Belmarsh (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Germany home to 1,950 potentially violent Islamist extremists Interior Ministry releases data on those known or willing to be violent
(National-UAE) The German government has revealed there are about 1,950 potentially violent Islamist extremists in the country. These people were assessed by the Interior Ministry as both extreme in their beliefs and either known to be violent or showing a willingness to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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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Children & Teens
Sweden debunks ‘disinformation’ on Muslim child kidnappings
(AP) The government of Sweden sought Friday to discredit claims that Swedish social service agencies kidnap Muslim children, saying the allegations “are wrong” and are “seriously misleading and aim to create tensions and spread mistrust.” In a Twitter thread devoted to what […]