News: Europe
Thirty Britons believed to be among Isis fighters held in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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NATO
Government & Politics
Graham knocks Macron’s ‘cavalier’ comments about European ISIS fighters
(Hill) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) knocked French President Emmanuel Macron for “cavalier” comments about ISIS fighters who traveled from Europe to join the terrorist group. “Very disturbed by the cavalier remarks made by President Macron about how the number of European ISIS […]
Government & Politics
Trump, Macron hold tense meeting: ‘Would you like some nice ISIS fighters? I can give them to you’
(Hill) President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held a tense meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of a NATO summit, with Trump at one point telling the French leader he could send him some “ISIS fighters” if he wanted them. “Would you […]
Government & Politics
US, Europeans clash on jihadists’ fate in Islamic State talks
(AFP) The United States and its European allies clashed Thursday over what to do with thousands of jihadists jailed in Syria, with Washington calling a French proposal to try fighters in Iraq “irresponsible.” Senior officials from more than 30 countries pledged greater […]
News: Europe
French IS suspects want to go home, and ‘go on with my life’
(Reuters) Three French women who escaped from a camp for suspected jihadists in northern Syria say they want to go home and face whatever legal action France requires over their alleged links to the Islamic State (IS) militant group. The three, interviewed […]
Government & Politics
Erdogan ally made campaign contribution to Ilhan Omar, who faces scrutiny over pro-Ankara votes
(Daily Caller) The co-chairman of a Turkish-American advocacy group with close ties to Ankara contributed $1,500 last month to the campaign for Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is under fire this week over votes she cast supporting Turkish government positions, campaign finance records […]
Immigration
Surge in migration throws Greek islands back into crisis
(AP) There’s no room left at Europe’s largest refugee camp. New arrivals on the Greek island of Lesbos have to fend for themselves outside its barbed wire perimeter — in a maze of tents, each sprayed with a number in black paint. […]
Legal
Paris attacks suspect charged over Brussels suicide bombings
(AFP) Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, has been formally charged in connection with the Brussels suicide bombings months later, federal prosecutors said Monday. Abdeslam was charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist group,” […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Federal labour board upholds public servant’s firing over social media posts glorifying terrorism Investigators found numerous Twitter posts — now deleted — where A.B. cheered on terrorism attacks, including the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
(National Post) A federal labour board has upheld the 2015 firing of a Canada Revenue Agency employee who worked next to the Calgary airport and wrote frequent Twitter and Facebook posts that “appeared to glorify the Boston Marathon terror bombing, celebrate the […]
Legal
Trial for 2016 Brussels suicide bombings set for 2020
(AFP) Suspects charged in connection with the 2016 Brussels suicide bombings will be tried next year in the former NATO headquarters in the city, Justice Minister Koen Geens said Friday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed 32 […]
Government & Politics
Government rejected military plan to bring home suspected Isis supporter Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Belgium arrests man suspected of plotting attack on US embassy
(AFP) Belgian counter-terror police have arrested a man suspected of plotting an attack against the US embassy in Brussels, federal prosecutors said Monday. The police on Saturday arrested the man following “converging signs raising fears of an attack against the US embassy,” […]