Citizenship

UK rejects Trump team’s call to repatriate ‘ISIS bride’ Foreign Secretary David Lammy says ISIS supporter Shamima Begum will remain in Syrian camp — despite protests from Trump pick Seb Gorka.

(Politico) Shamima Begum, who left the U.K. to join ISIS while at school, will not be allowed to leave Syria and return to Britain, the government’s top diplomat confirmed Thursday — despite urging from Donald Trump’s incoming team. Foreign Secretary David Lammy […]

Government & Politics

Court puts plea deal on pause for 9/11 mastermind KSM: 23 years later, justice for terrorists is delayed again The pause prolongs a decades-long crusade for justice by the victims' families

(Fox) A federal appeals court has delayed Friday’s scheduled military court hearing where suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-conspirators were expected to plead guilty as part of a deal negotiated with prosecutors. The pause, though welcomed by the many […]

Holidays

New Orleans attacker’s bombs were designed to cause ‘absolute carnage’ By making a bomb with the powerful explosive RDX, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was mimicking the tactics of terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, experts say.

(NBC) The New Orleans truck attacker built two bombs using what investigators believe was an explosive so powerful that they could have sprayed shrapnel hundreds of yards and potentially killed or wounded hundreds of people. The bombs did not detonate on New […]

Holidays

Chemical used for explosives found in Texas storage locker linked to New Orleans attacker, authorities say Bottles of sulfuric acid were found in a unit northwest of Houston during a search by the FBI and the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

(NBC) A common chemical used for explosives was discovered in a Texas storage locker linked to the Army veteran who killed 14 people and injured more than two dozen others when he plowed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, law enforcement […]

Holidays

Newly released images show IEDs New Orleans suspect attempted to detonate The suspect is believed to have hidden the IEDs in coolers prior to the attack.

(ABC) Investigators continue to uncover more details about the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans and the suspect’s apparent plot to detonate explosives in addition to the deadly truck-ramming incident. ABC News has obtained never-before-seen images of the IEDs discovered after […]

Holidays

‘I joined ISIS’: The New Orleans attacker’s secret radicalization Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with American society and increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.

(NY Times) His electric truck was already headed toward New Orleans, traveling from his trailer home outside Houston and past the twinkling oil refineries to the east, when Shamsud-Din Jabbar began capturing a video on his phone in the dark. “I wanted […]

Holidays

New Orleans attack could embolden ISIS to radicalize other Americans, experts say Shamsud-Din Jabbar declared allegiance to the Islamic State before the Bourbon Street attack

(Fox) Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s New Year’s massacre in New Orleans, carried out with a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag, could embolden the terrorist organization to radicalize more Americans, experts told Fox News Digital. Jabbar’s younger half-brother, Abdur Rahim-Jabbar, told Fox News Digital […]

Clerics & Preachers

At New Orleans terrorist’s local mosque, imam says Hitler killed Jews ‘because of the economy thing, they were in control of the economy’ Jews 'have many problems, but that's one of the main problems — they like to take control of the economy,' Eiad Soudan said during 2023 event

(Free Beacon) Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Islamic terrorist who killed 14 people in the New Year’s Eve attack on New Orleans, lived near a Houston mosque led by a radical imam who once preached that Hitler massacred Jews because “they like to take […]

Holidays

Refer FBI to CAIR, New Orleans attacker’s local mosque tells members 'It is deeply troubling and wrong for this local Houston mosque to refer all questions to CAIR, a Jew-hating group which praised other Islamist terrorist attacks,' Morton Klein told JNS.

(JNS) Masjid Bilal, the local Houston mosque near the home of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, has been receiving a good deal of unwanted press attention since the 42-year-old drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, […]

Holidays

Driver in New Orleans terrorist attack acted alone and was ‘100% inspired by ISIS,’ FBI says Shamsud-Din Jabbar originally planned to hurt his family and friends but pivoted when he felt news headlines wouldn’t focus on the 'war between the believers and the disbelievers,' the FBI said.

(NBC) The driver behind the deadly New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans posted videos online proclaiming his support for the Islamic State terrorist group before he rammed his truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14, […]

Government & Politics

Arab Americans eye Trump’s pro-Israel government picks As Donald Trump prepares to take office amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Arab Americans are considering the legacy of his past policies and staunch support for Israel — and how that could affect US policy.

(Deutsche Welle) It has been several weeks now, but Wasel Yousaf has photos on his phone to help him relive the memory of meeting his idol. “He made a joke about how tightly I was shaking his hand,” Yousaf said, looking at […]

Holidays

Authorities warned of vehicle-ramming attack danger in US during holiday season Multiple people were killed in a New Year's ramming attack in New Orleans.

(ABC) Multiple people were killed and dozens injured after a man drove a pickup truck through a crowd celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans early Wednesday, authorities said. The horrific attack came after authorities expressed concerns about vehicle-ramming during large outdoor events […]

Holidays

New Orleans raises specter of persistent ISIS threat The Assad regime’s collapse in Syria could offer an opportunity for ISIS militants to gain more supporters and operating space, experts say.

(NBC) An ISIS flag allegedly found in the truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar used in the lethal car-ramming attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day highlights the persistent danger posed by the terrorist group, which continues to churn out online propaganda to try […]

Government & Politics

Pentagon appeals court upholds plea deals in Sept. 11 case The three-judge decision appeared, at least for now, to put plea proceedings for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two others back on track to take place in early January at Guantánamo Bay.

(NY Times) A Pentagon appeals panel on Monday upheld a military judge’s finding that the plea deals in the Sept. 11 case are valid, clearing the way at least for now for a guilty plea hearing next week with the accused mastermind […]

Government & Politics

Trump pick for critical foreign policy role thinks Islam incompatible with the West Michael Anton will serve as director of policy planning at the State Department, a role that effectively sets the agenda for the secretary of state

(Middle East Eye) A staunch anti-immigrant conservative who was a spokesperson for the White House during Donald Trump’s first year in office in 2017 is returning to government — this time, as director of policy planning at the US State Department, which […]

Government & Politics

Chikli: CAIR leader praised October 7 massacre, called Gaza ‘concentration camp’ Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli claimed that CAIR had ties to Hamas and was 'outrageously antisemtic.'

(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry Minister Amichai Chikli escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Thursday, exposing the organization’s alleged ties to Hamas and sharing a damning quote from its executive director, Nihad Awad, about […]

Academics & Education

GMU student charged in mass-casualty plot targeting Jews FBI says Abdullah Hassan, an 18-year-old freshman, showed an undercover informant how to strike Israel’s general consulate in New York.

(Washington Post) A Virginia college student has been charged with a weapon-of-mass-destruction offense, and federal prosecutors said he plotted an attack on Israel’s general consulate in New York using a bomb, assault rifle or suicide vest. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, a […]

Academics & Education

Failed judicial nominee Adeel Mangi lashes out at Democrats, predicts ‘tsunami of bigotry’ under Trump Mangi's nomination stalled after Free Beacon reports on his links to anti-Israel and anti-police groups

(Free Beacon) Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi, who came under fire over his links to anti-Israel and anti-police groups, lashed out at “dark money” forces and some Senate Democrats on Monday, his first remarks following the collapse of his nomination to serve […]