Bulgaria detains French terrorism suspect

Bulgaria detains French terrorism suspect

Bulgaria has detained a French citizen suspected of links to terrorism on Paris’s request after he tried to cross into Turkey, the Bulgarian prosecutors’ office said on Thursday. The French authorities demanded the detention of 18-year-old Clement Michel after he breached a restriction to leave France, the prosecutors’ office spokeswoman Rumiana Arnaudova said. Le Figaro […]

FBI: Houston man arrested in plot to bomb building

FBI: Houston man arrested in plot to bomb building

A 50-year-old Houston man has been arrested on charges that he attempted to transport explosives for the purpose of injury or destruction of property, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI. Cary Lee Ogborn is charged with attempting to transport explosives with the intent that […]

Daesh ‘ISIS’ trades in human organs in Nineveh after losing funding sources

Daesh ‘ISIS’ trades in human organs in Nineveh after losing funding sources

Sharing details the source said, “Special medical unit of the organization proceeded to steal human organs for about 23 Daesh militants of those who slept in the hospitals of Nineveh,” noting that “what has been stolen from those members included the kidneys, intestines and more; they were transferred under tight control to affiliated hospital on the outskirts of the city. ”

They only blame America – Attacks blamed on America by oblivious politicians and White House policy

They only blame America – Attacks blamed on America by oblivious politicians and White House policy

For example, just this past weekend, when a bomb exploded, injuring dozens in New York, Mayor de Blasio was quick to assert that it was an intentional act but wasn’t terrorism. After a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage in a shopping mall, the St. Cloud, Minnesota police chief didn’t connect the attack to Islamic terrorism even though the terrorist, when approaching his victims, reportedly was asking them if they were Muslim.

Terrorism has been democratized, so too must counterterrorism

Terrorism has been democratized, so too must counterterrorism

Dealing with a terrorist threat that is more atomized and pervasive will require a new approach — one that relies much more on communities, families, peers, and those closest to would-be terrorists. Law enforcement agencies can arrest suspected terrorists, but they cannot extinguish the underlying ideologies and grievances that motivate scores of recruits to join extremist groups and that elicit the sympathies of many more. Preventing future attacks, then, will mean empowering communities to detect threats to public safety and intervene quickly to deflect someone from the path of radicalization.

Student arrested in NYC ‘terror plot’

Student arrested in NYC ‘terror plot’

The feds have arrested a Queens college student who once called al Qaeda “too moderate,” saying he plotted to attack targets in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terror group, The Post has learned. Munther Omar Saleh, 20, was busted on June 13 after he and an unidentified cohort ran towards an undercover […]

NYC and NJ bombing suspect in custody after shooting at police officers in New Jersey

NYC and NJ bombing suspect in custody after shooting at police officers in New Jersey

Update 12:15 EST: The suspect was taken to the hospital after reportedly being shot. Two police officers were injured in shooting as well and their conditions are unknown at this time. Video of bombing suspect being loaded into ambulance via @ABC7NY https://t.co/RYbSDKC7wi pic.twitter.com/jk441yU43y — Colin Jones (@colinjones) September 19, 2016   They caught the #terrorist […]

NYC pressure cooker explosion: A foreboding indication of things to come?

NYC pressure cooker explosion: A foreboding indication of things to come?

We don’t know very much about the explosions that occurred in New York, but we do know these acts were intentional. We also know they were intended to cause harm. That’s terrorism. It wasn’t revenge or a lover’s quarrel; it was designed to terrorize. Governor Cuomo made a statement saying that the NYC explosion was obviously […]

‘We Misled You’: How the Saudis are coming clean on funding terrorism

‘We Misled You’: How the Saudis are coming clean on funding terrorism

Across the Islamic-majority countries there has been an ongoing struggle between modernization and Islamism. Riyadh views modernization as the vehicle through which the Saudi state, at long last, can confront and defeat extremism, foster a dynamic private sector and master the looming economic challenges. The Saudi program includes:

New limits on the ability of the religious police to arrest dissidents.
Purges of extremists from the government and greater efforts to monitor their influence in security institutions.
The appointment of new religious leaders to counter Islamic extremism on theological grounds.
The transformation of the world Muslim League—a key Saudi arm for supporting Islamic movements abroad—by the appointment of a new leader and a decision to stop supporting Islamist madrassas abroad.

Terror attacks being foiled ‘every single day’ in France, prime minister says

Terror attacks being foiled ‘every single day’ in France, prime minister says

“Every day, the intelligence services, the police, gendarmes, are foiling attacks, unraveling Iraqi-Syrian networks. The threat today is maximum and we are a target, everyone understands that.”

Valls said 700 French jihadis were believed to be fighting with Islamic State in Syria, among them more than 200 women. French intelligence services were watching 15,000 people suspected of being radicalized.