Category: terrorism

So Where Were All the Terrorist Attacks in Canada in 2022?

Commentary Headline writers have a challenging job before them (note that they are rarely, if ever, the same people who actually write columns or news stories in the media). They have to read an article, understand it, figure out something to write in less than 10 words that captures the essence of the piece, and…


New York Subway Shooting Suspect to Plead Guilty to Terrorism Charges

NEW YORK—Frank James, the man accused of a shooting attack on the New York City subway in April 2022, told a court through his public defenders on Wednesday that he intended to plead guilty to federal terrorism charges. James has been charged in an attack on April 12 that injured 23 riders on a Manhattan-bound…


PREMIERING 7 PM ET: Iranian Protestors Want ‘Revolution,’ Not ‘Reform’: Mary Mohammadi

“They see the regime as a terrorist … which doesn’t have any moral principles and wants to make an Islamic world, not just an Islamic Iran.” “They are looking for freedom; they are looking for dignity.” The Iranian regime is facing the most serious uprising in decades. Widespread protests erupted after a young woman died…


Iranian Protestors Want ‘Revolution,’ Not ‘Reform’: Mary Mohammadi

“They see the regime as a terrorist … which doesn’t have any moral principles and wants to make an Islamic world, not just an Islamic Iran.” “They are looking for freedom; they are looking for dignity.” The Iranian regime is facing the most serious uprising in decades. Widespread protests erupted after a young woman died…


DHS Warns of ‘Heightened Threat Environment’ in Terrorism Bulletin

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday issued a warning about a so-called “heightened threat environment” ahead of the holiday season in the United States. “Our homeland continues to face a heightened threat environment—as we have seen, tragically, in recent acts of targeted violence—and is driven by violent extremists seeking to further a political…


Iran’s Threat to US National Security

Commentary While Russia is dominating headlines with the Ukraine invasion and China’s economic, political, and military expansion is being monitored closely, Iran-sponsored terrorism remains the third largest challenge, according to the U.S. intelligence community. ‘”ISIS, al-Qa‘ida, and Iran and its militant allies will take advantage of weak governance to continue to plot terrorist attacks against…


Government Criticised for Resettling ISIS Families in Sydney Without Community Consultation

The centre-left Labor government’s decision to resettle ISIS families in Australia without consulting with the community has faced fierce pushback from the opposition and an independent MP. It comes after the government repatriated four women and their 13 Australian children from an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Syria to Australia. Home Affairs Minister Clare…


South African ‘Businessmen’ Financing Global Terror, Says US Intelligence

JOHANNESBURG—The South African government is rushing through legislation in a desperate attempt to avoid being “gray-listed” by the Financial Action Task Force, a global intergovernmental watchdog of money laundering and terrorist financing.  In a report in October 2021, the FATF said the country had “failed to demonstrate that it is effectively identifying, investigating or prosecuting…


Istanbul Bombing Aftermath Highlights US-Turkey Tensions

In a sign of strained ties between Turkey and the United States, Turkish officials declined to accept Washington’s condolences after a deadly bombing in the heart of Istanbul that left six people dead on Nov. 13. According to the Turkish authorities, who swiftly detained the alleged bomber, the attack was planned and carried out by…


6 Dead in Istanbul Blast, Erdogan Says It ‘Smells Like Terrorism’

ISTANBUL—Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a bomb attack that “smells like terrorism.” Hundreds of people fled the historic Istiklal Avenue after the blast, as ambulances and police raced in. The area, in…