ROME—Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested an Albanian man suspected of supplying weapons to Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who killed 86 people in July 2016 by driving a truck through a seafront crowd in the French city of Nice. Police said Endri Elezi, 28, was seized in the late hours of Wednesday in Sparanise,…
Will There Be a Penalty for Withdrawal From Afghanistan?
Commentary President Biden’s announced intention to complete the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by September 11, exactly 20 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, will complete a goal former President Trump wanted to meet, but did not, following advice from military leaders, who convinced him that…
DC Police Chief: US Capitol Attack Not Related to Terrorism
The head of the Washington police force said that Friday’s deadly attack on Capitol Police officers outside Capitol Hill does not appear to be terrorism-related. Earlier Friday, a car crashed into the Capitol barrier on Constitution Ave. before a suspect emerged from the car and lunged at the officers with a knife, prompting the officers…
London Police Arrest Man on Suspicion of Terrorism Offences
LONDON—London police arrested a man on suspicion of explosive substance and terrorism offences, the Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday. A 53-year old man was detained on Monday on suspicion of possessing an explosive substance. On Tuesday “he was subsequently further arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism,” it…
Defense Department Focus on Extremists the Wrong Priority: Rep. Waltz
A Defense Department order on Feb. 5 to root out “extremists” in the ranks has drawn fire from the first former Green Beret to serve in Congress. Senior officers from prior administrations agree with his concerns. “When the Chinese Navy is five times bigger than ours, when China is stealing our tech right and left, and putting more…
Pentagon’s Focus on ‘Extremists’ in Ranks the Wrong Priority: Rep. Waltz
A Defense Department order on Feb. 5 to root out “extremists” in the ranks of the U.S. armed forces has drawn fire from the first Green Beret to serve in Congress, and senior officers from prior administrations agree with his concerns. “When the Chinese Navy is five times bigger than ours, when China is stealing our…
CSIS, RCMP Modelling New Security Collaboration Efforts on British Lessons
OTTAWA—Canada’s national police and spy agencies, long under pressure to co−operate more effectively on security cases, are developing new ways to work together based on Britain’s recent responses to deadly terrorist attacks. Following the 2017 terrorist assaults in Manchester and London, British intelligence service MI5 and counter−terrorist policing authorities conducted a review to look at…
UK Terror Watchdog to Review Terrorism in Prisons
The UK’s independent terrorism legislation watchdog is to start reviewing how to deal with terrorism in prisons. Jonathan Hall QC, appointed in May 2019 as an independent reviewer of the UK’s terrorism legislation, has so far submitted two annual reports to the government. He announced on Monday that the subject of terrorism in prisons in England…
Manchester Bomber-Linked Terrorist Returns to Prison After Just Weeks on Parole
A convicted terrorist with alleged links to the Manchester Arena bomber has been returned to prison for breaching his parole after being let out of jail on licence just six weeks ago. Libyan born Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, received a nine-year prison sentence in July 2016 after being found guilty of the preparation of terrorist acts…
Biden Revokes Trump’s Anti-Terrorism Travel Ban
In one of his first executive actions on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden rescinded President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nations with individuals posing a terrorist threat to the United States. In a proclamation titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States,” Biden revoked a series of executive orders and proclamations Trump signed…
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