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Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

brihard said:
Big news in terrorism prosecutions today: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices have reportedly reached a deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty for plotting 9/11.

www.bbc.com

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon - BBC News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty in Guantanamo Bay trial, say US prosecutors.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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House them in a range with Americans who are criminals but still love America.

I'm joking.....aren't I?
 
brihard said:
Big news in terrorism prosecutions today: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices have reportedly reached a deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty for plotting 9/11.

www.bbc.com

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon - BBC News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty in Guantanamo Bay trial, say US prosecutors.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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That is a big development - one which I think will reopen older, somewhat scabbed-over wounds big time.

NYT says this ....
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Commission documents page shows some documents submitted Tuesday (30 Jul 2024) ...

MC Cases

Welcome to the Office of Military Commissions. Military Commissions are run by the Department of Defense through the work of five organizations to achieve the overarching goal of a just resolution to all commissions cases. A military commission is a military court of law traditionally used...
www.mc.mil
... but they're all under security review before releasing.
 
Another twist: Secdef Lloyd Austin has revoked the plea deal and reserved for himself the authority to enter into such an agreement.

abcnews.go.com

Austin revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others.
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1819528665777975612

IMO this smells political. It would be bad right before the election for Biden’s government to be seen to be entering into a plea deal that spares Mohammed from execution, notwithstanding the absolute mockery the military commissions make of the rule of law. Odds of this succesfully being prosecuted to the extent of a death penalty being held up are slim… The military commissions are a flagrantly abusive legal process, notwithstanding that he’s likely guilty as sin. This always should have been a clean civil criminal prosecution with everything on the up and up.

Anyway- a surprise twist late on a Friday.
 
brihard said:
... Odds of this succesfully being prosecuted to the extent of a death penalty being held up are slim…
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Still, the families seem pleased at SecDef's move (not surprisingly.
apnews.com

Sept. 11 families group leader cheers restoration of death penalty option in 9-11 prosecutions

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others.
apnews.com apnews.com
 
The Bread Guy said:
Still, the families seem pleased at SecDef's move (not surprisingly.
apnews.com

Sept. 11 families group leader cheers restoration of death penalty option in 9-11 prosecutions

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others.
apnews.com apnews.com
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Yup, pretty sure the administration of wanting to give the Trump campaign this freebie, knowing that few people would give it any scrutiny and understand why things were going the way they were.
 
Vienna dodged a bullet by the looks of it -

www.ctvnews.ca

Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to...
www.ctvnews.ca www.ctvnews.ca

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows(opens in a new tab) in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al Qaeda, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to "kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue."
 
Czech_pivo said:
Vienna dodged a bullet by the looks of it -

www.ctvnews.ca

Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to...
www.ctvnews.ca www.ctvnews.ca

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows(opens in a new tab) in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al Qaeda, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to "kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue."
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Another one rounded up ....
www.cp24.com

3rd person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star's songs in the streets.
www.cp24.com www.cp24.com
 
A quick "highlights package" of recent ISIS stuff, from NJ's DHS ....
The arrest of ISIS-affiliated individuals in the U.S., and the group’s resurgence in operational activity and recruitment in west and central Asia, reinforces the threat ISIS poses to its regional neighbors and the U.S. and its western allies. In April 2024, FBI Director Christopher Wray stated how “the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland, akin to the [ISIS-Khorasan] (ISIS-K) attack we saw at the Russia concert hall” is of increasing concern.


  • In June 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested eight Tajik men with alleged ties to ISIS in Philadelphia, New York City, and Los Angeles. The men entered the U.S. through the southern border, and at least two of them crossed into the U.S. in spring 2023. In April 2024, ICE also arrested Jovokhir Attoev, an Uzbek national living in Baltimore, for his alleged ties to ISIS. Attoev, currently awaiting trial in New Jersey, entered the U.S. through Arizona in February 2022. In May 2023, Uzbekistan released an international notice regarding Attoev’s ISIS ties leading to his arrest.

  • In July 2024, a U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) statement noted that as of that month, ISIS claimed at least 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria alone, surpassing the 121 attacks for all of 2023. According to the statement, “the increase in attacks indicates ISIS is attempting to reconstitute following several years of decreased capability.” USCENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla said USCENTCOM is also focusing on “members of ISIS who are seeking to conduct external operations outside of Iraq and Syria” and those who are trying to help ISIS reconstitute their forces. According to The Center for Strategic and International Studies, the reason for the increase in attacks is believed to be multifaceted, ranging from the group gaining strength and operational freedom to the divergence of U.S.-backed assets toward Iranian groups.

  • In June 2024, a pro-ISIS-K Russian media group attempted to bolster ISIS-K membership by encouraging supporters from the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to join. ISIS-K remains one of ISIS’s most active affiliates, plotting and conducting successful attacks outside of Afghanistan. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed in 2023 that ISIS-K “almost certainly retains the intent to conduct operations in the West and will continue efforts to attack outside Afghanistan.” In May 2024, French authorities arrested a Chechen man suspected of planning an attack against the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics in the name of ISIS.
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Russia's not immune, even in the prison system ....
meduza.io

Four prison guards dead after Russian inmates claiming ISIS affiliation take staff hostage — Meduza

Inmates at the IK-19 prison in Russia’s Volgograd region took multiple employees of the facility hostage on Friday, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). “During a disciplinary commission meeting at IK-19, convicts took employees of the correctional institution hostage...
meduza.io meduza.io
www.aljazeera.com

At least one killed as inmates take staff hostage in Russian prison

Incident in Volgograd took place during meeting of jail’s disciplinary commission with ‘several prisoners’ involved.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
www.themoscowtimes.com

What We Know About the Prison Hostage Crisis in Russia's Volgograd - The Moscow Times

Inmates at a prison in southern Russia’s Volgograd region seized control of the facility and took hostages on Friday, with at least three prison guards killed and all four attackers "neutralized" by special forces, officials said.
www.themoscowtimes.com www.themoscowtimes.com
www.cbsnews.com

Snipers kill inmates who stabbed prison guards to death at Russia prison and held others hostage

Videos showed the alleged attackers claiming support for the suspects arrested in the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall that left 145 people dead.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
 
Again in Germany :(
www.cp24.com

Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 in Germany

The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this city's 650th anniversary.
www.cp24.com www.cp24.com
www.aljazeera.com

German police arrest 26-year-old man over Solingen stabbing attack

The suspect is a Syrian national who turned himself in and admitted to the crime, police said.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
www.dw.com

'IS' claims responsibility for Solingen knife attack – DW – 08/25/2024

The terror militia says the mass stabbing at a festival in the city of Solingen was "revenge for Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere." Police have detained a 15-year-old boy and arrested another person in a raid on a home for asylum-seekers.
www.dw.com www.dw.com

Also, some Afghan nationals arrested in Germany earlier this month for planning an attack on Sweden's parliament
Germany charges 'IS' supporters with Sweden attack plot – DW – 08/21/2024

From the German attorney general news release (original in German - Chrome translation below)
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And the backlash begins...


Germany tightens security, asylum policies after deadly festival stabbing​



BERLIN, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The German government on Thursday announced a proposed package of tighter security and asylum measures following a deadly stabbing spree linked to Islamic State that has fuelled far-right opposition and criticism of Berlin's migration policies.

Three people were killed and eight wounded in the attack last Friday which took place during a festival marking Solingen's 650-year anniversary.
The incident has heightened political wrangling over asylum and deportation rules as the suspect was an asylum seeker from Syria whom the government had failed to deport.

The backlash comes a few days before elections in two eastern states where the anti-immigration AfD party is topping polls, putting further pressure on the centre ruling coalition to take a harder stance on the issue.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday welcomed an offer from opposition leader Friedrich Merz to discuss solutions but the government rejected some of his proposals such as declaring a national emergency or banning Syrians and Afghans from entering Germany.

 
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