Terrorism

[Matthew]

>Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/politics/migrants-us-southern-border-smuggler-isis-ties

[Matthew]

>Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of Russia's security council and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggested that the United States could soon be subjected to an attack in the vein of September 11, 2001, but with nuclear strikes, only a day before the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

>"I don't want to forebode, but [the U.S. will] see that at some point terrorists will launch another 11/09/2001-style attack, but with a nuclear or biological component," Medvedev wrote
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-allys-ominous-threat-nuclear-9-11-ahead-attacks-anniversary-1825866

[Matthew]

>Authorities in Iran have neutralized 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 “terrorists” linked to ISIS, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing the intelligence ministry.

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/09/24/Iran-says-it-defused-30-bombs-in-Tehran-detained-28-ISIS-linked-terrorists-

[Matthew]

>fiscal year 2023 broke the record for encounters on the FBI terror watch list with 151 people encountered at the southern border between ports of entry, higher than the previous six years combined.
>Thousands of 'special interest aliens' from Middle East countries stopped at southern border since 2021
>"Special interest aliens" are people from countries identified by the U.S. government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or potentially pose some sort of national security threat to the U.S.
>between October 2021 and October 2023... agents encountered 6,386 nationals from Afghanistan... as well as 3,153 from Egypt, 659 from Iran and 538 from Syria.
>13,624 from Uzbekistan, 30,830 from Turkey, 1,613 from Pakistan, 164 from Lebanon, 185 from Jordan, 139 from Yemen, 123 from Iraq and 15,594 from Mauritania.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thousands-special-interest-aliens-middle-east-countries-stopped-southern-border-2021-data

[Matthew]

>Macron says 'Islamist terrorism' rising in Europe, all states at risk
https://archive.is

[Matthew]

>Hamas terrorists were carrying instructions on how to make chemical weapons, Israeli president claims
>He said they were "official Al Qaeda material" that showed how to build a weapon with cyanide.
https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-terrorists-were-carrying-instructions-on-how-to-make-chemical-weapons-israeli-president-claims-12990547

[Matthew]

>FBI Director says U.S. is facing highest risk of attack in YEARS
>Wray warned the Senate Judiciary Committee that there are 'blinking red lights everywhere' when asked to assess the 'threat matrix' faced by the U.S.

>warns terrorists will 'exploit' the southern border

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12828803/FBI-director-Christopher-Wray-says-facing-highest-risk-attack-YEARS.html

>EU warns of ‘huge risk’ of terrorist attacks before Christmas

>There is a “huge risk” of terror attacks in the EU ahead of Christmas, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned on Tuesday, linking the threat to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warn-huge-risk-terrorist-attacks-ahead-christmas-ylva-johansson

[Matthew]

>The Dutch counterterrorism agency lifted the country’s threat alert to its second-highest level on Tuesday, saying the possibility of an attack in the country is now “substantial.”
https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-terrorism-threat-warning-7cb258177b45aa4e6e3f551526c390f0

[Matthew]

>Austrian, German, and Spanish police were on high alert at cathedrals in several cities due to concerns that Islamists were planning a terrorist attack on Christmas or New Year's Eve, with several suspects already arrested in Vienna and Germany, according to German reports.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-779351

[Matthew]

>France on 'very high' alert for possible terrorist threat on New Year's Eve
>France has been on high alert for days after a number of thwarted ISIS plots targeting Europe.
>Police already have made a number of arrests in France, Spain, Austria and Germany during the Christmas period, and five people were apprehended last week in northern France as part of an investigation into a terrorist plot.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/12/29/france-police-security-terrorist-threat-newyearseve/2111703883288

[Matthew]

>Three more people were detained on Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, German authorities said.
>All the detained suspects — including the Tajik who was arrested last week — allegedly belong to a larger network that included people across Germany and in other European countries, according to Cologne police chief Johannes Hermanns, German news agency dpa reported.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/world/german-police-detain-three-more-suspects-over-threat-to-cologne-cathedral-WBQ2IKDP2JLK5CDXD5UX6Z6QMA

[Matthew]

>In its modern history the U.S. has never suffered an invasion of the homeland and, yet, one is unfolding now. Military aged men from across the globe, many from countries or regions not friendly to the United States, are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands...

>It would be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presence inside our borders of what is comparatively a multi-division army of young single adult males from hostile nations and regions...

>Any violation of the nation's immigration laws increases risks, but the surge in numbers of single, military aged males descending upon American cities and towns is alarming and perilous. Additionally, they are not just from terror linked regions, but from China and Russia as well - hostile adversaries of the U.S. with aspirations to devastate national infrastructure.

>For these reasons, elements of this recent surge are likely no accident or coincidence. These men are potential operators in what appears to be an accelerated and strategic penetration, a soft invasion, designed to gain internal access to a country that cannot be invaded militarily in order to inflict catastrophic damage if and when enemies deem it necessary.
https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1750604869910602022

[Matthew]

>Russia says 40 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gunmen-combat-fatigues-open-fire-174053657.html

[Matthew]

>BREAKING: 28 injured in Moscow shooting at emergency institute
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1771306756171300994

[Matthew]

>France raises terror alert warning to highest level
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-raises-terror-alert-warning-highest-level-2024-03-24

[Matthew]

>The terrorist group known as Islamic State, or ISIS, has issued a call for attacks on major UEFA Champions League games ahead of the event's quarter-finals.
>The Islamist terror group issued a post saying 'Kill Them All' alongside a list of major football venues.
>While sports games and venues have previously been targeted by ISIS, its supporters and other extremist organisations, the group is not known for telegraphing its attacks in advance, preferring instead to storm large public venues and events by surprise.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/09/isis-calls-for-attacks-on-champions-league-quarter-finals

[Matthew]

>Alarmed by repeated warnings from top FBI and military officials, a former acting CIA director and a legendary foreign policy thinker write bluntly in Foreign Affairs: "The United States faces a serious threat of a terrorist attack in the months ahead."
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/17/us-terrorist-attack-morell-allison

[Matthew]

>DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network
>Over 150 have been arrested, but the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, officials said. ICE is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are found.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/dhs-identifies-400-migrants-brought-us-isis-linked-human-smuggling-rcna158777

[Matthew]

>Several US military bases across Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend, with the level of force protection raised to its second-highest state amid concerns that a terrorist attack could target US military personnel or facilities, according to two US officials.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/30/politics/us-military-bases-europe-alert/index.html

[Matthew]

>the Iranians are planning to carry out terrorist attacks against the Israeli delegation and all the participants of the Olympics, and increased preventive activity must be taken to thwart their plot. The free world must stop Iran now - before it's too late.
https://x.com/israel_katz/status/1816778359071711518

[Matthew]

>Deputy Head of the CIA: We see that ISIS is preparing to carry out attacks in Europe
https://t.me/asafroz/23381

[Matthew]

>Taylor Swift Terror Plot Suspects Aimed To Kill Tens of Thousands: CIA
https://archive.is/XazqY

[Matthew]

>Trump: “We have terrorists in our country by the thousands."
https://x.com/theblaze/status/1882252043735433650

[Matthew]

>Eight arrests in connection with two separate terrorism investigations
>Counter-terror police arrested five men in one investigation and a further three in another. Both operations concerned Iranian nationals
>MI5 director general Ken McCallum said in October that the intelligence agency had responded to 20 "potentially lethal" Iran-backed plots since 2022. He warned of the risk of an "increase or broadening of Iranian state aggression in the UK".
https://news.sky.com/story/five-men-arrested-in-connection-with-suspected-terrorist-plot-13361274

[Matthew]

>Iran sent a communiqué to Trump in the days before last night's strikes on its nuclear facilities threatening to activate sleeper-cell terror inside the United States if it were attacked, sources said.
>His administration, as well as law enforcement agencies in key cities, are on high alert for any potential retaliation inside the United States.
>The Department of Homeland Security warned in a statement today that the “Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-iran-israel-trump-rcna214325#rcrd83150

[Matthew]

>Belgian authorities arrested three men in Antwerp on Thursday over a suspected jihadist plot to attack Prime Minister Bart De Wever using drone-mounted explosives.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251009-belgium-says-it-foiled-suspected-drone-plot-to-attack-prime-minister-de-wever-terrorism