FBI Director: Number of ISIS Recruits Appears to Be Declining After Aggressive Crackdown
After an alarming increase, the number of Islamic State recruits appears to be declining, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.
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The New Nazi Hunt: War Crime Sleuths Turn to Islamist Terrorists
By Del Quentin Wilber Bloomberg Business Week WASHINGTON — Federal agent Frank Hunter grabbed a cup of coffee, sat down at his kitchen table and fired up his laptop computer to begin his daily hunt for modern-day war criminals. It didn’t take him long to come across a propaganda video posted by Islamic State. Hunter watched…
Wife, Suspected Son of ISIS Leader Arrested in Lebanon with Fake IDs Near Syria Border
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State have been arrested in Lebanon, the USA Today reports. Lebanon officials confirmed the wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were detained bu t didn’t provide more details as of Tuesday morning. The Lebanese daily As-Safir broke the news…
Two Young Minnesota Residents Charged in Alleged Attempt to Join, Help Islamic State
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two young Minnesota residents are accused of conspiring to join the radical group Islamic State and provide it with “material support,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. Abdullah Yusuf, 18, and Abdi Nur, 20, are facing federal conspiracy charges. Both were charged with “conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist…
FBI Tracking Nearly 150 Americans Who Recently Traveled to Syria, Possibly to Fight
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is monitoring nearly 150 Americans who traveled to Syria recently and may have joined armed groups, Reuters reports. FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that Americans may return to the U.S. with training and connections to launch a terrorist attack on the homeland. “We have tracked coming up…
House Homeland Security Chairman McCaul Says ISIS ‘Winning’ Propaganda War
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, expressed concern Sunday with attacks in Canada and New York City by alleged Muslim radicals. The self-radicalized Muslims are “one of the greatest threats” to the U.S., he said. The Islamic State is trying to radicalize Americans using the Internet,…
FBI Warns News Agencies That Islamic State Extremists Plan to Kidnap More Journalists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI warned Thursday that it has “credible information” that extremists from an Islamic State-affiliated group plan to kidnap journalists in the region, the Washington Post reports. The kidnappings are meant to be retaliation against the U.S. for attacks on Iraq and Syria. Journalists have been called “desirable targets.” The Islamic…
Teenagers’ Plans to Join Islamic State in Syria Prompts Concerns about Recruitment Efforts
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The discovery that three teenage girls were trying to join the Islamic State in Syria has raised plenty of questions. Among them: How did they get to Europe without anyone noticing and what prompted the girls, ages 16, 16 and 17, to make the trip? The Associated Press reports that a…
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