United States
Sierra Club: Latest Threat To The Electricity Grid: White Supremacists
“…For several years now, law enforcement and researchers have been monitoring racially and ethnically motivated violent white supremacist groups and their growing fascination with our country's power grid. Many in these groups are "accelerationists," convinced that the best way to achieve their goal of a white supremacist future is to cause society to collapse by plunging it into darkness. "The belief is, when the lights go out, people will become violent when they realize the government can't help them," said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, an international policy organization. "It's also a great recruitment tactic." Attacking the electrical grid, he noted, is a topic of growing interest in the neo-Nazi tracts he's reviewed in recent months.”
New York Post: City Council Candidate Touts Endorsement From Alleged Terrorist Plotter In 1993 WTC Bombing
“Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ defendants now running for a City Council seat in Harlem — is touting an endorsement from an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, 73, was identified with 170 others by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as one of the ‘unindicted persons who may be alleged as co-conspirators’ in the terrorist attack which killed six people. Wahhaj later served as a character witness for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman — the infamous ‘blind sheikh’ who was convicted in 1995 of plotting terrorist attacks in the United States. While serving as vice president of the Islamic Society of North America, Wahhaj was ‘accused of urging his followers to overturn the U.S. system of government and set up an Islamic dictatorship,’ according to the Department of Justice. In past remarks, Wahhaj has defended the convicted World Trade Center bomb plotters and disparaged the FBI and CIA as the ‘real terrorists.’”
Iraq
The National: Iraqi Official Leading Post-ISIS Reconstruction Dismissed Over Corruption Claims
“A senior Iraqi official in charge of postwar reconstruction has been relieved of his duties on suspicion of corruption. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani dismissed Mohammed Al Ani, the head of the state-run fund in charge of rebuilding areas damaged by the war with ISIS on Sunday, a government spokesman said. Mr Al Ani’s termination following suspected corruption is the first for a senior government official since Mr Al Sudani took office in late October. In 2015, Iraq established the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by Terroristic Operations to carry out and supervise efforts to rebuild areas damaged by the militant attacks.”
Kurdistan24: Five Suspected ISIS Militants Killed In Kirkuk, Announces Military
“The Iraqi forces in Kirkuk on Sunday announced that they had killed five suspected militants of the so-called Islamic State in an operation, according to a press release. Wearing ‘explosive belts’, three members of the group were killed in the Turkalan area in southwestern Kirkuk by the Iraqi Army’s Eighth Division soldiers, a statement from the Security Media Cell read. Overall, the forces had killed five ‘terrorists’ in the area, according to the press release. As a result of the operation, an Iraqi soldier was killed and another one was wounded, per the release. Three weapons belonging to the suspected members were confiscated, it added. The operation comes as the Iraqi fighter jets on Saturday targeted a remote area in the province, where they killed a number of suspected ISIS militants.”
Turkey
Daily Sabah: French Terrorist Among PKK Members Who Surrendered To Türkiye
“Confessions of a PKK terrorist who chose to surrender disclosed the terrorist group's free rein in Europe and how it recruits members thousands of kilometers away from its strongholds in Iraq's north. The terrorist was among four who decided to quit the group and fled its hideouts in northern Iraq. They surrendered to Turkish security forces on the Turkish-Iraqi border last week. The Ministry of National Defense on Sunday announced that the man, code-named ‘Munzur B,’ has admitted that he joined the group last year while residing in France and was sent to terrorist camps in northern Iraq. He also stayed in a camp in Greece for a while before going to Iraq, the ministry said.”
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Alleged Islamic State-Khorasan Leader From Tajikistan Detained In Turkey
“Police in Istanbul say they detained Tajik citizen Shamil Hukumatov on June 22 on suspicion of being a leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) extremist organization. Hukumatov, also known as Abu Miskin, has allegedly been involved in recruiting fighters for IS-K. Islamic State-Khorasan, created in 2014, wants to create an Islamic state of the Great Khorasan on the territory of Afghanistan, eastern parts of Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. Tajik authorities have yet to comment on the reports about Hukumatov’s detention in Turkey.”
Pakistan
Dunya News: CTD Arrests Nine Terrorists In Several Cities Of Punjab
“The Counter Terrorist Department (CTD) has arrested nine terrorists during Intelligence-Based Operations (IBO) in several cities of Punjab. According to the CTD spokesman, the arrests were made from Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, DG Khan and Multan. The arrested terrorists are linked with the banned militant outfits Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda. Explosives, detonators, fuses and Rs152,800 have been recovered from the terrorists. CTD officials said the arrested terrorists had been identified as Naveed Khan, Khurram, Ghulam Hussain, Ghulam Abbas, Owais, Muhammad Saif, Hussain, Ismail and Akhwan. Seven cases have been registered against the terrorists while further investigation is being carried out.”
Pakistan Today: Islamic State Group Claims Killing Sikh Man In Peshawar
“Gunmen shot and killed a member of the Sikh community in an overnight attack in the city of Peshawar, police said Sunday. Gauher Khan, a local officer, said the attack on Manmohan Singh, 35, appeared to be a targeted killing. A police investigation continues, Khan said, into the motive. Khan said the assailants opened fire at Singh while he was returning home from a suburban area. The assailants fled the scene. The Islamic State group in a statement claimed responsibility for the killing, saying Singh had been a follower of what it called a ‘polytheistic’ Sikh sect in Peshawar. It also claimed wounding a Sikh in the city the previous day. It’s the third killing of a Sikh community member this year in Pakistan.”
Middle East
The Times Of Israel: Jewish Extremists Try To Interrupt Messianic Jewish Event In Jerusalem
“Jewish extremists attempted to disrupt a convention of Messianic Jews in Jerusalem on Thursday. Activists from the Lehava organization, which opposes interfaith and interethnic relationships and marriages, and Or l’Achim, an organization that tries to counter Christian proselytization in Israel, tried to block participants from attending the event and attempted to break into the main hall at the Clal Center. Police were called to the event to disperse the protesters and ensure the safety of the event. One person was arrested for allegedly attacking police at the event.”
Jewish News Syndicate: Terrorists Target Israeli Soldiers In Drive-By Near Nablus
“Terrorists fired from a passing vehicle at Israeli soldiers near Nablus (Shechem) on Sunday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The Israeli forces, who were stationed at a military post, returned fire, and a search was launched for the shooters, according to the military. The military post suffered damage, but no Israeli injuries were reported. The shooting comes amid heightened tensions in Samaria following a series of deadly Palestinian terrorist attacks, including last week’s shooting at a restaurant near the town of Eli that killed four people and wounded four others.”
Nigeria
Punch: Boko Haram Kills Eight Youths In Borno
“Suspected Boko Haram insurgents, on Thursday, killed youths across four communities in Mafa and Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State. Four of the youths who were reportedly out in the bush fetching firewood were in Tamsu-Ngamdu, two in Baram-Karuwa and one in Shuwari, all in Mafa LGA while one was killed in Muna, Jere LGA. ‘One of the youths, just about 16, who said he was spared by the killers to come and report the story, said those killed all had their hands tied at the back and shot,’ Sherif Goni, a resident of Tamsu-Ngamdu, told newsmen on Friday. The state Governor, Babagana Zulum, who went around condoling the bereaved communities on Friday assured that the government would not be deterred in efforts to end insecurity in the state.”
Africa
AFP News: Jihadists Kill Five Civilians In East Kenya: Witness, Police Source
“Al-Shabaab jihadists have killed five civilians, some by beheading, in eastern Kenya, a witness and a police source told AFP on Sunday. The attack occurred on Saturday around 7:30 pm (1630 GMT) in the villages of Juhudi and Salama in Lamu county, close to the Somali border, the source said. ‘Five people were killed. The victims had their throats slit and there are others who were beheaded.’ One resident, Hassan Abdul, said that ‘women were locked in the houses and the men ordered out, where they were tied with ropes and butchered’. A secondary school student was among the five people killed, Abdul said, adding that ‘all those killed had their throats cut and some of them had been beheaded’. Another resident, Ismail Hussein, said the militants stole food supplies before leaving, firing their weapons into the air.”
United Kingdom
BBC: Far-Right Fitness Guru Jailed Over Terror Manifestos
“Kristofer Kearney, 39, from Liverpool, is believed to be the first member of a group known as Patriotic Alternative to be convicted of terrorist offences. Known online as Charlie Big Potatoes, he shared posts encouraging violence against Jews and Muslims. He was sentenced to four years and eight months with a two-year extended licence period at the Old Bailey. The offences relate to two Telegram posts on 23 January and 8 March 2021 which disseminated dozens of documents encouraging extreme right-wing terror attacks. This included the manifestos of Christchurch mosque killer Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway. Two other far-right extremist manifestos related to Texas Walmart mass killer Patrick Crusius and John Earnest, who shot people at a California synagogue in 2019.”
India
Voice Of America News: Militancy Resurfacing In Jammu Division On Indian Side Of J&K
“Militance by separatist insurgents in Jammu, part of India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory, is resurfacing after a gap of 14 years, a former top military officer told VOA June 20. There have been at least six deadly attacks, resulting in the loss of 33 lives, including 10 civilians, since 2021. The first wave of militancy emerged in 1990. Deependra Singh Hooda, former general officer commanding-in-chief of the Indian army’s Northern Command said two factors contribute to the resurgence – difficulties the militants face in the Kashmir Valley because of tough Indian government response and a shifting of troops from Jammu to deal with border issues with China.”
The Times Of India: 1,500 Manipur Women Force Army To Set Free 12 Militants
“An almost 1,500-strong mob led by women interrupted a counter-insurgency operation in Manipur's Imphal district late Saturday and forced the Army to release 12 cadres of the banned Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup (KYKL), including a wanted militant identified as the mastermind of the 2015 Chandel ambush in which 18 soldiers of the 6 Dogra Regiment were killed and 15 others wounded. The forced release of Moirangthem Tamba, alias Uttam, and 11 other armed militants capped an unprecedented sequence of events, starting with the mob barging into an area that had been cordoned off to avert collateral damage and then haranguing senior Army officers till the captured men were freed. Kohima-based defence PRO Lt Col Amit Shukla said security forces had launched the operation on Friday morning, based on specific information about the presence of armed militants in Itham village, about 6km east of Andro. Besides capturing 12 KYKL cadres, the Army seized arms, ammunition and other battle equipment. The mob, comprising 1,200 to 1,500 locals, immediately laid siege to the area and prevented security forces from continuing with the operation despite repeated appeals to disperse, he said.”
The New Indian Express: Infiltration Up In Jammu And Kashmir; 12 Militants Killed In 8 Days
“There has been a surge in infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and 12 heavily armed militants have been killed after troops foiled three infiltration attempts by militants in eight days. The surge in infiltration attempts began in May and the trend continued in June. Five infiltration bids have taken place along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir during this month. Of the five infiltration bids, three have taken place in Kashmir (two in Machil and another in the Keran sector) and two in the border district of Poonch in the Jammu region. The troops while foiling these five infiltration bids killed 14 militants --- 11 in Kashmir and 3 in Poonch.”
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