United States
The Seattle Times: Far-Right Patriot Front Members Sue Leftist Activist For Allegedly Leaking Their Identities
“…The John Brown Gun Club, named after the 19th century slavery abolitionist, promotes the abolition of police and other perceived symbols of oppression, according to the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project, which tracks extremism on the far right and far left. The gun club’s members have been seen acting as armed security at protests, including at Seattle’s 2020 Capitol Hill Organized Protest.”
The Hill: Pentagon Watchdog Finds Lapses In Screening Of Applicants Connected To Extremist Groups
“A new Pentagon inspector general report found military recruiters have failed to comprehensively screen applicants for their connections to political extremist groups and criminal gangs. The 82-page report determined that while military recruiters screen applicants, they did not complete all required steps in the statistical sample reviewed by the Inspector General’s office. About 40 percent in the sample did not give the relevant screening questions or forms to applicants, while 9 percent failed to identify possible signs of affiliation through tattoos and body modification and another 9 percent failed to properly conduct fingerprint identification.”
Syria
Daily Sabah: YPG/PKK Terrorists Abduct 3 Children In Syria
“The PKK terrorist group's Syrian offshoot YPG is accused of kidnapping three children to forcefully recruit them as soldiers in northern Syria. Two 14-year-olds, known as M.A.H. and A.F, were abducted on Tuesday from the Manbij district of Syria's Aleppo province, Redor al-Ahmed, spokesperson for the opposition group, "Independent Kurdish Order," told Anadolu Agency (AA). He said the terrorist group on Tuesday also kidnapped a 15-year-old Z.S. from the Sheikh Maqsood district of Aleppo. The YPG/PKK abducts or detains young people and children away from their families and trains them in training camps to become fighters, which violates the agreement with the U.N.”
Iran
Washington Free Beacon: Taliban Deploys Hundreds Of Suicide-Bombers In Faceoff With Iran
“The Taliban has deployed hundreds of suicide bombers to Afghanistan's border with Iran amid an intensifying dispute over water access, Bloomberg reported. Thousands of Taliban troops, including hundreds trained to blow themselves up, were sent to the border since May, a source told the outlet. Iran and the Taliban have moved toward a conflict over water from Afghanistan's Helmand River, which Iran relies on. Afghanistan in 1973 agreed to provide a certain amount of water from the river to Iran, but since the Taliban took over Afghanistan after the Biden administration withdrew in 2021, Iran claims the new regime has reduced the water supply. Amid soaring temperatures in the Middle East this summer, Iran has become increasingly upset over the Taliban government's failure to uphold the agreement. A border skirmish in May left at least two Iranian troops and one Taliban fighter dead.”
Iraq
Iraqi News: Iraqi Air Forces Destroy ISIS Hideouts In Hamrin Mountains
“Iraqi warplanes destroyed ISIS hideouts in the Hamrin Mountains in northeastern Iraq, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. The Joint Operations Command mentioned in a statement on Tuesday that the Iraqi air force carried out an air strike against the terrorists’ hideouts in the Hamrin Mountains. The air strike destroyed a pick-up vehicle used by ISIS terrorists, a tunnel excavator, and a network of tunnels used by terrorists for logistical support. Iraq announced in late 2017 the liberation of all its territories from the grip of ISIS, but the authorities are constantly launching security operations to pursue remnants of the terrorist group that carry out attacks from time to time in the country.”
Turkey
Daily Sabah: Türkiye Seizes Global ‘Lone Wolf’ Database Of Daesh
“Türkiye is now in possession of a valued database of the Daesh terrorist group, containing names and information about 9,952 "lone wolf" terrorists after a successful operation carried out in the past months by police in Istanbul. The Sabah newspaper gained access to the details of the operation that started in a cafe in Istanbul and ended with the capture of a suspect in possession of the database at Istanbul Airport. The existence of the database, which contains biographical information about lone wolf terrorists, from their skills to their residence and ID information, its existence was known to most intelligence agencies from the CIA and MI6 to Mossad. Intelligence agencies assigned 40 agents in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan to track down the database known to be in possession of Daesh members in those countries.”
Pakistan
AFP: Dozens Of Pakistanis Involved In Recent ISIS Attacks, Says Afghan Taliban
“Dozens of Pakistani ISIS militants have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year, Kabul’s Taliban authorities said Wednesday, days after Islamabad blamed Afghans for involvement in suicide attacks on its territory. Tensions between the neighbors have mounted recently over an uptick in suicide attacks in Pakistan, with Islamabad claiming militants are frequently helped by Afghans. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP on Wednesday that in the past year, 18 people “eliminated by our forces in Afghanistan” were Pakistani citizens. “They were Daeshis (members of ISIS) and they were involved in various bombings and attacks,” he said, adding that dozens of others were being held in Afghan prisons.”
Middle East
Reuters: Israeli Minister Brushes Off US Terrorism Label For Suspected Settler Killing
“An Israeli official brushed off on Tuesday the rare U.S. use of the term "terror attack" to condemn the killing of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, as a court ruled one of the Jewish settlers held as suspects be released to house arrest. With U.S.-sponsored peacemaking stalled for almost a decade, Washington has watched worriedly as West Bank violence spirals, including with settler revenge riots in which many Palestinians, among them U.S. dual nationals, have suffered property damage. Israeli police arrested the two settlers over the killing on Friday of a 19-year-old Palestinian near Burqa village in what their lawyers say was a self-defence shooting by one of them at a much larger group of rock-throwers.”
i24 News: Israel's Thwarts Attempted Drone Smuggling Into Gaza Strip
“The drones are suspected to have been intended for reconnaissance purposes by terrorist groups operating within the Gaza Strip. Israeli security personnel thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10 reconnaissance drones into the Gaza Strip, Israel's Defense Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday morning. The drones were concealed within a black bag inside a minibus at the Erez Crossing at the Gaza border, according to the statement.”
Ireland
CapX: For Northern Ireland’s Brave Police Force, This Data Breach Is A Colossal Failure
“Northern Ireland is a small place. It’s even smaller if you’re one of the 6,625 men and women who police its semi-skimmed peace. Keeping law and order while living and working in a place not much bigger than Yorkshire, and still under a severe terrorist threat, is a risky occupation. That risk has been hugely magnified by yesterday’s catastrophic data protection blunder by their employers, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Responding to a Freedom of Information Act Request, the organisation accidentally released the personal details of all officers, along with 2,427 civilian support staff. This data breach included the surname, initials, place of work and departments of all staff. Readers unfamiliar with Northern Ireland may be forgiven for asking ‘so what?’ about information that they might assume was easily and legitimately available anyway.”
The Independent: Northern Ireland Police Officers ‘Could Be Driven From Homes And Jobs’ After ‘Monumental’ Data Breach
“Ian Acheson, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told The Independent that “police officers in Northern Ireland don’t need much of an excuse to look for another job at the moment”. “You’ve got to see this in context – not just of the security situation and the severe threat from dissident Republican terrorists – but also in relation to swingeing budget cuts, which the chief constable has said will result in falling numbers of officers,” Mr Acheson said. “So when you add that to the fact that their own organisation cannot even protect them and their personal data from being released, I think you’d get quite a big push factor there for people to say, ‘well, this is just not worth it for me’.”
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