Mexican Drug Cartel Learning Terror Techniques from Jihadist "Technical Advisors"

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** Islamist & Anti-Muslim Extremism
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** U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal Imminent
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* An agreement between Iran and the US could be finalized in Vienna soon to revive the 2015 Iran Deal.
* President Biden has made restoring the Iran Deal ([link removed]) a top foreign-policy goal.
* Iran’s “breakout time”—the duration needed to amass enough nuclear fuel for a bomb—could fall to as low as six months, down from about a year in the original deal.
* As part of the deal, Iran is pushing for the removal of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations listing for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.


** Mexican Drug Cartel Learning Terror Techniques From Jihadist “Technical Advisors”
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* The powerful Mexican drug cartel Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known by its Spanish-language acronym CJNG, is using Middle Eastern “technical advisors” to help them copy al Qaeda-style ([link removed]) terrorist tactics.


** Alt-Right & Alt-Left Extremism
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** Judge Orders Oath Keeper Leader to Remain in Jail
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* A federal judge ordered Oath Keepers founder, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, to remain in prison ([link removed]) until trial, finding there were no conditions of release that could protect public safety.
* Federal prosecutors revealed Signal app messages from Rhodes in which he allegedly called the January 6 Capitol riot "the final nail in the coffin of our republic" and instructed his followers to prepare for violence.
* Prosecutors used the messages to successfully convince the judge that Rhodes is too dangerous to be let out of jail while awaiting trial.
* Rhodes has been in jail since his arrest in mid-January on seditious conspiracy charges relating to his involvement in the January 6 riot.


** Black Lives Matter Activist Attempts to Assasinate Jewish Mayoral Candiate
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* Quintez Brown, 21, was arrested after he fired a gun at mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg’s campaign office in Louisville, Ky.
* The Louisville Community Bail Fund, which is an arm of Black Lives Matter Louisville, posted Brown’s $100,000 bond ([link removed]) .
* Brown, who is a self-proclaimed “Pan-African socialist,” was a rising star in the Black Lives Matter movement, and was honored by Barack Obama ([link removed]) in 2019.
* Brown is being charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment, and is currently on home incarceration.


** More Alt-Right Developments
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* Washington D.C. police lieutenant Shane Lamond has been put on leave after allegations that he engaged in improper communications ([link removed]) with Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio. The alleged communications in question include Lamond informing Tarrio of the location of counter demonstrators.


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* Two suspects are reportedly in custody after a mass shooting ([link removed]) at a Portland Antifa gathering in solidarity with Amir Locke, which left one dead and five injured. Police said shooting occurred between an armed protester and an armed neighbor.


** Hostile Foreign Influence Operations
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** Russia Ramps Up Disinformation Campaign Against Ukraine Prior to Invasion
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* Just prior to their invasion, Russian media ramped up disinformation ([link removed]) stories depicting the Ukrainian government as being on a genocidal campaign against ethnic Russians in the country, who Moscow has no choice but to swoop in and protect.


** Wife of Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Espionage-Related Charges
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* A Maryland woman, Diana Toebbe, pled guilty to conspiracy ([link removed]) to communicate Restricted Data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to an undisclosed foreign nation. Toebbe acted as a lookout while her husband, Jonathan Toebbe, left information at a "dead drop" spot.


** Research and Analysis
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* The Combat Antisemitism Movement reports that there was a 90 percent increase in antisemitic attacks in America from the same time period last year.
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* A recent report from Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism says anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 339 percent in 2021, with New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities surpassing their record numbers in 2020.
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