“Al Qaeda's regional branch urged Muslims around the world to shun the soccer
World Cup in Qatar, though it stopped short of threatening attacks or promoting
violence in connection with the event, according to a statement reported by a
monitoring group. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the militant group's
Yemen-based branch, criticised Qatar for “bringing immoral people, homosexuals,
sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula” and said the event
served to divert attention from the “occupation of Muslim countries and their
oppression”. “We warn our Muslim brothers from following this event or
attending it,” said the statement, reported by the SITE Intelligence group on
Saturday, a day before the tournament opens in a predominantly Muslim country
for the first time. World Cup organisers, in response to criticism over Qatar's
human rights record including LGBT rights as well as social restrictions, have
said that everyone, no matter their sexual orientation or background, is
welcome during the event. Qatar, a small country of some 3 million, mostly
foreign workers, has said that it trained more than 50,000 people to provide
security during the World Cup, with foreign forces helping out under Qatari
command.”











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Reuters: Al Qaeda Urges Muslims To Shun World Cup, Stops Short Of Threats
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“Al Qaeda's regional branch urged Muslims around the world to shun the soccer
World Cup in Qatar, though it stopped short of threatening attacks or promoting
violence in connection with the event, according to a statement reported by a
monitoring group. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the militant group's
Yemen-based branch, criticised Qatar for “bringing immoral people, homosexuals,
sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula” and said the event
served to divert attention from the “occupation of Muslim countries and their
oppression”. “We warn our Muslim brothers from following this event or
attending it,” said the statement, reported by the SITE Intelligence group on
Saturday, a day before the tournament opens in a predominantly Muslim country
for the first time. World Cup organisers, in response to criticism over Qatar's
human rights record including LGBT rights as well as social restrictions, have
said that everyone, no matter their sexual orientation or background, is
welcome during the event. Qatar, a small country of some 3 million, mostly
foreign workers, has said that it trained more than 50,000 people to provide
security during the World Cup, with foreign forces helping out under Qatari
command.”



Reuters: Bulgaria Charges Five People In Connection With Istanbul Blast
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“Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five people for supporting terrorist acts
in connection with an explosion in central Istanbul that killed six people on
Nov. 13, chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev said on Saturday. Bulgarian special
police forces detained three men of Moldovan origin and a man and woman of
Syrian Kurdish descent this week following investigations and close cooperation
with prosecutors in neighbouring Turkey, Geshev told Reuters. "Five people have
been charged. The charges are in two groups - for supporting terrorist acts in
another country, namely the attack in Istanbul, and for human trafficking,"
Geshev said, adding they were mainly involved in human trafficking through
Turkey and smuggling. A Bulgarian court ruled in a closed hearing later on
Saturday that the four men could be kept in pre-trial detention on the human
trafficking charges, saying it lacked enough evidence to keep them behind bars
on the charges of supporting terrorist activities. The prosecutors did not ask
the court to keep the woman in custody because of a health condition.”



United States



Associated Press: Chicago Coder Sentenced To 7 1/2 Years For Terrorism Charge
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“A former Chicago college student was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal
prison for attempting to help the Islamic State group. Thomas Osadzinski, 23,
designed, used, and taught a computer program to disseminate violent propaganda
online, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He was convicted last year
of attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist
organization. The sentence handed down Thursday was less than the 15 years
prosecutors had sought. The former DePaul computer science student has been in
custody since being arrested in Chicago in 2019 during an FBI sting. Defense
attorneys painted Osadzinski, who was born and raised in the Chicago suburb
Northbrook, as a naive student who “got sucked in” to radical ideologies, the
Chicago Tribune reported. His attorney, Joshua Herman, told AP: “This sentence
will allow Tommy to have a life, which is all he and his family asked for.”
Herman added that the defense plans to appeal based on First Amendment issues.
Before Osadzinski was sentenced, he apologized to his parents in the courtroom
and told the judge, “I completely reject ISIS.” U.S. District Judge Robert
Gettleman, who ordered that the prison term be followed by 10 years of
court-supervised release, said there was a wide gulf between poor judgment and
Osadzinski’s conduct, which included pledging fealty to a “hideous group” such
as the Islamic State and “promoting and encouraging” its violent message around
the globe. “I think you understand now how serious this is,” Gettleman told
Osadzinski. “You have shown remorse. Is it genuine? I hope so.”



CNN: 2 Men Charged, 1 With Nazi Arm-Band, In Connection With Threats To Attack
New York Synagogue
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“Two men arrested in connection with online threats to attack a New York City
synagogue were arraigned on multiple charges over the weekend, court documents
show. Christopher Brown, 21, from Aquebogue, New York, was charged with making
a terroristic threat, criminal possession of a weapon and other weapons
charges, according to court documents. Matthew Mahrer, 22, of Manhattan, was
arraigned late Saturday and is facing charges including criminal possession of
a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, the documents show. Brown was
denied bail, and Mahrer’s bail was set at $150,000 cash or $300,000 bond, the
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told CNN. Attorneys for both Brown and
Mahrer have not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment. “As alleged, the
two defendants possessed a firearm, a high capacity magazine, ammunition, an 8”
long military style knife, a swastika arm patch, a ski mask and a bullet proof
vest, among other things,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a
statement to CNN. “A potential tragedy was averted when they were intercepted
by police officers at Penn Station, given that online postings indicated an
intent to use these weapons at a Manhattan synagogue,” Bragg said. New York
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced the arrests of the two men in a
statement Saturday.”



Syria



France 24: Dozens Killed In Turkish Air Strikes Against Kurdish Militants In
Syria, Iraq
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“Turkey announced on Sunday it had carried out air strikes against the bases
of outlawed Kurdish militants across northern Syria and Iraq, which it said
were being used to launch “terrorist” attacks on Turkish soil. The raids in
northern and northeastern Syria overnight, primarily against positions held by
Syrian Kurdish forces, killed at least 31 people, British-based war monitoring
group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The offensive, codenamed
Operation Claw-Sword, comes a week after a blast in central Istanbul that
killed six people and wounded 81. Turkey blamed the attack on the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a bloody insurgency there for decades and
is designated a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies. The PKK has
denied involvement in the Istanbul explosion. “Air Operation Claw-Sword was
successfully carried out, within the scope of our strategy to eradicate
terrorism at its source and eliminate terror attacks against our people and
security forces from northern Iraq and Syria,” the defence ministry said in a
statement. The strikes targeted PKK bases in northern Iraq's mountainous
regions of Kandil, Asos and Hakurk, as well as bases of the Kurdish People's
Protection Units (YPG), in Ayn al-Arab (called Kobane in Kurdish), Tal Rifaat,
Jazira and Derik regions in Syria, the ministry said. Ankara considers the YPG
as a terror group affiliated with the PKK.”



Associated Press: Syria’s Kurds Express Concerns Over Possible Turkish Attack
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“The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria called on residents on Saturday
to unite against any possible attack by Turkey, warning that such an offensive
would lead to long war. The statement by the Autonomous Administration of North
and East Syria came a week after a Nov. 13, explosion targeted Istanbul’s
bustling Istiklal Avenue — a popular thoroughfare lined with shops and
restaurants — and left six people dead, including two children. More than 80
people were also wounded in the attack, which came as a stark reminder of
bombings in Turkish cities between 2015 and 2017, crushing the public’s sense
of security. Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers’ Party, or PKK, as well as Syrian Kurdish groups affiliated with it.
The Kurdish militant groups have denied involvement. Turkey has launched three
major cross-border operations into Syria since 2016 and already controls some
territories in the north. “At the time when all institutions denied any links
to this crime, the Turkish regime insists on its fabrications and lies,” the
Kurdish administration said, adding that the threats come ahead of next year’s
elections in Turkey. In neighboring Iraq, the U.S. Consulate General in Erbil
said it is monitoring “credible open-source reports” of potential Turkish
military action in northern Syria and northern Iraq in the coming days.”



Iran



AFP: Tehran Says World Must Condemn 'Terrorist' Violence In Iran
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“Iran on Saturday criticised the international community's “silence” towards
acts of violence in the country during protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death
in custody. The Islamic republic has been rocked by protests since the
September 16 death of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her
arrest for an alleged breach of Iran's dress rules for women. It has accused
its foreign foes, including Britain, Israel and the United States, of fomenting
the unrest. On Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry hit out at the “deliberate
silence of foreign promoters of chaos and violence in Iran in the face of...
terrorist operations in several Iranian cities”. “It is the duty of the
international community and international assemblies to condemn the recent
terrorist acts in Iran and not to provide a safe haven for extremists,” it said
in a statement. On Wednesday, 10 people including a woman, two children and a
security officer were killed in two separate attacks in the cities of Izeh and
Isfahan, according to state media and a hospital source. Two members of Iran's
pro-government Basij paramilitary force were stabbed to death in the
northeastern city of Mashhad while trying to intervene against “rioters”,
according to state news agency IRNA. A suspect has been arrested, the
judiciary's website announced. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on
Saturday vowed “punishment” for “murders” and vandalism during the protests
across the country.”



Iraq



Reuters: Officials: IS Militants Kill 4 Iraqi Soldiers In Northwest
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“Islamic State group militants attacked an Iraqi army position in the
northwestern governorate of Kirkuk early Saturday killing four soldiers,
security sources and a local government official said. IS fighters in the
district of Dibis took the soldiers' weapons and communications gear and left
the scene, security sources said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because
they were not authorized to give statements to the media. It was the first such
attack in nearly a year. In January, Islamic State gunmen broke into a barracks
in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba, where they
killed a guard and shot dead 11 soldiers as they slept. Rakan Saeed al-Jiboury,
the governor of Kirkuk, told The Associated Press the attack “is a result of
negligence and lack of care by the security forces.” He added that the site of
the attack is an area where authority is divided between the Iraqi army and
Kurdish peshmerga forces “so there is no coordination, and [IS] takes advantage
of this.” Islamic State’s territorial control in Iraq and Syria was crushed by
a years-long U.S.-backed campaign, but its fighters have continued with sleeper
cells that have killed scores of Iraqis and Syrians.”



Pakistan



Associated Press: Bombing Kills 6 In Pakistan’s Unruly Northwest Border Area
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“A roadside bombing near a public market killed six people in Pakistan’s
restive northwestern province, police said Friday. The blast struck in South
Waziristan’s Chakmali area and appeared to target five former militants who had
turned themselves over to government forces recently, senior officer Salim
Marwat said, adding that a soldier who was on leave was also killed. No group
claimed responsibility for the attack but the militant group to which the
victims formerly belonged has staged bombings before. South Waziristan and the
long and mountainous border with Afghanistan serve as a safe haven for Islamic
militants, largely known as the Pakistani Taliban. They are a separate group
from the Afghan Taliban but allied with them. Pakistan’s military has carried
out several operations in the region to eliminate militants but attacks
continue to occur.”



Middle East



The Wall Street Journal: Israeli Pilgrims’ Attack On Palestinians Draws
Condemnation
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“A riot by Jewish pilgrims in the West Bank city of Hebron over the weekend
drew widespread condemnation, with Palestinian leaders warning that the
incoming right-wing Israeli government could cause further instability in the
West Bank. On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides called the riot
abhorrent and urged rapid de-escalation of the situation. Outgoing Israeli
Prime Minister Yair Lapid called the events, in which one Israeli soldier was
injured, a “national disgrace.” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz condemned
the attacks on Palestinians and Israeli forces and said those responsible would
be held accountable. Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued no
statement about the violence in Hebron, and his spokesman didn’t respond to
requests for comment. Israeli officials estimated 30,000 Jewish pilgrims
visited Hebron for a special celebration over the Jewish Sabbath, during which
a section from the Torah was read that describes how the patriarch Abraham
bought a plot of land to bury his wife, Sarah. The Tomb of the Patriarchs in
Hebron, a holy site for Jews, is believed to be that plot of land referenced in
the Bible. The Ibrahimi Mosque, a holy site for Muslims, also stands on that
same plot of land.”



The Jerusalem Post: Wanted Terrorist Found With Illegal Weapons In Hebron
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“One suspect wanted for terrorist activity was arrested in Hebron as part of
Operation Break the Wave overnight Saturday, the IDF spokesperson reported. IDF
soldiers, the Shin Bet, and local security forces confiscated several illegal
weapons including an M-16 and a “Carlo” gun. No casualties were reported in the
confrontation. Police launched a further investigation and took the suspect
into custody.”



Metro: Brits Warned Of ‘Heightened’ Terror Threat During Qatar World Cup
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“…Hans-Jakob Schindler, of New York-based think tank the Counter Extremism
Project told Metro.co.uk that a large-scale attack is unlikely due to the
coordinated security approach. Mr Schindler said: ‘Any country that hosts this
type of event has the same set of challenges, and these are no different in any
way, shape or form for Qatar. Services from the different nations will have
been working in advance of the World Cup over the past four years, which will
have included setting up monitoring systems. ‘You can never say nothing will
happen, as there will always be the unpredictable chance a radicalised, lone
actor could carry out an unsophisticated attack, for example by grabbing a
knife off a shelf and going out and attacking people. ‘This type of attack
happened in Melbourne, Australia, in 2018 when a terrorist who was known to
police stabbed one person to death. ‘But as far as a big, headline-making
attack goes, the risk is very low. There is just too much riding on it for the
Qatari government and they have quite effective international cooperation
systems to prevent this from happening.’ Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin
Abdulaziz Al-Thani, the emirate’s security chief, told the Qatar News Agency
that the country is ‘home to highly qualified and trained police and security
competencies and can ensure the security of the FIFA World Cup.’”



Nigeria



AFP: Suspected Jihadis Kill Troops, Civilians In Nigeria
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“Gunmen attacked an army base and a town in northeast Nigeria killing nine
soldiers, two policemen and civilians, security sources and residents said
Sunday, in the latest violence in the region. Riding in trucks fitted with
machineguns, the fighters, suspected to be members of the Islamic State West
Africa Province (ISWAP), stormed the town of Malam Fatori, in Abadam district,
late Friday and early Saturday, they said. “ISWAP terrorists attacked Malam
Fatori and caused huge destruction which we are working to quantify,” a
military officer told AFP. “They attacked the military base and engaged troops
in a fight while a second group went on a killing spree and arson in the town,”
said the officer who asked not to be identified. The first attack, near the
Niger border, came at dusk Friday, leading to a fierce battle with soldiers who
repelled the assault, said resident Buji Garwa. In a predawn attack on the base
and the town on Saturday, the jihadists threw explosives and killed residents,
while others drowned in a river trying to flee. Two security sources said on
Sunday that nine soldiers and two policemen were killed in the base attack.
“The number of casualties sustained in the base is 11, including nine soldiers
and two mobile policemen working alongside troops,” a military officer said.
The same toll was confirmed by a second security source.”



Somalia



All Africa: Somalia: Al-Shabaab In Somalia Has Resisted Military Force - Now
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“In October 2022, Somalia's capital Mogadishu suffered yet another massive
suicidal attack. More than 100 people were killed. Hundreds more were wounded
and thousands will have been traumatised by an attack claimed by the Somali
insurgent group Al-Shabaab. The attack was carried out on the fifth anniversary
of the most destructive suicide attack in Somalia's history, on 14 October
2017. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for that one too. The devastation
continues despite more than 15 years of effort by successive federal regimes in
Mogadishu and the international community to end Al-Shabaab's insurgent
activities. These counter strategies included attacking them from the sky and
sending Somali and African Union forces to fight them on the ground. Some, such
as Somalia's recently elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and his inner
circle, argue that the organisation is a spent force. They say Al-Shabaab has
been enfeebled and is now on the run. But in my perspective, based on my
extensive studies of Al-Shabaab since the time when it was part of the Union of
Islamic Courts which governed Somalia in the mid-2000s, this isn't true.
Al-Shabaab remains a strong regional actor and has proved itself to be a
resilient force. It has so far defeated all attempts (both internal and
external) at eradicating it on the battlefield. This includes the deployment of
Somali, western and African Union troops.”



Africa



All Africa: Africa: Violent Extremism - Africa Records 346 Terrorist Attacks
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“The Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, has revealed that
346 terrorist attacks were recorded in Africa in the first quarter of 2022,
with 49 per cent of them occurring in West Africa alone. Also, he indicated
that between July and September this year, 246 terrorist attacks resulting in
745 fatalities and 239 injuries were recorded in West Africa. The minister was
speaking at the opening of the two-day internation-al conference on the Accra
Initia-tive (AI), held in Accra yesterday on the theme 'Accra Initiative:
Towards a credible, preventive and coordi-nated response to challenges facing
the Coastal and Sahelian States'. The AI aims at preventing spill-over of
terrorism from the Sahel and to address transnational organ-ised crime and
violent extremism in member countries' border areas. Participants at the
technical con-ference included representatives of relevant international
governmental agencies, civil society organisations (CSOs), academia, think
tanks, practitioners in the security sector and other multinational
initiatives. The conference, supported by the European Union (EU), would afford
them the opportunity to reflect on measures and strategies deployed towards
addressing the threat of terrorism and violent ex-tremism and to come up with
inno-vative approaches toward enhancing regional security.”



United Kingdom



AFP: UK Appeal Hearing To Rule On 'IS Bride'
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“A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State
group in Syria will on Monday have her case reviewed, with her lawyers arguing
that she was a “victim of trafficking”. Shamima Begum is one of hundreds of
Europeans whose fate following the 2019 collapse of the so-called Islamic State
caliphate has proved a thorny issue for governments. Begum, then 15, left her
home in east London in 2015 with two school friends to travel to Syria, where
she married an IS fighter and had three children, none of whom survived. She
was later “found” by British journalists, heavily pregnant in a Syrian camp in
February 2019 -- and her apparent lack of remorse in initial interviews drew
outrage. Dubbed an “IS bride”, she was stripped by the UK of her British
citizenship, leaving her stranded and stateless in Syria's Kurdish-run Roj
camp. Monday's hearing at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)
follows a Supreme Court decision last year to refuse her permission to come the
UK to fight her citizenship case against the Home Office. Tasnime Akunjee, the
Begum family lawyer, told AFP the hearing would be centred around whether she
was “considered a victim of trafficking -- notably whether the then home
secretary (Sajid Javid) turned his mind to those issues when making the
decision to strip her of citizenship.”



Associated Press: Northern Ireland Police Vehicle Hit In Suspected Bomb Attack
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“Police in Northern Ireland said Friday that two officers escaped injury when
their vehicle was damaged by a homemade bomb. The force said it was treating
the attack as attempted murder. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the
blast in Strabane on Thursday night “appears to have been a targeted attack on
police.” “Investigations are at an early stage, however, the attack, which is
believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device, caused damage
to a police vehicle and is being treated as the attempted murder of two
officers,” the force said. Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said “a
strong line of inquiry” was whether an Irish Republican Army splinter group
known as the New IRA was responsible. A 1998 peace agreement largely ended
three decades of violence in Northern Ireland involving Irish republican and
British loyalist paramilitary groups and U.K. security forces. IRA dissidents
continue to mount occasional attacks on security forces, though none has been
successful since 2019. Strabane is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of
Belfast, near the border with the Republic of Ireland. Politicians on both
sides of the border condemned the attack.”



The National: Three London Women Accused Of Sending Funds To Relative Fighting
For ISIS
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“Three women accused of sending funds to a relative fighting for ISIS have
appeared at the Old Bailey, the central criminal court in London. Olga Monpeke,
72, from north London, Vanessa Atim, 31, and Stella Oyella, 52, both from east
London, are charged with funding terrorism. The alleged offences were committed
between March 2017 and October 2017, and relate to Islamist terrorism in Syria.
On Friday, the defendants appeared at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Sweeney
for a preliminary hearing. Prosecutor Lee Ingham said the allegation was that
they entered into an arrangement to pass money that might be used for the
purpose of terrorism “in the context of a relative the Crown says was then
fighting for Daesh”. Mr Justice Sweeney set a provisional trial at the Old
Bailey from November 13 next year. He set a preparatory hearing for April 14
next year. The defendants were granted conditional bail.”



Europe



AFP: Denmark Jails IS 'Wife' For Three Years
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“A 35-year-old Danish woman was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison
for entering Syria and promoting the Islamic State (IS) group's activities,
prosecutors in Denmark said. During the mother of five's trial, the prosecutor
had argued that wives were a key part of IS. “Even if you did not actively
participate in the fighting, we assert that you can support the terrorist
organisation by shopping in its supermarkets, by taking care of the children,
by being a housewife,” prosecutor Trine Schjodt Fogh said. The woman, who
pleaded guilty, was convicted of “having promoted the activities of IS, in
particular by acting as the housewife and wife of a person who was active in
the terrorist organisation,” the prosecution authority said in a statement. She
was also found guilty of having “entered and resided in al-Raqqa district in
Raqqa province and Deir al-Zour province in Syria, which were defined as
conflict zones during the period”. The woman, who is originally from the west
of Denmark, arrived in Syria eight years ago, a journey she “bitterly” regrets,
her lawyer Mette Gith Stage told news agency Ritzau. “The last few years have
been difficult for her, first in the caliphate, then in a prison camp and now
in prison.”



Southeast Asia



The Washington Post: Man Behind Bali Bombings Now Tries To Stop Terrorists —
And Wants His Freedom
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“When Ali Imron was an active member of the Indonesian terrorist group Jemaah
Islamiyah, he claimed that he needed only two hours to turn a recruit into a
killer. “Two hours was all it took me to convince someone to become a suicide
bomber,” he told The Washington Post. “So I know the power of terrorists. I
know how compelling they can be.” Imron, now 43, has been in prison since 2003
for assembling and transporting the explosives used in the Bali bombings, a
terrorist attack in Indonesia that killed 202 people and left 200 more injured.
From his cell in the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police Headquarters,
or Polda Metro Jaya, Imron says he now uses his skills of persuasion for good.
He says he has dedicated himself to preventing others from making the same
decisions he made — and he says he could do it more effectively if he were
freed. In the two decades since the Bali bombings, the Indonesian government
has transformed dozens of ex-terrorists like Imron into prominent
deradicalization advocates, carving out roles for them in the country’s wider
efforts to confront religious extremism. The approach has increasingly come
under scrutiny as Indonesia debates whether to grant greater freedoms to former
terrorists. Since the Bali bombings in 2002, few attacks on such a scale have
occurred in Indonesia.”



Technology



AFP: India's Modi Says Digital Currencies Being Used To Fund Terror
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“Digital currencies need more regulation to stamp out funding for terror
operations, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday at a major
international forum to combat financing of extremist groups. India has laboured
to rein in cryptocurrency transactions after years of phenomenal growth, backed
by burgeoning local trading platforms and glitzy celebrity endorsements. Modi
last year said that bitcoin presented a risk to younger generations and could
“spoil our youth” if it ended up “in the wrong hands”. On Friday, he went
further and told delegates at the Conference on Countering Financing of
Terrorism that “private currencies” posed a grave security risk. “New kinds of
technology are being used for terror funding and recruitment. Challenges from
the dark net, private currencies and more are emerging,” Modi said. “There is a
need for a uniform understanding for new finance technologies,” he added. “From
a uniform understanding, a unified system of checks and balances and regulation
can emerge.” Delegates from dozens of countries are in the capital New Delhi
for the two-day conference, which follows a special session of the UN's Counter
Terrorism Committee held in India last month. Cryptocurrencies have been under
the scrutiny of Indian regulators since first entering the local market nearly
a decade ago, with a surge in fraudulent transactions leading to a central bank
ban in 2018.”



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