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We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].
Mar. 2023Eye on Extremism: April 15, 2024
“The United States on Sunday highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran’s aerial attack as President Joe Biden convened leaders of the Group of Seven countries in an effort to prevent a wider regional escalation and coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran. The U.S. assisted Israel in shooting down dozens of drones and missiles fired by Iran on Saturday in what was the first time it had launched a direct military assault on Israel. Israeli authorities said 99% of the inbound weapons were shot down without causing any significant damage. U.S. officials said that despite the high interception rate, Iran’s intent was to “destroy and cause casualties” and that if successful, the strikes would have caused an “uncontrollable” escalation across the Mideast. U.S. officials said Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an effort to contain tensions, that Washington would not participate in any offensive action against Iran, and the president made “very clear” to Netanyahu “that we do have to think carefully and strategically” about risks of escalation.”
“Vladimir Putin in Russia, Ali Khamenei in Iran, places run by terrorist organizations as in Gaza, and other authoritarian regimes exert control over the Internet through transit networks that operate covertly, according to a recent study by researchers in the US and Germany. The work, also shows how more sophisticated authoritarian regimes extend their influence by providing network access in poorer but politically similar countries. Recent years have seen an increase in government interference in digital communication. Most research on this issue has focused on the application level, studying how content is manipulated or removed on websites, blogs, or social media. However, for governments to obtain and maintain control of digital data flows, they need to secure access to the network infrastructure at the level of Internet service providers. “This is a mechanism that autocracies seem to prefer, as it’s a lot less visible,” said computer science Prof. Alexander Gamero-Garrido, at the University of California, Davis and a co-author on the paper. The work was led by Eda Keremoğlu at the University of Konstanz, Germany.”
CEP Mentions
DW News: Drones And Missiles: Iran Launches Its First Direct Military Attack Against Israel
“Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles against Israel. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard says the assault is in retaliation for an attack on its consulate in Syria which killed several generals. It's the first time Iran has launched a direct military attack on Israel despite decades of enmity. Dozens of Israeli fighter jets have been scrambled to intercept incoming missiles and the army says its defenses are ready. Interview with Hans-Jakob Schindler.”
DW News: How Will Israel And The US Respond To Iran's Attack On Israel?
“An aerial assault was launched by Iran against Israel overnight: The Israeli army says more than 300 missiles and drones were fired. It is the first time Iran has launched a direct military attack on Israel despite decades of hostility. There's been calm over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the wake of the barrage. Almost all the missiles were intercepted by Israel and the US. The UK and Jordan have also shot down drones. Air raid sirens sounded across Israel. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard says the assault was in retaliation for an attack on its embassy in Syria on April 1st which killed 16 people including several Iranian generals. What considerations will Israel have to take into account as it decides how to respond? How difficult will it be for Israel and the US to agree on a clear response to this attack? Interview with Hans-Jakob Schindler.”
The News Daily: Ways To Counter Australia’s Growing Neo-Nazi Threat
“...Australian white supremacists and neo-Nazis are encouraging members to undergo combat sports training and law enforcement avoidance under the banner of “Active Clubs”, a parliamentary inquiry into right-wing extremism heard from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). The CEP called for close monitoring of this activity. “There is increasing evidence suggesting that the network’s main objective is instead the creation of shadow militias that can be activated when the need for co-ordinated violent action on a larger scale arises,” CEP said. A submission from Australia’s national security agency ASIO revealed ideologically motivated extremism, particularly nationalist and racist violent extremism, accounts for 25 per cent of the organisation’s priority counter-terrorism caseload. The agency said the 2019 Christchurch attack was being used as inspiration by right-wing extremists.”
“The state of Britain’s prisons is under renewed scrutiny as report after report describes more and more jails as overcrowded, filthy places, rife with vermin and violence. Our investigation into Wandsworth in south London revealed a sophisticated criminal network running a drugs economy inside the prison, turning prisoners into addicts with spiralling debts – their families threatened with violence to make them pay up. With perhaps grimly perfect timing, a new book examines in brutal detail what has gone wrong in the country’s jails – and the price we will all pay if it isn’t fixed. Professor Ian Acheson is a former prison officer and governor, and author of that book ‘Screwed – Britain’s Prison Crisis and How to Escape It’.”
DW: 'It's A Very Difficult Situation For Israel': Analyst
“Can further escalation be prevented after Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel? The attack means a "paradigm change" in the conflict between the two countries, said Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project in New York.”
“...The inquiry has received 21 additional submissions, including from ASIO, the Australian Human Rights Commission, and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a New York-based “international” NGO set up by former US government officials. The CEP submission, written by Joshua Fisher-Birch and Alexander Ritzmann, based in the US and Germany respectively, claims that “Australian right-wing extremists have become leading voices in the decentralised online neo-Nazi sphere”, and warns about the “Active Club strategy”. The CEP recommends that the Australian eSafety Commissioner “address the broad re-emergence of Australian right-wing extremist individuals and groups with for-profit online platforms like Twitter/X”. “These individuals or groups often violate the terms of service of the platforms, which generally claim tha they do not allow the presence of White supremacists/right-wing extremists on their platform,” the CEP submission said.”
WTOL11: Ohio Woman Sentenced For Vandalizing Bowling Green Pregnancy Center
“... The Counter Extremism Project, which maintains databases on extremist and terrorist groups around the world, calls Jane’s Revenge a “militant pro-abortion rights group” and says the group has claimed responsibility for arson and vandalism across the country. It is unclear if Durant is a member of the mov”
United States
“House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia. Johnson, R-La., is already under immense political pressure from his fellow GOP lawmakers as he tries to stretch between the Republican Party’s divided support for helping Kyiv defend itself from Moscow’s invasion. The Republican speaker has sat for two months on a $95 billion supplemental package that would send support to the U.S. allies, as well as provide humanitarian aid for civilians in Ukraine and Gaza and funding to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan. The attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday further ratcheted up the pressure on Johnson, but also gave him an opportunity to underscore the urgency of approving the funding. Johnson told Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he and Republicans “understand the necessity of standing with Israel” and he would try this week to advance the aid.”
“President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader this week for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the war in Gaza and Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack on Israel in retaliation for an Israeli military strike against an Iranian facility in Syria. The sharp rise in security fears has raised further questions about the viability of the two-decade American military presence in Iraq, through which portions of Iran’s Saturday drone and missile attack on Israel flew or were launched from. A U.S. Patriot battery in Irbil, Iraq, knocked down at least one Iranian ballistic missile, according to American officials. In addition, Iranian proxies have initiated attacks against U.S. interests throughout the region from inside Iraq, making Monday’s meeting between Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani all the more critical. The talks will include a discussion of regional stability and future U.S. troop deployments but will also focus on economic, trade and energy issues that have become a major priority for Iraq’s government, according to U.S. officials.”
Voice Of America: Hezbollah Launches Rockets, Drones Into Israel As US Warns Iran
“U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a stern, one-word warning to Iran on Friday as the world braced for Tehran to exact revenge for a deadly Israeli airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus, Syria. “Don’t,” Biden said to reporters following a speech on domestic policy at an event in New York City. “We are devoted to the defense of Israel,” the president said in response to questions from reporters. “We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel, and Iran will not succeed." Biden’s comments followed similar expressions of support from top U.S. defense and diplomatic officials over the past several days and come as the U.S. military takes steps to ensure growing hostilities between Israel and Iran do not engulf the Middle East in a wider war. "We are moving additional assets to the region to bolster regional deterrence efforts and increase protection for U.S. forces," a U.S. defense official told VOA Friday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, declined to share additional details.”
Iran
Reuters: Iran Attack On Israel Adds To Airline Troubles In Middle East
“Global airlines faced disruptions to flights on Monday after Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel further narrowed options for planes navigating between Europe and Asia. Iran's attack on Israel by more than 300 missiles and drones, which were mostly shot down by Israel's U.S.-backed missile defence system, caused chaos in the aviation industry. At least a dozen airlines have had to cancel or reroute flights over the last two days, including Qantas (QAN.AX), opens new tab, Germany's Lufthansa (LHAG.DE), opens new tab, United Airlines (UAL.O), opens new tab and Air India. This was the biggest single disruption to air travel since the attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, according to Mark Zee, founder of OPSGROUP, which monitors airspace and airports. "Not since then have we had a situation with that many different air spaces closed down in that quick succession, and that creates chaos," Zee told Reuters, adding that disruptions were likely to last a couple more days.”
“Iran’s proxies in the region joined its first-ever direct attack against Israel in the early hours of Sunday morning, targeting the Jewish state with projectiles fired in tandem to the Islamic Republic’s launch of drone and missile swarms. Iranian media described the attack on Israel as “complex,” as it also involved Iranian allies in Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. “This attack did not come from Iran only, and this regime [Israel] is being punished from four directions,” the Tasnim news agency said. Jerusalem’s marathon ‘sleep-in’ protest. The attack, which began late Saturday, followed repeated Iranian threats to retaliate against Israel for a deadly April 1 strike on Tehran’s Damascus consular building. A large wave of around 300 attack drones and missiles triggered air raid sirens throughout the country early Sunday, as the military worked to intercept the Iranian projectiles.”
Afghanistan
“In the years since the US and its NATO allies left Afghanistan, a particularly violent branch of the Islamic State terror group has grown stronger. ISIS-K was once relatively restricted to the country, with limited influence beyond its borders. But it has since expanded and is now responsible for deadly attacks farther away from its home base, including a bloody massacre at a Moscow concert hall last month. Under the loose watch of a second Taliban government, the terror group has found space to develop and thrive, while also enjoying the absence of the military forces that used to be a thorn in its side, a former top US commander said. "It doesn't take very long for these organizations to rise up and become more capable," retired Gen. Joseph Votel, who oversaw military operations in the Middle East in the 2010s, told Business Insider. ISIS-K, also known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Provence, is the notorious terror group's Afghanistan affiliate. It emerged in 2015 shortly after the organization declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria.”
Pakistan
Modern Diplomacy: Terrorism And Extremism: Threat To The Security Of Pakistan
“There are some events happened when world has been divided, after the cold war the world moved to US allies and the Kashmir issue led both claimants into the circle of nuclearization and the rise of Taliban and the 9/11, these are the 4 events that change the entire shape of the world and world politics as well as the foreign policies of the different countries. And the change also come to Pakistan in the institution of foreign policy, these events force Pakistan to change their foreign policy. These events not only changed Pakistan’s approach towards their foreign relation but also make rapid change in Pakistan’s economic, political and geo politics of the Pakistan. Terrorism around the world taken as a serious threat and every country has developed their own measures to counter it (Carey et al, 2013). Therefore, coalition and other alliances are being formed to show the unity against the social disease. US and their think tanks are continuously contributing towards the development of foreign policy and taking measures against terrorism and proposing the US government to take actions accordingly (Black and Nathan, 2013). Therefore, in the last decade there are many wars initiated in the region of Asia and Middle East; it includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and other countries (Guihong, 2014).”
Indian Express: Baloch Militants Behind Killing Of 11 People In Pakistan’s Balochistan
“Baloch militants claimed responsibility for killing 11 people in separate attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest, according to a media report on Sunday. Nine young men, hailing from the Pakistan’s Punjab province, were killed in the Noshki area of the Balochistan province on Saturday when gunmen forced them off a bus they were travelling in and kidnapped them after verifying their Punjabi ethnicity. Later, they killed them and dumped their bodies under a nearby bridge. In a separate incident, two people were killed on the same highway when gunmen fired at their car after they tried to break through their cordon. Quoting local people, the report said that their actual destination was Europe, which they wanted to reach via Turkiye but had procured valid visas for Iraq and Iran to avoid Iranian immigration authorities. They wanted to avoid the scrutiny of the Iranian border officials by pretending to be pilgrims going to holy sites in the two countries.”
Qatar
MEHR News Agency: Qatari Fm Criticizes Israel For Creating Regional Instability
“The top Qatari diplomat made the remark in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday night. During the phone conversation, the top Iranian diplomat informed Al Thani about the recent developments regarding Tehran's military action against Israel which was conducted within the framework of legitimate defense. He also emphasized that the root cause of insecurity is the Zionist regime. The foreign minister of Qatar, for his part, emphasized the need for ensuring stability and security in the region, adding that the actions of the Zionist regime have caused instability in the region. The two sides also discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to end the war crimes of the Zionist regime in the besieged enclave and the West Bank.”
Middle East
“Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began, as Israel’s army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist attack.” Witnesses said settlers assaulted a number of communities. The Israeli military said dozens of people were injured in confrontations in several locations, with shots fired and rocks thrown. It did not specify how many Palestinians and Israelis were hurt. Several companies with the defense forces were deployed and “all of the incidents have concluded,” it asserted. The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked the attacks on Palestinian villages on Friday and Saturday. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a statement on social media urged people not to take the law into their own hands in the territory where tensions have simmered for months.”
“Israeli leaders on Sunday credited an international military coalition with helping thwart a direct Iranian attack involving hundreds of drones and missiles, calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran. But Israel’s War Cabinet met without making a decision on next steps, an official said, as a nervous world waited for any sign of further escalation of the former shadow war. The military coalition, led by the United States, Britain and France and appearing to include a number of Middle Eastern countries, gave Israel support at a time when it finds itself isolated over its war against Hamas in Gaza. The coalition also could serve as a model for regional relations when that war ends. “This was the first time that such a coalition worked together against the threat of Iran and its proxies in the Middle East,” said the Israeli military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.”
Reuters: Hamas Rejects Israel's Ceasefire Response, Sticks To Main Demands
“The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal, saying on Saturday it had handed to mediators in Egypt and Qatar its response to the proposal it had received last Monday. After more than six months of war with Israel in Gaza, the negotiations remain deadlocked, with Hamas sticking to its demands that any agreement must end the war. "We.. reaffirm our adherence to our demands and the national demands of our people; with a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation army from the entire Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced to their areas and places of residence, intensification of the entry of relief and aid, and the start of reconstruction," the Islamist faction said. Israel wants to secure the return of hostages seized by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war, but says it will not stop fighting until Hamas is destroyed as a military force. It also says it still plans to carry out an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than a million civilians have taken refuge.”
Somalia
Garowe Online: Airstrike Targets Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia
“Over 20 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in central Somalia, officials said on Sunday, in one of the most effective airstrikes targeting the militants who control large swathes of rural regions of the country, which is struggling to contain the group. Al-Shabaab has been fighting to control the government of Somalia, but strong resistance from security teams has put the militants at bay, managing to restore order in several other frontlines. The militants are still a threat to general security. The militants were caught up with the airstrike in Ji'ibow within central Hiiraan in Hirshabelle, officials said. This is the third airstrike in as many weeks but neither the US Africa Command nor the government of Somalia are yet to acknowledge the fatalities. Sunday's airstrike left at least 20 militants dead and several others injured with the US Africa Command said to have participated. The precision airstrikes are usually undertaken after thorough investigations including the movement of the militants.”
Africa
Reuters: Nigerian Military Swoops On Militants And Oil Thieves In Week-Long Operation
“Nigeria's military said on Friday it had inflicted heavy losses on Islamist militant groups in the north and oil thieves in the south, arresting hundreds, seizing weapons and rescuing kidnap victims in a week-long operation. Defence spokesperson Major-General Edward Buba said in a statement that troops had killed or wounded 188 militants and arrested 330 suspects across different locations in the country. Security forces also arrested 36 suspected oil thieves in the Niger delta region and freed 133 kidnap victims, seizing around 270 weapons and more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition during the entire operation. "The armed forces are working decisively to kill the terrorists, stop insecurity and ensure the safety of citizens. Troops will continue to operate with tremendous forces against the terrorists across the country," Buba said. Nigeria faces a raft of security challenges including a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast, separatist violence in the southeast, rampant oil theft in the Niger Delta and kidnapping for ransom by criminal gangs.”
Reuters: Niger, Chad Armies Kill 38 Boko Haram Fighters - Niger Army
“Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, Niger's army said on Saturday Two soldiers from the bilateral force were lightly wounded in the operation, launched after clashes in the village of Toumour, near Lake Chad and the Nigerian border, on Monday. The Nigerien and Chadian forces also seized large quantities of weapons and ammunition, according to the army statement read on national radio. It said soldiers were continuing to pursue Boko Haram fighters in the area. Boko Haram has killed thousands of civilians and displaced some 2.4 million people across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad during a seven-year insurgency aimed at establishing an emirate based on a radical interpretation of Islamic law.”
The Voice Of America: Nigerian Families Cope With Trauma Of More School Kidnappings
“His weak body stood in the doorway, exhausted and covered in dirt. For two years, the boy had been among Nigeria's ghosts, one of at least 1,500 schoolchildren and others seized by armed groups and held for ransom. But paying a ransom didn't work for 12-year-old Treasure, the only captive held back from the more than 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from their school in July 2021 in the northwestern Kaduna state. Instead, his captors hung on, and he had to escape the forests on his own in November. Treasure's ordeal is part of a worrying new development in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country where the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls a decade ago marked a new era of fear —with nearly 100 of the girls still in captivity. Since the Chibok abductions, at least 1,500 students have been kidnapped, as armed groups increasingly find in them a lucrative way to fund other crimes and control villages in the nation's mineral-rich but poorly policed northwestern region.”
France
“A yearlong war in Sudan has devastated the country and pushed its people to the brink of famine. Top diplomats and aid groups are meeting Monday in Paris to drum up humanitarian support for the northeastern African nation to prevent further collapse and misery. Sudan descended into conflict in April last year when simmering tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum and elsewhere across the country. The U.N. humanitarian campaign needs some $2.7 billion this year to get food, health care and other supplies to 24 million people in Sudan – nearly half its population of 51 million. So far, funders have given only $145 million, about 5%, according to the U.N’s humanitarian office, known as OCHA.”
Reuters: France's Macron Urges Israel To Avoid Escalation
“French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged Israel to avoid any further escalation in the Middle East following Iran's attack. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night in response to a suspected Israeli attack on Iran's Syria consulate on April 1. "We will do all we can to avoid things flaring up, escalating, " Macron said, urging Israel to aim to isolate Iran rather than escalate the situation. "We are all worried about a possible escalation," Macron told BFM TV and RMC radio. "The situation is very unstable today." Macron added that he would work to try and obtain ceasefires during the upcoming summer Olympics in Paris, in line with the Games' longstanding goal of promoting peace through sport. "We'll do all we can to have an Olympics truce," he said, saying he had the Middle East in mind, as well as Ukraine and Sudan.”
Germany
Associated Press: 4 Teenagers Suspected Of Planning An Islamic Extremist Attack Arrested In Germany
“Four teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in Germany, authorities said on Friday. Three of the suspects — two girls who are 15 and 16, and a 15-year-old boy — come from various parts of the western North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. They were arrested after a court issued warrants for them over the Easter weekend, prosecutors in the city of Duesseldorf said. A fourth suspect, a 16-year-old boy, was arrested in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, German news agency dpa reported. The three detained in western Germany are suspected of having declared themselves prepared to carry out an “Islamist-motivated terror attack” and planning such an attack, prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t specify how advanced the plans were, and said they couldn’t give further details because of the suspects’ young age and the ongoing investigation.”
Voice Of America: Germany Detains Iraqi Couple Suspected Of Genocide Against Yazidis
“German officials are interrogating an Iraqi couple who are suspected of committing crimes that may amount to genocide while they were associated with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria between October 2015 and December 2017. The German federal public prosecutor general released a statement Wednesday saying “Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. are strongly suspected of genocide according to the German Code of Crime” against Yazidis, a religious minority that was targeted by the Islamic State militant group in 2014. The two, who were not further identified, were arrested this week in Regensburg and Roth County, Germany. In March, the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for them and ordered that “they be placed in pretrial detention.” It has been reported that the couple are originally from the Iraqi Kurdistan region.”
Europe
Reuters: Number Of Fatal Terrorist Attacks In Western Europe Increasing, Data Show
“The number of terrorist attacks resulting in fatalities in western Europe increased in 2016, despite an overall drop in the number of incidents taking place, according to data released by the Global Terrorism Database. The data shows that there were 30 such attacks resulting in fatalities in western Europe in 2016 and 23 in 2015. This compares with two attacks across the region resulting in fatalities in 2014 and five in 2013. In addition, terrorist attacks have become more deadly, with 26.5 people on average being killed in 2015 and 2016, up from an average of four a year in the preceding three years. The deadliest incident recorded in western Europe was the series of coordinated attacks on Paris in November 2015 that resulted in the deaths of 130 people and was claimed by Islamic State. Experts said ISIS, responsible for seven of the 10 deadliest attacks since 2012, was increasingly encouraging the use of knives and vehicles over firearms and explosives by their followers.”
Reuters: EU's Borrell Says Middle East On Cliff Edge, Urges Iran-Israel De-Escalation
“The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday the Middle East stood "on the edge of the cliff" and called for de-escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night in response to a suspected Israeli attack on the Tehran's consulate in Damascus that killed seven officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards including two senior commanders. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the April 1 airstrike on the consulate in Syria's capital. "We're on the edge of the cliff and we have to move away from it," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Spanish radio station Onda Cero. "We have to step on the brakes and reverse gear." Borrell said he expected a response from Israel to the unprecedented aerial attack by Iran but hoped it would not spark further escalation. He said there was "profound division" within the Israel's right-wing governing coalition between hardliners seeking fierce retaliation and a "more moderate and sensible" faction.”
Australia
YNet: An Attack On A Sydney Shopping Mall Leaves Several Dead, Terrorism Suspected
“An incident some are saying is a terrorist attack has unfolded on Saturday at a shopping center in the Bondi Junction suburb of Sydney, Australia, where a man reportedly stabbed at least four people to death. Local authorities are investigating whether it actually is act of terrorism, and there are concerns that the casualty count may rise. The assailant was shot dead by the police, as reported by the AFP news agency. Despite the evacuation of hundreds of people from the bustling mall, some individuals were left trapped inside. Among the victims is a nine-month-old baby, who was urgently taken to the hospital. Eyewitnesses reported hearing gunshots, and Australian media outlets have characterized the event as a "serious incident". One eyewitness recounted seeing a woman lying on the floor before seeking refuge in a jewelry store. Videos circulating on social media show crowds fleeing the shopping center as police vehicles arrive at the scene. Police helicopters are also operating in the area. Bondi Junction is known as an area where Israelis and Jews reside, but no information has been reported about the identity of the victims at this time.”
Technology
The Independent: Terror Trial Date Set For Teenager Allegedly In Extremist Satanic Online Group
“A trial date has been set for a teenager allegedly involved in an extremist satanic online group who is accused of plotting a terror attack on a homeless person. Cameron Finnigan, 18, appeared at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing on Friday morning by video link from HMP Thameside. Finnigan, of Denne Park, Horsham, West Sussex, has been charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, one count of possessing a terrorist document, and one count of possessing indecent images of a child. It is claimed Finnigan was “preparing for an attack against a single homeless individual” who was living in a tent, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard earlier this month. The 18-year-old is alleged to have been involved in a pseudo-satanist online group called 764, the prosecution told Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Finnigan, wearing a black jumper, spoke to confirm his name and date of birth at the Old Bailey hearing.”
CTech: “There Are No Borders In Cyberspace. We Have To Fight Global Terrorism Together.”
“Director General at Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Gaby Portnoy has urged countries to collaborate on protections against global terrorism amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas and the recent flare-up with Iran. Speaking on a panel promoting international dialogue on cyber challenges for 2024, he urged governments and institutions to trust one another. “We face so many challenges. Think of juggling - but it's not three balls, it's 17,” he said. “It's about people, enemies, technology, processes, regulation, media management, public opinion, and more. There are no borders in cyberspace, and we have to fight global terrorism together. Today it's Israel, tomorrow it can be anywhere else.” Portnoy made the remarks at CyberTech Global Tel Aviv, a conference connecting the cyber industry through conferences, events, and networking opportunities. This month saw global and Israeli companies come together from more than 60 countries to discuss the latest technological innovations, challenges, and solutions in the cyber arena.”
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