Posts Tagged: Homegrown Terror
Recent Developments Highlight Enduring Jihadist Threat to the United States
In December, Saudi Air Force officer Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani shot and killed three US sailors and wounded eight others at Naval Air Station Pensacola in...
Terrorism Forgotten: Why America Lacks Interest in Ongoing Jihadi Threat
If, one year after 9/11, an individual originally from India drove a van full of propane tanks into the front gate of a California Air...
The Unrepentant Terrorist
"My judge is a kaffir, my lawyer is a kaffir, my prosecutor is a kaffir, and my jury are all kaffirs..." With those words, convicted Islamic terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahimi revealed both...
Rethinking ‘Radicalization’: Dutch Researcher Discusses What Makes a Homegrown Terrorist
On November 2, 2004, Dutch filmmaker and writer Theo van Gogh left his home and set off to work, riding his bicycle as he did most...
American Nazi-Islamist Found Guilty in ISIS Material Support Case
A former Washington, DC Metro Police officer -- who embraced both neo-Nazi and radical Islamist ideology -- was found guilty on Monday of attempting to provide material...
NYPD: Fighting Terrorism on Three Sides
As if the New York Police Department (NYPD)'s task in keeping the city safe from ISIS-inspired terrorists wasn't arduous enough, it now is faced with...
Trial Starts in the US Case of Nazi-Jihadist
Former DC Metro Transit Police officer Nicholas Young had unusual political views, a federal prosecutor told jurors in Young's terrorist trial -- which started on Monday. He "was attracted...
FBI Sting Nets Two Chicago-Area ISIS Supporters
Two men from the Chicago area face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of providing material support to ISIS. Joseph D. Jones and Edward Schimenti,...
Council on American-Islamic Relations Decries FBI Investigation of Election Day Terror Threats
Federal law enforcement officials reported concern Friday over vague threats of an Al Qaeda terrorist attack to disrupt Tuesday's US elections. Three states -- New York, Virginia and Texas -- were identified...
Europe Gambles on De-Radicalization Programs as Terror Threat Rises
For the past several weeks, the news out of Syria and Iraq has been consistent and decisive: The Islamic State is losing ground. Battered by...
Europe’s Terror Challenges: The Returnee Threat
Another week has brought another barrage of headlines illustrating the depth of Europe's terror threat. The following examples came during a 24-hour window earlier this month: "Schiphol...
With Terror Threat Growing, Europe Changes Course
Sixteen years ago, when Dutch commentator Paul Scheffer published his "Multicultural Drama" declaring that multiculturalism in the Netherlands had failed, the response was swift and...
Thwarted Canadian Terrorist Attack Still Raises Questions
Last week's successful prevention of a terrorist attack has merited Canadians' appreciation for the effective work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police...
Why Is Virginia a Haven for Would-Be Jihadists?
What is it about Virginia? Already this year, six men from the "Cavalier State" have been arrested on terror-related charges -- two of them in July alone....
