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U.S. Soldier Charged With Planning Attacks on NYC With ISIS
A U.S. soldier is facing charges after allegedly helping ISIS plan attacks on landmarks including the 9/11 Museum in Lower Manhattan. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Feds: U.S. Soldier Conspired to Plot Attacks on 9/11 Memorial, Maximize Lethality on Troops
A U.S. soldier is facing charges he communicated with someone he thought was a member of ISIS to plan attacks on New York City landmarks — including the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan — and provide tactical military advice to terrorists, federal officials said Tuesday. Cole James Bridges, 20, of Stow, Ohio, is charged with attempted material support for terror and…
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U.S. Soldier Allegedly Conspired to Plot Attacks on 9/11 Memorial
A U.S. soldier is facing charges he communicated with someone he thought was a member of ISIS to plan attacks on New York City landmarks – including the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell News 4.
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Inside the Case Against ISIS Militants Charged in Americans' Beheadings
As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles,” an incongruously…
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Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Attack White House, Trump Tower in Manhattan
The man acknowledged that since May 2019, he had conspired with another person to share bomb-making information for the purposes of domestic and foreign attacks on behalf of the Islamic State
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Oregon Man Charged With Conspiring to Aid Islamic State
An Oregon man was indicted after authorities said he supported the Islamic State group by distributing articles on how to kill and maim with a knife and encouraging readers to carry out attacks
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Man Gets 30 Years in 2nd Sentencing for Beheading Plot
A man convicted of leading a plot to behead blogger Pamela Geller on behalf of the Islamic State group will serve even longer behind bars after he was sentenced for a second time Monday and ordered to 30 years in prison. David Daoud Wright was originally sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2017 but was ordered to be sentenced…
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ISIS Supporters Targeted NYC Locations to ‘Send a Message,' Feds Say
Federal investigators filed a complaint last week alleging two men intended to attack locations around the country, including the New York Stock Exchange and Trump Tower in Manhattan, on behalf of ISIS. The FBI identified Jaylyn Molina and Kristopher Matthews, from Texas and South Carolina respectively, face charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization….
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ISIS Supporters Targeted NYC Locations to ‘Send a Message,' Feds Say
Federal investigators filed a complaint last week alleging two men intended to attack locations around the country, including the New York Stock Exchange and Trump Tower in Manhattan, on behalf of ISIS. Jonathan Deinst reports.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Out After Syria Withdrawal
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire in February 2019. Mattis submitted a letter to Trump saying the president deserves a secretary of defense with views more close to his on things like alliances and building an international order. The move comes after Trump abruptly announced that U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Syria,…
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Barr Says US Won't Seek Death Penalty Against ISIS ‘Beatles'
The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages.
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Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Encouraging Attacks in NYC
A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS and distributing bomb-making instructions, according to federal prosecutors.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Overblown Boasts About Military, Vets
President Donald Trump has been speaking a lot about the military, law and order
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IS Extremists Step Up as Iraq, Syria, Grapple With Virus
A recent wave of deadly attacks in Iraq and Syria claimed by the Islamic State group shows that the extremist group defeated last year is taking advantage of governments absorbed by the economic and health impacts of the novel coronavirus to reassert itself
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2 US Marines Killed During Raid on ISIS Cave Complex in Iraq
Two U.S. Marines were killed in Iraq during a mission to clear out an extensive mountain cave complex where ISIS fighters were hiding and living, three military officials said Monday.
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US to Seek More Help From NATO to Counter ISIS
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and in bolstering U.S. defense efforts in the Middle East
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General: US Committed to Syria Fight; Missions Up Against ISIS
U.S. troops at military outposts ín eastern Syria asked variations of the same question to their top commander Saturday: What is our future here? What are the goals we need to think about? Gen. Frank McKenzie, the U.S Middle East commander, knows the future is not certain. But at least for today, he said, “this is an area where...
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CT Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Cops, Suggesting He's Part of ISIS: Police
Among the anti-police screeds was “ISIS we will kill cops!” and “Declare war against police ha ha ha ha ha”
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Bureaucracy to Brutality: New Evidence Reveals ISIS Hierarchy
Documents compiled by a U.S.-based Syrian rights group reveal how Islamic State militants used one of their most powerful bureaucratic bodies to regulate daily life and impose and execute penalties.
The new evidence could be used in international prosecutions.
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ISIS Claims Pakistan Mosque Bombing as Death Toll Rises to 15
Pakistani officials raised the death toll from a mosque bombing in the country’s southwest to 15 people on Saturday, as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan province, during the evening prayers on Friday.