Capture of underage female IS-supporter in Mosul shows extent the group’s appeal

  As the so-called Islamic State’s last bastions in Mosul fell, Iraqi soldiers and militias captured a host of IS-fighters. Amongst them were a larger number of foreigners who had joined the terrorist group over the preceding years. Trip to the Levant in 2016 Yet few arrests have called forth more international attention than the…

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The National Intelligence Center (CNI) orders the expulsion of a Muslim leader

12 May 2013 The National Intelligence Center (CNI) has ordered the expulsion from Spain of the Moroccan and Muslim leader Noureddin Ziani for threat on national security. Ziani is, according to Al Pais, helping the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in their appeal to the independence of the numerous Islamic communities of Catalonia”. The director…

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Mohamed Merah and the Secret Services

Spiegel – 03/22/2012 The Spanish intelligence service gave tips to their  French colleagues that Merah allegedly attended a meeting of Salafists in Catalonia in 2011 but somehow that was not enough to trigger further independent investigation by French officials.

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Terror Threat Still High in Germany, Intelligence Chief Says

18 February 2011 Despite Germany’s recent easing of anti-terror measures, the head of the country’s domestic intelligence service said in an interview published on Friday that the terror threat is still serious. “In Germany and abroad there are people who are ready and able to carry out attacks,” said Heinz Fromm, president of the Federal…

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Jihad and Families

A research report submitted to the Dutch parliament this week recommended the government counter Islamic radicalization by promoting marriage and family life. The study by the national intelligence service analyzed data on 22 men who were committed to jihad in the past but had since stopped. The service emphasizes the importance of a job and…

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