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Category: Isis

  • ‘Allahu Akbar’: Two Killed, Attacker Shot by Police After Paris Stabbing

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    Breitbart News reports one member of the public was killed in the Paris suburb of Trappes Thursday morning in a knife attack, which was ended by French police fatally shooting the assailant, according to media reports.

    Police confirmed there was an operation underway in the neighbourhood in the aftermath of the suspected attack, the authorities have yet to release details about the incident. France’s BFMTV reports the 36-year-old male suspect was known to French security services, and was convicted in 2016 for “the glorification of terrorism”.

    Europe1 reports there have been two fatalities and two seriously wounded, and that the knifeman shot by police is likely one of the dead. Shouting “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the Greatest) during the attack, the assailant took cover in a building after being shot and died of his wounds inside.

    The suspect was seen entering a building around 10am, before leaving with a knife a short time later and shouting “Allahu Akbar”. He attacked several passers-by before being shot.

    Despite the reported extremist background of the suspect, French police are investigating a potential family feud as the origin of the stabbing. Counter-terror police have the option to take over the investigation but have not yet done so.

    Isis is claiming responsibility, of course. Another melt-down known to authorities- he should have been deported upon his conviction.

  • Hawaii-based soldier who supported ISIS to plead guilty in terrorism case

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    The Army Times reports a Hawaii-based Army soldier has been accused of attempting to support the Islamic State will plead guilty, one of his lawyers told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

    Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang has agreed to plead guilty, but Alexander Silvert, an assistant federal defender representing him, won’t say what charges he’ll be pleading to.

    “We’ve agreed on a sentence,” Silvert said, declining to elaborate. He referred further questions to Kang’s other attorney, Birney Bervar, who couldn’t immediately be reached.

    Court documents allege Kang provided classified military information to undercover agents whom he believed were part of the Islamic State group.

    Kang is scheduled to withdraw his not guilty plea Thursday, court records show. The hearing was moved from the afternoon to the morning because of concerns about a hurricane headed for Hawaii, Silvert said.

    A plea agreement hasn’t been filed in court yet.

    A confidential informant told authorities Kang watched videos depicting beheadings and other violence in his room for hours every day, according to court documents.

    Kang told the informant that if he became an Islamic State member, he would be a suicide bomber and attack Schofield Barracks, a sprawling Army base outside Honolulu, according to an affidavit filed in court.

    Kang began researching the Muslim religion in 2014, couldn’t wait to move to the Middle East to “join the cause” and was “only in the military for a paycheck,” the informant said, according to the affidavit.

    When Kang met with the undercover agents at a home in Honolulu, he pledged allegiance to the group and kissed an Islamic State flag, according to court documents.

    Kang may suffer from service-related mental health issues that the government was aware of but neglected to treat, Bervar has said previously.

    Kang has been detained without bail since his arrest last year. Kang is still in the Army, but his duty status is “confined,” said Lt. Col. Curt Kellogg, with the 25th Infantry Division.

    “Service-related mental health issues.” The old PTSD Defense; good luck with that.
    /sarc