Terrorism Situation News Today

While the number of attacks and deaths carried out in the name of radical Islamic ideology in Europe has remained low in recent years, arrests for related activities have been creeping up.

Police forces around Europe seem hooked on the habit of collecting information on a massive scale and forwarding it to the EU's police agency, Europol. This undermines privacy, fair trial rights and the presumption of innocence.

A Europol report on terrorism has stated that Dissident Republican activity was disrupted thanks to the Covid-19 restrictions.

New report underlines the changing profile of terrorism-related arrests in Ireland over the last 10 years

Extremists using COVID pandemic to polarise societies - Europol Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) THE NETHERLANDS: Violent extremists are abusing the coronavirus pandemic to polarise societies, spread hate propaganda and exacerbate mistrust in public institutions, Europol warned in a report on Tuesday. Since Covid gripped the world in early 2020, there has been “a notable increase in intolerance of political opponents, while the number of individuals conducting verbal or physical...

A lesson on tolerance, from John Le Carre for France With a new law to monitor Islamic separatism, France betrays an idea of citizenship and republican values that is deeply insular. Updated: December 25, 2020 4:19:26 pm France President Emmanuel Macron “Should we be free to burn Korans, mock the passionately held religions of others? Maybe we should – but should we also be surprised when the believers we have offended respond in fury? I couldn’t answe...

In a week. when theres a crime situation that calls for it, a terrorism situation that calls for it, from what i understand, they have interviewed hundreds in a week. so a list of 20 people to be interviewed in a week when the fbi has thousands of agents, many of them well trained in the art of figuring out how to interview somebody, is not unreasonable. its only fair. and we hope that there are still no limitations on the fbi investigation. we hope that there are no limitations, because that wi...

Months of delay. and finally, madam president, the investigation itself. it should only take a week. thats for sure. no democrat has called for it taking more than a week. we arent moving the goal post back. but it should be thorough. it should not be limited by the senate judiciary staff who was initially calling the shots and theyve been biased to begin with. when the democratic staff asked to be on the phone with the counsel to the president, mr. mcgahn, the republican staff refused. thats no...

That calls for it, a terrorism situation that calls for it. from what i understand, they have interviewed hundreds in a week. so, a list of 20 people to be interviewed in a week when the fbi has thousands of agents, many of them well trained in the art of figuring out how to interview somebody is not unreasonable. its only fair. and we hope that there is no limitations on the fbi investigation. we hope there are no limitations. that will jaundice the whole process. that is not what those who cal...

Big town. we are over 80 to 100 different nationalities. were modest people. we are multicultural, as you say. there are people of all origins that live rather well together. >> do you think whats happened will threaten that multiculturalism? >> translator: today, were facing a terrorism situation. today was a police action against the terrorists that took place in saint-denis. it doesnt question the diversity and our willing and the pleasure we have of living together. >> my great thanks to the...