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Islamic State claims terrorist attack in Vienna
The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency claims that the terrorist who carried out an attack in Vienna, Austria yesterday was a “soldier of the caliphate.” Amaq identifies him as Abu Dujana al-Albani. He was imprisoned in 2019 after he attempted to join the Islamic State in Syria, but was released early.
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Austria
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
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Afghanistan
Waiting to be smuggled into Austria
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Austria
One of two teenage Austrian girls who traveled to Syria in April to join the Islamic State is said to have been killed there. A suspicious package at a Vienna subway station was detonated; it was later found to have contained hand cream. The national prosecutors’ association has asked the Justice Ministry to keep their names anonymous in public proceedings, due to a fear of reprisal attacks by jihadists.
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Austria
A court has extended the detention of Vienna-based extremist cleric Ebu Tejma a.k.a. Mirsad O., who was arrested on Nov. 28 with 12 other suspects during raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz. Investigators are looking into allegations that Tejma headed a “Bosnian cell” in Vienna that supported jihadist activities in Europe and is also suspected of sending as many as 160 recruits, including teenage girls, to the Islamic State.
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Germany
Germany Reportedly Concerned About Radicalization Of Chechen Diaspora
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Austria
Some 900 police officers conducted raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz after a two-year investigation into jihadist recruitment networks, arresting 13 people, including Abu Tejma, a Bosnian Serb preacher based in Vienna. The suspects are also thought to be involved in fundraising for the Islamic State. Austria’s interior ministry has said that about 150 people have sought to leave the country to fight for extremist groups in Syria and Iraq.
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Austria
Nations Ponder How to Handle European Fighters Returning From Jihad
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Afghanistan
Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
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Austria
Former US and Austrian soldiers join fight against Islamic State in Syria
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Austria’s radical Islam problem
The small Alpine country has become an extremist hub, where Hamas enjoys support, Iranian intelligence maintains a significant presence, and jihadist groups such as the Islamic State are drawing members and planning attacks.
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Austria
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Islamic State fighters
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Austria
After rumors on social media led the Interior Ministry to inform the parents of two teenage Austrian girls that they might have been killed in Syria, one of the girls apparently posted a message indicating they are both alive. The two sisters traveled to Syria in April, and are said to have married Chechen fighters. An estimated 142 Austrian jihadists, including 12 females, are said to have traveled to Syria to fight. Government officials are planning measures to address the rising terrorist threat, including banning the Islamic State and its symbols, stripping returning jihadists of citizenship, and developing antiradicalization programs.
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Australia
Jihadist-related arrests across Europe, Asia
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army, Al Nusrah Front fight on Golan where peacekeepers held
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Austria
Islamist militants on rise in Austria: government
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Austria
Austrian authorities arrested nine people with asylum status who are suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join jihadist groups. The suspects, who are all Chechens with Russian citizenship, were arrested near the border in Carinthia and Burgenland. In June, Austrian intelligence said an estimated 100 people had left Austria to fight for rebel groups in Syria. Some of the Austrian jihadists have returned, and about 20 others are thought to have died in combat.
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Austria
Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
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Al Qaeda
Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror
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Japan
Nuclear Materials Report Shows Better Safekeeping
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Austria
Vienna agrees to label Hezbollah as terror group
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Austria
Austria considers ban of Hezbollah’s military wing
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Israel
Analysis: Golan fighting spells more Syria trouble for Israel
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European Union
Decision to End Syrian Arms Embargo Angers Russia
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European Union
Rebel Leaders in Syria Ask for Weapons from the West
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Austria
The Global Islamic Media Front released a German-language video in which Abu Usama al-Gharib (a.k.a. Mohamed Mahmoud), leader of the banned German Islamist group Millatu-Ibrahim, burned his Austrian passport; said he hated Austria, Germany, the EU, and the US; and threatened to bring “fire to you, your cities, your trains, your streets, your houses, your parliaments, and your courts.” The video contained clips of the 9/11 al Qaeda attack on New York City.
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Palestinian Territories
UN set to implicitly recognize Palestinian state, despite threats
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Austria
Austria – Saudi-backed religious centre stirs controversy
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Germany
German Jihadists Target Youth on the Internet, Study Finds
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Austria
One shady operator provides glimpse of supply line to Iran
