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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese inmates get online, but at what cost to security?
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Al Qaeda
Norway security service: No change in threat level
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Norway
Al Qaeda-linked cleric Mullah Krekar is slated for release from prison on Jan. 25, after serving time for issuing death threats against Prime Minister Solberg and several other people. Norwegian intelligence has sought to expel him, considering his Ansar al Islam group a threat to Norway, but he cannot be extradited to Iraq as he would face the death penalty there. Norwegian media organizations beefed up security after 12 people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack on a satirical magazine in Paris.
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Norway
Norway ‘too slow’ to tackle extremism: report
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Norway
An official in the Norwegian intelligence service PST admitted that the agency has underestimated the number of people who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight for extremist groups since the autumn of 2012; the number is now said to be as many as 140. Authorities believe that at least 20 of those foreign fighters have returned to Norway and that 12 others have died. In a march led by Muslim and Christian leaders, about 5,000 people demonstrated in Oslo against the Islamic State’s terrorism.
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Norway
The state security service PST disclosed that two Norwegians thought to now be in Syria, Abdul Hakim Sanchez Hammer and Abu Aluevitsj Edelbijev, have been indicted for Islamic State-related terrorism. Another man in Syria, Norwegian-Chilean Islamist Bastian Alexis Vasquez, faces similar charges. Authorities say some 60 people have traveled to Syria from Norway to join extremist groups. PST warned that there is a 60 to 90 percent risk that Norway will be attacked by Islamist terrorists next year. Norwegian police have been directed to carry a weapon for the next four weeks.
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Norway
Among the 83 terrorist groups listed by the United Arab Emirates is the Islamic Association of Norway (Det Islamske Forbundet i Norge). Officials with the state security service refused to comment on the possible existence of Islamic State sleeper cells in Norway.
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Malta
Syrian ‘hero boy’ video faked by Norwegian director
