Qatar Foreign Minister Rejects Trump's Claim Nation Backs Terrorists | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

Qatari minister of foreign affairs Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the allegations by President Trump that Qatar government funds terror.

Turkish Soldiers Dying because US Helps Terrorists instead of Fighting Them – MP

Turkey's leader is accusing Washington and its allies of supporting terrorist groups in Syria. As US State Dept responds, Ahmed Beirat Conkar – Ak party Mp & Co-President of Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee, shares his thoughts with RT

Assad: West Doesn't Worry When Terrorists Attack Palmyra & Destroy Human Heritage

In an interview to RT, the Syrian President warned against taking statements by western governments at face value, as in Aleppo, they seemed to care more about saving terrorists than civilians. He also slammed the lackluster reaction to ISIS’s onslaught on Palmyra.

‘International Community Still Financing & Protecting Terrorists’ – Mother Agnes on Syria

RT crosses live to Syrian peace campaigner Mother Agnes-Mariam and independent researcher and journalist Vanessa Beeley.

CrossTalk: Targeting All Terrorists

An expanding strategy and upping the ante – Russia is increasing its campaign against terrorist groups in Syria, while protecting the legitimate government in Damascus. Official Washington continues to struggle to find a response, other than expressing its fury. Being angry at Russia is not a foreign policy. CrossTalking with Ray McGovern, Daniel Lazare, and Michael O'Hanlon.

Think Muslim, Think Terrorist: Poll Reveals British Attitudes Toward Islam

CHRISTIAN TODAY: More British people associate the word "Muslim" with terror and terrorism than with any other quality, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by the charity Islamic Relief.

The poll was aimed at identifying British views about Muslims and their religion. It revealed attitudes described as "extremely worrying" by Islamic Relief's UK director Jehangir Malik.

The charity asked people to name the three words they associate with the term "Muslim" and found that more think of "terror/terrorism/terrorist" (12 per cent) than "faith" (11 per cent) or "mosque" (nine per cent). Also represented were "anti-women", "extremist", "fanatic" and "intolerant", though all at levels of around four or five per cent. » | Mark Woods | Christian Today Contributing Editor | Monday, June 15, 2015

'Terrorists from 83 Countries Fighting in Syria' – Foreign Minister to UN Assembly 2013 (Full Speech)

The Syrian government is fighting against "terrorist groups from 83 countries" as part of its "constitutional right" to protect the country's people, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the UN General Assembly in New York.

Terror Cells, Comfy Cells!
MAIL ON SUNDAY: They have thought of everything. The walls are a cheery yellow, a colour designed to give an illusion of space. The chair and the thick mattress are an equally bright blue.

Daylight filters in through a Perspex domed window in the ceiling; there's air-conditioning, a private WC and basin, a desk, storage for clothes and books and even access to music and films. It could be any superior budget hotel, and it's in a great location - just ten minutes from London's Oxford Street.

The only thing that gives away that this isn't designed for weekend breaks is the 2in-thick steel door, the sound-deadening material, and a CCTV camera monitoring your every move (except for the 'exclusion zone' while using the en suite facilities).

These are the newly refurbished cells that make up the secure custody suite at Paddington Green police station. Whenever a terrorist suspect is taken into custody it's to 'a central London location'. It's no secret that it's here but cameras have never been allowed in before. Inside the terror cell: The London police station that has housed the failed July 21 bombers and Guantanamo Bay prisoners >>> Andrew Preston | Sunday, June 20, 2010

How Israel Screens for Terrorists

Australian Jihad Plotters Jailed for Up To 28 Years
THE TELEGRAPH: Five men convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia will spend between 23 to 28 years in prison after a Sydney judge handed them the maximum sentences for their crimes.

Justice Anthony Whealy of the New South Wales Supreme Court said he had little hope that the men, aged 25 to 44, could be rehabilitated, saying they were motivated by "intolerant, inflexible religious conviction" and had shown contempt for the Australian government, its leaders and laws.

In October last year, at the end of Australia's longest ever trial, a jury found the Sydney men guilty of conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts.

Their exact target or targets have never been identified.

The men, Australian-born or naturalised citizens with Muslim immigrant backgrounds, had all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

During the 10-month trial, the court heard the five jihadists wanted to terrify and intimidate the Australian public and the government in retaliation for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. >>> Bonnie Malkin in Sydney | Monday, February 15, 2010

Thirty 'High-risk' Terrorists to Be Released Early
THE SUNDAY TIMES: UP to 30 “high-risk” terrorists — including some of the most dangerous men in Britain — are due to be released from jail in the next year.

More are being freed in the wake of a ruling by Britain’s most senior judges that long sentences for terrorist crimes could “inflame” rather than deter extremism.

An analysis of appeal court cases shows that of the 26 terrorism cases it has heard, 25 have led to men with terrorism convictions having their sentences reduced.

Others are being released because they serve only part of their term. In response, Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, said the Tories were considering longer sentences for terrorists.

The leniency of the British appeal court to some convicted terrorists contrasts with America where they can be locked up for their whole lives.One man designated “high risk” and due to be freed soon is Andrew Rowe, a Muslim convert who was found guilty of having notes on how to fire mortar bombs.

Rowe was sentenced to 15 years in 2005. He is due to be freed next April after his sentence was reduced to 10 years. Others who have had their sentences cut include some of those who helped the failed suicide bombers of July 21, 2005 and two of those convicted of soliciting murder during the Danish cartoons protest. >>> David Leppard | Sunday, October 04, 2009

Police Call for Indefinite Internment for Terror Suspects
THE OBSERVER: · Critics' anger over internment plans
· PM briefed on 'extraordinary measure'
One of Britain's most senior police officers has demanded a return to a form of internment, with the power to lock up terror suspects indefinitely without charge.

The proposal, put forward by the head of the Association of Police Chief Officers (Acpo) and supported by Scotland Yard, is highly controversial. An earlier plan to extend the amount of time suspects can be held without charge to 90 days led to Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as Prime Minister. Eventually, the government was forced to compromise on 28 days, a period which Gordon Brown has already said he wants to extend.

The Observer understands that the Acpo proposal has been discussed in meetings between Brown and senior police officers. Whitehall sources said the PM was receptive to the association's demands, but believes an upper detention limit is essential to avoid a de facto Guantanamo Bay based in the UK.

Ken Jones, the president of Acpo, told The Observer that in some cases there was a need to hold terrorist suspects without charge for 'as long as it takes'. He said such hardline measures were the only way to counter the complex, global nature of terrorist cells planning further attacks in Britain and that civil liberty arguments were untenable in light of the evolving terror threat. Lock terror suspects up indefinitely say police (more) By Mark Townsend and Jamie Howard

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