1. Antisemitic incident at US school
(As an isolated incident this is probably meaningless. But as a data point in what appears to be developing as a new normal, it may be something)
2. US Gave $232,000 to Group Providing “Non-Violence” Training to Hamas
3. Five Hindu children abducted in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed men kidnapped five children belonging to minority Hindu community from Balochistan’s volatile Jaffarabad district on Wednesday, senior officials said.
Syed Zafar Ali Shah, the Deputy Commissioner Jaffarabad told Dawn.com that the children were going to school when abducted by the armed men near Dera Allah Yar. He, however, added that four accused belonging to a local tribe were arrested in connection with the kidnapping.
4. Israelis stop homicide bomber at fence.
5. After the Brussels Shooting, Should Israel Revamp Its Policy of Targeted Killings?
The murder of two of its citizens in Brussels last week by an unknown gunman raises an interesting question: If the Belgian police fail to bring the shooter to justice, might the attack prompt Israel to act on its long-standing policy of targeted killings?
Thank you Arun, M, WTD, Tundra T, and all. More to come and some interesting material if I can get it done today.
#1 Antisemitism is growing all around the world, if is unfortunate that this trend is hitting the US.
#5 Targeted killing is a useful tactic in a war of shadows, unfortunately the worlds press is anti-Israel and will use any targeted killing against Israel.
Spain arrests 6 suspected of recruiting for terror groups (CNN, May 30, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/30/world/spain-terrorist-arrests/index.html
“Swooping in at 4 o’clock in the morning, Spanish police arrested six Spanish men on suspicion of recruiting and sending 26 radical Islamic fighters for terrorist groups in Syria, Mali and Libya, the Interior Ministry said Friday.
The arrests came in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on Morocco’s north coast, where a Spaniard and two Frenchmen were arrested just last March on similar charges.
The suspected leader in the cell disrupted on Friday had returned to Spain after fighting in Syria and training in a terrorist camp in northern Mali, the Interior Ministry said.
The movement of Islamic militants from Europe and North Africa to conflict zones such as Syria, Mali or Libya — and their eventual return to Spain to potentially carry out terrorist attacks — has been a prime concern for authorities battling terrorism….”
U.S.: Jihadi featured in suicide bombing video in Syria grew up in Florida (CNN/video, Ma 30, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/30/world/meast/syria-american-jihadi/index.html
“The truck was loaded with munitions, then driven up a hillside in northern Syria. Moments later, there was a massive blast followed by cries of “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic, and the rattling of gunfire.
The suicide attacker in the bombing depicted in this online video was an American jihadi, radical Islamists claiming responsibility for the blast have said.
Late Thursday, two U.S. officials confirmed their boast.
The man called by the nom de guerre Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki was a U.S. citizen, who grew up in Florida and went to school there.
Neither official would disclose the bomber’s real name. Investigators are interviewing family members….”
More on Brussels Jewish Museum shooting:
from:
Museum Shooting: ‘My children know that being Jewish means they will be targets’ – published June 1, 2014
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