ISIS
Suspects Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein aimed to kill hundreds of people, according to prosecutors.
Acre resident Issa Mahdi, 18, planned to attack a bus stop near the city’s train station and had already taken steps to acquire explosives, according to police.
Islam Doci promoted ISIS propaganda online, communicated with ISIS members and sent money overseas to support the terror group, per the U.S. Department of Justice.
The ISIS sympathizer was arrested at his parents’ home, where he sustained minor injuries while trying to evade police.
Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida was the head of the Islamic State’s “Palestine District” in the Strip.
The ISIS supporters targeted a shul and the Eiffel Tower, prosecutors said.
“We will continue to pursue ISIS terrorists with unwavering determination, throughout the region,” stated the commander of U.S. Central Command.
Prosecutors also claim that the FBI recovered “what appeared to be a bomb” during the arrest of Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, a lawful permanent resident from the Philippines.
The council “can, and must, adjust its sanctions so the Syrian government can prevail in the fight against terrorism, while keeping the most dangerous and unrepentant actors designated,” said Dorothy Shea, interim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
“ISIS terrorists are not safe where they sleep, where they operate and where they hide,” said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of CENTCOM.
Police say the 65-year-old praised Hamas, Al Qaeda, ISIS and kept weapons and an ISIS flag at home.
“We will find the terrorists operating in our shadows and bring them to justice,” said U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon.
