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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 653

Matthew Barakat

This undated image provided by the Guam Department of Corrections shows Asif William Rahman. (Guam Department of Corrections via AP)
December 12, 2024, 1:44 am
CIA analyst accused of leaking Israeli plan to attack Iran ordered held pending trial
Prosecutor says Asif Rahman — whose actions posed a ‘danger to human life’ — was motivated by ideology, and had a to-do list with categories labeled ‘contingencies’ and ‘run’
By Matthew Barakat
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, Feb. 10, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images via JTA)
November 7, 2024, 11:43 pm
Healthcare worker who stole RBG’s medical records before she died gets 2 years in jail
Prosecutors say Nebraska man posted sensitive info about former US Supreme Court justice on forums that trafficked in antisemitic conspiracy theories, though motivations not clear
By Matthew Barakat
File - El Shafee Elsheikh, one of the Islamic State Beatles,' speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria March 30, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
June 8, 2024, 1:43 am
US federal appeals court upholds 2022 conviction of Islamic State ‘Beatle’
Judges reject claim by El Shafee Elsheikh, part of UK-born terror cell that beheaded abducted journalists on video, that US interrogators didn’t properly notify him of his rights
By Matthew Barakat
File - El Shafee Elsheikh, one of the Islamic State Beatles,' speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria March 30, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
August 19, 2022, 9:44 pm
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ sentenced to life by US for beheading hostages
‘Hatred truly overwhelmed your humanity,’ mother of 1 of El Shafee Elsheikh’s victims says, after he’s found guilty for role in ‘vicious and sadistic’ group that killed 4 Americans
By Matthew Barakat
File - El Shafee Elsheikh, one of the Islamic State Beatles,' speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria March 30, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 14, 2022, 10:40 pm
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ convicted by US for beheading hostages
British national El Shafee Elsheikh found guilty of belonging to group known for cruelty to captives, including 4 Americans who were killed
By Matthew Barakat
This undated photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Sheriff's Office in January 2022 shows Allison Fluke-Ekren. Fluke-Ekren, 42, who once lived in Kansas, has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria announced Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, that she has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)
January 31, 2022, 6:42 am
US woman charged with leading all-female Islamic State battalion
Prosecutors say Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, even trained children to use AK-47 rifles, wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the US
By Matthew Barakat
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people move past him at a market with currency exchange shops in Kabul on September 5, 2021. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP)
September 7, 2021, 11:49 pm
CIA veteran: Al-Qaeda will rebuild within Afghanistan, seek to attack US again
Intelligence agent who worked with Bush and Obama says terror group will rearm with the help of Taliban
By Matthew Barakat
Abolfazl Nahidian, of the Manassas Mosque in Manassas, Virginia, after a press conference in which he and other Muslim leaders asked the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that have been confiscated because the shipment was considered a violation of US sanctions on Iran, August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)
August 11, 2021, 12:15 pm
US mosque denied shipment of religious tiles due to sanctions on Iran
Muslim leaders ask Biden administration to release custom-made tiles bearing Quran texts confiscated by customs officials, suggest anti-Islam sentiment may be behind move
By Matthew Barakat
Undated file photo provided by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office shows John Cameron Denton, founder and former leader of a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
May 4, 2021, 9:50 pm
US neo-Nazi gets 3 years for plan to target Black church, bogus bomb threats
Prosecutors say John Denton, founder and ex-leader of far-right Atomwaffen Division, was behind the largest swatting conspiracy ever taken down by the federal government
By Matthew Barakat
Illustrative: Policemen walk through a street close to the site of a shooting in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, on October 9, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa/AFP)
May 4, 2021, 8:52 pm
Germany says antisemitic crimes up 15% in 2020, far-right attacks on the rise
Head of European Jewish Congress says new figures announced by German interior ministry ‘should ring alarm bells’; police arrest alleged neo-Nazi ‘motivated by right-wing ideology’
By Matthew Barakat
A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee stands behind a crowd of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' during the 'Unite the Right' rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 2, 2021, 8:19 am
Court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statue at center of deadly rally
State Supreme Court says city can take down two monuments, including one of Robert E. Lee that was the focus of 2017 event
By Matthew Barakat and Michael Kunzelman
Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," at a security center in Kobani, Syria, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 10, 2020, 3:36 am
British men accused of helping behead Islamic State hostages plead not guilty
2 suspects, allegedly part of brutal Jihadi cell dubbed ‘The Beatles,’ are on trial in US for helping terror group carry out killings, hostage negotiations
By Matthew Barakat
In this March 30, 2019, file photo, Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," speak during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
October 8, 2020, 4:16 am
Islamic State ‘Beatles’ charged in gruesome killings of American, other hostages
British-born suspects appear in US court to face charges over campaign of torture, beheadings of victims in Syria including American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff
By Eric Tucker and Matthew Barakat
The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, carried by Supreme Court police officers, arrives in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, September 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
September 24, 2020, 5:07 pm
Thousands of mourners line up to pay respects to Justice Ginsburg at court
People form lines of nearly half a mile to pay respects to women’s rights champion and leader of court’s liberal bloc during casket viewing
By Mark Sherman and Matthew Barakat
John C. Denton (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)
July 14, 2020, 11:36 pm
Former leader of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty on plans to call in threats
John C. Denton of Montgomery, Texas, faces up to five years in prison after admitting he intended to ‘swat’ black church, cabinet secretary, journalists and others
By Matthew Barakat
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