Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
An employee at the Israeli Embassy in China has been stabbed. A foreign suspect is detained
A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing was stabbed Friday in front of a supermarket, Chinese police and the Israeli government said. Beijing police said they had arrested a suspect, a 53-year-old foreign man. They described the victim as a family member of an Israeli diplomat. No motive was given…
Read MoreFour teenagers arrested for planning attack against Israeli embassy
Just a week following a terror attack in Brussels, which claimed the lives of two Swedish nationals, details of a new foiled attack in the capital are now beginning to emerge. Belgian and French authorities, in a series of operations conducted earlier this year, apprehended four teenagers in June and August, all between the ages…
Read MoreLeader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures in a key meeting of three top anti-Israel militant groups amid the war raging in Gaza. A brief statement following the meeting said that Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah agreed with Hamas’ Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad’s leader…
Read MoreGermany: Duisburg police arrest terror suspect — reports
Police in the western German city of Duisburg on Tuesday arrested a man who was allegedly planning a terror attack, multiple German media outlets reported. The man was supposedly planning to attack a pro-Israel demonstration with a truck to which he had access, the publications Bild and Spiegel reported. The media reports said the suspect,…
Read MoreOhio Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Burn Down a Church that Planned to Host Drag Show Events
An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act and to using fire and explosives to commit a felony, all in connection with his attempt to burn down a church because of the church’s support for the LGBTQI+ community. According to court documents, on March 25, Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of…
Read MoreOff-duty pilot charged with 83 counts of attempted murder for allegedly trying to shut off engines on Alaska Airlines flight
An off-duty pilot is charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut off the engines by pulling the fire extinguisher handles on an Alaska Airlines flight, according to officials. The plane was scheduled to fly from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco before it diverted late Sunday to Portland after a…
Read MoreFormer NSA employee admits trying to sell top secret info to Russia
A former National Security Agency employee pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian agent — but who was actually an undercover FBI employee. Jareh Dalke, 31, pleaded to six counts of attempting to transmit national defense information to a foreign government, admitting that in…
Read MorePentagon rushes defenses and advisers to Middle East as Israel’s ground assault in Gaza looms
The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza. One of the officers leading the assistance is Marine Corps Lt.…
Read MoreMore bomb threats – and more all-clears – at two Montgomery schools
Students were evacuated from two Montgomery County high schools Monday as police there were again forced to respond to bomb threats targeting schools that ultimately proved unfounded. The schools were Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, a previous target, and Rockville High School in Rockville. By 1:30 p.m. police had searched and cleared those…
Read MoreFrench arrests after bomb scares trigger evacuations at airports and Versailles
At least 18 people have been arrested after a wave of hoax bomb threats prompted evacuations across France. The Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, as well as schools, airports and hospitals have all been targeted. Those behind the disruption are mostly minors, authorities say. The threats come at a time of heightened tension in France,…
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