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New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?

As New Orleans seeks to recover from the deadly, Islamic State-inspired truck attack, law enforcement and community leaders are confronting an existential question as old as the city's famed entertainment district: Can Bourbon Street be protected in a way that preserves the round-the-clock revelry

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New Orleans Police Officers Stop ISIS-Inspired Attacker

Bodycam footage reveals fatal shooting of Islamic State-inspired attacker in New Orleans. Officers praised for swift response. Ongoing investigation and le...

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Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab

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Terror watchdog lawyer says UK should consider allowing IS members to come home

UK woman Shamima Begum was disallowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court in August last year.

Evening Standard

New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him, bodycam video shows

Newly released police bodycam video shows that the Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day fired at least one time from inside his truck before police fatally shot him

The Independent UK

Islamic State: despite the fall of its caliphate, the group is still influencing terrorism

At 3:15am on New Year’s Day, a 42-year-old US citizen and army veteran from Texas called Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 15 people and injuring at least 35 more.

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US seizure of Greenland is ‘not going to happen’, says David Lammy

UK foreign secretary plays down idea of Trump taking control, in speech exposing differences with president-elect

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US Defense Secretary Emphasizes Need For Troops In Syria

US Defense Secretary highlights the importance of maintaining troops in Syria to prevent ISIS resurgence and secure detention facilities amidst the country...

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Shamima Begum won't come back to UK, insists David Lammy, after US says Britain should take back IS terrorists

The Supreme Court has ruled that former Bethnal Green schoolgirl Shamima Begum, 24, will not be allowed to challenge the decision to revoke her British citizenship

Evening Standard

Kurdish general urges Trump to leave US troops in north-east Syria

Exclusive: SDF leader says removal of 2,000-strong force would leave door open for Islamic State resurgence

The Guardian - UK

Blinken Seeks To Avert Syria Turmoil With Europeans On Final Trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Thursday to Rome for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of flare-ups with Turkey, capping what is likely his final trip.

International Business Times

British IS members in Syria should be allowed home, says Trump’s counter-terror pick

Sebastian Gorka says letting people in prison camps return to Britain would benefit the ‘special relationship’ with US

The Guardian - UK

US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press that the U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat

The Independent UK

New Orleans attack came as the FBI was facing political heat and bracing for a transition

The attack that killed 14 in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and public criticism from lawmakers, especially allies of President-elect Donald Trump

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Was the Las Vegas Bombing a Case of the Afghan War Coming Home?

Matthew Livelsberger’s alleged manifesto highlights an infamous U.S. drug raid.

International Business Times

The Quiet Financier: Islamic State's Elusive Strongman

His orange henna-dyed beard and striking eyewear would make him easy to pick out in a crowd, but Abdul Qadir Mumin has remained elusive.

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New Orleans Truck Attacker Linked To Islamic State Militant Group

A U.S. citizen and former soldier carried out a deadly truck attack in New Orleans, inspired by the Islamic State, leading to heightened security measures ...

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The FBI says the man responsible for New Year's truck attack visited New Orleans twice before

The man responsible for the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses

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Deadly New Orleans attack underscores looming threat of IS attacks in the US

Islamic State has urged followers to attack the US, and the attorney general has called the group a top security concern

Evening Standard

King ‘deeply saddened’ by death of royal nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack

Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.

The Guardian - UK

Prince William ‘shocked and saddened’ by death of British man in New Orleans attack

Edward Pettifer, stepson of princes’ former nanny, was one of 14 killed in New Year’s Day truck attack

The Independent UK

New Orleans attack came as officials warned of an escalating threat of international terrorism

The truck attack in New Orleans by an Army veteran inspired by the Islamic State group unfolded amid months of warnings by officials about a resurgent terrorism threat

The Guardian - US

FBI finds bomb-making material at home of New Orleans truck attacker

Investigators recover equipment from house rented by man who killed 14 and injured dozens on New Year’s Day

The Independent UK

The French Quarter's metal barriers were gone on New Year's, leaving a critical security gap

The city of New Orleans tried to protect its famed French Quarter from a terrorist attack years before a U.S. Army veteran rammed a truck into crowds of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people

The Independent UK

New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans

Much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans on New Year’s and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas the same day

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