Eye on Extremism - April 12, 2016

Eye on Extremism April 12, 2016 The Guardian: Brussels Terror Cell 'Planned To Attack Euro 2016 Tournament' “The terror cell that carried out attacks in Paris and Brussels was reportedly planning to target the Euro 2016 football championships in France this summer. The French newspaper Libération reported that Mohamed Abrini, who was arrested on Friday, had told Belgian investigators the Islamist group had never intended to target Brussels. Instead the group intended to launch another attack in France, following the series of suicide bombings and shootings in November that left 130 dead and hundreds injured, Abrini is said to have told investigators. On Sunday prosecutors said the cell had originally intended to strike France. ‘According to our information, Mohamed Abrini has explained the initial intention of this nebulous terrorist Franco-Belgian terrorist group was to go into action during the Euro football tournament,’ Libération reported on Monday. The tournament is taking place in 10 host cities across France between 10 June and 10 July, with both the opening match and final among those to be held at the Stade de France in Paris, which was also a target of the 13 November attacks.” New York Times: A Brussels Mentor Who Taught ‘Gangster Islam’ To The Young And Angry “He lived under the rafters in a small attic apartment in the Molenbeek district of Brussels, and became known to some followers as the Santa Claus of jihad. He had the bushy beard and potbelly, and generously offered money and advice to young Muslims eager to fight in Syria and Somalia, or to wreak havoc in Europe. When the Belgian police seized the computer of the man, Khalid Zerkani, in 2014, they found a trove of extremist literature, including tracts titled ‘Thirty-Eight Ways to Participate in Jihad’ and ‘Sixteen Indispensable Objects to Own Before Going to Syria.’ In July, Belgian judges sentenced him to 12 years in prison for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, and declared him the ‘archetype of a seditious mentor’ who spread ‘extremist ideas among naïve, fragile and agitated youth.’” Voice of America: Syrian Cease-Fire Fraying; Aleppo In Regime Sights “Rebel commanders and opposition politicians who have been battling to unseat Syrian Presidential Bashar al-Assad for five years say the cessation of hostilities brokered by the U.S. and Russia in February is on the verge of collapse, and they are readying for a regime offensive on Aleppo. Anti-Assad activists say they have recorded at least 66 breaches of the truce by the Assad regime and Russian forces over the past 48 hours, with nearly 100 people, including 7 children and 5 women, killed in government airstrikes. The cease-fire may be close to the end of its usefulness for all sides, though, and not just the government. Bassma Kodmani, one of the rebel negotiators at the Geneva peace talks set to restart later this week, warned Sunday that the last 10 days had ‘witnessed a serious deterioration, to the point where the cease-fire is about to collapse’.” Associated Press: Report: 4 Iranian Commandos Killed In Syria “Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that four members of the Iranian Special Forces were killed in Syria while fighting against the Islamic State group. The Tasnim news agency, which is considered close to the Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, reported the deaths but did not elaborate on the circumstances. A number of Iranian soldiers have been killed in Syria, including high-ranking officers. Iran is a key ally of Assad and has provided military and financial support throughout the five-year civil war.” CNN: Religious Leader Shot In Turkey, ISIS Claims Responsibility “TV personality and Syrian religious leader Zaher AlShurqat fought ISIS by teaching that ISIS' brand of cruelty was not Islam. On Sunday, in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, he nearly paid for those teachings with his life. AlShurqat is in critical condition in a government hospital in Gaziantep, according to a family member. CCTV shows a masked attacker approaching the 36-year-old, firing and running away, according Turkish state news agency Anadolu. ISIS claimed responsibility for the incident. ‘A security detachment that belongs to ISIS shot yesterday the journalist Zaher AlShurqat, who anchors anti-ISIS TV programs,’ according to a statement posted on ISIS outlet Al Amaq.” The New York Times: Boko Haram Using More Children As Suicide Bombers, Unicef Says “As it torments West Africa, Boko Haram is increasingly turning to children to carry out its crimes. One of every five suicide bombers deployed by Boko Haram in the past two years has been a child, usually a girl, according to a report released Tuesday by Unicef. Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found. The youngest bomber so far was thought to be 8 years old. The report seeks to quantify one of the most chilling elements of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group that has assaulted the Lake Chad region of Africa for years with thievery, beheadings, kidnappings and the torching of entire villages. The group has killed thousands of people and caused a food crisis, leaving the area hungry and in tatters.” Reuters: Netanyahu: Israel Has Carried Out Dozens Of Strikes In Syria “Israel has launched dozens of strikes in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, acknowledging for the first time such attacks against suspected arms transfers to Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas. Though formally neutral on Syria's civil war, Israel has frequently pledged to prevent shipments of advanced weaponry to the Iranian-backed group, while stopping short of confirming reports of specific air operations. Visiting Israeli troops in the occupied Golan Heights near the frontier with Syria, Netanyahu said: ‘We act when we need to act, including here across the border, with dozens of strikes meant to prevent Hezbollah from obtaining game-changing weaponry.’ Netanyahu did not specify what kind of strikes Israel had conducted in Syria. He also gave no timeframe or other details regarding the strikes. Israel welcomed the cessation of hostilities in Syria in February but has indicated it could still launch attacks there if it sees a threat from Hezbollah, which holds sway over southern Lebanon and whose fighters have been allied with President Bashar al-Assad.” TIME: How Germany Has Resisted The Influence Of ISIS “Programs to integrate Muslim communities may have helped Germany so far avoid the Islamist violence in neighboring France and Belgium During his lunch break one day at the end of March, Dirk Sauerborn, a senior police officer in the German city of Düsseldorf, agreed to appear on a children’s television program called Nine ½, which was devoted that week to the subject of terrorism. In their tagline for the episode, the show’s producers posed a question about the bombings that had struck a week earlier in Brussels, leaving more than 30 people dead. They asked: ‘Who would do such a thing?’ It fell to Sauerborn to provide an answer that German kids could understand.” The New York Times: Marine’s Death In A Secret Iraqi Base Reflects A Quietly Expanding U.S. Role “On a Saturday morning three weeks ago, American radar detected rockets headed for a secret fire base of about 100 Marines in northern Iraq. As warning sirens blared, a 27-year-old staff sergeant on his fifth combat tour rushed the Marines under his command to a bunker. One rocket missed the Marines, but another exploded near the staff sergeant, Louis F. Cardin, while he was still outside. He was seriously wounded in the chest and died within the hour. Less than 12 hours later, a Marine arrived at the home of Sergeant Cardin’s parents in Temecula, Calif., to inform them that their son had been killed. It was the second time that an American service member had been killed in Iraq since President Obama resumed military operations there nearly two years ago. In the days after Sergeant Cardin’s death, American military officials were forced to disclose why he and the Marines were at the base, how Marines would be used in the future and how many American troops were actually in Iraq. The new information illustrated how the conflict had quietly expanded far from the public’s view, and raised questions about Mr. Obama’s pledge to keep American troops out of combat there.” The New York Times: Why Apple’s Stand Against The F.B.I. Hurts Its Own Customers “Two weeks ago, privacy advocates across the country celebrated as the Federal Bureau of Investigation backed off its request for Apple to help gain access into the iPhone of Syed Farook, one of the terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., in December. On Friday, the F.B.I. again sought Apple’s assistance — this time to help crack an iPhone belonging to a convicted drug dealer — by requesting that a federal judge overturn an earlier decision in Brooklyn supporting Apple. Apple had argued in part that it didn’t want iPhone hacking by the government to become routine. That the F.B.I. so soon wants access to another iPhone would seem to prove Apple right and to vindicate the company’s principled resistance, right? Wrong. Apple’s decision not to help in the Farook case was ultimately bad for the company and its customers. Apple has lost leverage in legal cases and the average iPhone user is significantly more vulnerable — both to government access and to criminal hacking — than if Apple had assisted the government in the first place.” Reuters: As Islamic State Is Pushed Back In Iraq, Worries About What's Next “As U.S.-led offensives drive back Islamic State in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network. One major worry: not enough money is being committed to rebuild the devastated provincial capital of Ramadi and other towns, let alone Islamic State-held Mosul, the ultimate target in Iraq of the U.S.-led campaign. Lise Grande, the No. 2 U.N. official in Iraq, told Reuters that the United Nations is urgently seeking $400 million from Washington and its allies for a new fund to bolster reconstruction in cities like Ramadi, which suffered vast damage when U.S.-backed Iraqi forces recaptured it in December. ‘We worry that if we don't move in this direction, and move quickly, the progress being made against ISIL may be undermined or lost,’ Grande said, using an acronym for Islamic State. Adding to the difficulty of stabilizing freed areas are Iraq's unrelenting political infighting, corruption, a growing fiscal crisis and the Shiite Muslim-led government's fitful efforts to reconcile with aggrieved minority Sunnis, the bedrock of Islamic State support.” United States Reuters: U.S. Embassy Warns Of Possible Attack On Hotel In Kabul “The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan issued an emergency warning to U.S. citizens on Monday, saying it had received reports that insurgents are planning attacks targeting the Star Hotel in Kabul. ‘In response to this potential threat, the U.S. Embassy Kabul is advising American citizens to avoid the Star Hotel and to remain vigilant when visiting hotels in Kabul, especially during large gatherings,’ the embassy said on Twitter. The warnings follow at least two rockets attacks in the diplomatic zone of Kabul on Saturday just hours after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held meetings with Afghan government leaders in the capital. The Taliban has stepped up its insurgency since most foreign troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, although Kabul has enjoyed a period of relative calm during the harsh winter months.” Syria Reuters: Syrian Army Sends Reinforcements To Aleppo “The Syrian army was on Monday reported to be sending reinforcements to Aleppo, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile truce in the run-up to the next round of peace talks. Underlining the conflict's regional dimensions, Iranian media announced the first deaths of members of its regular army in Syria, a week after Tehran said army commandos had been deployed in support of Damascus. Iran's military support has so far mostly been provided by the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps. An eruption of fighting near the ancient city of Aleppo in the last two weeks marks the most serious challenge yet to a ‘cessation of hostilities’ brokered by the United States and Russia with the aim of facilitating peace talks. Pointing to the frayed state of the truce, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem told U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura, who is visiting Damascus, that Turkey and Saudi Arabia were behind violations of the deal. He said they had ordered insurgents to stage attacks aimed at foiling planned Geneva talks. There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The two nations have backed the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, providing insurgents with arms and money. Assad is supported militarily by both Iran and Russia.” BBC: Syria Conflict: IS Retakes Northern Town Of Al-Rai From Rebels “Islamic State (IS) militants have retaken a strategically important town in northern Syria from rebel forces, activists and the jihadist group say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that al-Rai was overrun early on Monday after intense fighting. Al-Rai is close to the border with Turkey and is a key supply route into IS-held territory in Aleppo province. IS had lost the town last week in an assault by rebels fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The jihadist group controls a large swathe of territory across northern Syria, but has been pushed back in a number of areas in recent months by rebels, Kurdish fighters and Syrian government forces.” Reuters: Russia Says There Are No Plans To Storm Syria's Aleppo “There are no plans to storm the Syrian city of Aleppo despite thousands of Al-Nusra militants massing around the city, the Russian military general staff, which is providing air support to the Syrian army, said on Monday. Fighting between rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and forces loyal to Damascus has flared around Aleppo in recent weeks, threatening a fragile ceasefire in the run-up to the a new round of peace talks on the conflict. Sergei Rudskoy, head of the Russian General Staff's main operations command, said around 9,500 Al-Nusra fighters had gathered to the south-west and north of Aleppo and were planning a large-scale offensive to cut the city off from the Syrian capital of Damascus.  ‘All actions of the Syrian military and Russian air force are directed at disrupting the plans of Jabhat al-Nusra. No storming of the city of Aleppo is planned,’ he said. Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaki said on Sunday the Russian air force and Syrian military were preparing a joint operation to take full control of Aleppo from rebel forces.” Iraq Associated Press: Carter: Iraq Politics Won't Stall Beefed Up Military Fight “Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday that struggles within the Iraq government won't stall the U.S. military campaign to beef up the fight against Islamic State militants in the country. He said he expects the U.S. to ask other Persian Gulf nations next week to help in a broader effort to rebuild Iraq once the Islamic State group is defeated. President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials are expected to attend the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders' Summit next week in Saudi Arabia. ‘Economically, it's important that the destruction that's occurred be repaired and we're looking to help the Iraqis with that,’ Carter said during a visit to the USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. Navy's command ship for the Asia Pacific. He added that the reconstruction will be a ‘global’ effort. Carter said, however, that he does not expect the political problems to impede the U.S. plan to increase military support to the anti-Islamic State fight.” Turkey Fox News: Several Hurt In Car Bomb Attack On Police Station In Turkey “Turkey's state-run news agency says several people were wounded in a car bomb attack in a mainly Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey. The Anadolu Agency said ‘terrorists’ affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, attacked a police station Monday night in the town of Hani in the Diyarbakir region. The agency reported that ambulances took wounded victims to the Diyarbakir Military Hospital, but did not indicate how many people were hurt. Turkey's southeast has witnessed a surge in violence since July when a fragile peace process between the state and Kurdish militants collapsed. The military has carried out sweeping operations in the southeast, including in Diyarbakir, to flush out fighters linked to the outlawed PKK.” Afghanistan CNN: Afghan Soldiers Desert As Taliban Threaten Key Helmand Capital “Sometimes you know a war's going badly when your enemy is right in front of you. About 3 miles outside the southern city of Lashkar Gah, Afghan soldiers can see a white flag. It's not one of surrender -- quite the opposite. The flag belongs to the Taliban, and shows exactly how close the militant group is to the capital of Helmand province. Despite Afghan government assurances that the army can hold and retake ground, the strategic province that hundreds of NATO troops -- who have been in the country for the last 15 years -- died fighting for is closer than ever to falling to the Taliban. Government representatives strongly reject any suggestion that Helmand is under threat of Taliban control, or that Lashkar Gah would be overrun.” Reuters: Bus Bombings Kill At Least 14 In Afghanistan: Officials “A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 12 army recruits on a bus in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, hours after a similar attack killed two people in the capital Kabul.The latest blast hit a bus in the Sorkh Rud district of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan. Twelve bodies and at least 38 wounded had been taken to the main hospital in Jalalabad, the principal city in eastern Afghanistan, hospital chief Ihsanullah Shinwari told Reuters. The number of casualties was expected to rise, several officials said. ‘The suicide bomber was on a three-wheel motorcycle and targeted new army recruits who were heading to Kabul for training,’ said a police official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss matters concerning the Afghan army. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri confirmed one of the ministry's buses carrying army recruits had been attacked but put the number of wounded at 26.” Yemen Reuters: Yemen Truce Strained By Reports Of Air Strikes And Fighting “A truce aimed at ending more than a year of war in Yemen appeared to be largely holding on Monday, although residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country. The U.N.-brokered ceasefire is meant to precede peace talks in a country that has become the face of rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It seemed to be holding up despite ‘pockets of violence’, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York. Artillery fire, gun battles and air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition were reported across Yemen, but a spokesman for the Iranian-allied Houthi movement said on Monday the group would respect the cessation of hostilities. ‘We express our condemnation of air strikes and the military advances made in some fronts since this morning,’ Mohammed Abdel-Salam said in a statement on his Facebook page. The Houthis said they had set up committees in six provinces to prevent escalation and coordinate aid efforts with the United Nations.” Voice Of America: Yemen Cease-Fire Holding Despite 'Pockets of Violence,' UN Says “A cease-fire in Yemen that took effect Monday is generally holding despite what a United Nations spokesman calls ‘pockets of violence.’ Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led Arab coalition trying to drive them out agreed on a truce ahead of another round of U.N.-sponsored peace talks set for April 18 in Kuwait. Much of Monday's fighting was reported in the city of Taiz, with one report saying one person was killed and five wounded. U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, is urging all sides to work to make sure the truce holds. The truce began overnight with the Yemeni government, the Saudi-led coalition that backs it and the Houthi rebels who seized control of Yemen's capital in late 2014 all pledging to abide by the deal. It comes ahead of peace talks scheduled for April 18 in Kuwait. Ahmed said there is a real chance for rebuilding in a country that has suffered violence for too long.” Middle East The Guardian: Most Young Arabs Reject Isis And Think 'Caliphate' Will Fail, Poll Finds “The vast majority of young Arabs are increasingly rejecting Islamic State and believe the extremist group will fail to establish a caliphate, a poll has found. Only 13% of Arab youths said they could imagine themselves supporting Isis even if it did not use much violence, down from 19% last year, while 50% saw it as the biggest problem facing the Middle East, up from 37% last year, according to the 2016 Arab Youth Survey. However, concern is mounting across the region as a chronic lack of jobs and opportunities were cited as the principal factor feeding terrorist recruitment. In eight of the 16 countries surveyed, employment problems were a bigger pull factor for Isis than extreme religious views.” Haaretz: Palestinian Attacks Dropped Significantly In March, Shin Bet Official Says “A senior Shin Bet official told the Israeli cabinet on Sunday that Palestinian attacks had dropped significantly in the past month, with 20 occurring during March compared to 78 in October. The official attributed the drop in attacks to ‘expanded operations to thwart them’ but cautioned that terrorist groups were still seeking to ‘perpetrate significant attacks to try to speed up the escalation. There is still palpable tension in the field, and there are various players (especially Palestinian terrorist groups, but also others) exerting non-stop efforts to try and destabilize the area,’ the official said. Since October 1, Palestinians have perpetrated 270 attacks, most of these shootings, stabbings and car rammings, killing 29 Israelis and four foreign citizens, and wounding another 250 people, the official said.” The Washington Post: Israeli Colonel Who Killed A Palestinian Rock Thrower Was Following ‘Protocol’ “In July last year, a Palestinian teenager hurled a rock at a passing Israeli military jeep near one of the checkpoints leading into Ramallah. The stone smashed through the window. The driver hit the brakes. Inside the jeep was a senior Israeli officer, Col. Yisrael Shomer, the commander of the Binyamin Brigade. Shomer and two soldiers jumped out of the vehicle and gave chase to the rock-thrower. On Sunday, Israel’s Chief Military Advocate General (MAG) announced he was closing the investigation into the lethal shooting -- without charges, without reprimand. B’Tselem blasted the decision as a ‘white wash’ and said it proved the Israeli military could not be trusted to investigate its own soldiers.” Haaretz: Israel to Release Imprisoned Palestinian Girl, 12, Two Months Early “A 12-year-old Palestinian girl serving a four-and-half-month sentence in Israeli prison will be released early, the Israel Prison Service said Monday, following an official request by her parents and a public campaign for her release. IPS Chief Commissioner Ofra Klinger has decided that D, believed to be the youngest female prisoner ever incarcerated by Israel, will be freed on April 24, about two-and-a-half months after being jailed. D. was convicted in a plea bargain in February of attempted voluntary manslaughter and illegal possession of a knife by a military court on February 18. Under the deal her parents have two months to pay an 8,000 shekel fine (about $2,000). According to the indictment, she set out to stab a Jew on February 9. She was apprehended at the entrance to the settlement of Karmei Tzur, where a security guard ordered her to kneel. She then pulled out a knife she had hidden under her shirt, at the guard’s request. She showed no resistance.” United Kingdom Haaretz: Two-Thirds Of British Muslims Wouldn't Tip Off Police On Terrorism “Only a third of British Muslims would inform the police if they thought that someone they knew is involved with terrorism, a poll shows. According to the survey, conducted on behalf the U.K.'s Channel 4, some 4 percent of British Muslims said they sympathize with suicide bombers and the same percentage said the sympathized with people who committed terrorist actions in general. According to The Times, the figures amount to 100,000 individuals who sympathize with terrorists. The comprehensive poll also showed that while British Muslims' opinions do not broadly differ from those of the rest of the population, there is a major gap in attitudes on certain issues.” The Wall Street Journal: Terror Threat Weighs On U.K. “A trip to the U.K. last summer by a suspect arrested in the Brussels and Paris attacks, Mohamed Abrini, served as a reminder about the degree to which the U.K. is vulnerable to similar terrorist atrocities. With Islamic State’s external operations unit explicitly targeting Britain for aiding the U.S.-led coalition against the extremists in Syria and Iraq, officials privately say it is a matter of when, not if, terrorists get through. Senior British security officials also note the continuing threat from al Qaeda against the West. But the U.K.’s long experience in dealing with terrorist threats and relatively restrictive gun laws, among other factors, provide some protection, officials and other experts say. Mr. Abrini, who was arrested in Brussels last week, visited Birmingham, Manchester and London during a roughly weeklong trip in June and July, according to people familiar with the matter, as previously reported. They said authorities believe Mr. Abrini, who they suspect had recently been to Syria, may have been scoping out possible attack targets.” Europe The New York Times: Europe’s Urgent Security Challenge “It took two weeks after the devastating attacks in Brussels for officials to discover that the plotters originally intended to hit Paris again or that the two attacks were carried out by a single network. Even now, authorities don’t know the full scale of the Islamic State’s operations in Europe, which involve criminal elements as well as terrorists. Islamic State operatives have moved freely across borders and, investigators now assume, there may be terrorist cells in countries where violence has yet to occur, with Britain, Germany and Italy believed to be probable targets. All of which reinforces the urgent need to fix the problems in Europe’s flawed security and law enforcement systems. Since the Brussels attacks, there have been signs that Europe is taking the terrorist threat more seriously. Yet many governments still seem unwilling or unable to commit themselves to the reforms that are needed to protect their populations.” Arabic Language Clips Terrorist Financing Al-Jazirah Online: Arab League Calls For Combating The Financing Of Joining Terrorist Organizations Yesterday at the Arab League was the opening day of the second Arab conference entitled "The measures necessary to combat the financing of foreign terrorists' travels to enlist in terrorist organizations." The three-day event is being attended by representatives of the ministries of justice, interior and finance of the Arab countries, as well as various other Arab and international organizations and entities. The conference seeks to delve into the phenomenon of the unprecedented surge in the number of terrorists in the Arab region, which is having a detrimental impact on many Arab nations. The Arab League in a statement issued yesterday called to continue unified efforts to combat the financing of travel of foreigners enroute to join terrorist factions through any means at their disposal. It also called on Arab states to take legal and judicial measures to address this phenomenon through all existing mechanisms. ISIS Shafaaq News: ISIS Executes 10 Electrical Appliance Shop Owners In Mosul An informed source inside the city of Mosul affirmed Monday that ISIS terrorists have murdered 10 shopkeepers of electrical appliances in the city. The source was quoted as saying that "members of ISIS's so-called Diwan al-Hisbah (Islamic Police) carried out the death sentence against a dozen electrical appliance dealers in the city of Mosul on charges of selling satellite TV devices to residents." The source added that ISIS gunmen "entered residents' houses in search of satellite dishes. ISIS gunmen were ordered to arrest the owners of any home in which a satellite device is found." Muslim Brotherhood The Seventh Day: Detention Of 17 Brotherhood Members Including Officials In Charge Of Financing The Group In El Fayoum Egyptian security services in el Fayoum Governorate, succeeded in dealing a forceful blow to the Muslim Brotherhood through the detention of 17 of the group's activists. Among them are leaders and members of the group, who evaded the enactment of criminal provisions following their participation in the storming of police stations, attempted murders, illegal demonstrations and gatherings, cutting off roads and joining an outlawed group. Among the detainees, three suspects in charge of financing the activities of the group including demonstrations, rallies, publications issued by the group and spending on the families of detainees. They were arrested in possession of the group's documents and publications, cash and photos of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Houthi Filkhbr: The Names Of The 'Shamed' Merchants That Support The Militias Of Houthis And (Ousted President) Saleh In Taiz Yemeni activist Majd Alymny released, in a Facebook post, the names of businessmen who support the militias of Houthi and ousted president Ali Saleh. He wrote, "Merchants of Mawia Junction for foodstuffs have contributed 2 million riyals ($9300) to the Houthis' war effort. This is being done in the form of food deliveries to the frontlines in Taiz. The most notorious merchants in this regard are Albadani Trading, Mohammed Taha Abdulaziz, Al-Shair Co. for Trading, and Abdou Kaid."