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by Soeren Kern
• June 2, 2016 at 5:00 am
- Sports stadiums
and big music events are especially vulnerable: "This is where
you put a small town into a small area for a couple of hours."
— Neil Basu, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan
Police, London.
- "We know
that the Islamic State has the European Championship in its
sights." — Hans-Georg Maaßen, head of Germany's domestic
intelligence agency.
- According to
Patrick Calvar, head of the France's domestic intelligence agency,
at least 645 French nationals or residents, including 245 women, are
currently with the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Another 200
individuals are "in transit," either on their way to Syria
or returning to France. Around 244 jihadists have already returned
to France.
- British police
chiefs are struggling to recruit enough officers who are willing to
carry a firearm, because many fear they will be treated as criminal
suspects if they use their weapon in the line of duty.
The Stade de France, located in a Paris suburb, was
attacked by three Islamic State suicide bombers in November 2015. The
stadium will be hosting games during the UEFA Euro 2016 football
championships (June 10 - July 10, 2016), and French officials are
preparing for possible jihadist attacks. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons/Liondartois)
European security officials are bracing for potential jihadist
attacks at public venues across Europe this summer.
In France, officials are preparing for possible attacks against the
European Football Championships. The games, which start on June 10,
comprise 51 matches involving 24 teams playing in 10 host cities across
the country.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that more than 90,000
security personnel will be on hand to protect the 2.5 million spectators
expected to attend the games, as well as the hundreds of thousands more
who will watch the matches on big screens in so-called "fan
zones" in major cities.
Patrick Calvar, the head of the France's domestic intelligence
agency (Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure, DGSI), warned:
"We know that the Islamic State is planning new attacks in
France." He added:
by Robbie Travers
• June 2, 2016 at 4:00 am
- Britain's
National Union of Students (NUS) is in crisis. Three major
university student associations -- Newcastle, Lincoln and Hull --
have disaffiliated themselves from the organization.
- Bouattia's role
is meant to entail representing the best interests of students in
the UK. How does endorsing and legitimizing terrorist attacks in
Israel the best way to improve conditions for students in the UK? Is
Bouattia trying to radicalise students in the UK?
- When students
need representation, the voice often heard is that of the NUS. Is it
any wonder that when this voice has a history of endorsing
terrorism, including sharing platforms with convicted terrorists,
that students may want a different voice?
Malia Bouattia, the president-elect of the UK National
Union of Students, actively promotes terrorist violence against Israelis.
(Image source: NUS press office)
The United Kingdom's National Union of Students (NUS) is in crisis.
Three major university student associations -- Newcastle, Lincoln and
Hull -- have disaffiliated themselves from the organization, and more are
set to follow. NUS is struggling even to retain its previous strongholds,
such as Exeter's Student Association.
The Exeter University campaign to leave the NUS managed to increase
the number of votes to defect from roughly 200 to 2546. This stampede
occurred despite the massive protests by the "stay" campaign,
including text messages to thousands of students and visits to the school
by more than 10 senior NUS officials, including two Vice Presidents-elect
and the President-elect.
Why are students from so many British universities fighting to leave
the NUS? Well, take for example statements by its new president-elect,
Malia Bouattia.
Bouattia actively promotes violence against Israel. She has argued
that,
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