HILLSBORO, Oregon Feb 21 2022 A Washington County jury found a man guilty of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sodomy on Friday.
In October of 2018, the victim, who was living out of state at the time, was alerted to a video posted to a pornographic website. It depicted the victim engaged in sexual activity with an unidentified man. The victim had limited memory of the encounter and had no recollection that it was recorded.
The victim reported the video to police. Investigators found it and confirmed it depicted the victim. In November 2018, the victim received a friend request from a stranger on social media. She accepted Jorge Ulises Serrano’s request and he began messaging her. The victim realized that she met the defendant when he worked as a security guard at her apartment complex.
Serrano later admitted that he engaged in sexual activity with her despite knowing that she was highly intoxicated. He also admitted that he committed various acts after she fell unconscious.
Serrano worked as a security guard from July 2014 to June 2015. He was a corrections deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office from July 2017 to November 2018. Investigators said he uploaded the video of the woman during his time in Jefferson County.
He was terminated from that job prior to the allegations against him, according to detectives. As the investigation continued, detectives said they identified six additional victims of Serrano.
Investigators said Serrano used social media to meet women and underage girls.
Serrano was also suspected to have uploaded intimate photos and videos of multiple women without their knowledge, according to deputies.
He was convicted of rape in Marion County where he was given 40 years in prison.
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CHICAGO — A newspaper investigation has found that private security guards in Illinois often aren’t as closely monitored as police officers, who in recent years have faced scrutiny over excessive force. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state and police records, court documents and media reports to find that security guards deliberately fired a gun in a work-related situation 40 times from April 2011 to June 2018. Eleven people died in these shootings. Read more about this story here.
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Security guard, several people brawl at McDonald’s in California. SANTA MONICA, California (WPVI) — A fight broke out between a few people and a security guard at a Santa Monica, California McDonald’s early Wednesday morning, and it was all captured on video. According to KABC-TV, the fight happened around 5 a.m., according to the witness who recorded the incident. The witness said fights happen often at the location and many homeless people sleep in the area. The fight the person recorded involved customers who were drinking beer inside the restaurant but who had not purchased food, according to the witness. They said the security guard went up to the group, asking them to leave because they were loitering.
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Galveston police say a security guard shot a week ago while walking around the parking lot of a beachfront resort hotel has died of his injuries. Houston television station KTRK says 23-year-old Philip Mollis spotted at least three men involved in what authorities said was suspicious activity outside the San Luis Resort. Investigators say when he approached them, they opened fire. Police Capt. Joshua Schirard says the security guards at the hotel wear uniforms that look similar to ones worn by Galveston police.
Galveston police say a security guard shot a week ago while walking around the parking lot of a beachfront resort hotel has died of his injuries. Houston television station KTRK says 23-year-old Philip Mollis spotted at least three men involved in what …
The security guard was placed in ICU after having multiple surgeries following the shooting. He was shot Sunday, April 9, 2017 in a back parking lot of the hotel. Three suspicious men were in the parking lot late Sunday evening. When the guard …
The security guard shot repeatedly last weekend at Galveston’s San Luis Hotel has died, officials said Sunday. Philip Molis was gunned down April 9 while patrolling the hotel’s back lot just after 10 p.m.. After the 23-year-old guard approached a group …
“It is important to note that the security guards here wear a uniform that is very very similar to our own here at Galveston PD,” said Galveston Capt. Joshua Schirard. “A light blue shirt, dark blue pants — really the biggest differences are the …
GALVESTON, Texas – A security guard for the San Luis Resort in Galveston who was shot several times has died, family said. Investigators said Phillip Molis, 23, was patrolling the back of the property on April 9 when he noticed three men acting …
GALVESTON, Texas – The security guard who was shot multiple times at the San Luis Hotel in Galveston died Saturday night, according to Galveston PD. After being in ICU and having multiple surgeries, Phillip Molis passed away around 10:30 p.m., …
FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Security guard, retail store manager, and now murder victim. Carl Williams, 25-year-old, was identified by his coworkers as the man killed Thursday night. “I’ve really got to know Carl and he was a class act– there was no other way to put it,” said Robert Sanchez, coworker. The night of Williams’ murder company leaders said he was working at the Motel 6 to assist another officer– one of several locations he managed. Fresno Police said a couple who were not following the rules of the motel got into a fight with two security guards. The suspect shot Williams multiple times and killed him and police said that man is still on the run.
A 25-year-old security guard was shot and killed after an argument with a man visiting a woman at a central Fresno motel room, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said. Carl Williams, whose identity was released Saturday by the coroner’s office, was unarmed …
Security guard, retail store manager, and now murder victim. Carl Williams, 25-year-old, was identified by his coworkers as the man killed Thursday night. (KFSN). KFSN. By Veronica Miracle. Friday, April 14, 2017 06:53PM. FRESNO, California (KFSN) –.
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Fresno, Calif. – Monument Security officials say the unarmed security guard shot and killed late Thursday night outside a Fresno Motel 6 was their employee, 25-year-old Carl Williams. His coworkers say he was a respected leader who liked to laugh and …
Fresno, Calif – Fresno Police say a Motel 6 security guard has died after a shooting late Thursday night. The shooting was reported after 11 p.m. outside the Motel 6 at Blackstone, north of Ashlan in Central Fresno. The security guard was initially …
Fresno, Calif. – A suspect is on the run after shooting and killing a security guard outside a Motel 6. It happened at the one located on Blackstone and Ashlan avenues. Chief Jerry Dyer with the Fresno Police Department says a female staying at the …
Fresno Police were called to a Motel 6 Thursday night after the guard was shot several times in the upper body. His name was not released. The security guard was not assigned to work at the motel. He was responding there to help other guards within the …
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BERKLEY, Mich. – Danielle Stislicki has been missing for nearly three months now, and there has still been no sign of her. One local woman, though, says police say her brother-in-law was seen with Stislicki on December 2, the day she disappeared. Detectives reportedly focus on a former security guard at MetLife in Southfield, where the Farmington Hills woman worked. The security guard, who lives in Berkley, “has been interviewed in connection with the disappearance,” says the TV newsman, who speaks with the suspect’s sister-in-law.
BERKLEY, Mich. (WJBK) – Danielle Stislicki has been missing for nearly three months now, and there has still been no sign of her. One local woman, though, says police say her brother-in-law was seen with Stislicki on December 2, the day she disappeared.
The presumed murder of Danielle Stislicki after she left work Dec. 2 remains an unsolved mystery. But it’s not a cold case. Detectives reportedly focus on a former security guard at MetLife in Southfield, where the Farmington Hills woman worked, Ron …
The sister-in-law of a former security guard is speaking out, saying he was seen with missing Farmington Hills, Michigan woman, Danielle Stislicki, on the same day she vanished. The in-law alleges local police offered this information about her brother …
Police have not yet identified any suspects in the case, but the sister-in-law of the security guard at the building where Stislicki worked told local news crews Thursday her brother-in-law was a suspect, though she did not name him. The guard’s name …
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WJBK) – Many hope an upcoming Walk for Truth will lead to an arrest in the case of missing Farmington Hills woman Danielle Stislicki. The search for a suspect in the case of Stislicki ramps up, as the family member of a …
Elizabeth Rose Newton’s sister is married to a security guard that also worked at Metlife in Southfield. Farmington Hills Police have removed evidence from the security guard’s home. He is not a person of interest or a suspect, but Newton believes her …
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Kim Kardashian Fires Security Guard Pascal Duvier Who Left Her Alone During Paris Robbery – According to Entertainment Tonight, two sources reveal the 36-year-old reality star and Kanye West fired the bodyguard who was with Kim on the night she was robbed in Paris. Pascal Duvier, 43, has been with the Kardashians since 2012. He went to France with the family when Kim, Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian were there for Paris Fashion Week. While Kim was home alone in her hotel room, Pascal accompanied her two sisters as they went out partying in the town.
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Kim Kardashian is moving on from her longtime bodyguard in the aftermath of her horrific robbery in Paris. The reality star and husband Kanye West let go of Pascal Duvier, their primary protector the past few years, in an effort to reshape their …
Pascal, along with a couple other security members of their team, were recently let go by Kim and Kanye. It’s a pretty tough situation overall and they love Pascal, but they couldn’t take any more chances. The night of the robbery, five masked men …
More than a month after she was bound and gagged during a Paris robbery, Kim Kardashian has reportedly parted ways with the bodyguard who was charged with her safety at the time. ET reports that Pascal Duvier has been let go despite working with Kim …
Kim Kardashian attends the Valentino show as part of Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild on July 9, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) …
Duvier has been by Kim’s side since 2013, and with Kanye since 2012, and both valued his securityadvice and service. After protecting Kardashian from a bum-pinching prankster in Paris days before her robbery ordeal, Kim praised the minder by calling …
Kim Kardashian’s longtime bodyguard Pascal Duvier is no longer working for her. Multiple sources can confirm to ET Online that the reality TV star and her husband Kanye West have decided to part ways with the security guard who was responsible for her …
You’re right; he worked for West and Kim 4 plus years; and Kim was always bragging about what an amazing body guard he was, and now poof – he’s fired. Seriously, if Duvier was the rapper’s wife’s bodyguard, why go clubbing with her siblings and leave …
“My security @PascalDuvier is a G,” Kim tweeted shortly following the incident on Sept. 28. The 35-year-old reality star didn’t quite say the word “thanks” in her tweet to Pascal, but having Kim Kardashian of all people call you a “G” is a pretty big compliment. And considering Pascal retweeted it, we’re thinking he was pretty flattered to be recognized for his heroics!
Luckily Kim’s security were quick enough to apprehend the man before he got his hands on the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star. Kim’s long-serving security guard Pascal Duvier wrestled the man to the ground before he could lay a finger on Kim.
Kim Kardashian engagement ring, taken from her personal Instagram account.
QUESTION: Where Was Kim K’s Body Guard @PascalDuvier – Where were her body guards who should of been posted outside her hotel door? who let them in to her hotel room?
The Paris hotel-residence where Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning has little in place to protect its guests and their belongings, former patrons tell PEOPLE exclusively. “Security is close to zero,” says a source who has stayed at the No Address Hotel multiple times. “There is one concierge for the whole building.” Around 3 a.m. local time Monday morning, five men in ski masks and police jackets overtook the hotel concierge at the No Address. Two of the armed and masked intruders entered Kardashian West’s apartment, bound her hands and feet with tape and locked her in the bathroom.
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WILKES-BARRE — A former police officer and school district security guard pleaded guilty Monday to indecent assault of a child. Gerald John Cookus, 78, was arrested in April after police accused him of inappropriately touching an 8-year-old girl. He initially faced charges of indecent assault of a person under 13 and endangering the welfare of children, but the latter charge was dismissed when Cookus waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Cookus, a former member of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department, was most recently employed as a security guard at Plains/Solomon Junior High School. Authorities said the alleged assault occurred off school grounds.
Investigators said Cookus was observed touching the girl in an inappropriate manner then massaging her buttocks.
During questioning, Cookus denied sexually assaulting the girl and said he massaged the child’s buttocks because he thought she liked it and “was doing her a favor,” according to prosecutors. Cookus then told investigators the allegations are going to ruin his “life and his career as a law enforcement officer,” prosecutors said.
Authorities said Cookus also admitted to engaging in other inappropriate behavior.
After retiring, he became director of security for Wilkes University before taking a job as a security officer and greeter for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District in November 2013.
Upon accepting Cookus’ plea to the felony charge, Sklarosky ordered the former lawman to have no contact with the victim, nor any unsupervised contact with minors.
Cookus will be required to register with state police as a sex offender for life and undergo sex offender therapy, the judge ordered. He was also banned from visiting any area children frequent — such as schools, parks, public pools or playgrounds.
Sklarosky allowed Cookus to remain free on $25,000 unsecured bail pending sentencing, set for Feb. 7.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Nearly a decade and a half in the making, Omaha Public Schools said goodbye to a beloved security guard Friday.
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The House Homeland Security Committee has just released its September Terror Threat Snapshot, which details terrorism events and trends in August 2016. The snapshot is a monthly committee assessment of the threat America, the West, and the world face from ISIS and other Islamist terrorists. The document is produced by the Majority Staff of the committee. It is based on information culled from open source materials, including media reports, publicly available government statements, and nongovernmental assessments.
The House Homeland Security Committee has just released its September Terror Threat Snapshot, which details terrorism events and trends in August 2016. The snapshot is a monthly committee assessment of the threat America, the West, and the world face from ISIS and other Islamist terrorists.
The document is produced by the Majority Staff of the committee. It is based on information culled from open source materials, including media reports, publicly available government statements, and nongovernmental assessments.
Key points
Islamist terrorists will continue to pose a significant threat to the United States and its allies — ISIS and its supporters, undeterred by battlefield setbacks, have now been linked to 105 plots targeting Western interests globally.
ISIS, al Qaeda, and other Islamist extremists have built a global network of sanctuaries they can leverage for directing and inspiring terrorist attacks.
Radical Islamists are exploiting everything from social media applications, including encrypted technologies, to refugee flows to improve their ability to recruit adherents and conduct terror operations.
Detainees freed from Guantanamo Bay have returned to the battlefield at an alarming rate, and now the recruiting pool for these terrorists has expanded under the Obama Administration’s surge of transfers.
An emboldened Iranian regime has been building its military capabilities, vying for hegemony across the Middle East, and threatening the United States and its allies.
Homegrown Islamist extremism
FBI Director James Comey estimated in May 2016 that around 80 percent of the Bureau’s more than 1,000 active homegrown terror investigations are linked to ISIS. Attacks directed or inspired by ISIS represent “the greatest threat to the physical safety of Americans today,” he added in July 2016.
Since September 11, 2001, there have been at least 166 homegrown jihadist plots in the United States, including attempts to join terrorist groups overseas and execute attacks at home. More than 86 percent of these cases have occurred or been uncovered since 2009 (this figure is based on open-source data compiled by the Congressional Research Service and the Majority Staff of the Homeland Security Committee).
August 2016 terrorism: The Numbers
Authorities have arrested 105 individuals in the U.S. and charged 4 others in absentia in ISIS-linked cases since 2014 (this figure is based on open-source data compiled and analyzed by the Majority Staff of the Homeland Security Committee).These individuals had, among other acts: plotted attacks; attempted to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria (or facilitated others’ travel); provided money, equipment, and weapons to ISIS; and falsified statements to federal authorities. Seven ISIS-linked terrorists have been killed while carrying out five separate attacks in California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Texas.
Nearly 90 percent of the ISIS supporters charged in the U.S. are male and approximately 35 percent of them are converts to Islam; their average age is 26 (these figures are provided by the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. See Extremism Tracker: Isis in America [August 2016] and ISIS Recruits in the U.S. Legal System). Nearly one-third of the ISIS-linked individuals charged were involved in plotting attacks in the Homeland.
Recent Developments
August 24: Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was charged in absentia for his role in a terror cell that was sending members to join ISIS in Syria. Roble, who authorities suspect is currently in Syria, used legal settlement funds he received as a result of a bridge collapse to finance his terror activities.
August 4: Erick Jamal Hendricks, a 35-year-old U.S. citizen from Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested for attempting to recruit a cell of terror operatives that would eventually launch attacks inside the United States on behalf of ISIS. Hendricks had also previously communicated via social media with ISIS-linked attackers who targeted a cartoon contest in Garland, Texas in May2015.
August 3: Nicholas Young, a 36-year-old U.S.citizen and police officer for the Metro Transit Police Department from Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested in the District of Columbia after purchasing gift cards for mobile messaging accounts used by ISIS recruiters. He was known to the FBI previously for his association with several other convicted radical Islamists in the United States.
July 31: Sebastian Gregorson, a 29-year-old U.S.citizen and convert to Islam living in Detroit, Michigan, was arrested for possessing a destructive device and acquiring explosive materials without a license. Gregorson appeared to have been an ISIS supporter and also possessed CDs titled “Anwar alAwlaki”.
ISIS terror attack plots against the West
There have been at least 105 ISIS-linked plots to attack Western targets since 2014, including 30 inside the United States (these figures are based on open-source data compiled and analyzed by the Majority Staff of the Homeland Security Committee).
At the time of publication, ISIS has been tied to a total of 100+ terrorist plots or attacks against the. West. The Committee plans to update this report periodically.
It provides high-level analysis of ISIS-linked plots and attacks that have …ISIS has been tied to at least 75 terrorist plots or attacks against the West since.
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Recent Developments
August 10: Canadian authorities killed a 24-year-old ISIS supporter, Aaron Driver, who had been plotting to conduct a suicide bombing and was in possession of an explosive device when police confronted him. Driver was known to authorities as a potential terrorist and had been living under a “peace bond,” which is a court order imposing certain conditions on an individual in the absence of a criminal trial.
August 6: A 33-year-old Algerian illegally residing in Belgium attacked two police officers with a machete in a city south of Brussels. ISIS claimed the attacker was one of its supporters.
Foreign fighters
More than 42,900 fighters — including at least 7,900 from Western countries — have reportedly traveled to Syria and Iraq from at least 120 countries since 2011. The Pentagon estimates that 200 to 500 fighters flow into Syria and Iraq every month. That estimate had spiked to as high as 2,000. Around 250 of the Western fighters traveled from the United States and 5,000 of them traveled from European Union countries. As many as 20,000 Shia fighters — including from Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-directed Iraq-based militias — have also traveled to Syria to fight alongside the Assad regime.
Europe will face a “long-term struggle” dealing with foreign fighter returnees, “some of whom will have been sent back on a mission,” according to Europol Director Rob Wainwright. A recent Syrian suicide bomber in Germany had reportedly sought asylum in Europe after illegally entering the continent in 2013. At least one of the European ISIS operatives in the March 2016 Brussels attack reportedly reentered Europe by posing as a Syrian refugee in Greece. At least two of the ISIS attackers in Paris last November infiltrated Europe by posing as Syrian refugees. Foreign fighters continue to use fake and stolen passports to return to — and travel throughout — Europe.
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has identified “…individuals with ties to terrorist groups in Syria attempting to gain entry to the U.S. through the U.S. refugee program.” The Obama administration has resettled at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States this fiscal year. The vetting process for these refugees is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department, with assistance from U.S. government security agencies. It typically takes 18 to 24 months for refugees to be resettled in the United States after their applications are referred by the United Nations. American law enforcement and intelligence officials have repeatedly indicated that the U.S. lacks reliable and credible intelligence to properly vet and screen potential Syrian refugees.
Foreign jihadist networks & safe havens
A terrorist safe haven is an area of relative security exploited by terrorists to indoctrinate, recruit, coalesce, train, and regroup, as well as prepare and support their operations. Physical safe havens are often found in under-governed territory or crossing international boundaries. Global communications and financial infrastructure, especially those created by electronic infrastructure such as the Internet, global media, and unregulated economic activity, can allow terrorists to fulfill many of the same functions without the need for a physical sanctuary. These “virtual” havens, are highly mobile, difficult to track, and difficult to control.
At least 34 Islamist extremist groups have pledged their allegiance to ISIS. ISIS, its affiliates,and supporting groups have operated in approximately two dozen countries or territories, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Nigeria, the Palestinian territories (Gaza), Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (North Caucasus region), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen (data compiled by the Majority Staff of the Homeland Security Committee using open source materials).The group has established eight official branches.
ISIS — n command of 18–22,000 fighters — controls around 20 cities and towns across Iraq and Syria, despite losing significant parts of its territory since 2014 (these figures are derived from assessments of territorial control conducted by the Institute for the Study of War research organization). As of late June, it still dominated more than 25,000 square miles of territory across the two countries (This figure was calculated based on an estimate of ISIS’s territorial control provided by Special President Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 28 June 2016. See Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on “Global Efforts to DefeatISIS,”). Since then, ISIS has been driven out of Manbij and Jarablus in northern Syria and out of Qayyarah in Iraq. The group has anchored its territorial claims in Syria and Iraq with strongholds in Raqqa and Mosul,respectively.
ISIS’s Libyan branch, described by CIA Director John Brennan in June 2016 as “the most developed and themost dangerous” of its affiliates, has been largely dislodged from its base in the coastal city of Sirte. ISIS fighters have a presence in other parts of Libya and they may establish a new base and sanctuary in southern Libya.
ISIS’s affiliate in Egypt, which blew up a commercial passenger plane in 2015, has maintained its foothold in the Sinai Peninsula with up to 1,000 fighters. Egyptian authorities recently announced they had targeted and killed the affiliate’s leader. There has reportedly been increasing cooperation ISIS in Sinai and the Palestinian terrorist group HAMAS based in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Defense Forces assess that HAMAS has provided financial, training, communications, and medical support to ISIS in the Sinai.
ISIS’ affiliate in Afghanistan has been attempting to negotiate a ceasefire with the Taliban and expand northward after recently losing about one quarter of its forces as a result of coalition operations. Its leader was killed in a targeted strike in late July. The group, largely comprised of former Pakistan Taliban fighters, has traditionally operated in southern Nangarhar province along the Pakistan border.
ISIS’s supporters in East Africa have established a base in Puntland, Somalia, and are actively recruiting followers under the direction of a former al Shabaab operative. Kenyan authorities have disrupted an ISIS-aligned cell involving medical students who were plotting an anthrax attack.
In Yemen, ISIS has exploited the ongoing civil war to expand its footprint. It recently executed a major suicide bombing attack targeting a military recruiting center in Aden, killing 72 people.In Saudi Arabia, a Yemeni ISIS supporter recently targeted and killed a policeman.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Wikipedia
Syria-based Jabhat al Nusra has been operating as al Qaeda’s “largest affiliate”. National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen recently expressed concerns over alQaeda’s safe haven in Syria “because we know [al Qaeda] is trying to strengthen its global networks by relocating some of its remaining leadership cadre from South Asia to Syria.” The recently announced rebranding of this al Qaeda’s affiliate, announced as a “split” from al Qaeda, is unlikely to change the fundamental nature of the jihadist group, now named Jabhat Fatah alSham.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), supported by up to 4,000 members, has exploited the ongoing conflict in Yemen to “provide a haven from which to plan future attacks” against the U.S. and its allies. AQAP has intertwined itself with local militias and civilian populations as a way to increase its influence.
Al Qaeda and its affiliate Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent have a presence inside Afghanistan. The Defense Department assessed in May 2016 that Al Qaeda has increased its cooperation with the Taliban and can act as an accelerant for the Taliban’s operations. The Taliban control or contest 80 districts across Afghanistan. According to a recent nongovernmental assessment, if political instability and insecurity persist, “global [Islamic] extremist organizations will reconstitute their sanctuaries in Afghanistan’s ungoverned spaces and pose enduring threats to U.S. national security.”
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, al Shabaab, continues to pose a threat to Western and regional interests in East Africa despite being weakened by local security forces. It recently conducted a suicide car bombing targeting a popular hotel in Mogadishu. In June, U.S. Africa Command thwarted an al Shabaab attack plot against American military personnel inSomalia.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has launchedseveral major attacks in West Africa since late 2015, which appear to be part of a broader targeting, financing, and recruiting campaign. Al Qaeda-linked groups are also operating inLibya.
The Director of National Intelligence’s most recent assessment of recidivism among former Guantanamo Bay detainees concluded that over 30 percent of detainees released have returned or are suspected of having returned to jihadist activity.
The Defense Department announced on August 15 the transfer of 15 detainees – 12 Yemenis and 3 Afghans – to the government of the United Arab Emirates. The group included bodyguards for Osama bin Laden, explosives experts, and trained al Qaeda fighters. There are now 61 detaineesleft at Guantanamo Bay; nearly a third of them are awaiting transferoverseas.The Washington Post
reported in June that the Obama Administration has assessed that at least a dozen former Guantanamo detainees have conducted deadly attacks on American and allied forces in Afghanistan following theirrelease.
The Iranian terror threat
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy has recently deployed its missile ships and high- speed attack boats to conduct aggressive and threatening maneuvers near U.S. Navy vessels.These types of provocations have reportedly risen more than 50 percent since lastyear.
Iran and Russia have recently enhanced their military cooperation through basing access and weapons system transfers. Iran’s hosting of Russian military assets on its soil allows it to improve its deterrence capabilities. Russia’s illicit transfer of the S-300 missile system to Iran represents a “strategic game changer” that will complicate U.S. militaryplanning.
Iran, the primary state sponsor of terrorism, has continued to increase its foothold in the Western hemisphere. Its senior officials recently took an official trip to cultivate their ties with anti-American regimes, including Cuba and Venezuela.
The Iranian regime received $400 million in cash from the Obama Administration in exchange for the release of three Americans illegally detained by Iran earlier in 2016. The Obama Administration reportedly “wouldn’t let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17. Once that happened, an Iranian cargo plane was allowed to bring the cash home from a Geneva airport that day.”
The U.S. Treasury Department in July sanctioned three senior al Qaeda members operatinginside Iran as part of a terror facilitation network. The broader al Qaeda network inside Iran has been operating there under a formal agreement with the Iranian regime.
Iran’s terrorist proxy Lebanese Hezbollah has stockpiled an estimated 100,000 rockets and missiles, including weapons capable of hitting targets across all of Israel.
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DETROIT – A female security guard shot and killed a driver who was allegedly stealing from a construction site near Palmer Park in the area of Woodward Avenue and McNichols Road. Detroit Police said the man who was killed was allegedly stealing from a construction site when the security guard approached him, trying to get the stolen items back. The man wouldn’t cooperate, so she fired shots.
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a security guard and someone who was allegedly stealing from a construction site. The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Tuesday near an apartment complex in the area of …
A man in his 50s was fatally shot on Detroit’s west side Tuesday afternoon by a security guard who allegedly caught him in the act of stealing items from a construction site, police said. The shooting took place just before 5 p.m. Tuesday on the 200 …
DETROIT – A security guard shot and killed a driver who was allegedly stealing from a construction site near Palmer Park in the area of Woodward Avenue and McNichols Road. Police said the man who was killed was allegedly stealing from a construction …
DETROIT (WXYZ) – Detroit police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by a security guard. It happened on Merton around 5:00 p.m. That’s near Woodward and McNichols. Police sources tell us the security guard approached the man on a construction …
Officials said Davis was working as a security guard in the 260 block of Merton in Detroit when she saw Johnson stealing building materials from a construction site and loading them into his truck. Police said Davis blocked Johnson’s truck with her car …
A 30-year-old security guard has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon in a fatal shooting of a Detroit man, but will not be charged in the death, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. Dominique Davis, 30, did not have a permit to …
(WJBK) – A security guard who fatally shot a suspected thief on Tuesday will not be charged in his death, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office announced Thursday. Dominique Davis, 30, will not be charged for fatally shooting 52-year-old Melvin Johnson …
Prosecutors say a Detroit security guard was acting in lawful self-defense when she shot a man stealing building materials, but she didn’t have a permit to lawfully carry a weapon. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday it has charged …
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Kimye’s former security guard thinks robbery was an inside job- A security specialist who worked with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West this year said of her terrifying Paris incident, “This was a crime waiting to happen. Kim is lucky to be alive.” Steve Stanulis, who provided security for Kimye during New York Fashion Week in February for 10 days, and worked with them again around the Met Gala in May, told Page Six, “Kim’s social media and her Snapchat is her undoing. When she is posting, ‘Here I am, and this is the $5 million ring I am wearing, here’s where I am going,’ you are basically inviting someone to rob you.”
He said this should be a wake-up call for Kardashian, 35, who needs armed security guards: “They need to pay for an armed security guard. She almost got killed at gunpoint, because she didn’t want to pay for an extra armed and well-trained person. It …
Matt Fiddes, who worked as Jackson’s bodyguard for more than 10 years, warned Kim to review her security after the terrifying ordeal. Speaking to MailOnline, he said:”‘She is the most high profile female celebrity in the world…she is probably more …
French cops think thieves were tipped off by Kim’s security– French police have serious questions about how Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint while home alone in Paris, and suspect it is an inside job. “French police suspect that the five alleged robbers had some contact with her security and were tipped off about her procedures,” says the source. “They knew there was no security [with her inside her apartment that night]. All they had to do was go in, make contact with someone inside the hotel. They have issues with story of more than one worker at the hotel. They are also talking to bodyguards who worked with her earlier in the week.”
Before the Monday morning Paris gun attack, Kim Kardashian praised her security guard, Pascal Duvier, on Twitter. But things changed when she was held captive in husband Kanye West’s Parisian home. Her guard was not around to protect her, TMZ wrote …
GMB host Piers Morgan, 51, fumed: “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone like Kim Kardashian, who has millions of fans which are a bit obsessed by her, and while she’s in Paris which has just had asecurity scare the week before, it does seem …
It is unclear why the star was without security at the time of the robbery, in particular her ever-present personal bodyguard Pascal Duvier, although some reports placed him out with Kim’s sisters Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian at a nightclub on Sunday …
The last time someone invaded her space, however, her security team was there to protect. This incident wasn’t as scary, though. A fan tried to kiss her famous derriere Wednesday and her security guard was there to protect her. She took to Twitter to …
According to local reports, the security guard – who has looked after the reality star for years – was handcuffed by the five “masked” men, who disguised themselves as police officers during the break-in. However, fans have begun tweeting him …
The gunmen were said to have held up the nighttime security guard, then forced the guard to grant them entry into Kardashian’s apartment. Kardashian was then left bound and locked in the bathroom while the robbers made off with jewelry valued at …
‘Even when he went on a low profile visit which the media didn’t know about it, he would have seven to eight security guards with him, as well as myself, so it’s deeply bizarre she didn’t have something similar. ‘Her security team must be on serious …
He told MailOnline: ‘There should have been at least six guards outside the apartment she was in andsecurity inside and cameras on the door looking out. ‘There should also have been sensor maps in place and they should also have been linked to the …
AS Kim Kardashian reunited with Kanye West in New York after being robbed at gunpoint in Paris, her former security guard said the jewellery heist was “a crime waiting to happen”. The 35-year-old and her rapper husband were surrounded by dozens of …
Stanulis, who runs a private security firm called Silver Shield Investigations, finds it shocking that Kardashian-West’s security team wasn’t already on high alert considering that just last week, Kardashian — supposedly unwittingly — was accosted by …
Kim Kardashian eerily declared that her bodyguard is always by her side mere hours before five thieves invaded her room in Paris and robbed her at gunpoint. The reality star posted a photo to Twitter on Sunday that showed Pascal Duvier closely tailing …
“When you’re talking about a residence, they normally will have a security guard posted at the entrance,” he says. “There will be one way in, maybe two ways in, compared to the hotel side which has multiple entrances through the pool and things like that.
kim-kardashian-e1475504350655 A lax security policy may be partially to blame for the fact that Kim Kardashian was robbed and held at gunpoint in Paris last night. Five men in masks wearing police uniforms came to her room, tied her up in the bathroom, …
Yikes! It turns out the hotel/apartment that Kim Kardashian was staying in when she was violently robbed has almost no security according to former guests. Read on for more details about how the gunmen used the lack of protective guards to stage their …
A source close to Kim Kardashian told Page Six she pleaded for her life when held at gunpoint — then was bound and gagged — but she managed to free herself from the shackles and raise the alarm after the robbers left with her $4 million ring. The …
“This was a big wake-up call and certainly I think the next time a celebrity is in a residence and goes to sleep at 3am and their security guard to go ahead and leave they may think twice about that. Another issue for security regarding celebrities …
How frightening! Kim Kardashian was without any security detail when gunman broke into her Paris hotel room and bound, gagged and robbed her. So where was her hulking bodyguard who is always by her side when the terrifying ordeal went down?
Steve Stanulis,42, insisted that the star, who has 48 million Twitter followers and her husband Kanye West had to ‘totally ‘ review their security strategy. ‘I saw this happening. It just had to with the way Kim flaunts her riches and her diamonds …
Kardashian’s former security guard said the socialite has only herself to blame for the attack. Steve Stanulis, who provided security for the socialite during New York Fashion Week in February, claims the heist may well have been an inside job. “I …
“[Just] two family friends [who were children], a nanny and one security [guard].” While Kardashian was in Paris for fashion week, West is believed to have been preparing for a concert at the Meadows Festival, which he cut short when he received news …
New reports on the terrifying incident allege that Kim’s daughter, North West, was safe in New York with her nanny and a security guard at a matinee showing of Matilda on Broadway hours before Kardashian was bound, gagged, and robbed of millions of …
But the shocking crime could have been prevented, the reality star’s former bodyguard tells RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. According to celebrity security guard and actor Steve Stanulis, who worked for Kardashian, 35, and husband Kanye West …
After not being able to dial 911, she then texted Kourtney Kardashian and Pascal Duvier, their security guard, to come back after just leaving the hotel, according to E! News. Following what Kim Kardashian has been through, West said he feels that they …
CNN reported that the alleged assailants held up a security guard, and demanded to be taken to Kardashian West’s apartment, where the robbers bound and locked the reality star in the bathroom while making off with her jewelry. The Daily Beast cites …
They then head off to their New York City apartment together, joined by a number of security guards. Reportedly, Kardashian was “hysterical” while describing the robbery to her husband on the phone, and the traumatic event has shaken her to the point …
The total amount is still being evaluated,” police said. The five men entered the residence after threatening a security guard at gunpoint, and tying him up in a stairwell. The group then entered Kardashian’s room and threatened the reality star with …
Luckily, Kim’s security guard, Pascal Duvier, was able to grab hold of the attacker before he was able to lay hands on the mother of two. On Sunday night, Pascal was not with Kim, as he was guarding her sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner at …
Just days ago, Kim Kardashian’s security detail tackled a man to the ground to shield the reality TV star and mogul from his advances on the streets of Paris. But no one was around to protect her when she was reportedly bound, gagged, and held at …
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