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President Biden has signed an order authorizing the military to once again deploy hundreds of Special Operations forces inside Somalia — largely reversing the decision by President Donald J. Trump to withdraw nearly all 700 ground troops who had been stationed there, according to four officials familiar with the matter. In addition, Mr. Biden has approved a Pentagon request for standing authority to target about a dozen suspected leaders of Al Shabab, the Somali terrorist group that is affiliated with Al Qaeda, three of the officials said. Since Mr. Biden took office, airstrikes have largely been limited to those meant...

An IS fanatic has been found guilty of murdering Sir David Amess MP. The Southend West MP was stabbed more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex on 15 October 2021. A jury at the Old Bailey took just 18 minutes to convict Ali Harbi Ali of murder and preparing acts of terrorism. The 26-year-old from Kentish Town, north London, had denied the charges and claimed he targeted the MP over his vote for airstrikes on Syria. Sir David's family sat in court just a short distance from Ali as the verdicts were delivered. The judge, Mr...

LONDON — A man accused of stabbing a British lawmaker to death during a regular meeting with his constituents told a court Thursday he targeted the politician because he voted for air strikes on Syria. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, is accused of murdering veteran Conservative lawmaker David Amess on Oct. 15 during a routine meeting with voters in a church hall in the town of Leigh-on-Sea in eastern England. Ali, who stabbed Amess repeatedly with a carving knife, denies charges of preparing acts of terrorism and murder. Giving evidence Thursday, Ali said he decided to take action in the UK...

Terrorist Ali Harbi Ali had an Instagram page, that was quickly scrubbed before anyone could get a look at his radical postings. Ali Harbi Ali was a radical Somali terrorist, hated Israel and the US and was the son of a wealthy Somali radical living in London. MP Sir David Amess was murdered by Ali Harbi Ali. His Instagram bio quotes "Death to Israel" Amongst other things this is truly shocking that these people are allowed into our country even after they are under watch by counter terrorism. Why are they not deported @pritipatel? pic.twitter.com/sEp6Hz10jc — Lord Simon (@LordSimon20) October...

We can guess that British Member of Parliament Sir David Amess, cruelly and painfully stabbed to death while meeting with constituents, was likely targeted for his pro-Israel and philo-Semitic views, now that the name of the suspect arrested at the scene has been released.Around 6 PM EDT Saturday, the UK Guardian first reported:Sources have confirmed to the Guardian that the suspect’s name is Ali Harbi Ali, 25.Other British media picked up the story and added details. The Sunday Times and Evening Standard both chose to emphasize the suspect’s family as victims: “Father’s shock after son held over Sir David Amess...

The killer of Tory MP Sir David Amess planned the murderous assault more than a week in advance, security sources have told The Mail on Sunday. As police continued to question a 25-year-old British man of Somalian descent last night, sources revealed that the attacker had booked an appointment at Sir David's constituency surgery before stabbing the politician 17 times. The suspect was named last night as Ali Harbi Ali, the son of a former communications adviser to the prime minister of Somalia. Harbi Ali Kullane, confirmed that his son was in police custody following the stabbing and said he...

A Roman Catholic priest has accused police of preventing him from giving Conservative MP Sir David Amess his last rites as he lay dying in his Essex constituency. Father Jeffrey Woolnough arrived at the police cordon stretching across tree-lined Eastwood Road North in Leigh-on-Sea, offering to administer the last rites to the devout Catholic, 69, on Friday afternoon after he was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a suspected terrorist. But he told the Mail: 'The officers said that because it was a crime scene, and also the nature of the scene, it just wasn't possible.' MailOnline has contacted Essex Police,...

SIR DAVID AMESS' tragic death has rocked the nation after the Conservative MP was stabbed in Essex on Friday. The politician was killed at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea with police looking to get justice - and one man is in custody. Sir David Amess was murdered in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday Sir David Amess was murdered in Leigh-on-Sea on FridayCredit: Getty Who is David Amess murder suspect Ali Harbi Ali? Ali Harbi Ali has been named as a suspect in the murder of Sir David Amess, after the Tory MP was killed at a Methodist church in the Essex town....