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- General
- Yahoo
Suspect in Colorado Molotov Cocktail Attack on Pro-Israel March Charged With Hate Crime
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the Egyptian man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at attendees of a Boulder, Colorado, march Sunday in support of Israel hostages still in Gaza, was officially charged with committing a federal hate crime on Monday. According to an F.B.I. affidavit, Soliman told investigators in a post-arrest interview that he had been planning his anti-Israel attack for a year and that he was driven to 'kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.' Soliman is expected to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. local time in Boulder. While throwing two Molotov cocktails at the Sunday demonstration's marchers, Soliman reportedly yelled, 'Free Palestine!' Following his arrest, law enforcement officials found a container owned by Soliman filled with 14 more unlit Molotov cocktails. Eight people, four men and four women, suffered burns and other injuries from Soliman's terror attack and were hospitalized. On X, Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that Soliman had entered the United States in August 2022 with a temporary visa. He filed for asylum in the U.S. a month later, but ultimately overstayed his visa, which expired in February 2023. 'The Colorado Terrorist attack suspect, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in our country,' McLaughlin wrote in a tweet published early Monday. Soliman was identified by witnesses as the assailant and was subsequently taken into custody in the Boulder County Jail and initially booked with multiple felony charges. His attack comes not even two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were shot and killed outside of the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. In April, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family also survived an arson attack on their home that occurred just hours after Passover Seder. Soliman's attack is just the latest event to stem from the ongoing — and growing — international fallout of the Israel-Hamas war that has been raging since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The post Suspect in Colorado Molotov Cocktail Attack on Pro-Israel March Charged With Hate Crime appeared first on TheWrap.
The South African
2 days ago
- Politics
- The South African
Newspaper headlines from around the world - Monday, 2 June 2025
Here are the stories that made headlines on the front pages of newspapers worldwide on Monday, 2 June 2025. The New York Times front page reported that fear within the F.B.I. deepens as Patel expels an official. The Hindustan Times' front page reported that India eyes retaliation as the US rejects a WTO notice. China Daily's front page reported that the provocative rhetoric of the US was criticised. Daily Mail's front page reported that Labour's defence spending is in retreat. The Guardian front page reported that exercise is more effective than drugs in preventing cancer from returning. If you wish to stay up-to-date – for FREE – on the latest international and South African news, then bookmark The South African website for all that plus the latest in the world of finance, sport, lifestyle – and more. Did we mention it was 100% free to read …?
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gillian Anderson Openly Addresses 'X-Files' Reboot Rumors
As David Duchovny endlessly skeptical Fox Mulder so often told us, the truth is out there -- and so too is the possibility of a long-discussed continuation of The X-Files. As nostalgic viewers might recall, The X-Files focuses on the ongoing investigations of F.B.I. agents Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and his skeptical partner, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Grappling with the unexplained phenomenon they encounter through the agency, the two baffled government agents slowly unravel one mystery after another related to alien travelers, secret societies, and horrifying mutant serial killers. Dominating network television throughout the 1990s, The X-Files managed to become one of the hottest sci-fi series in TV history, maintaining as iconic a place in modern pop culture as The Twilight Zone before it and Lost after it. With up-and-coming director Ryan Coogler -- the filmmaker behind such popular projects as Black Panther, Creed and, most recently, Michael B. Jordan's Sinners -- currently eyeing a remake of the classic sci-fi series, former X-Files star Gillian Anderson has officially weighed in on Coogler's plans for a reboot. In a recent appearance on ITV1's This Morning, the 56-year-old Emmy winner said of the reboot, "I spoke to [Coogler], and what I said was, 'If anyone were to do it, I think you are the perfect person, and best of luck." As to whether she might reprise her role as the contemplative Agent Scully, Anderson revealed that she had told Coogler to "call me" if he had any ideas for bringing the character back to television. "At some point, if the phone rings and it's good and it feels like the right time, perhaps,' Anderson said of her potential return to the series. Previously, The Crown actress had teased the possibility of portraying Scully in a future reboot from Coogler. During Anderson's appearance on the Today show last year, she teased, "I think [Coogler is] really cool and I think if he did it, it would probably be done incredibly well. And maybe I'll pop in for a little something something."
Ya Libnan
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Ya Libnan
Suspect charged in Washington, DC shooting Told police, 'I did it for Gaza, free Palestine '
Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident, was charged on Thursday with first-degree murder and other crimes in the killings of two Israeli Embassy aides outside a Jewish museum in Washington. By some accounts, Mr. Rodriguez, 31, led a life typical of a college-educated young professional in Chicago, residing in an apartment in a middle-class North Side neighborhood, with friends and family nearby. But he was also increasingly active in left-wing politics, posting on social media and joining demonstrations in Chicago in opposition to Israel's war in Gaza, large corporations and racism. When Mr. Rodriguez was taken into custody after the shooting on Wednesday night, he told police officers, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,' according to an F.B.I. affidavit filed in federal court. Here's what else we know about him. A school and work life that raised no concerns Born and raised in Chicago, Mr. Rodriguez graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago, a school west of downtown that attracts many local residents. Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez, a university spokeswoman, said that Mr. Rodriguez attended from the fall of 2016 through the spring of 2018 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He lived in Albany Park, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Chicago, on the city's northwest side. It is known as a community that has long welcomed immigrants. A century ago, it was home to many Jewish families from Europe. It is now a draw for Latino, white and Asian people. Mr. Rodriguez's father, Eric Rodriguez, is a union member who appeared in a video for the Service Employees International Union this year, identifying himself as a federal employee with the Veterans Affairs Department and an Iraq War veteran. The elder Mr. Rodriguez said in the video that he was concerned about cuts that the Trump administration was making to the V.A. system. Both of Elias Rodriguez's parents, who live separately, declined to comment. Elias Rodriguez bounced from job to job during his 20s. According to his LinkedIn profile, he worked as a writer for wikiHow, which publishes articles and quizzes on a variety of topics. He was a senior content associate for CouponCabin, a company based in Chicago that provides printable and digital coupons for discounts to consumers. He later worked as an oral history researcher and production coordinator at a Black history site, and then took a job at the American Osteopathic Information Association, a trade group for osteopathic doctors. 'He enjoys reading and writing fiction, live music, film, and exploring new places,' one job biography read. A turn to political activism on the left At the same time, Mr. Rodriguez had taken an active interest in politics. In 2017, he was photographed outside the home of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Chicago's North Side, wearing a checked shirt and backpack, and holding a sign that read, '$ for people's needs, not Amazon!' The demonstration was organized by the Answer Coalition, a group that opposes war and racism. The group was protesting efforts from Chicago officials to convince Amazon to build a second headquarters in the city. The company ultimately chose the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington. Mr. Rodriguez was quoted in an online article denouncing the officials' effort, identifying himself as affiliated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. 'The wealth that Amazon has brought to Seattle has not been shared with its Black residents,' he said, asking, 'Do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and white can live, and the vast majority of us must live on edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty?' The Party for Socialism and Liberation disavowed on Thursday any connection between the organization and Mr. Rodriguez. 'We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the D.C. shooting,' the group said on the social media site X . 'Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.' A post on social media on Wednesday night from an account that The New York Times verified as belonging to Mr. Rodriguez was titled 'Escalate For Gaza, Bring The War Home.' The post condemned the Israeli and American governments and what it called atrocities committed by the Israeli military against Palestinians. The post did not refer directly to the shootings, but sought to justify 'armed action.' Photographs on Thursday of the windows of what appeared to be Mr. Rodriguez's apartment in Chicago showed two signs about Palestinians, including one that referenced the 2023 killing of a Palestinian American boy in Illinois. Mr. Rodriguez was registered to vote in Illinois, and in 2020 donated $500 to Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign, records show. Superintendent Larry Snelling of the Chicago Police Department said that Mr. Rodriguez did not have a criminal background. 'I love you Mom, Dad, baby sis A chilling manifesto believed to be left by the suspected shooter pays tribute to his loved ones, amid a rambling diatribe about the conflict in Gaza and the American government. In the manifesto, signed off with the suspect's name, Rodriguez appears to defend the 'morality of armed demonstration' as he railed against the death toll in Gaza. 'I love you Mom, Dad, baby sis, the rest of my familia, including you, O*****,' the manifesto, obtained and shared online by journalist Ken Klippenstein, reads. In a seeming hint at what he was about to do, the 900-word statement said he was 'glad that today at least there are many Americans for which the action will be highly legible and, in some funny way, the only sane thing to do.' The New York Times/ Daily Mail
New York Times
14-05-2025
- New York Times
Ex-National Guardsman Planned to Attack U.S. Army Base for ISIS, U.S. Says
A former member of the Michigan Army National Guard was charged on Tuesday with plotting to carry out a terrorist attack on a U.S. military base outside Detroit for the Islamic State using a drone, Molotov cocktails and armor-piercing ammunition, the F.B.I. said. The man, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, was arrested outside the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command in Warren, Mich., by federal agents, with whom he had been unknowingly discussing his plans since last June, according to a criminal complaint. Investigators said that Mr. Said, of Melvindale, Mich., had shared details about a planned mass shooting with two people he thought were fellow ISIS supporters, but were instead undercover F.B.I. agents recording their conversations. Mr. Said told them that he was 'fed up with this country" and had long desired to engage in a violent jihad, either by traveling to an ISIS-held territory abroad or carrying out an attack in the United States, the authorities said. While meeting with one of the undercover agents in November, Mr. Said mused that if he went to the Middle East, he would be able to kill only 'two, three, four other soldiers, but over here, it's like, it's a dream.' Around December, the National Guard discharged him. Mr. Said was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device or explosive. The charges could bring up to 40 years in prison if he is convicted. Brig. Gen. Rhett R. Cox, the commanding general of the Army Counterintelligence Command, said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Said's arrest was a 'sobering reminder' of the importance of counterintelligence efforts. 'We urge all soldiers to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to their chain of command, as the safety and security of our Army and our nation depends on our collective efforts to prevent insider threats,' General Cox said. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Said, who was scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Michigan on Wednesday, had a lawyer. Court records did not list one for him. A phone message left on Wednesday with the Federal Community Defender's office in Detroit was not immediately returned. In 2022, Mr. Said enlisted in the National Guard and completed initial basic training at Fort Moore in Georgia, the authorities said. Last July, about a month after Mr. Said had first spoken to one of the undercover agents, the F.B.I. secretly searched his iPhone when he gave it to National Guard personnel before boarding a military aircraft, investigators said. They found a Facebook exchange written in Arabic between Mr. Said and someone in the Palestinian territories, in which Mr. Said declared, 'I want to go for Jihad,' according to the F.B.I., which said that the other person had instructed him to use the encrypted messaging app Telegram to communicate further. One of those channels contained videos and images with ISIS flags, the complaint said. Last August, Mr. Said played a video of himself on his phone performing a 'bayah' pledge of loyalty to Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS, for one of the agents, the F.B.I. said. In a conversation with an F.B.I. informant that same month, Mr. Said boasted that he could assemble and disassemble an AR-15 or M4-style rifle with his 'eyes closed' and had learned about firearms, grenade throwing and land navigation, the complaint said. 'I wanted to train so that I know what I'm doing,' Mr. Said told one of the undercover agents, according to the F.B.I. 'I know how they think, and how they act, you know.' Last fall, Mr. Said told the undercover agents that he had flown a drone over the base outside Detroit to identify entry points and potential targets, investigators said. He also mentioned that he had visited stores to inspect firearms and military uniforms, and had purchased glass bottles to be used for Molotov cocktails, the complaint said. The undercover agents accompanied Mr. Said to a pawnshop in the area, where he asked to see assault-style weapons that were for sale, the F.B.I. said. 'I recommend everyone have about seven magazines because you don't want to be in there and run out of ammo,' he told the agents, according to the complaint. But as plans for the attack became more concrete, the F.B.I. said, the former guardsman grew suspicious. In December, the agents told Mr. Said that they had discovered an Apple AirTag in their car, which he acknowledged placing there, the authorities said. He told them that he just wanted to 'make sure' they were who they said they were, according to the complaint. In the conversations with the undercover agents, Mr. Said discussed how one of them should livestream the attack on a GoPro camera and mention Gaza and Palestine, investigators said. He also advised the agents that they should wait until they got inside the base to display an ISIS flag. 'If they see the flag, they know you are foe,' he told on the agents, according to the complaint. On Tuesday, Mr. Said was wearing all black when he left his home to go meet one of the undercover agents at a park in Dearborn, Mich., investigators said. The two of them then drove to the Army base in Warren, where, the authorities said, Mr. Said had launched his drone for the purposes of aerial surveillance before the attack. That's when law enforcement officers moved in and arrested him.
