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Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Jihadist-Inspired
Attack on New York City Police Department Officers
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of New York
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Defendant Stabbed One NYPD Officer in the Neck, Robbed the Officer of his Service Weapon and Fired the Weapon at Several NYPD Officers
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Dzenan Camovic, 22, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner to 30 years in prison for the robbery of a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer’s firearm and discharging that firearm at several NYPD officers during the course of the robbery. Camovic, who was inspired by terrorism, is a Bosnian citizen illegally in the United States. He will be deported after completing his sentence. He is also scheduled to be sentenced in state court in Brooklyn today to state charges arising out of the same conduct.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Keechant Sewell, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the sentence.
“Today’s 30-year sentence, along with Camovic’s removal from the United States, guarantees the community will be protected from his hate-filled ideology and actions,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “We will never stop working to protect the safety of our brave law enforcement officers and community from those who would do them harm.”
Mr. Peace expressed his appreciation to the FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force for its outstanding work on the case and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office for their assistance.
“As today's sentence demonstrates, those who direct hate-fueled violence at anyone - including the brave men and women of law enforcement - will face stiff consequences in our criminal justice system. Along with our partners on the Joint Terrorism Task Force, we remain steadfast in our determination to protect our city and our Nation from terrorists and their violent extremist ideology,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll.
“An attack against New York City police officers is an attack against our city and way of life – and today’s sentencing of Dzenan Camovic sends a clear message that such violence will never be tolerated,” said Police Commissioner Sewell. “Our NYPD family is thankful our brave officers survived this premeditated ambush. I commend our NYPD investigators, our partners in the FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the prosecutors in the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, for their work in this case. Together, we will never stop working to protect our city.”
As set forth in court filings and during the plea and sentencing proceedings, on the evening of June 3, 2020, in the midst of a public health emergency and while New York City was under a nightly curfew order, Camovic attacked several uniformed NYPD officers assigned to post near the intersection of Flatbush and Church Avenues in Brooklyn, New York. At approximately 11:50 p.m., Camovic rounded the corner from Flatbush Avenue onto Church Avenue and stabbed one of the officers (Officer 1) in the neck with a knife. After stabbing Officer 1, Camovic chased the second officer (Officer 2), lunging at him and attempting to stab him. Camovic then ran back to Officer 1, attacked him, forcibly took control of Officer 1’s firearm and fired multiple shots at Officer 2 and other officers who responded to the scene. Responding officers ultimately shot Camovic and took him into custody. Several officers suffered injuries during Camovic’s attack and robbery, including Officer 1, who was stabbed in the neck, and Officer 2, who was shot in the hand and lost a finger as a result. A third officer also sustained a gunshot wound to the hand.
During his attack on the police officers, Camovic repeatedly shouted “Allahu Akbar,” a common Arabic phrase meaning “God is the greatest,” that has been used by perpetrators of jihadist terror attacks during the commission of violent attacks. Prior to the attack, Camovic possessed a significant volume of radical jihadist propaganda.
During the sentencing proceeding, and as stipulated in Camovic’s plea agreement, Judge Kovner found that the terrorism enhancement to the United States Sentencing Guidelines—an enhanced sentence for certain criminal conduct that was calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion—is applicable to his offense.
The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s National Security and Cybercrime Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Craig R. Heeren, Artie McConnell and Josh Hafetz are in charge of the prosecution.
Qatar UN envoy deletes Twitter account after uproar
over cursing Jews, gay men
And now she wonders why she wasn't selected as Human Rights chair
By TZVI JOFFRE
Published: SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 11:38
Qatar's Ambassador to the United Nations Hend Al-Muftah deleted her Twitter account (@halmuftah) after it was revealed that she had published tweets repeating antisemitic tropes, calling Jews "our enemies" and calling for "God's curse" against gay men.
Muftah deleted her account just days after losing her bid to become chair of the UN Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
Antisemitic tweets posted by Muftah include one reading “We learned from a young age that the Jews are our enemies!” and another recommending a book called “The Great Conspiracy” by Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud which accuses Jews of infecting Western civilization with “obscenity and decadence, cocaine, crack, nudity, sex and violence.”
Where does this idea come from? Hollywood! Godless Jews have run Hollywood since the Second World War and have done society no amount of good. When Jews walk in faith they are a blessing to mankind, but when they abandon their faith they are worthy of all the criticism heaped upon them.
Additional tweets by the Qatari envoy to the UN include one responding to a UN plea for LGBTQ+ rights in Africa, where she wrote: “Stay away from Middle East and Arab countries, keep your rights for your people.”
Another tweet stated that “Defending human rights has nothing to do with gay rights!” with two others calling on God to “curse” gay people.
Yet another tweet by the UN ambassador read “The end of America and others does not need any prophecy… Our Messenger and our Qur’an told us about it 1400 years ago, and it is inevitably true.
I am more than a little surprised at how much I agree with this woman, not completely, of course. But she recognizes that Jews are the enemy of Islam, not because Jews hate Islam, but because Islam hates Jews and is extremely jealous of how God seems to always show up on the side of Israel, starting with His rejection of Ishmael as a son of Abraham (Gen 22:12).
I've already addressed the infection of western society by godless Jews. Hend ignores the blessings to the world of godly Jews, some of which are now being seen in Gulf countries that are benefitting from recent trade with Israel.
There is no point in asking God to curse gays. That is Old Testament legalism. Gays have already cursed themselves, but we should be asking God for mercy and deliverance for them.
The Bible told us about the destruction of America and others (including Islam) long before Mohammed's effort to hijack the narrative for his own benefit.
These are controversial stands. Where do you stand on these issues?
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Terrorists open fire on taxi and bus in Samaria
October 2, 2022
Terrorists open fire on taxi and bus in SamariaTaxi shot during terror attack in Samaria, October 2nd, 2022. Credit to Samaria Regional Council.
One man wounded after terrorists open fire at Israeli bus and taxi dispatched to drive school children near Elon Moreh in Samaria.
By World Israel News Staff
One man was wounded in a terrorist shooting attack in Samaria Sunday morning.
The attack occurred on a road between the Israeli town of Elon Moreh and the Palestinian Authority-administered town of Bayt Furik.
During the attack, shots were fired at an Israeli bus and a taxi, both of which were damaged in the shooting.
The bus came under fire first, prompting the driver to report that attack to authorities.
Shortly afterwards, an Israeli taxi also came under fire. The taxi was en route to pick up special needs children and drive them to school.
One bullet penetrated the taxi’s rear window, sending pieces of glass flying which wounded the driver in the back.
The driver, a 40-year-old resident of Samaria, continued driving after being wounded, evacuating himself to a nearby army base, where he was treated by IDF medics. He is listed in light condition.
Israeli security forces are conducting searches of the area.
Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan blamed the government’s policies for the latest shooting attack, accusing Israel’s leaders of refusing to carry out a comprehensive counter-terror operation in Samaria, modeled after Operation Defensive Shield in the spring of 2002.
“Yet another serious attack that ended almost miraculously,” Dagan said. “This government is abandoning residents here to a terror wave which the Palestinian Authority is cooking up. This government is refusing to accept reality.”
“I call on the government to get ahold of itself and announce a broad campaign to disrupt the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria.”
Sunday’s terror attack is the latest shooting in Samaria, with nearly 10 such attacks reported in Samaria in one week in late September.
A pair of shooting attacks were reported in a single evening that week.
The IDF has recently registered an uptick in the number of shooting attacks in Judea and Samaria since the beginning of the year. About 70 such attacks have occurred since the beginning of 2022, compared to about 50 shooting attacks in all of 2021, 48 in 2020, and 61 in 2019.
Iranian officials 'SNATCH body of girl, 16, from her family'
after she took part in anti-morality police protests
By DAVID AVERRE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:17 EDT, 4 October 2022
Nika Shakarami was protesting in the Iranian capital when she was set upon by security forces
Iranian security forces stole the body of a teenage protestor from her family and buried her 25 miles away, it has been alleged, as widespread protests continue to rock the country following the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called morality police.
Nika Shakarami, 16, first went missing after she took part in a demonstration in Tehran on September 20, having told her friend she was being pursued by security forces.
Ten days later, her grief-stricken family members found her body at a morgue in the Iranian capital, but were only allowed to see her face for a moment to identify her before being whisked away, according to a relative.
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, who posted a picture of Nika on social media upon news of her death, alleged her skull was smashed from multiple blows.
Her corpse was finally returned to her father's home town of Khorramabad at the weekend, but sources close to the family told BBC Persia that the body was later snatched and shipped to the nearby town of Veysian.
The ordeal endured by Nika and her family is just one example of ruthless tactics used by Iran's security forces to dissuade people from speaking out against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's regime and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini.
It comes as stunning video footage from across Iran showed hundreds of schoolgirls removing their headscarves and taking to the streets, chanting 'death to the dictator' among other anti-regime slogans.
Nika Shakarami, 16, first went missing after she took part in a demonstration in Tehran on September 20, having told her friend she was being pursued by security forces
Widespread unrest was triggered when Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, was pronounced dead on September 16 after being in a coma for three days following her violent arrest by Iran's 'morality police', who are tasked with enforcing public order and religious observance.
Amini was targeted for allegedly failing to strictly observe the rules on wearing the hijab headscarf.
Her death prompted public outcry and non-stop protests have since raged for three straight weeks.
More than 130 protestors have been killed by security forces so far according to the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights after Khamenei, who yesterday claimed the demonstrations are merely the result of a foreign plot to destabilise Iran, told his security forces to ruthlessly crack down on any dissent and enforce order.
But despite the incredible danger, footage circulating on social media shows huge numbers of female school pupils removing their headscarves - a hugely symbolic gesture - and staging their own protests.
One video showed schoolgirls tearing up pictures of Khomeini and launching the scraps into the air as they chanted 'death to the dictator' and the slogan 'woman, life, freedom'.
Others showed huge numbers of students running into the street and blocking traffic as they waved their headscarves over their heads.
One clip posted yesterday appeared to display a group of enraged girls shooing an adult male official out of their school in Karaj while pouring water on him and pelting him with plastic bottles.
Elsewhere students have been photographed in their classrooms showing the middle finger to images of the Supreme Leader and Islamic Republic founder while holding their headscarves aloft.
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