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Berlin Islamic Terror Suspect Killed, Troy Jackson’s Abortion Shift, Trump Does WHCD: AM Update 7/27
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Berlin Attack: The Suspect's Terror History and Germany's Failure
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Megyn Kelly walks through a damning timeline of missed signals. Balout traveled to Lebanon in 2025 allegedly trying to reach Syria and join ISIS; Lebanese authorities arrested and convicted him with a three-month sentence. [1] — Megyn Kelly "Balout sentenced to 3 months by Lebanese court: Before his Berlin attack, Abdul Balout was arrested in Lebanon while allegedly trying to re…" 05:18 After returning to Germany in November 2025, he was arrested again and charged with preparing subversive violence and distributing ISIS propaganda online. Yet a German juvenile court in May gave him a suspended sentence of just 1 year and 10 months after concluding he had distanced himself from the terror group. [2] — Megyn Kelly "Balout given suspended 1yr 10mo sentence: After returning to Germany, Balout was convicted in a juvenile court in May and given a suspended…" 06:20 Then, 24 days before the attack, Berlin police searched his apartment over a weapons complaint and left after finding only a toy gun. [3] — Megyn Kelly "On July 3rd — just 24 days before the attack — Berlin police searched Balout's apartment over a weapons violation and left after finding on…" 06:20 Terrorism expert Raphael Bassong frames the attack as the 8th or 9th such vehicle ramming in Europe, tracing the strategy to ISIS directives following the 2016 Nice attack and warning the method remains devastatingly effective. Berlin Pride organizers, meanwhile, urged the public not to use the attack to fuel anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant sentiment.
Before his Berlin attack, Abdul Balout was arrested in Lebanon while allegedly trying to reach Syria and join ISIS, and a Lebanese military court sentenced him to 3 months.
After returning to Germany, Balout was convicted in a juvenile court in May and given a suspended sentence of 1 year and 10 months after the court concluded he had distanced himself from ISIS.
On July 3rd — just 24 days before the attack — Berlin police searched Balout's apartment over a weapons violation and left after finding only a toy gun. He went on to rent a van and kill someone 24 days later, raising hard questions about Germany's ability to monitor known extremists.
International terrorism expert Raphael Bassong noted the Berlin attack was approximately the 8th or 9th such vehicle-ramming attack in Europe, a tactic popularized since the 2016 Nice attack.
The Berlin attack fits a decade-long pattern: ISIS directs followers to use any available weapon, courts release known extremists, and the attacks keep coming. Terrorism expert Raphael Bassong told DW News this was approximately the 8th or 9th such vehicle ramming in Europe — a tactic ISIS pioneered after Nice in 2016.
Troy Jackson won the Maine Democratic Senate nomination by a vote of 566 to 5 at a hastily organized party convention Saturday.
Maine Democrats held a hastily organized convention to replace Graham Plattner after sexual assault allegations forced him out. Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and longtime state Senate president, won 566 to 5 — then immediately launched a campaign against one of the most durable incumbents in Washington, with Democrats seeing Susan Collins' seat as key to reclaiming the Senate majority.
