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Security correspondent for @WSJ, author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on organized crime, terror and war. He/him

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PUBLICATION DAY! .My book on the Afghanistan war was 8 years in the works and it's surreal to finally share it with you. TWENTY YEARS tells the story of the war through the people it affected the most: young Afghans with very different lives and fates .
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The five Iranian men who were arrested across the U.K. over the weekend are suspected of plotting an attack on the Israeli Embassy in London. Story by @MaximColch and me.
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A group of men recently arrested in Britain had been planning an attack, officials said, a development likely to ramp up tensions between Israel and Iran.
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Cancel culture doesn't exist. Kanzler culture, however, as @Heeger points out, has gone too far.
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Tysk kanzler culture er efterhånden gået for vidt.
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To those surprised that one ally would spy on another, remember that under Obama, the Danish intelligence service helped the NSA spy on Angela Merkel and other European politicians.
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The push underscores the seriousness of President Trump’s intent to acquire the island from Denmark.
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Gotta hand it to him, it's pretty bold: 20 yo Dutch man was caught trying to smuggle 50kg of ecstasy into Ibiza. His two suitcases were filled to the brim with 163,000 pills, covered only by the zip-up partition.
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A 22-year-old Dutchman was arrested at Ibiza airport, trying to enter the island with two suitcases filled to the brim with ecstasy pills. It is not clear how the man slipped through Dutch customs...
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RT @Heeger: »Young people are increasingly drawn into online communities that propagate extremist views«. »While the U.S. has long had a p….
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Dozens of adolescents have been arrested in recent months for allegedly plotting attacks. Law enforcers are overwhelmed by a new generation of extremists being radicalized online.
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In Europe, most young terrorist suspect are radical Islamists. In the U.S., the problem is mostly with right-wing extremists. One expert told me that, similar to how ISIS' caliphate was a main exporter of jihadism, the U.S. has become a main exporters of far-right ideology.
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Terrorists in Europe are becoming younger and harder to find. My story about how the process of radicalization - of religious as well as right wing extremists - has sped up, and mostly happens at home, online.
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Terrorists in Europe are becoming younger and harder to find. My story about how the process of radicalization - of religious as well as right wing extremists - has sped up, and mostly happens at home, online.
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Dozens of adolescents have been arrested in recent months for allegedly plotting attacks. Law enforcers are overwhelmed by a new generation of extremists being radicalized online.
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Sune Engel Rasmussen
4 months
In Sweden, criminal gangs are using the country's free-choice system to plant students in specific schools to avoid rival gangs and tighten their grip on certain districts, according to report by SVT.
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Det börjar som en vanlig skoldag - innan den är slut kommer en pojke att ha skjutit sin klasskamrat i huvudet. Det är brutalt, men kanske inte så förvånande. Något har hänt i den svenska skolan....
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“The Nordic countries have a unified security policy for the first time since the Kalmar Union in the 1400s,” @jensstoltenberg told me. My story about how the Nordics have pooled their resources to confront Russia, leading the way for European defense.
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Nordic countries are pooling resources to counter Russia amid uncertain security guarantees from Trump’s White House.
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For a long time, the Nordics were known for peace efforts and cozy living. Now they are shedding that persona. Amid Russian aggression and unsure security guarantees from Trump, the Nordics have emerged as a model for Europe’s defense. My story:.
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Nordic countries are pooling resources to counter Russia amid uncertain security guarantees from Trump’s White House.
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Commander of the US base in Greenland has been removed after sending an email following J.D. Vance's visit saying she did not share the concerns of the Trump administration regarding Greenland. The command says it lost faith in her "ability to lead" and "remaining nonpartisan".
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RT @aldayni: #متابعات #قراءات .كتاب جديد مثير للاهتمام بعنوان: .عشرون عامًا: الأمل والحرب وخيانة جيل أفغاني.المؤلف سون إنجل راسموسن @SuneEn….
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How NATO patrols the sea for suspected Russian sabotage. @DanMichaelsWSJ reporting from aboard vessels in NATO's new Baltric Sentry mission:.
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The Baltic Sentry mission taps ships, planes and drones to police one of the world’s busiest waterways.
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Sune Engel Rasmussen
5 months
I love this story about how Trump specifically asked for a painting of James Polk, the 11th president who oversaw the largest territorial expansion of the US, to hang in the Oval Office. By colleagues @jdawsey1 @VeraMBergen @alexbward .
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James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other territory...
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It is unclear what Trump wants w Greenland. A 1951 treaty w Denmark already allows him to beef up US military presence if he wants to. US companies can mine Greenland's minerals but investors won't pay for it. Greenland's worry is that he wants territory, just for the sake of it.
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It was spun as a feel-good trip to "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but in Greenland, it was met with fury. In Denmark, the PM dialled up her usually diplomatic rhetoric and is now in a full-on spat with the Trump administration. Our story:
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It was spun as a feel-good trip to "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but in Greenland, it was met with fury. In Denmark, the PM dialled up her usually diplomatic rhetoric and is now in a full-on spat with the Trump administration. Our story:
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Greenland says the coming visit is an act of aggression as President Trump doubles down on pressuring the self-governing Danish territory.
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The US delegation to Greenland will no longer attend a dogsled race and "celebrate Greenlandic culture", but only visit American soldiers on the Pituffik base (far away from potentially angry Greenlandic civilians). Clear retreat after Greenlandic and Danish pushback.
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RT @eve_hartley: First we went to the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, which has been ramping up drills and rapidly expanding its milit….
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RT @yarotrof: Kudos to my friend and @WSJ colleague @SuneEngel for winning the @opcofamerica award for his brilliant book on Afghanistan’s….
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