Islamist Terror Plots Keep Getting Foiled — and Keep Coming

Regardless of whether Iran is directly linked to recent schemes, the regime is doing what it can to foment violence.

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A police officer blocks a road near the RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts U.S. Air Force personnel, in Fairford, England, September 27, 2026.

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According to the charging documents, 40-year-old Benny Caldera Jr. sought to execute a one-man massacre at the Texas State Capitol in Austin late last month because the Jews made him do it. “Arrest documents further state that Caldera told his friend that he was angry at the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and that ‘these people have to be exterminated,’” NBC News reported.

The attempted attack was similar in kind to a variety of other plots that narrowly failed to produce the bloodshed envisioned by their plotters.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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