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#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #AQ-allied #Ansaru released an #EidAlFitr video on November (it was probably scheduled to be released in 2022).

An interesting AK-103 (AK-103-2 from #Libya or AK-103 from #Mali), Zastava M05E1 & E3 rifles and a stockless Zastava M70B1 rifle can be seen.

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Zastava M05E1 rifles are usually smuggled/sourced from #Cameroon. It can be seen in the hands of various groups such as Boko Haram/#JaS and #ISWAP.

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On the other hand, it is possible to see the Zastava M05E3 rifles in various countries in region such as #BurkinaFaso —third photo shows an M05E3 rifle captured by #ISWAP/#ISGS from Police Forces in NE of Burkina Faso on Feb 29, 2020.

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#location location location: thrilled to share our work @CellCellPress! #interferons dictate #COVID19 severity! Specific #IFNs are produced along the #airways in response to #SARSCoV2 and drive protective or detrimental #transcriptional programs! 1/7 doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…
IFNs are driven by high #viral #loads, suggesting that viral recognition is only achieved when #SARSCoV2 reaches a certain threshold! Efficient induction of protective IFNs is preferentially achieved by younger patients, further explaining susceptibility of elders to #COVID19 2/7
#IFNL1 & #IFNL3 characterize mild illness & drive potent anti-#SARSCoV2 #ISGs in the upper #airways. Severe patients show #typeI IFN & #IFNL2 along the respiratory tract but lack ISGs, dampen cell proliferation programs associated to #repair and boost #apoptotic #p53 pathways 3/7
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#Niger: This is by far the deadliest attack in #Torodi in southwestern #Tillaberi since the #Sahel insurgency spread to the area in late 2017.
#Niger: This specific area has been largely overlooked in the context of the broader #Sahel conflict and overshadowed by the #ISGS insurgency in northern #Tillaberi.
#Niger: The double-tap ambush took place near Boni, where a key Operation Saki 2 border outpost is located. #JNIM-affiliated fighters are the likely perpetrators, notably under the command of Abu Hanifa, a lieutenant of #KatibaMacina's Amadou Kouffa.
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Met Jamil Arouad, de nieuwe kabinetschef op het Ministerie van Defensie die de signatuur van de #Moslimbroederschap heeft, worden er grondige koerswijzigingen doorgevoerd.
Vooral bij de inlichtingendienst van het leger.
#BelgischLeger #Infiltratie
De nieuwe koers zal eenzijdig focussen op Vlaams extremisme als uitsluitingsgrond, terwijl zij #moslimextremisme zal minimaliseren en uit de wind zetten.
Dit zal toelaten dat islamisten gemakkelijk de weg naar het leger vinden en er carrière kunnen maken.
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Omdat de #Moslimbroederschap zeer geheimhoudend opereert in Europa, is het heel moeilijk om hun #wakil (agenten) te herkennen. Maar hun netwerk in de #EU is enorm groot!
Je herkent hen via organisaties en eensgezinde standpunten over de partijgrenzen heen.
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#Mali: Unofficial #JNIM video captioned: "This is what happens between Support of Islam [JNIM] and the Kharijites [#ISGS] (Kawaridiakobe in Fulfulde)", fighters including visibly child soldiers are seen beheading ISGS members/sympathizers in the area of Arabanda (Malian Gourma)
#Mali: An assassination campaign was carried out by Ansaroul Islam (#JNIM) during the first half of July in the areas of Kobou and Boulikessi, #Mopti
#Mali: Paradoxically, the video is accompanied by a signature #IslamicState nasheed, namely Qariban Qariba.
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#Sahel: Today, #JNIM released the video "If they fight you, fight them". It's been almost three years since JNIM released their last full-length video with combat footage, namely "And the Battle Continues".
#Sahel: This could be explained by several factors: First, the focus has been on the political line; second, JNIM's official media presence has declined significantly, and this is against the backdrop of several key media figures (in #Algeria and #Mali) being killed
#Sahel: The decline is particularly relevant when compared to #ISGS, which received major boost from its formal integration into #IslamicState's organizational infrastructure & media apparatus. However, this last video marks the effective recovery of #JNIM media wing Al-Zallaqa.
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Can a respiratory #virus infection confer #immunity against the other #respiratory virus? A much-debated issue in the virus immunology for many decades. What is the probable immune mechanism & does it indeed exist? What is the evidence for & against this hypothesis? 1/
It is hypothesized that a respiratory virus infection confers immunity against the same and other respiratory viruses for a short time, perhaps a few weeks. This immunologic mechanism, known as #heterosubtypic ‘temporary non-specific immunity’ 2/
This immune protection is associated with activation of the innate immune response to viral infection mediated by the release of Type I #interferons (IFN) & other cytokines that have broad protective effects against a range of viruses 3/
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#BurkinaFaso: #JNIM has unofficially claimed through audio and photographs yesterday’s ambush against a Burkinabe joint force convoy accompanied by a team of three foreign nationals, all experienced professionals on an anti-poaching mission (or reportage)..
#BurkinaFaso: Including two Spanish journalists, one was a journalist and film director, a cameraman, and an Irish Zambia-born ranger, co-founder and president of Chengeta Wildlife, a conservationist NGO.
#BurkinaFaso: Four convoy members were wounded, the three foreigners mentioned above were killed, and a Burkinabe force member went missing.
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Over 60 Jihadists killed after violent clashes broke out between fighters of #ISIS (#ISGS) in the Sahara & fighters of Jamāʿat nuṣrat al-islām wal-muslimīn (JNIM) on Thursday in the county of Arbinda and Nassoumbou in the province of Soum Burkina-faso.
It all started in the forest of Gahika-ngota, about thirty kilometers northeast of the city of Arbinda when the fighters of #ISGS led by the Sahrawi jihadist leader, Abdoul Hakoum attacked a unit of the branch of #JNIM linked to al-Qaida.
Faced with the firepower of Abdoul Hakoum's men, the #JNIM unit led by Abou Mansour called for reinforcements, the latter fell into an ambush. Withdrawing to their base in the Nassoumbou area. They were surprised because when they arrived they found that their base there led by
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Death toll in the #ISGS attack on Niger's military camp at inates SW Niger on Tuesday night has risen to 74 deaths, 12 injured and many soldiers and gendarmes missing. Image
The 2 hours fighting which saw the jihadi fighters deploy several SVBIED suicide trucks, improvised rocket and Mortar shelling of the camp resulted to massive explosions of the Nigerien Army camp fuel dumps and ammunition stores.
A large number of jihadis were also killed.
#ISIS has officially claimed the attack on Niger republique forces at Inates. Image
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Big news from the latest @UN report on #ISIS/#alQaida was ISIS' rebuild strategy and that much of it is being directed by Abu Bakr al-#Baghdadi out of Iraq

But there are a number of other interesting observations in the report...
On #alQaida, the @UN intelligence suggests the group although the health of AQ leader Ayman al-Zawahiri & AQ's succession plan "are in doubt"
The @UN report also concludes #alQaida-aligned groups "are stronger than their #ISIL [#ISIS] counterparts in #Idlib, #Syria|n Arab Republic, #Yemen, #Somalia and much of West #Africa"
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Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-islam wal-Muslimin #JNIM Is a bigger threat to NW Nigeria.
Islamic state in the greater sahel #ISGS with mainly Peuls ethnic stock as members are currently formative stage.
JNIM with experienced Peul senior commanders are sweeping into /1
Niger Republique in the last 50 days. Recruits from Niger, Burkina, Chad & Mali find this group more attractive.
While the criminal groups in NW Nigeria are currently independent of these terror groups, we see an alliance with the terror groups whose members are mainly of /2
the same ethnic stock in months as the heat is turned on them by the Nigerian security Ops in their strongholds in NW.
The large numbers of deaths & persecution of the Peuls in Mali have attracted seemingly laid back Peuls to radical jihad with trained militia members signing up
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I/ I would not want to dwell extensively on this but just to shed a little light answering a few questions thrown my way about ongoing Massacres around the River Benue valleys in Nigeria & late Gaddafi's link to this.
II/ The Peul/Fulani Militia invasion of towns & communities on the plains & valleys surrounding the River Benue from Numan, Obolo, Awe, Dekina etc are not late General Muammar Gaddafi's mercenary group called "The Islamic  Legion" or
III/ the later recruits rushed into libya during the February 17 revolution as claimed by Nigeria's President Mohammed Buhari.
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