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#alQaida's #Zawahiri "was the singular leader" per NCTC's Abizaid
"He was both symbolically important but also strategically important for what was a diverse network of affiliates"
"He was both symbolically important but also strategically important for what was a diverse network of affiliates"
NEW: Just released @UN report warns of "heightened threats emerging" from #ISIS #alQaida affiliated groups worldwide
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
US still facing risk from terrorism, former National Counterterrorism Center [NCTC] acting Dir Russell Travers
"We still have a lot of work to do" he told @mvhaydencenter Wednesday night, citing "diverse and diffuse" threats from range of actors
"We still have a lot of work to do" he told @mvhaydencenter Wednesday night, citing "diverse and diffuse" threats from range of actors
#ISIS - "They were very much on their back foot to be sure a year and a half ago - not so much anymore" per former NCTC acting director Russell Travers "They have something like two dozen branches and networks around the globe"
1) Another deadly #Shabaab attack today, in which it claims killing 17 Americans & 9 Kenyans after 10hour clashes at Camp Simba US naval base in #Kenya. Comes amid a severe wave of attacks this past year by the group.
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2) #Shabaab calls today's op 2nd part of its “Quds Will Never be Judaized" campaign in response to Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Comes one year after Shabaab launched this campaign w its deadly attack on Riverside complex in #Kenya ent.siteintelgroup.com/Statements/sha…
3) In Dec alone, #Shabaab's attacks included suicide bombing on Somali military convoy in Galkayo, deadly ambush on SNA in Bay region, & horrific #Mogadishu bombing which killed 79+. No signs of progress since Trump ramped up strikes in recent years.
1)New#Khorasan Prov vid, the latest in #isis recruitment series “The Best Outcome is for the Pious,” incl. fighters from #India #Pakistan #Kashmir, despite regions recently receiving own provincial designations-showing lack of self-sufficient media offices
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2)The vid also featured fighter “Abu Mujahid al-Farsi (Persian)" who spoke on behalf of fighters in #Iran, and stated, “We say to the Magian government and those who support it: wait for actions and not words...”
3)So far in this campaign, which has been bolstered by troves of coordinated supporting media, #ISIS has released videos from its #WestAfrica #Sinai #EastAsia #Caucasus provs - a troubling scope of mobilizing recruitment following recent reemergence of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
