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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
In West/East #Africa, affiliates of #ISIS #alQaida "can boast gains in supporters and territory under threat, as well as growing capabilities in fundraising & weapons, for example, in the use of drones" per the @UN report
#ISIS in #Syria "has evolved into an entrenched insurgency, exploiting weaknesses in local security to find safe havens & targeting forces engaged in counter-ISIL operations" per the @UN report
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#Iraq #Tikrit #murrder

The Iraqi military said Friday that a unidentified gunmen killed 7 family members in a village in Salahudin Province, north of Baghdad. Around midnight,
a attacker dressed in military uniforms and driving a military vehicles broke into a house in a village south of Tikrit, the provincial capital, about 170 kilometers north of Baghdad. Before fleeing the scene, the attackers opened fire with their silenced guns,
killing four brothers and three sisters and wounding a child.
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Two explosions reported at Camp Speicher, #Tikrit, #Iraq
Multiple media being shared through social media, they appear to align?
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Initial unconfirmed reports of an IED attack against a #US Forces convoy in #Mukeshefah, between #Tikrit and #Samarra, #Iraq.
Multiple #PMU affilated channels “confirming” the attack but they aren’t sharing any other details other than the usual groups reportedly taking responsibility for it.

Note - the attack last week took around 30 minutes for images to filter through.
Will update accordingly.
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