BREAKING: Reports that senior #alQaeda official Abu Muhsin al-Masri (AKA Husam Abd-al-Ra’uf) killed by Afghan forces. Masri was believed to be 2nd in command under AQ leader Zawahiri & served as the organization’s media chief. No confirmation from al-Qaeda as of yet. Image
Abu Muhsin al-Masri was a leading figure in #alQaeda's Shura council, strategy, & media (including as-Sahab).
If confirmed, another blow to an already weakened AQ that has lost many leaders—among them Hamza Bin Laden, whom AQ still hasn't commented/confirm his death to date. Image
Al-Masri last appeared in Sept 2018 vid, condemning Pakistani soldiers as "terrorists" on 4th anniversary of military offensives in N Waziristan. He also wrote an article in AQ's One Ummah mag, in which he discussed negative impacts of cartoons on children ent.siteintelgroup.com/Multimedia/aq-… Image
Photo of al-Masri dead on a cement floor has been circulating online, and while AQ has yet to confirm the death, supporters and linked groups have taken to eulogizing the longtime second in command. Image

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Breaking: #ISIS released a new audio message by it’s official spokesman Almuhajir Abu Hamza al-Quraishi titled : “So Relate the Stories, Perhaps They May Reflect”. Speech discusses American "failed" policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and other locations.
The speech, published by #ISIS ' central media division, #AlFurqan Media Foundation, appears to have been recorded in the past month, as Qurashi notes Bahrain normalizing relations with Israel, which took place on September 15.
Spokesman: ISIS leader, Qurashi directed a message to the Muslims all over Africa, noting Burkina Faso, Chad, the DRC, Kenya, Mali, and Nigeria, inciting them against Christian missionaries, and encouraging them to pledge to ISIS and fight "Crusaders" and "apostates" alike.
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16 Oct
BREAKING: A man in a #Paris suburb reportedly beheaded by assailant, who was shot dead by police. Details still emerging and the suspect and motive have not yet been confirmed, though French anti-terrorist prosecutor reportedly leading an investigation. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
BREAKING: New details suggest the attacker, reportedly Algerian, had Islamist motivation regarding perceived blasphemous cartoons: “The victim had recently given a lesson to his students on freedom of expression and had shown the caricatures of Muhammad.” leparisien.fr/faits-divers/v…
BREAKING: Image of beheaded victim in #Paris suburb tweeted by what appears to be attacker shortly before he was killed: “To Macron, leader of the infidels, I executed one of your hell hounds who dared belittle Muhammad.”

The account, now removed, shows hyper-religious posting.
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4 Aug
1) The blast in #Lebanon was staggering in magnitude. The cause is yet to be determined, but hard to ignore timing against upcoming verdict over the killing of ex-PM Rafik #Hariri in 2005. A second possible explosion was also reported at the Hariri residence in the city.
2)Images from the fallout of the blast are devastating, with wide swaths of infrastructure completely demolished. I cant imagine what human cost this will bear:
3)Director General of Lebanese security states explosion was not result of IED, but rather a high-intensity explosive material “confiscated years ago” and held in the now-destroyed facility. Raises questions as to what the facility was, and does not at all exclude foul play.
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29 Jul
1)BREAKING: #ISIS claims attack in #Bangladesh, targeting a police headquarters in capital #Dhaka. Marks the group's 1st attack in the city since Aug. 2019 & comes amid an attack surge as part of the 4th wave of its "Battle of Attrition" campaign, in lead up to #EidAlAdha.
2)Media reports citing police officials: IED went off inside station, after it was found in a separate operation & brought back to be defused. Casualties were tallied at five wounded, including four police officers. Additional bombs successfully defused.

dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dha…
3) Responding to recent inquiry, I’d like to clear up some facts: the recent claim from #Bangladesh was #ISIS official and authentic, meaning individuals on the ground in Bangladesh communicated w/ IS media command (likely in Syria), and the claim was then released.
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18 Jun
1) For the first time in my life, we're not hanging a Mezuzah on our door. This is despite us hanging one in 1960s Iraq, not long before my father & other Jews were executed & my mother fled with us to Israel. But this year, in America, we're too worried.

Here's why I say this.
2) Because today marks yet another day that @realDonaldTrump and his political team make another nod to far-right extremists, posting a triangle unignorably resemblant of that from Nazi Germany's political prisoner patches.
3) Was this an honest mistake from team Trump? Maybe, but I'd be more willing to give the benefit of the doubt if this hadn't happened so many times before: the "fine people" in Charlottesville, retweeting users with names like "WhiteGenocide." There are too many to count.
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11 Jun
1) Far-right actors are conspiring violence at protests and are even among those police/military tasked to uphold order. But instead of addressing any of this, @realDonaldTrump is too busy accusing 75-year-old protestors of being Antifa operatives. This is outrageous.
2) POTUS loathes when people accuse him of stoking racism after events like Charlottesville. And once more, with these protests, he had a chance to prove us wrong, to address systemic racism in any capacity. But once more, we didn’t get the leader the moment called for.
3) Instead, America got an agitator throwing red meat to the far-right, sending nods that it’s okay to assault protesters because 'Hey, they’re probably Antifa anyway.’

I refuse to pretend that this is normal or acceptable. This is exactly what feeds hatred across a country.
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