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Jun 3 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
JUST IN: US airstrike vs #alShabaab near #BeerXaani, #Somalia

Per @MOISOMALIA, strike was carried out after alShabaab attacked partner forces

Initial estimate - 5 alShabaab fighters killed, no civilian casualties Image
The last US-reported airstrike in #Somalia appears to have been February 22, when @USAfricaCommand said it struck #alShabaab fighters near #Duduble after al Shabaab attacked Somali forces
africom.mil/pressrelease/3…
Prior to the February 22 strike vs #alShabaab, the last US airstrike in #Somalia appears to have been August 24, 2021, near #Cammaara
africom.mil/pressrelease/3…
Just last month, #Somalia's newly elected president @HassanSMohamud welcomed @POTUS' decision to again base US forces in Somalia

US officials at the time said #alShabaab “has unfortunately only grown stronger” since US forces left in Dec 2020
voanews.com/a/new-somali-p…

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Jun 3
Just in: 34yo #Brooklyn #NewYork resident from #Uzbekistan sentenced to 15 years for conspiring with & attempting to materially support #ISIS

Dilkhayot Kasimov raised money, provided some of his own to send 2 coconspirators to #Syria to fight w/ISIS in 2015, per @TheJusticeDept ImageImage
"Kasimov is an #ISIS supporter who collected & gave money to another individual to fund his travel to join the terrorist group" per @TheJusticeDept Asst AG Matthew Olsen "With this sentence, Kasimov is being held accountable for his crimes"
Kasimov's co-defendants, Abdurasul Juraboev & Akhror Saidakhmetov, were previously sentenced to 15 years in prison

A 3rd codefendant, Azizjon Rakhmatov, got 12.5 years

Two more, Akmal Zakirov & Abror Habibov, are awaiting sentencing

Per @TheJusticeDept
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Jun 2
Latest intel suggests #Russia controls of most of #Sieverodonetsk per #Britain's @DefenceHQ

" The main road into the Sieverodonetsk pocket likely remains under #Ukrainian control but Russia continues to make steady local gains, enabled by a heavy concentration of artillery"
#Russia's takeover of #Sieverodonetsk "has not been without cost" per #Britain's @DefenceHQ "Russian forces have sustained losses in the process”
#Britain's @DefenceHQ assesses #Russia now sees crossing the #SiverskyyDonets River as vita as focus shifts from #Luhansk Oblast & to #Donetsk

Several potential crossing sites btw #Sieverodonetsk & #Lysychansk BUT "river line likely still remains controlled by Ukrainian forces"
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Jun 1
NEW: US announces new security assistance to #Ukraine valued at “up to $700 million, tailored to meet critical Ukrainian needs” per @DeptofDefense

Recap of the abt $5.3 billion in security assistance provided so far… ImageImageImageImage
NEW: @POTUS says new $700 million package to #Ukraine “will arm them with new capabilities and advanced weaponry, including HIMARS with battlefield munitions, to defend their territory from #Russia|n advances” Image
NEW: Details on the latest US security assistance package to #Ukraine, worth an estimated $700 million

Via @DeptofDefense Image
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Jun 1
.@NATO allies surprised by #Ukraine's resistance vs #Russia

"Allies have certainly been impressed by the performance of the Ukrainian forces" @USAmbNATO Julianne Smith tells @GWUPMNS

"I think many of us were surprised by their ability to push back on Russian aggression"
"The level of of ... respect that you see across the alliance for Ukrainian forces right now is quite high" per @USAmbNATO
#Ukraine progress on the ground "not linear in all cases" per @USAmbNATO "We see moments where #Russia|n forces advance. We see moments where Ukrainian forces are successfully able to push back"
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May 31
JUST IN: @ODNIgov issues "Best Practices" report to protect right of #Chinese Americans during US intelligence operations

Report finds "policies & procedures reflect an appropriate focus on the protection of privacy, civil liberties, & civil rights" BUT makes 4 recommendations
.@ODNIgov recommends

1. agencies/components "reemphasize the prohibition on conducting intelligence & related security activities based on race or ethnicity, to include those related to the granting or revocation of security clearances, in
their training materials"

(cont)
.@ODNIgov recommends

2. "All IC agencies and components are encouraged
to expand unconscious bias & cultural competency training to personnel involved in intelligence collection & security clearance processes"

(cont.)
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May 31
Current state of the #Taliban

Taliban has consolidated control over #Afghanistan, per @UN report released on Friday

41 UN sanctioned individuals are in the cabinet & sr level positions
#Taliban "have favored loyalty & seniority over competence, & their decision-making has been opaque & inconsistent" per @UN report

"Various Taliban factions are maneuvering for advantage, with the #Haqqani Network the most successful & influential among them"
Some fissures may be emerging within the #Taliban

"The pro-Pashtun bias evident in the composition of the de facto authorities & poor treatment of #Tajik & #Uzbek Taliban runs the risk of provoking defections from those quarters" per @UN member state intel
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