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Aug 2, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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1. Starting a running thread here documenting jihadist eulogies or laments now being released for Ayman al-Zawahiri:
2. Here is Abu Hafs al-Maqdisi, the emir of Jaysh al-Ummah, a pro-al Qaeda group in Gaza #Palestine. Abu Hafs wishes for Zawahiri the highest level of 'paradise.'
3. Another early one is from Abu Yusuf al-Muhojir, the leader of the Syrian branch of Katibat Imam al-Bukhari. The group also operates in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban and al Qaeda. Muhojir asks for Zawahiri to be blessed with 'paradise' after a long life of service in jihad.
4. Here's former Hay'at Tahrir al Sham official now independent jihadist in #Syria Abu al-Abed Ashidaa calling for Zawahiri to be "rewarded" with paradise for his long service in jihad
5. In a post attributed to Abu Qatada al Filistini, the longtime al Qaeda ideologue argues that Zawahiri's legacy will be like the "invincible mountains."
6. Former al Qaeda senior leader Abu Hafs al Mauritani says that "the eye sheds tears" and "the heart is saddened" for the death of Zawahiri.
7. Here's two Hay'at Tahrir al Sham officials, Abu Mariyah al Qahtani and Abu Abdullah al Shami, eulogizing Zawahiri (h/t @azelin)
8. Here's a channel linked to the Chechen/North Caucasian jihadist group in #Syria Ajnad al-Kavkaz calling Zawahiri a shahid, or martyr, and extolling his long career in jihad
9. And here we have pro-AQ ideologue Akram Hijazi celebrating Zawahiri's 40+ years of "combating tyranny and the tyrants." (also h/t to @azelin)
10. Here's Sirajaddine Zureiqat, the former emir of the now disbanded al Qaeda affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades in #Lebanon and #Syria, both lamenting Zawahiri's death and calling for jihadi unity in the face of the "Zionists" and "Safavids," or Iran/Shia Muslims.
11. Hassan Dahir Aweys, the storied Somali jihadi figure who once led the AQ affiliated Al Itihaad al Islamiyya and is now under a form of house arrest, released a statement about Zawahiri directed to Joe Biden saying that "in this world or the hereafter, we will have victory."

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Jun 6
The Islamic State's Central Africa Province (aka the ADF) is claiming that over the last month it has engaged in an actual da'wah campaign in DRC's Ituri Province, preaching to locals, and converting around 50 people to Islam. If true, this is a marked change for the group. Image
Previous claims or attempts at da'wah or Islamic conversions were indeed mostly forced, as they came as the result of mass abductions and with the threat of death. It has preached in villages before, but nothing sustained like an organized campaign.
So this reported sustained da'wah campaign is significant because it also comes as there are indications that ISCAP is moving into more proto-governance with issuing ID's, organized taxation, etc. See @ryanmofarrell's thread on this:
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Feb 13
1. The new UN report on the global activities of IS and AQ is out, so here is a big thread on what stood out the most to me. First, we have "growing confidence" that Mumin is indeed Abu Hafs, IS' Caliph. Though some member states continue to disagree. Image
2. Abu Khadija, who was also previously assessed to be a potential candidate for Caliph, is stated to be acting as the emir of the General Directorate of Provinces. Either way, Mumin and Abu Khadija are *the* most important people in the whole of the Islamic State now. Image
3. Member states note that JNIM is strengthening its comms and relationships with other al Qaeda branches, such as Shabaab and AQAP. Not sure how this plays into the rumors about it considering leaving AQ... Image
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Jan 11
1. Some numbers on Islamic State Central Africa Province #Congo operational claims and propaganda releases in 2024:

292 total claims - the highest yearly total. For comparison, 2023 just recorded 126, while 2022 had 156. Dec. 2024 the highest, with 42 claims; May had 41.
2. Roughly 60% of these were from Congo's North Kivu; ~38% from Ituri; and ~2% from Uganda or Congo's Tshopo Province. Of the North Kivu claims, ~40% of them were from Lubero where ISCAP has been rampaging.
3. 242 photos, 0 videos (has not been a video released from ISCAP since 2022). Not the highest ever yearly media total - 2021 had 279 photos, 4 videos; 2022 had 256 photos, 9 videos - however, it far outpaces 2023 where they just released 92 photos total.
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Jul 12, 2024
Long thread: Something I've been thinking a lot about is the history of the global jihad in East Africa and particularly how long its been in the collective jihadi conscious. I think most people are probably aware of al-Qaeda's efforts inside Somalia in the early 1990s.
2. For instance, I've long talked on here about these early efforts in Somalia, like the presence of various big leaders and training camps. Or taking part in the infamous Black Hawk Down battle in Mogadishu:
3. What I think people are less familiar with is the global jihad's interactions with conflicts in Ethiopia and Eritrea in the early '90s. I've briefly touched on what AQ itself has said about its activities back then in Ethiopia's Ogaden region:
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May 15, 2024
1. While I agree with this piece in principle - in that African jihadis do not necessarily pose a threat to the US homeland and current US CT efforts haven’t really worked - it still gets the local branches and affiliates of AQ and IS very wrong. stripes.com/opinion/2024-0…
2. This implies that just because these groups focus on the “local” they aren’t really “global.” And worse, directly states that these affiliations to AQ or IS are nominal and based more around money. Not only does this deny these groups agency over their own identity, it’s wrong Image
3. All of these groups are tapped into international jihadi networks of their respective parent organizations. It’s very real. Not just for money or propaganda purposes, but for real strategic and tactical guidance and support for their local insurgencies.
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Mar 24, 2024
It’s more sinister than this. Many conflicts, particularly in Africa, don’t really have clear cut “good guy” vs “bad guy” that can be easily translated to quick newsy sound bites. It’s many times “somewhat bad but generally fine guy” vs “bad guy” vs “grey guy.”
So many news agencies don’t even try to bother to cover these issues because it doesn’t create a neat packagable story that will cater to short attention spans.
Then there’s the inherent racism involved that most of the Western populace (or at least Americans) simply does not give a shit about many things outside of their immediate circle, so info of so-called 3rd World conflicts would just never reach their radar regardless of coverage
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