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Nov 7 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: US sanctions 4 members of an #ISIS in #SouthAfrica

The 4 have "provided technical, financial, or material support" per @USTreasury

8 companies controlled/directed by cell members
#SouthAfrica|n #ISIS members now under US sanctions:

-Nufael Akbar
-Yunus Mohamad Akbar
-Mohamad Akbar
-Umar Akbar

Al part of a #Durban-based cell led by Farhad Hoomer, per @USTreasury
#SouthAfrica|n companies now under US sanctions for #ISIS ties:

-MA Gold Traders
-Bailey Holdings
-HJ Bannister Construction
-Flexoseal Waterproofing Solutions
-Sultans Construction
-Ashiq Jewellers
-Ineos Trading
-Shaahista Shoes
NEW: Statement on sanctions vs #ISIS #SouthAfrica cell from @StateDept
This is not the first time the US has targeted #ISIS ops in #SouthAfrica

@USTreasury sanctioned Farhad Hoomer & various associates in March 2022 for facilitating funding for ISIS branches & networks reaching #Mozambique #Somalia

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Nov 7
JUST IN: US "voters can have confidence in our elections and that the results will be tabulated accurately" per statement @NASSorg @NASEDorg ahead of #Election2022 Election Day
MORE: @NASSorg @NASEDorg also reminding voters to remember "operational challenges may arise"

"For example, individual polling places may experi­ence delays at opening or lines could form at certain points in the day" per statement
NEW: @NASSorg @NASEDorg telling #Election2022 voters there will be NO official winners Tuesday night (Nov. 8)

"Election night results are always un­official" per statement "This critical process is normal, as it takes time to accurately tabulate millions of ballots"
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Nov 4
DEVELOPING: Two organizations representing state election officials tells @VOANews they are watching developments with Twitter closely as elections officials have relied heavily on the social media platform to get out reliable information for #Election2022
.@NASSorg "has been closely monitoring changes at Twitter that could potentially affect our members" per spox Maria Benson

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Oct 27
New US National Defense Strategy sticking with "by, with, and through" to take on terrorists/violent extremists...
"In #Africa, [@DeptofDefense] will prioritize disrupting VEO threats against the US homeland & vital US national interests, working “by, with, and through” our African partners" per the NDS

"... continuing our “by, with, and through” approach in #Iraq and #Syria"
#ISIS, #alQaida & affiliates, generally, "have had their capabilities degraded, but some may be able to reconstitute them in short order, which will require monitoring indications & warning against the
VEO threat" per the 2022 Nat'l Defense Strategy
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Oct 27
MORE US National Defense Strategy on #China

"The most comprehensive & serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s coercive & increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region & the int'l system to suit its interests & authoritarian preferences"
#China "seeks to undermine US alliances &
security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and leverage its growing capabilities...to coerce its neighbors & threaten their interests" per US NDS
#China's "increasingly provocative rhetoric & coercive activity towards #Taiwan...part of a broader pattern of destabilizing & coercive PRC behavior that stretches across the #EastChinaSea, the #SouthChina Sea, & along the Line of Actual Control" per US NDS
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Oct 27
NEW: Lessened threat from #Russia - "Russia is absolutely deterred from attacking @NATO" per a senior US defense official, briefing reporters on the National Defense Strategy
More: "President Biden has stated unequivocally that we will defend every inch of @NATO territory & it is very clear to us here in the Pentagon that #Russia has received that message" per the senior US defense official
US facing a challenge from the dual threats of a nuclear #China & a nuclear #Russia

"It cannot be a solution where if China has a thousand [nukes] & Russia has a thousand, that we need 2 thousand bcs that is an arms race nobody should want to be in" per sr US defense official
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Oct 27
Happening now: @SecDef Lloyd Austin speaking to reporters following the public release of the unclassified National Defense Strategy (NDS)

Says the main focus is #China as the pacing threat and #Russia as the "most acute" threat" Image
Background:
Main message to #China #Russia #DPRK #Iran, others - "The cost of aggression against the #UnitedStates or our allies and partners far outweigh any conceivable gains" per @SecDef
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