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[Link] US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike
Read: 12/7/2022 www.theguardian.com
The US military killed a leader of the Islamic State on Tuesday in an airstrike in Syria, Joe Biden said.
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[Link] British man fighting in Ukraine forced to surrender to Russians
Read: 13/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Aiden Aslin, from Newark, joined Ukraine’s marines in 2018 but has told friends and family that he and his comrades cannot hold out any longer as the Russians gradually tighten their grip on the southern port city.
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[Link] Niger: two killed and 17 injured in clash with French military convoy
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
At least two people were killed and 18 injured in western Niger on Saturday when protesters clashed with a French military convoy they blocked after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, Niger’s government said.
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[Link] US confirms 2019 airstrike hit crowd of Syrian women and children
Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The US military has confirmed for the first time a 2019 air strike in Syria that killed up to 80 people, mostly women and children, but claimed the strike was justified as it killed Islamic State fighters who were attacking coalition forces.
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[Link] US Department of State stresses support of SDF
Read: 4/11/2021 npasyria.com
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the US Department of State stressed that they will continue to support the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against ISIS and support stability in the region.
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[Link] ‘Honest mistake’: US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was legal, says Pentagon
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.
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[Link] The Taliban Have a Growing ISIS-K Problem
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The Taliban face a growing insurgency from ISIS-K, a jihadist group inspired by Islamic State and founded by former Taliban fighters in early 2015.
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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.
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[Link] Does the fall of Kabul increase the terror threat to the west?
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
In three days in earlier this month Islamist militants killed more than 120 civilians in a series of attacks in the Sahel, a belt of increasingly anarchic and violent territory across Africa, where such groups have gone from strength to strength in recent years.
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[Link] ‘Unprecedented’ numbers crossing from Afghanistan to Pakistan
Read: 28/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
An “unprecedented” number of people are travelling from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the official border crossing, according to local officials, as the carnage in Kabul after the airport suicide attack has driven more to try to flee the country.
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[Link] ‘We Will Hunt You Down’: Biden Promises U.S. Retaliation for ISIS Attacks in Kabul
Read: 27/8/2021 www.vice.com
President Joe Biden has indicated that the United States will retaliate against the ISIS-affiliated suicide bomb attacks at Kabul’s international airport on Thursday afternoon – promising to “hunt down” the terrorists responsible. At least 90 Afghans and 12 U.S. Service Members – 11 U.S.
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[Link] Who is ISIS-K, the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan that has the Taliban worried?
Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Deadly explosions have rocked the edge Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport overnight killing and injuring locals wanting to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, as well as US military personnel trying to help the evacuation effort.
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[Link] What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Five years ago, I began to notice that the perpetrators of some of the worst terrorist attacks had something in common.
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[Link] Pentagon Wrongly Admitted Killing 21 Civilians in Iraq and Syria
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
The Defense Department has been forced to withdraw a key part of an official report to Congress, after wrongly claiming responsibility for killing 21 civilians in Iraq and Syria who were actually slain by close U.S. allies.
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[Link] Facebook and tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database
Read: 28/7/2021 www.reuters.com
July 26 (Reuters) - A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest U.S. tech companies including Facebook (FB.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.
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[Link] Man who helped create bomb-making videos for Islamic State pleads guilty
Read: 15/5/2021 www.nbcnews.com
Romeo Xavier Langhorne, 31, of St. Augustine, Florida, and then Roanoke, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida said.