Articles of the Week – 11/14-11/20

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Sunday November 15:

When Terrorists Plotted a Texas Jailbreak and Other Stories We Almost Missed – Seamus Hughes, Bennett Clifford, and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, The Daily Beast: https://bit.ly/36M65s8

Monday November 16:

Online Terrorist Content: Is it Time for an Independent Regulator? – Patrick Bishop and Stuart Macdonald, GNET: https://bit.ly/36SreRI

Tuesday November 17:

Analyzing Interviews with Terrorists – John F. Morrison, Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/36UduFT

Strategic communications: The Pakistan military’s use of social media against terrorism – Muhammad Khalil Khan and Cornelius B Pratt, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/3kNGYKA

Counter‐terrorism policies in the Middle East: Why democracy has failed to reduce terrorism in the Middle East and why protecting human rights might be more successful – Nancy A. Morris, Gary LaFree, and Eray Karlidag, Criminology and Public Policy: https://bit.ly/3kRSyV0

Wednesday November 18:

The End of the Sahelian Exception: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Clash in Central Mali – Edoardo Baldaro and Yida Seydou Diall, The International Spectator: https://bit.ly/3ffAHGB

Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making – Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari, The International Spectator: https://bit.ly/2UM2jte

The Islamic State’s Global Insurgency and its Counterstrategy Implications – Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, and Charlie Winter, ICCT: https://bit.ly/36NVltu

Funding in Place: Local Financing Trends Behind Today’s Global Terrorist Threat – Katherine Bauer and Matthew Levitt, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2IXsavz

Thursday November 19:

The Truth Is Out There: The Prevalence of Conspiracy Theory Use by Radical Violent Extremist Organizations – Gregory J. Rousis, F. Dan Richard, and Dong-Yuan Debbie Wang, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/35NlQ2K

Friday November 20:

Outlasting the Caliphate: The Evolution of the Islamic State Threat in Africa – Jason Warner, Ryan O’Farrell, Héni Nsaibia, and Ryan Cummings, CTC
Sentinel: https://bit.ly/33pJil4

Al-Qaeda’s Leaders Are Dying, But a Greater Challenge Looms – Charles Lister, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3o2rnZL

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #261″

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For prior parts see: #260, #259, #258, #257, #256, #255, #254, #253, #252, #251, #250, #249, #248, #247, #246, #245, #244, #243, #242, #241, #240, #239, #238, #237, #236, #235, #234, #233, #232, #231, #230, #229, #228, #227, #226, #225, #224, #223, #222, #221, #220, #219, #218, #217, #216, #215, #214, #213, #212, #211, #210, #209, #208, #207, #206, #205, #204, #203, #202, #201, #200, #199, #198, #197, #196, #195, #194, #193, #192, #191, #190, #189, #188, #187, #186, #185, #184, #183, #182, #181, #180, #179, #178, #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic State — al-Nabā’ Newsletter #261

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Clarification Regarding the Case of the Media Activist ‘Nūr al-Shilū'”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Clarification Regarding the Case of the Media Activist ‘Nūr al-Shilū’

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New statement from the Teḥrīk-ī-Ṭālibān Pākistān’s Muḥammad al-Khurāsānī: “On the Fabricated Report of DG ISPR Regarding Funding From India”

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For the past few days, the military slave media has been trying to give the nation the impression that the TTP is being funded by India by presenting fabricated reports.

We categorically deny all these reports.

The purpose of such fabricated press conferences is nothing but to cover up the army’s failures. Like the censorship of the events in Neelum Valley, instead of responding to the Indian aggression there, fake reports and dramatic press conferences were held against TTP to distract the nation.

In reality, it is the habit of Pakistani Army to bomb the tribal areas and Baloch population and conduct military operations there with direct US and other foreign fundings.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan by responding to the religious obligation, has demanded the establishment of an Islamic system in Pakistan (which is the sole purpose behind creation of this country). All the difficulties and necessities which arose along the way have been addressed by the Mujahideen on their own and thanks to the sincere support of the zealous Pakistani public. For this cause thousands of religious scholars, students, leaders and members have given countless sacrifices and this process remains on going till this day.

The demand for the implementation of Sharia on the territory of Pakistan and the political and armed struggle for it is one of the primary objectives of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and it is our religious and political right. We are committed to remove all obstacles in our away to fulfill this goal.

We urge the public not to listen to the words of the army. Through such fake reports it hopes to stop the struggle for legitimate demands in the country and to make the public become disillusioned from Mujahideen. Instead we urge the public to investigate the ground realities and take lessons from the past events. Try to understand how much false propaganda the army has been using for the last two or three years to cover up its political and military failures.

Muhammad Khurasani
Central Spokesman of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

1st Rabi Al-Thani 1442
16 November 2020

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