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The Islamic State (IS/ISIS) has started using arson as part of their insurgency tactics in targeting farmers in Iraq not willing to pay taxes (Diya - ransom or blood money). It is the harvesting season in Iraq. In the Islamic State propaganda magazine, al Naba edition 183, an article was published on the use of arson as a tactic. IS is also using similar tactics in Syria's south Hasakah province.
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Compare this to Boko Haram that creates fear and disillusionment among civilians and the stage is perfectly set for the ISWA to maintain its current projection and expansion into the northern areas.
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At least 5 people were confirmed dead.
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8th IS cell dismantled in 2019.
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The purported ringleader of the attack, Bekhruz Gulmurod, is the son of a pedigreed IS foreign fighter.
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On 19 May 2019, an explosion targets foreign tourists' bus near The Grand Egyptian Museum (north of the pyramid complex) at Giza in Cairo, Egypt. Emerging reports indicate that the bus was transporting 4 Egyptians and 25 South Africans. At ;east 11 people were injured, with no casualties reported.
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Abu Muqatil Al-Amriki continues to fulfill his promise of exposing spies.
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Baghdadi called for expansion in his last video specifically mentioning Libya.
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During the evening of 16 May 2019, an attack was executed against the district office of Palma in Cabo Delgado.
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The attacks occurred on the 12th day of Ramadan.
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Islamic State claimed the ambush outside Tongo-Tongo and 13 May 2019 armed assault near a prison north of Niami city.
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The Islamic State (IS/ISIS) has started using arson as part of their insurgency tactics in targeting farmers in Iraq not willing to pay taxes (Diya - ransom or blood money)
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In many ways the magazine is an evolution of both Baqiyyah and Generasi from 2017.
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Third attack on places of worship (Catholic) in Burkina Faso in a two months.
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This is the second attack on a church in a short space of time:
28 April 2019: Dablo, where between 20 and 30 attackers reportedly managed to trap some of the people inside then set fire to the church;
12 May 2019: Silgadji, also in northern Burkina Faso when gunmen on motorbikes killed a pastor and several worshippers.
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27th. Abnaa ul-Calipha attack in Puntland since 2017.
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Pearl Continental Hotel was targeted because of its location in Gawadar where the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is under construction.
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It what appears to be a blow to ISJK, IS has been quick to reframe the incident as a "win."
