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In addition to official statements by AQ and Islamic State affiliates, along with other jihadi groups from around the world in support of the attack, individual Muslims and jihadists launched campaigns on social media praising the attackers and further threatening France and the West.
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The ISIS videos are particularly shocking because they seem to have been filmed in real time, as if we are witnessing the actual moment of the executions. However, as you will see this is not the case. The production techniques of the videos confirm that the executions were “staged” for maximum propaganda effect and released when the timing would be most alarming.
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The announcement of a Wilayat does not imply complete ISIS control of a specific Wilayat, but rather the implementation of a strategy in which total control by means of governance is the ultimate objective.
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Boko Haram's new media activities is probably being directed by someone new. Based on the style and topic of content, the most likely suspect is Islamic State.
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A twitter account indicates the first known presence of South African foreign fighters in Syria.
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As a result of the Islamic State's Video Release: al-Hayat release A Message Signed with Blood To the Nation of the Cross on 02.15.2015 featuring a mass simultaneous beheading of 21 Egyptian Nationals -- Coptic Christians, Egypt carried out massive airstrikes the following morning (02.16.2015) accidentally killing many civilians. Immediately, the Islamic State's Libyan arm, The Islamic Youth Shura Council, started issuing propaganda unifying a a previously fractured atmosphere of armed Libyan groups.
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In the ISIS magazine, Dabiq Edition 7, photos are published of the 21 kidnapped Coptic Men in Libya and hints that they have been executed.
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Oumar Diaby (39 - aka Omar Omsen) is the leader of a French brigade (Firkatul Ghuraba aka The Brigade of Foreigners) in Syria ligned to Jabhat al-Nusrah (JN). Comprised of an estimated 80 fighters from France and Belgium, the brigade is reportedly based in the Latakia countryside. Diaby is infamous for actively recruiting French youth to join the jihad in Syria, relying on video releases that are posted on social networks.
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The tweets about possible Nusra defection from AQC, but highly doubt the credibility of such claims given that JN just released a lengthy video.
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Since the involvement of Cameroon and Chad in offensives against Boko Haram, as well as the AU approval of a regional force to counter Boko Haram expansion in northern-east Nigeria and border areas, the Islamic State social media has started a propaganda campaign in support of Boko Haram.
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At roughly 10am EST, Cyber Caliphate took over the Official NewsWeek 02.10.2015. Tweets ranged from threatening the Obama Family twice to leaked documents.
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The regional offensive has introduced a new phase in the war against Boko Haram, a regional insurgency battle not likely to end soon. The reasons for a predicted pro-longed battle are found in several factors that could limit the success of regional military offensives.
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Seemingly unhindered by the U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash Sham / Islamic State (Islamic State of Iraq, ISIS or ISIL, IS) continues to sway groups and jihadi veterans from around the world to pledge allegiance to the self-proclaimed Caliph and his Islamic State. Among the meny theaters the Islamic State operates in, they are signaling an even higher threat level to the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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ISIS expansion into traditional strongholds of Ansar al-Sharia suggests cooperation between jihadist groups, though there is a lack of acknowledgement thereof.
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What is a Canadian Woman Doing in Every Major Islamic State Stronghold ove the past month? TRAC contributors Jeff Weyers and Mubin Shaikh follow one Toronto woman from Canada in November 2014 to January 2015 to every major stronghold one tweet at a time.
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Boko Haram has reportedly launched a Twitter Handle, Alurwa Alwuthqa.
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Bombings at the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli, with two gunmen reportedly held-up on second floor. ISIS affiliated accounts claimed credit for the attack, named "The Raid of Abu Anas al-Libi".
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Jaysh al-Muwahhideen is an umbrella name for militant groups fighting to protect the Druze communities in collaboration with Syrian security forces.
