Tag Archives: ISIS

13Gen/25

L’impegno del Puntland contro le milizie jihadiste – by G. Frinchillucci

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Il 31 dicembre 2024, Mohamed Baari Shire, giovane Vicepresidente del Parlamento del Puntland, è stato bersaglio di un attacco complesso condotto dai militanti affiliati all’ISIS. L’operazione, che comprendeva esplosioni suicide e assalti armati, è stata respinta con successo dalle Forze di Sicurezza del Puntland. Sebbene l’attentato non abbia raggiunto il suo obiettivo primario, ha confermato la portata e l’organizzazione della minaccia jihadista nella regione.

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20Ott/24

SPOTREP: the FBI arrest of an Afghan ISIS operative in Oklahoma City. The need for a paradigm shift in security – by Emilio Palmieri

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On October 8, 2024, the Justice Department in a press release announced the arrest of an Afghan national residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

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04Mag/24

Islamic State Propaganda, Following the Content – by F.Borgonovo, S. Lucini, M. Lakomy

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From 2019 to the present, the Islamic State’s digital ecosystem has undergone a dramatic evolution. Within the timeframe of 2021 to 2023, new players have come onto the scene, offering specialized translation services, while others have fortified the infrastructure for online dissemination, making it more robust against attempts to disrupt their activities.

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29Set/23

Time to be realistic about Swarmcast2.0 – by Ali Fisher

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For all the meetings, presentations and reports from embedded academics and industry groups, purporting to show success against Salafi-Jihadi groups, the movement is still comfortably able to disseminate content through Swarmcast2.0.

The Western metanarrative has long been accepted by the orthodoxy of Terrorism Studies. However, while claims of success resonate at events hosted by industry funded bodies, the challenge encapsulated by Swarmcast2.0 remains. Salafi-Jihadi groups and the media mujahidin maintain persistent networks which function across multiple platforms simultaneously.

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07Feb/23

Towards a more progressive approach to studying the Salafi-Jihadi movement – by Ali Fisher

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The ongoing struggle against the Salafi-Jihadi movement will require reflection on multiple levels to achieve a genuinely progressive and evidence-based approach. This reflection will focus on developing an authentic understanding of:

  • Their core purpose – their theology expressed in hundreds of thousands of pages of text, along with days of audio and video content.
  • The strategic communication approaches which underpin their da’wa; the missionary work often referred to by Western research as recruitment or radicalization. Such understanding will include how Salafi-Jihadi groups exploit the internet for strategic communication.
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31Gen/23

Holocaust Remembrance Day attack in Jerusalem: Comments from a European security perspective – by Maria Alvanou

Communication, Surveillance, Terrorism, , ,

The phrase “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” has been used in the discussion for decades now regarding whether violence conducted by Palestinians against Israelis constitutes terrorism or not. Different geopolitical interests, ideological approaches, historical accounts, and even personal affiliations, in conjunction with the complexity of the Middle Eastern issue and the grievances people have been facing in this area, have led to different characterizations. Some have called them terrorism, others insurgency or resistance. And indeed, from an operational point of view, when attacks have been aiming at military targets, things can be blurred. However, there have been some true textbook cases of terrorism. Such a case has been the one of January 27th, 2023, that has led UN Spokesperson, António Guterres to state: “There is never any excuse for acts of terrorism.  They must be clearly condemned and rejected by all.”[1]  

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19Nov/21

I “Leoni dei Balcani” e la rete albanese-kosovara che raggiunge Milano – by Giovanni Giacalone

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L’arresto della diciannovenne Bleona Tafallari, avuto luogo a Milano in via Padova mercoledì 17 novembre, ha riacceso nuovamente i riflettori sul pericolo di matrice jihadista targato Isis. Un pericolo che in realtà non si era mai ridimensionato ma era semplicemente latente, oltre che messo in terzo piano dai media in un periodo in cui l’attenzione è monoliticamente rivolta al contesto sanitario. Continue reading →