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#AlQaeda-linked Thabat Media has released 9 pages of charts summarizing#jihad operations across al-Qaeda branches during 2020. Alleged total = 6,999. Data accuracy can’t be verified, but relative areas of activity likely hold (For#Yemen as a benchmark, see end)pic.twitter.com/iTmXMs7cvc
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2/ Most active area of
#alQaeda activity in 2020 by far (according to Thabat) was#Afghanistan (Khurasan, not to be confused with#Khorasan Group). East#Africa was 2nd,#Syria 3rd after big dip from March.#Yemen was 6th. Al-Qaeda allegedly killed 16,026 people & injured 10,046pic.twitter.com/2JjQU9X8KL
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Short thread. 1/ Last night,
#AQAP's formal wire released new lecture material by the leader of#AlQaeda in#Yemen, Khalid Batarfi. What might this signal? Probably weakness more than strength…pic.twitter.com/GJfA0NAEf2
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Sounds like there could be significant declassifications in the works: Pompeo plans to draw explicit links between
#Iran and#alQaeda in remarks later this week, and hit more Iranian entities with sanctions. https://apnews.com/article/iran-diplomacy-cuba-china-terrorism-b7676766d21296147e3fff231f1c3e4c … -
The Iran-AQ nexus
@SecPompeo revealed is not new in CT circles. But some argue that since#AlQaeda is Sunni and Iran is#Shia they would never collaborate. That's like saying that#Hezbollah would never engage drug cartels because it's Shi'a. Yet, we know that's not true. -
#BREAKING: Ahead of Pompeo's speech on#Iran and#AlQaeda,@USTreasury releases a slate of SDGT designations: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210112 …pic.twitter.com/DOjneWxZsk
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For the first time,
#US@SecPompeo confirms#alQaeda's Abu Muhammad al-Masri was killed in#Iran.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/pompeo-says-al-qaeda-has-new-home-in-iran-gives-no-hard-evidence-655177 … -
#BreakingNews: US@SecPompeo: "#AlQaeda has a new home base: it is the Islamic Republic of#Iran. As a result, Bin Laden’s wicked creation is poised to gain strength, and capabilities." -
#Pompeo plans to expose#Iran's ties to#AlQaeda. Scepticism is advised, at least regarding historical ties. For a quick counter-narrative, read this assessment by@NewAmerica's Dr Lahoud, the former West Point Prof who analysed AQ internal correspondence https://lobelog.com/al-qaeda-and-iran-the-bond-that-does-not-exist/ …Show this thread -
Reaction to
@SecPompeo's speech today that#Iran is#AlQaeda's new home base from expert@Charles_Lister:https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1349026346803060738 … -
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REUTERS:
#Pompeo says#alQaeda has new home in#Iran, gives no hard evidencehttps://reut.rs/2Xzpuss -
U.S. announcing sanctions on current
#Iran-based#AlQaeda's leaders. And announcing Reward for Justice Program for up to $7,000,000 for Al Qaeda's Abd al-Rahman Al-Maghrebi, who is based in Iran. pic.twitter.com/YliyVbCux8
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#AlQaeda jihadis are no longer tripping over each other in enthusiasm to blow themselves up.#Suicide ops are out of favour everywhere but#Afghanistan & East#Africa, where 72 and 32 “#martyrdom” operations were undertaken respectively in 2020 (according to Thabat)pic.twitter.com/l01KBXhSv9
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مباشر من
#العربية- Pompeo has publicly accused#Iran of allowing#alQaeda to establish a new home base there. Iran/ AQ "agreement" have much more to do with a non-aggression pact. Not to forget the great US sponsorship for AQ leader Ben Laden in former times. .. pic.twitter.com/bGjDv9JpLX
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MAGA: "Here come the celebrities back in the White House." I don't know about you, but it's less strange to me to see Tom Hanks visiting the White House for an inauguration celebration, then have
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In a 10.30am EST speech,
#Pompeo is expected to add to allegations of#Iran-#AlQaeda links, including with declassified intelligence. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-in-tuesday-speech-to-accuse-iran-of-al-qaeda-links-sources-idUSKBN29H034?il=0 …pic.twitter.com/M7x5fITNuq
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In case you missed it:
#US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says#alQaeda terrorist group established a home base in#Iran.https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2021/01/12/US-top-diplomat-Pompeo-says-al-Qaeda-has-new-home-base-in-Iran … -
#Iran’s lackey’s in DC will go into overdrive trying to discredit@SecPompeo’s speech. What they won’t do, what they can’t do, is explain what#AlQaeda’s top leaders are doing in#Tehran in the first place. -
Trump's
#MAGATerrorists accomplished what#AlQaeda couldn't on 9/11.#CapitolRiot#AccountabilityBeforeUnity#25thAmendmentTrumpNOW#14thAmendmentNOW#ArrestThemAll#CountryOverParty#Homegrown#WhiteSupremacyTerrorists
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