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Correspondent for The New York Times covering ISIS and violent extremism. @NBC analyst. Previously, seven years in West Africa. Ex-AP bureau chief. Ex-refugee.

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    Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

    1. The Islamic State has just claimed responsibility for today's explosion in the London Underground via their news agency, Amaq:pic.twitter.com/mwkd4pqvx6

    11:57 AM - 15 Sep 2017
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    • E. Bearington-Smythe أمل البندر الجبرين حُـسـيـنُ الحَـربـيّ Itziar Pi Tibo Zorro Maplestone Furqan Ghulam Shivangi Mishra Rahul Kr. Sr.
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      2. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        2. Using Google translate, here's what it says: "Explosive device in subway in London implemented by a detachment of the Islamic state"

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      3. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        3. Language they're using - "a detachment" - means they want us to believe that more than 1 attacker was involved. (Remains to be seen)

        4 replies 110 retweets 132 likes
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      4. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        4. An interesting thing: ISIS typically doesn't claim when an attacker is still at large. Everything we know suggests attacker is on the lam

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      5. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        5. I'm puzzled by analysts who call events like today's "a failed terrorist attack." 29 people were hospitalized. Maybe we should ask them.

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      6. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        6. From ISIS' standpoint, this is a success. Whether person doing this was inspired or directed by them, purpose of terror is to terrorize

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      7. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        7. After every attack, I add to my folder titled "They Claim Everything." Fact: Few are cases where IS claimed an attack + 0 link was foundpic.twitter.com/YvDVDxDWyH

        7 replies 76 retweets 141 likes
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      8. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        8. The thing to understand is that ISIS unlike the rest of us does not distinguish bet fighters dispatched by them + those inspired by them

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      9. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        9. IS refers to the guy who blows himself up in Mosul + guy who uses a kitchen knife to stab someone in Ohio as "soldiers of the Caliphate"

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      10. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        10. ISIS has now released an official claim on its Nashir portal. This is the usual chain of custody for ISIS (Amaq, then Nashir):pic.twitter.com/GijW0DBS2m

        4 replies 78 retweets 80 likes
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      11. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        11. The Nashir claim says that they harmed "30 crusaders." (As per usual they inflate the casualty figure; NYT has 29 hospitalized.)

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      12. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        12. According to @siteintelgroup's translation, the communique from ISIS refers to soldiers of the Islamic State (plural) and bombs (plural)pic.twitter.com/bpw2oBxhz2

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      13. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        13. Sky News reporter quotes Scotland Yard confirming that they are looking for more than one suspect:pic.twitter.com/OVl5kuuq76

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      14. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        14. One of the best reporters on this beat @CruickshankPaul is reporting that TATP was "likely" used. This is ISIS' signature explosivepic.twitter.com/kaT0v4RmVo

        3 replies 49 retweets 43 likes
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      15. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        15. Last year, in an effort to better understand mechanics of ISIS attacks, I travelled to a lab in Rhode Island to see the effects of TATP

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      16. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 15 Sep 2017

        16. See the video done by my colleagues after we visited the lab showing what 1 tablespoon of TATP does:https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000004281038/isis-signature-explosive-in-europe.html …

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