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Maldives Arrests Point to Indian Ocean Islamist Extremism Ecosystem
November 30, 2022
Maldives police arrested a group of pro-IS collaborators suspected of plotting a high-casualty terror attack which, in the aftermath of an Islamist assassination attempt earlier this year on the country’s former president, underscores the permissive environment for Islamist extremism in the Indian Ocean geospace.
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Regional Al Qaeda Warns Muslims to Boycott World Cup in Qatar
November 23, 2022
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has warned Muslims worldwide to boycott the World Cup soccer tournament underway in Qatar, issuing a condemnation of the Islamist monarchical regime for welcoming “sowers of corruption and atheism, and immoral people and homosexuals” to the Arabian Peninsula.
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IS Militant Attack in Northwest Iraq Warns of Need for Security Cooperation
November 23, 2022
A lethal attack by IS militants on in Iraqi army post in northwestern Iraq’s Kirkuk Governorate was the first incident in almost one year, but was nonetheless a reminder of the need for security vigilance and cooperation between the Iraqi military and Kurdish peshmerga forces in the face of resilient and durable IS sleeper cells still operating in the former caliphate geography of Iraq and Syria.
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Convicts’ Escape Reminds of Militant Islamism Problem in Bangladesh
November 22, 2022
Two death-row, militant Islamists convicted of lethal machete and knife attacks against gree-speech bloggers in Bangladesh escaped in what appeared to be a coordinated maneuver as police accompanied them to a court hearing, easing concerns that the Islamist radical group ABT(Ansarullah Bangla Team) may be staying a resurgence in the Muslim-majority South Asian state.
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Recent IRGC Missile Attack in Gulf of Oman Points to Disruption of Commercial & Military Activity in International Waters
November 22, 2022
The recent drone attack by the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) Air Force on a Liberian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman comes only a few months after IRGC interference with US naval activity in the same area, signaling the Islamist regime’s use of naval disruption to interfere with military and commercial aciticities in international waters.
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