Unless the US Department of State designates the Afghan Taliban a foreign terrorist organization, the US will be stopping short of applying all elements of national power to thwart this group's capabilities to help al-Qa'ida strike the US and its allies. - Read more...
That the current US strategy to combat DA’ISH entails the objective of securing support from Saudi Arabia for efforts to contain threats emanating from the most visible manifestation of the Global Jihad movement — the “caliphate” established by DA’ISH — is indeed ironic. - Read more...
From the contents of DA’ISH’s propaganda one may discern a pattern of the group providing advance notice of executions of hostages in the pages of its chief English-language publication, Dabiq. Might the mass execution video released 15 February 2015 fill this function? - Read more...
Islamic State propagandists are circulating via Twitter links to a gruesome, 5-minute video, titled “A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the Cross,” which proclaims, “we will conquer Rome.” - Read more...
The seventh issue of the Islamic State’s chief English-language publication, Dabiq, is available online. - Read more...
The following statement was provided to the DOWNRANGE team by former DIA Director LtGen Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret) in advance of his participation in a House Armed Services Committee hearing concerning threats posed by DA’ISH. - Read more...
“O Muslims everywhere, whoever is capable of performing hijrah (emigration) to the Islamic State, then let him do so, because hijrah to the land of Islam is obligatory.” —Caliph Ibrahim (formerly known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) - Read more...
The Islamic State will play right into al-Qa’ida’s hands by trying to open a new jihad theater in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Government of Jordan should avoid doing the same. - Read more...
On 3 February 2015, in addition to promoting a lengthy hit list comprising “apostate” pilots’ names, IS IO operatives promoted three “Wanted Dead” posters containing photos of military pilots. - Read more...
At 4:43 PM (GMT) on 3 February 2015, the DOWNRANGE team (ie Kronos Advisory’s analysts and SMEs) observed a popular Twitter account used to promote the Islamic State’s propaganda, @fisfisso, posting stills from a video featuring the execution of the Jordanian pilot captured by IS fighters late in December 2014 - Read more...