"Among foremost pressing concerns for policymakers and national security managers in the West is the matter of what can be done to more rapidly strip away durability from the group which presently poses as the most competent source of terrorist threats to global security: Islamic State, or ISIS." - Read more...
No open source intelligence presently supports claims Baghdadi was killed by Russia or Syria - Read more...
In November 2016, incoming National Security Advisor LtGen Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret) requested Michael S. Smith II be placed on one of the Presidential Transition Team’s defense landing teams. This material was presented to General Flynn and other members of the transition team in December 2016. - Read more...
It is likely far bigger problems will be generated by another policy prescription which is receiving much less coverage than the “travel ban.” - Read more...
No mention of Trump admin's "travel ban" in official ISIS propaganda (yet) - Read more...
As a service to members of the terrorism studies community, DOWNRANGE founding editor Michael S. Smith II has posted many files which comprise the data caches known as Tareekh Osama and Tareekh al-Musadat. - Read more...
On 28 November 2016, a Somali refugee identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer who was interdicting a mass-violence situation on The Ohio State University’s campus. - Read more...
AMAQ AGENCY REPORTS ARCHIVE (ENGLISH) — 21 OCT 16 - Read more...
Remarkably little attention has been paid to the ongoing exploitations of social media technologies by groups other than the Islamic State, along with influential clerics who proffer narratives engineered to build support for them. - Read more...
The below images comprise a set of pages from a ledger containing names and other details, such as proficiencies with certain weaponry, for individuals entering the Masada training camp (Afghanistan) in 1988. - Read more...