The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)
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EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Supporter Urges Followers In The UK To Assassinate British PM Johnson
On September 8, 2019, a supporter of the Islamic State (ISIS) who calls himself “Lion of Islam” urged followers of the organization residing in the UK to assassinate British PM Boris Johnson.
According to an Urdu daily, various religious organizations in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir have appealed for jihad against India in Jammu & Kashmir state.
An article appearing on September 4, 2019, published in London reported that Hizbullah Brigades (Kata'ib Hezbollah), an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militia which is a member of Al-Hashd Al-Sha'abi (Popular Mobilization Units, PMU), is seeking to take control of Baghdad International Airport.
The latest issue of the Urdu-language jihadi magazine Nawa-i-Afghan Jihad ("the Voice of Afghan Jihad"), now published by Al-Qaeda In The Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), marks the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on American cities.
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating engagement with jihadi clerics and ideology.
On August 22, 2019, the official Somali news agency reported on a leadership reshuffle in the upper echelons of the country's security apparatus, "at the instruction of the ministers of defense, internal security, and justice, and with the agreement of a vast majority [of government ministers]."
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Al-Qaeda Writer Praises Taliban Following Cessation Of Negotiations With U.S.
On September 9, 2019, following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had called off negotiations with the Taliban, an Al-Qaeda supporter published a post on Telegram praising the organization.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Al-Qaeda Media Outlet Solicits Donations Via Bitcoin, Western Union, And PayPal
On September 7, 2019, an English-language pro-Al-Qaeda outlet posted a request for donations on a pro-Al-Qaeda Telegram group.
EXCLUSIVE: On Telegram, Jihadis Celebrate 9/11 Anniversary, Vow To Strike America Again
On September 11, 2019, jihadi groups and supporters online marked the 18th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. As they have in previous years, they turned to social media, where they published celebratory and threatening posters, messages, and articles. Following is a review of some of the content shared by supporters of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and HTS on Telegram.
Issue 198 of ISIS's Al-Naba' newsletter, released on September 5, 2019, features a full-page infographic titled "Harvest of the Soldiers," detailing the group's operations in the Hijri year 1440 (September 2018 - August 2019).
In New Video, ISIS Sinai Stresses Resilience, Threatens Egyptian Military And Collaborators
On September 8, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) Sinai Province released a new video, the third installment in the series "Commitment and Steadfastness – the Solid Edifice."
ISIS Claims Bomb Attack Targeting Christians In The Philippines
On September 7, 2019 the Islamic State (ISIS) East Asia Province claimed responsibility for the bombing of a public market in the Philippines, in the Kalawag area of the city of Isulan in the Sultan Kudarat province.
ISIS Claims Coordinated Baghdad Attacks Targeting Shi'ite Pilgrims
On September 7, 2019, ISIS claimed responsibility, via its A'maq news agency, for a series of bombings in Baghdad that targeted Shi'ites, including convoys of pilgrims headed for Karbala to observe Ashura rituals.
ISIS Claims Deadly Raids In Nigeria
On September 10, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) West Africa Province claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Nigerian army in Borno State, northern Nigeria.
An article appeared in Issue 12 of the Islamic State (ISIS) Youth of the Caliphate magazine, published on Telegram.
Pro-ISIS Media Outlets Promise A New 9/11; Urge Muslims In The West To Strike
Along with the customary celebrations of the anniversary of 9/11 by jihadi supporters online, Islamic State (ISIS) media outlets and media operatives have issued new threats to the West, calling on Muslims to perpetrate terror attacks, and promising that ISIS will soon strike Western targets.
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On September 11, 2019, Al-Sahab, the media arm of Al-Qaeda, released a video featuring the group's leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri urging the mujahideen in Palestine and across the Muslim ummah to target Israeli, U.S., European, and Russian interests worldwide.
On September 11, 2019, Al-Zallaqah, the media arm of the Mali-based and Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) released a statement expressing its remorse for the death of a group of people by an IED that had been initially planted to target French patrol units and their agents.
In an unusual development, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has taken over the Urdu-language magazine Nawa-i-Afghan Jihad ("The Voice Of Afghan Jihad"). According to a press statement issued by the Media Commission of AQIS on August 25, 2019, a "new editorial team" took over the magazine after one of its editors was arrested by Pakistan's secret intelligence agencies.
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a branch of Al-Qaeda focused on South Asian countries, has published the latest issue of the Urdu-language jihadi magazine Nawa-i-Afghan Jihad ("The Voice Of Afghan Jihad") and posted it to the U.S. version of Amazon Cloud.
Sahel-Based Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Capturing 2 Officers In Attack On Joint Malian-UN Patrol
On September 6, 2019, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (The Group to Support Islam and Muslims – GSIM), Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel region of West Africa, claimed an attack on a joint patrol of Malian and United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali.
On September 9, 2019, a French media activist, who is affiliated with the rebels and reports from rebel-held areas in Syria, released a video interview with a French fighter who describes himself as a combat soldier and trainer for Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), likely as part of its Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Army.
On September 8, 2019, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) published an announcement calling on fighters with: experience in operating anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine guns; with knowledge in conducting air surveillance; building fortifications; making explosives; firing mortar shells; and sniping, to join its Liwa Al-Shamal division.
On September 10, 2019, Sawt Al-Islam, the media center of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), a Uyghur jihadi group active in Syria, released Part 30 in its "Lovers Of Paradise" video series.
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) issued a statement after U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled the U.S.-Taliban negotiations and a secret meeting that he was to hold at Camp David on September 9, 2019, with the Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Taliban Claim Responsibility For Three Suicide Attacks On American Targets In Afghanistan
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for several suicide attacks in Afghanistan against U.S. forces over the last few days. On September 5, 2019, the Taliban's official Telegram channel posted a claim of responsibility for two car bomb suicide attacks targeting U.S. forces, one in Kabul, the other in Logar province.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has expanded its attacks on the Afghan security forces in at least six provinces of the country in the past few days, even as it has been engaged in peace talks with the U.S., an Afghan news website reported on September 2, 2019.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has issued a statement paying tribute to the former mujahideen leader Sheikh Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose faction within the Taliban organization came to be referred to by the U.S. as the Haqqani Network. However, the Taliban always denied that there was any entity that could be called Haqqani Network.
