@DonRassler @CTCWP @taylorswift13 @nic_stockhammer "The CTC Sentinel editing process: more thorough than a colonoscopy" (you can use that as a tag line btw, feel free 😉)

Letztes Wochenende fand eine internationale Terrorismus-Konferenz in Wien statt. Im Zuge dieser Konferenz veranstaltete @derpragmaticus eine Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Religiös motivierte Gewalt und Terror in Europa". Unter der Leitung von Pragmaticus Lead-Editor @ThomasEppinger diskutierten Hans-Jakob Schindler vom @FightExtremism, @susannschroeter, @nic_stockhammer und @lisafellhofer Lisa Fellhofer über die neuesten Entwicklungen und Terrorbekämpfungsmaßnahmen.

IS has called on its followers and 'lone mujahideen' to exploit and draw 'inspiration' from the LA fires, urging them to carry out arson attacks targeting forests, buildings, malls, and other structures. In the past, the group has consistently called for such attacks and has executed them in Iraq and Syria, often focusing on farms and crops during periods of high temperatures, dry seasons, or harvest time in order to cause economic damage. IS, via its weekly paper al-Naba on 16 Jan, suggested using the cover of camping activities and related fires as a means to carry out such attacks in forested areas

"Why The Terrorgram Collective Designation Matters," my latest for @lawfare with Camden Carmichael and @SeamusHughes

Nachdem die HTS die Macht in Syrien übernommen hat, bleibt die Frage, ob das Land angesichts seiner fragilen Staatlichkeit und des islamistischen Hintergrunds der HTS nicht erneut zu einem Zufluchtsort für Terrorgruppen werden könnte. @nic_stockhammer:

I keep getting the question, is New Orleans suggestive of a 'new wave' of ISIS-inspired homegrown violent extremism in the West? Honestly, I don't know. I would say it's more indicative of an enduring threat that has been with us all along, only some are just waking up to it now.