Islamic State group’s military leader Omar al-Shishani, a veteran of the Chechen war famous for his red beard, has been confirmed dead in Iraq by IS media months after US forces said they killed him in an air strike in Syria.
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Patrick Skinner Interviewed on WTOP The Hunt: New Terror Tactics
In this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP NSC JJ Green, Patrick Skinner, director of special projects at The Soufan Group, said the claim that the government is “crying wolf” doesn’t fly anymore.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Quoted in the Los Angeles Times: The FBI Investigated the Orlando Mass Shooter for 10 Months -and Found Nothing. Here’s Why…
The veteran FBI agent and a local sheriff’s deputy took no chances when they got a credible tip about a potential terrorist.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Quoted on Voice of America: Hard-to-Kill Islamic State Commander Finally Dead
A key Islamic State terror group commander known for his brutally effective tactics and for surviving numerous attempts to kill him has died in battle, according to an IS-linked media organization.
Read MoreAli Soufan Quoted On NBC News: Paris Terror Files Reveal Missed Opportunities to Stop Attacks
As each new detail emerged about the ISIS terrorists who killed more than 160 people in Paris and Brussels last fall, Catherine Vannier grew increasingly stunned.
Read MoreStephen White Quoted on BBC: Former PSNI Man Tells of Iraq Job Frustrations
Former Assistant Chief Constable Stephen White will appear as a witness to the inquiry on Wednesday but has already supplied his statement.
Read MoreStephen White Quoted on BBC: Iraq Inquiry: ‘Seeds for Bloody Anarchy Sown’ by Iraq Invasion, Says Former Police Advisor
“Seeds for a bloody anarchy” that still exists today were sown by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a former senior police officer in charge or law and order in the country has said.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on The Globe and Mail: House of Saud in the Crosshairs
The introspective Islamic month of Ramadan has been especially violent this year as a string of attacks across the world was carried out, most likely, by the radical group known as the Islamic State (also known as ISIL and ISIS) and its growing legion of followers.
Read MoreTSG Report Cited on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Tunisia’s Double-Edged Revolution
Mabrouk Muaffak gazes at a photograph of his daughter Sarah as he leafs through drawings she left behind after she was caught in the crossfire when Islamic State attacked.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted in the Guardian: Bombings in Saudi Arabia Aim to Challenge Kingdom’s Legitimacy
Suicide bombings across the Muslim world, in Baghdad, Dhaka and Istanbul, have made for a grim and bloody Ramadan. Now three apparently coordinated attacks in Saudi Arabia have underlined a determined effort to target the conservative kingdom hated by the jihadis of Islamic State.
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