30/04/2020

ISIS may be using COVID-19 crisis to stage global resurgence

ΚΟΥΡΗΤΗΣ: ΚΑΙ ΣΕ ΤΙ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΝΟΙΚΟΙ ΙΣΛΑΜΙΣΤΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΛΛΟΥΣ ΠΑΡΑΝΟΙΚΟΥΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΠΟΙΟΥΝ ΤΟΝ ΙΟ ΩΣ ΑΦΟΡΜΗ ΕΠΙΔΙΩΞΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΚΩΝ ΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΟΧΩΝ; ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ ΚΑΝΕΙΣ "ΕΙΔΙΚΟΣ" ΔΕΝ ΕΞΕΔΩΣΕ ΠΡΟΕΙΔΟΠΟΙΗΣΕΙΣ.

Terrorism experts have issued warnings that the Islamic State may be exploiting the global instability caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic to stage a worldwide resurgence. Indeed, there are signs that Islamic State activity has been intensifying in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and even Europe, in recent days.  Meanwhile, Islamic State publications and media messages describe the novel coronavirus as a divine form of retribution against atheist China, as well as against “polytheist” Iran, and the “crusaders” of Europe. Some Islamic State outlets have urged the group’s followers to refrain from venturing into heavily infected regions. But more recent messages have asked for an “insurrection” to coincide with the Ramadan, which will last for most of May.

  • Between April 15 and 21 alone, the Islamic State carried out at over 30 operations across Iraq, according to reports
  • On April 28, the Islamic State said it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, which injured four people. The attack targeted the Information Protection Agency, which is the de-facto intelligence agency of the local Kurdish-led government in northern Iraq. It is estimated that the Islamic State commands at least 20,000 armed fighters in Iraq and Syria.
  • On the same day, April 28, a motorist who appears to have deliberately rammed his vehicle into two police motorcyclists in Paris said he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Earlier this month, police in the German city of Frankfurt arrested three alleged members of the Islamic State, who were in the process of planning a bomb attack aimed to kill large numbers of civilians. These attacks follow a reported “uptick in propaganda] by the Islamic State, aimed at a European audience. 
  • On April 17, an Islamic State-linked group in the Philippines ambushed a military convoy and executed 11 soldiers after capturing them. The soldiers were attempting to arrest or kill a senior commander of the militant group. 
  • And on April 24, the government of Mozambique announced that the Islamic State is present and active there, after a group or armed militants killed 52 civilians in a village in Cabo Delgado, which is Mozambique’s oil-rich region.

Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2020/04/30/01-2766/

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