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Independent Analysis on Militant Activity Around the Globe | Founded by @War_Noir, @LucasADWebber, and @PotempkinBrain
Joined September 2021
ISKP Escalates Its War Against Beijing in Latest Attack Targeting Chinese Nationals, Promises More to Come - by @LucasADWebber
https://t.co/wTefsoqVxY
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A deadly bombing at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr‑e‑Naw district, which killed at least six Afghans and one Chinese national and injured many others, marks the latest flashpoint in...
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ISKP Escalates Its War Against Beijing in Latest Attack Targeting Chinese Nationals, Promises More to Come - by @LucasADWebber
https://t.co/wTefsoqVxY
militantwire.com
A deadly bombing at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr‑e‑Naw district, which killed at least six Afghans and one Chinese national and injured many others, marks the latest flashpoint in...
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My latest piece for @MilitantWire: "SWITCH OFF": Major Left-Wing Arson Attacks Expose #Germany's Electrical Grid
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The beginning of 2026 was marked in Germany by a serious attack on the country’s power grid, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Berlin during the cold early days of January, followed by...
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"SWITCH OFF": Left-Wing Arson Attacks Expose Germany's Electrical Grid - by @PotempkinBrain
https://t.co/xCovLnzT5T
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The beginning of 2026 was marked in Germany by a serious attack on the country’s power grid, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Berlin during the cold early days of January, followed by...
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My thoughts on the Sokoto strikes and Washington’s strategy toward the Islamic State in Nigeria.
Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria - by @AnoushkaVarma
https://t.co/dQ5TOw0Xqt
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Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria - by @AnoushkaVarma
https://t.co/dQ5TOw0Xqt
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Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S.
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Congrats to @AnoushkaVarma on this thoughtful @MilitantWire piece on U.S. CT strategy in Nigeria — a nuanced look at the complexities on the ground and strategic choices in the region. https://t.co/xe8S6GSek8
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Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S.
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Militant Wire co-founder @LucasADWebber was interviewed by @LBC on yesterday's ISKP attack targeting Chinese nationals in Kabul https://t.co/Rp6yIaIzOE
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The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), a branch of the terror group operating in Central Asia, says a suicide bomber deliberately targeted Chinese nationals in Kabul
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IS Seeks to Exploit Geopolitical Fracture and Great Power Competition to Strike the West, Russia, and China - by @LucasADWebber
https://t.co/OT1a6Fd5KO
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For over a decade, Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates, such as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), have refined a strategic doctrine that transforms great power rivalry, regional conflicts,...
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I have been predicting increased IS/ISKP targeting of China for years - last year, I wrote a history of China’s rising status as an Islamic State enemy for @MilitantWire
https://t.co/LefEAvfnqi
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On January 21st, 2025, Islamic State’s Khurasan Province (ISKP) jihadists using automatic rifles shot a Chinese mining worker to death in Afghanistan’s Northeast Takhar Province while being driven...
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Militant Wire co-founder @LucasADWebber was interviewed by @LBC on yesterday's ISKP attack targeting Chinese nationals in Kabul https://t.co/Rp6yIaIzOE
lbc.co.uk
The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), a branch of the terror group operating in Central Asia, says a suicide bomber deliberately targeted Chinese nationals in Kabul
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Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria - by @AnoushkaVarma
https://t.co/dQ5TOw0Xqt
militantwire.com
Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S.
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ISKP has claimed the attack - analysis for @MilitantWire soon
I have been predicting increased IS/ISKP targeting of China for years - last year, I wrote a history of China’s rising status as an Islamic State enemy for @MilitantWire
https://t.co/LefEAvfnqi
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The West Papua National Liberation Army 'hit' Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg mine, one of the worlds biggest gold and copper reserves and long-held target. I'll do a short write up on it later but for now a couple interviews with the guerrilla's spokesperson for @MilitantWire
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The decades-long insurgency in the Papuan provinces has been intensifying.
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Analysis of Iranian Weapons Obtained by the Venezuelan Army - by @war_noir
https://t.co/Wz27SjyNy9
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AI Use in Terrorist Plots and Attacks Surges in 2025 via @MilitantWire | https://t.co/eBcHp8GDGY
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It has been over three years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM), which is now the fastest consumer application to reach 100 million users and has become synonymous with the...
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@business 👀 DEC 30, 2025 - Analysis of Iranian Weapons Obtained by the Venezuelan Army https://t.co/1khLCAOK4N
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It is widely known that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana, FANB) have recently acquired a variety of weapons from several countries, most notably...
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AQAP Vows to Target Chinese Interests on "Land and Sea”, Plus a Brief History of AQ’s Hostilities Toward China
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AQAP’s latest statement fits into a broader trend of Al‑Qaeda branches adopting increasingly hostile rhetoric and kinetic action against Chinese interests, even when Uyghurs or Xinjiang are not...
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🚨DAESH sees great power competition as an opening to expand attacks ,using propaganda to leverage U.S.–China & Russia–West rivalries and stretch counterterrorism efforts. #SeguridadNacional #Geopolitics #EuropeanSecurity #Counterterrorism #EU #NATO
https://t.co/9KiFLYGZHW
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For over a decade, Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates, such as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), have refined a strategic doctrine that transforms great power rivalry, regional conflicts,...
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From @LucasADWebber all pay attention
IS Seeks to Exploit Geopolitical Fracture and Great Power Competition to Strike the West, Russia, and China - by @LucasADWebber
https://t.co/OT1a6Fd5KO
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