Thomas Joscelyn

@thomasjoscelyn

Senior Fellow . Senior Editor . Picture is Tom Paine. Not a fan of self-licking ice cream cones, cliques or corruption.

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Joined July 2010

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  1. 3 hours ago

    FYI: US terror designations go through a rigorous interagency process. This is a complex story, but several informed sources tell us that specific intelligence justifies the language used in this designation amendment. We encourage the US gov't to be more transparent on this.

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    16 hours ago

    Argentine Fed Court ruled: 1) prosecutor was murdered b/c he accused then-prez Kirchner of seeking to cover up Iran’s role in bombing 2) Nisman did not commit suicide 3) 4 police indicted in plan to kill Nisman. The call: now find his murderer.

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    19 hours ago

    Latest : Shabaab details its hit squad in , responsible for several assassinations of police officers, military and intelligence personnel, and local politicians

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    Shabaab video details assassination unit in Mogadishu -

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    U.S. Conducts Airstrike in Support of the Federal Government of Somalia -

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    Jun 1

    This is why I haven't returned your calls this week. I hope you'll tune in!

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    Jun 1

    New Policy Brief: & on the 'Citizenship and Ancestry of Belgian Foreign Fighters'. Available now:

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    May 31

    At least nine Western nationals remain in prisons, according to today's report by and Amb. Eric S. Edelman — ’s Hostage Diplomacy: Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons. Read the report here:

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  9. May 31

    I just went to search for a piece I wrote on the "Guardians of the Religion" organization, a suspected al Qaeda front group in Syria. I typed "Guardians of the Galaxy" instead. It's been a long day.

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    May 31

    The in again named an "Entity of Particular Concern" by USCIRF for continued threats to religious minorities. The Afghan government made little progress in negotiations with the Taliban in 2017. Read more in the Annual Report:

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  11. May 31

    The US military initially assessed that the Taliban-Haqqani Network was responsible for an assault on Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior yesterday. But the Islamic State's Khorasan "province" quickly claimed responsibility & has now released a purported photo of the 10-man team.

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  12. May 31

    According to a new State Department report this week, the Taliban continues "to assassinate and threaten religious leaders with death for preaching messages contrary to" its "interpretation of Islam or its political agenda.” Hardly the behavior of a group looking to reconcile.

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    May 31

    1. Many of you have written to ask me what will happen to the ISIS Files we recovered in Iraq? Ever since we found the first set of records, my editor & I recognized their historic value. We have some exciting news we can finally share:

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  14. May 31

    This is interesting. continues to consider Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) an al Qaeda "affiliate" despite the controversy over its formation and the jihadi infighting that ensued in northwestern . The US terror designation for Al Nusrah Front has now been amended.

    Today amended the designation of al-Nusrah Front to include Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (). CT Coordinator Nathan A. Sales: “Today’s designation serves notice that the US is not…
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  15. May 31

    In a statement attributed to its spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, the denies Gen. Nicholson's claims regarding backchannel "peace" talks.

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  16. May 31

    Keep in mind that previous efforts to negotiate a "peace" with the Taliban ended in a fiasco -- an utter embarrassment for the US. Those talks should be used as a case study in how one doesn't conduct diplomacy. I may have more on this soon.

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    May 31

    ISIS was never "defeated." Instead its fighters followed Sun Tzu's dictum to disappear and re-surface at a time and places of its choosing (e.g., ERV & around Kirkuk) to again become threatening & consequential. &

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    Crazy story from on militants dressed in U.S. uniforms, clad with 101st Airborne patches, assaulting the Afghan interior ministry today

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  19. May 30

    The Islamic State's Amaq News Agency has now claimed credit for yesterday's attack in the Belgian city of Liège, saying the assailant was one of the so-called caliphate's "soldiers." Standard formulation used in other claims.

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    Treasury targets Iranian individuals, entities, and leaders involved with serious human rights abuses, censorship, and enhanced monitoring by the Iranian government:

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