Archive for April 9th, 2018

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09/04/2018

ISIS, in Eleven Shades of Black

Human Wrongs Watch

By Paul Rogers*

A multilingual manual for the worldwide jihad signals ISIS’s ambition. 
6 April 2018 (openDemocracy)* — The ISIS media office recently circulated the PDF of an e-book written at least eight years ago by one of the movement’s leading paramilitary specialists. Advice for the Leaders and Soldiers of the Islamic State is a guide on how to wage an insurgency. 
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**Photo: Taliban police patrolling the streets of Herat in a pickup truck | Author: bluuurgh | public domain | Wikimedia Commons.

The decision to circulate it openly now, when ISIS has lost control of almost all its geographical caliphate yet survives and even thrives elsewhere, is an intriguing development.

It may well prove useful not just to its intended readership, but to others wanting to know how ISIS intends to pursue its strategic aims (see “Islamic State instructs on insurgency”, Jane’s Intelligence Review, April 2018).

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09/04/2018

Here’s Why the Philippines May Become ISIS’ Next Caliphate

Human Wrongs Watch

By Darius Shahtahmasebi for RT*

Here's why the Philippines may become ISIS' next caliphate
FILE PHOTO: Heavy checkpoints and security on all routes going inside Marawi City as new threats of ISIS regrouping is surfacing. Marawi City, Philippines © Sherbien Dacalanio / Global Look Press | Source: RT.

Not many people will be aware that aside from the fact that peace-prize-laureate Barack Obama was bombing at least seven predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East at any given time during his presidency, he was also secretly drone-bombing the Philippines, as well.

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09/04/2018

Amid Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use in Douma, Syria, UN Calls for Civilian Protection

Human Wrongs Watch

Following a period of relative calm in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 8 April 2018 expressed deep concern over renewed violence in Douma, particularly the alarming allegations that chemical weapons may have been used against civilians.

UNICEF/2018/Amer Almohibany | Ru’a, 18 months, rides on her grandfather’s motorbike as he drags it across Mesraba in East Ghouta, Syria.

A statement from UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the Secretary-General called on all parties to cease fighting and restore the calm that had been in place and adhere fully to Security Council resolution 2401, adopted in February and which called for a ceasefire across Syria.

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