A View from the CT Foxhole: Rebecca Weiner, Assistant Commissioner for Intelligence Analysis, NYPD, and Meghann Teubner, Director of Counterterrorism Intelligence Analysis, NYPD
...Police Department’s Intelligence Bureau. In this capacity, she directs intelligence analysis and production on terrorism developments and trends around the world and potential threats to New York City...
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After Action Report: COIN Operations in Rutbah, Iraq
...our focus on building cohesion between the city council, mayor and city department Directorate Generals (DGs). The only way to make progress in the city was for these...
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Shiism and Sectarian Conflict in Pakistan
As a hotbed of violent extremism, Pakistan, along with its Afghan neighbor, has lately received unprecedented amounts of attention among academics and policymakers alike. While the vast majority...
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Remotely Piloted Innovation: Terrorism, Drones and Supportive Technology
In early October 2016, the group that calls itself the Islamic State killed two Kurdish soldiers with an explosive device hidden inside a drone. While terrorist groups have...
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The Islamic State Digs In
...of two major border crossings into Turkey. More importantly, it also compromised the Islamic State’s area defenses around Raqqa city. Raqqa city has been one of the group’s...
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A Profile of Syriaโs Strategic Dar`a Province
...around Dar`a city, with populations of al-Zou`bi living in towns and villages including al-Na`ima, Saida, al-Ta`iba, Nassib, al-Museefra and al-Jeeza that are east of the city; Da`il and...
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Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot
...exception is the Brussels airport bombing in March 2016, though this targeted an unsecured part of the airport rather than a plane flight. [s] These are not Khaled...
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The Fighters of Lashkar-e-Taiba: Recruitment, Training, Deployment and Death
This occasional paper is an analysis of over 900 biographies of the deceased militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a well-established Pakistani militant group that is best known for its...
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