The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)
Following Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, the Obama administration released a 2010 Justice Department memo signing off on killing Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, without a trial.
Has metastasised well beyond afghanistan. else bad in somalia, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, isis attempting to create a caliphate in syria and iraq and establish affiliates in multiple countries, in africa and asia. these threats earn our attention and our resources. we conduct effective counterterrorism missions against terrorist groups in multiple countries where we don t have permanent military presence. if necessary, we will do the same in afghanistan. we have developed counterterrorism over the horizon capability that will allow us to keep our eyes firmly fixed on the direct threats to the united states in the region and act quickly and decisively if needed. when i came into office, i inherited a deal that
Al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. al nusr in syria. isis attempting to create a califfate and syria and iraq and establishing affiliates in multiple countries in africa and asia. these threats warrant our attention and our resources. we conduct effective counterterrorism missions in terrorist groups in multiple countries where we don t have permanent military presence. if necessary, we ll do the same in afghanistan. we ve developed counterterrorism over the rising capability that will allow us to keep our eyes firmly fixed on the direct threats to the united states in the region and act quickly and decisively if needed. when i came into office, i inherited a deal that president trump negotiated with the taliban. under his agreement u.s. forces would be out of afghanistan by