245: Al Qaeda 2020 grows as Washington looks away. Caleb Weiss, Research analyst @ LongWarJournal, @Weissenberg7 ; @billroggio
Image: 1998 Nairobi embassy bombing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings) . Public domain. Caleb Weiss, LongWarJournal; Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: Al Q proposes to set up emirates within it caliphate. It’s definitely stronger now than it was before. Washington doesn’t acknowledge this. US has improved homeland defense, but if the groups continue, they’ll be setting up bases from which to attack the US again, as in 9/11. Puntland. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/07/us-launches-airstrike-on-islamic-state-in-somalia.php