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Image Above: Prominent Iraqi Scholar Husham al-Hashimi, assassinated on 06 July 2020
Bottom Line Up Front: A foremost expert on the inner machinations of Islamic State and its predecessors, Husham al-Hashimi spent more than two decades researching extremism and militant groups in Iraq. He served as an advisor to the International Coalition tasked with disman tling the IS Caliphate. Senior TRAC Analyst, Daniel Lebowitz reports that on 06 July 2020, a four man hit squad targeted Mr. Hashimi outside his home in the Zeyouneh neighborhood of Baghdad and killed him inside his car. The assassination of al-Hashimi indicates that the armed militias that have proliferated across Iraq since the defeat of Islamic State do not tolerate critical and independent voices. Islamic State, for their part referred to the scholar as 'the liar of Baghdad,' and supporters were cheering his murder, although it appears that Kata'ib Hezbollah is most likely responsible for the assassination.
Top Incidents & Analysis
Photo Above:  Poster circulated on Facebook that Anitfa was staging a flag-burning event.
(Right Wing Extremism) Round-up of July 4th Incidents in Gettysburg, PA; Stone Mountain, GA; and Richmond, VA, United States
As social unrest continues to increase between the left and the right in the United States, TRAC Analysts monitored activity that took place over the Independence Day holiday weekend. In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, approximately 200 armed counter-protesters appeared after a fake ANTIFA / Anti-Fascist Action poster circulated on Facebook advertising a "flag burning" protest that was to occur on a Historic Battlefield in Gettysburg. The origin of the poster was unclear, but was convincing enough to draw the attention of Militias, Neo-Confederates, and the Oath Keepers. In Stone Mountain, Georgia, a self-described group called "Not Fucking Around Coalition" (NFAC) arri ved armed to protest at the recently opened state park. One of their stated demands is a wish for a black Ethno-State to be carved out of a portion of the United States. And in Richmond, Virginia, various armed groups, including Boogaloo, Rise Above Movement and self-identified white supremacists, who publicly gave a Nazi salute, showed up to a rally at the state capitol to promote Second Amendment rights in the United States.
(Right Wing Extremism / Instructional Advice) Telegram Channel: Amplify and Accelerate Far Left Propaganda "White Lives DON'T Matter Flyers" To Scare White People
TRAC Analyst, Cat Cooper is following the Right Wing propaganda circulating on Telegram. The latest is a campaign to amplify and 'accelerate' is to promote the far left "White Lives DON'T Matter" propaganda in order to scare white people. The campaign encourages followers to put up anit-White flyers in public, stating that the more radical, the better to frighten the general public into supporting their cause.
Images above: Telegram Channel instructional advice.
Photo Above: Video screen shot of the Instructional video on "How to Make Metal-tipped Arrow slingshots.
(Instructional Advice / Video) Left Wing Anonymous Anarchist: "How to Make Metal-Tipped Arrow Slingshots" (Advocating Lone Wolf Attacks) - Chile 
TRAC Analyst Hylda Fenton monitors Anarchist propaganda websites that post anarchist activity around the world from both official groups and self starters / lone wolves. Among the content that is disseminated are various instructional pieces, including instructional advice on attacking infrastructure like derailing trains and destroying cell phone towers. The latest video to surface originates from Chile, advocating attacks with metal-tipped arrows to be used with a slingshot, purportedly at unsuspecting targets in vehicles.
On Our Radar:
(Right Wing Extremism) Cameron Swoboda Arrested With Grenades, Pipe Bombs, 3D Manufactured Landmine Planning to Target Black Lives Matter (BLM) Protests & Wanted War With Police in St. Peters, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States 
TRAC INCIDENT REPORT: Three Encounters with ASG/ISEA Fighters in Sitio Libug Wani, Barangay Bakung; Sitio Lumbaan, Barangay Buhanginan (Darayan) and Sitio Bakud Uwak, Barangay Tanum in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines
( Cartel Activity) Massacre at Drug Rehabilitation Center Leaves 24 Dead and 7 Injured in the Arandas Community in Irapuato, Mexico 
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