TRACWatch
Weekly Analyst Review
Bottom Line Up Front: As tensions in the Mid-East ratcheted down in the last 7 days, TRAC's Manager of Data Analytics Jess Hernandez published an insightful analysis on increased extremist chatter on Virginia's proposed new gun laws. This as Analyst Kelsey Houtkooper continued her precise tracking of global IEDs with a VBIED attack in Casanare, Colombia.
Top Incidents & Analysis
(CGI) al-Taqwa Media (Unofficial Islamic State) Circulates Poster: "Donkey of the Jews" - 13 January 2020 (Depicting President Trump Playing Card Burning)
Embedded in Tam Tam, Analyst Bethany Rudibaugh uncovered this poster and threat against President Trump. The poster is a play on the deck of cards used by US Military in Iraq in 2003.
Senior Analyst Daniel Lebowitz who moderates our Analyst Briefings, reported this week on ISK claiming the bombing of a mosque in Quetta. Target:
IEA leadership. Daniel also briefed on the death of two U.S. servicemen killed in a roadside bombing near Kandahar Air Field. Claim: IEA
Analyst Cat Cooper joined Daniel Lebowitz in analyzing an odd incident in a UK prison. Two inmates wearing FAKE suicide vests on a knife attack. TRAC assesses the stabbings are the first terror terror attack within a British prison, raising concerns about jihadism and radicalism within penal systems.
Reporting in from her post in London, Analyst Sophia Badawy reported in IS claims for an attack in Anbar province. Sophia also provided an assessment of the latest chatter from Hezbollah following recent developments with Iran.
Additional Items of Interest:
A 28 year-old NY man tries to stab a United flight attendant during flight from Dulles to Newark. Motive: unclear.
At least 8 people were attacked in Colorado Springs in random incidents. Suspect detained. Motive: unclear
Police in Colombia stopped an assassination attempt against former FARC commander Rodrigo Londono aka Timochenko.
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