Laith Alkhouri

Laith Alkhouri @MENAanalyst

Investigators and profilers utilize the same approach. @JessicaEStern makes an excellent point here. — PolitiTweet.org

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The recent string of #ISIS ops in #Iraq carries similar traits to the string of ops ISI (ISIS predecessor) carried out in 2012-2013, prior to expanding in #Syria. The difference is that a range of car bombings in #Baghdad occurred during that period; absent from today’s picture. — PolitiTweet.org

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More emergent signs of ISIS regrouping and amping up attacks in a numbers of areas. Undoubtedly more is also happening in Kirkuk, western Anbar and southern Mosul. — PolitiTweet.org

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The good old days of college all-nighters. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vera_mironov Yet, I wonder who has been more accurate in reporting operations: ISIS or the Iraqi government? — PolitiTweet.org

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This is f*** ridiculous! How can all these people be nonchalantly going about their day like they didn’t just lose thousands & thousands of people? If news of a bunch of terrorists roaming NYC broke out, would they be this careless? COVID is deadlier than a bunch of terrorists. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @vera_mironov: Not a day without an #ISIS arson attack in #Iraq. Today it was near Samara. #terrorism #insurgency #COIN https://t.co/H4j… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m seeing signs of online jihadists trying to dabble with Tellonym, the anonymous messaging app. It sort of reminds me of ask[.]fm, which took off for a while in the online jihadist community back in 2014-2016. — PolitiTweet.org

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#ISIS claimed responsibility for a multipronged attack that allegedly took place yesterday on security forces in NE #Diyala, purportedly killing and wounding 21 soldiers and policemen in al-Abbara area, using snipers and assault rifles. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MiaMBloom: As predicted .. by people writing about this the past 5 weeks @ColinPClarke @meekwire @arcanakhalil @burke_jason @MENAanalys… — PolitiTweet.org

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3) PII sets can be exploited in multiple ways, weaponized and monetized, and used in spamming campaigns and blackmail. For malicious actors, personally identifiable information is gold with an exceedingly rising price tag. — PolitiTweet.org

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2) The conversation is constantly steered towards the hackers behind the breaches, but rarely do I come across conversations holding the breached companies liable for having “weaker” measures in protecting their consumer data. — PolitiTweet.org

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1) This is a pretty significant breach! Millions of users’ PII grabbed by hackers, who are now seeking assistance to crack passwords as well. How much are companies that encounter breaches legally liable? https://t.co/Fl0eH4pgiY — PolitiTweet.org

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For your regular nightmare, a new episode here. https://t.co/fRHCfOH8UZ — PolitiTweet.org

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#ISIS also wants 4 more years of Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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Throwing stones at people when his house is made of glass. — PolitiTweet.org

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A flood of new channels on Hoop over the past 6 hours, with most of the recognizable pro #ISIS units joining the herd. #ISIS official media maintains dozens of channels. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vera_mironov Pro #ISIS jihadists online claim that the casualty numbers are downplayed by gov and media, and that the real number reached 120 dead. — PolitiTweet.org

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If #ISIS was to choose a perfect set of circumstances to expand, an event that provides it ammo to exploit, it would be a place w/grassroots uprising/revolution & not a place w/ lawlessness. It‘ll always capitalize on legitimate people’s desire for change & exploit the situation. — PolitiTweet.org

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If someone wets the bed over and again, you get to call them a bedwetter. — PolitiTweet.org

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Evil genius. In more ways than one, he’s kinda setting some students for failure. Why go through this elaborate trickery when you can just give them an answerable question. 20% of them probably already cheat IN the classroom. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vera_mironov Not observing many Russian on Hoop, though I expect some will migrate. This is still early stages, but the consistency of emergent Hoop accounts, absence of any suspension, and presence of many of the notable jihadist & pro-ISIS propaganda wings tells me Hoop is the new stability — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagine if a brown person did that. — PolitiTweet.org

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That moment when #ISIS supporters want you to join a “Da’wa” group on Facebook and ask you to invite others to join, but caution that women aren’t allowed in order to avoid cyber mixing with men. https://t.co/J8cEp33wGf — PolitiTweet.org

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The influx of channels operated by #ISIS & its supporters on Hoop Messenger is reminiscent of the early weeks of adopting Telegram in late 2014 as a main cyber environment. The more difficult for them to remain on Telegram these days, the more they streamline utilization of Hoop. — PolitiTweet.org

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#ISIS claims responsibility for launching an ambush attack targeting a Syrian army convoy in the Syrian desert (Badia region in #Homs), allegedly killing 10 soldiers and wounding 15 others. #Syria — PolitiTweet.org

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@brodycmcdonald Indeed - see my previous tweets regarding Hoop. Just a sample here https://t.co/pRRvwZNNhu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheNationalUAE: Dubai company builds sanitation gates to stop the spread of #Covid19 https://t.co/vzGWrm3AOp — PolitiTweet.org

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@switch_d I felt a tickle when I read that. — PolitiTweet.org

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More technologies being utilized by #ISIS supporters include: - Sync[.]com (cloud storage) - NextCloud (on prem solution for online collaboration) - Uploadit (online upload and share platform) - The Good Cloud (secure cloud platform) — PolitiTweet.org