external operations planners | FDD's Long War Journal

Islamic State continues to plot against the West, US military warns

Thomas Joscelyn | October 26, 2016

Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said today that the Islamic State is planning attacks against the West (“external operations”) from its headquarters in Raqqa, Syria. Townsend didn’t provide any specifics, but the group has used its safe havens to orchestrate multiple plots in the past.

US-led coalition targets Islamic State’s ‘external attack planners’ in airstrikes

Thomas Joscelyn | December 29, 2015

A US military spokesman said earlier today that five members of the Islamic State’s external operations arm were killed in recent airstrikes. Some of the jihadists are believed to have ties to the terrorist cell that struck Paris on Nov. 13.

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