@MissConstrue

The atrocities that #ISIS / #ISIL committed in Syria and Iraq pale in comparison to #Israel's. Yet we're supposed to believe the latter are the civilized ones.

3. @washingtonpost story says woman shooting 2 soldiers was "first time a female combat fighter from an Islamist group has been seen in Somalia".

This is only true if suicide bombers don't count. Though rare, women have acted as suicide bombers for #AlShabaab several times before.

#Somalia #Puntland #military #geopolitics #ISIS #ISIL #war #gender #MiddleEast #Africa
@geography @geopolitics

The title of the @washingtonpost story, "The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions" is also strikingly off-base, since journalist Katharine Houreld is in fact reporting on the group's dramatic retreat in face of offensive by #Puntland state forces.

#Somalia #ISIS #ISIL #geography #HornOfAfrica #military #middleeast
@geography @geopolitics

Story in @washingtonpost calls itself "most complete account to date of how the Islamic State was able to regroup [in #Somalia] over the past decade". Yet all but the most recent of such info had already been covered several times over by reports from UN, Intl Crisis Group, etc

#geography #ISIS #ISIL #geopolitics #security #Puntland #IslamicState #HornOfAfrica #security #journalism #factcheck @geography @geopolitics @unitednations