In the 7th part of the English-language "Knights of Lone Jihad" series, Islamic State (IS) supporters drew from the Las Vegas attack and its carnage to suggest new operations for lone wolves.

An Islamic State (IS) supporter gave his analysis of the Las Vegas attack, observing that it demonstrates a "cultural penetration" by the group through its indoctrinating an unlikely individual, and gave a short story "inspired" by media accounts of the shooting.

Two pro-Islamic State (IS) media groups, al-Wafa' Media Foundation and al-Wa'd Media Foundation, announced their merger, and published posters threatening the United States and Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow.

Remarking on U.S. President Donald Trump's new strategy in Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban declared that it will only fuel the jihadi spirit embodied by Afghans, and it has already been demonstrated in recent suicide bombings.

The Islamic State (IS) featured an infographic on the Las Vegas attack in the 100th issue of its al-Naba weekly newspaper, and indicated that the shooter, “Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki” had converted to Islam six months ago.

Al-Qaeda (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to consolidate their ranks and mobilize efforts together against the United States and its "client" regime in a speech for the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Khattab Media Foundation, a pro-Islamic State (IS) group, released an English infographic video on the Las Vegas attack.

The pro-Islamic State (IS) Wafa' Media Foundation published an article inciting for lone-wolf attacks in the West in the wake of the IS-claimed Las Vegas mass shooting.

Responding to those who doubt the Islamic State’s (IS) claim of credit for the Las Vegas attack, group supporters challenged the reasons for suspicion, and one remarked that the truth is more terrifying to Americans than concocted fiction.

The pro-Islamic State (IS) al-Battar Media Foundation swiftly produced a video on the Las Vegas shooting, featuring within an English message portraying the attack as "equitable revenge".

Motivated by the Islamic State’s (IS) claim of responsibility for the Las Vegas shooting, jihadists in support of the group published a series of English posters warning Americans of more attacks to come.

The Islamic State (IS) issued a formal communique claiming credit for the Las Vegas shooting, identifying the perpetrator as "Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki" and declaring that he heeded the response of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to attack coalition countries.

The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported that the Las Vegas shooter is a “soldier” of the group and had converted to Islam months ago.

Maintaining its own claim of credit for an attack on Kabul International Airport during the visit of James Mattis and Jens Stoltenberg, the Afghan Taliban boasted that it challenges the "new war strategy" announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Afghan Taliban's Manba al-Jihad media unit released a video in four languages in which fighters threaten U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan or they will kill them and 'play with their skulls".

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique for the conclusion to its three-man suicide raid at Kabul International Airport, claiming to have killed more than 80 Afghan, American, and Turkish soldiers.

The message was issued on September 27, 2017, after an initial communique taking responsibility for the operation and noting its coinciding with the arrival of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis to the Afghan capital, and the release of a photo of the three attackers. The group's 'Amaq News Agency also published a video clip of a SPG-9 attack on the location, and a follow-up report. The Afghan Taliban had also claimed credit for firing projectiles at the airport during Mattis' arrival, but offered no evidence.

One day after claiming to have killed three American soldiers in a bomb blast in Nangarhar province, the Afghan Taliban alleged that it killed another four in Parwan.

The Islamic State (IS) released a video celebrating the disasters from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey in the United States, and featuring an English-speaking fighter commenting that the "insane Trump" is expected to call on Arab rulers for support.

The Afghan Taliban claimed that three American soldiers were killed when bombs struck their vehicle in front of Jalalabad airfield in Nangarhar province.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) group urged lone-wolf jihadists in Indonesia to focus on “smaller targets” and to stab foreigners, specifically Americans and Britons, as well as Buddhists.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a message for the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks from its chief bombmaker, Ibrahim al-‘Asiri, promising ongoing war against America.

As the second of four advertised releases for the 16th anniversary of 9/11, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) as-Sahab Media Foundation published a letter written in September 2015 from Khalid Sheikh Muhammad to then-U.S. President Barack Obama.

Al-Qaeda’s (AQ) as-Sahab Media Foundation released the video will of 9/11 hijacker Muhannad al-Shehri (AKA Abu Umar al-Azdi) on the 16th anniversary of the attacks in New York and Washington DC.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing 13 American soldiers and inflicting another 11 with “life-threatening injuries” in a suicide bombing on their convoy in Parwan.

The Islamic State’s (IS) Khorasan Province reported casualties among American and Afghan forces while fighters repulsed their attack in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, and continuing through the forecasts regarding Hurricane Irma, Islamic State (IS) supporters have celebrated these disasters as acts of God and revenge for the destruction of Muslim cities.

A pro-IS Telegram channel, Monasser Media, for example, published a poster on September 6, 2017, calling the hurricanes “soldiers of Allah” and noting financial losses and human casualties incurred by America. The channel wrote: “When the Arab and the Muslim tyrants procrastinated to support their religion, Allah recruited wind, water, and fire against the worshippers of the Cross”.

The Islamic State (IS) released a video from its Khayr Province (Deir al-Zour) in Syria focusing on an elderly fighter brainwashing children to become suicide bombers and inciting Muslims outside the country, namely those in America, China, and Russia, to carry out attacks.

In reaction to British Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announcing the deployment of 44 troops to Anbar, Iraq, to support the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS), a Telegram channel supporting the group called on lone wolves in Britain to kill them.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported an attack on an American base in Shaddadi, located in Hasakah, Syria.

The Islamic State’s (IS) Raqqah Province in Syria released a video featuring a 10-year-old American boy, who gave a message to U.S. President Donald Trump that the battle will not end in Raqqah or Mosul but in “your lands”.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel warned “Crusaders” that IS supporters are in their lands, posting a photo of an individual displaying the group’s flag on an iPhone in New York City.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed an attack on a U.S.-AMISOM base in Lower Shabelle region, and three bombings in Bay region and the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

The Afghan Taliban claimed that during clashes in Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital of Logar in northern Afghanistan, its fighters killed at least two American soldiers and “horribly wounded” a third.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, confirmed the death of its “governor” for Banaadir, Ali Muhammad Hussein (AKA Ali Jabal), in a U.S. airstrike.

The Islamic State's (IS) al-Jazeera Province in northern Iraq published photos of fighters firing rockets at what it described as an American base east of the city of Tal Afar.

The five photos were posted on Telegram on August 18, 2017, and show fighters measuring the trajectory of the rockets and then firing seven of them. According to the captions, the attack targeted a U.S. base at the water project in al-Buwayr village. Five days prior, on August 13, the group claimed killing 4 "Crusaders" and wounding at least six others in an attack with Grad rockets on their positions in the same area.

The Afghan Taliban provided an updated to its communique for the August 15, 2017, suicide bombing in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, claiming that three American “aggressors” are among the dozens of casualties.

The Afghan Taliban published an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, urging him to not repeat the “historical mistake” of continuing the war in Afghanistan or risk having the group “reach out to [his] foes” for help.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing an Ethiopian intelligence officer near the country’s border with Ethiopia, and repelling an attack involving U.S. forces in Kismayo.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) dedicated the 17th issue of its Inspire Magazine to train derailment and impacting the transportation sector, reviewing the economic impact, giving designs and instructions for fabricating a derail tool, and providing major passenger train routes in the United States.

The Afghan Taliban released a video focusing on suicide attacks, including the August 2014 six-man suicide raid at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Jalalabad, and the August 2016 suicide bombing on a U.S. convoy, also in the capital of Nangarhar province.

The 50 minute, 58 second, Pashto-language video, entitled, “Strike of Khaibar,” was produced by the group’s al-Emarah Jihadi Studios, and was posted on its website and Telegram channels on August 10, 2017. Footage shows the wills, training, and execution of attacks by fighters in Logar, Nangarhar, and Paktika. The attack on the American convoy is shown through computer-generated images, and according to a prior message, resulted in the killing of six soldiers. Regarding the six-man suicide raid, the Afghan Taliban had reported that it resulted in killing 71 Afghan intelligence agents and security forces, and wounding 83 others.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing and wounding 11 American Special Forces in a suicide bombing near Bagram Airbase.

The Afghan Taliban claimed carrying out a suicide operation on two U.S. armored tanks in Kandahar city, “leaving 15 invaders killed on the spot.”

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed bombing a military convoy in which American forces were present, and reported that Kenyan authorities announced enhanced security in anticipation of its attacks during the general election on August 8, 2017.

The Afghan Taliban reported that a fighter who infiltrated the Afghan National Army (ANA) shot and killed three American soldiers in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State’s (IS) Khorasan Province claimed a second instance in the span of two days of killing and wounding American and Afghan forces in Dih Bala district in Nangarhar.

The group reported in a communique issued on July 25, 2017, that one day prior, fighters stormed a joint convoy of U.S. and Afghan forces in Dih Bala, engaging in a clash with them and killing and wounding “many of them. It acknowledged the death of one fighter in the attack. Khorasan Province previously claimed killing four soldiers among Americans and Afghan when its fighters repulsed their offensive in Dih Bala on July 23.

The Islamic State’s (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing four soldiers, including Americans, while repulsing a joint offensive by U.S. and Afghan forces on their position in Dih Bala district in Nangarhar.

Al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, claimed attacks on American, AMISOM, and Somali National Army (SNA) forces in the country, as well as bombing a Kenyan military vehicle in Kenya’s Garissa County.

An Islamic State (IS) supporter called on lone wolves in the United States to attack American Independence Day celebrations.

Al-Jazeera Province of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq released a grisly video featuring Iranian, Russian, Turkish, and Turkmen children brutally executing prisoners and calling for and threatening attacks in their native lands and the West.

An Islamic State (IS) supporter called on Muslim lone wolves in America and Europe to avenge their afflicted brethren in IS territories abroad, and provided a copy of the vehicular attack guide from the group’s Rumiyah magazine.

After calling on lone wolves in Western countries to execute knife and vehicular attacks in Western countries, the pro-Islamic State (IS) Nashir News Agency urged them to poison “Crusaders”.

The Afghan Taliban released a second video of two professors kidnapped from American University in Kabul in August 2016, American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weekes, pleading with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and U.S. President Donald Trump to “have mercy” and negotiate for a prisoner swap.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) account on Telegram disseminated a “detailed report” of U.S. military in the Philippines, providing former airbase and task force locations and information about weapons supplied to Philippine forces.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed killing two American soldiers and wounding a third in ar-Raqqah province.

An official in al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) condemned Arab leaders warmly welcoming Donald Trump during his Middle East tour and derided the American President as a scandal-ridden “fool”.

Harakat Sawa'd Misr (Arms of Egypt Movement), or "Hasam," noted the security message to U.S. citizens in Egypt issued by the U.S. Embassy following the group’s advertisement for a video, and remarked that the only “killers” citizens should dread are the “coup mercenaries” of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

Inspired by the vehicular homicide in New York City's Times Square on May 18, 2017, a pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel threatened similar attacks to come and incited lone wolves to take action.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing at least four from U.S. forces with IEDs in Afghanistan’s Parwan province.

Hamza bin Laden, a son of former al-Qaeda (AQ) leader Usama bin Laden, provided advice for lone wolf attackers in the West in an audio speech.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video of its leader, Qasim al-Rimi (AKA Abu Huraira al-Sana'ani), calling for “eye for an eye” lone-wolf attacks in the West as retaliation for “traged[ies] upon Muslims.”

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, released the alleged identity of the fallen U.S. soldier killed during a “failed landing operation” in Lower Shabelle and supplied a photo.

Following its claim of killing a U.S. soldier in Lower Shabelle, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, distributed photos from the fallen soldier, showing the attack’s aftermath and the soldier’s uniform and gear.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing a U.S. soldier during a “failed landing operation” against the group.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing and wounding U.S. soldiers in the country’s Lower Shabelle region.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed an attack by 120 fighters on a Pakistan Army camp in North Waziristan, in revenge for a U.S. drone strike on a position held by a TTP commander, Akhtar Muhammad Khaleel.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing six American soldiers in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, and one during a clash with American and Afghan troops in Kunduar.

Following America’s use of a 10 kg “Massive Ordnance Air Blast” (MOAB) on an Islamic State (IS) tunnel complex in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, pro-IS jihadists tried to downplay its effect while at the same time calling for revenge.

Jihadists on social media reacted to America’s dropping of a “Massive Ordnance Air Blast” (MOAB), a 10,300 kg bomb, on what was described as an Islamic State (IS) tunnel complex in Nangarhar, calling it a “joke,” assigning blame, and inciting for revenge attacks in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency denied reports of the group incurring casualties in America dropping a “Massive Ordnance Air Blast” (MOAB), a 10,300 kg bomb, on its tunnel complex in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.

Amidst ongoing reactions by jihadists to the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase, prominent pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) ideologue Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi expressed distrust towards America's intentions, and warned supporters not to find good in its actions.

Following the U.S.’s decision to conduct airstrikes in Syria, jihadists on social media declared the U.S. government was attempting to “fool the world,” contemplating potential coordination with Russia and Syria, and asserting the strikes will allow Syrian rebel forces “to advance faster.”

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) commended the missile strike launched by the United States on a Syrian government airbase, and remarked that it is America’s “responsibility” not to stop at that operation.

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Khorasan Province of the Islamic State (IS) claimed killing four Afghan troops and wounding an American soldier in an attack in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State (IS) released an audio speech from its spokesman, Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, rallying the groups fighters in all its “provinces” and especially Iraq and Syria, and challenged America as well as calling on lone wolves in the U.S., Europe, and Russia to “preoccupy” the enemy and attack their interests.

A jihadist alleged that the Islamic State (IS) made preparations from its then-stronghold in Sirte, Libya, for an attack in the United States.

Tahrir al-Sham, the group which Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and several militant Syrian groups dissolved into, released a statement rebuking the United Sates for what it called a “selfish” that it applies in regard to Syria.

Al-Masra, a digital newspaper linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), published in its 42nd issue an article discussing al-Qaeda’s (AQ) war with America and the West, wherein the author claimed that it is due to this war that the U.S. and its allies suffer societal division.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released an audio speech from its leader, Qassim al-Rimi (AKA Abu Huraira al-Sana’ani), offering a eulogy for the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdul Rahman, and revealing that the group had sought his release in a prison swap for American hostage Luke Somers.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel called for British lone wolves to attack LGBT targets to the like of 2016 Orlando nightclub attacker Omar Mateen.

The Islamic State (IS) incited its supporters to attack American, European, and other Western economic interests, as well as those of Arab states, in the 70th issue of its al-Naba newspaper.

A Twitter account called on its followers to “avenge” the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdul Rahman, an Egyptian cleric involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, in a “most utmost and deadly way.”

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, issued a eulogy for the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdul Rahman, wherein it urged Islamic scholars to follow his example and incite for jihad, and also remarked on the U.S. military operation in Qifa, Yemen.

The General Command of al-Qaeda (AQ) called on Muslims to act upon the will of the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdul Rahman and avenge his death by killing Americans and attacking American interests.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) issued a joint statement regarding the death of the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdul Rahman in an American prison, eulogizing him and urging fighters to take revenge.

A jihadi media group published a biographical eulogy of “Abu Zubayr Somali,” a Somali Nusra Front (NF) fighter killed in Syria after living in the U.S. for “a number of years.”

Al-Qaeda pointed to CIA director Mike Pompeo awarding Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef for his work against terrorism as proof of Saudi loyalty to America, and urged Muslims to fight such “apostate regimes”.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed over 20 military operations in 21 days targeting American, Somali, and Kenyan forces, including two large scale attacks and capturing areas within Somalia.

A jihadist authored a booklet on al-Qaeda (AQ) “draining” America to the point of losing its global hegemony, and remarking that in the current phase, U.S. President Donald Trump is racially dividing the country and isolating it more from its European and Arab allies.

Supporters of the Islamic State (IS) disseminated artwork depicting IS fighters launching weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into high-profile sites in the United States.

The Afghan Taliban released an interview with one of its military officials, detailing the group’s “achievements” thus far within given provinces and downplaying the announced deployment of extra U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

Radical Jamaican cleric Abdullah el-Faisal discussed President Donald Trump’s recently enacted travel ban from six predominantly Muslim nations, predicting that the policy would ultimately encourage Muslims to “wake up.”

The pro-Islamic State (IS) al-Burhan Media Foundation published an article charging that U.S. President Donald Trump is taking “larger steps” than his predecessors towards the “end” of America, and speculating on a hidden, mutually beneficial relationship between America and Iran.

Jihadists, both those in support of al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS), are predicting doom for the United States and perils for Muslims there and abroad, as well as a strengthening of jihad under the presidency of Donald Trump.

A message attributed to an alleged American jihadist urged Muslims to utilize open source material from Western citizens in order to gather intelligence and “destroy the enemy from within.”

An Afghan Taliban correspondent claimed that there are “reported undergoing negotiations” to release an American-Canadian couple and their two children in the form of a prisoner swap.

Jihadists commented on President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, stating that it revealed America’s “hatred towards Muslims.”

Jihadists across Deep Web and social media spaces have reacted to Donald Trump’s January 20, 2017 inauguration as president of the United States.

The Afghan Taliban released a video showing fighters training at al-Farouq Camp, and featuring a speaker defining the group’s “aim,” threatening the U.S., and inviting “other Muslim brothers” to join.

The Afghan Taliban claimed to have shot down an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being used “to gather surveillance on Mujahideen fighters” in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.