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US-Affiliated Iraqis Face Extremely High Threat from Pro-Iranian Groups Due to US Withdraw Plans, Ideal Departure Window is Early as Possible in 2025: Iraq Domain GenAI

IntelCenter asked its Iraq Domain GenAI to assess the risk to Iraqis seen as working with or supporting the US in Iraq in light of reporting by Reuters on 6 Sep. 2024 that an agreement has been reached between the US and Iraq for a complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2026 with a significant reduction in 2025. It provided this analysis based on its knowledge of more than 9.3M words from terrorist, rebel, separatist and proxy groups in Iraq.

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Ben Venzke Ben Venzke

Pro-Iranian Groups' Actions in Iraq & Syria Amid US Iraq Withdrawal Over 2025/2026: ICD Domain GenAI

In light of public reporting by Reuters on 6 Sep. 2024 that an agreement has been reached between the US and Iraq for a complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2026 with a significant reduction in 2025, IntelCenter asked its ICD Domain GenAI what actions pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria are likely to take based on its extensive knowledge of their messaging. It broke out its assessment for the following periods: the remainder of 2024, 2025 and then 2026 pre and post withdrawal.

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Ben Venzke Ben Venzke

Assessing Consequences of Reduced Counterterrorism Efforts: Implications of Increased Operational Freedom for Terrorist Groups

IntelCenter CEO Ben Venzke conducted an hour-long extensive and in-depth interview with the ICD Domain GenAI on 17 Aug. 2024 about the consequences of continued significant cuts to counterterrorism efforts across Western countries and what this means for the future. At the time, the ICD Domain GenAI had access to more than 72M spoken and written words from terrorist and rebel groups around the world going back to 2001.

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Ben Venzke Ben Venzke

IntelCenter Celebrates 35 Years

IntelCenter was founded 35 years ago this month. Ever since those early days, IntelCenter has remained relentlessly focused on its national security mission and continued to push the limits on innovations that can be practically applied against threat actor generated content for collection, analysis and exploitation.

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