Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>🧵Investigative journalism in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> is welcome, and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>washingtonpost</span></a></span> report from Feb made valuable contributions to story of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISIS</span></a> foreign recruitment in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Puntland</span></a> state. But the story vastly exaggerates its own importance, among other issues... </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2025/</span><span class="invisible">02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISIL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HornOfAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a></p>