A jihadist network the U.S. government has specifically identified as a homeland threat is seizing control of a West African nation the size of Texas and California combined. In his posture statement to Congress, AFRICOM commander General Michael Langley warned that if ISIS and al-Qaeda groups, including JNIM, the al-Qaeda affiliate that on April 25, 2026, launched the largest coordinated attack in Mali’s history, continue their expansion, they will pose a direct threat to the U.S. homeland.
In a State Department press briefing, Langley stated directly that JNIM and other violent extremist organizations in the Sahel “have aspirations of attacking the United States homeland.”
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