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July 2, 2015

The Islamic State’s deadly plots against Western targets are on the rise, spiking to 28 this year while the group is steadily expanding its supporter base in the U.S., according to a “Terror Threat Snapshot” circulated by Rep. Michael T. McCaul...

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July 2, 2015

Mark Wallace, head of Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Europe told Asharq Alawsat newspaper that more than 40,000 accounts which support and back extremist ISIL organization are presently active on Twitter. At the same time, he ruled out the idea...

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July 1, 2015

Terrorists are increasingly turning to the Internet and social media to launch "well-organized, concerted social media campaigns to recruit followers and to promote or glorify acts of terrorism or violent extremism", says Europol. Twitter has been...

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July 1, 2015

Following the suicide bombing in a Shiite mosque in Kuwait, many people took to Twitter and created the hashtag, which, when translated, means: "Before You Blow Yourself Up." The hashtag of condemnation called for fundamentalists to think of their...

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June 30, 2015

The head of a leading Brussels policy institute has called for a “multi-faceted”approach to combating the “narrative” of terrorist groups such as Islamic State. The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe), a partnership between the European...

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June 30, 2015

Roberta Bonazzi, executive director of the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), said that by uniting governmental efforts with those undertaken by civil society, voluntary groups and other organisations could offer a “powerful opportunity” to...

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June 30, 2015

The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe) is a partnership between organisations in the U.S. and Europe and among other projects including the launch of an innovative counter narrative seeks to combat the use of social media to radicalise...

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June 30, 2015

The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe) is a partnership between organisations in the U.S. and Europe and among other projects including the launch of an innovative counter narrative seeks to combat the use of social media to radicalise...

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June 29, 2015

The Islamic State agiere in his immediate environment, while Al Qaeda the "far enemy", ie the US, Britain and Israel, in their sights have. Tunisia, even the most stable state of the Arab Spring should be destabilized by the terrorist attack, "why is...

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June 29, 2015

Less than one year after launching several successful campaigns in the United States, including their notable #CEPDigitalDisruption via Twitter, the Counter Extremism Project officially launched its European counterpart on Monday (CEP Europe) in...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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