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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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"The Counter Extremism Project warns the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is 'an event which threatens to usher in a new era of terror'. The think tank added: 'Islamist extremists now have a new, settled safe haven.'"
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CEP work referenced: "Le Counter Extremism Project prévient que la prise de contrôle de l’Afghanistan par les talibans est « un événement qui menace d’inaugurer une nouvelle ère de terreur »."
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"Counter Extremism Project adviser Sir Ivor Roberts said: 'The terrorist risk in Britain is greater now than at any time since IS was at its peak. 'The main concern is not another 9/11 but the continuation of lone wolf acts or in very small groups.'"
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"In a separate report by the Counter Extremism Project think tank, titled Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Challenges In Repatriation, Prosecution, And Rehabilitation, nations are warned that a lack of action in dealing with female fighters will...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted referenced: "Più che parlare di post-Daesh, si evoca un nuovo Daesh con una riorganizzazione del movimento jihadista, tra il ridispiegamento di El e gli appelli di al-Qaida a colpire l’Occidente...
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There was a massive problem for many years already of sleeper cells of the Taliban inside the Kabul former government administration as well as the security forces...What is unusual is the extent...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Ancien expert des Nations unies et directeur du Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler souligne la capacité de projection de l’État islamique au Khorasan (EIK), branche afghane de Daech...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler participated in a webinar hosted by the Stimson Center exploring the UN sanctions system and the influential role of the E10.
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CEP Advisory Board member and member of European Parliament Radek Sikorski writes: "Closer to home, the resurgence of the Taliban and its affiliates poses serious security threats to Europe. The EU must be ready for an upgrade of its terror alert...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The body count does not lie. The awful track record of successful lone actor and organised attacks and near misses is incontrovertible. It comes off as tin-eared at best when senior counter-terror police...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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