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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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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "What can recent developments in the scandal over child sexual exploitation tell us about our dangerous descent into a low trust society? Two Labour MPs have now broken ranks to contradict the leadership and say...
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“The man who plowed through Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day with an ISIS flag on his truck was closely following the terror group’s playbook, promoted in English language magazines and online content circulated globally in an attempt to inspire lone...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "On Thursday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it had added 19 individuals and entities to its “Local Terrorist List” for their links to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to reports by local media...
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"Ian Acheson, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, said the eight organisations were not breaking any British laws as the UK had not proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood even though it is banned in some countries including...
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" The newsletter bulletin, obtained by the Counter Extremism Project, a terrorism watchdog, appeared to mock the American news media for “holding its breath” while waiting for ISIS to claim the attack... “Unlike other attacks in the past, where ISIS...
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"A translation of ISIS’s Al-Naba newsletter provided by the Counter Extremism Project shows ISIS wrote a wide-ranging piece on the attack. The piece said Jabbar had been influenced by its discourse and propaganda, noting the costs of the attack were...
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"The Counter Extremism Project, pointed out that The Base is “influenced by the race war called for in the book Siege by neo-Nazi James Mason.” The group claims it trains it members for a ‘hypothetical time in the future when law & order breaks down...
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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