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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 Base is an 'international survivalist and self-defense network’ that seeks to train their members for fighting a race war,' according to the Counter Extremism Project, a group that monitors white supremacist hate groups. The organization has an...
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"The Base is a neo-Nazi group that trains members to fight a race war and encourages the onset of anarchy, according to the Counter Extremism Project."
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"The Counter Extremism Project, which tracks far-right extremists, lists The Base as an 'accelerationist group that encourages the onset on anarchy.' The FBI has grown more concerned with the group’s presence as it has focused on recruitment efforts...
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"The Base has become a growing concern for the FBI, The Times reported. It encourages anarchy by sowing social unrest and political tension in a movement called 'accelerationism,' according to the Counter Extremism Project, a group that tracks far...
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"'If Mathews had … pledge[d] allegiance to a group like ISIS, there would have been a much more intense manhunt for him,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a New York-based research analyst with the not-for-profit Counter Extremism Project."
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CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky writes: "Hezbollah has clearly demonstrated it has no compunction about striking inside Europe. Germany must no longer allow it the opportunity. The misplaced belief that designating the group in its entirety...
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"Joshua Fisher-Birch of the Counter Extremism Project, a U.S.-based terrorism watchdog, told VICE doxing and swatting are common “intimidation tactics” used “to target racial, ethnic, or religious groups, harm opponents, or to try to prevent...
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"In addition to its dizzying array of attacks, Al-Shabab is accused of carrying out stonings, amputations and beheadings as “regular punishment for criminal and apostates,” according to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). The U.N. has also charged...
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"An engineering team led by Dartmouth College digital forensics expert Hany Farid developed the technique. Microsoft worked with Farid and the makers of messaging services like Kik and the popular game Roblox. It will be distributed for free starting...
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"As for Mr. Trump’s contention that a “few” ISIS fighters are Greek nationals, the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project concluded that the number was “not well documented” but said that Greece had been used as a transit point for fighters of European...
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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