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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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Back in the early 2000s, the internet had a problem with child pornography. Tracking these illegal activities became much more difficult, and removing all trace of the images from the World Wide Web seemed nearly impossible. So government officials...
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CEP President Fran Townsend discusses enhanced interrogation, black sites and building a wall on the border with Mexico during an interview on CBS This Morning.
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Yesterday, Counter Extremism Project, or (CEP), a non-profit organization that partners with agencies and governments worldwide to combat ideological extremists and terrorists, released a new and improved database, along with a slew of updated...
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On Nov. 13, 2015, Beatriz’s daughter, Nohemi, was killed in the Paris terror attacks by an Islamic State cell operating out of Brussels. On March 22, 2016, Cameron’s husband, Alexander, and her sister-in-law, Sascha, were murdered at the Brussels...
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"They’re less ideological and more violent and they’re more interested in their own survival, in making money," says Marielle Harris, a research analyst with the Counter Extremism Project. "The average Abu Sayyaf fighter would fail a basic test on...
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Julie Shain of the Counter Extremism Project, told The Times: 'This incentivises people to search for these things and suggests it's normal to do so. 'In combination with the thousands of videos and pages calling for attacks on the West, it's...
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“Julie Shain, director of research at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), said: “This incentivises people to search for these things and suggests it’s normal to do so. In combination with the thousands of videos and pages calling for attacks on the...
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses hacking's influence on geopolitics and President Obama's imposition of sanctions against Russia for cyber attacks associated with the 2016 election.
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Google is refusing to stop its enhanced search function helping users to access lectures by a Muslim cleric dubbed the pied piper of jihad, despite acting against other offensive material. Julie Shain, director of research at the Counter Extremism...
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses economic sanctions and other possible actions the U.S. may take in response to Russian interference during the presidential campaign.
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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