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CEP Releases Updated Afghanistan Resources Following Recent Taliban and ISIS Attacks
CEP released updated resources on Afghanistan following recent Taliban and ISIS attacks that left at least 32 people dead and more than 180 wounded. According to the U.N., Afghanistan suffered a record number of casualties in 2015, with 3,500...
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Paris Attacks One Year Later: Greater Worldwide Effort Necessary to Combat Extremism
One year after the November 13, 2015 ISIS attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and injured 350 others, CEP released detailed resources on the perpetrators and called for greater worldwide efforts to combat extremism, including measures to prevent...
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CEP Releases Report on Abu Sayyaf Group Following Attack in South Philippines
CEP released a new resource on Islamist terrorist organization the Abu Sayyaf Group, known for its kidnappings and beheadings, as Philippine authorities investigate ASG’s murder of a German woman and the kidnapping of her husband from their sailboat...
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CEP Condemns Suicide Attack in Quetta, Pakistan
CEP issued a statement today condemning the suicide attack at a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan that killed 61 people and wounded 123.
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CEP Report Details Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Afghanistan
CEP released a new resource detailing Afghanistan’s tumultuous history and present challenges from violent extremists like ISIS and the Taliban. Afghanistan: Extremism and Counter Extremism traces the origins of al-Qaeda and the Taliban to the Soviet...
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CEP Releases Report on the Houthis, Iranian-Backed Insurgents in Yemen
CEP released a new resource on the Houthis, Iranian-supported Shiite Muslim extremists who on October 9 and 12 attacked U.S. Naval vessels with Iranian supplied cruise missiles. The Houthis have waged a series of bloody insurgencies against the...
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CEP Fact Sheet Highlights Prominent Propagandists, Recruiters, Spokespersons
CEP released a new fact sheet that provides both summary and in-depth information on some of the world’s most dangerous and influential Propagandists, Recruiters, and Spokespersons. The fact sheet also highlights the ongoing misuse of the Internet...
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CEP Mourns the Passing of American Diplomat Joseph Verner Reed, Jr.
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued a statement on the death of American Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, Jr., calling him a "skilled and dedicated diplomat," and a "great friend who touched many."
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ICYMI: Editorial, Updated Resource Detail Al-Awlaki’s Online Radicalizing Influence
An editorial and an updated resource released today detail the radicalizing influence American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki continues to exert, five years after his death. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen targeted by a U.S. drone strike...
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Continuing Violent Influence of Radical Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki
Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki continues to radicalize U.S. and European extremists five years after his death, accused New York and New Jersey bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami being the latest example. A new CEP resource profiles dozens of U.S. and European...
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