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CEP Resource Charts History, Ideology of Somali Extremist Group Al-Shabab
The murder of students at Kenya’s Garissa University is simply the latest shocking and despicable violent act committed by Somali extremist group al-Shabab. Striking more than 90 miles from their base in Somalia, al-Shabab gunmen targeted Christian...
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CEP Calls on Nokan Group to Clarify Possible Facilitation of ISIS Oil Trade
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is calling on Nokan Group to clarify its potential role in the facilitation of oil smuggling from ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-sham) controlled areas in Iraq and Syria.
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CEP Releases Updated Resource on Extremism and Counter-Extremism in France
The Counter Extremism Project today released an updated resource on extremism and counter extremism measures in France. ISIS’s recent release of a video showing a young boy executing an accused Israeli spy identified as Arab Israeli Muhammad Musallam...
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Counter Extremism Project Condemns Attack at National Bardo Museum in Tunisia
(New York, NY) – The following is a statement from Fran Townsend, President of the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project condemns the horrifying attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia. This murderous incident at one of the...
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Counter Extremism Project Resource Traces Violent Rise of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing a resource profiling the violent Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), whose history of attacks reach far beyond its mountainous headquarters in Yemen. The Wall Street Journal today...
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Counter Extremism Project Releases New Report on Somali Extremist Group Al-Shabab
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing a new report profiling Somali violent Islamist group al-Shabab following its recent heightened wave of violence, including assassinations, suicide bombings, and an attack at the Hotel SYL in Mogadishu...
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Counter Extremism Project Releases Updated Resources on Boko Haram and ISIS
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on Boko Haram and ISIS following Boko Haram’s swearing of allegiance to ISIS. While small extremist groups in Libya, Algeria, Egypt, and Afghanistan have pledged fidelity to ISIS’s...
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Counter Extremism Project Calls For INA Section 219 Prohibitions On "Material Support" For Terror Groups To Apply To Social Media Companies And Users
CEP applauds Rep. Ted Poe's effort to prevent radical extremists from misusing social media platforms for terror CEP calls on all elected officials to join Chairman Poe in the application of the material support prohibitions in the context of social...
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Counter Extremism Project Condemns ISIS Murder of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya
The following is a statement from the Counter Extremism Project: “The Counter Extremism Project condemns the kidnapping and brutal mass murder of innocent Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by militants loyal to ISIS. According to a posted video...
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Counter Extremism Project Releases Resource on Extremism in Denmark
Two people were killed and five police officers wounded in separate terrorist attacks hours apart in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 14, 2015. A gunman shot through the windows of a cultural center during a freedom of speech event, featuring Swedish...
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