In Their Own Words:
We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].
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September 26, 2017
YouTube Inconsistently Applying “Warning Labels” to Awlaki Material
After years of refusing to remove lectures by radical cleric and all-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki on its platform, YouTube appears to have at least reluctantly acknowledged the influence of Awlaki ’s radicalizing material. CEP discovered a warning...
Press Release
September 25, 2017
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy Continues Years After His Death
CEP highlighted Anwar al-Awlaki ’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who became a radicalizing figure tied to scores of extremists in the U.S. and Europe. Awlaki, the leader of external operations for al-Qaeda in the...
Press Release
September 8, 2017
Remembering the September 11 Attacks
CEP issued a statement today honoring the September 11 victims, which read in part: "While much has changed in the years since 19 hijackers deliberately crashed four jetliners in a deadly plot against the United States, the challenges posed by...
Press Release
August 24, 2017
The Violent Legacy of Sayyid Qutb
The world’s most dangerous terror groups, including ISIS and al-Qaeda, share a common ideological foundation in the writings and teachings of Egyptian author and Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb. More than 50 years after his death, Qutbism...
Press Release
August 17, 2017
CEP Condemns Vehicle Terrorist Attack in Barcelona
CEP today condemned the terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, where a van was deliberately driven into a crowd of tourists. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which was similar to past vehicle-related incidents directed or encouraged by ISIS...
Press Release
August 14, 2017
CEP Condemns Extremist Violence in Charlottesville, Virginia
CEP issued a statement condemning the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia and the and the ideology of hate and intolerance that fueled it, calling it "contrary to the values imbued in our nation’s founding principles and the ideals...
Press Release
Juli 25, 2017
Extremists Free to Plan Attacks Without Detection on Encrypted Applications
When two ISIS terrorists killed a Catholic priest in Normandy, France one year ago, it initially appeared to be an isolated incident. It was later found that both attackers were guided by an ISIS recruiter using an encrypted “chat” room on Telegram...
Press Release
Juli 13, 2017
ISIS Continues Brutal Campaign Despite Mosul Loss
ISIS’s loss of Mosul after a three-year reign of terror does not end the group’s presence in Iraq and Syria, nor its ability to spread its extremist ideology targeting women, gay people, and members of other religions through affiliates in Africa and...
Press Release
Juli 11, 2017
Nice, France Truck Ramming Began Wave of Deadly Vehicle Terror Attacks
On July 14, 2016, 31-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Lahouajej-Bouhlel rammed a truck into a crowd of people watching a Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice, France, killing 86 people. In the year since the Nice attack, at least nine high-profile...
Press Release
Juni 28, 2017
The Taliban Hosted in Qatar
Qatar continues to host terrorists from various extremist groups, including the Taliban, the terror group that once ruled Afghanistan and shielded Osama bin Laden, posing a continuing threat to regional and international security, CEP said in...
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