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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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"'If their message is "white people are superior," the pool is smaller. So, they look for on-ramps to recruitment,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project.... Rural areas are seen as fertile ground for...
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Ahead of the 17th anniversary of Hezbollah’s 2006 cross-border attack on northern Israel that sparked the Second Lebanon War, the Iran-backed group established a tent inside a disputed Israel-held area of the Golan Heights known as the Shebaa Farms.
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"Kacper Rekawek, a nonresident research fellow at the Counter Extremism Project who is familiar with documents between the Ukrainian military and foreign fighters, said that the legion contract appears to be real."
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Is blasphemy a national security threat to the UK? The Henry Jackson Society (HJS) think so. Their soon to be published report, trailed by the Telegraph yesterday, found that Muslim anti-blasphemy preachers...
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The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, pro-ISIS groups on Telegram and RocketChat urged followers to...
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"Ian Acheson, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, notes that terrorist gangs such as Al Qaeda or ISIS are deliberately seeking out people online who are vulnerable and suggestible to hateful ideologies."
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A statement released on Telegram last week by Hamas’s military wing claimed direct responsibility for a series of recent terrorist attacks in Tel Aviv and the West Bank—a rare move highlighting Hamas’s increasingly brazen posture and influence. A...
CounterPoint Blog
This report is the seventh installment in a monthly series focused on al-Qaeda and Islamic State operations throughout the Sahel.
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The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a new report titled Financial Strategies Of Right-Wing Extremist Organizations And Actors In The United Kingdom And Germany, commissioned by the British Embassy in Berlin. The report aims to inform...
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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