The CounterPoint Blog

August 03, 2017 Felicia Woron

Insta-Terrorist: Al-Qaeda Financier on Instagram

You may be a notorious terrorist financier, but you can still use Instagram to raise money. At least that’s the case for U.N.-sanctioned Hajjaj bin Fahd al Ajmi, one of several Gulf-based donors to have funneled millions to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in...

January 26, 2017 Marielle Harris

Terror Stays Closer to Home

In July 2014, ISIS announced itself to the world when it conquered Mosul, an Iraqi city of 1.8 million people, with only about 1,500 lightly armed men. But through coordinated social media promotion and astute marketing, ISIS was able to frighten a...