CEP in the News

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July 20, 2020

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: "Writing exclusively for the Daily Express today, counter terrorism chief and executive director of the CEP said: 'Research has uncovered direct ties between al-Awlaki and 99 other extremisms.'"

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July 20, 2020

CEP Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "Islamism is the particular name for a political ideology which seeks to establish an Islamic state. Its adherents range from those working within democracy to those willing to murder civilians to achieve this aim...

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July 19, 2020

"Through analysis of blockchain data, it is sometimes possible to identify an account holder with 'a high degree of mathematical certainty,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, an international policy...

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July 17, 2020

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: "Begum represents yet another example of a young person radicalized online who flees her home to join a terrorist cell and contribute, facilitate and support acts of terrorism against the country to which...

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July 17, 2020

CEP Senior Adviser Ian Acheson writes: "Yesterday, the appeal court ruled that in absentia, she had not been afforded sufficient opportunity to defend herself against the British Government’s decision to strip her of UK citizenship. She must now...

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July 17, 2020

"Although no longer in office, Cartes has been connected to an extensive cigarette smuggling operation, spanning much of Latin America, according to an investigation by the Counter Extremism Project."

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July 16, 2020

CEP Adviser Liam Duffy spoke with Ian Collins of talkRADIO about the case of Shamima Begum, who left her home in 2015 to join ISIS in Syria, and her potential return to the UK. "...the case is 'probably the most emotive' out of all surviving foreign...

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July 16, 2020

"According to the Counter Extremism Project, by 2015, the reformist wing of the group grew increasingly disenfranchised with the faction's focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as opposed to domestic issues, as well as its loyalty to the Egyptian...

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July 15, 2020

CEP Senior Adviser, UC Berkeley professor, and digital images forensics pioneer Hany Farid quoted: “The distortion and inconsistencies in the background are a tell-tale sign of a synthesized image, as are a few glitches around his neck and collar."

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July 14, 2020

"'It is not surprising at all that Hezbollah has embedded rocket launchers in civilian areas, even in Beirut. Hezbollah is cynically using Lebanese civilians as human shields against Israeli retaliation,' Josh Lipowsky, senior research analyst...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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