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February 23, 2017

Documents Reaffirm Awlaki’s Role in Radicalizing “Underwear Bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

F.B.I. interviews with attempted airplane suicide bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, detailed by the New York Times, document the direct role played by U.S.-born cleric and al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki in planning and directing the plot. CEP...

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February 15, 2017

CEP Report Tracks IRGC Role in Iranian Economy, Links to Terrorist Groups

Congress and the Trump Administration are considering options to deter further illegal Iranian ballistic missile testing and regional aggression, including designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a Foreign Terrorist Organization. In light...

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January 31, 2017

Iranian-Backed Houthis Launch Attacks on Saudi Ship and United Nations Facility

CEP issued updated resources on the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, following attacks the group launched on January 30 against a Saudi ship patrolling in the Red Sea and a facility in southern Saudi Arabia used by the U.N. to monitor ceasefire...

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January 26, 2017

Enduring Links: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood

CEP released a new report detailing the historical and contemporary ties between the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, and al-Qaeda. Before becoming the leaders of ISIS and al-Qaeda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Osama bin Laden, and Ayman al-Zawahiri belonged to...

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January 23, 2017

CEP Applauds Designation of Five ISIS Operatives by Treasury, State, Since January 1

Urges similar action on three additional ISIS leaders (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded U.S. government action taken against five ISIS operatives, while at the same time urging that three additional leaders be...

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January 19, 2017

CEP Releases Resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, Following Deadly Truck Bombing

CEP released updated resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Islamist extremist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb following a suicide truck bombing at a military camp in the northern Mali city of Gao that killed at least 47 people and wounded more...

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January 18, 2017

CEP Releases Updated Database of Terrorists and Extremists

CEP released the Terrorists and Extremists Database, an updated, searchable list and interactive map of detailed biographical information on more than 400 of the world’s most dangerous leaders, propagandists, operatives, and terror financiers. The...

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January 5, 2017

Two Years After Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Attacks, French Struggle with Terror Continues

Two years after the horrific and deadly attacks at a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, France continues to struggle with persistent and ever more deadly extremist violence. Armed with assault rifles, submachine guns, pistols, and...

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December 23, 2016

CEP Releases Updated Resources Following Death of Main Suspect in Berlin Christmas Market Attack

CEP released updated resources on extremism and counter-extremism in Germany following the death of the prime suspect in a December 19 truck attack on an outdoor Berlin Christmas market in a shootout with Italian police in Milan. The attacker...

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December 16, 2016

Iraqi Shiite Militias Bolster Pro-Assad Forces in Aleppo, Accused by U.N. of Human Rights Abuses

CEP released updated resources on two of the most powerful Iraqi Shiite militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), trained and supported by Iran, that are fighting with Hezbollah for the Assad regime in Syria. On December 13, 2016...

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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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