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January 29, 2016

CEP Resource Details History, Leadership of National Democratic Party of Germany

CEP released a new resource on the National Democratic Party of Germany, an ultranationalist political party described by the German intelligence service as “racist, anti-Semitic and revisionist."

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January 26, 2016

ICYMI: CEP CEO Mark D. Wallace Calls on YouTube to Remove Notorious Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in USA Today Op-Ed

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, in an op-ed published in USA Today January 25, called on video sharing platform YouTube to immediately remove videos of the notorious American cleric turned al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki.

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January 25, 2016

CEP Issues Updated Resource Following Deadly al-Shabab Attack at Mogadishu Beachfront

CEP issued an updated resource on Somali Islamic terror group al-Shabab following its deadly attack at a popular seaside hotel and restaurant in the capital of Mogadishu that killed at least 26 people.

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January 22, 2016

CEP Mourns the Passing of British Humanitarian and Publisher Lord George Weidenfeld

Following is a statement from CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace on the death of England’s Lord George Weidenfeld at the age of 96 “I had the privilege and honor of knowing and working with Lord Weidenfeld, a remarkable humanitarian and visionary...

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January 21, 2016

CEP Releases Updated Resource on the Taliban Following Attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan

CEP is releasing an updated resource on the history, ideology and leadership of Islamist extremist group the Taliban following its attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan on January 20 targeting students and independent television journalists. At least...

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January 20, 2016

Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah, and the Badr Organization

CEP released updated resources on three powerful Iraqi Shiite militias. One of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias is reportedly responsible for the disappearance of three Americans from an apartment in Baghdad on January 15.

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January 18, 2016

CEP Releases Resources on Al-Mourabitoun and AQIM Following Burkina Faso Attacks

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on violent Islamic terror groups al-Mourabitoun and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), following their attacks across the West African country of Burkina Faso...

Press Release

January 14, 2016

Lawsuit Alleging Twitter Provides “Material Support” to ISIS Highlights Dangers of Unchecked Social Media Misuse by Extremists

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace said that a lawsuit filed against Twitter by the family of a Florida man killed in Jordan by ISIS highlights the dangers and personal costs resulting from the unchecked misuse of social media platforms by extremists.

Press Release

January 12, 2016

CEP Applauds White House Outreach to Tech Industry in Effort to Prevent Online Incitement and Radicalization

Clear need for tech companies to act to prevent extremists’ weaponization of online platforms (New York, NY) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded the Obama Administration for reaching out to America’s leading technology companies...

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January 8, 2016

CEP Applauds Creation of Countering Violent Extremism Task Force Under George Selim

CEP applauded the creation of a government-wide Countering Violent Extremism Task Force, to be housed at the Department of Homeland Security under the direction of George Selim, to coordinate all CVE programs in America.

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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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