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].
Mar. 2023Press Releases
Press Release
March 20, 2019
How Europeans Join Global Jihad
What made Europeans join global jihad? On April 8 in New York, GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project will host an event to present research findings into the pathways and patterns of individual jihadists who joined the terrorism movement, as a...
Press Release
March 20, 2019
CEP Marks Westminster, Brussels Anniversary, Calls for Action on Extremist Content Online
CEP issued the following statements today to mark the March 22 joint anniversary of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack and the 2016 Brussels bombings, which together claimed 37 innocent lives.
Press Release
March 19, 2019
CEP Statement in Support of Australian Prime Minister’s Call for the G20 to Address Regulation of Tech Industry in Wake of New Zealand Attacks
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid and Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in support of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s call for the Group of Twenty ( G20 ) to take measures against social media companies in the wake of the...
Press Release
March 15, 2019
CEP Condemns Terror Attack in New Zealand
CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today in response to shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that read in part: "The attack on New Zealand Muslims today is a shocking and disgraceful act of terror. Once again, it has been...
Press Release
March 14, 2019
CEP: Law Enforcement Acted Quickly, Properly, In Investigation & Arrest of Kim Anh Vo
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and President Frances F. Townsend released a statement followinging the arrest of Kim Anh Vo by the FBI, which read: “CEP is grateful to all of the law enforcement agencies whose investigation led to the arrest of...
Press Release
March 11, 2019
CEP Honors Victims of Madrid Train Bombings, Calls for Legislation to Prevent Future Attacks
CEP Executive Director David Ibsen issued a statement to mark the 15th European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism and the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, which killed 193 people. The statement read in part: “The coordinated...
Press Release
March 6, 2019
ICYMI: “Facebook, YouTube and social media are failing society. Pull their ads until they change.”
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, the world’s leading authority on digital forensics and hashing technology, argued in an op-ed published in USA Today on March 4 that it was time for the corporate CEO’s whose advertising dollars propel social media...
Press Release
March 6, 2019
CEP German Language Report Calculates the Costs of Extremism
In the German language report Die Kosten des Extemismus (Costs of Extremism) , the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), in partnership with the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS), tackles the complex task of defining violent extremism...
Press Release
February 27, 2019
CEP Commends U.K. Government for Proposed Ban on Hezbollah in its Entirety
CEP President Frances F. Townsend released a statement today commending the U.K. government for proposing that Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah be banned in its entirety. Previously, like most of Europe, the U.K. had banned only the so-called...
Press Release
February 26, 2019
Freenom Stops Providing Online Services to Pro-ISIS Website After CEP Conveys Concerns
CEP Executive Director David Ibsen today released a statement commending Netherlands-based Freenom, an online domain name provider, for taking down a pro-ISIS website following CEP’s alerting the company about the site's proliferation of terror...
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