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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CEP released a new resource on the Houthis, Iranian-supported Shiite Muslim extremists who on October 9 and 12 attacked U.S. Naval vessels with Iranian supplied cruise missiles. The Houthis have waged a series of bloody insurgencies against the...
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CEP released a new fact sheet that provides both summary and in-depth information on some of the world’s most dangerous and influential Propagandists, Recruiters, and Spokespersons. The fact sheet also highlights the ongoing misuse of the Internet...
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The poisonous rhetoric of Anwar al-Awlaki, a smooth-talking American-born imam who taught Muslims in San Diego in the years leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become a constant factor in homegrown terror plots since his death five years...
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued a statement on the death of American Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, Jr., calling him a "skilled and dedicated diplomat," and a "great friend who touched many."
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On the morning of September 30, 2011, Predator drones circled thousands of feet above a remote stretch of northern Yemen, monitoring a meeting of senior al-Qaeda militants. The CIA professionals operating the drones were not taking any chances...
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An editorial and an updated resource released today detail the radicalizing influence American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki continues to exert, five years after his death. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen targeted by a U.S. drone strike...
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In an op-ed, CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace details the number of violent extremists who wre directly inspired by American-born imam turned al-Qaeda terror plotter Anwar al-Awlaki, even years after his death, due to the popularity of his videos on...
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There are also new concerns that other members of the bombing suspect’s family may have had pro-jihadist views, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues. “It seems like the family may have adopted some of the same viewpoints as he did, but again...
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The attackers in San Bernardino, Orlando and New York all had expressed support for the Islamic State, and they and the Boston bombers were devotees of the voluminous online work of Mr. Awlaki, who was killed in an American drone strike in 2011. He...
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Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki continues to radicalize U.S. and European extremists five years after his death, accused New York and New Jersey bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami being the latest example. A new CEP resource profiles dozens of U.S. and European...
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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