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März 1, 2017

A group that monitors extremist activity on Wednesday called for the parent company of WordPress.com to shut down websites the group says are used by the Islamic State and al-Qaeda affiliates to publicize ‘vile’ and violent acts, including videos of...

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Februar 27, 2017

“Fortunately, Farid is thinking about some of society’s most menacing issues.“Hany is creative, unrelenting and above all, a problem-solver,” said Mark Wallace, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and current CEO of the Counter Extremism...

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Februar 23, 2017

Governments across Europe have accidentally paid taxpayer-funded welfare benefits such as unemployment funds, disability pensions and housing allowances to Islamic State militants who have used the money to wage war in Iraq and Syria, authorities and...

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Februar 23, 2017

Islamic State group fighters are funding their jihad with taxpayer-funded welfare benefits from European Union governments. In France, officials said they will no longer give welfare to the hundreds of citizens who have joined ISIS in Syria. France...

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Februar 22, 2017

There are essentially three ways terrorists can be stopped from committing violent acts across the world. They can be killed with drones and other targeted attacks, prevented from accessing materials leading to radicalisation via the internet or they...

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Februar 21, 2017

CEP President Fran Townsend joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss President Trump's revised travel ban and his newly appointed National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster.

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Februar 21, 2017

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses what may be different in the expected new Pentagon plan for fighting ISIS. Maller said the coming plan should also address fighting ISIS online, including getting Internet and social media companies to take down...

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Februar 18, 2017

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses leaks of classified information and other national security topics with Connell McShane on the Imus in The Morning program.

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Februar 15, 2017

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses possible replacements for National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn, who resigned from his post.

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Februar 14, 2017

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the ramifications of the resignation of national Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn on CBS This Morning.

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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