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September 22, 2014

The United States should stop going out of its way to avoid calling the military initiative against the Islamic State (ISIS) a war, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Mark Wallace says. "We're clearly at war. This is absolutely a war, but...

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September 22, 2014

A new counter-terror NGO called the Counter Extremism Project debuted on Monday, which seeks to target the growing threat from radical Islamic groups on multiple fronts, one of which is exposing their financing networks.

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September 22, 2014

Amid the rise of extremist movements in the Middle East and with growing fears by Western countries that their national security interests are threatened, an American organization, with an international presence to combat extremism, kicks off in New...

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September 22, 2014

The sudden rise of the well-armed, well-financed and media-savvy Isis militant group could not have come about unless unscrupulous companies and individuals slipped money to the group or did business with it, said the founders of a new, private...

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September 22, 2014

A new group aims to hit the brutal Islamic State fanatics where it hurts — the pocketbook. It’s called the Counter Extremism Project the goal is to cut the flow of money to the murderous militants by unmasking the companies and private donors that...

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September 22, 2014

Islamic militants are using violent video games with scenes of violence and killing to entice young men and women into their ranks. The sophistication and money that Isis have spent on social media and PR has surprised many in the West. A new U.S...

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September 22, 2014

The leader of a Manhattan-based non-profit that tries to put pressure on Iran by publicly criticizing people and firms who do business there announced on Monday he is launching a new non-profit devoted to tracking terrorist financing. The...

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September 22, 2014

…The U.S is becoming increasingly focused on finding out precisely where the group's money is coming from. Barack Obama and other leaders will discuss the issue at next week's annual United Nations General Assembly. And a new U.S-based research group...

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September 22, 2014

A new nonprofit that was established Monday seeks to "name and shame" the sources of financing for Islamist extremist groups and bring public pressure to cut them off.

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September 22, 2014

A group of top former government officials on Monday launched a new organization devoted to fighting global extremism, including a program that will study the digital strategy of groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in an...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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