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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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"After the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, national attention focused on extreme right-wing groups in the country. Some groups retreated from public view and became more active online, but the groups never went away, said...
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"To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay recently travelled to Poland to take part in official commemorations. On site, she visited...
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“Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests, Syrian Defense Minister Msurhaf Abu Qasra said in an interview this week...
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"“White supremacist extremists will likely continue to see the FBI as a threat to their organizing and as a convenient opponent in propaganda,” said Joshua Fisher Birch, a terrorism analyst at the non-profit Counter Extremism Project."
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“Today, the alignment of big tech companies with Donald Trump – and with the global far right – has become obvious. But it wasn’t always like this. A well-aligned public relations pitch, a team of lobbyists with various ideological hues and...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Ive yet to meet an oncologist, thank God. But if I did turn up to be told I had cancer I wouldn’t expect him to start treating me with a chainsaw. That was my thought this morning when I read that our national...
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“Last month, the United Nations (U.N.) released its "Action Plan to Enhance Monitoring and Response to Antisemitism," partially in response to a "surge in antisemitic incidents targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in Europe, the United States of...
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“Nearly 70 people were killed and up to 50 others wounded during 24 hours of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Wednesday. At least 15 Puntland soldiers and more than 50...
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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