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On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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"The non-profit Counter Extremism Project believes there have been 51 incidents of vehicles used as a weapon in terror attacks around the world since 2006, with 197 killed as a result and 1,102 injured.”
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"This week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose work focuses on analyzing and identifying altered photo and video...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce blacklisted 11 Chinese firms this week accused of human rights violations. The companies were involved in using forced labor by Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups—a practice actively promoted by Beijing and which...
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Leaders of the European Union (EU) last week received an unprecedented letter from 235 lawmakers representing 30 nations and 25 EU member states, urging the body to ban Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah and designate it in its entirety as a terrorist...
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"A former officer in the army of Saddam Hussein, he joined the ranks of Al-Qaeda after the US invasion of Iraq and Hussein's capture in 2003, according to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think-tank."
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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "The repeated failure to properly regulate hate speech on social media platforms has consistently facilitated the radicalization of extremists across the nation. The ease of access to hyperviolent imagery...
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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: "Writing exclusively for the Daily Express today, counter terrorism chief and executive director of the CEP said: 'Research has uncovered direct ties between al-Awlaki and 99 other extremisms.'"
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CEP Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "Islamism is the particular name for a political ideology which seeks to establish an Islamic state. Its adherents range from those working within democracy to those willing to murder civilians to achieve this aim...
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"Through analysis of blockchain data, it is sometimes possible to identify an account holder with 'a high degree of mathematical certainty,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, an international policy...
CounterPoint Blog
Following is the latest blogpost analysis on the threat of bioterrorism with a historical perspective of bioweapons used by extremist groups, individuals, and states. The previous update, which provides a broad overview of that threat, can be read...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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