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August 16, 2023

[Translated from German] “Experts are irritated by this approach. 'It is hardly possible that a family built up a criminal organization alone over the years and operated,' says Alexander Ritzmann, who is at the think tank Counter-Extremism Project...

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August 16, 2023

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There is ample evidence that the both al-Qaeda as well as the Islamic State affiliates that operate in West Africa are trying to take advantage of this situation. There has been just a couple...

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August 15, 2023

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "On this day, 25 years ago, not long after the ink had dried on the Good Friday Agreement, a car bomb exploded in the market town of Omagh in Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The bomb had been set in the town’s...

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"David Ibsen, the Executive Director of ‘The Counter Extremism Project’, explained that nationalists view the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan wars as a great tragedy (source). This somewhat explains why the group are seeking to consolidate...

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August 14, 2023

"In the Pacific Northwest, the group has defaced civil rights and Pride murals, and monuments and signs that promote equality, a tactic it employs nationally, according to the Counter Extremism Project, The Seattle Times reported."

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August 9, 2023

CEP report linked to: "In 2005 a Danish newspaper published a number of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammed, which led to a global battle of values over the relationship between freedom of expression and religion. Despite multiple terrorist...

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August 9, 2023

"Ian Acheson, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told The Independent that 'police officers in Northern Ireland don’t need much of an excuse to look for another job at the moment'. 'You’ve got to see this in context – not just of the...

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August 9, 2023

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "But in this part of the UK, police officers face an enduring and unique threat from a terrorist gang that is desperate to maintain its relevance by murdering them. Dissident republican terrorists who reject...

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August 8, 2023

ICYMI: CEP Warns Of Regional Destabilization Post Niger Coup

On July 26, soldiers detained President Mohamed Bazoum and seized power in Niger in a military coup. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler shared his analysis of the coup incited by General Abdourahmane Tchiani with...

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Cyberterrorism – The Paradigm of Deterring, Detecting, and Defending

As a highly complex construct, what is referred to as cyberspace includes the World Wide Web, social media platforms, and intranets as well as other networks such as telephone networks, satellite communication networks, the Global Positioning System...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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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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