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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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"According to Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, he detected an uptick in the promotion of the 'unnamed org' and the decentralized cell model as early as last year, when the FBI began dismantling the Base, and...
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" An influx of newcomers from platforms such as Parler in recent weeks, coupled with Telegram's moves to take down some content inciting violence, have left some far-right networks on the platform in a state of confusion, said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Jonathan Hall QC, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has launched an inquiry into how our prison service is managing the threat posed by terrorism. The backdrop to his review is the...
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CEP report referenced: "A recent report commissioned by the German foreign ministry describes 'a new leaderless transnational apocalyptically minded, violent far-right extremist movement' that has emerged over the past decade."
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"'During the last few years, a new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic and violent extreme right-wing movement has emerged,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project. 'The extreme right-wing movement is connected...
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CEP Advisory Board Member Sir Ivor Roberts writes: "As far as Hamza is concerned, America’s justice system should be left under no illusion that the safest place for him to stay is behind bars in their tough jail system. Sending him home puts the...
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CEP Advisory Board Member Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "But Sir Ivor Roberts, the Foreign Office's former head of counter-terrorism, last night said a return for Hamza would be the 'last thing' UK cops and spooks would need. And writing exclusively for...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson quoted: "Professor Acheson, of Staffordshire University, said yesterday that the most extreme prisoners were skilled in countering deradicalisation strategies and quick results could not be expected. He said that it was...
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"'Actors within this movement largely see the COVID-19 pandemic as a chance to spread their ideology more widely and to reach a broader recruitment base,' warned the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a nonprofit nongovernmental organization...
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"According to Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, Nazzaro’s latest experiment seems like a rip-off of how he first crafted the Base, which went from being a network to a terror group in a matter of months."
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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