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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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CEP reported referenced: "La derecha radical en Europa y en Estados Unidos ve la pandemia como una 'oportunidad"'que debe aprovecharse para atraer a nuevos militantes, procedentes de los movimientos antivacunas y conspiracionistas, previene el...
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"Al-Adel, whose name also figures on the ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list, was also part of the group that trained Aideed’s militants in countering the US forces in Somalia. 'Adel played a crucial role in building al-Qaeda’s operational capabilities and...
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with J.J. Green about al-Qaeda deputy leader Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, a.k.a. Abu Muhammad al-Masri, and his assassination in Tehran by Israeli operatives in August 2020.
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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: "' It is outrageous for the founder of one of Britain’s largest charities to slander people in this manner,' he told The National. 'Unfortunately, Dr El Banna’s comments did not occur in a vacuum. He is only...
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"According to the US-based Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think tank, he was arrested in Iran in 2003 and freed in 2015 in a prisoner exchange. He was still believed to be in Iran in 2018 as one of al-Zawahiri’s key deputies. 'Adel played a crucial...
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"The killing of Ag Moussa, a former soldier in the Mali army who turned to jihadism, could thus be even more significant. According to the Counter-Extremism Project (CEP), he in 2017 became the operational chief of GISM under its leader Iyad Ag Ghaly...
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"Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of think-tank the Counter Extremism Project, expanded on what the security risk involved with the Al-Hol release would look like. 'There is a significant [number] of Syrians in Al-Hol who did not de-radicalize — if...
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"The U.S.-based Counter Extremism Project (CEP), reported to Telegram what it described in a release as a channel 'made for sharing videos and written instructions for the homemade manufacture of explosives.' The channel was created on October 29...
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"In the region, security forces have been fighting a group called Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jammah. ASWJ officially pledged allegiance to IS last year and became part of its Islamic State Central Africa Province, according to the New York-based Counter...
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CEP's Joshua Fisher-Birch quoted: " 'Following Election Day, channels that make up the neo-Nazi accelerationist and extreme white supremacist sphere of Telegram have continued to declare that they cannot use the political system to meet their demands...
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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