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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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“Five Americans were recently killed in terror attacks in Syria and Kenya. Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project Lucinda Creighton says complacency, online radicalization, and tech companies are a big part of the problem.”
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“According to a new Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report, far-right groups are using Islamist techniques to recruit new followers. David Ibsen, CEP’s executive director, says: '[The far-right] Portraying themselves in this way is definitely a...
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CEP Senior Advisory Dr. Hany Farid writes: "From child sexual exploitation to the sale of illegal drugs, extremism, and mis-information, the titans of technology have failed us. Given the pattern of behavior that we have seen over the past nearly two...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: Terrorism is a phenomenon that knows no borders. The threat of extremist violence is a part of everyday life around the world, a fact that was demonstrated again and again in 2018. Due to the...
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CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "It is widely recognised that the challenge of nationalism and illiberalism has been mounting in Europe for some years now. Political and social extremism are both on the rise. The curled lip and barbed...
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"In December 2015, Buhari was confident enough to declare Boko Haram "technically" defeated. But the truth of that statement has since been repeatedly questioned. Suicide bombings and hit-and-run raids persisted, while troops were unable to stop...
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“In December 2015, Buhari was confident enough to declare Boko Haram 'technically' defeated. But the truth of that statement has since been repeatedly questioned. Suicide bombings and hit-and-run raids persisted, while troops were unable to stop...
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"Mr Ashcroft was a young National Front (NF) member in the 1990s but left after an influential secret agent diverted him from the group. He warned that far-right and neo-Nazi organisations had become a resurgent force in the digital age, illustrated...
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CEP Senior Advisor and President of the Terrorism Analysis Center Jean-Charles Brisard discusses the wave of European terrorist attacks that began with the Charlie Hebdo murders four years ago, how the nature of attacks has changed, and the need for...
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"A former prison governor who led an official review into Islamist extremism in prisons has said jails in the UK have become “incubators” of radical behaviour, and repeated calls for the most subversive offenders to be separated from other inmates...
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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