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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 Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the fight for Mosul, Russian hacking and drones used by ISIS that killed two Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq.
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Western governments have criticised social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for being slow to stop the spread of terrorist material. But few critics have as much technical expertise as Hany Farid, a professor of computer...
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The poisonous rhetoric of Anwar al-Awlaki, a smooth-talking American-born imam who taught Muslims in San Diego in the years leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become a constant factor in homegrown terror plots since his death five years...
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In an op-ed, CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace details the number of violent extremists who wre directly inspired by American-born imam turned al-Qaeda terror plotter Anwar al-Awlaki, even years after his death, due to the popularity of his videos on...
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There are also new concerns that other members of the bombing suspect’s family may have had pro-jihadist views, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues. “It seems like the family may have adopted some of the same viewpoints as he did, but again...
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The attackers in San Bernardino, Orlando and New York all had expressed support for the Islamic State, and they and the Boston bombers were devotees of the voluminous online work of Mr. Awlaki, who was killed in an American drone strike in 2011. He...
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The New York/New Jersey bombing suspect's written praise for radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is another grim reminder that this icon of global jihad continues to inspire terror attacks long after he was killed in a U.S. drone strike. The Counter...
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and Hany Farid, CEP Senior Advisor, respond to a Post editorial about the eGLYPH technology. They write: "The Counter Extremism Project has developed technology to help Internet and social-media companies remove...
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Rahami's screed also praised 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden and Nidal Hasan, the former Army officer who went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was also a follower of Awlaki. The Counter Extremism Project’s research...
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CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the bombing investigation in New York and New Jersey and the radicalization of suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami.
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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