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CEP is releasing new resources on violent Islamist group the Haqqani network and its leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Haqqani network was identified by U.S. officials as being responsible for recent bombings and attacks in the Afghan capital.
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British ISIS recruiter and propagandist Junaid Hussain was reportedly killled in Syria by a U.S. airstrike. In a statement, CEP said it hopes the strike will weaken ISIS’s online ability to radicalize, recruit, and incite to violence.
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Southeast Asian Jihadist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) made international headlines with bombings targeting tourists in Bali in 2002 and 2005 that killed 222 people, but the group has a long and violent history spanning decades.
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The Counter Extremism Project added reports on spiritual advisors Musa Robert Cerantonio and Ahmad Musa Jibril and 18 others to the Global Extremist Registry, a searchable database of the world’s most notorious extremist leaders, propagandists...
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Competition among extremist groups defines Libya today. CEP profiles one of the most powerful, Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL), the union of two smaller groups that took part in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans...
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CEP is releasing a new resource on the origins, leadership and violent history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As the U.S. draws down forces, the Afghan government is battling ncreased Taliban attacks while simultaneously pursuing peace...
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CEP is releasing updated resources on Muhsin al-Fadhli, the leader of the secretive Khorasan group who was reportedly killed by a U.S. drone strike in Syria, as well as his likely successor and deputy, Sanafi al-Nasr.
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The Counter Extremism Project condemed the brutal act of domestic terror that claimed the lives of four brave U.S. Marines and wounded three at a Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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As the Iraqi army suffers setbacks in its battle against ISIS, Shiite militias, anti-American and anti-Sunni, have become a key element in Iraq's military strategy. CEP profiles three of the most powerful Shiite militias, the Badr Organization, Asaib...
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CEP Europe Announces Campaigns to Counter Extremist Narratives, Squelch Social Media Propaganda and Recruitment; Group Opens Offices in London, Berlin and Brussels as Part of Larger Continental Effort
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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