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IS Attacks Over Speech Rights Reveal Strengths of Virtual Caliphate
November 13, 2020
The recent attacks in Europe over free speech is a warning of the deeper structural challenges of the IS “virtual caliphate,” which is increasingly global and effective at using social media platforms and AI (artificial intelligence) tools to recruit, radicalize, and activate Islamist extremists.
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IS Militants Use Mass Beheadings in Jihadist Campaign in Mozambique
November 13, 2020
Jihadist militants in Mozambique affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) are engaging in patterns of mass beheadings to terrorize civilians and depopulate areas around the country’s geopolitically crucial natural gas reserves, destabilizing the southeastern region of Africa on the Indian Ocean.
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Terrorism Not New in the EU
November 11, 2020
A recent article in Modern Diplomacy explains that jihadist terrorism is not new in the European Union but there has been a new wave of islamist attacks since 2015 with The goal of making EU countries an Islamic state governed only by Islamic Sharia law.
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US Court Moves forward Turkish Bank Indictments
November 11, 2020
The US Southern District of New York (SDNY) will move forward on indictments against two major Turkish banks for financing Hamas terrorist attacks revealing NATO-member Turkey's support for illicit financing of jihadist activities worldwide.
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Afghan Woman Blinded in Suspected Taliban Attack
November 11, 2020
As she left her job in a local police station in eastern Afghanistan, a 33-year-old Afghan woman was deliberately blinded in an attack by three assailants believed to be Taliban associates connected to her father.
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