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IS Claims New York Attacker Was Caliphate Soldier
November 08, 2017
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for this week’s vehicle terror attack that killed eight people in Manhattan, identifying the perpetrator, who asked for the black flag of IS to be hung in his hospital room after treatment from his wound sustained during apprehension by police, as a soldier of the caliphate.
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Turkish Islamization Goes Local as Erdogan Purges Mayors
November 08, 2017
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to drive state Islamization by drilling down to local levels of governance, commanding mayors from the country’s largest municipalities to resign on the basis of his interpretation of authentic Islam and his evaluation of personal loyalty.
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US Extradites IS Supporter from Bosnia
November 08, 2017
The US extradited a Kosovar green card holder from Bosnia to face charges of providing material support to the Islamic State (IS) by recruiting in the IS Border Office in Turkey foreign fighters from the US, Europe, and Australia as jihadis in Iraq and Syria.
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Raid on Bin Laden Hideout Show Iran Links
November 08, 2017
The US government has released the trove of al-Qaeda documents and video files, including Osama Bin Laden's personal diary, captured during the raid on the jihadist leader's Pakistan compound, revealing a complex, mutually opportunistic relationship between the Islamist terror group and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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New York Attacker Planned Assault for a Year
November 08, 2017
The Uzbek national with a US green card who perpetrated the recent deadly truck attack in Manhattan had been planning the assault for a year, was known as a radical among American Muslim communities where he resided, and was described by US authorities as "a voracious consumer" of Islamic State (IS) materials.
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