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Returning Balkan Jihadis Present Security Challenges
August 15, 2017
Balkan jihadis returning to Bosnia and surrounding countries from their fight to support the Islamic State caliphate in Syria are a complex amalgam of Islamist extremists, criminals, and mercenaries who present a sociopolitical integration and security challenge for Europe.
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China Blocks UN Efforts Against Militant Islamism in Pakistan
August 15, 2017
China extended its hold on a proposal at the UN to designate a widely known Pakistani Islamist militant as a terrorist, thereby intensifying US concerns that China and Pakistan are willing to pursue their shared geopolitical objectives in Southwest Asia by supporting radical Islamist groups.
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Burkina Faso Attack Confirms Expanding Islamist Footprint
August 14, 2017
Authorities suspect a coalition of radical Islamist groups as the perpetrator of a suicide attack against a restaurant popular with foreigners in Burkina Faso's capital city, signaling the spreading footprint of jihadi operations across West Africa.
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IS Continues Kidnapping to Fund Resistance in Iraq
August 14, 2017
Iraqi parliamentary officials are reporting an escalation in the practice of civilian kidnappings by Islamic State (IS) militants, who are using ransom funds, some laundered through criminal networks, to finance resistance cells aimed at preventing the reconsolidation of Iraqi state control over territories captured from the IS caliphate.
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Jihadis Continue Assaults to Weaken Pakistani State
August 14, 2017
Islamic State jihadis staged a lethal suicide attack against a Pakistani military truck, continuing the uptick in Islamist militant assaults aimed at crippling state institutions and legitimacy.
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