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Tunisia's Fragile Democracy Faces Growing Radical Islamist Threat
August 10, 2015
The fragile democratization process in Tunisia faces increasing threats from aggressive recruitment by radical Islamist terror groups, exacerbated by domestic economic malaise and blowback from the government's security crackdown against Islamist extremism.
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Europe Faces a Radical Islamist Threat in Bosnia
August 10, 2015
International security experts point to Saudi Arabia's cultivation of extremist Islamist ideas and religious leaders in Bosnia dating to the 1990s, plus the country's economic malaise and fractured security institutions, as cause for concern in Europe about the steady growth of Islamist terrorism in Bosnia.
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Islamist Extremists Abduct More Mideast Christians in Ongoing Jihad in Syria
August 10, 2015
Islamic State ("IS") forces have abducted dozens of Syrian Orthodox Christians from the recently captured strategic town of Qariyatain, continuing the jihadis' religious cleansing against Mideast Christianity.
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US and Russia Seek Common Approach to Countering IS Threat
August 10, 2015
The United States and Russia are engaged in high-level discussions about the optimal approach to collaborating against the "common threat" of the Islamic State ("IS"), including cooperation with Mideast regional players in promoting a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Syria.
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Islamic State Targets Saudi Mosque in Battle of Extremist Islamisms
August 10, 2015
Given that the Islamic State ("IS") has condemned the Wahhabi Islamist government of Saudi Arabia as an apostate tool of Western crusaders, IS's latest lethal suicide attack against a Saudi mosque signals the growing battle between the two extremist Islamist camps.