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US Court Ruling on Turkish Bank Indicted for Sanctions Busting on Iran Highlights Islamist Regime Cooperation
October 14, 2020
A Manhattan federal judge on October 1 refused to dismiss an indictment accusing Halkbank, a public lender majority-owned by the Turkish government, of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions highlighting the links between counter-terrorism and financial crime.
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IS Uses Social Media to Urge Followers to Kidnap US Politicians & Celebrities
October 13, 2020
IS is using the Telegram platform to call on its followers to kidnap high-profile American politicians and celebrities and their children, to be held as hostages to exchange for an al-Qaeda-affiliated Pakistan woman currently under US custody for attempted murder of American military personnel.
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Islamism & Territorial Revisionism Are Drivers of Turkey's Geopolitical Project in Eurasia & National Brain Drain
October 09, 2020
Transnational Islamism and territorial revisionism are the main drivers of Turkey's geopolitical project for hegemony in Eurasia, leading to social repression and political-economic instability resulting in an estimated three quarters of young Turkish citizens expressing a preference to leave Turkey.
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OIC's Islamic Development Bank Emerges as Key Actor in Global Islamist Networks
October 09, 2020
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Islamic Development Bank, the multilateral development and finance institution representing the interests of the OIC's 57 member-states, has emerged as a key entity in facilitating the cooperation of international networks of deep state actors and transnational societal actors that are committed to a global Islamist agenda.
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Expanding Jihadism in Mozambique Generates Human, Energy, and Security Costs
October 09, 2020
The expanding jihadist insurgency in the East African country of Mozambique has generated hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons and increasing civilian casualties, weakening the security environment in the fragile state and putting at risk the potential energy dividends related to the country's huge natural gas reserves.