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Shiite Sectarian Forces Penetrate Iraqi Military
August 13, 2019
The penetration of pro-Iranian, Shiite forces into Iraq's military is expanding Iran's footprint in the Middle East and generating a Sunni sectarian backlash favoring a reconstituted Islamic State.
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Turkey Secures Appointment on CoE Body on Domestic Violence
August 13, 2019
Turkey's Islamist regime scored a victory with the announcement by the Council of Europe (CoE) of the appointment of an executive board member of the Turkish government-funded Maarif Foundation to the CoE's Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
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Kazakhstan Experiments with Female IS Rehab Program
August 12, 2019
Kazakhstan is experimenting with a rehabilitation and deradicalization program for female returnees who either fought with the Islamic State (IS) or were part of IS families in Iraq and Syria, in a program whose success rate is being closely followed by Western countries.
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State Funding for Islamism Is in Conflict with World Order
August 12, 2019
State funding from countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey to networks of political, cultural, and religious entities premised on Islamism is in conflict with the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention on which the modern world order operates.
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CIA Funds Special Military-Intelligence Unit in Afghanistan
August 12, 2019
The concern of Western Alliance states that extremist Islamist groups may capture control of Afghanistan after the anticipated US troop withdrawal under negotiation between the US and the Taliban underlies the CIA's funding of a special military-intelligence force operating to root out extremists in the country.