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Former Al-Qaeda Propagandist Launches Anti-Extremism Initiatives
June 07, 2019
A US convert to Islam who spearheaded the most successful al-Qaeda online radicalization and recruitment publications rejected radical Islamism while incarcerated for terrorism and is now working with US authorities to launch online magazines and counter-jihadi organizations that will help to counter violent Islamist extremism.
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IS Signals Expansion to Southern Africa
June 07, 2019
An announcement by Islamic State (IS) information networks claiming responsibility for a recent clash of "caliphate forces" with the "Crusader army" of Mozambique's military signals the jihadist group’s expansion beyond the Sahel region into the southern region of Africa.
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Taliban Reject Local Peace Activists, Stonewall US Talks
June 05, 2019
Leadership of the Islamist extremist Taliban rejected calls for a ceasefire by one of the country’s local peace movements and reiterated that a precondition for peace negotiations with the US and the Afghan government is the full withdrawal of American forces from the country.
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Hezbollah Opposes Anticipated US Peace Plan
June 05, 2019
Leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite extremist group, say they will oppose the anticipated US peace plan for Israel and Palestine, warning the US and its regional allies “will pay a heavy price” for a plan they say will disrupt the Mideast balance of power between Saudi Arabia’s Sunni theocracy and Iran’s Shiite theocracy.
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Islamists Destabilize Central Africa
June 05, 2019
Islamist rebels affiliated with the Islamic State perpetrated an attack on civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the ongoing destabilization of Central Africa by radical Islamist groups active on the continent.
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