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IS Sleeper Cells Activate in Disputed Areas of Iraq
March 01, 2018
Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells have begun to stage military ambushes and targeted assassinations and kidnappings in the strategically significant areas of Iraqi territory that remain disputed between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government in Erbil, raising serious concerns about the possibility of a broader revival of IS.
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Saudi Arabia Announces First-Ever Opening to Female "Soldiers"
March 01, 2018
As part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's widely publicized liberalization of the Islamic theocratic kingdom, the Saudi government has announced that it will permit women to apply for "soldier" positions, specifically, for posts in limited traffic and mosque patrol and police administrative activities in a short list of cities.
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Facebook Hires Counter-Terrorism "Intervention Providers"
March 01, 2018
Facebook is testing a program for "intervention providers" as an approach to countering the radicalization and recruitment of violent Islamists through social media platforms, hiring and training former victims of Islamist extremism, as well as former Islamist extremists, to search web profiles and to talk down radicals trolling in Facebook messenger.
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Bahraini Jihadist Group Releases Iran-Style Logo
March 01, 2018
The Bahraini jihadist group Saraya al Ashtar released a new logo incorporating the branding of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a calculated identity recalibration designed to convey the Bahraini group’s participation in the Shiite “Axis of Resistance” committed to “deterrence and martyrdom” against Sunni Islamist states and American allies in the Mideast.
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Pakistan Avoids FATF "Grey List" at Paris Meeting
March 01, 2018
Despite a push from the US and other members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to add Pakistan to the global money-laundering watchdog's "grey list" because of evidence of its government's financial and other support for extremist, violent Islamist groups, the FATF decided not to add Pakistan to this list at a recent meeting.
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