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IS Uses Black Markets in Iraq, Syria to Spur Resurgence
January 17, 2018
Islamic State (IS) actors are penetrating a broad range of sectors in the black-market economies in Iraq and Syria to rebuild the financial resources that can enable a military resurgence of the Islamist terror group’s caliphate operations.
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Representative at OIC Meeting Floats Idea of Phasing out Dollar
January 17, 2018
At a summit of the Parliamentary Union of the 57 member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a representative floated the idea that member-states should phase out the US dollar from the economies of “Muslim countries” as a means of economically punishing America.
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Court Sentences San Diego Man for Supporting IS Terrorism
January 17, 2018
A federal US court sentenced a San Diego man to 10 years in prison for obstructing federal authorities’ inquiry into an American-Canadian group of Islamic State (IS) fighters and for illegal possession of a weapons cache related to material support for Islamist terrorists in Syria.
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London Photo Heightens Debate over Nigerian Salafism
January 17, 2018
A photo of two Nigerian Islamic clerics shopping in Western-style dress in London has catalyzed an intensive online debate in Islamist circles about the hypocrisy and tyranny of religion associated with the expanding socio-religious influence of Saudi-Wahhabi-supported Salafism in Nigeria.
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Germany Expands Paramilitary Force to Counter Islamist Extremism
January 17, 2018
German security officials are expanding an elite paramilitary force comprising urban police units with expertise in biochemical attacks and hostage rescue operations, with the formation of a second unit in Berlin to complement the existing Bonn unit serving as a response to an assessment of the growing threat from Islamist extremist-terrorist activity across Europe.
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