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Pakistan Suffers Domestic Blowback from Supporting Violent Islamists
February 05, 2016
The recent Taliban assault on a university in the northwest part of the country points to the entrenchment of extremist Islamist groups inside Pakistan, homegrown blowback resulting from the military's willingness to collaborate with radical Islamists as a foreign policy tool against India and Afghanistan.
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Iraq Battle with IS Extends to Cyberspace
February 05, 2016
The Iraq government is intensifying its war against the Islamic State ("IS") in cyberspace, as Baghdad is trying to persuade satellite companies to terminate service in IS territories to eliminate a source of caliphate propaganda and jihadi recruitment.
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Indonesia Will Host OIC Summit on Palestine-Israel Issues
February 05, 2016
In an effort to show global Islamic solidarity, the world's largest Muslim-majority county, Indonesia, will host the global Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") in a forthcoming extraordinary session to discuss Palestine's independence and Muslims' access to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
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Iran, UNESCO Promote Cultural Site Preservation
February 05, 2016
Iran's President pledged to cooperate with the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") on initiatives to prevent radical Islamists from destroying cultural sites, arguing that site preservation of cultural patrimony is an important component of broader educational efforts to counter violent extremism.
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Witness Raises Terrorism Concerns in France
February 05, 2016
According to an interview with a woman who tipped off French police regarding the location of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the leader of the Paris attacks in November that killed 130 people, Abaaoud told her that he had traveled to France with approximately 90 extremists without documents who are now spread throughout the Paris region.
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