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[Link] ‘Death weapons’ : Inside a teenage terrorist network
Read: 4/8/2022 www.politico.eu
When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair. The site is about 45 minutes from the center of Potsdam, a city just southwest of Berlin, Germany.
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[Link] ‘Head of propaganda’ for UK neo-Nazi group faces jail after conviction
Read: 1/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
A man has been convicted of acting as “head of propaganda” for a banned neo-Nazi terror group set up to wage a race war in Britain.
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[Link] The young loyalist who dared contemplate the idea of a ‘new’, united, Ireland
Read: 22/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
He was the teenage supermarket worker who shocked MPs examining loyalist anger in Northern Ireland by claiming that sometimes violence “was the only tool you have left”. Joel Keys left the committee chair, Tory MP Simon Hoare, “chilled and appalled” and he faced a media backlash.
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[Link] Meet the Antisemitic QAnon Leader Who Led Followers to Dallas to Meet JFK
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
On Tuesday morning, hundreds of QAnon followers gathered on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, believing they were going to see John F. Kennedy reappear. These people had traveled from all over the U.S.
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[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours gather in Tehran to discuss its future
Read: 4/11/2021 www.aljazeera.com
Iran says the main goal of the event is to emphasise the call for the formation of an ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan.
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[Link] QAnon Surfer Accused of Killing His Own Kids May Mount Mental Health Defense
Read: 1/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Lawyers for the man accused of killing his own children with a spear gun because he was radicalized by QAnon conspiracy theories are seeking to delay his trial by six months to properly assess his mental health.
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[Link] Capital Rioter Begged to Be Released From ‘Cult-Like’ Patriot Wing of DC Jail
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. An alleged Capitol rioter was released to the custody of his parents Tuesday after a judge in the case said he was surrounded by the “toxic environment” of the D.C. jail holding dozens of January 6 defendants.
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[Link] Social networks struggle to crack down on ‘incel’ movement
Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Despite years of strict moderation from major social networks, the “incel” community remains as influential as it was in 2014, when an English 22-year-old killed seven people on the streets of Isla Vista, California, motivated by his hatred of women.
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