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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] US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike

Read: 12/7/2022 www.theguardian.com

The US military killed a leader of the Islamic State on Tuesday in an airstrike in Syria, Joe Biden said.

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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] Reclusive Taliban supreme leader makes rare public appearance

Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, made a rare public appearance in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban officials announced on Sunday, contradicting widespread rumours of his death.

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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.

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[Link] Organised crime going undetected, says AFP, as Australian hits US ‘most wanted’ list

Read: 17/10/2021 www.smh.com.au

A top security official has warned that 90 per cent of Australia’s organised crime groups are operating with relative impunity, as police say employees of the Australian arm of Dubai’s government air services company have been used to infiltrate Sydney airport and smuggle drugs.

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[Link] The Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

Read: 11/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The US has agreed to provide humanitarian aid but refused to give political recognition to Afghanistan's new rulers, the Taliban says. The statement came at the end of the first direct talks between the former foes since the chaotic withdrawal of Coalition troops at the end of August.

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[Link] Taliban to give Al-Qaeda covert, not overt support: analysts

Read: 6/9/2021 www.france24.com

The Taliban will offer support to Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan more discreetly than during their first period in power when they openly embraced the terror network, analysts say.

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[Link] Does the fall of Kabul increase the terror threat to the west?

Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

In three days in earlier this month Islamist militants killed more than 120 civilians in a series of attacks in the Sahel, a belt of increasingly anarchic and violent territory across Africa, where such groups have gone from strength to strength in recent years.

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[Link] Taliban Carry Coffins Draped With US Flag in Celebration of Their Victory

Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com

August 31 has been declared “Freedom Day” in Afghanistan by members of the Taliban, who celebrated the final departure of the United States by parading through the streets with coffins draped in American and NATO flags.

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[Link] ‘We Will Hunt You Down’: Biden Promises U.S. Retaliation for ISIS Attacks in Kabul

Read: 27/8/2021 www.vice.com

President Joe Biden has indicated that the United States will retaliate against the ISIS-affiliated suicide bomb attacks at Kabul’s international airport on Thursday afternoon – promising to “hunt down” the terrorists responsible. At least 90 Afghans and 12 U.S. Service Members – 11 U.S.

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[Link] Who is ISIS-K, the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan that has the Taliban worried?

Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Deadly explosions have rocked the edge Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport overnight killing and injuring locals wanting to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, as well as US military personnel trying to help the evacuation effort.

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[Link] The Unexpected Places the Taliban Got Rich From Before Taking Over Afghanistan

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

The extremist group made a staggering $1.6 billion last year, a key factor that helped them gain control of Afghanistan at lightning speed. On the streets of Kabul after the Taliban takeover, Afghans were running from one empty ATM to the next. Prices soared, the U.S. froze $9.

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[Link] YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban

Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify their rules on the group that is in control of Afghanistan. After U.S.

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[Link] Twitter Refuses to Ban Taliban Accounts, Vows to Remain ‘Vigilant’ Moderating Content

Read: 26/8/2021 www.yahoo.com

Twitter will allow Taliban-affiliated accounts to continue using its platform despite its policies against glorification of violence and threats.

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[Link] WhatsApp Can’t Ban the Taliban Because It Can’t Read Their Texts

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban have effectively taken control of Afghanistan, entering the capital Kabul as U.S. diplomats and allies flee the country.

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[Link] Neo-Nazi Leader Gets Prison for Disturbing Threats Against Journalists

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

Thanks in part to Santa Claus stamps, a leader of the neo-Nazi terror group Atomwaffen Division, or AWD, has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening journalists and activists. Cameron Shea, 25, was first arrested in February 2020.

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[Link] One of the World's Most Wanted Terrorists is Strolling Freely Through Kabul

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

One of the United States’ most wanted terrorists and a senior member of a group with strong ties to al-Qaida appeared in the Afghan capital of Kabul late last week.

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[Link] Fears of neo-Nazis in military ranks after ex-soldier’s passport cancelled

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The first neo-Nazi to have his passport cancelled on national security grounds is a former Australian soldier, raising fears the Australian Defence Force is at risk of infiltration by extremists.

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[Link] From kickboxing to Adolf Hitler: the neo-Nazi plan to recruit angry young men

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

An unprecedented look inside Australia’s radical fringe shows their deep links to violent international groups, and what they’ll do if they are banned.

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[Link] What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Five years ago, I began to notice that the perpetrators of some of the worst terrorist attacks had something in common.

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[Link] Facebook and tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database

Read: 28/7/2021 www.reuters.com

July 26 (Reuters) - A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest U.S. tech companies including Facebook (FB.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.

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