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Turkey has Long Been an Important Support Base for Islamic State

Late last week, Turkey announced the capture of a high-ranking member of Islamic State (IS) in Istanbul, initially believed to be the new leader, though that is now uncertain. Since its rise in 2014, IS financiers and logisticians have cultivated and maintained robust support networks throughout Turkey, but now, it …

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Behind the Scenes of the U.S. Government’s Recent Foreign Terrorist Organization De-listings

Over the course of a single day last month, the U.S. State Department removed five terrorist groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list, more than it has ever done before in one action. The State Department revoked FTO designations of several groups now considered defunct, including Aum Shinrikyo, Basque …

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Merrily at Work: Clash of Civilizations

Avail Practical Classes Free-of-Cost In 1993 an essay appeared in a US journal: “Clash of Civilisations” by Samuel Huntington which later appeared as a book [The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington]. In the very first chapter we find: “One grim Weltanschauung [“philosophy …

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