Funds from kidnappings and extortions by pro-IS factions continue to support their online radicalization efforts in the Philippines. This exemplifies the close nexus between the real and online world to recruit Filipino youths into terrorism. Credit: Unsplash/Rainier Ridao. A Four-Part Series on Extremism and Online Recruitment by (Part 3: Online Recruitment of Filipino Youths) Introduction …
Filipino women suspected of undergoing training on suicide bombing and explosive assembly. Credit: Joint Task Force-Sulu Handout photo Women and Children in Terrorism: A Four-Part Analysis (Part 2: Philippines-ISIS in East Asia and the CPP-NPA Communist-terrorist Network) Introduction After the retreat of the IS-Maute forces from the Marawi Siege, there is an estimated number of …
CPP-NPA terrorists in formation near their camp in 2017. Credit: AFP Introduction Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, groups affiliated with ISIS-Philippines continue efforts to recover from battlefield losses, recruiting and training new members, and staging suicide bombings and attacks with IEDs and small arms that targeted security forces and civilians. ISIS-Philippines affiliates …
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