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BBC News - Egypt's battle to end female genital mutilation - 0 views

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  • Egypt's battle to end female genital mutilation
  • court date has been se
  • June 2013.
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  • case follows the death of a 13-year-old gir
  • doctor and her father are accused of subjecting her to FGM.
  • Over 90% of Egyptian women
  • under 50
  • experienced the practice
  • being banned in 2008
  • diamond03 on 26 Oct 14
     
    The video is about individuals who are campaigning against female genital utilization (FGM). The women who does the procedure has no medical license or experience. She said the mother doesn't care of the girl dies. All she wants is for her to "cleansed". 
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BBC News - Can Iraqi militants be kept off social media sites? - 0 views

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  • co-ordinated hashtag campaigns to get its content trending on Twitter.
  • The Iraqi government responded by blocking social media sites and, in some provinces, barring access to the internet entirely.
  • But some of the most active Islamist social media accounts are still live,
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  • n Twitter using military pseudonyms,
  • The BBC spoke to a number of social networks, all of which said they did not actively monitor their sites for content promoting terrorism, but rather responded to requests from governments and individuals to remove offending material.
  • r Twitter said the company would remove a reported post that violated its rules.
  • Twitter's terms ban threats of violence and the "furtherance of illegal activities" on the site.
  • Many of the militants on Twitter redirect users to their Kik accounts.
  • Ask.fm, a
  • One Ask.fm account offered advice on how to join Isis fighters in Iraq, as well as what weapons one could expect to be equipped with on arrival.
  • Facebook and YouTube, have been more successful in removing extreme content.
  • rminated any account registered by a member of a foreign terrorist organisation - as designated by the US secretary of state - and used in an official capacity to further its interests.
  • nicolet1189 on 14 Oct 14
     
    Interesting article about challenges social media companies face in preventing and deactivating accounts with content or users linked to terrorist organizations such as ISIS.
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Can Egypt's tourism industry get back on track after Sinai crash? - Al-Monitor: the Pul... - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...ssia-crash-sinai-recovery.html tourism Egypt ISIS economy terrorism
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  • mkulach on 27 Jan 16
     
    Egypt's tourism sector has plumeted since the Russian airplane crashed due to an alleged ISIS bombing on the plane. British and Russian planes had then placed a ban on all flight to Egypt, which is about 70% of tourism in Egypt. Egypt has now created a campaign called "This is Egypt" to try and revamp its tourism sector.
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The link between Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS - Eman Nabih - 0 views

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  • cguybar on 09 Feb 16
     
    This article considers the Muslim Brotherhood to be the parent of all terrorist groups including ISIS. Even with the brotherhood denying these claims, news shows that a number of the elements in the brotherhood joined ISIS and Al-Qaeda terrorists camps.
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ISIS Detainee Tells U.S. of Militants' Plan to Use Mustard Gas - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • The Islamic State’s use of chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria has been known, but Mr. Afari’s capture has provided the United States with the opportunity to learn detailed information about the group’s secretive program, including where chemical agents were being stored and produced.
  • Mr. al-Afari was captured last month by a new Special Operations force made up primarily of Delta Force commandos shortly after they arrived in Iraq. They are the first major American combat force on the ground there since the United States pulled out of the country at the end of 2011.
  • Until recently, the United States has largely targeted Islamic State fighters with airstrikes. But the 200-member Special Operations team has been assigned to both kill and capture Islamic State operatives, the latter for use in gathering intelligence. Military officials said the team had set up safe houses and worked with Iraqi and Kurdish forces to establish informant networks and conduct raids on Islamic State leaders and other important militants.
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  • Under interrogation, Mr. Afari, told his captors how the group had weaponized sulfur mustard and loaded it into artillery shells, the officials said.
  • Sleiman Daoud al-Afari
  • mwrightc on 09 Mar 16
     
    US special forces were able to take an ISIS member into custody. Through questioning, the military men were able to learn that ISIS is now beginning to make plans to use mustard gas as a chemical weapon. The Red Cross has been identified because of the possible use of chemical weapons.
  • blantonjack on 09 Mar 16
     
    An Islamic State detainee currently in American custody at a temporary detention facility in Erbil, Iraq, is a specialist in chemical weapons whom American military officials are questioning about the militant Sunni group's plans to use the banned substances in Iraq and Syria, Defense officials said. The member of ISIS who is probably dead at this point reports say, told the miltants that they were planning on using mustard gas with upcoming attacks planned.
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Libyan politicians hit by EU sanctions over new government - BBC News - 1 views

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  • cthomase on 01 Apr 16
     
    The European Union has imposed sanctions on three prominent Libyan politicians opposed to the installation of a UN-backed government. The sanctions target the leaders of two rival administrations that have been vying for power amid the chaos after the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. All three face travel bans and asset freezes.
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