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September 2014

Oberver-Reporter.com: Beware of the terrorist next door
Haaretz: Obama’s Fight against ISIS is a Gamble, But One the U.S. is Willing to Take
BBC: State Department Response to ISIS online propaganda
Fox45: Killing in the Name of Religion
Family Security Matters: 9/11 and Jihad Terror: A Legacy Over 13 Centuries—Not 13 Years
CNN: How to stop ISIS from recruiting Americans
The Gilmer Mirror: ISIL, the US, and curing our addiction to violence
HuntingtonNews.net: OP-EDL: ISIL, the US, and curing our addiction to violence
KMEG14: ISIS’ Negative Reflection on Islam
Fox 29: ISIS Violence Fuels Global Perception Islam a Violent Faith
Al Jazeera America: The Rise of I.S.
CNN: Who’s Worse? ISIS or al Qaeda?
MintPress News: The New Realpolitik: Henry Kissinger, ISIS, and American Empire
Press & Guide: Dearborn Community Leaders Attend National Summit
Al Jazeera America: The U.S. response to the Islamic State Group
CNN: ISIS and religious justification
Voice of America: State Dept. Uses IS Propaganda to Fight Militants
Voice of America: State Department Uses Islamic State Propaganda to Fight Militants
KQED News: U.S. Airstrikes Might Narrows Aims of Somalia’s Leading Jihadi Group
University of Maryland: $2.5 Million NSF Grant Awarded for UMD-Led Disaster Resilience Research
NPR: U.S. Airstrikes Might Narrow Aims of Somalia's Leading Jihadi Group
Voice of America: State Dept. Uses IS Propaganda to Fight Militants
The Daily Star: U.S. does battle with ISIS—on Twitter

August 2014

Business Insider: The US Has Launched a Social Media Offensive against ISIS
Africatime.com Swaziland: US cyber-warriors battling Islamic State on Twitter
3News: US Cyber-Warriors Battling Islamic State
NDTV: US Cyber-Warriors Battling Islamic State on Twitter
CNN: What led another American to ISIS?
Huffington Post: Shedding Light on the Threat of Terrorism at Qatar’s 2022 World Cup
Washington Times: Islamic State uses brutality, threats in effort to entrench without interference
NPR: Why Civil Resistance Movements Succeed
War on the Rocks: A Closer Look at Terrorism in Southeast Asia
War on the Rocks: START Infographic Series
Channel NewsAsia: U.S. cyber-warriors battling Islamic State on Twitter
Channel News Asia: Possible ISIS Advancement, An Interview with Executive Director William Braniff
CRS: Domestic Terrorism Appears to Be Reemerging as a Priority at the Department of Justice
Dallas News: Can the U.S. out-tweet the terrorists?
Vice News: Sovereign Citizens Seen as America's Top Terrorist Threat
War on the Rocks: A Global Picture of Non-State Actors and CBRN
Tampa Bay Times: David Gregory: Al-Qaida cast off ISIS as 'too extreme'
Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact: Al-Qaida cast off ISIS as 'too extreme"
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The scientist and the nuclear smuggler, unexpected connection
CBS Connecticut: Security Breaches Happen Daily Across US That No One Knows About
Israel's Homeland Security Home: Sovereign citizen movement perceived as top terrorist threat
War on the Rocks: Leftist vs Religiously Motivated Terrorism, A Side-by-Side Infographic Comparision
Washington Post: The challenges of collecting terrorism data
RT: Sovereign citizens seen as top terrorist threat by U.S. law enforcement
Tampa Bay Times Pundit Fact Truth-o-meter: Joy Reid compares deaths in Gaza to 9/11 deaths

July 2014

War on the Rocks: What does four decades of terrorism in the U.S. look like?
Times Union: Children don't pick terrorists