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ISIS Online Recruiter
Neil Prakash Arrested in Turkey
(New York, NY) – The Counter
Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on Neil
Prakash, an Australian online recruiter and facilitator for ISIS,
following his reported arrest in Turkey. Prakash, also known as Abu
Khaled al-Cambodi, was targeted and reportedly killed by a U.S. airstrike
in Iraq in April 2016. However, months later, Australian Federal Police
declared that the most senior Australian
fighting with the terror group was “still alive” and warned that he was
continuing to recruit online. Why Prakash tried to leave ISIS-controlled
territory is unclear. CEP has long tracked Prakash on various online
platforms as he has worked to recruit
Muslims to ISIS-held territory and incite them to violence domestically.
Although some companies have made intermittent effort to ban Prakash, he
proved resilient in maintaining his online presence on Twitter and other
platforms.
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