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Extremist Content Online: Cache Of Explosive Manuals Found On the Internet
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(New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the
methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms
to recruit followers and incite violence. CEP researchers discovered a large
cache of explosive manuals on the Internet Archive, finding 37 different
manuals totaling over 1,000 pages. The collection had been online for five
years and received more than 10,000 views before it was removed by the Internet
Archive. Additionally, CEP identified a pro-ISIS website on Google-owned
Blogspot and the pro-ISIS tech group Electronic Horizons Foundation (EHF)
released a guide for registering and using the open-source messenger Element.

 

Additionally, white supremacists celebrated the June 6 murder of four people
and the serious injuring of a child, all members of the same family, in Canada.
On June 7, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel posted tips and instructions for
conducting an assassination with a rifle, taken from a book on guerilla
warfare. On June 9, CEP researchers located a previously deleted Telegram
channel that posted designs for 3d printed firearms and weapons accessories and
components. Lastly, CEP researchers located a version of James Mason’s bookSiege
on the print-on-demand website Lulu.

 

Explosive Manuals Located on the Internet Archive

 

CEP researchers located 37 different manuals on the Internet Archive covering
the synthesis of various explosives, building several types of explosive
devices and detonators, and preparing the toxin ricin. The manuals, which
totaled well over 1,000 pages, were uploaded as a collection by the same
individual in May 2016. In over five years, the collection of explosives and
toxins manuals received 10,715 views. The manuals were made by various sources,
including unidentified individuals, as well as ISIS supporters, and a weapons
research group affiliated with the al-Nusra Front
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The manuals were removed by the Internet Archive after they were reported by
CEP.

 

Pro-ISIS Website Located on Blogspot

 

The week of June 6 to June 12, CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS website on
the Google-owned Blogger/Blogspot platform. The site contained diagrams for
making explosive devices, ISIS propaganda photos, and links to content on other
websites.

 

Pro-ISIS Tech Group Releases Guide for Registering in Element Messenger

 

On June 8, the pro-ISIS tech group Electronic Horizons Foundation (EHF)
released a guide for registering and using the open-source messenger Element.
The guide includes information on using the app, finding servers, and
connecting with EHF using the app. EHF was created in 2016 to provide
cybersecurity and web technical assistance to ISIS supporters. EHFpreviously
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 released a guide for using Element in December. The EHF website uses
Cloudflare as its name server.

 

Extreme Right and White Supremacists Celebrate London, Ontario Anti-Muslim
Vehicular Attack

 

White supremacists and members of the online extreme right celebrated the June
6 murder of four people and the serious injuring of a child, all members of the
same family, in London, Ontario. Nathaniel Veltman was arrested by police
following the vehicular attack and charged with murder-terrorist activity, four
counts of murder, and one count of attempted murder. Local police stated
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 their assertion that the family, including two children and one elderly
person, were targeted for their Muslim faith.

 

A message viewed over 12,000 times and shared at least twelve times by a
prominent extreme right Telegram channel declared that the attack was
justified. In over 300 comments on the post, users expressed their support for
the alleged attacker and encouraged additional attacks on Muslims and
immigrants. A prominent American neo-Nazi whorecently
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coordinated white supremacist banner drops on the anniversary of the murder of
George Floyd cheered the attack. Users of 4chan’s /pol board celebrated the
murders, encouraged additional anti-Muslim violence, and referenced the
Christchurch attacker, posting laudatory photos and statements. Users of a
similar imageboard dedicated to the extreme right praised the attacker and
stated their hope that further anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant attacks would
occur.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Offers Advice on Assassinations

 

On June 7, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel posted tips and instructions for
conducting an assassination with a rifle, taken from a book on guerilla
warfare. The post covered the basic points of surveillance, infiltration,
forensic safeguards, escape, and cleanup. The post was shared by at least 10
different Telegram channels and was viewed over 2,000 times. The Telegram
channel that made the original post has over 1,300 subscribers, glorifies white
supremacist terrorists, and endorses violence against law enforcement and other
government agencies, LGBT people, Jews, and people of color.

 

Extreme Right-Wing Telegram Channel Focusing on Homemade Weapons Found on
Telegram After Deletion

 

On June 9, CEP researchers located a Telegram channel that posted designs for
3d printed firearms and weapons accessories and components. The channel had the
same URL, and is almost identical in its display name and specific description
to a channel that posted weapons and explosives manuals reported to Telegram on
January 15, 2021, and subsequently removed. The channel located in June was
active between March 17 and April 13, had over 300 subscribers, with several
posts being viewed over 1,000 times. The channel was reported to Telegram by
CEP but was not removed. No reason was given for the discrepancy in channel
removal.

3d image of an AR-15 lower receiver posted by the Telegram channel.

 

Notorious Neo-Nazi Book Continues to Be Found on Lulu

 

On June 9, CEP researchers located a version of James Mason
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print-on-demand website Lulu. Lulu has removed several copies of Siege, most
recently in January
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 2021. Lulu specifically prohibits material that encourages harm, threats,
harassment, intimidation, or discrimination against people “based solely on
race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and gender
identity, (or) religious affiliation.” Mason had substantial ties to the 
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, and his work appears on a website
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 that features the writing of several of the group’s members. The book was
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subsequently removed.

 

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