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Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)
- Reflects new generation of jihadis
- Grew in Bangladesh, now trying to spread in other countries
- Radical, extremely orthodox, brutal
- Teach savvy, educated, mostly from universities or other educational institutes
- Cyberspace core of terror operations
- For radicalization – for propaganda – for target killings
- Founded in 2007 – as Jama’atul Muslemin
- Resurrected in 2012 as ABT
- Core – extremist ideologies of AQ and IS
- Terror work closely associated with AQIS
- Agenda – armed jihad, subvert democracy
- Mode – target killings of liberal/secular voices
- Usually work in small units of around 6 to 7 terrorists
- Unlike sleeper cells – melee weapons/knife attacks in crowded places
- Seek attention, to spread fear, to silent critical voices, to radicalize more youth
- To push their version of Islam/to wipe out the dissenters
- Like Taliban: oppressing women, clear direction – women not to be given jobs
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