Thursday, February 26, 2015

A Look At Who Are The Foreign Fighters Who Have Flocked To Join The Islamic State


CNN: The names: Who has been recruited to ISIS from the West

(CNN)More than 20,000 foreigners have flocked to fight for ISIS, the radical Sunni group that controls portions of Iraq and Syria.

They hail from 90 countries, and an estimated 3,400 fighters come from Western states, according to Nicholas Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

Those are the numbers -- estimates, of course.

But who is actually going? What are their names? What do they look like, where are they from and -- perhaps most importantly -- why are they going?

These are some of the individuals we know have traveled or tried to join ISIS.

WNU Editor: And it's growth continues .... The Islamic State: The beast keeps growing (USA Today).
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4 comments:

  1. JamesFebruary 26, 2015 at 4:23 PM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZXsgqrFlOA

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  2. oldfatslowFebruary 26, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    Still can't figure out
    why so many Tunisians
    want to join ISIS.

    ofs

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  3. Jay FarquharsonFebruary 26, 2015 at 11:54 PM

    Ofs,

    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/security/2014/07/tunisia-jihadists-welcome-isis-caliphate-officials-fears.html


    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/world/africa/new-freedoms-in-tunisia-drive-support-for-isis.html?referrer=

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  4. oldfatslowFebruary 27, 2015 at 1:00 PM

    Thanks. Those articles
    make a lot of sense. My
    guess is that the young
    men that look to Daesh
    as their great hope will
    some day be greatly dis-
    appointed when the Golden
    Age doesn't ever happen and
    those at the top start
    living the life of luxury.

    The rise and fall of the
    Soviet Union may provide
    some insights to the
    pattern that will recur
    with Daesh.

    ofs

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