ISIS social mobilization ‘unprecedented’


NPR: New study reveals large number of ISIS sympathizers in America.

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NPR: New study reveals large number of ISIS sympathizers in America.

Titled “ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa,” the report by Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes focuses on around 300 people who have been identified as American recruits or supporters of ISIS.

While it’s not new for Americans to join jihadist groups, Vidino, who directs the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, says, “the size of the ISIS-related radicalization and mobilization is unprecedented.”

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