http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/politics/fbi-isis-counterterrorism-michael-steinbach/index.html
Michael Steinbach, the head of the courterterrorist division of the FBI, stated that ISIS is recruiting in the United States. He stated that teens as young as 15-year-olds are being recruited, and that he couldn't say for sure that such teens had not successfully made the journey to ISIS. He does know with certainty that there are "individuals" in the US who are in contact with ISIS, and who want to "conduct a terrorist attack." The government is working on blocking ISIS from reaching US citizens, but social media poses a huge problem due to the "sheer volume" a full staff has to wade through.
Although this story isn't new news, per say, it is interesting to have an FBI official's take on this problem. I also thought it was interesting to read that ISIS targets mostly women through social media, and I was sadly shocked to hear that kids equivalent in age to my freshman sister were being recruited-- I honestly really didn't even follow the news at that age! I'm glad that the government has repeatedly brought up this problem facing the United States, because it takes more than a few governmental officials to stop this attack; we should all be aware of these dangers. I also hope that the government would catch any terrorist attack that these ISIS-sympathizers could plan, like they did recently in Ohio.
I am sad that ISIS is targeting young Muslims in the United States to their perverse abomination that they call a holy caliphate. ISIS propaganda and recruiting techniques are disgusting and horrific with the videos of brutal executions such as the Jordanian pilot who was recently burned alive in a metal cage. I support hacktivists (yes it's a real word) who independently attack jihadist recruiting pages and shut them down through relentless cyberattacks. ISIS along with Boko Haran in Africa are infections that sicken the Human Race, and, with all infections, they must be neutralized.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is horrible that teens as young as 15 could be involved with a terror group like ISIS. I can't even imagine how these kids could willingly get involved with ISIS or even understand what they are doing. Hopefully we can prevent this from happening more in the future.
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