Fox News: ISIS recruitment drive in Somalia could prove 'massive threat to the US presence' in the region

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“From the depths of ISIS' self-proclaimed territory in Somalia, members of the terror group released a propaganda video, 'Men Who Have Been True', celebrating dead fighters and detailing the branch’s endeavors to provide food and medical aid to the community. The video was splattered all over from messaging apps such as Telegram to almost 30 websites including Microsoft One Drive, YouTube, and Google Drive before being taken down by at least some major sites. According to the Counter Extremist Project (CEP), it marks a 'clear effort to urge potential foreign fighters to look outside Iraq and Syria.' And the recruitment drive to the Horn of Africa may be working. Just last week, the Department of Justice announced that three naturalized U.S citizens originally from Kenya but living in Michigan had been arrested – one for embarking on his journey to join ISIS in Somalia and another two for acting as co-conspirators for the trip. The complaint asserts that all three defendants pledged allegiance to ISIS through videos they recorded themselves, and at least two are alleged to have discussed with each other their desire to join ISIS, to kill non-believers, and even to potentially use a car for a martyrdom operation to run down non-believers in the United States if they could not travel overseas to fight for ISIS.”

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January 29, 2019
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