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Murder Videos Recruitment Tools for ISIS

The Strong Horse

Brutal beheading videos attract young militants to ISIS. But the group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has struggled to recruit established jihadists.

Thomas Joscelyn
Thomas Joscelyn
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Thomas Joscelyn

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