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Why ISIS Has Success in Recruiting Uzbeks Like the NYC Attacker

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A number of recent terror operatives and fighters for the Islamic State hail from that landlocked nation and some of its Central Asian neighbors. Why?

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The alleged assailant in the New York terror attack, Sayfullo Saipov, has brought back to global attention Uzbekistan, the resource-rich, desperately poor, and wildly corrupt Central Asian state that has been largely hidden from view for over a decade.

A number of recent terror operatives and fighters for the Islamic State...

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