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US report warns of threat by ISIS widows, wives
20-5-2019
An American report published on Friday by the Atlantic Council, one of the largest research institutes in DC, warned against the threat by the widows and wives of ISIS fighters who live with their children in camps in Syria and Iraq, or those who returned to their countries in the Middle East, Europe and the US. According to the report, ISIS has earlier exploited women in so-called ‘the empowerment jihad”, but that, after its collapse, has shifted to what it termed ‘the challenge jihad, or harassing enemies while luring new recruits, men and women. The report considered that security officials in countries to where ISIS women returned, brace for the challenges associated with this return, especially that these women have not undergone any kind of rehabilitation to this effect. The report also stressed that those returnees now pose an indefinite and alarming threat to their communities, which worries western governments about the possibility of their return to ISIS. This could open the door to new terrorist operations in Europe and the US. The report can be found on https://bit.ly/30voENC. (Al Diyar, May 20, 2019)
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