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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Actually I don't know how accurate this is but it comes from a CIA report, showing where the recruits are coming from
http://www.rferl.org/contentinfograp.../26584940.html
But it shows a pattern of recruiting that is heavily focused on Europe, more then anywhere else, the two biggests non European recruiting nests look like Jordan (fairly moderate state) and Tunisia... |
But these numbers coming from outside the region still pale in comparison to the support that ISIS receives from within the region. None of the linked material has any information about domestic, grassroots support, which I would expect to be pretty high within their controlled regions. Regions which have experienced some pretty devastating harm in recent years at the hands of former oppressive regimes, and poorly handled US and European intervention. In short, ISIS is fuelled in large part by the collective ire and anger of huge numbers of the local citizenry.