The latest trove of documents leaked from within the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has shown that its new recruits originate from more than 70 countries, according to researchers.
The documents, leaked by an ISIS defector to a number of news organizations, contained some 11,000 files filled out by ISIS recruits upon joining the group in Syria in 2013 and 2014. Many of them were duplicates but 4,600 were handed to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) based at the West Point Military Academy in the U.S.
CTC said that it was able to verify 98 percent of the documents by matching them with those obtained by the U.S. Department of Defense. Some 15,000 jihadis joined ISIS in 2013 and 2014 and the documents analyzed represent approximately 30 percent of those.
The CTC report, entitled The Caliphate’s Global Workforce: An Inside Look At The Islamic State’s Foreign Fighter Paper Trail , says that its findings “reveals an organization that is attempting to vet new members, manage talent effectively within the organization, and deal with a diverse pool of recruits.”
The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18. The foremost group of nationals was Saudi (579), then Tunisian (559), Moroccan (240), Turkish (212), Egyptian (151) and Russian (141). From Europe, there were 49 fighters from France, 38 from Germany and 26 from Britain.
The fighter records analyzed show that they come “from a wide range of educational backgrounds, but as a whole, the group appears to be relatively well-educated when compared to educational levels in their home countries,” the report says. More than 1,000 said they had completed high school education and more than 1,000 said they had at least attended a university.
Only 10 percent of the fighters said that they had prior experience in a jihadi group, mostly in Syria, Libya and Afghanistan. Most of those had previously fought for the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria. In addition, only 12 percent of the recruits expressed a “preference for a suicide role” over a regular fighting position within the group.
“While the Islamic State needs some suicide bombers, it also needs personnel to fill roles like conventional soldiers, sharia officials, police and security or administrative positions,” the CTC report said.
It also includes 431 “exit forms” for fighters who wished to leave the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate for a variety of reasons including medical treatment and family reasons. This leak is the biggest regarding ISIS to date, providing a significant paper trail that offers an insight into the motivations of the group’s recruits.
I find it crazy how they get recruits from 70 different countries. Not only that but how young and well educated they are. "More than 1,000 said they had completed high school education and more than 1,000 said they had at least attended a university"(Newsweek). Its sad to think they are just washing their life away.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Amy is saying. It is crazy how many recruits are they have and at such young ages. The fact that these kids are well educated and still decide to join the group it is ridiculous they could be doing so much things with there lives than killing other people and risking there own lives. Children are rarely taught in school a life is a life once it has been taken it will never come back and can affect many more people who knew the life they just took. Kids need to start realizing this people of all ages need to and should be taught to. That is why we shouldn't have war and have terrorism but that will never happen. We need to teach kids starting at young ages all over the world a life is a life no matter who's it is it matters if they don't deserve to die and are innocent civilians or someone in an opposite gang as you are they should't be killed.
DeleteI think it is very saddening to read about how many different groups are joining together with ISIS.There are recruits from around 70 different countries. In my opinion, the most tragic part about this situation is how young some of these recruits are. The age ranges from 12-70 but almost 400 are under the age of 18. It is crazy to think that some people who are fighting with ISIS are our age or even younger. These are young people who have shown they are educated but obviously not in a positive way because hey are being taught and recruited into this horrible lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteParagraph 6 states "the group appears to be relatively well-educated when compared to educational levels in their home countries". Its pretty sad to hear that these educated people are choosing to use there knowledge for bad rather than for good. Also its scary to hear that they are recruiting people from 70 countries. Hopefully this group can be stopped before it gets much bigger.
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I thin that this is a terrible thing how Isis is bombing countries. It is also sad just thinking of the people who go through all the hard work of school and just pretty much throw their lives always joining this terrible group. In the article, it states, "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18. The foremost group of nationals was Saudi (579), then Tunisian (559), Moroccan (240), Turkish (212), Egyptian (151) and Russian (141). From Europe, there were 49 fighters from France, 38 from Germany and 26 from Britain."(News week) This is upsetting just thinking of those young kids being forced to join. I believe that Obama knows exactly wear this organization group is. Why doesn't he just send troops to finish them?“While the Islamic State needs some suicide bombers, it also needs personnel to fill roles like conventional soldiers, sharia officials, police and security or administrative positions,”(CTC) If we just wait, their group is going to get a lot bigger and a lot stronger.
ReplyDeleteIt is scary that there are people from over 70 countries joining together with ISIS. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). It is crazy to think how young the people are that they are recruiting. Over 400 of them are under 18 which is around our age. It is interesting that it says the group is well educated so they know what they are doing. Hopefully this will be stopped before it gets worse.
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I think it's scary and crazy how ISIS recruits people from over 70 different countries. Also ISIS recruits people very young. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). Its crazy how someone of an age of 12 can be in this organization. Also the ISIS recruits are very well educated.
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It's crazy to think that this organization grew so rapidly and how quickly they are continuing to grow. What's even crazier to think is how young the recruits are. As the article states,"The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). I couldn't imagine myself a few years ago or even now joining an organization like ISIS. But you can't really blame the children, it's all they know and all they've been taught; fight and hate the western countries.
ReplyDelete"The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18." It makes no sense to me why someone from a better country than Syria would want to join ISIS, especially if they have an educated background and had every opportunity to become something whoever they want in life.
ReplyDeleteIt is scary to think how much ISIS is growing and how they are able to recruit so many people from so many different countries. ISIS, being the largest terrorist organization at this time has had no problem recruiting young people and even educated people. "More than 1,000 said they had completed high school education and more than 1,000 said they had at least attended a university"(Newsweek). It is sad to think ISIS has gained this much control.
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It's amazing that we didn't see this coming from a while ago. These terrorist are coming from everywhere and don't care who they hurt. As you can see,"The latest trove of documents leaked from within the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has shown that its new recruits originate from more than 70 countries, according to researchers," (par 1). It's astonishing that this many people from 70 different countries are becoming such powerful people. 70 countries is a lot and more are going to be added soon if something isn't done. They are going to become an actual military force.
ReplyDeleteIts hard for me to see a 70 year old guy running around blowing stuff up. Its scary to believe that people are so young and joining Isis, for all we know their could be somebody in our neighborhood or school that is part of isis.
ReplyDeleteIt's insane how this situation is spiraling out of control. The fact that about 400 people that have joined ISIS are under 18 years old is not okay at all. Kids need to live their life and not be focusing on working for ISIS and killing other people. Even other countries are joining in on this too. This whole thing is just not right.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is crazy to think about the fact that such young kids are joining Isis. The fact that some people start out so young and spend their entire lives centered around blowing things up and killing others is a weird thing to think about considering there is so much more to life. Also thinking that their is so many countries who are in on this and contributing to it gives me not much faith in humanity. Isis as a whole needs to be controlled before it gets worse than it already is.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy to think how so many young kids are joining Isis. It is not okay kids are joining Isis, because kids are supposed to have fun in their life and go to school to get a education. I would not say that this was unexpected, since we seen young people leave their homes and go to war.Most of these kids probably don't know what's going to happen to them or they don't understand how dangerous ISIS is. Overall, I believe ISIS needs to be stopped before things get worse.
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I think it's sad how so many people are joining ISIS and they all have gotten an education. People from 70 countries, that is crazy to me and a lot of them are our age or older. ISIS needs control and it needs to end before it gets too crazy and comes and attacks one of our countries. Kids that join ISIS, need to learn that their is more to life than killing and going to war. Brandon Marshall Period 4
ReplyDeleteWhoa, other than the ISIS's recruits were from different countries.. It surprises me how young some of these recruit are, and this quote from the article is very sad, "The fighter records analyzed show that they come “from a wide range of educational backgrounds, but as a whole, the group appears to be relatively well-educated when compared to educational levels in their home countries,” the report says. More than 1,000 said they had completed high school education and more than 1,000 said they had at least attended a university." (Newsweek). Just knowing how most of the recruits actually finish their university and high school education is really something else, it made me really wonder why some of these recruits want to be were they're at.
ReplyDeleteIt's just sad to see how many different groups of people are actually joining ISIS. It's rediculous that even the kids are being part of this terrible terrorist group. As stated in the article "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18." This shows how many of the young or old people are all part of this. ISIS really needs to stop before anything get worse than it is right now.
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ReplyDeleteNot only am I surprised that ISIS has such a wide range of recruits, I am also scared. The fact that they have enough power to recruit "26 and 27 year olds" is scary and our country should be concerned. It is sad that such young people are joining a terrorist organization. I think we need to somehow address this issue before it gets out of hand.
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It's very sad to see many groups of people joining ISIS. It's sad to think that ISIS has so much control. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). It's very surprising to me that people our age in other countries are joining ISIS. So many people from so many different countries. You can't really blame all of the kids, it's basically the only thing they've been taught, they don't know any difference.
ReplyDeleteISIS has such a large span of ages, which makes it more difficult to identify who a terrorist is. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years" (Newsweek).Not all 12 year olds and 70 year olds there are innocent now days. Its very scary to think that this terrorist group continues to grow.
ReplyDeleteI think it is crazy that a group like Isis would have support from thousands of recruits coming from 70 different countries. It is also surprising to hear that these recruits are well educated people, some even say that they have attended a university. Adding on,"The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age"(Newsweek). Even more surprising, the recruits are even as young as 12 years old, and some as old as 70. I think that if this group continues to grow, we could have a big problem on our hands.
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I like to know that these people are not doing this because of the groups popularity, but because they actually have a reason to fight. They have their own wits about then, because " More than 1,000 said they had completed high school education and more than 1,000 said they had at least attended a university"(Newsweek). These people may be fighting against us, but they are not pure savages. They are educated humans like us.
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It shatters my mind to see so many people of all ages and backgrounds joining ISIS. A group ISIS being supported so much by different people is crazy. You can't blame the children though, they are only taught that bad things are right and thats all they know.
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It is crazy to think that ISIS has that much influence all over the world, and is able to persuade people from several backgrounds to join their group. This further proves the threat that ISIS poses to the world, and how much power they have. The recruits are from all over the world, "The foremost group of nationals was Saudi (579), then Tunisian (559), Moroccan (240), Turkish (212), Egyptian (151) and Russian (141). From Europe, there were 49 fighters from France, 38 from Germany and 26 from Britain"(REUTERS). How is ISIS able to persuade people from completely different parts of the Earth to join their group? What does this mean for the power and authority of the group?
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It is insane that their are people part of ISIS that are from 70 different countries. I cannot believe that it has gotten this large. It is also insane that recruits can be as young as 12 years old. Although, the average is 26-27 years. According to Newsweek, "The foremost group of nationals was Saudi (579), then Tunisian (559), Moroccan (240), Turkish (212), Egyptian (151) and Russian (141)." (Newsweek) It is hard to believe that there are recruits coming from Russia. I would think that the recruits would only be coming from the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteI never knew how much support ISIS actually had. Its sad to see so many people support a terrorist group like this. Its even more sad to see how many young lives are being recruited into this. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). Even though the average recruit is in their 20's, There are a lot of kids that are recruited into this which is just sickening.
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy the amount of people from seventy different countries joining Isis. “The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18”(Newsweek). It is really sad to hear about the young ones going into the this and killing other people. It is sad in general that people with educations are doing this. People our age and younger are being recruited into Isis and that is awful to hear. I hope this can be stopped before it gets even worse.
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ISIS is spread so far now. With members of 70 different nationalities and "the average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years" (Newsweek). They have reached a point of too much power. Out of all their recruits, "only 12 percent of the recruits expressed a 'preference for a suicide role'" (Newsweek). 12% of all their recruits PREFER suicide. That's way too many potential civilian deaths.
ReplyDeleteISIS is now gaining power and reaching new hieghts that are preluding to a battle/war that could cause a lot of blood shed. With soldiers from 70 countries it's looking as if ISIS is getting Stronger every day that we don't react to their terror threats." The average recruit ranges from 12-70" newsweekly) this threat of ISIS is no longer just a political booster to the campaigns it's a legit threat -Jackson Redhair p1
ReplyDeleteAt this point ISIS is becoming one of the most destructive and violent terrorist group made ever. They are so powerful Because they don't stay in just 1 general area. They are all over the world and for all we know could be in the town we live in. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years. Some 400 were aged under 18" (Newsweek). This is just sad because these kids are being put in a group to kill and from there on their whole lives are over and there is no getting out. So we must protect ourselve and see where ISIS goes on from here.
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This is absolutely crazy how 70 different countries are supporting Isis. It is so sad that people very young are killing other peolple. It is so sad because these young people have educations and they're just completely ruining it. ISIS should not be supported this much because 70 countries are supporting them. It's crazy how countries are following them and thinking this is right. I don't think you should blame the young ones, or kids, because they have no idea what they are doing. They are only young and they are getting taught the wrong way and in a bad way. Although, the ones who attended university and had to follow the group ISIS, you should do something about it because they should know what is right and wrong. It's absolutely crazy how they can recruit 26-27 year olds. Our country should be concerned because think of it, if they are recruiting 26-27 year olds and they are getting supported by 70 other countries, they are recruiting a lot of people. This is definitely getting out of hand and we should somehow address this issue.
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This needs to come to an immediate stop. America needs to take action in stopping the spreading of ISIS fighters, before it becomes an already bigger problem. ISIS wont be stopped in a short period of time, but I feel that we can make a serious impact. This article state that there are now 70 countries with ISIS fighters in them, and America needs to do all they can from stopping the incredibly fast growth rate. In addition, the some 400 kids under the age of 18 will continue to help spread and fight, so they are first priority.
ReplyDeleteIt is terrible that ISIS is spreading. This needs to stop sooner then later. I do not understand how other countries could support ISIS while they are killing so many people. If ISIS were to attack America I think we should blow all of them up and make this terrorist group stop. And also make other countries realize that they are bad people.
ReplyDeleteI don´t know why countries are supporting these extremists. These people have murdered innocent civilians just to prove a point. This just shows why we need to go to war and stop them. They are even recruiting kids under the age of 18, these men are terrible human beings, who do not think rationally.
ReplyDeleteISIS by itself now is already a big enough issue but now they might become even larger than before. We should stop them now before they get even bigger and grown and expand even more than they already are. Sure we might not stop them instantly but we will make a large impact on them and slow down their growth rate. It doesn't make sense to me why people from all these other countries are joining and supporting ISIS. Even kids under the age of 18 are being recruited by them and for what? Just so they can kill more innocent people? We need to show other countries just how bad ISIS really is and put a stop to it soon.
ReplyDeleteIt is terrifying to see the rapid growth of this terrorist group, and astonishing that now over 70 countries have given into it. What is even worse is the ages that range within the group members, because "the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years" (Newsweek). Many kids fighting in these disturbing battles are younger and many of us. Something needs to stop this rapid growth in order to contain the extremists and work to avoid the spreading of more supporters.
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It is hard to say that I am surprised that Isis has this many recruits from all over the world, because I am not. It also doesn't surprise me that many of these recruits are 12, because they are brainwashed at a young age. These people are filthy human beings. "The ages range from 12 to almost 70 years" (Newsweek). This shows how such a powerhouse of terrorism can influence people. They are expanding rapidly and it is frightening to see the potential havoc they can cause.
ReplyDeleteStudies show that "[ISIS'] new recruits originate from more than 70 countries" (Newsweek), and that's something that people need to realize. Although it's incredibly sad to see how many countries are involved with this group, I think that it's important to acknowledge that there are. I have an Arabic friend who tells me she constantly gets stereotyped when she tells people that she's Arabic (the only reason she'd be saying that is because people always mistake her for being black/mexican/etc) (not sure how people manage to mix those two up). Not all Arabs are ISIS, not all Muslims were involved with 9/11, terrorists aren't tied to one entire country. Countries aren't terrorists and neither are religions, PEOPLE are terrorists.
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Honestly it really shocks me that people from 70 countries have joined the terrorist group ISIS. The fact that the age range is from 10 to 70 years old is very shocking and scary. A lot of the kids are younger than we are and they are fighting for a terrorist group.
ReplyDeleteWe need to deal with Isis right now. They are growing rapidly and need to be eliminated effective immediately. We need to be hitting them with drone strikes and air raids to eliminate all of them before they can kill more innocent people
ReplyDeleteIt is scary that ISIS has seemed to recruit 70 other countries to join them. "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age but the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years"(News week). They are growing in size dramatically so we need to plan an attack or something because if not their will be way more of them than us and they will have an advantage. "While the Islamic state needs some suicide bombers, it also needs personnel to fill roles like conventional soldiers, Sharia officials, police and security or administrative positions"(CTC). They will be getting stronger daily so we need to stop them before they kill more of our innocent people and loves ones.
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I find it very interesting ,first and foremost, that some ISIS recruits "range from 12 to 70 years"(Newsweek) I believe that it seems to most teens almost unimaginable that you could possibly spend most of your life as an ISIS recruit. I would imagine that this involves learning how to shoot guns, make bombs, and presumably commit many sorts of crimes. Seeing as apparently ISIS recruits originate from 70 different countries, this is extremely concerning to me. This shows me just how influential and perhaps persuasive ISIS is. Or rather ISIS recruiters. It would be nice if we, as a country or as a United people, can at least work on ridding one country at a time of ISIS and then perhaps slowly but surely work our way across the globe.
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"Some Isis recruits range from 12 to 70 years"( Newsweek). I find this first quote very intersting in the fact that some people spend their whole life becoming an Isis member. Thinking that teens like us could be making bombs, learning how to use bombs and guns, or getting involved in mass plans of murder is insane. This worries me as plus claiming that Isis has come from up to 70 different countries there is not suttle country attack as there is clearly more than one that contains these members.
ReplyDeleteIsis having obtained recruits from more than 40 countries shows that there are a lot of countries that are experiencing similar circumstances. The demographics are interesting as they show that multiple groups of people are being recruited. "some Isis recruits range from 12 to 70 years"(Newsweek) is interesting because they're recruiting from younger age groups, and this is very dangerous. Younger people cannot think for themselves the same way older people can and it is horrible that the group of isis is preying on younger kids.
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It seems incredible that ISIS has expanded over this many countries. It is also astonishing to see the number of recruits they have obtained. "Some 15,000 jihadis joined ISIS in 2013 and 2014" (Newsweek). I think this goes to show how ISIS can longer be fought with ground troops. Instead countries must use air power against them. Hopefully ISIS' expansion will slow down and countries will take more decisive action against this destructive group.
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ReplyDeleteISIS recruiting fighters from more than 40 countries shows that there are a lot of places with similar people and circumstances. The demographics are revealing. They are recruiting from the younger age groups. "Only 10 percent of the fighters said that they had prior experience in a jihadi group" (Para 10). This shows that they are branching out trying to expand as much as possible. This needs to be stopped.
It's crazy how much ISIS has expanded into other countries and just grown as a terrorist group. I find it good to know that most of their recruits are well educated and "The average age of the recruits is 26 or 27 years of age"(Newsweek). At least most of their recruits aren't little kids that don't know what they're doing but just following what the adults tell them to do. However, these terrorists need to be stopped, especially because of their rate of expansion.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about Isis bombing countries,it makes me sad that Isis feels the need to take people's lives from them. Isis has recruited people from 26 to 27 years of age but now the ages range from 12 to almost 70 years Which is sad and desperate for all of us.We must all fight against Isis to protect our countries. If Isis continues to grow then we're in trouble. We need to stop Isis from growing bigger. We need to protect those that they are trying to recruit and we need to protect our country against Isis.
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