Author: Heather J. Williams
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 1977401384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently been more successful than al Qaeda in gaining U.S. terrorist recruits. The authors undertake a demographic profile of individuals drawn to foreign terrorist organizations and find that the affiliates average terrorists recruited by ISIL is younger, less educated, and more likely to be African American/black or Caucasian/white and a U.S.-born citizen.