The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
Today Jihadists Focus On Africa And Afghanistan, But They Also Eye China And Russia
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Today Jihadists Focus On Africa And Afghanistan, But They Also Eye China And Russia

All Mr. Mohamed wanted was a job and a marriage. A 22-year-old Somali farmhand, Mr. Mohamed, skeptically retorted, "is that right?" when Al Shabab recruiters sought to convince him that the defence of Islam needed him. "What I really need is a job and a wife,' Mr. Mohamed added. The farmworker was persuaded when the recruiters for one of Africa's oldest jihadist movements promised to find him a wife.

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