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UK search for Jihadi John spotlights recruitment role of soccer

UK search for Jihadi John spotlights recruitment role of soccer

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Jan 26, 2015
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By James M. Dorsey

The United Kingdom’s search for Jihadi John, the masked, British-accented fighter who appears in videos and beheading of foreigners condemned to death by the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls a swath of Syria and Iraq, has highlighted the significance for militants of soccer as a recruitment and bonding tool. It has also …

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