FBI: ISIS Message Resonating With Young People From U.S., West
Efforts by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to recruit young Americans and other Westerners are raising concerns with U.S. law enforcement.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security sent an alert to local and state law enforcement agencies this week, two law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton.
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The warning described the effectiveness of the terror group's social media message, which urges young people to travel to Syria and engage in jihad. It requested that local agencies pass on any relevant information to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Thousands of Westerners, including teenagers, are believed to be fighting alongside ISIS and other terror groups in Syria and Iraq, and others have been arrested while trying to travel to the region.
Three teenage girls from Denver, sisters aged 15 and 17 and a 16-year-old friend, were stopped in Germany last October, reportedly en route to Syria.
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