More than 20,000 foreigners have flocked to fight for ISIS, the radical Sunni group that controls portions of Iraq and Syria. According to Nicholas Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, they come from 90 countries, and an estimated 3,400 fighters come from Western states,. Those are the numbers -- estimates, of course. U.S. officials say more than 150 fighters have traveled from America to join the militant group. Their individual identities are not known yet, But they say they do know the identities of a handful of people who have been accused of trying. On Wednesday, three men from New York were arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. http://bit.ly/182y3zj http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
The Names: This is Who ISIS Has Recruited From the West
More than 20,000 foreigners have flocked to fight for ISIS, the radical Sunni group that controls portions of Iraq and Syria. According to Nicholas Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, they come from 90 countries, and an estimated 3,400 fighters come from Western states,. Those are the numbers -- estimates, of course. U.S. officials say more than 150 fighters have traveled from America to join the militant group. Their individual identities are not known yet, But they say they do know the identities of a handful of people who have been accused of trying. On Wednesday, three men from New York were arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. http://bit.ly/182y3zj http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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