Joby Warrick And Souad Mekhennet The Washington Post
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Future "Human Bombs" Warning As Europe's Jails Fill With ISIS Fighters
A few months before his killing rampage, convicted robber and prison inmate Benjamin Herman had a jailhouse conversion of a sort. A white suburban teen and a nominal Catholic when he was first incarcerated, he emerged in late May as an avowed Islamist who would murder three people within hours of gaining freedom on a work-release program.
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New Clues Bolster Belief That ISIS Leader Is Still Alive - And Busy With A Chilling New Mission
His self-declared caliphate was in ruins when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi summoned some of his top aides to a meeting in eastern Syria last year. The Islamic State's capital in Iraq had already fallen, and its Syrian headquarters was under siege.
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A Battered ISIS Grows Ever More Dependent On 'Lone Wolves,' Simple Plans
The would-be terrorist who tried to blow up Brussels' main transit hub last month had plenty of ambition, but no discernible talent. His homemade bomb, a suitcase stuffed with nails and camp-stove gas canisters, caught fire as he wheeled it into the station, sending passersby fleeing before the device could properly explode - which it failed to do.
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For The 'Children Of ISIS,' Target Practice Starts At Age 6. By Their Teens, They're Ready To Be Suicide Bombers.
The interview had gone on for nearly an hour when Taim, a slim, dark-eyed boy, started to fidget. The 8-year-old asked for paper and settled back in an oversized hotel chair to draw a memory.
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Future "Human Bombs" Warning As Europe's Jails Fill With ISIS Fighters
A few months before his killing rampage, convicted robber and prison inmate Benjamin Herman had a jailhouse conversion of a sort. A white suburban teen and a nominal Catholic when he was first incarcerated, he emerged in late May as an avowed Islamist who would murder three people within hours of gaining freedom on a work-release program.
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New Clues Bolster Belief That ISIS Leader Is Still Alive - And Busy With A Chilling New Mission
His self-declared caliphate was in ruins when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi summoned some of his top aides to a meeting in eastern Syria last year. The Islamic State's capital in Iraq had already fallen, and its Syrian headquarters was under siege.
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A Battered ISIS Grows Ever More Dependent On 'Lone Wolves,' Simple Plans
The would-be terrorist who tried to blow up Brussels' main transit hub last month had plenty of ambition, but no discernible talent. His homemade bomb, a suitcase stuffed with nails and camp-stove gas canisters, caught fire as he wheeled it into the station, sending passersby fleeing before the device could properly explode - which it failed to do.
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For The 'Children Of ISIS,' Target Practice Starts At Age 6. By Their Teens, They're Ready To Be Suicide Bombers.
The interview had gone on for nearly an hour when Taim, a slim, dark-eyed boy, started to fidget. The 8-year-old asked for paper and settled back in an oversized hotel chair to draw a memory.
