Recruiting for Jihad: The Allure of ISIS

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2. Another very interesting point from the Turkish speaker

3rd kind of recruit from Turkey and the advantaged youth. These are the people who used to play video games, who really like the adventure out there, but they like the adventure too much that playing the video game does not cut (affect) them any more. So, they really want the real thing. Fighting in a game isn't enough for them any more. So, we have a considerable amount of youth, or people, like even 40 year old people, who went to Syria to wage a real fight. In stead of shooting in the games, shooting real Kalashnikov's in the field.