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Treasury Dept. targeting ISIL funding

By WTOP Staff

The U.S. Department of Treasury has long been targeting the funding networks for ISIL and its predecessor organization. WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green reports.

The new face of terrorism

By J.J. Green
WASHINGTON -- Thirteen years after the devastating attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, led by Osama bin Laden and a relatively small band of hardened jihadists from the Soviet-Afghan war, today’s biggest terror threat is composed of teenagers who’ve slipped away from home, societal misfits and confused thrill-seekers. The common denominator is, none of them have any terrorism experience. Their strength is their staggering numbers.
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