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The Hunt: U.S. airstrikes against ISIL cool as group hides under pressure

J.J. Green, WTOP national security correspondent

Girls, social media complicate U.S. counterterrorism efforts

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of U.S. agents with high-powered weapons and technology are spread out around the globe to find, fix and finish off the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. But top U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress, the Internet is standing in their way. The struggle against the Islamic State's campaign to capitalize on Internet-based terrorist recruiting is not new, but what has changed is the steady increase in the number of girls being recruited.
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