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When the Berlin Wall fell (Audio)

By WTOP Staff

The 10th of November is the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Markus Knauf was 15 years old at the time. He’s now a spokesman at the German
Embassy in Washington and spoke with WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J.
Green.

Girls, social media complicate U.S. counterterrorism efforts

By J.J. Green
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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