The flow of foreign recruits for Isis into Iraq and Syria is unabated by the US bombing campaign.
That's an astounding number of foreign recruits in general, much less foreign recruits who are able to make their way into the war zone.
"Cuspert is emblematic of the type of foreign recruit ISIL seeks for its ranks — individuals who have engaged in criminal activity in their home countries who then travel to Iraq and Syria to commit far worse crimes against the people of those countries," officials said in February.
"Cuspert is emblematic of the type of foreign recruit [ISIS] seeks for its ranks--individuals who have engaged in criminal activity in their home countries who then travel to Iraq and Syria to commit far worse crimes against the people of those countries," the State Department wrote at that time.
Neither inequality nor poverty was a driver of involvement in violent extremism, and wealthier countries were more likely to supply foreign recruits for Isis, the report found.
The foreign recruits for the YPG are a mixed bag of people ranging from communist, to conservative, globalist to, in this case, a kind-hearted LARPer.
Furthermore, newly registered foreign recruits may list their recruitment agency address initially, introducing error in SHA assignment for newly registered immigrants (though this should disappear upon reregistration).
The 560-mile-long Turkish-Syrian border was left open by Ankara for jihadis to cross, enabling 12,000 foreign recruits to join the rebels, most becoming part of Isis.
There are 10 and 20 foreign recruits per annum for relevant interventions, otherwise zero.
A pair of RAF Tornados took part as a multinational squadron attacked the headquarters and training centre for foreign terrorist recruits, located close to the Tigris in Mosul.
