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New data explores foreign fighters from the United States
A new report from START examines data on foreign fighters who have departed for overseas conflicts from more than 100 cities in 25 states across the United States, from 1980 to 2015. START's Profiles of Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters (PIRUS-FF) database includes information on 242 individuals who have been publicly identified in open sources as having left, attempted to leave, or expressed an interest in leaving the United States for the purpose of supporting the activities or interests of a foreign non-state armed group or foreign regime, and were motivated by religion, ethnicity, or other ideology. PIRUS-FF contains over 100 variables on all phases - pretravel, travel, and return - of the foreign fighter life cycle.
The report, a series of info graphics, from START examines those variables, highlighting topics including:
- Foreign fighter “hot spots”
- Associated militant groups
- Success rates and plot outcomes
- Radicalization and internet usage
- Comparison between al-Qaida and ISIL foreign fighters
- Relationships with facilitators and foreign groups
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