ISIS slips on family-friendly guise to lure women, children: FBI

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ISIS is portraying itself as family friendly in new online recruitment efforts aimed at luring children and women, including spouses of prospective foreign fighters, to journey to the self-declared Islamic State caliphate, FBI Director James Comey said Monday.

Speaking at a terrorism conference at the Fordham Center on National Security in New York City, Comey said ISIS is "increasingly pushing for spouses to join ISIS" to establish family units headed by militants who "can put down roots in their caliphate" in Iraq and Syria.

He also noted that the terrorist group's sophisticated social media operations and other Internet sites -- now available in 23 languages – are increasingly aimed at attracting younger recruits, forcing the FBI to consider non-custodial alternatives to deal with juveniles who heed its clarion call. He declined to provide details on those alternatives.

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1. Isis: Jihadist 'Special Forces' Copies US Swat Team's Image in Propaganda Picture Stunt

The Islamic State (Isis) has released photos of its 'Special Forces' brandishing US made M16 assault rifles in a propaganda effort to display the group's purported military might.

According to several pictures circulated online, more than a dozen jihadists are seen posing in a line, sporting balaclavas and black military gear similar to those used by traditional Swat teams.

Taken in, what appears, to be a large tent, the photos were posted on social media by an Iraqi fighter, who claimed they depicted a squad with IS 'Special Forces' or Qawat al-Muhaam al-Khaasa.

Analysts said the release came at a moment where the Sunni extremists are facing significant pressure both in Syria and Iraq following the launch if a US-led aerial campaign against them.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-jihadists-special-forces-try-copy-us-swat-team-image-propaganda-picture-stunt-1473092