Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stringer
Path To Jihad: From Upscale Cairo To Islamic State Beheadings -- Reuters
(Reuters) - After leaving his upscale Cairo neighborhood to fight with the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq, Younes says he learned how to work as a sniper, fire heavy weaponry and behead prisoners using the proper technique.
One year later he harbors the kind of ambition that could create a security nightmare for Egyptian authorities: to return home and hoist the Islamic State's black flag in Egypt as his comrades have over large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
Eventually, says Younes, he and other Egyptian fighters in Islamic State intend to topple Egypt's U.S.-backed government and extend their caliphate to the biggest Arab nation.
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My Comment: This is a growing problem .... more so when you realize that the Islamic State is recruiting thousands of such fighters each month .... and almost all of them young and educated. In short .... these people are suppose to be the future .... but instead they are hell-bent on creating hell.
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