When Americans leave for jihad

in the news | August 29, 2014

CNN

David Sterman, Peter Bergen:

McCain is the first American known to have been killed while fighting for ISIS. But he is not the only American drawn to the group or to al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the al-Nusra Front.

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