British city among top recruitment hubs for IS
London and Portsmouth are among Europe’s most notorious hubs for terrorist recruitment, as US military report has revealed.
A new study by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point found evidence that Isis and other extremist groups have networks in specific areas, mostly with significant immigrant communities, “where they can identify high numbers of potential recruits who are potentially under social-economic stress”.
Analysis of more than 850 foreign fighters showed that almost three quarters came from cities where at least one other militant was known, often as part of the same friendship group.
Out of the jihadis known to have travelled to Syria and Iraq between 2011 and 2015, the highest number came from London, with 38 recruits, while eight were from Portsm...