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Overview: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters (PIRUS-FF)

From 1980 to 2015, foreign fighters departed for overseas conflicts from more than 100 cities in 25 states across the United States. During that span, there have been some instances of concentrated foreign fighter activity in both geography and time.

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Overview: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters (PIRUS-FF) (2016) PDF 739.65 KB 10/19/2016
Last Updated: 01/12/2023
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