Three Isil fighters pose in Ramadi the Iraqi army 'abandoned' the city Photo: Twitter
Business Insider: There are nearly four times as many jihadist militants today than on 9/11, and the 'war on terror' has been a 'terrifyingly expensive failure'
* There are nearly four times as many jihadist militants across the world today as there were on September 11, 2001, according to a new report.
* Foreign policy analysts say it's yet another sign the war on terror has been a colossal failure.
* There are approximately 230,000 Salafi jihadist fighters across almost 70 countries, according to the report.
There are nearly four times as many jihadist militants across the world today as there were on September 11, 2001, according to a new report, and foreign policy analysts say it's yet another sign the war on terror has been a colossal failure.
"Despite the Islamic State's loss of territory in Iraq and Syria, an increasingly diffuse Salafi-jihadist movement is far from defeated," the new report from the Washington, DC-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
There are approximately 230,000 Salafi jihadist fighters across almost 70 countries, according to the report, which drew from a number of databases going all the way back to 1980. There has been a slight decline in the estimated number of total fighters since 2016, but the report said the current estimate is still among the highest in the past 40 years.
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WNU Editor: I would also add the millions who are not fighters but who support the "cause" and who are the support base for this movement. The CSIS report is here .... The Evolution of the Salafi-Jihadist Threat (CSIS).
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