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Jihadist Women Use Twitter to Promote IS Militant Cause

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Pictures of kittens and designer footwear are tweeted out alongside extremist rhetoric, descriptions of the “good life” in Syria, and pictures of battlefield gore. Welcome to the so-called “Umm network” of well over 100 people who claim to be foreign female jihadists on Twitter. “Umm” is an honorific name in Arabic, used to address women as a mother figure. As with the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Twitter is apparently a favorite social media tool of the Umm network, according...

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