The U.S. Department of State has come up with a novel way to deal with the Internet-savvy recruitment strategy undertaken by the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS).
Troll them on YouTube.
In an extremely graphic video that uses news footage, closed-circuit TV and plenty of other video obtained in ways you'd be wise not to think too hard about, DoS shows off some of the less glorious aspects of wannabe-caliphate's business strategy: suicide bombings of mosques, crucifixions, beheadings and similar.
The video is part of a program begun late last year directed at Muslims vulnerable to recruitment by violent groups.
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