Fiery speeches lure Americans to fight in Syria for Al-Qaeda

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Fiery speeches lure Americans to fight in Syria for Al-Qaeda

On Twitter and Facebook, Westerners now brag openly about their exploits on the battlefield, and try to recruit their friends to join them.

I think what surprised us is the level of openness from these guys," he said. "We see a lot of pictures, a lot of video of people fooling around, relaxing. It's like a summer camp for jihadists."

In his sermons, Jibril - who has been jailed in the United States on fraud and weapons charges and who did not respond to a request for comment -- never explicitly calls for jihad in Syria, but he doesn't have to.

Now many fear these Westerners fighting in Syria will return home - with deadly new skills.

Fiery speeches lure Americans to fight in Syria - CBS News

Revealed: the radical clerics using social media to back British jihadists in Syria | World news | The Guardian

They could return, say counter-terrorism officials, flaunting their status and posing a dangerous threat as battle-hardened jihadists.

Western spooks and 'evil' Syria in talks about common enemy | World news | theguardian.com

So after fighting in Syria should they be allowed back in the US and UK after fighting for a known terrorist organization?