Luring Southeast Asian fighters to IS : the case of former GAM fighters

• Main Author: Jasminder Singh
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93710; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38426
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Former independence fighters in Aceh, Indonesia, have begun to express their intentions to join Islamic State (IS) and willingness to support jihadists in Iraq and Syria. This increases the security threat posed by IS to Southeast Asia.