U.S. Urging An Online War Against The Islamic State

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with retired Marine Corps General John Allen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

U.S. Unveils Coalition To Fight Islamic State In Cyberspace -- Reuters

KUWAIT (Reuters) - The United States on Monday unveiled what it called an information coalition with Muslim and Western nations to combat efforts by Islamic State to recruit online and stoke sectarian hatred through a "cult of violence".

U.S. officials told delegates from European and Arab countries at a meeting in Kuwait that this should complement parallel campaigns against the armed group on the battlefield and in the world of finance.

"There is a military coalition that is on the battlefield with Daesh (Islamic State) every day and from the very beginning the partners in the coalition ... felt that there should be an information coalition that complements the military coalition," U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs Richard Stengel told a news conference after the talks.

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U.S. Urging An Online War Against The Islamic State

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