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Inside the mind of an ISIS fighter
(CNN) -- To the outside world, they're a force of ruthless yet mysterious insurgents bent on terrorizing civilians and expanding Islamist rule.
But as one former ISIS fighter tells CNN, the mentality goes much deeper.
"The main and principal goal of the Islamic State that they tell their new members is to establish an Islamic state that will encompass the Arab world," the man said in Turkey. "And after that, we go to other countries."
to ban Britons from coming home once they join jihadi ranks abroad.
And the United States got a harsh reminder of ISIS' reach when Douglas McAuthur McCain, a 33-year-old from the Midwest, became the first known American to be killed while fighting for ISIS.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called ISIS "beyond just a terrorist group."
"They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess," he said last week. "This is beyond anything we have seen, and we must prepare for everything."
ISIS may have wanted to show off its global reach by having a militant with a British accent front the videos of the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
And that kind of tactic could also inspire more foreigners, the former ISIS fighter told CNN.
"It is possible that the goal was to project the image that a European, or a Western person, executed an American so that they can showcase their Western members and appeal to others outside Syria and make them feel that they belong to the same cause."
ISIS defector speaks exclusively to CNN - CNN.com Video
Inside the mind of an ISIS fighter - CNN.com
(CNN) -- To the outside world, they're a force of ruthless yet mysterious insurgents bent on terrorizing civilians and expanding Islamist rule.
But as one former ISIS fighter tells CNN, the mentality goes much deeper.
"The main and principal goal of the Islamic State that they tell their new members is to establish an Islamic state that will encompass the Arab world," the man said in Turkey. "And after that, we go to other countries."
to ban Britons from coming home once they join jihadi ranks abroad.
And the United States got a harsh reminder of ISIS' reach when Douglas McAuthur McCain, a 33-year-old from the Midwest, became the first known American to be killed while fighting for ISIS.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called ISIS "beyond just a terrorist group."
"They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess," he said last week. "This is beyond anything we have seen, and we must prepare for everything."
ISIS may have wanted to show off its global reach by having a militant with a British accent front the videos of the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
And that kind of tactic could also inspire more foreigners, the former ISIS fighter told CNN.
"It is possible that the goal was to project the image that a European, or a Western person, executed an American so that they can showcase their Western members and appeal to others outside Syria and make them feel that they belong to the same cause."
ISIS defector speaks exclusively to CNN - CNN.com Video
Inside the mind of an ISIS fighter - CNN.com
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