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- ↑ Toosi, Nahal (8 February 2017). "Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda". Politico. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ U.S. Intensifies Effort to Blunt ISIS’ Message. The New York Times. 2015-02-16
- ↑ Why It's So Hard to Stop ISIS Propaganda. The Atlantic. 2015-03-02.
- ↑ Meet The State Department Team Trying To Troll ISIS Into Oblivion Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine . ThinkProgress. 2014-09-18.
