Summary: <a href="https://twitter.com/MiaMBloom">Dr. Mia Bloom</a> discusses the role of women and children in the Islamic State. Read more of her work here:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/opinion/bloom-horgan-afghanistan-girl/">New Terror Weapon: Little Girls?</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/09/how-the-islamic-state-is-recruiting-western-teen-girls/">How the Islamic State is Recruiting Western Teen Girls</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/08/06/female-suicide-bombers-are-not-a-new-phenomenon/">Female Suicide Bombers are not a New Phenomenon</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/22/even-al-qaeda-denounced-beheading-videos-why-the-islamic-state-brought-them-back/">Even al-Qaeda Denounced Beheading Videos. Why the Islamic State Brought them Back</a><br> <br> <br>
