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 == Source for statement in lead that Jihadists use this concept == 

 I have of course heard that Jihadists use this concept, but at present there is no source for the claim (and therefore little rationale for the article). Look at reference 1), please. The normally reliable BBC and Jerusalem Post are both name-checked (although if the Jerusalem Post article is available there is no need to reference the BBC). But the statement supposedly referenced was not made by a news journalist at all, but by a 14 year old boy under conditions of extreme stress. The BBC report refers to descriptions of him as ""mentally challenged"" and ""a frightened child"". Does this come anywhere close to a reliable source for the statement that Jihadists use the 72-virgin idea as a motivation? Anywhere remotely close?  "