Time to also firebomb IS on internet

IS is losing fighters on the ground, only to recruit more online. The world must also end this virtual power-grab if it is to win the war against the jihadists, writes Rita Katz

US president Barack Obama has pledged to destroy Islamic State (IS) and ensure fighters “find no safe haven”.

However, even as US-led airstrikes are under way in Iraq and Syria, it is clear that bombs alone will not suffice, because IS hides out in the most perfect haven: The internet.