So how do you stop homegrown radicalization while bombing foreign lands? Sorry but stopping them at the airport or bus terminal before heading ain’t gonna stop it. Yes, I’m talking about strengthening intelligence even if it means hurting privacy laws – PB/TK
Terror Snap Shot: ISIS Recruitment, Ability to Carry Out Western Attacks Undiminished – Katie Pavlich Posted: Feb 06, 2017 1:15 PM
Despite being pummeled by coalition forces in Iraq and Syria for months, ISIS has suffered few losses when it comes to recruitment and terror attacks outside of its territory according to the “Monthly Terror Snap Shot” released by the House Homeland Security Committee majority.
“Although ISIS faces continued counterterrorism pressure in its key safe havens, the group’s external operations plotting appears undiminished. The New Year opened with a deadly ISIS-linked attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, leaving 39 dead and demonstrating the terror group’s continued ability to inspire and organize major attacks,” the report states. “European nations are moving forward with counterterrorism reforms designed to cope with the surging terror threat. Yet despite improvements, the continent still suffers from major security weaknesses that make European countries more vulnerable to attack and put U.S. interests overseas at risk.”
Continue to townhall.com article: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/02/06/terror-snap-shot-isis-has-been-diminished-n2282134
