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Home Front: WoT
Saleh Ali: Terrorism Doesn't Need Organization
2018-09-28
BLUF:
[Victory Girls] So when the extremists here take it upon themselves to demonstrate their displeasure with their lot in life by staging attacks, they don’t need a terrorist affiliation. They don’t need formal ties to terrorist organizations. They need a computer and an internet connection. And that’s why law enforcement will many times confirm that there is not link to terrorist organizations, because ISIS and AQ probably won’t even know these troglodytes exist until they launch an attack, at which point the terrorist group can claim responsibility and laud the malcontent for striking at the enemy.

I doubt this means the police are somehow trying to downplay the terrorism angle.

It simply means they have found no connection to any formal terrorist organization, even though they may be guided or inspired by ISIS or others.
Posted by:Besoeker

#1  With internet, terrorism has an organization.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-09-28 05:18  

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