Friday, May 27, 2016

U.S. Officials Are Worried On How The Islamic State Is Able To Inspire Violence

A poster showing all 14 victims is displayed during an interfaith memorial service at the Islamic Center of Redlands for the victims of the San Bernardino mass shooting, Dec. 6, 2015 in Loma Linda, California.

Voice of America: Islamic State's Ability to Inspire Violence Worries US Officials

CAPITOL HILL — U.S. officials are warning of Islamic State’s ability to inspire violent deeds around the world, including in the United States, without commanding or having any direct contact with terrorists.

“We are in a new phase of the global terrorist threat,” Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told a U.S. Senate panel Thursday.

“We have moved from a world of terrorist-directed attacks to a world that increasingly includes the threat of terrorist-inspired attacks, one in which the attacker may never have come face to face with a member of a terrorist organization, but instead is inspired by the messages and propaganda of ISIL," Mayorkas said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.

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WNU Editor: What does not help the situation is the refusal by Western government to use terms like "radical Islam" to define who these people are. If you cannot (or refuse to) define them .... how can you then defeat them and/or discount their message?

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