Down but not out: After the caliphate, ISIL finds new life in the shadows
As U.S.-led forces seized control of ISIL’s last outpost in Syria late last month, pundits were quick to caution against premature declarations of victory. The so-called “caliphate” may have been dismantled, they said, but that did not necessarily mean an end to the threat the jihadi group and its adherents posed around the world.
“I think it’s fundamentally true we will be encountering much more than lone wolf attacks in the coming years.”I think it’s fundamentally true we will be encountering much more than lone wolf attacks in the coming years “The Islamic State affiliates, wannabees, inspired, are still around and they’re going to do what they can, whenever they can.”
Anne Speckhard, who heads the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism think tank, was even more blunt, telling Foreign Policy magazine that attacks on soft targets will be the “wave of the future.” “I think that what our security systems have to really get on top of is that, if you have small groups … they can mobilize quickly nowadays. It’s such an interconnected world, and once they believe this poison, it’s very virulent.
His concern surrounds the battle-hardened fighters who have returned to Canada with skill sets they didn’t have before — including how to kill and how to use weapons. “The phenomenon of radicalization to violence, both offline and online, remains a great concern to Canada and its allies,” he added.
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