Paris Attacks challenge ‘lone wolf’ terrorist theory
By Michel Moutot 23 hours ago
Paris (AFP) – The attacks in Paris and the radical Islamist cell dismantled in Brussels have challenged the idea of the “lone wolf” terrorist who works alone, without the help of a jihadist organization, analysts say.
Every terrorist that has attempted or carried out attacks in the West in recent years — down to the Kouachi brothers who struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris this month — has had some level of ties to extremist groups engaged in global jihad, according to experts.
For Jean-Pierre Filiu, of Sciences Po university in Paris, the events in France and Belgium had shown “once again” that the idea of radicals acting in isolation was “an inane myth”.
“This largely fantastical figure is an intellectual creation that appeared in the United States as part of the Bush administration’s ‘global war on terror’ in 2001”, he argued.
Although they may have acted without direct instructions from above, the Kouachi brothers had training from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), its Yemen branch, and struck a top target on Al-Qaeda’s “most-wanted” list.
https://news.yahoo.com/attacks-challenge-lone-wolf-terrorist-theory-164725772.html
Yes, of course they were financed by Al Queda which in turn is financed by the House of Saud.
Kind of disrespectful for the the Blog to use this particular photo. Of all the photos you could have used, a police officer being executed was probably not the best choice.
I disagree about the choice of photo. Yes, it’s upsetting, but if we are going to have a news media that sanitizes it’s news reporting, the public are not going to fully understand the threat of what, in this case, Western society is facing.
We know what we are facing, we watched it on the news, as it unfolded. When 9/11 happened, I don’t remember any news articles being printed with photos of victims jumping from the towers. Yet, those photos do exist.