ISIS has abandoned large-scale terror atrocities to focus on ‘lone wolf’ attacks like Nice and Berlin, government report says
The National Counterterrorism Center warns of the jihadist’s change of policy
A report claims Islamic terrorists now prefer lone wolf or small cell attacks
Soft targets such as transport hubs or shopping centers are ideal locations
Terrorists can pick their own targets after radicalizing themselves online
By DARREN BOYLE
DailyMail.com
5 January 2017
An official intelligence report has claimed Islamic terrorists such as ISIS have abandoned large-scale spectacular plots such as 9/11 to concentrate on lone-wolf attacks like those in Nice and Berlin.
The report, which was circulated at the end of December, suggested the CIA, FBI and the other intelligence agencies must shift their focus towards the new threat.
The document was compiled by the National Counterterrorism Center.
According to the Washington Times, the report said: ‘The steady rise in the number of lone actor operations is a trend which coincides with the deepening and broadening of the digital revolution as well as the encouragement of such operations by terrorist groups because intensified [counterterrorism] operations have disrupted their ability to launch larger plots.
‘Lone actors now have greater capability to create and broadcast material than a decade ago, while violent extremists can contact and interact with potential recruits with greater ease.’
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