Article snippet: The ISIS pivot and international campaign is well underway, and once again producing deadly results. With money, equipment and encouragement to sustain its mission, ISIS long ago dispatched experienced fighters from its stronghold in Iraq and Syria, while simultaneously inspiring radicalized, homegrown extremist attacks from within Western countries. Among the many violent methods recommended by the late ISIS spokesman, Abu Mohammed Adnani, was a specific call in September 2014 for acolytes to attack “disbelieving Westerners,” and to “run [them] over with your car.” On Thursday, Barcelona became the latest site of a vehicle-ramming terrorist attack — one apparently associated with the world’s most threatening terrorist organization. Complex attacks on aircraft, airports, cafes, metro stations and music halls demand robust planning and coordination. But vehicle-ramming attacks present far fewer barriers to success, and they offer minimal opportunities for police and intelligence services to disrupt them. ADVERTISEMENT Since 2014 — the year that ISIS seized control of Mosul, its stronghold in Iraq, and ascended to the vanguard of the global terrorist movement — several such attacks in the West have claimed the lives of hundreds in Stockholm, London, Nice, Paris and Berlin. The tactic appeared in the playbook of other terrorists and terrorist organizations too, with strikes on civilians from Jerusalem, Israel to Charlottesville, Virginia. With thousands of vehicles... Link to the full article to read more
OPINION | Terrorism will forever haunt us if nations stand by idly | TheHill
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