A Congressional Research Service report on homegrown jihadists was updated in December and has some interesting points to ponder. The full article published by HS Today contains a link where you can download the actual report if you want to read it.
The opening paragraph of the article reads: "A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on homegrown jihadists updated in December stated that “violent jihadists may exhibit a number of conventional shortcomings when compared to international terrorist networks such as Al Qaeda," and that "homegrown violent jihadists ... possibly lack deep understanding of specialized tradecraft such as bomb making."
This scares me a bit as I believe it leads readers to underestimate this growing problem. The very next paragraph reads: "Because of this" CRS stated" "they may turn to violence requiring less preparation, such as assaults using firearms."
Well, it seems to me that the terrorists using firearms (and explosives less than VBIED size) cause quite a bit of havoc in Mubai, we have seen major "active shooter" incidents across our nation that have been very hard to deal with. So I think they're soft selling the issue a bit here. Can't wait to read the whole report. Take a look and see what you think about the issue.
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