16 years after 9/11: The state of the terrorist threat - News Summed Up

16 years after 9/11: The state of the terrorist threat


Since 2014 there have been six lethal jihadist terrorist attacks in the United States, killing 74 people, according to New America's research. 02:45Those attacks were carried out by American citizens and legal permanent residents, not by foreign terrorists as was the case on 9/11. Jihadist terrorists in the United States today overwhelmingly radicalize online. Meanwhile, the Taliban in Afghanistan are at their strongest point since their defeat by US forces shortly after 9/11. Other forms of political violence in the United StatesTerrorism in the United States doesn't emanate only from jihadists, who have killed 95 people in the States since 9/11.


Source: CNN September 09, 2017 21:39 UTC



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