WASHINGTON, United States — Extremism poses a greater global threat today than it did 17 years ago, despite costly U.S. military action overseas, according to members of the U.S. government commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks. Deaths from terrorist attacks each year have increased substantially since 2001 and violent extremism has spread, according to the report Tuesday from the task force on extremism in fragile states led by former New Jersey Gov. Members of the more recently constituted task force include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, and former U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley. He noted the “central role” of diplomacy in combating extremism and promoting global stability and freedom. While major terrorist organizations continue to pose a threat to the U.S., Wray said the FBI is also “very focused now on homegrown violent extremists,” largely radicalized online.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 20:37 UTC