Where is the threat coming from?
Yet to catch up on my reading on UK CT, notably the report on the four attacks in 2017, so here is a recent article by Raffaello Pantucci, at RUSI, which was behind a paywall when published a few days ago.
The title: 'The new wave of terrorist threat comes more from the local lone wolf than international plotters'.
Here is a "taster":Link:https://raffaellopantucci.com/2018/0...plotters/amp/?This all paints a bleak picture at the start of a fresh new year and it is worth stopping a moment to recognize a more positive side. Notwithstanding this past year being a particularly grim one in terms of attacks, the UK has not faced a large-scale atrocity on the scale of the London bombings of July 7, 2005, when 56 people died. The attacks we have suffered are for the most part of a low calibre, driven by individuals of limited resources and ability.
In September 2017 a London BBC programme, with Raffaello as the reporter, was screened and is available (27 mins). The summary:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05f9y4greveals how Isis used social media to plan and plot attacks on Westminster and London Bridge. He exposes how the terrorist group relies on encrypted messages and the dark web to coerce British Muslims to stage atrocities across the UK.
I assume this podcast is available outside the UK; it is not on YouTube in its entirety.
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