As a concluding note, I would also put forth that today, more than any time in the past couple years, I believe the West is vulnerable for an al-Qaeda Central directed plot. Al-Qaeda:
- Needs a spectacular attack to reassert its global authority as top dog
- Could benefit from how an attack would divert attention from its killing of dissenters (ISIS)
- Might like to distinguish its targeting focus on the far enemy as opposed to sectarian issues; and
- The U.S. hasn’t been this distracted (due to Snowden, Russia-Ukraine, Iran, Syria, etc.) with regards to counterterrorism since 9/11.
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