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The jihadist footprint. Chattanooga. Im thinking about the hatchet attack in new york. Think about the beheading in oklahoma. Very strange cases very difficult to categorize but clearly some inkling of jihadist ideology there that there are a lot of other issues Like Mental Health with personality disorders and so on. One could argue in this is that the hypothetical level that a lot of these individuals in europe find it much easier to go in the direction of syria and iraq. For one reason or another they dont find that outlet that they might basically let their anger in the radicalization out. The final point and i will wrap it up here in the most interesting part is the q a part for sure is a different approach from the governments point of view on the two sides of the ocean. On both sides particularly on the european side there has been a strengthening of the harder part of a counterterrorism spectrum. Legislation have been on both sides of the ocean but particularly some parts of th
Was established and these people right now are probably dominating among the people who have returned to European Countries. For these people there need to be options other than going to prison for 20, 30, 40 or so i have always been in my colleagues and i have always been very forthright in pushing European Countries to establish reIntegration Programs for people who are generally disillusioned to believe they made a mistake who have not committed major crimes. Its something that can be very tough but allows for the reintegration of people back into their societies. You have these three different groups, disillusioned, disturbed and dangerous. I think right now by far the Largest Group isnt that the fourth group which i call the undecideds. A lot of people have returned and is not clear at all what kinds of things they would do in the long term. This shouldnt surprise us. This thread and this is my final remark, this threat will play out over long period of time. If afghanistan in the
And countering the flow of foreign fighters and countering messages and we can build on current or local efforts being taken to counter daesh affiliates locally around the world. We must not forget that daeshs lit frp ledge legitimaty is tied to a caliphate with specific geography. This means our overarching objective must not be just countering daesh around the world but bearing down hard encore daesh in iraq and syria and squeezing and degrading and daesh there in its core makes it much more difficult for an affiliation to stand alone beyond the boundaries of the iraqsyria region. So as a coalition we cannot eliminate every rivalry, whether between nations or different faiths or those who hold power and historical grievances, one against another. But in coordinating the global effort to counter daesh, in championing muteure interest and respect over our many differences, we can and we have changed assumptions about how nations can come together to fight one of the great challenges of