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Indiscriminately attack them. and it really shows how little preparation was put into this. and how little carry was put into actually finding american victims. he was just trying to kill anyone he could find. and he found a place that was fairly densely populated and took the shot when he could. >> and hassan hassan, what -- the decision window for something like this could be years. it could be months. when you look at what happened today, it could be rather impulsive. all that required was to rent a pickup truck and drive down to that section of manhattan. that's a decision that could have ...

Series of deadly vehicle attacks across the west, including the 2016 attack in nice in the south of france where 86 people were killed after a truck went into crowds at a bastille day celebration, and attack in barcelona this summer where 14 people were killed. vehicle attacks are encouraged by isis now. here is what "new york times" reporter who covers islamic extremism told chris hayes tonight. >> just yesterday, isis put out a series of posters that were translated in four different languages that called for attacks on halloween. it was issued in french, in russian, in german, and in englis...

Organization that people can join because they think of it as a sort of a cause they can mobilize behind or rally behind. >> what do you see as a relationship between what's happening in isis in iraq and syria and what we will see in terror here? >> i think the most important thing to note is the most dangerous attacks will be returnees from syria. people who have been battle-hardened who have the tactical abilities and the ability to plan. the fact that we no longer have spaces in syria where they can shelter and plan like that, i think it's a major victory. so the types of horrible attack as...

Succeeding on the ground in iraq and syria. this is not a good period for them. they are losing ground. does that increase the likelihood of this kind of attack here? >> no. i think this attack is a reminder of two things. isis has just lost its second capital in syria, the main capital, the first city that it controlled in 2014. raqqah. and this attack happened soon after that. that indicates that people are not even -- either they're not paying attention, or because of an a point i keep saying which is the -- whatever isis does on the ground no longer affects its appeal outside. people still...

Of lone act or attack so a person can do it on their own. they don't need training. they don't need to be directed by isis. certainly because of the delay and we haven't heard from isis saying anything about the attacker. we saw -- we heard about him leaving a note behind. so it sounds like he did it on his own. he thought it about it, and he did it without communicating with anyone about his dimension. >> and graeme, will isis claim this even if there was no communication with them once they are aware of this note? >> i think it's likely. if the note does indeed say he was doing this for isis...