Thursday, March 22, 2012

The 'Nike' Terrorist



Toulouse Shooting: The Rise Of The 'Just Do It’ Terrorists -- The Telegraph

In the intelligence world, they are known as the Nike terrorists, whose motto when it comes to committing acts of terrorism is simply: "Just do it."

And the spate of shootings carried out this week by a lone al-Qaeda terrorist in south-west France perfectly fits the profile of a new generation of Islamist terrorists who are now regarded as posing a major security threat to the West.

Rather than trying to carry out spectacular attacks on the scale of September 11, the Nike terrorists are encouraged to use any means at their disposal to cause the maximum number of casualties. The architect of this new way of killing was Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric who masterminded al-Qaeda’s operations from Yemen until killed by a US drone strike last September.

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My Comment: The above video is a must see to better understand why this type of terrorist is difficult to spot .... and even more difficult to stop.

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