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Jihadist Threat: Just Website Bluster? ‘Earth-Shattering’ Payback For Mali -- Washington Times
The latest terrorist warning of “earth-shattering” attacks on the West shows Islamic extremists are still focused on the United States and Europe, but many analysts doubt that they have the capacity to follow through on their threats.
Threats posted over the weekend on the Ansar al-Mujahedeen Network website called for attacks on the United States and other countries helping France put down a terrorist uprising in the North African nation of Mali. The site began as a bulletin board for jihadists, said Andrew Lebovich, a Senegal-based U.S. analyst who focuses on extremist groups in the Sahel and Maghreb regions of North Africa.
The weekend warning predicted “strong, serious, alarming, earth-shattering, shocking and terrifying” attacks on the West.
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My Comment: If the above table is accurate .... these groups do have a lot of followers. But do they have the will and resources to launch attacks against Western targets in Europe or North America .... we have to hope that they cannot but be prepared for the worse.
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