Paris Attacks Reminder of Threat of Returning Jihadis
<p><span word="Top">Top</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span> - <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="terror">terror</span> <span word="group">group</span> - <span word="are">are</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="one">one</span>-<span word="off">off</span> <span word="event">event</span>." <span word="And">And</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="plots">plots</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spotlight">spotlight</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="fighters">fighters</span> <span word="returning">returning</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="battlegrounds">battlegrounds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wounds">wounds</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="raw">raw</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="edge">edge</span>, <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="won">won</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="away">away</span> – <span word="have">have</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="fighters">fighters</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wreak">wreak</span> <span word="havoc">havoc</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span>?</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="great">great</span>.</p><p><span word="David">David</span> <span word="Sterman">Sterman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="jihadist">jihadist</span> <span word="networks">networks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span>.</p><p>"<span word="You">You</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="returned">returned</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="jihadist">jihadist</span> <span word="networks">networks</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="upon">upon</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sterman">Sterman</span>.</p><p><span word="Experts">Experts</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="psychological">psychological</span> <span word="profile">profile</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="fighter">fighter</span>, <span word="let">let</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sleeper">sleeper</span> <span word="cell">cell</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="known">known</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="Western">Western</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="fighter">fighter</span> <span word="is">is</span> 25. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="is">is</span> 21.</p><p><span word="One">One</span>-<span word="third">third</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="active">active</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="jihadist">jihadist</span> <span word="forums">forums</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span>.</p><p><span word="Lahur">Lahur</span> <span word="Talabani">Talabani</span>, <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</span> <span word="Regional">Regional</span> <span word="Government">Government</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>, <span word="thinks">thinks</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="falling">falling</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="attraction">attraction</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="sure">sure</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="attractive">attractive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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