‘Another 9/11 is possible,’ the former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said. ‘This terrorist threat may have changed, it may take different forms, but it’s still out there’
is far from over. While the global threat has shifted from the Middle East to South Asia and parts of Africa, analysts say it continues to influence extremist ideology and inspire attacks against the West.
“There is also a degree of counterterrorism fatigue among the general public, especially following the withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan,” Stephanie Foggett, research fellow at the Soufan Center, a non-profit organisation that examines global security issues, told“International terrorism remains a threat today and states will need to balance a range of transnational security challenges.”
The Soufan Center gave the example of al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia based in Somalia, which it said has “grown more transnational in its focus over time”, evidenced by the 2019 arrest of a Kenyan operative in the Philippines who was seeking pilot training“Developments in the Sahel continue to concern counterterrorism analysts, especially the concern that jihadist groups could control territory following the withdrawal of French security forces and amidst ongoing political turmoil...
Former US National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador John Bolton described the withdrawal of Western troops in Afghanistan as a “catastrophic mistake”.. “Every indication we have is that during the two years since we withdrew, foreign terrorist fighters have returned to Afghanistan, the [Biden] administration estimates that they are already capable of manning terrorist attacks around the world.
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