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Photo: Bloomberg.com
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The military-style attack
in Paris has made clear that Europe faces an evolving, ever-more complex terror
threat no longer dominated by a few big players.
Media analysis describe that it's not just al-Qaida,
or Islamic State. It's not just the disciples of some fiery, hate-filled
preachers. Instead, security experts
say, it's now an Internet-driven, generalized rage against Western society that
can burst into the open at any time — with a slaughter in Paris, an attack on a
Jewish Museum in Belgium, or the slaying of a soldier in the streets of London.
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People gather in
solidarity of the victims of a terror attack against a satirical newspaper,
Charlie Hebdo
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This evolving
hydra-headed beast bedevils security chiefs, who have to deal not only with
al-Qaida planners looking for another 9/11-style hit but also with, as in
Paris, well-trained, well-armed killers intent on avenging perceived insults to
their religion by gunning down journalists.
In a rare public speech,
Andrew Parker, director of the domestic British security service MI5, said
Thursday that thwarting terrorist attacks has become more difficult as the
threat becomes more diffuse.
RADICALIZATION IN EUROPE
TAKING ON NEW FORM
Security experts say it's
now an Internet-driven, generalized rage against Western society that can burst
into the open at any time.
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