New Orleans attack puts spotlight on Islamic State com
Hindustan Times* New Orleans attack puts spotlight on Islamic State com Islamic State was crushed by U.S.-led coalition * Militant group still can inspire violence * New Orleans attacker inspired by Islamic State By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, - A U.S. Army veteran who flew a black Islamic State flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year's revelers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence despite suffering years of losses to a U.S.-led military coalition. Islamic State has not claimed responsibility for the New Orleans attack or praised it on its social media sites, although its supporters have, U.S. law enforcement agencies said. Jim Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat Islamic State, said the group has long sought to motivate lone wolf attacks like the one in New Orleans. U.S. Central Command said in a public statement in June that Islamic State was attempting to “reconstitute following several years of decreased capability.” CENTCOM said it based its assessment on Islamic State claims of mounting 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria in the first half of 2024, a rate which would put the group “on pace to more than double the number of attacks” claimed the year before.
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