Accession Number:

AD1013820

Title:

CTC Sentinel. Volume 9, Issue 6, June 2016

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article - Open Access

Corporate Author:

U.S. Military Academy -Combating Terrorism Center West Point United States

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2016-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

Islamic State-inspired terrorism returned to the headlines this month on both sides of the Atlantic. In Orlando the United States suffered its deadliest terrorist attack since 911 while in France a police couple were stabbed to death in their own home by a French extremist who threatened that France would become a cemetery during the Euro 2016 soccer championships. In our cover story Richard Walton argues the threat to Euro 2016, which concludes on July 10, is more acute than for any other international sporting event in history because of the unprecedented threat to France from the Islamic State and its followers. Walton was the head of the Metropolitan Polices Counterterrorism Command during the London Olympics and looks at lessons learned for protecting Euro 2016 and the upcoming Rio Olympics. In our second cover story Pieter Van Ostaeyen outlines how the emergence of three clusters of radical extremists in Brussels and Antwerp is the key reason Belgium has contributed more foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq, per capita, than any other Western nation.

Descriptors:

• terrorism
• man borne improvised explosive devices
• lessons learned
• national security
• united kingdom
• crime
• south america
• social media
• police
• security personnel

Subject Categories:

• Land Mine Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE