Trinidad and Tobago jihadists (ISIS photo)
PJ Media: SOUTHCOM Commander: Terror Networks 'Reach Deep Into Our Hemisphere' in 'New and Surprising Ways'
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The commander of U.S. Southern Command said there's "significant concern" in the Western Hemisphere about "the ability of radicalization to occur via the internet" and create terrorists in their home countries, as well as the return of foreign fighters who spent time in Syria.
"The threats that we and our partners face in the region are a chief concern to many," Adm. Kurt Tidd told reporters at the Pentagon, underscoring "the sophistication, adaptiveness and considerable financing leveraged by criminal and extremist elements."
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WNU Editor: When you read stories like this one .... Teen drawn to ISIS brought homemade bomb to Utah school, police say. .... that is when you know that radical ideologies do have an appeal to a small segment of the population, and unless you want to shut down the internet, this appeal will continue to fester for a long time.
