Islamic State and other terrorist organizations are studying the downing of aircraft as they plan attacks on the scale of 11/XNUMX, the US Secretary of the Interior Elaine Duke.
Speaking to the US embassy in London, Duke said the organizations were using the smaller attacks to raise money but also to "keep their members awake".
"The threat is still serious," he said, adding: "Terrorist organizations, whether ISIS, Al Qaeda or others, want to cause a big explosion like they did on 11/XNUMX. "They want to shoot down an aircraft, the information is clear about that."
"In the meantime, however, they have to take care of their finances, stay in the forefront and keep their members alert, which is why they are spotting small-scale terrorist plots and they like that." "Their purpose is to sow terror and an attack with a truck, with a sharp weapon, causes terror in the world, but that does not mean that they have abandoned the plans for a big attack by plane", he pointed out.
As he said, the Internet provides the means to create more "internal" terrorists in the US, who use propaganda material.
That's why the United States and Britain will push social media companies to take more action at the G7 Home Secretary meeting this week to prevent the spread of jihadist material online.
Source: TheToc