Gauging the Jihadist Movement in 2016: Grassroots Terrorism

MIN READJan 14, 2016 | 08:00 GMT

Armed gunmen on the streets of Paris in the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015 were professional operatives but grassroots jihadist attackers can pose an equal threat.

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The threat posed by grassroots jihadists is nothing new. It is, however, evolving. The move toward armed assaults using the type of basic military skills possessed by most of the attackers is a logical trend. It has also proved to be a deadly one....