Loan Wolf Terror Threats
Canadian intelligenceBy Stewart Bell

A newly declassified Canadian intelligence report is warning about the emerging threat posed by "lone wolf" Islamist terrorists who operate completely on their own.

Terrorists inspired by al-Qaeda have, in the past, tended to work in cells, but the report says they are beginning to use the solo strategy once associated with the militant far right.

"Lone wolves motivated by Islamist extremism are a recent development," it says. "Islamist terrorist strategists are now advocating that Muslims take action at a grassroots level, without waiting for instructions."

It adds that lone wolf Islamist extremist attacks and conspiracies "seem to be on the increase" and that "several such cases have been recorded since 9/11" although the list of examples appears to have been censored from the report.
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