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Bulletin advises of potential ‘lone offender’ attacks as US counterterrorism officials work to detect homeland threats
CNN ^ | 1/019/23

Posted on 10/22/2023 9:10:21 AM PDT by EBH

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, along with the National Counterterrorism Center, issued the Joint Intelligence Bulletin sharing information and a threat assessment advising state and local law enforcement agencies that “lone offenders inspired by, or reacting to, the ongoing Israel-HAMAS conflict pose the most likely threat to Americans.”

The bulletin – obtained by CNN – also notes “the FBI has seen an increase in reports of threats against faith communities, particularly Jewish and Muslim communities.” While Hamas has not specifically called for attacks on US soil, the bulletin says, other foreign terrorist organizations have called for attacks in the US, which “may prompt homegrown extremists” to direct attacks at Israeli, Jewish or US government targets.

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1 posted on 10/22/2023 9:10:21 AM PDT by EBH
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To: EBH

“Lone Offender”?

Was the Wolf Community offended by the constant denigrations?


2 posted on 10/22/2023 9:12:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: EBH

Potential homeland threats?

Is homeland aware tgat the border is open?


3 posted on 10/22/2023 9:13:24 AM PDT by stanne
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To: EBH

Open borders have consequences


4 posted on 10/22/2023 9:14:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: EBH

It’s called Blowback, and it’s a real thing.


5 posted on 10/22/2023 9:15:07 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: EBH

Yeah, the iranian black flag flying from Teheran was a really astute observation of the federal bureau of “things”. They on da ball, dat crew. And steered directly to the wrong groups- to allow the attacks to occur. As, before. Thank you obamaomau (our jomo kenyatta with an iranian minder ValJar).


6 posted on 10/22/2023 9:15:29 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: EBH

The Federal Bureau of Instigation is on the job...OMG


7 posted on 10/22/2023 9:15:41 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: EBH
Bulletin advises of potential ‘lone offender’ attacks as US counterterrorism officials work to detect homeland threats

In another announcement, it is now National Concealed Carry Month

8 posted on 10/22/2023 9:18:49 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Piss Off a Lib - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!)
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To: EBH

Now, how do you suppose these terrorists got their orders? Their food and shelter? Their communications gear? And most of all, their weapons, whether it is a Wustof Chef’s knife or a Glock? The ammo, too..


9 posted on 10/22/2023 9:19:11 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: EBH

Whatever happens, don’t blame our good friends in Iran. It’s a lone wolf attack, understand?


10 posted on 10/22/2023 9:20:06 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: John S Mosby

Don’t forget Ahmed Brennan, too. He is a Jihadist through and through.


11 posted on 10/22/2023 9:20:22 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Lone Offender”?


https://csesjournal.columbiasouthern.edu/25-years-of-lone-offenders-in-america/

Lone offenders are defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as one who inflicts fear upon a targeted group or the general public, independent of any direction from a terrorist group or organization (USDOJ, 2019). Lone offender attacks can be referred to as idiosyncratic (Joosse, 2017) and are delineated into four dimensions: idiosyncratic ideology, idiosyncratic motives, idiosyncratic tactics, and idiosyncratic strategic thinking (Norris, 2020), although this article is not to argue or separate attackers into any of the four dimensions. These offenders are commonly referred to as “lone wolf” terrorists by the mainstream media in the aftermath of the United States’ attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11). Typically, the lone offender is classified as such because they commit acts of violence alone (some cases allow the inclusion of a pair), separate from any group or outside of the group’s direct commands.


To state that these are lone wolves is to IGNORE THE EVIDENCE OF THE GROUP BEHIND THEM.


12 posted on 10/22/2023 9:20:33 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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“The analyses of the current existing capabilities of intelligence services indicate that there is no effective method or the possibility of an effective way of warfare with lone wolves” (p. 6).


from the article, yet that is their focus.

why?


13 posted on 10/22/2023 9:22:32 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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We have already witnessed at least two isolated terrorist attacks, resulting in the tragic murders of the president of the Detroit synagogue and a six-year-old child in Illinois.


14 posted on 10/22/2023 9:24:35 AM PDT by Round Earther
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...four dimensions: idiosyncratic ideology, idiosyncratic motives, idiosyncratic tactics, and idiosyncratic strategic thinking.

They just can't bring themselves to say exactly what causes all this "idiosyncratic" behavior, can they?

15 posted on 10/22/2023 9:24:42 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Conclusion

Upon analyzing a quarter-century worth of lone offender attacks in the United States, the research has concluded that there was no verifiable correlation between 9/11 and an increase in lone attacks. This lack of a proven increase of lone offender terror attacks in the years following 9/11 provides a critical insight: that this attack specifically did not have as great of an influence on lone offenders as it was perceived to have. However, the exponential increase in attacks the following decade, utilizing information available and verifiable from 2010-2015, instead suggests that there may be another force with a far more substantial influence on violent extremism and lone offenses.


Would that possibly be a coordinated attack by a terrorist ORGANIZATION?


16 posted on 10/22/2023 9:24:56 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Synonyms of idiosyncrasy
1
a
: a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
b
: individual hypersensitiveness


Nope, they cannot say terrorist organization or HAMAS, etc,


17 posted on 10/22/2023 9:27:59 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: EBH

Daily caller report here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4191476/posts


18 posted on 10/22/2023 9:28:41 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: EBH

“lone”?

No such thing


19 posted on 10/22/2023 9:29:03 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Libhttps://freerepublic.com/focus/f-cheralism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Or, more importantly, ISLAM.


20 posted on 10/22/2023 9:30:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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