A point? They have objectives. What is their objective besides killing people? That they can do it?
Why did he let the woman see him last night? He knew she was there, yet he stepped out of his Astro and shot the woman off in the distance. Jihadists usually go for the big time kill. This could be the start of an endless tag team of killers, but with the shutdown of large areas the jihadists could setup for the shutdown to occur in the jaws of a trap.