{"id":71123,"date":"2021-08-14T15:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71123"},"modified":"2021-08-14T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:16:29","slug":"us-issues-new-terrorism-threat-warning-ahead-of-9-11-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71123","title":{"rendered":"US issues new terrorism threat warning ahead of 9\/11 anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin said the United States faces a “heightened threat environment” from both domestic terrorists “and those inspired or motivated by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences.”<\/p>\n

It cited increased use of “online forums to influence and spread violent extremist narratives and promote violent activity.”<\/p>\n

The new advisory updated a January alert following the attack on the US Congress by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, when DHS said the country faced “increasingly complex and volatile” threats from anti-government and racially motivated extremists, often stirred up by online influence from abroad.<\/p>\n

The bulletin had already been amended in May, with DHS warning violent extremists could exploit the easing of Covid-19 restrictions to conduct attacks.<\/p>\n

“Extremists may seek to exploit the emergence of Covid-19 variants by viewing the potential re-establishment of public health restrictions across the United States as a rationale to conduct attacks,” the DHS advisory said, adding that “pandemic-related stressors… may contribute to more violence this year.”<\/p>\n

Despite a rapid vaccination program, coronavirus case numbers have increased sharply in recent months in the United States due to the spread of the Delta variant, prompting new health measures.<\/p>\n

The advisory, which expires on November 11, also noted that in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), had put out an English-language version of its propaganda “Inspire” magazine for the first time in over four years.<\/p>\n

This “demonstrates that foreign terrorist organizations continue efforts to inspire US-based individuals susceptible to violent extremist influences,” DHS said.<\/p>\n

The United States, which considers AQAP the terror group's most dangerous branch, has carried out a campaign of drone strikes against its fighters in Yemen since soon after the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n

DHS was established after 9\/11 and regularly issues terrorism threat advisories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin said the United States faces a “heightened threat environment” from both domestic terrorists “and those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n