Visualizing the ISIS Terror Threat in America
Terrorism continues to be among the top concerns for Americans, and the House Homeland Security Committee’s October Terror Threat Snapshot Tuesday helps explain why.
The monthly assessment of the global terror threat shows that ISIS’s ability to carry out attacks in the West has not significantly diminished. Moreover, the threat will continue in the years to come because of the “terrorist diaspora” from Syria and Iraq.
Already in the last 15 years, the threat from homegrown terror has risen dramatically. There have been 171 homegrown jihadist plots in the U.S. since 9/11, and 86 percent of these incidents have either been discovered or happened since 2009, the report found.
The following visuals help break down the threat in the U.S. from ISIS:
[see original article for maps and visuals]
Click here to check out the entire report, and here to view an interactive map.
CAIRCO Research