Networked terrorism for the internet age

Behind these seemingly random attacks, such as in Tunisia, lies a unifying ideology of terrorism.

Last Friday's near-simultaneous terrorist attacks across three continents should serve as a "wake-up call", says James Rubin in The Sunday Times. At least 27 British citizens were among 38 gunned down in Tunisia; more than 100 Shi-ite citizens of Kuwait were killed or wounded at a mosque; and a French businessman was decapitated. Isis is "getting stronger".

It could "become the most powerful terrorist organisation in history". It controls around half of Syria and a third of Iraq. The threat it poses to the West is that much more potent because "so many of its recruits" have Western passports. What should be done? Firstly, more military pressure must be put on the leadership so they focus on staying alive, not "plotting attacks". Secondly, we should prepare for more terrorist attacks at home.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

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