The State Department warns about a 'rise in racially or ethnically motivated terrorism' that is 'learning from their jihadist predecessors.'
The State Department is warning about a"rise in racially or ethnically motivated terrorism" that is"learning from their jihadist predecessors," according to its top official for counter-terrorism.
"We know that white supremacists and other racially motivated organizations or networks communicate across international borders. We know that they are in a sense learning from their jihadist predecessors, in terms of their ability to raise money and move money, in terms of their ability to radicalize and recruit," Sales said.
FBI Director Christopher Wray made the same point that Sales did Friday, saying law enforcement had seen a new trend of white supremacists connecting with"analogs" in other countries. High atop that list is Iraq and Syria, despite U.S. forces, local Syrian Kurdish fighters, and a global coalition taking down ISIS's so-called"caliphate" that stretched across both countries. While 7.7 million people were freed from ISIS's"brutal rule," according to Sales, the terror group's"toxic ideology" spread further across the globe to include eight new affiliates that the U.S. sanctioned in 2018 alone.
More than 100 fighters have escaped since Turkey launched an operation against the Syrian Kurds in northern Syria, according to U.S. officials. But Sales said the"majority" of them had been recaptured, citing SDF commander, General Mazloum Abdi, and a conversation he had with President Donald Trump.
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