House Homeland Security Committee Finds 75 ISIS-Linked Plots Targeting West

Homeland Security Today: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has been tied to at least 75 terrorism plots against Western countries, with the United States as the group’s main target, according to a recent report by the House Committee on Homeland Security.

The Committee’s report, “Terrorism Gone Viral,” revealed a significant increase in terrorist plots against the West over the past several years. In 2014 there were 19 ISIS-linked plots against the West; in 2015, the figure more than doubled to 48. The high success rate—with more than 40 percent of total plots executed—indicates that the group will likely continue to initiate frequent attacks, versus long-term plots.

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