Homegrown terrorism more possible than US thought, PhD lecturer Bruce Newsome claims

Dr. Newsome, lecturer on counterterrorism at University of Pennsylvania claims Americans have felt too free, their Muslims too integrated to be able to engender homegrown radicals that would launch attacks against the US. But Dr. Newsome says the jump to radicalism can and is happening in the US, and in a spontaneous manner.

He notes violent jihadists are usually troubled, could be seeking a holy redemption for a troubled past, has interactions with other terrorists, and has been politically marginalized. He says most jihadism is locally inspired and rarely supported by foreign terrorists.

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