ISIS Again Includes South Korea On List of Targeted Nations
Hopefully it does not come this, but it would be interesting to see what the reaction in South Korea would be to a Paris style ISIS terrorist attack? Fortunately it would be logistically very difficult for ISIS to pull off such an attack with the limited access to guns in South Korea. That is why if they did try an attack I would think an explosive or fire in a confined area with a lot of people is the route they would go:
The so-called Islamic State has once again included Korea on a list of potential targets of terror attacks.
In a video clip on Wednesday, Korea was included among 60 countries belonging to what ISIS calls a “global coalition” that also includes the U.S., Japan and France.
In September, Dabiq, ISIS’ glossy propaganda magazine, named Korea among 62 countries that are supposedly part of a new “crusader coalition” and targeted for potential terror attacks.
The latest list includes two new targets — Russia and China — that were for some reason not on the list earlier. [Chosun Ilbo]
By the way I did notice that North Korea did not make the list. I wonder if Kim Jong-un feels left out?
With a coalition providing anything from military support to humanitarian aid or just ‘expressions of support’, given a list of 62 countries, it’s more relevant to know if there are any first or second world OECD countries not on the list.
A year old list of the 62 countries and their contributions.
Even notoriously neutral Switzerland has pitched in.
There are only three potential reasons for ISIS to still be around:
1. There is political gain to the West in having an external foe
2. Western leaders are too timid to actually do the needful
3. ISIS is a proxy army armed and funded by the West
All of those are distasteful.