Soft Targets Back in Focus - Stewart Scott - Townhall Finance ...

From time to time, I will sit down to write a series of analyses on a particular topic, such as the?fundamentals of terrorism series?last February. Other times,?unrelated events in different parts of the world are tied together by analytical threads, naturally becoming a series.?This is what has happened with the last three weekly security analyses -- a common analytical narrative has risen to connect them.?

First, we discussed how the?Jan. 16?attack against the Tigantourine natural gas facility near Ain Amenas, Algeria,?would result in increased security?at energy facilities in the region.?Second, we discussed foreign interventions in Libya and Syria and how they have?regional or even global?consequences that can persist for years.?Finally, last week we discussed how the?robust, layered security at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara?served to thwart a suicide bombing.

Together, these topics spotlight the heightened and persistent terrorist threat in North Africa as well as Turkey and the Levant. They also demonstrate that militants in those regions will be able to acquire weapons with ease. But perhaps the most important lesson from them is that as diplomatic missions are withdrawn or downsized and as security is increased at embassies and energy facilities, the threat is going to once again shift toward softer targets.

Soft Targets

Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/stewartscott/2013/02/17/soft-targets-back-in-focus-n1514270

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