TY  - SER
AU  - Brisard, Jean-Charles
AU  - Jackson, Kévin
TI  - The Islamic State's External Operations and the French-Belgian Nexus
KW  - Estado Islámico
KW  - Terrorismo
KW  - Francia
KW  - Alemania
N2  - Judging by the number of plots and attacks hatched by Syrian returnees, the Islamic State's francophone cadre appears to be the most active of the organization’s Western contingent. Often operating together in Syria, a number of these recruits showed an early proclivity toward striking their home country. The peer dynamics of the group provided the Islamic State with a valuable pool of determined recruits, which would prove crucial in the development of the organization’s external operations capacity. These factors led to a sustained tempo in terrorist activities in France and Belgium from early 2014 onward, culminating with the mass casualty attacks in Paris and Brussels
UR  - https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CTC-Sentinel_Vol9Iss1115.pdf
ER  -