President Barack Obama admitted that “lone wolf” Daesh attacks present a vexing new security challenge Friday, even as he assured Americans the Daesh group can be defeated. Obama capped a week in which he has tried repeatedly to reassure a jittery Americans that his administration can neutralize the terror threat, with an end-of-year press conference that only underscored the tough task ahead.
“It is very difficult for us to detect lone wolf plots,” Obama acknowledged.
“Despite the incredible vigilance and professionalism of all our law enforcement... you don’t always see it.
“This is a different kind of challenge than the sort that we had with an organization like Al-Qaeda,” Obama said.
“Essentially, you have ISIL (Daesh) trying to encourage or induce somebody who may be prey to this kind of propaganda.”
Source: Arab News