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Beware, global jihadists are back on the march

They are using the war in Gaza to radicalise a new generation

A jihadi of the Islamic State stands with flag
Photograph: Imago
|Paris and Washington, DC

WHEN JIHADIST gunmen shot their way through Crocus City Hall in Moscow on March 22nd, killing more than 140 concert-goers and setting the venue alight, intelligence agencies across the West were aghast. It was the clearest warning that Islamic State (IS), seemingly smashed five years ago, is returning to spectacular acts of international terrorism. Western countries fear becoming targets.

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