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The ?Lone Wolf? Terrorist: a deceptive description

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By Doug Hagmann 3 February 2010: If one considers the Christmas Day bomber Umar Abdulmutallab as a ?lone wolf? terrorist, then remember that wolves are pack animals ? predators ? that excel at observational learning. While they might be ?lone? in one given situation, a ?lone wolf? inherently nonetheless adheres to a pack mentality. Like wolves, terrorists exist in various packs, some more feral and ultimately more dangerous than others. Like the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, there will be more attempts driven by that very same pack mentality that so many are attempting to explain away as unrelated. Instead of acknowledging the common traits that exist among the so-called ?lone wolf? attackers, our current administration and the Department of Homeland Security is striving to downplay their common behavioral characteristics and the Islamic ideology behind them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).