New, Low-tech Terror Tactics Simple and Deadly

For years, al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups have been urging followers in Western nations to carry out attacks with whatever weapons come to hand, suggesting items as simple as a rock, a car or a fist. By killing 84 people in the French port city of Nice on Thursday, with a rented truck last week, Mohammed Bouhlel demonstrated just how lethal that crude technique can be. "It's a frightening moment," said Daniel Benjamin, a former counterterrorism coordinator the U.S....

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