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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-islamic-state-likely-to-continue-to-threaten-us/2016/08/05/340d6cfa-5ac4-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131_story.html

Obama: Islamic State Likely to Continue to Threaten U.S.

(AP-Washington Post) Lolita C. Baldor - Islamic State will probably continue to be a threat to the U.S. even after it is ousted from key strongholds in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama said Thursday, warning that lone-wolf believers will still be inspired to launch attacks that are harder to detect and prevent. "What ISIL has figured out is that if they can convince a handful of people or even one person to carry out an attack on a subway, or at a parade or some other public venue, and kill scores of people as opposed to thousands of people, it still creates the kinds of fear and concern that elevates their profile," Obama said.

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