(Washington Post) Editorial - Paris, Brussels and now Istanbul. The horrific attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on Tuesday suggested that the Islamic State's capacity to mount major raids on strategic international targets remains robust. The Istanbul assault succeeded in spite of tight Turkish security. The attackers were spotted soon after they emerged from a taxi outside the airport; at least two were shot by security forces, and only one made it inside the international terminal. The explosives they detonated were nevertheless able to slaughter dozens of people, some of whom were waiting in security lines. More broadly, Istanbul shows that the threat of major, coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic State has not been much diminished.
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