Islamic State: Obama says group is weakening but still a threat

 

WASHINGTON: -- US President Barack Obama says there have been gains against so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria but warned the group still poses a threat.

 

As the jihadist group lost ground, he said, there were signs it was shifting to attacks abroad.

 

"The possibility of a lone actor or a small cell that kills people is real," he said, adding that networks in the US could be activated.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36981607

 

-- BBC 2016-08-05

Not the Islamic State is the threat, it's the ideology of Islam.