I found the passage very unsettling that there is a group of people who still believe the views that Combat 18 hold. It stuck out to me in the passage when it stated "Combat 18 refuses to participate in electoral politics, instead directly appealing to potential recruits through fliers, stickers, magazines, music, distribution, and the use of violence." Considering the group uses Hitler as their idol, I would assume the group would use their voice in politics to gain control of their vision similar to Hitler. Hitler was appointed chancellor in Germany in 1933 which led to many victories of the Nazi Party and led to similar actions that Combat 18 is attempting to accomplish.

The article today is sad, but the realistic of the ideologies of Boko Haram. This article reminds me of the kidnapping in 2014 of about 200 school girls taken as child soldiers. The kidnapping sparked a movement throughout social media as #BringOutGirlsBack that led to the involvement of many prominent members in the world such as Michelle Obama and Pope Francis. After the kidnapping, Boko Haram had used the young girls as ransom and as the first girl suicide bombers in attacks across West Africa. After years, four girls escaped, 100 girls were rescued through negotiation, but 100 are still missing with Boko Haram.

I found this article very interesting because it reflects the impact of COVID and terrorism. It stuck out to me that ISIL has flourished during the pandemic through cyber recruitment. Throughout the pandemic, it has been proven that technology has developed in many good way, but the article highlights one of the negative impacts that the advancement of technology has. It is important to recognize that impact of ISIS on women. It has been shown that the Taliban has produced magazines to encourage women/wives to participate in traditional roles of taking care of the home and children in order to support their husbands, rather than take part in the violence themselves and encourage women to leave their husbands if the husband does not support jihad. A study has shown that the magazines are used to make women feel victimized, influencing men to join jihad to protect their wives and family. Because fo these magazines, there has been an increase in women who participate in bombings on behalf of violent jihadi organizations, such as ISIS. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoe-iat012521.php

This article was out of my field of specialization, though I do see there must be certain parameters to security for border control. Outside threats area always a possibility and I feel that adding more technology could improve the threat of terrorsist, especially in today's advance technology world. I really liked how detailed the framework for foreign threats was laid out where there are teams to respond to each type of threat. I liked that the document wasn't vague, but detailed a strategic plan.

I agree with you. Rehabilitation is extremely important and I believe there must be a comprehensive plan of what occurs after the terrorist are caught. I don't think the repercussions are not security concern and were too vague throughout the document.