What a Small ISIS Cell in Trinidad is Teaching SOUTHCOM
By Caroline Houck
June 7, 2018
Just because a country is relatively small doesn’t diminish the threat, or the difficulty of mustering a counter-effort.
Earlier this year, working with its partners on the ground, the U.S. military helped disrupt an alleged ISIS-inspired attack that would have targeted a festival — in Trinidad and Tobago.
The raid grabbed headlines immediately afterward. But it — and U.S. Southern Command’s ongoing efforts to help the Trinidad security forces develop counter-extremism capabilities — offer lessons about how to confront radicalism at home and abroad, SOUTHCOM’s commander Adm. Kurt Tidd said Wednesday.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2018/06/what-small-isis-cell-trinidad-teaching-southcom/148790/?oref=d_brief_nl
