{"id":119037,"date":"2021-10-30T14:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=119037"},"modified":"2021-10-30T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T17:02:42","slug":"northern-virginia-police-and-businesses-increase-security-due-to-isis-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=119037","title":{"rendered":"Northern Virginia police and businesses increase security due to ISIS threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=116355\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-116355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Omar-Jiahd-will-continue-500x322.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Omar-Jiahd-will-continue-500x322.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Omar-Jiahd-will-continue-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Omar-Jiahd-will-continue.png 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northern Virginia is on an increased alert level over a potential ISIS threat over the weekend. This is based on internet chatter involving sites related to ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Malls and shopping centers have increased their security awareness posture. It appears that ISIS has been emboldened by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From CBS News:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have increased our police presence throughout the county to include major thoroughfares, transit hubs, shopping plazas and shopping malls,&#8221; Fairfax County police chief Kevin Davis said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the increased law enforcement presence will be in place through the Halloween weekend and ahead of Virginia&#8217;s gubernatorial election. Law enforcement officials said they are acting out of an abundance of caution, and as they learn more about the threat, the increased law enforcement presence could be extended through Tuesday&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities,&#8221; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS has been more active since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. Officials say threats from the international terrorist group and al Qaeda are accelerating.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s intelligence chief John Cohen said this week that the terror groups want individuals to act on their own &#8212; so-called lone wolf attacks &#8212; overseas and at home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now we&#8217;re seeing a dramatic increase &#8212; or an increase &#8212; in online activity by media operations associated with different al Qaeda elements and Islamic State,&#8221; Cohen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More on this story can be read on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/isis-threat-virginia-malls-shopping-centers-increased-security\/\">CBS News<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/10\/30\/northern-virginia-is-under-a-serious-terror-threat-from-an-old-enemy-this-weekend-n2598294\">Townhall<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Virginia is on an increased alert level over a potential ISIS threat over the weekend. &hellip; <a title=\"Northern Virginia police and businesses increase security due to ISIS threat\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=119037\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northern Virginia police and businesses increase security due to ISIS threat<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[474,307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-al-qaeda","category-isis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119038,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119037\/revisions\/119038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}