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Disaster ups fear of Islamic State terror

New intelligence reports that an Islamic State affiliate may have brought down the Russian Metrojet airliner over the Sinai Peninsula with a bomb would suggest a new level of sophistication for the terrorist group and raises the prospect other western targets could be next, security experts told the Herald.

“I think that clearly the Islamic State has both the will and the means to commit a mass casualty attack like this against civilians,” Northeastern University terrorism expert Max Abrahms said. “The fact that the Islamic State could take down a commercial airplane in today’s day and age certainly suggests a higher level of capability.”