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The ISIS Istanbul Reina Night Club Attack: A Lesson in What Happens when One Invites Cannibals to Dinner

Apart from the attack itself, there are several other problems that need to be considered for this incident., Such an attack was predictable due to several reasons, including ISIS’s open threats to Turkey via their online statements and its online Rumiyah Magazine in retaliation for Turkish air strikes in the al-Bab region in which Turkish airstrikes have repeatedly destroyed ISIS targets and killed over 150 of their cadres, and intelligence received and shared by foreign and national agencies all signals that should have caused the police to take extra security and preventive measures beforehand.[4]  The owner of Reina Club in his statement to the public, stated that he was also informed about the possible threats of attacks. Likewise, several ISIS talking heads in the social media, chiefly in Telegram chat channels, openly threatened Turkey and the people who were celebrating Christmas in Turkey.