A new report by the House Home Land Security Committee in the United States reveals that during the first six months of this year 24 terror attacks relating to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been pointed against western targets. This is a drastic rise compared to 19 attacks in all of 2014. The new report is to be published every month to cover all terror events in order to enlighten the congressmen on this matter.The head of committee, Michael McCaul, said that the number of terror threats the U.S. has to face is unprecedented, as since 9/11/2011, 116 terror plots were registered -- more than half of them in the past three years. The report also shows that during the past year, since June 2014, around 22,000 foreign warriors have joined ISIS ranks, among them 200 U.S. citizens and 4000 from other western countries -- a rise of 80%. Furthermore, it states that at least 39 people were arrested or tried for connections to the murderous terror organization, for planning attacks, for trying to get to Syria to join ranks with ISIS, for sending money, equipment and weapons to its warriors, false declarations in front of federal authorities and for not reporting offenses.
The report to Congress doesn't leave out the social media field, which have become more relevant lately, especially being used by ISIS. According to it, the Sunni Islamic terror organization has published since last January more than 700 videos, pictures and magazines through social media. It goes to show that every day more than 20,000 posts are published on Twitter which side with the organization's extreme activity.