Was London attacker a true 'lone wolf'?

Edition: US - Today's top story: London attack: Terrorism expert explains three threats of jihadism in the West [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 24 March 2017 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair]( Editor's note Many are calling the London attacker, Khalid Masood, a “lone wolf.” But terrorism expert Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens says the extent to which jihadists in the West are connected to terrorist networks varies – it’s not all or none. His research shows a significant number of plots and attacks in the U.S. that were originally thought to have been lone wolf attacks were actually aided by “virtual entrepreneurs,” or jihadists in IS-held territories directing radicalized individuals to carry out plots in the West [through online tools](. And on World TB Day, it’s important – and alarming – to note that more than nine million people worldwide die each year from TB transmitted from animals to humans. 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