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Paris Attacks Show ISIS Changing Tactics

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An Illinois State University Political Scientist says the attacks in Paris say something significant about ISIS' deteriorating position. Professor Ali Riaz is the Chair of ISU's Department of Politics and Government. In this interview with GLT's Charlie Schlenker, Riaz says the Egyptian plane bombing, other bombings in the Mideast by ISIS, and now the assaults in Paris, show a shift to a strategy of asymetrical warfare.

Ali Riaz also says the attacks in Paris raise serious questions about why French security forces were not able to anticipate or preempt at least part of the terrorist assault. The Turkish government had warned France and French intelligence had indications something was brewing.
 
 

WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.