ISIS threats on Black Friday stand firm, analysis concludes
Black Friday is one of the world's most prestigious and famous shopping sales holidays gathering enormous crowds of shopaholics waiting to grab spectacular deals on latest technology, clothes and fashion, as well as regular Walmart items.
Last year's Black Friday was threatened by Islamic extremist terror groups, specifically ISIS. This is due to the group's desire to terrorize the holiday's enormous crowds and pedestrian traffic in the streets of even small cities across America; with shoppers now gathering across Canada and Europe as well as the shopping day expands.
Due to the threats made by the group, a lot more security was enhanced and introduced at stores, throughout streets, and even at airports as millions gathered for the debut of the holiday season. Luckily, ISIS didn't make any moves.
Many countries make the error of letting go of their security forces once they realize no specific attack occurred on the moment ISIS said they would strike. But it's part of the terror group's plans to threaten countries, so that security is enhanced there, to distract forces of threats on separate and different locations.
In the last few years, ISIS threatened the Vatican's Christmas mass, but instead terrorized Berlin at a Christmas market killing 12 people and also a US holiday party in California killing 14 others. It's a common thread for the terror group.
This year, ISIS didn't hold back - once again threatening the Vatican's Christmas mass resulting in the church and St Peter's Basilica saying they'd heighten security measures to protect citizens visiting the Basilica and attending masses in the upcoming season.
However, it wouldn't be a shocker if ISIS used that threat to distract security intel of another threat and specifically on a different holiday or different day than the traditional Christmas holiday. Potentially Thanksgiving, New Years Eve, Hanukkah days, Ramadan, or maybe Black Friday?
It definitely wouldn't be the first time the group takes a route to try and threaten the shopping holiday, specifically at US stores and on very busy US streets. Within recent years, the group did threaten the holiday directly (and indirectly).
