“As it continues to morph and metastasize,” he said, “I think all around the world we must all be mindful of where it might it pop up, and we must [work] with our security partners around the world [to] take steps to prevent that from happening.”
The Southcom commander was in the nation’s capital to attend a chiefs of defense conference with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and his counterparts from more than 40 nations to discuss “the global possibility of what happens after Mosul -- what happens after the physical caliphate is reduced,” he said.
The conference was to put in place a more watchful global network to share information on what potential threats might exist, Tidd said.
“Many of our partners around the region now recognize that in the aftermath of attacks by self-radicalized individuals from Brussels, Paris, Nice, Ankara, Orlando and San Bernardino, that phenomenon can pop up almost anywhere and with very, very little advance warning,” Tidd said. “It is incumbent on literally all countries to recognize how that can happen, and to be able to share information as effectively as possible, so as we learn of potential sources of radicalization, we take steps that are consistent.”
(Source: US Dept of Defense)
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