New Orleans attacker's apparent loyalty to Islamic State group shows persistent threat of lone wolf terrorism

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52% : The New Orleans attack, like that earlier incident, underscores an important point: While the Islamic State group's territorial caliphate - the area in Syria and Iraq in which it assumed both political and religious authority and sought to enforce its interpretation of Islamic law - has been dismantled, the group's ability to inspire acts of terror on U.S. soil through online propaganda and ideological influence remains alarmingly potent.

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