In the 24-year-old since a group of 19 members of the Al Qaida terrorist group, four flights stepped in a series of attacks on the US who killed 2,977 people, the notorious network remains the “most dangerous terrorist group” in the world, an expert warned.
“The most dangerous terrorist group 24 years after 9/11 remains Al Qaida,” said Roggio. “With the support of the Taliban, the situation is much worse than it was before 9/11.”
Al Qaeda linked Nusra front hunters wear their weapons on the back of a pick-up truck during the release of Lebanese soldiers and police officers in Arsal, Eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, December 1, 2015. (Stringer/Reuters)
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Roggio explained that Al Qaeda not only runs training camps in at least 13 of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan, the worldwide activities have only continued to expand in the middle two decades in the middle and Africa.
“The worldwide organization remains intact. It probably arranges more than a third of Somalia and then it is so-called former partner and I am not convinced that the ties are broken now that the government of Syria, with the Hayat Tahir Al Sham as a leader.
“President [Donald] Trump even welcomed the acquisition, the expulsion of Bashar Al Assad. This was a mistake, in my estimate, “he added.” It is a group that is proven to be smart to be committed. “
Roggio explained that his main care when it comes to terrorism is almost two and a half decades after 9/11 the safe haven they have granted, and the sentiment of the public towards the different groups.
“The most important concern I have for the threat of terrorism is the increase in safe ports for these groups,” he said. “Afghanistan-al Qaeda, training camps, the Iranians continue to offer a safe haven, countries like Iraq, where the Shia militia can work, al-Shabab-al Qaida branch in Somalia-Hebben A safe haven in the areas they control.”
Police and military officials comb the scene of an al Qaida linked al-Shabab Group Terror Attack, in Mogadishu, Somalia on 21 August 2022. (Feisal Omar/Reuters)
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“This is true, when terrorist groups have the time, space and safety to plot, execute, to raise, to raise money, they can carry out an attack such as 9/11 and they now have in several places,” Roggio added.
Terrorist groups have increasingly gained access to more advanced weapons through state aid such as those of Iran to groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
But the convenience of access to technological developments such as AI and accessible technology such as drones has also increased the threat level that these groups form.
Roggio also pointed out that the groups do not need access to top arms or technological progress to cause real damage.
“Nobody thought Box cutters and some training on airlines would lead to 9/11 and yet it happened,” he said.
Groups that did not exist or were a “shadow” of themselves before 9/11 and worked on a cellular level now have “armies around the world,” Roggio explained.
But he also pointed out that open public support for groups that have carried out enormous atrocities and human rights violations are also increasing.
“If you look at the attitude towards jihadist organizations, look at the support for Hamas today … The increase in anti -Semitism and the decrease in support for Israel – these are all indicators that things are trending for the jihadist organizations.
“For me these are indications that we have lost the war against fear,” he added.
Hamas terrorists are a guard on the day of the transfer of hostages in Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip, 22 February 2025. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters/File photo)
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Roggio explained that there is a lack of “will” to fully tackle why there is an extremism and how that can best prevent that, which cannot be done militarily, but by combating radical ideology.
“We defeated Nazi Germany,” he noticed. “It’s something that can be done. We had the will to do it.
“Our hesitation, our unwillingness, our lack of dedication in these countries has encouraged them and again,” said Roggio. “Until we remove the state sponsorship, until we are able to effectively treat the suppliers of the radical ideology, these threats will continue to exist.”
