GRAVE SITUATIONWestern countries are well aware of the issue - nine people suspected of planning to join Islamist militants in Syria were detained in Austria on Wednesday."We are absolutely aware that there are significant numbers of British nationals involved in terrible crimes, probably in the commission of atrocities, making Jihad with (Islamic State) and other extremist organizations," British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC."I don't think this video changes anything. It just heightens awareness of a situation which is very grave and which we've been working on for several months."Jamal Khashoggi, a long-time expert on al Qaeda who interviewed Osama bin Laden, said caution and concerns over security may have kept Islamic State from carrying out attacks on Western targets so far, but they would not hesitate under the right conditions."If they can blow up a suicide bomber in Times Square this afternoon they’ll do it. What is keeping them from doing that is vigilance and security," he said."But we have to admit that they are targeting all of us. If they can launch a terrorist attack in Riyadh, New York or London, they'll do that."http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/us-iraq-security-islamicstate-strategy-idUSKBN0GK1HF20140820Сколько бы не отмахивались от реальности, она такова. Увы. И это только начало...