Anderson Cooper Asks if Terrorist Groups Will Be ‘Emboldened’ by MH17 Crash

During a discussion on the downed Malaysian Airlines flight in Ukraine today (now confirmed by the Pentagon to have been taken down by a ground-to-air missile), CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked what terror groups around the world might take away from the tragedy and whether they might be emboldened to act similarly.

He said, “I also wonder if terror groups around the world seeing this are suddenly now going to be emboldened with the idea––you know, if we can get our hands on equipment like this. I mean, I hate to even bring this up, but you look at ISIS forces in Iraq, which now have access to huge amounts of equipment.”

Former Lt. Col. Rick Francona added that while you need certain military training to be able to operate equipment that could take out aircraft, he said it’s happened in Syria and so “we may see this more and more as terrorist groups have qualified people to operate these systems.”

Watch the video below, via CNN:

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