1. Since @MVijay88 asked, here is a breakdown of the Callimachi story with ISIS and India, and why it should have raised a number of red flags.

This is the story: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/world/asia/isis-messaging-app-terror-plot.html

2. The first red flag is the quoting of "experts" from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a thinktank known for its severe biases (to put it mildly), both anti-Muslim as well as pro-militaristic responses. The only other expert quoted, is also cited heavily by FDD.

3. Then there is the reliance, almost exclusively, on law enforcement. There is no way to verify these accounts.

Much is made of Al Amriki, but the only evidence of his importance is from the Pentagon, which killed him.

Every murdered militant is always regarded as important.

4. On the face of it, just by what is presented in the article, Al Amriki seemed easy to contact (by someone searching on Twitter!), none of the plots he was involved in seemed to have anything approaching success, he couldn't get a visa processed.

More impotent than important.

5. The handlers could, if we are to believe the law enforcement narrative (and I know of these investigations, this is somewhat reliable, but I can only give you my word, nothing more as proof, sorry) only manage to get them rusted pistols, and they had to pay for it.

6. It is easier to procure weapons in India (um, ahem, anybody hear about the Naxals? ULFA? Maybe even about the many mafia networks?) than this.

This is the work of incompetents with little support network, and little knowledge of terrain, and no supply line.

7. The report itself says, "Yet nearly all of the plots attributed to Mr. Naim have failed. And it was human error that finally led to the arrest of Amriki’s followers in Hyderabad."

8. ISIS is dangerous, even now, and the danger was highlighted in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka.

Look how differently the attack was staged, and how different the culprits were from ALL the people described in the NYT article: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lanka-easter-attacks-muslim-brothers-carried-out-two-blasts/article26924583.ece

9. These type of article, overhyped masala based on unverifiable sources, serve to sow fear and confusion.

Worse, they identify the wrong type of suspects as dangerous, wasting both public and law enforcement time.

They are not a good thing.

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