A Europol document released last week stated that investigations indicate IS is going global with the possibility of attacks against member states of the EU in the near future. IS has developed an external action command trained for special-forces-style attacks in the international environment. IS terrorist cells currently operating in the EU are largely domestic and/or locally based. Recruitment and radicalisation is being done through social elements of peer pressure and role modelling. Suicide bombers see themselves more as heroes than as religious martyrs. A significant portion of foreign fighters have been diagnosed with mental problems prior to joining IS, and a large proportion have criminal records. An increasing phenomenon is Islamist ‘brotherhood gatherings’, similar to ‘Bible camps’ - a relatively new concept for Muslims.