Sentence examples for motivated to attack from inspiring English sources

Preliminarily, however, US officials consider Mateen not to have had any ties to the jihadist group, making him a so-called lone wolf attacker – if indeed he was motivated to attack the US, rather than by violent homophobia.

American officials say he is highly motivated to attack the US on its own soil or readily identifiable American targets, such as airlines.

Still, I think the top-shelf anti-malware vendors will be hugely motivated to attack this problem with gusto, and will figure it out.

Asked how the U.S. responds to the fact that several recently convicted terrorists, such as Faisal Shahzad and Najibullah Zazi, have said they were motivated to attack the United States due to the U.S. military actions in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Leiter acknowledged the challenge.

Democrats say Republicans are politically motivated to attack Mr Obama's flagship domestic achievement in order to weaken him.

"The message and ideology of Isis is resonating among some South Africans and they may be motivated to mount an attack locally.

An even more diabolically ingenious suggestion came from one of my sons: you rig up the piston to squeeze the trigger of a rifle that shoots dead the wolf's brother; the wolf thus becomes a lone wolf and at the same time conceives a grudge which motivates it to attack.

Teachers need answers to questions from students about personal safety, about what motivates others to attack us, about how we should relate to fellow citizens who are Muslim or Arab and about whether civil liberties should be curtailed in a time of crisis.

"This will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack Americans and American facilities overseas," Mr Hayden said in a CBS interview on Sunday.

Mr Reeds said Fowkes said he was motivated to commit both attacks because "they were offenders against children".

Reeds said Fowkes claimed he was motivated to commit both attacks because "they were offenders against children".