ISIS have announced plans to massacre thousands of people around the world in 2016, as its “final battle” draws to a conclusion. The group say they have hundreds of sleeper cells waiting to be activated in “dozens of countries”, that when active will completely destabilize western governments and cause untold chaos around the world. Alalam.ir reports: And next year will see a huge increase in both the number and scale of major terror attacks, according to Dr Theodore Karasik, a Gulf-based analyst of regional geo-political affairs who has extensively studied ISIS’s behaviour. He warned: “ISIS’s media operation is taunting its enemy to come to fight their Final Battle. “But first, it wants to show its global reach with zeal…from cells, to lone wolves, to target landmarks and crowds in dozens of countries across the world.” Dr Karasik added: “There are close to 40 ISIS affiliates globally with millions of adherents and believers around the world. The New Year may ring in with disturbing terror attacks. “ISIS is an airborne disease and still remains robust as the movement enters into a new combative and aggressive phase. “Many of us see the change of year as ‘turning over a new leaf’ and ISIS [...]