'Thousands' of ISIS fighters now inside U.S. cities (Obama continues to downplay threat)

WND ^ | November 25, 2015 | Leo Hohmann

[Perseverando]

ISIS recently sent out a new video taunting America and threatening attacks.
A new study says the U.S. should take those threats seriously.

The Islamic State has recruited thousands of supporters in the United States, far more than previously thought, according to a scathing new report, raising the likelihood that supporters of the terrorist army could be plotting attacks similar to those carried out in Paris.

And the "challenges of screening incoming refugees" from Muslim countries may be adding fuel to the fire, according to the report, authored by national security experts at the Threat Knowledge Group.

The report accuses Obama of "downplaying" the threat of ISIS while adding to the threat by importing Muslim refugees that are difficult to screen.

The U.S. has imported 70,000 refugees per year for many years, more than half of them from Muslim-dominated countries such as Somalia and Iraq with active jihadist movements, and President Obama has pledged to increase that number to 85,000 this year and 100,000 the following year.

The new study is significant because the Obama administration has in the past made statements that "around 200" Americans had left the country to join ISIS and could come back at any time using their American passports.

The FBI has said it has about 900 active ISIS investigations in all 50 states but never given an estimate of how big the contingent of ISIS sympathizers may be in the U.S.

The Threat Knowledge Group's chairman is counter-terrorism expert Sebastian Gorka, a Department of Defense adviser. The group, which includes academics and policy advisers, has put together a list of 82 persons in the United States who were affiliated with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and apprehended by

[MarMema]

It is an excellent question.

[VerySadAmerican]

15 in Houston is probably a low number. There are mosques all over the place. The only place I’ve seen any of them on the job is every now and then I’ll see one at a grocery store check out counter.

[VideoDoctor]

What more proof do Americans need?

In my lifetime, thus far, I have learned that most people pay little or NO attention to serious threats until the fire actually burns their a$$. Then they seem to snap out of the hypnotic trance they were in.

I have a lady friend who has smoked for 35 years. Last Spring she was diagnosed with cancer as a result of her smoking.

She gave up smoking had to take chemo for 4 months and general CHANGED her entire way of life.

It took the "fire" of cancer to actually burn her butt before she woke up.

I fear were going to have to suffer, as a Country, before more people snap out of it and get on with treating the problem.. the RADICAL MUSLIMS have to be exterminated and removed.

[kearnyirish2]

He is a collaborator with the Muslim invaders, but our police departments should never have been allowed to be an occupying force in our towns. We aren’t a police state (officially), or a dictatorship. SWAT teams are one thing, but when average beat cops are basically wearing military uniforms then something is very wrong.

[Duckdog]

Playing “connect the dots” is easy with what he is doing. I’ve been thinking for about five years he has no intention of leaving office. This giant bureaucracy he has built, does anybody think for a moment that he would turn it over to some one who would destroy it.

[bert]

That bastion of left wing subservience CBS aired an episode of NCIS LA where ISIS was recruiting girls as ISIS brides in LA.

“They’re coming after our Children” said Hettie

Overall, the episode was harsh on all things ISIS

[sneakers]

bump

[Tau Food]

I have no doubt that there are plenty of nuts here in this country and I have no desire to visit a mall on Black Friday.