Posted on 08/22/2014 10:02:35 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Defense Department on Friday pushed back against Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) claim that fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) might have entered the United States across its southern border.
Perry, who is weighing another run for the president in 2016, made the assertion Thursday during a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
"There's the obvious great concern that, because of the condition of the border from the standpoint of it not being secure, and us not knowing who is penetrating across, that individuals from ISIS or other terrorist states could be [crossing]," he said. "There's a very real possibility that they may have already used that [strategy]."
But the Pentagon’s top spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, shot down that allegation.
“I've seen no indication that they are coming across the border with Mexico. We have no information that leads us to believe that,” he said on CNN’s "New Day."
Kirby said Pentagon leaders know the terrorist group does have “aspirations to hit western targets” and that the threat is something “we’ve got to take seriously, and we have to be ready for it.”
He added that the Pentagon doesn’t have a “hard and fast number” of how many foreign fighters are among the group’s ranks.
He pointed out that officials in the United Kingdom are trying to uncover the identity of a man with a British accent who appeared in the video showing the execution of American journalist James Foley.
Australian leaders also raised the issue of their citizens becoming radicalized and joining ISIS with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, when he visited the country earlier this month, Kirby added.
“It's a problem in many countries, and we face that problem here in America. It's just hard to get our hands around it,” Kirby said.
Oh, everythings okay then except that's about as reassuring as Dingy Harry.
Coming from the same guys that missed the Chechen terrorists the Russians were screaming at us to look out for.
Just “unaffiliated” muslims.
Who cares? They’re going to Chicago first.
This is an idiot.
Who from the DOD is down on the 1100 mile border?
We have known for years muslims ARE crossing and we know ISIS is now actively calling for attacks here in US
I can BS on that stupid DOD guy
Riiiiiight,
Have you looked?
Where did you get your info from? Do we have to go into details of past performance of intel, mil intel?
Are you going to personally guarantee it?
You’re not paying attention to BPS, DEA, FBI, ICE, etc...
No evidence of Barack Soebarkah at the border? Seems legit
How the hell would they know?
Whatever the government says...YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT!.....NOT.
It will happen too. Either a few “ISIS” members will shoot up a mall , or get some Ebola infection and spread it. Or detonate a dirty bomb, maybe even a nuke in a major city.
The media will play it down as senseless, mindless, fanaticism. Sabres will rattle in DC, and nothing will really happen. Allowing it to continue.
To make such illogical statement, we have to assume that Adm. Kirby knows exactly how many crossed the border in the first place.
If nobody can give an exact number, how can he make such claim?
They don’t know names of people arriving, they don’t know how many are arriving, they don’t know the ages of these people, they don’t know about their health status, they don’t know if they speak English, they don’t know where they are from.... but they DO know they are NOT ISIS????
REALLY!!!!
BS!
This administration is one lie after another. They could tell me it’s raining outside (it is) and I wouldn’t believe them.
What’s sad is that even our military is corrupted.
I don’t think they knew they were in Syria or Iraq either i.e. the CiC called them the JV just a few months ago.
Or they will claim it is a homegrown terrorist, and if we had just respected the Muslims more, it would never have happened.
So, I guess the prayer rugs and Quoran’s were just left there to give the impression that A-Q was there .. but they really aren’t there ..?????
Okay .. I guess.
Since Obama has fired all the qualified military leaders, I have my sincere doubts about the rest of them knowing what the hell is going on anywhere; or having a clue what to do about it ..!!!
Except the troops themselves .. who probably know more than anybody.
These are the same liars, who didn’t see ISIS in Syria or Iraq until all hell broke out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3195900/posts
Ex-CIA Officer: ‘There Are ISIS Sleeper Cells In This Country’
Newsmax ^ | 21 Aug 2014 | Cathy Burke
Posted on 8/22/2014 9:33:09 AM by george76
A former CIA officer said Thursday he has no doubt Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells are already planted on U.S. soil.
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former CIA officer Bob Baer told the network ISIS is already on this side of the Atlantic.
“I have been told with no uncertainty there are ISIS sleeper cells in this country,” he said.
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Islamic State fighters suggest their leader, Iraqi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is planning something for the West – and that attacks could take place through sleeper cells in both Europe and the United States.
“The West are idiots and fools,” one fighter taunted, according to Reuters. “They think we are waiting for them to give us visas to go and attack them or that we will attack with our beards or even Islamic outfits.
“They think they can distinguish us these days – they are fools and more than that they don’t know we can play their game in intelligence. They infiltrated us with those who pretend to be Muslims and we have also penetrated them with those who look like them.”
We’ve been lied to by our gov’t for decades. So we’re just supposed to believe this BS because of this political suck-up’s rank?
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