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Intel believes 300 Americans fighting with Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 | Maggie Ybarra

Posted on 08/27/2014 8:16:24 PM PDT by GonzoII

The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side by side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials.

Officials say concern is widespread in Washington that radicalized foreign fighters could return to the homeland and commit terrorist attacks with skills acquired overseas, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information. Those concerns were heightened by the disclosure Tuesday that a California man was killed fighting alongside militants with the group, also known as ISIS.

The U.S. government is doing its best to keep track of the foreign fighters, who have been shifting back and forth between Iraq and Syria, according to a senior U.S. official.

"We know that there are several hundred American passport holders running around with ISIS in Syria or Iraq," the official said, offering a figure well above widespread reports of about 100 such fighters. "It's hard to tell whether or not they're in Syria or moved to Iraq."

The State Department did not respond to a request for the number of Americans traveling in Iraq and Syria.

Supporters of the Islamic State group have worked to cultivate anxiety in the United States over the threat they might pose domestically.

Among photographs posted to Twitter in recent weeks is one that shows the Islamic State flag unfurled in front of the White House at night. Another photo taken in front of a high-rise building in Chicago features the message: "We are in your state. We are in your cities. We are in your streets. You are our goals anywhere."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; syria
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1 posted on 08/27/2014 8:16:24 PM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

Silly me. I thought the danger lies in those who didn’t travel but stayed home.


2 posted on 08/27/2014 8:18:17 PM PDT by posterchild (It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
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To: GonzoII; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.

Stay safe!


3 posted on 08/27/2014 8:18:24 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: GonzoII

with any government estimate is always best to look at the number and multiply by 10 ...


4 posted on 08/27/2014 8:18:33 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: GonzoII

If any come back, you can be sure that they will commit acts of terrorism on American soil.


5 posted on 08/27/2014 8:19:15 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: GonzoII

This is why napalm was invented.


6 posted on 08/27/2014 8:20:02 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: GonzoII

Is it bad that it thrills me to hear of another dead “American” ISIS fighter? Because it does.


7 posted on 08/27/2014 8:21:55 PM PDT by DRey (Like him or not. He's been pretty damn great for Texas.)
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8 posted on 08/27/2014 8:23:28 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: DRey

Of course it’s not bad. The death of anyone in ISIS is a good thing.


9 posted on 08/27/2014 8:24:32 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: GonzoII

All those muzzies that the Bush family rescued will come home to roost one day.


10 posted on 08/27/2014 8:25:23 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: GonzoII

uh...and what if “only” 1% of muslims in the U.S. find “motivation”?


11 posted on 08/27/2014 8:26:25 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: GonzoII
from the article:
The State Department did not respond to a request for the number of Americans traveling in Iraq and Syria.

One guess as to why no response from state department?

12 posted on 08/27/2014 8:28:00 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: GonzoII

Can’t wait for them to come home! After all that training and indoctrination pep talks they will for sure be agents of change!


13 posted on 08/27/2014 8:29:43 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: GonzoII

The ‘American’ reported killed fighting with ISIS is one of Holder’s people and one of many ‘Obama’s sons’. I would bet that a good portion of the like-minded ‘American’s’ are also related to Obama. The majority, no doubt come from the radical mosques around the country...and btw, are there any mosques that are not ‘radical’?


14 posted on 08/27/2014 8:34:09 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
no doubt come from the radical mosques around the country...and btw, are there any mosques that are not ‘radical’?

Are there any mosques that do not teach the Koran?

15 posted on 08/27/2014 8:37:03 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: GonzoII

Are these trainees for Clown Prince nobama’s civilian force? Will nobama give them the Medal of Freedom when they return?


16 posted on 08/27/2014 8:40:29 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: GonzoII

anyone found leaving the US and fighting in the forces of ISIS , or any other jihad organization , should automatically lose their US citizenship and be forever forbidden from re-entry into the US . If they turn up having sneaked in , they should be arrested and sent into permanent incarceration in Gitmo

KEEP GITMO OPEN AND RAMPED UP , convert it into a hard labor camp , not a minimum security resort jail .


17 posted on 08/27/2014 8:46:26 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Jonty30

Let’s see how much secret support they will get from our muzzie community and how the authorities will react.


18 posted on 08/27/2014 8:51:55 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: no-to-illegals

At the same time obama sues to open more mosques here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3197825/posts


19 posted on 08/27/2014 8:53:33 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Then there is that honky from Florida who went ‘poof!’ in a dynamite filled truck in Syria.

Instant 72 obnoxious billy goats.


20 posted on 08/27/2014 8:57:35 PM PDT by 353FMG
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