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Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows
Associated press ^ | August 14, 2021 | By MICHAEL BALSAMO, NOMAAN MERCHANT and MARY CLARE JALONICK,

Posted on 08/15/2021 5:46:36 PM PDT by NoLibZone

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.

Less than a week after a military assessment predicted Kabul could be surrounded by insurgents in 30 days, the world on Sunday watched stunning scenes of Taliban fighters standing in the Afghan president's office and crowds of Afghans and foreigners frantically trying to board planes to escape the country.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told senators on a briefing call Sunday that U.S. officials are expected to alter their earlier assessments about the pace of terrorist groups reconstituting in Afghanistan, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

In June, the Pentagon’s top leaders said an extremist group like al-Qaida may be able to regenerate in Afghanistan and pose a threat to the U.S. homeland within two years of the American military’s withdrawal from the country.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; afghanistan; bidenforeignpolicy; california; nancypelosi; taliban; waronterror; wediditjoe
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I don’t give a rats ass if they reconstitute Al-Qaeda and nuke New York City and strafe all the survivors.

No more red blood for blue cities.

I will not be fooled again

1 posted on 08/15/2021 5:46:36 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone
Impossible!! Taliban is not on the list.


2 posted on 08/15/2021 5:48:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: NoLibZone; Drew68

3 posted on 08/15/2021 5:49:08 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: NoLibZone

Meanwhile, those that resist vaccines and question stolen elections are classified as terrorists by Homeland Security.


4 posted on 08/15/2021 5:49:21 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: NoLibZone

DHS could not give a rat’s ass about the Taliban.

DHS only wants Americans in concentration camps
to me murdered by DNA manipulation, and wants
Americans to DIE BY DISEASE and terror as its
Quarters illegal immigrants and terrorists all
through the HOMELAND it is destroying.

The very day the DHS declared proTrump antiVAX terrorists
was the day the TALIBAN took Kabul.


5 posted on 08/15/2021 5:49:24 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: NoLibZone

WOW,What A Shock! or should I say What, A Shock?


6 posted on 08/15/2021 5:49:31 PM PDT by Valin
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“I don’t give a rats ass if they reconstitute Al-Qaeda and nuke New York City and strafe all the survivors.”

I’m not saying you’re a moron, but you are doing a Very Good Impersonation of what one would say.


7 posted on 08/15/2021 5:50:54 PM PDT by Valin
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To: ConservativeInPA

Homeland Security, aka Sovereign Security, aka SS.


8 posted on 08/15/2021 5:51:55 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: NoLibZone

So now Mulley is concerned. Too badges a day late and a dollar short


9 posted on 08/15/2021 5:53:34 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Valin

Nicely played


10 posted on 08/15/2021 5:55:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED. This is what happens when you have rigged elections.


11 posted on 08/15/2021 5:58:27 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984 (The DOJ is a far left militia.)
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To: NoLibZone

My son and DIL just returned from a vacation in Cancun. Took them 2 hours to clear customs in Atlanta. Every bit of electronics had to be removed from bags and placed in separate bins, including ear buds. every piece of carryon was hand inspected.


12 posted on 08/15/2021 5:59:21 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: NoLibZone

And lets keep that border open so Taliban can just waltz on in.


13 posted on 08/15/2021 6:00:47 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Opposition to Covid measures is terrorism?


14 posted on 08/15/2021 6:02:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Here's the democrats idea of "domestic terrorists"...


15 posted on 08/15/2021 6:03:51 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: NoLibZone

America’s dumbest general said bla bla bla after he screwed up again.


16 posted on 08/15/2021 6:04:13 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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Gen. Mark Milley has proven himself a failure, a disgrace to his uniform.

There must be a quick and thorough investigation of our intelligence (CIA, NSA, military intelligence)as to how they failed so miserably.


17 posted on 08/15/2021 6:05:59 PM PDT by elpadre ( )
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Americas top general mauve haired Milley, chairthey of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I think calling them chiefs is cultural appropriation, somebody should be offended.
18 posted on 08/15/2021 6:06:00 PM PDT by radmanptn
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To: FatherofFive

That’s why I don’t fly. Won’t participate in this madness.


19 posted on 08/15/2021 6:07:30 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan.

Shouldn't he be paying attention to the disaster enfolding right now? What's your plan?

20 posted on 08/15/2021 6:08:13 PM PDT by McGruff (Resistance is futile, you will be vaccinated.)
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