Posted on 08/28/2014 7:29:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have identified nearly a dozen Americans who have traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the militant group that the Obama administration says poses the greatest threat to the United States since Al Qaeda before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
As ISIS has seized large expanses of territory in recent months, it has drawn more foreign men to Syria, requiring more American and European law enforcement resources in the attempt to stop the flow of fighters, senior American officials said. And as a result of the increasing numbers of men, ISIS is now recruiting foreign women as jihadi wives.
ISIS has become more attractive to would-be militants because, unlike Al Qaeda, it has seized territory that it rules by strict Islamic law. “ISIS is able to hold itself up as the true jihad,” said a senior American official. “They’re saying: ‘Look at what we are doing, what we’re accomplishing. We’re the new face. We’re not just talking about it. We’re doing it.’ ”
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Without even reading this article, let’s see who would be among this “Americans” fighting for ISIS:
- foreign born Moslems, whether they are now US citizens or legal residents
- children of foreign born Moslems
- Black Americans who converted to Islam
- A handful of white American who converted to Islam
- psychopaths of all kinds who just want a chance to kill
- maybe a handful of Hispanics who converted to Islam (a growing phenomena)
Missing:
- American communists
- Black Bloc anarchists
- white liberals
is that Barack Hussien O-Isis I see there???
Ge has until Monday to “announce” that he has put his Pen...to paper...and unilaterally executed an amnesty order...according to the “get it done by labor day” rumors.
I’d expect it on Sunday
get ready to take it to the street
He did announce yesterday that HE was going to make reparation payments and allow those that self deported from 2009 to 2013 to come back.
This was announced on Breitbart.
Thats the red flag.
the rest of the program .....will be announced in a similarly piece meal manner in the days to come...
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