Posted on 09/22/2014 10:29:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
America was comforted to learn in late July that an American-born fundamentalist who fought alongside Islamic militants inside Syria before executing a suicide attack on Bashar al-Assad’s troops in May had freely traveled from Syria to the United States.
“This incident exemplifies the challenges faced by the FBI in detecting US citizens who seek to travel to Syria to engage in jihad,” an FBI spokesman said of the benign infiltration of U.S.-born Moner Mohammad Abusalha. Apparently, that challenge has not yet been overcome by American defense officials.
On Monday, an Obama administration official confirmed that some American citizens who fought with ISIS in Iraq and Syria have come back to the United States.
“During a briefing for reporters Monday in the ornate Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the Administration’s efforts to address the issue of so-called foreign terrorist fighters, the official said that the latest assessment from National Counterterrorism Center is that more than 100 Americans have attempted to fight in Iraq and Syria alongside ISIS or the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front,” Time Magazine’s Zeke Miller reported.
“It includes those who’ve gone, those who’ve tried to go, some who’ve come back and are under active—the FBI is looking at them,” the official said. “These are FBI matters, I refer you to them on specifics.”
It marked the first official government confirmation that at least some of the Americans fighting alongside the Islamist extremist group have returned to the U.S. As late as Monday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry said on MSNBC that “we have over 100 fighters there from America,” leaving out any mention of Americans who have returned.
That is not especially comforting.
First, the revelation that the FBI is conducting an ongoing investigation into suspected American jihadist fighters who have returned to the United States would seem to compromise that investigation. Second, based on the FBI’s inability to intercept Abusalha indicates that monitoring jihadists who return to the U.S. remains a significant challenge.
Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox reported on Monday that the administration has been focused on this threat posed by returning jihadists for some time, and the president chaired a special meeting of his national security team on September 17 specifically addressing this issue.
“With respect to the Americans who may be engaged in combat in Iraq and Syria, this is something that our national security agencies and counterterrorism team are taking very seriously,” National Security Advisor Susan Rice said Friday.
“It’s something we track closely. And we are doing obviously all that we can to both gather the necessary information and take the appropriate precautions to the greatest extent that we possibly can,” Rice said.
Asked whether 100 was a relatively low number that might signal success in keeping Americans off Syrian battlefields, the anonymous official replied: “I think that success is 0.”
American officials believe that there are up to 100 Americans who have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight with Islamist militias. By some estimates, up to 2,000 Europeans are fighting in the Middle East.
On Monday, ISIS leaders called for attacks on the United States and France for executing airstrikes on Islamic State targets. “Do not ask for anyone’s advice and do not seek anyone’s verdict. Kill the disbeliever whether he is civilian or military, for they have the same ruling,” an ISIS spokesman reportedly said. “Both of them are disbelievers. Both of them are considered to be waging war.”
“Rig the roads with explosives for them,” he added. “Attack their bases. Raid their homes. Cut off their heads. Do not let them feel secure. Hunt them wherever they may be. Turn their worldly life into fear and fire. Remove their families from their homes and thereafter blow up their homes.”
And this confirms that we let them.
What the...
Now that they’re returning, trained and thirsty for blood, we can start the count for the first Beslan-style attack on American soil.
May God be with the families whose children will die a grisly death at the hands of these subhuman beasts.
The Obamatollah said for us not to worry.
Democrats and many Republicans are responsible for our wide-open borders. Think this will wake them up?
And apparently the Democrats in the Senate have blocked any efforts to stop this from happening.
The American people are going to get sick of this and have plenty of firearms to take care of the situation. Why were they let back in the country?
Deport and revoke citizenship for any American muslim that has anywhere or at any time met with enemy (ISIS/ISIL/AQ/MB representatives or fighters) for any reason other than at the behest of our government.
Similarly deport from US soil and never allow in any foreigner that has met with any such representatives.
Don't make me demand removal and revocation of citizen for any American muslim, or the ejection of any muslim, period, which will happen if we experience another significant event on American soil at the hand of these animals following the murderous edicts of foreign, muslim leaders.
Congress, it's time to act!
HF
Obamatullah-that is a home run! I think the best minds in the country post here on FR.
Obamatullah—Great God that is inspired. You have not only made my day, you have made my year!
Thank you...
Did these degenerates who returned hack off any heads, kill any innocent civilians or ?????? I bet their parents are proud of their “service”. Who are they so we can protect ourselves from them? Why won’t the government identify them? They are time bombs waiting for the call to murder us non-moozlums. Will they vote DIM/LIB?
I don’t have an answer short of removal of citizenship and deportation to the hellhole they love. Family as well, in fact all muslims need to be removed from America—they do not and never will assimilate and uphold the constitution of the Unisted States. They will never assimilate and strive to become Americans, they will not as former immigrants have throughout our history strive to be worhty of their citizenship.
Deport first, kill second, get them out by any means that are fruitful. Make them afraid to be here, not allow them to make afraid Americans that they remain among us.
...once they get their orders from ISIS.
Anyone in this country who hasn't armed themselves yet, better do so quickly.
No.
They trot around the globe like the rich, influential folks who brought ‘em here in the first place. They probably bought their way in with free traitor bucks. Let their important friends deal with ‘em.
Name them! Post their addresses and let the folks take care of the Problem. You know we Christians know how to decapitate people too—Or stuff bacon in their mouths and hang em’ No Virgins for you—just pigs in Paradise (H*ll).
What I have to say may have little to do with this thread, but I must say it. Zero’s white washing an army deserter to the enemy now, returned to America, should be proof positive that the leader is an anti-American supporter of that enemy of us all. Hello? Is anyone there??????
In Bob Woodward’s book he portrays Obama and the White House as barraged by warnings about the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and confronted with the difficulty in preventing them. During an interview with Woodward Obama said,
“We can absorb a terrorist attack. We’ll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger.”
“Shovel ready jobs” = mass graves
The problem is that the DC crowd is still seeing this in terms of their globalist, pro-elitist agenda. US citizens who don't have a gated community or private island to escape to see the invasion of the US as a threat to civilization.
ping!
So these people went to Isis to train how to be terrorists...Learn how to build IEDs, car bombs, suicide vests and likely recruitment practices...And after they graduated, Obama welcomes them back home...
I may be the only one who suspects this but I’d say our gov’t has an agenda that is not in the best interest of American citizens...
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