09-11-2015, 10:53 AM
Sadly, Intelligence Officials say another 9⁄11 could be likely!
The United States could be facing another similar 9⁄11 attack as factions grow deeper among the Taliban, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, especially with the recently confirmed death of the Taliban's one-eyed leader Mullah Omar.
The tensions between Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and the Taliban is as dangerous a national security threat to the United States as it was before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, said an official who spent two decades with the CIA and has testified before Congress on terrorism.
"Right now, al-Qaida, under Zawahiri, needs the Khorasan group or some affiliated group to attack the U.S. again like 9⁄11 in order to lift up his stature and that of the organization," it was said. "He doesn't want something small but something big – a big-scale attack like 9⁄11 to make him relevant again.
This is an extremely dangerous time as Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban fight and compete for dominance."
Al-Qaida iissued two threatening communications in August calling on believers to take action in the U.S. through more lone-wolf attacks.
"Since the 9⁄11 attacks we've seen the spread of jihadi ideology. "ISIS in Syria and Iraq is an example of that and the growth of the jihad movement has increased exponentially."
The threat, however, has changed, "Islamic State" has enormous reach through the Internet and its dark space that allows the group to conduct and plan operations.
"It is an area that leaves most of law enforcement and the intelligence community in the dark and its difficult, if not impossible, to combat.
Unfortunately, we have to be vigilante and thwart "them" each and every time, and "they" keep trying, and only have to be lucky once to succeed!
The United States could be facing another similar 9⁄11 attack as factions grow deeper among the Taliban, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, especially with the recently confirmed death of the Taliban's one-eyed leader Mullah Omar.
The tensions between Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and the Taliban is as dangerous a national security threat to the United States as it was before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, said an official who spent two decades with the CIA and has testified before Congress on terrorism.
"Right now, al-Qaida, under Zawahiri, needs the Khorasan group or some affiliated group to attack the U.S. again like 9⁄11 in order to lift up his stature and that of the organization," it was said. "He doesn't want something small but something big – a big-scale attack like 9⁄11 to make him relevant again.
This is an extremely dangerous time as Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban fight and compete for dominance."
Al-Qaida iissued two threatening communications in August calling on believers to take action in the U.S. through more lone-wolf attacks.
"Since the 9⁄11 attacks we've seen the spread of jihadi ideology. "ISIS in Syria and Iraq is an example of that and the growth of the jihad movement has increased exponentially."
The threat, however, has changed, "Islamic State" has enormous reach through the Internet and its dark space that allows the group to conduct and plan operations.
"It is an area that leaves most of law enforcement and the intelligence community in the dark and its difficult, if not impossible, to combat.
Unfortunately, we have to be vigilante and thwart "them" each and every time, and "they" keep trying, and only have to be lucky once to succeed!
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Home is where you're treated the best, but complain the most!
Life is short, make the most of it, get outta here!