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Obama Connects ISIL Terror Threats at Home
[Iraq Sun] U.S. President Barack ObamaReady to Rule from Day One... says terrorist-fueled militancy in Iraq and Syria is boosting an already-omnipresent threat to America's security at home. Iraq's beleaguered military launched an offensive against Sunni snuffies in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, as a shipment of Russian military jets arrived in the country that could give the armed forces a tactical edge going forward. While the bloody sectarian conflict rages on, President B.O. said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... is attracting radicalized Death Eaters in both Iraq and Syria who could pose a threat to the United States. "They are gaining strength in some places. We have seen Europeans who are sympathetic to their cause traveling into Syria, and now may travel into Iraq, getting battle-hardened. Then, they come back. They have got European passports. They do not need a visa to get into the United States," said Obama, speaking on ABC This Week program. The situation calls for preemptive measures, according to Republican Congressman Peter King ...U.S. Representative for New York's 3rd (central Long Island) congressional district, serving since 1993. He is of the Publican persuasion and is known for his active support for the . "[Obama] should be very aggressive on this. Syria is our biggest threat right now, because not only are there thousands of Europeans who have visas to enter the United States, going to Syria, there are also at least 100 or so Americans who are over there in Syria right now. So, any of these people can go back to the United States and carry out the type of attack that they are being trained in, in Syria," said King. The United States stands ready to act, according to President B.O.. "We are spending a lot of time, and we have been for years, making sure that we are improving intelligence so we can respond to that [threat]. We have to improve our surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence there. Special forces are going to have a role [to play], and there are going to be times where we take strikes against organizations that could do us harm," said Obama. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-30 |
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