Al Qaeda-stan ... emerging Islamic state to be a launching pad for attacking the U.S. homeland ... The al Qaeda-linked army now conquering territory in Syria and Iraq ultimately wants its emerging Islamic state to be a launching pad for attacking the U.S. homeland, says a new congressional report. Four analysts at the Congressional Research Service made that assessment, citing intelligence reports and the words of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The CRS report, delivered to members of Congress, makes the point that ISIL is a well-organized, well-funded terrorist group with definite goals to take territory and kill people it considers nonbelievers. “Several leading representatives of the U.S. intelligence community have stated that [ISIL] maintains training camps in Iraq and Syria, has the intent to attack the United States and is reportedly recruiting and training individuals to do so,” says the June 20 report. Read more: washingtontimes/news/2014/jun/24/isil-terrorists-aim-to-attack-us-congressional-rep/#ixzz35fuKuZkg Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:55:07 +0000
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