Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Up to 40 radicalized US citizens who have fought alongside terrorists of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) have already returned to the United States and could pose a real terrorist threat, says Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.). Of the hundred or so Americans who have traveled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State’s ranks, some 40 have returned and are currently being surveilled by the FBI, Bishop said in a recent speech. “It is not yet a threat to the homeland, but there is a concern that it could metastasize in such a way that it could become a threat,” he warned. The lawmaker also expressed concert that jihadist fighters could clandestinely enter the United States through the porous southern border.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:17:18 +0000
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