“I think what you are going to see is continued intensification of the air campaign”. European authorities said a Syrian passport was found on the body of one of the attackers and had been stamped in the Greek island of Leros in early October. Isis’ admission of responsibility for the Paris attack warns there will be more.
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Jeb Bush says the Paris attacks reignite debate on intelligence and the role of the US National Security Agency.
No credible threat against NY or the United States has been reported.
“This threat has been allowed to grow and gather strength in Iraq and Syria for almost five years”.
London has not struck at Islamic State in Syria and although British Prime Minister David Cameron is said to be eager to take that step, he faces resistance from United Kingdom lawmakers.
French Muslim groups have firmly denounced the attacks and a few are concerned they will prompt a backlash against France’s overwhelmingly moderate Muslim community.
Republican candidates running for president say that the evolution of ISIS has left the USA with no other option.
The attacks come just one week after President François Hollande announced that France will be deploying an aircraft carrier in the fight against ISIS. “There is a 9/11 coming, and it is coming from Syria if we don’t disrupt their operation inside of Syria”, he shared.
France had feared strikes in Syria could be counter-productive and could strengthen President Bashar al-Assad, who has been fighting a rebellion against his rule since 2011. Its statement yesterday claimed the targets had been carefully chosen: the Stade de France during a football match between “crusader nations” France and Germany, a theatre “where hundreds of idolaters gathered for a concert of prostitution and vice”, plus restaurants and nightlife in three districts. What is needed is concrete action against the terrorists and their backers. BuzzFeed reported back in January that ISIS was smuggling operatives into Europe through hordes of refugees who flocked into Europe (emphasis mine).
“Just recently, they (ISIS) instructed all their recruits, all their operatives on the ground, to film everything”, he said.
ISIS has developed a specific group within its organization dedicated to launching terrorist attacks overseas, like the one that claimed more than 100 lives in Paris, USA officials told ABC News. “I don’t think today is the day for longwinded remarks”, said a somber Ohio Gov. John Kasich said after delivering a condensed speech focused on taking on ISIS.
Two refugee-smugglers in Turkey said they helped ISIS send fighters to Europe in this way.
Spectacular terrorist operations against Western targets appeal to both franchises because they are a powerful recruiting tool in jihadi circles.
The new government has set an extremely ambitious timeline for bringing Syrian refugees in. It is a bad thing to see people killed by a suicide belt.
And as governmental efforts make it more hard for radicalised individuals in France to reach Iraq and Syria, they may “act out at home”, he said.
Congressman Michael McCaul, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, said this morning that White House now has no choice but to ramp up our involvement in the fight against ISIS. There had been a handful of attacks in other parts of the world linked to the group, but those were single individuals who said ISIS had inspired them to lash out. This is why the USA government should just get the military out and not be involved at all.
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Graham said he hopes France will invoke Article Five of the NATO treaty, which would declare the attack on Paris an assault on all of its NATO allies, thus requiring support – including militarily – from its allies.
