Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Officials: ISIS Terrorists May Target Europe and US Homeland, Threat 'Extremely High'   Guy Benson | Jul 01, 2014

With the partisan blame game over the current meltdown in Iraq consuming much of the media's attention, NBC News' chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is reporting on the increased terrorism threat Americans face from ISIS radicals as they establish a stronghold in the crisis-stricken country. Engel -- who was kidnapped and released in Syria in 2012 -- tweeted a series of disquieting assessments from US national security sources (via Noah Rothman):
     Engel's sources say that
roughly 70 American nationals have taken up arms with ISIS in the region over the course of the violent unrest, with about a dozen "currently active:"                  

Richard Engel         @RichardEngel

Multiple US intelligence officials tell NBC News that the current terror threat against US targets from is “extremely high”
Richard Engel         @RichardEngel     
Americans in . US officials say about seventy US fighters have passed through Syria and about a dozen are currently active there

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