US admits there is a much scarier terrorist group than ISIS!

originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
US Admits There Is A Much Scarier Terrorist Group Than ISIS!!!

Apologies for the sensationalist headline...
Please don't shoot the messenger...

New intelligence has emerged warning Washington that its upcoming confrontation with the Islamic State may leave it blind to a more sinister and direct threat from a much lesser known terrorist group that has arisen from the ashes of the Syrian war.

Very little information is being released at the moment by anyone within American intelligence circles, but the group calling itself Khorasan is said by officials to have concrete plans for striking targets in the United States and Europe as a chosen modus operandi – more so than the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS.

The first ever mention of the group occurred on Thursday at an intelligence gathering in Washington DC, when National Intelligence Director James Clapper admitted that “in terms of threat to the homeland, Khorasan may pose as much of a danger as the Islamic State.”

So not exactly what the headline claimed...
But nonetheless, it shouldn't be swept under the rug...


CBS Went With..."What Is Krorasan?"..

Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell explained on "CBS This Morning" that a group of militants from al Qaeda-central, near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, have joined the fight in Syria and "evolved into the external operations arm" of the group's franchise in that country, the al-Nusra Front.

"Khorasan members came from Pakistan," said Morell. "They focus on attacks in the West."

It may be too early to tell if this group is significant...


But the worry is that occupying all their time and resources on IS...
The West may become complacent with other such groups!!!

What makes Khorasan so dangerous -- given its presumed access to the pool of hundreds of U.S. and European jihadists who have flooded into Syria to join the fight -- is the group's suspected members from or trained by al Qaeda's branch in Yemen, AQAP.

AQAP has been considered for years one of the most direct and imminent threats to the U.S., boasting al Qaeda's master bomb-builder, Ibrahim al-Asiri.

"That is very worrisome because that brings together two pieces of a potential plot in the West," said Morell. "It brings together Western fighters who have gone to Syria to fight -- so capable of carrying out operations in the West -- with this bomb technology that Asiri brings to the table. You put those things together, you have a serious threat."

Is it a case of " there's so much danger we need your money & support sooner rather than later"...???
Or is it truly a threat that could be missed, causing more problems on the Western Front???

Only time will tell...

Bless You!!!

edit on 21-9-2014 by CharlieSpeirs because: Added an